Chapter Thirty-Five: Why Are You Everywhere?

  The Western restaurant of Lijing Hotel was booked by the "Tangwan Square" preparation committee tonight to hold a buffet party, and those who received invitations were not ordinary people, but all elites in the real estate industry of G City. Ma Pei was one of them.

  A tailored Italian Armani suit, which made Ma Pei look even more handsome and extraordinary. He held a glass of red wine in his hand and greeted people he knew with ease, skillfully using the social skills that a successful businessman must have.

  It was easy to find a space, Ma Pei walked out onto the balcony, taking a deep breath of the slightly damp sea air. His footsteps stopped when he saw a vaguely blurry figure near the railing: it was a woman's silhouette, her body slightly leaning forward, and he could faintly hear a whisper-like voice, as if she was on the phone. It was probably better not to go over and disturb her; besides, he just wanted to sit quietly by himself for a while.

  Ma Pei sat on the chair placed on the balcony, subconsciously rotating the wine glass in his hand, lowering his head to think.

  Suddenly, the woman slightly raised her voice: "Hey? Hey?" Lifting my head to look, the woman had already turned around and was looking around everywhere. Seeing Ma Pei sitting there, she hesitated for a moment before walking over.

  Ma Pei smiled politely as she walked up, and the woman opened her mouth with a slight blush: "Excuse me for disturbing you. May I borrow your phone? I'm in the middle of discussing something important, but my phone suddenly ran out of battery. Would you...?"

  Ma Pei took out his phone and handed it to her: "Of course, I'd be happy to help a beauty! It's my honor!" He said with a slight bow.

  The woman was amused by him and smiled slightly, saying "thank you!" as she took the phone and walked towards the railing while dialing.

  Ma Pei's eyes unconsciously followed the woman's back: that back was not particularly beautiful, but it carried a kind of soothing tranquility, a kind of elegance that seeped into one's heart, a certain something called temperament and inner substance that surrounded her, making her entire person seem to be bathed in a dazzling aura.

  Ma Pei suddenly felt a little dazed: this was a picture he was extremely familiar with, so familiar that he almost blurted out two words: "Meiyu!"

  But immediately, he came to: this was not May of course! May was a bit fatter than her, fat and thin can change, but May was slightly taller than her, but the feeling that the woman's back gave him was so similar to the feeling he had when he saw May's back in the past!

  She has the same soothing presence as Mayu, and from this point alone, it can be seen that her family background is no worse than Mayu's!

  Ma Pei let out a dejected sigh. Recently, to be precise, since he met Ling Ziwai, he felt like he had returned to the state he was in when he first heard about Mei Yu's family accident. Everything he saw reminded him of Mei Yu, and as long as there was even a slight connection or similarity with Mei Yu, he would immediately feel dazed.

  When Meiyu's family encountered difficulties, Ma Pei was still in France. After obtaining an MBA degree from Reims Management School, he continued to work hard and passed the DE qualification examination of Paris I University. Meiyu also took the entrance exam for Reims II University that year and became a member of Reims LICE.

  While he was excitedly waiting for Mei Yu's arrival, he received a call from Mei Yu. As soon as he opened his mouth and called out "Little Raindrop", Mei Yu told him: "Pei Shao, I may not be able to go to France after all. You have to take care of yourself over there."

  Ma Pei was stunned for a moment, and before he could react, Mei Yu had already hung up the phone. When he called back, Mei Yu's phone was turned off. The next day, when he called again, it became an empty number.

  Ma Pei was panicked and quickly called his mother, but she was not in G City; he called his father, but his father did not understand what had happened at all.

  A few days later, his father called him and said that Meiyu's parents had sold the company and the whole family had disappeared from G City, with no one knowing what had happened.

  After this, he lost contact with Mayu.

  Ma Pei knew about the Mei family's bankruptcy and Mei Yu's parents' car accident a year later.

  Ma Pei had a big argument with his parents, blaming them for keeping this from him. If he had known earlier, he would have definitely returned to find Mei Yu. His parents' reason was that they were afraid he would rush back without regard for anything and thus not be able to get the DE certificate that he had worked so hard to obtain, so they kept the truth from him. Moreover, Mei Yu's parents' car accident was very mysterious.

  The police said that according to eyewitnesses, they were driving on the bridge when the car suddenly accelerated and plunged into the water. However, Mei Yu's mother's body was not recovered from the car, but was found three days later in a distant downstream location. Since then, no one has seen Mei Yu again, so it is unknown whether she was in the car at the time or not.

  No one knows a child better than his father, so Ma Pei's parents naturally understood that once their son found out about this fact, it would be a huge blow to him. After discussing it, they concealed the truth and tried every means to prevent him from returning home, hoping that by the time he found out, time would have dulled everything!

  The woman finished her phone call, turned around and walked over to Ma Pei's side, returned the phone to him, and politely thanked him.

  Ma Pei smiled and said: "No need to be polite, if the lady is not in a hurry to go inside, would you do me the honor of letting me accompany you for a chat?"

  The woman smiled and sat down: "You're too polite, haven't even asked for advice..."

  Ma Pei smiled and replied: "My surname is Ma, and my name is Pei. Miss, you're not from G City, are you? I've never seen you before."

  "Oh?" The other party was shocked, "You are Mr. Ma Pei, the general manager of Huayu? I have long admired the great name of 'Legendary Ma Pei', and didn't expect you to be so young! My Chinese name is Li Wanying, Mu Zi Li, elegant and refined, I am from Singapore, and was recently hired by Jiang's Real Estate Company to assist President Jiang in bidding for the 'Tang Wan Plaza' project, serving as Deputy General Manager of the Tang Wan Development Project."

  "Jiang? Singaporean? Surname Li? Then you and Mrs. Jiang are......" Ma Pei was taken aback.

  Li Yuqing smiled: "General Ma is indeed astute. The Madame Jiang you mentioned is actually my aunt."

  "Oh, I see." Ma Pei suddenly realized, "Li Yuqing? What a great name!"

  "Is that so? Well, in that case..." Li Yuqing smiled sweetly, giving no hint that she was a professional woman who could take on such heavy responsibilities.

  "Wan is a gentle and beautiful meaning. As for you, there's no need to say more. The Sixth Dalai Lama once said in a poem: 'In this world, how can one find a perfect match? Not betraying the Buddha, not betraying you.' There's also a saying that Wan is a born beauty. Wan Wan: a gentle and beautiful woman, isn't this name good enough?" Ma Pei joked.

  Li Wanqing couldn't help but smile again, just as she was about to speak, when suddenly a bright and clear voice came from beside her ear: "I knew President Ma would definitely come, I've been looking everywhere for you and couldn't find you, so it turns out you're hiding here to avoid the commotion?"

  The two of them turned their heads, and a beautiful woman with a charming smile stood beside him. When he saw her face clearly, Ma Pei couldn't help but laugh: "It's you! Why are you everywhere?"