Chapter 89: Chapter 89: The Sun Family Has Big Ambitions

In the evening, Qiao Yi and Lu Yanchuan did not return to the Lu Mansion but instead took a detour to Emperor Garden.

On the way there, Qiao Yi told him everything that Qiao Benqing had asked her to tell Lu Yanchuan.

However, unlike Qiao Benqing’s tense vigilance, Lu Yanchuan appeared quite composed, even somewhat unsurprised.

“Did you already know that the Sun Family would split up this project for sale?”

For a project with such huge profits, any family with the capability would definitely keep it to themselves. Why would they spit out the fat in their mouth and share it with others!

Moreover, looking at the terms listed in the Sun Family’s contract, they only kept a part of the development project in the old city district, releasing everything else.

The most profitable part, the harbor renovation, wasn’t kept at all!

Lu Yanchuan neither denied nor agreed, only pulling the corners of his mouth in an ambiguous smile.

Qiao Yi flipped through the contract in her hand several times, yet she couldn’t figure out the Sun Family’s intentions.

“The Sun Family isn’t one of those nameless small families. Although the project is somewhat large, the Sun Family should be able to handle it. Could it be that the Sun Family Patriarch has lost his mind?”

“This is a piece of information intentionally released by the Sun Family.”

Qiao Yi grew even more puzzled after hearing Lu Yanchuan’s words. The contract was already out, so how could it still be intentional misinformation from the Sun Family?

Could it be that the Sun Family never intended to split up the project?

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“If the Sun Family has any intention of deception, isn’t it overdoing it? Now everyone in Capital City knows it was Longjia’s two companies that secured the project. What does the Sun Family need to deceive anyone about…”

Qiao Yi’s voice trailed off as she abruptly conceived the most significant possibility.

Lu Yanchuan glanced at her sideways, “Figured it out?”

Qiao Yi bit her lip, nodding and then shaking her head.

“Perhaps the Sun Family does intend to confuse others. After all, we know about the relationship between Longjia and the Sun Family, but there are still many in Capital City who are unaware. With just these two companies’ capabilities, they definitely can’t handle such a large project, but…”

But why would the Sun Family use these two companies as a facade?

They weren’t Capital City’s most eminent family in need of any low-profile concealment, so why go through such troublesome lengths to hide? It seemed unnecessary!

“The Sun Family is quite ambitious…”

Lu Yanchuan took the contract from Qiao Yi’s lap and flipped through it a few times before uttering this statement.

“Ambitious? How so?”

“Take a closer look at the clauses the Sun Family has listed.”

With just the profit part, the Sun Family splits 30 to 70 with their partners. The entire harbor project is split into more than a dozen parts, meaning the Sun Family would only pay a small price but reap the largest profit!

Since getting her hands on the contract, Qiao Yi had focused on the issues of the Sun Family selling the project and had hardly paid attention to these hidden clauses.

Only now did she realize that the Sun Family’s contract was a blatantly unequal treaty!

“Who would sign such a contract? This is downright exploitation!”

The project’s gross profit of 30% would just barely cover the project costs, and the Sun Family’s arrangements clearly intended to reap huge benefits without investing a dime!

“That’s why I said the Sun Family is ambitious. This contract is obviously not meant for outsiders; any company that agrees to this contract must be inseparably linked to the Sun Family.”

Lu Yanchuan pointed at the position of Party B, then suddenly picked up a signing pen and signed an English name on the contract.

“Hey! Why are you still scribbling on this!”

Sun Keke couldn’t stop him in time, and could only watch helplessly as Lu Yanchuan wrote his name, without even knowing whose name it was!

“The Sun Family brought it on themselves, it’s not my fault for taking action.”

For the first time, Qiao Yi discovered that Lu Yanchuan had a different kind of charm when he smiled.

A gentle smile paired with a cold gaze was intoxicating, yet it made people more cautious, as if wavering between heaven and hell.

“Alright, you handle it as you see fit.”

Qiao Yi didn’t understand what Lu Yanchuan was planning to do but wisely did not keep asking. As long as the contract didn’t affect the Qiao Family, she didn’t care how Lu Yanchuan wanted to deal with it.

However, when she thought about the Sun Family, Qiao Yi couldn’t help but think of Sun Keke.

Ever since that day when they left the hospital, Qiao Yi had not received a reply from Sun Keke, and her messages were like stones dropped into the ocean, not even causing a ripple.

Qiao Benqing even wanted her to invite Sun Keke out during her birthday party, but now she couldn’t even find the person, let alone invite her out.

“Don’t worry about your father-in-law; I’ll explain to him,”

Thinking that Qiao Yi had gone silent contemplating how to explain to Qiao Benqing, Lu Yanchuan took the initiative and comforted her.

In reality, Qiao Yi wasn’t worried about how to explain things to Qiao Benqing. If she truly couldn’t find any news, she could just repeat Lu Yanchuan’s words to Qiao Benqing.

But now that Lu Yanchuan had taken it upon himself to handle the matter, why bother with extra steps? She cheerfully agreed.

The next morning, Qiao Yi was awakened by a call from Feng Siyu.

“My ancestor, why haven’t you gotten up yet! Where are you now, I’ll come pick you up!”

“You’re my ancestor, what time is it even, why are you looking for me!”

After cohabitating with Lu Yanchuan, Qiao Yi adjusted her standard for assessing the time in the morning based on when Lu Yanchuan would leave for work.

If Lu Yanchuan had already left, that meant it was time to get up.

If Lu Yanchuan hadn’t gone to the company, that meant she could sleep a bit longer.

This routine was always accurate unless something unexpected happened.

Today, when Feng Siyu’s call came through, Lu Yanchuan hadn’t even gotten out of bed yet!

Probably woken up by Qiao Yi’s humming, she suddenly felt a tightening around her waist, followed by being pulled into a hot embrace.

“Who is it?”

“…”

Even though she woke up in Lu Yanchuan’s arms every morning, every time she got this close to Lu Yanchuan, Qiao Yi couldn’t help but blush.

Qiao Yi was still too embarrassed to speak, but Feng Siyu on the phone had already started screaming.

“Ah!!! Is that low voice Mr. Lu!!! Qiao Yi!!! Let him say a few more words!!!”

The volume in the earpiece suddenly shot up eight octaves, and Qiao Yi held the phone away from her ear, sparing her ears from torture.

But Feng Siyu, not getting a response on the other end, kept nagging Qiao Yi to let Lu Yanchuan say a few more words to satisfy her fangirl cravings.

Qiao Yi buried her head in the blanket, not wanting to respond to Feng Siyu.

The phone that was on the pillow suddenly went silent; Qiao Yi’s ears twitched at the lack of sound and when she peeked out from under the blanket, she saw that Lu Yanchuan had hung up her call!