Seeing Smith’s expression, Xie Changning smiled faintly. "Mr. Smith, your superior is a friend of mine. I never would have thought... Talk about fighting your own people without realizing it! Hahaha!"

She was in a fantastic mood!

She had just closed a deal for ten thousand small printers at two thousand US dollars a unit!

She was earning foreign currency again!

’Truly, when your luck is in, no one can stand in your way!’

Smith looked at Xie Changning, stammering, not quite understanding what she meant. He just chuckled awkwardly and replied, "It’s all fate. Fate."

’Chinese people say that a lot, right?’

Smith’s superior sat to the side, his body rigid as he watched Smith and Xie Changning converse. He was horrified.

He really hadn’t expected Smith to be so capable.

’To dare speak so casually with this woman!’

"What’s your relationship with her?" Smith’s superior leaned close to him and whispered, glancing at Xie Changning’s every move.

He was terrified that Xie Changning would come near him. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Xie Changning saw his expression and knew what he was thinking. She couldn’t help but feel amused.

’This guy is really something else.’

"I... I just met her yesterday. This Ms. Xie is incredible. Viney couldn’t beat her even with a gun." Smith had told his superior about this before.

But his superior hadn’t believed him.

Now, Smith’s superior believed him. This woman knew Chinese Kung Fu. She was incredibly skilled. Beating an armed Viney must have been child’s play for her!

"You promised to help her, didn’t you?"

"O-of course!"

"Good, that’s good." ’If I hadn’t agreed, she definitely would have come after me again!’

’I can’t let so many people at the company see her beat me so badly!’

Smith’s superior was named Jerry, a very young man. The only reason he held this position was that the company belonged to his father.

He had the capital to be willful.

"Ahem, Ms. Xie, the contract is signed. Is... is there anything else?"

He didn’t want to face her any longer.

Seeing that Jerry was anxious to get rid of her, Xie Changning nodded slightly. "Alright. I’ll be back to visit tomorrow. I hope I’ll be seeing you then, Jerry."

Jerry: "..." He was not happy.

After seeing Xie Changning off, Jerry clapped Smith on the shoulder. "You did a good job. You were right not to provoke her! She’s not someone an ordinary person can afford to cross!"

Meanwhile, as Xie Changning walked out of the company’s building, she found everyone staring at her. She was a bit confused.

"Why is everyone looking at me like that?"

"Director, if I’m not mistaken, that Jerry fellow seemed really scared of you." ’Is our director really that terrifying?’

Cheng Jinghao didn’t understand.

Xie Changning nodded slightly. "Yes, Jerry is a bit afraid of me. After all, I taught him a good lesson back during the competition in Beijing."

Back then, not even the professor accompanying him was spared.

The translator and the lawyer had both heard about this incident.

During the technology competition at the time, some foreigners had been invited as guests, but they ended up causing trouble in Beijing and had their judge status revoked.

The two of them knew Xie Changning was not to be trifled with, but they never imagined it was to this extent.

Xie Changning didn’t know what they were thinking. She gently rubbed her shoulder and then said, "Let’s go. We’ve accomplished our goal for today. We’ll let the rest play out naturally."

’Viney won’t stay put. After we get back, we’ll still need to figure out our next steps.’

The entire group saw Xie Changning as their backbone. Whatever she decided to do, they would follow.

「Back at the hotel」

After the group had a meal, Xie Changning sent them all off for an afternoon nap while she waited for a call from Smith.

’If I’m not mistaken,’ she thought, ’Jerry will probably have Smith come forward later and ask if I need his help.’

’Given his background, if he offers, I’ll accept.’

’As the saying goes, even a mighty dragon can’t crush a local snake. The same applies to me when I’m abroad.’

Things went exactly as Xie Changning had predicted. Before long, Smith came to the hotel to see her in person.

"Ms. Xie, our general manager would like to see you."

"Alright."

As soon as Smith entered the hotel, he saw Xie Changning sitting on the ground floor, drinking coffee. Her expression was perfectly composed, completely unfazed by the drink.

Smith couldn’t help but take a second look at Xie Changning.

’This Ms. Xie... you can tell at a glance that she’s a very worldly person...’

The two left the hotel and went straight to the coffee shop where Jerry was waiting. The moment they walked in, Jerry shot to his feet instinctively, terrified that Xie Changning would beat him up for having a bad attitude.

Xie Changning was a little confused.

’I don’t think I hit him that hard back then, did I?’

’Why is he so afraid of me?’

While Xie Changning was still wondering, Jerry gave an awkward laugh and said to her, "Ms. Xie, what would you like to drink? My treat."

Xie Changning looked at him, waiting until his body stiffened under her gaze before speaking.

"Okay."

After Xie Changning sat down, Jerry pulled Smith to sit across from her, as if she were a man-eating tiger that he couldn’t get close to.

Xie Changning couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow. "I’m curious. As I recall... you weren’t the one I hit the hardest, were you?"

’So why is he so scared?’

"That’s precisely why! Because I wasn’t the one who was hit the hardest!" He was always incredibly thankful that he hadn’t done something so foolish!

No, rather, he had followed his friend’s lead in bullying the Chinese.

His good upbringing had been completely led astray by that friend.

Of course, that wasn’t the main reason he was afraid of Xie Changning. The main reason was that someone from his father’s branch office had returned and shown him a picture of her.

They said she could control China’s Fierce Ghosts.

He had read ghost stories before, especially Eastern ones, so he knew that the Fierce Ghosts from over there were incredibly powerful—much more so than their vampires. That was why he was so terrified.

Of course, he would never tell Xie Changning this.

He didn’t want to give her leverage over him.

Little did he know, he was already being controlled, and Xie Changning didn’t even have to lift a finger.

Xie Changning could tell he was still hiding something, but she didn’t press the matter. She just asked Jerry, "I hear you want to help?"

"Yes... that’s right. I think your small printer has very promising prospects. And the price is low, which makes it perfect for a partnership. I’d like to secure the distribution rights for the United States."

He was a skilled artist. After signing the contract that morning, he had memorized the printer’s appearance, drawn a picture of it, and gone home to show his father.

His father felt that this machine had great potential.

Even though it was a machine from China, its lower price and smaller size meant that even small companies could afford it!

Therefore, his father had sent him to negotiate for the distribution rights.

And he had given him a direct order: secure the distribution rights for the United States at any cost! And ultimately, to lock down the rights for all of Europe as well!