"You go play with them." Shen Lingfeng paused for a moment when he heard it begin, then couldn’t be bothered to listen anymore.

"This company has a mysterious background; every move they make is precise, ruthless, and big-scale — they’ve almost never failed. I just don’t understand why they suddenly took an interest in us. I did a bit of investigation; they have deep-rooted backgrounds in both the UK and the US, but I couldn’t uncover much. Still, if this collaboration is successful, it’ll be the biggest project we’ve ever had. But why them?"

"Didn’t you say? Play!"

"Do you know them? You brought in this cooperation? Give me a hint. After the initial intentions are agreed upon, they’ll send a dedicated person to liaise. This enthusiasm... shouldn’t we discuss this in person?" Yang Xiao couldn’t quite figure it out.

"Gu Ziyou’s brother." Shen Lingfeng casually dropped this fact, which he actually knew nothing about beforehand, but could easily guess, "As for that tone you mentioned, that’s kind of off; I think it might be her brother."

Yang Xiao was rendered speechless this time.

He thought Gu Ziyou was just some noble young lady with a decent family background, who came here out of affection for Shen Lingfeng to work as a small employee and successfully snagged him in the end.

But little did he know, this mysterious SNM company belongs to her family.

"Who exactly is she?"

"Her surname is Gu, what do you think?"

So that’s it.

Yang Xiao suddenly realized.

He had suspected it before because he felt the background of this emerging high-tech company was similar to the overseas background of the Gu Family.

Apparently, it originally belonged to the Gu Family, or rather, it was a venture for the two sons of the Gu Family. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Turns out Gu Ziyou is one of the Gu Family.

The Gu Family rose in Manchester, and back when the Shen Family had their incident, they were also in Manchester.

Indeed, they knew each other early on, way too early.

Yang Xiao recalled that cold and somewhat offensive voice, and immediately frowned with distress.

The Gu Family... seems rather difficult to handle.

He almost thought that tone came with malice.

But in retrospect, perhaps it wasn’t malice, but judgment.

With an inexplicable chill, he suddenly felt a sense of worry for Shen Lingfeng.

*

Gu Ziyou found Shanshan in the cafeteria and ordered the dishes she usually had.

"Not to mention, I think ever since the company changed chefs, the quality is just fantastic." Shanshan said while eating lunch, "Since the chef change, the happiest thing for me is company meals."

"Really?" Gu Ziyou asked curiously, "By the way, were the former cafeteria chefs no good?"

During her time at Fengling Group, she wasn’t aware of how the cafeteria used to be.

She tried it when she first arrived, found the taste undesirable, and stopped eating there.

She only came back after hearing the chefs had changed.

Yet, she had eaten there so few times, and during her hospital stay, she hadn’t been around.

She thought perhaps the quality had always been this good, just not during that time, prompting a complete replacement.

Suddenly, a subtle answer seemed to be emerging in her mind, though she wasn’t sure.

"Of course, it’s always been quite awful. Why are you laughing?" Shanshan said, seeing her beaming smile, "Why are you looking so delighted, what are you thinking?"

"Nothing, I just find it tasty." she answered sweetly.

Had Shen Lingfeng already known who she was, and was it him who made the change?

She really wanted to ask.

"President Shen!"

As Shanshan said this, Gu Ziyou still lingered on her previous question, quickly saying, "I wasn’t thinking about him."

"I meant, President Shen is here." Shanshan teased with a wink, "You confessed without even asking."