The Favored Heiress-Chapter 781: Members of the International Club Joint Information Group

Chapter 781: Chapter 781: Members of the International Club Joint Information Group

Ye Jing stood firm, giving her a sidelong glance, "Is there something? Little sister, let me make it clear, if you delay my important business, you can’t afford the responsibility. I’m not a Duke, and I don’t spare women’s feelings."

Li Qiao’s expression was cool as she made a call on her phone, "Come downstairs, to the VIP area."

Ye Jing found Li Qiao very puzzling and felt a certain dislike for her for some reason.

Xi Luo gestured towards the sofa, "Have a seat, or are you waiting for me to invite you?"

Ye Jing scoffed coldly, tossing the long hair behind her head dismissively, "Sorry, I don’t have the time."

As she was about to leave, Li Qiao leaned against the sofa and looked down, touching her fingernails, "Steven will be here any minute, sure you don’t have time?"

Ye Jing’s eyes narrowed, trying to discern the truthfulness of her statement.

Before she could figure anything out, a blond man over thirty hurried out from the elevator area in the lobby.

Upon seeing the man, Ye Jing immediately put on a polite smile and walked up to him in her high heels, "Steven, long time no see."

Steven, over 185 centimeters tall and dressed in a standard British-style gray plaid suit, looked over Ye Jing’s head, his gaze landing squarely on Li Qiao.

He sidestepped, ignoring Ye Jing and walked straight to Li Qiao, not saying a word but dialing a number on his phone instead.

A vibrating buzz came from Li Qiao’s hand, and Steven’s expression relaxed, his smile revealing eight teeth, "Hello, hello, it’s an honor to meet you for the first time."

Xi Luo: "?"

Is this the attitude of someone meeting for the first time?

Gu Chenn watched the drama unfold with the composure of an old dog, occasionally having a word or two with Luoyu.

Of course, Luoyu completely ignored him, as if he was invisible to her, which suited Gu Chenn just fine; in his eyes, Luoyu couldn’t speak human language anyway.

Ye Jing turned back in disbelief; the usually high-and-mighty Steven was being so approachable and even attentively pleasing in front of Li Qiao.

And today, after she had finally managed to make an appointment with Steven, he hadn’t even given her a second glance?

Ye Jing was not willing to accept this. Was it just because Li Qiao knew the Archbishop and the Duke?

She watched Li Qiao stand up, ready to shake hands with the man, and quickly interjected, "Steven, it was I who made an appointment with you."

The group of high officials who had accompanied the Duke downstairs earlier did not include him.

Ye Jing, with her pride and arrogance, could not stand to let Li Qiao steal the spotlight.

Steven shook Li Qiao’s hand, and upon hearing Ye Jing’s words, he turned his head slightly, apologizing, "Sorry, we’ll make another appointment some other time."

"Why not together?" said Li Qiao, eyeing Ye Jing’s disgruntled expression, lips curled into a nonchalant smile.

Seeing this, Steven pressed his lips together, smiled, and invited, "This way, please."

Xi Luo stood expressionless, watching Steven’s overly friendly attitude towards Li Qiao, and finally couldn’t hide her surprise, her eyebrows raising, "Does your lady wife... know him?"

Luoyu walked forward casually, meeting Xi Luo’s suspicious gaze, and responded formally, "It seems, they do know each other."

Xi Luo leaned over to pick up some documents from the coffee table, previously prepared, and looked through Steven’s profile again. There was no sign that he knew Li Qiao. Strange.

At that moment, Gu Chenn came over, craning his neck to peek at the file in her hand, "Is there a problem with him or the documents?"

Xi Luo shook her head without speaking because she didn’t know either.

But Gu Chenn caught an important clue: Steven, a member of one of the Eight Major Groups at the International Club, part of the United Information Group.

...

Upstairs, in the conference room.

Steven ordered someone to bring in several cups of black tea, his deep facial features always wearing a warm, gentle smile, "I didn’t expect you to be so young, didn’t Lih come with you?"

Li Qiao sipped her tea, "He’s in Britain too, we can meet up sometime."

Steven’s eyes flashed, and his fingers interlocked on the table as he asked in seeming surprise, "He hasn’t left?"

"You’ve met?"

Steven nodded, his gaze sweeping over the others present, and he vaguely said, "Met him over a month ago. He had me find something for him, and I thought he’d returned to Nia State by now. So, your visit today is..."

Li Qiao gave Xi Luo a look, and the latter took out the contract they had prepared earlier. After scratching two lines with a signing pen, she smoothly slid it across the table to the opposite side.

Steven flipped through the contract and nodded with understanding, "So, it’s all for this cooperation."

"Hold on, we’re not together," Ye Jing glared at Xi Luo, took out a document from her bag, and placed it on the table, "Steven, I’ve also added three percentage points to the preferential policies as you requested. You know how highly I value this cross-national cooperation." ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com

Li Qiao leaned back in her chair, eyeing Ye Jing’s contract with an amused smirk.

At this scene, Steven found himself in a tough spot.

He knew of Li Qiao but had never met her.

All he knew was that she was a mysterious figure within the Mercenary Group, one whom even the leader of the Mercenary Group paid special attention to.

Four years ago, during a Mercenary Group mission, they had cooperated once with the Joint Information Group, and at that time, he had had dealings with K from the Mercenary Group.

But...

Ye Jing represented the underworld power, the Flame Alliance, and in recent years, BTI Corporation was keen on expanding its business internationally. If they could establish a partnership with the international organization, the Flame Alliance, it would surely be a mutually beneficial, superior choice.

Even though he was a member of the International Club, he was also one of the shareholders of BTI.

The wealth that the cooperative deal could bring him was more alluring. Who would have an issue with money?

He seemed to be caught between two difficult choices when Ye Jing pressed on, "Steven, I represent the Flame Alliance, and this cooperation plan will also have the support of the Chairman Family. For you, the choice shouldn’t be hard, should it?"

Steven looked towards Ye Jing, as if just realizing something, "The Duke just visited, do you know him?"

Ye Jing’s eyes flickered as she boasted confidently, "Of course, we are very close, and the second son of the Chairman family was my classmate."

With that said, she looked very smugly at Li Qiao, her slightly raised eyebrows filled with provocation.

Steven frowned, looking at Li Qiao with a troubled expression, "K, this time I might..."

K?

Ye Jing’s eyes widened in surprise when she heard him address Li Qiao.

But then she thought she might be overthinking; perhaps Li Qiao didn’t have an English name.

At that moment, Li Qiao rested her head on one hand, lifting her eyelids to meet Steven’s troubled eyes, "International Club or BTI, you choose."

"What do you mean?" Steven’s heart tightened, and he sat up straight.

Xi Luo’s eyebrows and eyes lit up suddenly, and she chuckled behind her hand.

The surprise the kid had given her was indeed plenty.

She didn’t expect her to have connections in the International Club.

Xi Luo loved to see trouble brew and, in order to snatch the resources from Ye Jing’s hands, she threw another bombshell, "Mr. Steven, are you that surprised? You call her K, don’t you know she’s also a core member of the Flame Alliance?"

She’s called K, a core member of the Flame Alliance?

Ye Jing almost instinctively objected, "Xi Luo, what nonsense are you spouting?"

How could the Flame Alliance K be equated with this pretentious girl?

The source of this c𝐨ntent is freewe(b)nov𝒆l