My White and Rich Beautiful CEO Wife

Chapter 184 Testing the Waters

"Miss Pei...."

Yan Mingyu stared unwaveringly at Pei Luoyan, saying deeply, "You recognize me, don't you?"

Because this was the first time she had met Pei Luoyan. If they were strangers, Pei Luoyan could not possibly have said something so ambiguous.

"Why do you think so?"

Pei Luoyan asked with interest.

"Intuition!"

Yan Mingyu's gaze remained locked on Pei Luoyan's eyes.

She had met countless people throughout her life. Even though a person's mouth could deceive, their eyes could not.

"Then I can answer you, I don't!"

Pei Luoyan shook her head, her expression very natural, without a hint of change.

"..."

Yan Mingyu's brows slightly furrowed. If what Pei Luoyan said was true, then where did her own sense of familiarity come from?

"Or could it be… you know someone who looks like me, like my mother?"

Yan Mingyu stared intently into Pei Luoyan's eyes as she continued to question her.

"Ms. Yan... are you here to interrogate a criminal or to find me for an endorsement?"

Pei Luoyan's expression became somewhat impatient. "I'm on a tight schedule. If you want to dally over these trivial matters, then I'm sorry, I might not be able to oblige!"

"I'm sorry, let's talk business then!"

Yan Mingyu withdrew her gaze, unable to discern anything from her earlier probing.

The only thing she could be sure of was that Pei Luoyan had absolutely no malice towards her.

"For a period of three years, if there are no problems after that, we can renew the contract!"

Yan Mingyu planned to play the long game, to interact with Pei Luoyan over time, as it would be impossible not to find any clues.

"Fifty million for three years, Ms. Yan truly is generous!"

Pei Luoyan glanced over the contract, then placed it back on the coffee table. "There's generally no issue; I'll have my agent discuss the details with you!"

"Good, I've prepared a modest lunch. Let's have a meal together!"

Yan Mingyu nodded.

"Then I thank Ms. Yan!"

Pei Luoyan accepted the offer.

After taking a gentle sip from her teacup, she spoke unhurriedly, "In Jianghu, one often has no control over their life. Ms. Yan, have you ever felt that sometimes being an ordinary person isn't so bad?"

"Just as you said, in Jianghu, one often has no control over their life. As the juggernaut that is Four Seas Corporation charges ahead, I can't get off even if I want to!"

Yan Mingyu also took a sip from her teacup, her mind already hazily guessing something.

"Well then, since we're both without options, let's leave the rest to fate!"

Pei Luoyan set down her teacup.

"That's what I was thinking too!"

Yan Mingyu nodded.

If she had not misunderstood, Pei Luoyan was a member of a hidden organization, but she had no choice in the matter. The action against Li Xiaozu today would definitely take place and would not change.

Actually, she did not wish for Yan Mingyu to get involved.

Just as she had surmised earlier, Pei Luoyan bore no malice towards her.

Little did she know, from the day Li Xiaozu returned to the country, she had been tied to the same boat as he. If anything happened to Li Xiaozu, she could not extricate herself from the situation either.

Thus, Yan Mingyu did not blame Pei Luoyan, what was bound to come would always find its way, and one could only face it head-on to see who was more skillful.

"Ms. Yan, where do you have your clothes tailored? They really highlight your temperament; could you introduce me?"

Pei Luoyan stopped speaking like an old monk cryptically, and finally, the topic became more down-to-earth.

This indicated that she and Yan Mingyu felt the same way about the imminent event; nothing could stop it now, it had to be left to fate.

Whether they would succeed or Yan Mingyu would fail, no one knew.

She was powerless to change anything, and so was Yan Mingyu.

"Oh, they're custom-made in Paris; I can give you the designer's business card!"

"Thank you!"

Yan Mingyu and Pei Luoyan began to chat casually.

It was almost half past eleven.

Qin Yu arrived at the top floor with Li Xiaozu, which was also the office of Yan Mingyu.

After a glance at the security guard standing at the door, he said to Li Xiaozu, "Mr. Li, you've worked hard today, climbing so many stairs with me. President Yan should be inside discussing matters with Pei Luoyan. Let's rest in the reception room for a while. After they leave, we'll take the elevator down!"

"Life is about movement, I hardly get the chance to exercise like this. Hehe...."

Li Xiaozu said with a laugh.

"Then please, Mr. Li, let's have some tea," Qin Yu invited.

Qin Yu led Li Xiaozu to the reception room next door, where they brewed tea and rested while drinking.

The secretary picked up the fruit from the coffee table and began to peel it.

A few minutes later.

Footsteps echoed down the hallway; Qin Yu guessed that Pei Luoyan and Yan Mingyu were coming out.

"I'll be right back!"

Qin Yu picked up the fruit knife from the coffee table, concealed it in his sleeve, and then stepped out of the reception room, closing the door behind him.

Indeed, a group of security guards orderly dispersed, surrounding Yan Mingyu and Pei Luoyan in the middle, preparing to enter the President's private elevator.

"President Yan!"

Qin Yu called out.

"Hmm?"

Yan Mingyu turned her head and looked towards Qin Yu.

"I have something to say!"

Qin Yu walked straight toward Yan Mingyu.

The security guards recognized Qin Yu and naturally made way for him to pass.

"Speak!"

Yan Mingyu nodded slightly.

"It's just... I think she..."

As Qin Yu was about to approach Yan Mingyu, the fruit knife slipped out of his sleeve and stabbed towards Pei Luoyan's snow-white neck like lightning.

"Qin Yu!"

"Brother Yu, what are you doing?"

Everyone, including Yan Mingyu, showed a look of great surprise at Qin Yu's action.

"You want to kill me?"

The only one who remained calm was Pei Luoyan, who just looked at Qin Yu coldly.

"I am just curious, who exactly are you?"

Qin Yu controlled his strength very well, and the fruit knife stopped less than a centimeter away from Pei Luoyan's neck.

He had always suspected that the plan against Li Xiaozu by the assassin's group was for Pei Luoyan to find an opportunity to strike.

However, after the test a moment ago, Pei Luoyan did not seem to be someone knowledgeable in martial arts.

He had attacked without warning. If Pei Luoyan were the female assassin from the previous night, her body's instinct would have reacted before her brain, assuming a defensive posture.

But Pei Luoyan remained still, which only meant she either had great mental poise,

or she was clueless about martial arts.

How strange!

If Pei Luoyan wasn't the assassin from last night, then her visit to the company to meet with Yan Mingyu was for pure business collaboration?

And she had no idea there was another woman who looked almost exactly like her, the assassin?

In an instant, many thoughts raced through Qin Yu's mind.

"Me? Just an ordinary woman!"

Under Qin Yu's sharp gaze, Pei Luoyan said with composure.

"Alright, Qin Yu, go and have tea with Uncle Li," Yan Mingyu tilted her head slightly.

"My apologies, Miss Pei!"

Qin Yu put away the fruit knife and walked back to the nearby reception room.

Once Yan Mingyu saw Pei Luoyan turn and enter the elevator, she quickly sent a message to Qin Yu, her head lowered: They probably won't make a move at the company!