My Multiple Identities Revealed After Marrying the Bigshot
Chapter 294: It’s Simply Not Something The Three Of Them Could Do

Chapter 294: Chapter 294: It’s Simply Not Something The Three Of Them Could Do

"You’ve proposed investing in us, which really is like timely rain, solving our urgent needs," Lu Youxi said, her eyes brimming with earnest hope as she looked at Zhou Xueyi.

Zhou Xueyi: "..."

"Assistant Cao roughly explained it over the phone," Lu Youxi said. "You aren’t planning to take a large share of our company, and you’re even willing to invest."

Lu Youxi said with a smile, "I didn’t expect you to be so optimistic about our Little Pink Book. I really can’t thank you enough."

"Chairman Zhou, you truly have a discerning eye. I can guarantee that you absolutely won’t incur any losses once you invest in us," Lu Youxi said enthusiastically, looking at Zhou Xueyi.

Zhou Xueyi darkened his face and cleared his throat, saying discontentedly, "Little Lu, if you want to make Little Pink Book a success, shouldn’t you at least tidy up the office? Not to mention that working in an internet café is simply not proper. Just look at this office, it’s in complete disarray; how can it resemble a serious workplace?"

Because they were planning to move, the office was cluttered with a lot of miscellaneous items.

There were also some personal items belonging to Pei Jingyuan and Ji Deyi.

The two practically lived in the office, so more and more of their personal belongings were kept there, and the clutter kept accumulating.

The scattered small items had been placed in drawers and cabinets.

But these days, because of moving, to avoid leaving any small items behind, everything that could be taken out was piled up, hence the office was increasingly chaotic.

It was like placing two computers in a warehouse; no matter how you looked at it, it didn’t seem like a place for serious work.

"We don’t have money!" Lu Youxi exclaimed, slapping her thigh. "Chairman Zhou, once you invest in us, we will have the money to move to a better office, and then it will really look like a proper company. Rest assured."

Zhou Xueyi: "..."

I haven’t agreed to invest in you yet.

Ji Deyi sat next to Lu Youxi, looking at Zhou Xueyi with eager eyes, "Chairman Zhou, how much do you plan to invest?"

Zhou Xueyi smiled and said, "Such an important matter isn’t something that can be settled the first time we discuss it. There are still many aspects I need to understand, to inspect."

"Yes, yes, yes," Lu Youxi nodded continuously. "Chairman Zhou, you are absolutely right to think so. Please feel free to ask anything you like, and we will answer all your questions."

"Don’t worry, we’re a legitimate company. Besides, as you know, we have the support of Chengzhou Technology," Lu Youxi said. "You can definitely be assured, with Chengzhou backing us, how could we possibly take the money and run?"

Zhou Xueyi: "!!!"

Lu Youxi wouldn’t have made matters worse if she had kept silent, but after speaking, Zhou Xueyi felt even more certain that Lu Youxi was planning to close down and flee any moment.

Zhou Xueyi thought about it, suspecting how Lu Youxi, with the level of these three people and working in such an environment, which looked very unprofessional, could have developed Little Pink Book.

He doubted whether the three of them could have created Little Pink Book at all.

Moreover, as far as he knew, Lu Youxi studied economics, and when it came to computers, her knowledge was that of an average person, knowing just how to use them.

In actuality, the real work on Little Pink Book was done by Ji Deyi and Pei Jingyuan.

But looking at these two individuals, they simply didn’t seem capable.

So, Zhou Xueyi said, "President Lu."

At this moment, Zhou Xueyi had switched to a different title.

Lu Youxi perked up, ready to see what Zhou Xueyi was planning to do.

She then heard Zhou Xueyi say, "I want to understand more about your development process for Little Pink Book, including some of the technical issues, calculation methods, and so on."

Lu Youxi slightly lowered her eyes and said, "Chairman Zhou, are you looking to get the entire backend operation and complete development calculations of Little Pink Book?"

Zhou Xueyi raised his eyebrows and said, "What? You can’t produce them?"

Lu Youxi said seriously, "Chairman Zhou, this is about Little Pink Book’s secrets. As a director of Chengzhou, a company also involved in technology development, you should know how important this is to developers—how could it be handed over so easily?"

"If I gave it away, wouldn’t that be equivalent to directly handing over Little Pink Book to someone else? For others to develop a similar software would be a matter of minutes," Lu Youxi said. "We’ve worked hard to develop Little Pink Book; of course we can’t just do that. If you have any doubts about Little Pink Book, feel free to ask, and we can answer them. But I’m sorry, I cannot fulfill the request you just made."

Zhou Xueyi said with cold voice, "You know I’m a director at Chengzhou. I work there; would I still covet something from your Little Pink Book? Besides, your Little Pink Book is just a software that’s getting started and has a lot of room for improvement. Compared to Chengzhou’s products, your Little Pink Book is like a grain of sand, not even worth my notice, much less plotting against it."

"But since I am to invest, and will be one of the shareholders of Little Pink Book in the future," Zhou Xueyi said. "Knowing this isn’t too much to ask, right?"

"That’s also something we can talk about once you actually become one of our shareholders," Lu Youxi said. "You’re not one yet."

At a glance, Zhou Xueyi saw that Lu Youxi was the type who wouldn’t take action until she saw benefits.

He then changed his approach, "Alright, let’s not talk about the core technical issues for now. You can show me a small part of it, there should be no problem with that, right?"

"Cut off the beginning and the end, just a middle snippet. Even if I found a professional, they wouldn’t be able to get any useful information from that, right?" Zhou Xueyi was curious to see if Lu Youxi and her team could produce even that.

"No way!" Pei Jingyuan frowned.

These were things he and Ji Deyi had painstakingly researched—how could they show it to someone just like that?

He now recalled that Lu Youxi had suspected Zhou Xueyi of harboring ill intentions with his proactive investment offer.

It even felt like he was chasing them down with money, insistent on stuffing cash into their hands.

Now that Zhou Xueyi kept asking for the internal secrets of Little Pink Book, Pei Jingyuan was even more convinced that Zhou Xueyi must be after that!

Without hesitation, he voiced his outright refusal.

Lu Youxi nodded, still with a forced smile on her face, but her tone was uncompromisingly firm, "Indeed, it’s not possible."

Zhou Xueyi’s face darkened, thinking his suspicions were probably correct.

Little Pink Book likely wasn’t something Pei Jingyuan and Ji Deyi could manage to create.

Zhou Xueyi’s face turned grim, and with a swoosh, he stood up, seizing the opportunity to use this as an excuse, speaking coldly with a displeased face, "Since you have no sincerity, let’s forget about the investment."

Lu Youxi immediately put on an anxious expression, "Chairman Zhou, don’t make such a hasty decision? We were talking so nicely, why give it up just like that?"

"Yes, Chairman Zhou," Ji Deyi also urged anxiously from the side, "Didn’t we agree before that you were going to invest in us?"