Shi Xinxin's originally relaxed brows furrowed.
The screen in front of her froze. Shi Xinxin looked at the line of text. It turned out that Shiluo was about to launch a batch of imported medicines. This batch of medicines was the most successful reagent introduced in foreign medical experiments in recent years, and its pre-sale price on the market was already six figures.
Shiluo had coincidentally seized this opportunity. By agreeing to long-term cooperation and providing a large number of samples, they successfully secured the cooperation with the foreign pharmaceutical company. Jiang Ling then planned to sell this batch of medicines in the domestic market, so a lot of news spread from the company to China.
Shi Xinxin pondered. She shifted her gaze and glanced at the timeline of Shiluo's cooperation with the foreign company. It was only a week ago. The two parties had smoothly signed the contract and promised to deliver the agreed-upon medicines within a week.
Shi Xinxin exited the interface again and returned to the employee information table. With a specific purpose, she found Li Shuo's entry and checked his onboarding date.
As expected, just as Shi Xinxin had suspected, this "Li Shuo" had also joined Shiluo exactly a week ago, with his excellent academic background and profound qualifications.
At this moment, Shi Xinxin understood everything.
The sky outside the window was draped in a black curtain, with only the neon lights on the distant overpass still twinkling in the dark night. The lights of distant high-rise apartments mingled with the vibrant colors of the neon lights beneath the dark curtain, like countless twinkling stars.
Shi Xinxin was not surprised by this outcome. Elder Feng's personal involvement indicated that this matter was not simple.
She let out a soft sigh and settled into a familiar posture on the chair, habitually reaching for her phone to check messages.
She suddenly noticed a message from Sheng Chenjin, sent twenty minutes ago. The notification sound at that time must have been from him.
Shi Xinxin immediately tapped it open and read his message: "Just got news, the CEO of Shiluo will also attend the banquet I told you about tomorrow."
Why would Jiang Ling attend that banquet tomorrow? The fingertips of Shi Xinxin, holding her phone, tightened slightly. A thought gradually surfaced in her mind.
She quickly contacted Jiang Ling on the computer again. Jiang Ling did not hide anything from her. The moment she saw his message, Shi Xinxin's heart sank heavily.
As she had suspected, the banquet tomorrow was indeed the place where Jiang Ling and the medicine dealer would exchange goods.
Why did so many coincidences in the world have to collide like this? Shi Xinxin let out a breath of frustration towards the ceiling, then immediately got up and asked Jiang Ling if the cooperation location could be changed.
Jiang Ling had also clearly noticed something was off with Shi Xinxin. He knew her well; unless it was an absolute last resort, she would never rashly decide to change the cooperation location like this.
Because not only could this reveal the cooperation location, but places they hadn't prepared in advance were also likely to be full of ambushes.
She didn't know what unlucky day it was. The medicine dealer couldn't be reached either. Apparently, he had been in a car accident on the road and was temporarily suffering from a concussion.
Shi Xinxin realized that this was very likely Elder Feng's doing. It seemed she had to intervene personally.
At three o'clock in the morning, in a room filled with cool tones, a sudden notification sound rang out.
Sheng Chenjin, wearing black pajamas, his skin clear under the desk lamp, his muscles defined and powerful.
He picked up his phone and looked at it. It was a message from Shi Xinxin: "For tomorrow's banquet, I'd like you to take me."
The next day, in front of the Junhua International Hotel, a red carpet stretched from the entrance far into the parking lot. The sides were lined with decorations worth tens of thousands, and numerous luxury cars were parked before the red carpet. As service staff greeted them, the guests smiled and entered the hotel.
Amidst this complex yet orderly entrance ceremony, a Rolls-Royce drove up to the entrance. The black and gold on the car exuded the extravagance of a limited edition, as well as the innate arrogance and disdain of its driver.
People standing at the hotel entrance talking unconsciously took a step back, all guessing which wealthy dignitary was inside the car.
The car soon stopped directly in front of the hotel. A service staff member politely stepped forward to open the door. Sheng Chenjin emerged first, his black suit perfectly accentuating his tall figure. In just these few seconds, he had already attracted the attention of many onlookers.
He raised an eyebrow slightly, blocking another service staff's move, then personally walked to the other side and opened the door with a smile.
First, a pair of silver-strap high heels stepped out, followed by a pair of fair, long legs. The contours of her legs were perfect and slender, then hidden by the hem of her dress.
Shi Xinxin looked at the person beside her with some amusement. As she walked into the hotel with him, she complained, "My dress is designed to be low-cut. Why did you have to pull my skirt down?"
Just now, she had been getting out of the car calmly when Sheng Chenjin, standing beside her, suddenly changed his expression and inexplicably pulled down the hem of her skirt that she had deliberately adjusted at the waist.
His distinctly jointed fingers even lingered on her waist for a moment, as if to declare his ownership to outsiders, making Shi Xinxin, who was focused on her business, blush and frown.
Sheng Chenjin grinned shamelessly at her, "You're accompanying me as my date, after all. I merely brushed against you accidentally, and you're still complaining about me?"
That's right. To avoid arousing suspicion from Elder Feng's group, Shi Xinxin had specifically asked Sheng Chenjin to bring her as his date to this banquet.
Her name was not on the guest list for the banquet, so Elder Feng would be even more rampant in this trade deal and would surely leave more clues.
Shi Xinxin just needed to seize the opportunity to collect evidence.
As she walked the red carpet with Sheng Chenjin, she suddenly noticed the movements of those around them and then looked at the person beside her.
Sheng Chenjin happened to be looking at her too. He raised his arm, "Here, hold my arm. Otherwise, no one at the banquet will believe you're my date."
Only by doing so now would she appear less conspicuous. Shi Xinxin, taking advantage of no one paying attention, fiercely linked her arm with Sheng Chenjin's.
Then she said in a low voice, "Do you usually have a female companion accompanying you to banquets?"
If Bai Feng were here now, he would probably wear a bitter expression and say no.
Back when President Sheng was not yet enlightened in matters of the heart and was consistently indifferent and dismissive to all women, Bai Feng had taken on the role of "President's Date."
If it weren't for the fact that each time paid half a month's salary, Bai Feng would have been unwilling to endure such hardship. But now that President Sheng's intended person had arrived, he wouldn't have to face similar gazes for half the year.
Sheng Chenjin feigned recollection and said thoughtfully, "Perhaps..."
Shi Xinxin's face was already turning cold, and then she heard him mumble, "Perhaps you are my first date ever."