Chapter 9 - An Invitation (1/2)
Li Mu Bai stared at his cousin with a scrutinizing gaze.
Two years ago, both of them were still competing for the position of the president of QL Group Property. However, Li Qin Yao decided to resign after a scandal where she was accused of giving using cheap materials in construction. The result, people died.
Back then, although their relationship was not bad in the past, Li Mu Bai noticed that Li Qin Yao has been trying to keep a distance from him.
When Li Qin Yao was implicated in that scandal, she tried to convince the others that she was not guilty. Li Qin Yao had asked for three days to investigate the matter, and she was confident about it.
However, on the day that she was supposed to clear up her name, Li Qin Yao suddenly said that she would resign.
At that time, Li Mu Bai thought that his cousin, Li Qin Yao was really guilty as charged. However, in the past year, he had looked into the matter and found out that Li Qin Yao did find evidence to prove that she was not guilty.
Li Mu Bai could not understand why didn't she provided the evidence to clear her name. At the end of her investigation, what did she find out?
He was convinced that someone set her up. But, why didn't she expose the culprit?
”I didn't know that you're operating a cafe now,” Li Mu Bai said after a long silence between them.
”Well, now, you know.” Li Qin Yao answered nonchalantly. She could guess that Li Mu Bai came to see her for something, but since he did not want to talk about it yet, Li Qin Yao was not going to ask.
”How is your business?”
Li Qin Yao answered him with a shrug. ” I didn't make as much as I did when working for QL, but it's not so bad. Anyway, I need to spend my time into something instead of being idle.”
He leaned into his seat and with his arms on folded on his chest. Then he smiled. ”Why did you choose to enter the F&B industry?”
”You know that starting a business in the F&B industry is the easiest.”
”They are also the easiest to close down. Don't you see how many restaurant and cafe appeared and disappeared after a while?”
Li Qin Yao chuckled at his words. She leaned forward and spoke, ”President Li, are you cursing my shop, or are you threatening me?”
Li Mu Bai shook his head and sighed, ”I don't mean it that way.”