Qiao Man stood there, looking at Liu Yingying's back with an ugly expression.
She quietly clenched her hands. How could Fu Shaoting, an ordinary employee, give out a sky-high price of one million as a gift.
It was obviously a deliberate attempt to embarrass him.
But Qiao Man had no idea how he could get one million in seven days...
If the money is not collected by then, Liu Yingying will definitely make a fuss.
Qiao Man closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and turned around to return to the company.
Unexpectedly, when she turned around, many onlookers were not far away, staring at her with slightly strange eyes.
Those looks made Qiao Man feel uncomfortable all over. She hurried into the elevator with a stiff face.
When she returned home in the evening, Qiao Man was exhausted, with a trace of sadness between her brows.
Until now, she still couldn't think of any solution.
While eating, there was still a lingering sadness in her eyes. Even if she tried her best to hide it, Fu Shaoting could still see it.
After dinner, Fu Chen went back to his room to do his homework.
Fu Shaoting went directly to the door of Qiao Man's room, knocked on the door and entered.
"What's wrong?" Seeing him come in, Qiao Man asked doubtfully.
Fu Shaoting walked up to her, looked down at her and asked, "You have been worried since you came back. What happened?"
Qiao Man's heart skipped a beat, and she tried her best to hide it.
"It's okay." Qiao Man pretended to be relaxed and denied.
"Don't lie to me, you can't hide the worry in your eyes."
Fu Shaoting's brief words made Qiao Man fall silent.
But she didn't want to tell Fu Shaoting what Liu Yingying had done and put more pressure on him.
"It's really nothing, it's just something in the company." Qiao Man explained with a twinkle in her eyes.
Fu Shaoting sighed softly: "The company's affairs will not make you so depressed, to be honest."
Seeing that Fu Shaoting would not give up easily if he didn't tell her, Qiao Man had no choice but to tell the truth about Liu Yingying going to the company to ask her for a betrothal gift.
"Sister-in-law said she would only give seven days, but how is that possible?" Qiao Man smiled bitterly.
Fu Shaoting narrowed his eyes invisibly. As expected, only her family could make her feel so bad.
After a moment of silence, Fu Shaoting thoughtfully asked tentatively: "Since she is in such a hurry, I can borrow one million from my colleagues first, so that she will not trouble you again in the future."
"No!" After hearing this, Qiao Man refused without thinking and was very firm.
"It's already too much to ask you to come up with a gift of one million yuan in a short period of time. How can I ask you to borrow money?"
Qiao Man didn't hesitate at all, which made Fu Shaoting very satisfied.
He raised his eyebrows and looked at her: "Then what do you want to do? If she can't get the money within seven days, she will definitely make a fuss by then."
Qiao Man didn't know that Liu Yingying only recognized money.
She is now asking for the bride price in various ways, just for this one million.
If Fu Shaoting couldn't come up with it, Liu Yingying might want to divorce her and introduce her to someone else.
In the eyes of Liu Yingying and Qiao's mother, she was probably just a tool to earn betrothal gifts.
Such thoughts chilled her, but they were irrefutable facts.
Taking a long breath, Qiao Man raised her eyes and looked directly into Fu Shaoting's eyes, and said seriously: "I will find a way to do this. You must not borrow money, okay?"
The embarrassment of the Qiao family was enough to make Qiao Man feel guilty for Fu Shaoting.
If he really lent money to the bride price, she wouldn't know how to repay the kindness.
Under her gaze, Fu Shaoting nodded slowly: "Okay, I will also find a way, don't worry."
Qiao Man said with bitterness in her heart: "I said I would find a way and I won't let you pay this money. You should go back and rest early. I'm going to bed."
"OK, good night."
"Good night."
The seven days given by Liu Yingying made Qiao Man feel that time was tight, and the company was also imminent in winning the FY contract.
The boss has threatened her more than once. If she doesn't succeed, he might really expose her past.
Qiao Man was extremely busy. After her repeated requests, Xu Feng finally agreed to meet her.
"Miss Qiao, let's make an agreement first. I will decide the meeting place this time."
Qiao Man understood that this was another tough battle: "Okay."
"I'll send you the location tonight."
Xu Feng said meaningfully.
Qiao Man was stunned: "At night?"
Usually the time for contract negotiation is during the day.
"Is there a problem? You don't have to come if you don't want to." Xu Feng said politely.
Qiao Man didn't dare to be unwilling, so she quickly agreed: "Okay, I agree."
In the blink of an eye, at night, Qiao Man received the location from Xu Feng and found that the location was actually a famous mood bar in Longcheng.
Seeing this location, she wanted to refuse immediately, but she was not qualified.
In the end, Qiao Man could only pack her things, put the document bag in her bag, and set off to meet Xu Feng.
Half an hour later, Qiao Man walked into the bar with soothing soft music and ambiguous lighting.
There weren't many people inside yet, so Qiao Man quickly found Xu Feng's booth: "Manager Xu."
Xu Feng did not wear formal clothes today, but wore casual clothes.
On the contrary, Qiao Man's professional attire was incompatible with the atmosphere of the bar.
Xu Feng looked her up and down, patted the place beside him, and raised the corners of his lips: "Miss Qiao, sit down."
Qiao Man felt uneasy sitting next to Xu Feng, deliberately keeping a distance.
She went straight to the topic, took out the document bag from her bag, and talked about business: "Manager Xu, I don't know why you want to make an appointment in a place like a bar to talk about business, but can we have a good talk now?"
"No problem, but let's have a glass of wine first and let's chat slowly." Xu Feng personally mixed a glass of wine for her and placed it in front of her.
Looking at the glass of wine, Qiao Man inexplicably remembered the bad thing she suffered at the hands of Fu Qiang before. The smile on her face was a little stiff and she said: "Let's just talk about business. I'm not a good drinker, so I won't drink anymore."
Xu Feng's face suddenly darkened, and he was a little unhappy: "Don't you participate in other wine parties and don't touch a sip of wine?"
"If you don't drink, let's just stop talking." After Xu Feng finished speaking, he picked up the wine glass in front of him and drank it all.
There happened to be a performance in the middle of the bar at this time, and Xu Feng looked over casually.
Qiao Man gritted her teeth secretly, knowing that today might be her last chance. If she could not convince Xu Feng, her consequences in the company would only become worse and her situation would become more difficult.
"Manager Xu, actually I have almost been drugged before, so... I don't dare to touch the drinks outside casually."
Qiao Man looked embarrassed and hesitated to give a perfect reason.
Xu Feng looked at her slightly surprised, then smiled: "Do you think I will drug you?"
"I was just scared, so I was extra cautious." Qiao Man's eyes were full of apology.
