Chapter 11 Burning Bridges

• However, she was utterly disappointed. Master cleared his throat and avoided eye contact with her.
• In reality, she just wanted to see Bai Yong Ming kneel to her, so he could put his pride aside and be sincerely apologetic to her. However, this cannot be done without Master Bai’s order.
• Despite being able to strike the deal, despite being appointed as the focal person of the upcoming project, her place in the Bai Family will never be the same as Bai Yong Ming.
• “To be honest, I don’t care if you kowtow to me, it doesn’t matter to me. I just want to let you know, do not look down on others, there are plenty of others who are much more capable than you.”
• The strong words coming from her, contrasted with her gentle voice, resulted in a particularly impactful statement!
• Bai Yong Ming became uneasy on the spot, his face collapsed into a miserable state. Although Bai An Xiang did not insist him to kowtow, the statement from her was even more upsetting.
• Bai An Xiang said goodbye to master in front of everyone and told him she had to send the agreement to Mr. Zhang.
• Master quickly agreed with a smile and nodded repeatedly.
• Just thinking of Bai Yong Ming’s expression made her feel extremely satisfied and left in a chic fashion.
• It felt like the tone of the surrounding became much warmer.
• After a while, Bai An Xiang’s phone rang again, it was her mother. She hesitated for a while and finally answered the call.
• “Hey my baby girl, mom is so proud of you. Come home for dinner tonight, come back to mommy my darling, mommy miss you!”
• “Ok,” Bai An Xiang clearly knew that her cousin Ying Ying passed the message to her mother again.
• In the evening, when Bai An Xiang reached the rented unit, Cheng Yuan had already prepared a feast for her.
• The welcoming smile from Cheng Yuan, coupled with a table full of delicious dishes, Bai An Xiang felt a hint of warmth in her heart.
• “I want to talk to you about something.” She said.
• Cheng Yuan nodded, “We can eat first and talk about it after dinner.”
• “I promised my mother to have dinner at home tonight.” Obviously, Bai An Xiang had no intention to talk about it after dinner.
• “Sure thing,” Cheng Yuan nodded with a smile.
• This surprised Bai An Xiang for a little.
• They moved home.
• Li Ning Juan was ecstatic to see her, she greeted Bai An Xiang with a hug as she entered the door.
• “Oh my heavens, we are so proud to have An Xiang in our family. She even managed to strike a deal with a corporation like Yue Liang Wan Estate, it was so… I couldn’t believe it when Ying Ying told my in the first place.”
• Bai An Xiang recalled the image of Cheng Yuan massaging his mother’s legs and seeing how her mother was dancing at her success, she laughed from the bottom of her heart.
• Cheng Yuan was pleased to see Bai An Xiang laugh.
• On the other hand, Li Ning Juan’s mood instantly reduced to a disdain as the sight of Cheng Yuan, she glared at him with a long face.
• “What are you smiling at, useless dude? You didn’t do a single thing for An Xiang when she was in trouble, what are you good for? If it wasn’t for An Xiang’s capability…”
• “Mom…” Bai An Xiang quickly stopped Li Ning Juan’s rebuke toward Cheng Yuan and wanted to tell the truth to Li Ning Juan.
• However, Cheng Yuan just smiled, “I’ll prepare dinner.”
• Before he left them, he whispered to Bai An Xiang softly, “Don’t tell anyone.”
• Bai An Xiang looked at Cheng Yuan suspiciously and let out a sigh.
• Cheng Yuan met Bai An Xiang’s father in the kitchen.
• “Hey dad.”
• “Hey.”
• “Why are you in the kitchen too?”
• “Yeah, what a coincidence.”
• “…”
• Li Ning Juan’s voice arose again from outside, “The men in this household are good for nothing. We’re just like the complete opposite of other families, where we have to be the breadwinners.”
• Both of the men were in the kitchen, they looked at each other and smiled awkwardly.
• …
• During that night, a Mercedes-Benz entered the ChengYuan Villa where Master Bai was living.
• Bai Yong Ming brought a present in his hands to visit Master Bai.
• “Grandpa, you cannot put the new project into Bai An Xiang’s hands.”
• Bai Yong Ming told master in an anxious tone in the living area.
• Master was sitting upright on the couch, he raised his eyebrows, “An Xiang was the one to found the fundings, why can’t I let her take charge?”
• “She only got it because Yue Liang Wan Estate is in the midst of looking for investments. She was lucky in this occasion. Grandpa, my former classmate works at Yue Liang Wan as a manager, if it were me, I might have struck a better deal.” Bai Yong Ming patted his chest and said confidently.
• “Besides, grandpa, you know it. If it wasn’t for the flash marriage between Bai An Xiang and Cheng Yuan, we would never end up in this position in the first place.”
• Bai Yong Ming conveniently brought up the sensitive topic and said emotionally, “In the end, what type of person did Bai An Xiang marry? Not only did he not contribute anything to the family, we also had to pay for his living expenses, and one day when…”
• Bai Yong Ming quickly stopped here.
• Master frowned as he knew what Bai Yong Ming was going to say next. He was thinking when master passes in the future, Cheng Yuan would be taking a cut of the inheritance. Of course, Bai Yong Ming would never say it out loud.
• “Anyhow, the success of the Bai Family today was the fruit of grandpa’s hard work. I just didn’t want an outsider to take a cut in the future.”
• Master fell into a deep thought while tapping his wrinkly fingers on the couch.
• “What about Long Teng, how did the proposal go with Long Chen Yu?” He suddenly asked.
• Bai Yong Ming showed signs of reluctance and smiled, “I pitched my proposal to Young Master Long and he agreed to invest in us. But when I heard the deal was settled with Yue Liang Wan and thought, since Yue Liang Wan is under the Jun Feng Group, which is considerably bigger than Long Teng, I decided to hold Young Master Long off for the moment.”
• Master nodded briefly, “True, if we could collaborate with Jun Feng, why should we care about Long Teng? Fine, since you’ve been working in the company as an executive for a while now, and you’re familiar with the business, I’ll let you take charge of this project.”
• Bai Yong Ming was overjoyed to hear that, “Thank you grandpa! I heard the ginseng from Chang Bai Shan is not bad, look.”
• He put the delicate gift box on the table.
• Master knew what he was up to and teased him, “Little brad, don’t try to fawn over me, make sure you put more effort into your work. You are the oldest among your peers in the family and you know grandpa always dotes on you, don’t let me down.”
• “Sure thing, don’t you worry grandpa.”　
• During the morning meeting on the next day.
• Master made an announcement.
• “Regarding the collaboration with Yue Liang Wan Estate, I’ve decided to give control to Yong Ming. Also, he will be taking over the project as the person in charge. An Xiang, please handover the documentation to Yong Ming.”
• Upon hearing this, the attention of the room fell onto Bai An Xiang and Bai Yong Ming.
• Bai Yong Ming was feeling smug, as if he saw this coming.
• Bai An Xiang however, was caught by surprise, “But, grandpa…?
• Master waved his hand at her, “No buts, since you lack managerial experience in the company, I’m afraid if we let you take control of the collaboration, the general manager at Yue Liang Wan may think we aren’t taking this seriously.”
• After the meeting was dismissed, a disheartened Bai An Xiang walked out of the Bai Corporation office. She ran into Bai Yong Ming again at the exit.
• “An Xiang, how do you feel?” Bai Yong Ming said with an evil grin.
• Bai An Xiang was not foolish, she knew Bai Yong Ming must have backstabbed her somehow. Seeing how pleased he was, Bai An Xiang gritted her teeth and said out of frustration, “Bai Yong Ming, don’t be too happy, not everyone can manage this project.”
• Bai Yong Ming sneered, “You really think you are some top performer now? You think the earth revolves around you now? To be honest with you, it was me who convinced grandpa to put me in charge of the new project. As you know, grandpa has always doted on me. There’s nothing you can do to compete against me.”
• “Besides, I actually have a former classmate who works as a manager at Yue Liang Wan Estate. That’s far better than you, who have no connection in there and relied on sheer luck. So needless to say, I am the better candidate. Who knows I could change the 80 million deal to 100 million?”
• Bai An Xiang ignored him and went home straight away.
• When she arrived home, she locked herself up in her room out of grievance.
• Li Ning Juan and Bai Shi Ju glanced at each other and went to knock on her door, Cheng Yuan followed behind them.
• “What happened, An Xiang?” Li Ning Juan asked anxiously.
• Bai An Xiang frowned and pouted her lips, “Grandpa let Bai Yong Ming took charge of the new project.”
• “What?”
• Li Ning Juan gave a grimace upon hearing this.
• “That disgusting dude Bai Yong Ming must have backstabbed An Xiang in front of master. Hang on, I need to confront him.”
• Bai Shi Ju grabbed Li Ning Juan and said calmly, “How will it help with the situation?”
• “But… But An Xiang put in so much effort for the investment, why should we let the bastard have it?” Li Ning Juan was gravely dissatisfied, “Bai Yong Ming has been provoking us while you, as his uncle, never once stand up against him.”
• However, Bai Shi Ju told Li Ning Juan, “That’s a great thing.”