Meng Suihuan glanced at the person but didn’t recognize them, hesitating for a moment before asking, “Who are you?”

“I’m Sun Yiyang. I’ve always been very interested in real estate. I happened to see Miss Meng at the last award ceremony for outstanding individuals in urban development. I was deeply inspired by your concept for the commercial street. Unfortunately, I never found the opportunity to introduce myself. I didn’t expect to run into you today… Here’s my business card. If you ever have the chance, I hope we can cooperate,” he said, handing her the card.

Meng Suihuan looked at the card. “Sunlight Cement?”

“Yes, I’m currently in the cement business. If Miss Meng ever needs anything, feel free to contact me, and I’ll give you an 80% discount!” His enthusiasm was almost overwhelming.

“Alright, if I need it, I’ll contact you,” Meng Suihuan replied.

“Miss Meng, I see you’re interested in the mobile phones here. I happen to know quite a bit about them. If you don’t mind, I can introduce you to some options.” Sun Yiyang began speaking passionately, listing every model clearly and in detail. He finally looked at her with intense enthusiasm.

“Miss Meng, tell me which one you like.”

Meng Suihuan: “…”

Meng Suihuan: “Your explanations are very clear, but I’m not planning to buy anything here. Thank you for your offer.” After that, she left without looking back.

At that moment, the phone shop owner finally panicked. He hadn’t expected that the young girl he had looked down upon was actually the creator of the commercial street project, a person who had recently become famous. He had heard people talking about her every day for the past few days. But he didn’t realize how blind he was! How could he have mocked her?

The owner regretted it immensely.

Meanwhile, Meng Suihuan moved on to another shop, where the service was top-notch. She happily made her purchase. As for the matter with the card number, she didn’t want to waste time standing in line, so she had Jiang Chengxuan buy a number from someone else.

Once everything was ready, Jiang Chengxuan and the others finally had time to marvel at the mobile phone.

“Boss, you’re really on trend now! Even using a ‘big brother phone’!” one of them exclaimed.

“I’ve never seen one of these up close before. I feel like I’ve learned something new. Boss, go ahead and make a call, let’s see if it’s as impressive as they say on TV…”

“But don’t we need the other person’s number to make a call?” Jiang Chengxuan chuckled, then pulled out another number from his pocket. “I got this when I was getting my card. I asked the owner for it, you can give it a try.”

Meng Suihuan: “…”

“Thanks, but I actually have a number,” she replied calmly. She then pulled out a number from her pocket. Upon closer inspection, it was Sun Yiyang’s.

She casually placed it down and then took out a handwritten number before leisurely dialing.

Everyone was excited, wondering whose number it was. But when the call connected and they heard the identity of the person on the other end, they all froze in shock. It was the boss of the project that Song Ming was involved with!

They all held their breath, listening to how well their boss was conversing with the other person. Meanwhile, they couldn’t help but silently mourn for Song Ming for three minutes in their hearts. But they were all eagerly anticipating how Song Ming would react once he found out. It was sure to be an interesting spectacle!

Soon, Song Ming’s case reached its conclusion. He was sentenced to several years in prison for running an illegal gambling operation with a huge sum of money. In addition, he was fined over a hundred thousand yuan. On top of that, he was taken to court by the project owner for embezzling public funds and misappropriating project money, which amounted to several hundred thousand yuan. With all this added up, it seemed like he would spend the rest of his life in prison.

Upon hearing the result, everyone at Xuyu’s office eagerly discussed it.

“Song Ming really had some guts, embezzling public funds to run a gambling operation, and the worst part is that he embezzled so much money! We’re talking about hundreds of thousands!”

“Fortunately, we were lucky and didn’t end up in his hands, or we’d be in a similar mess!”

“I also heard their project has been halted, and the person in charge was removed. When we saw how arrogant they were back then, who could have guessed this would be the outcome?”

Everyone couldn’t help but sigh in disbelief.

At that moment, the big brother phone on the table rang loudly. Everyone jumped in surprise. After picking up the call, they realized it was the project owner that Meng Suihuan had spoken to before.

Xiao Zheng immediately ran to the office to call for Meng Suihuan. Everyone looked around, not sure what the call was about.

Soon, Meng Suihuan came out.

Jiang Chengxuan whispered, “It’s Mr. Sun from the project that Song Ming’s team is involved with.”

Meng Suihuan casually greeted the person on the other end of the line. Jiang Chengxuan and the others stood by, eyes wide, nearly screaming. Luckily, they quickly covered their mouths.

After Meng Suihuan hung up the phone, Lao Zhou couldn’t hold back any longer and asked directly, “Hiss—Boss, does Mr. Sun mean that he wants to hand over Song Ming’s project… to us?”

“Mm.”

“He said that?”

Everyone: “!”

“But I can’t make this decision alone.”

Everyone: “?”

If even the boss can’t make the decision, then who can?

While everyone was in shock, Meng Suihuan started calling out names, one by one.

“Zhao Chen.”

“Lao Zhou.”

“…”

Everyone stood in front of her, confused, but filled with emotion in their eyes.

Meng Suihuan smiled brightly. “This matter will be decided by all of you.”

“We decide?” Lao Zhou repeated, as if floating on air.

“Yes.”

“You all decide.”

This was an unexpected result for everyone. Even Zhao Chen couldn’t help but look up at Meng Suihuan, his eyes carrying a hint of something different. After all, this project had deep ties with him, and the foundation was something he had painstakingly built. Unfortunately, he hadn’t been able to complete the project. Occasionally, he felt regret about it. But when he heard that Mr. Sun wanted to entrust this project to their company, his heart skipped a beat, especially when Meng Suihuan handed over the decision-making power to those of them who had come from the project. He felt all his emotions release in that moment. Regret. Unwillingness. Hesitation… all dissipated.

Lao Zhou couldn’t help but choke up. “When I left back then, I thought I would never get another chance to return. But now—”

Not only did they have another chance, but they also held the initiative. They had the power to decide the fate of the project.

Everyone paused in silence, then, without exception, they gave their answers.

“Do it!”

“Let’s do it!!”

“Who’s going to pass up money when it’s right in front of us?!”

“…”

After voicing their answers, Zhao Chen and the others all laughed in unison.

—

Meanwhile, Meng Suihuan’s parents came to visit her several times, but she ignored them each time. This time, they took the initiative to visit her at the police station, and they were overjoyed. Their faces were practically bursting with smiles.

“Girl, I knew it. You’re tough on the outside but soft on the inside. How could you not care about your brother?”

Although Meng Zicong had been tricked by Song Ming and others and had borrowed money at high interest, even if the interest wasn’t paid back, the principal was still owed. The result was that the money had to be repaid in full before he could be released.

Meng Suihuan’s parents were happily preparing to pay the money and bring their son home, but when they searched their pockets, they only had 100 yuan, only to realize their son owed 20,000 yuan.

The loud voice of her father nearly made him pass out with anger. He cursed for hours, but nothing changed the fact that the debt had to be paid. He had no choice but to try and scrape together the money.

But where would Meng Suihuan’s parents get the money? Naturally, they had no choice but to come to Meng Suihuan for help. They had cried and caused a scene, exhausted all their tricks, but she still refused to help them.

They didn’t know what to do, but unexpectedly, she came to them.

The loud voice of her father immediately reached out to grab Meng Suihuan, “Xaio Huan, let’s hurry up and pay the money to bring your brother home. He’s lost so much weight in just a few days…”

Unfortunately, Meng Suihuan didn’t react, instead slowly pushing her mother’s hand away, her voice cold.

“You’re overthinking.”
“I didn’t come here for this.”

Her mother immediately became angry, starting to shout again.

“You little brat, if it’s not for this, then what are you doing here at the police station?!”
“My life is so miserable, giving birth to a cold-hearted ungrateful child like you—”

At that moment, a uniformed police officer walked over.

“Xiao Meng, we’ve investigated the matter of your stolen property…”

The officer hesitated for two seconds, then his gaze focused on Meng Suihuan’s parents.

“The investigation shows… the thieves are them.”

Meng Suihuan: “…”

She was instantly both angry and amused.

Heh. She didn’t expect these two to not only steal from her company but also not spare her own home.

“Since this is a family matter, we’re not sure how to handle it.”
The officer could only bring the two parties together.

Her mother was originally in full swing with her cursing, but suddenly, upon hearing this, she panicked.

“Xiao Huan, I really didn’t mean it. I thought you had left the project plan at home, so I just casually looked around…”

If Meng Suihuan hadn’t seen the mess with her own eyes, she might have believed the lie. They had nearly turned her house upside down! And now, her mother had the nerve to keep lying?

Meng Suihuan directly ignored her mother’s pleas and decisively said, “Officer, you don’t need to consider me. I’ve always been a law-abiding citizen. Just handle it according to the rules!”

Upon hearing this, her mother started panicking. After spending so much time at the police station, she had learned enough about laws to know that stealing meant prison time. She couldn’t go to jail!

“Xiao Huan, I’ll return the things to you. I didn’t mean to take it…”

“Meng Suihuan, you ungrateful child! We are your parents, and you really want to sue us? Aren’t you afraid of being struck by lightning?!”

Meng Suihuan couldn’t help but laugh when she heard this.

“When you stole my company’s confidential information, didn’t you think about this?”

“If you have the guts to do something, you should be prepared for the consequences.”

“You can’t just fix everything by saying ‘sorry!’”

Meng Suihuan had no psychological burden whatsoever. No matter the outcome, they brought this upon themselves!

This time, they hadn’t succeeded, but it was just her luck. That didn’t mean she was going to let it slide.

She had always been like this—she wouldn’t make a big deal out of things as long as they didn’t touch her bottom line. But if they did, she wouldn’t hesitate to fight back!