Chapter Thirty-Eight: Extraordinary Times, Extraordinary Events

  Ma Pei glanced at Wang Yang and sighed, "Don't use this tone to ask me, as if I'm the one who did it. I'm only telling you because I consider you a friend, otherwise, even if you killed me, I wouldn't admit that I know about this matter."

  Wang Yang's face turned red: "Sorry, professional habit, you continue speaking, I guarantee that I won't write about this matter."

  Ma nodded: "However, it's good that you keep your professional sharpness, maybe you can help me analyze it. Because my friend also knows this rumor, and I have a good relationship with him, so I'm more concerned about this matter. After receiving the report from the Jiang family and figuring out what happened, he notified me at the first time."

  Wang Yang nodded thoughtfully: "At this extraordinary time, there is an extraordinary event. The Jiang family is indeed unlucky this year. However, if it's because of that matter, Jiang Haotian should have left home long ago. Why did he drag it until today? Is something else happening in the past few days?"

  "Alas, I don't know." Ma Pei stretched his waist, "This is not something we can control, just hope that the Jiang family won't lose their footing in the bidding because of this, and hope that Vice Director Li has enough courage. Otherwise, this war will be too boring."

  Wang Yang looked at him with a smile: "Your meaning is that you hope your opponent will be stronger and stronger?"

  "Of course." Ma Pei smiled, "Although Hua Yu is also determined to get 'Tang Wan', but without an opponent, it would lose a lot of fun. I like challenges, challenges can overcome myself, and make my potential play out greatly. Otherwise, I will never know how many situations I can handle."

  "Listing H-shares and N-shares is also a challenge to yourself, right? If my sources are reliable, you withstood too much pressure at that time." Wang Yang smiled slyly, looking quite lovable.

  "Haha, it seems you're quite familiar with my affairs, little Xiangxiang. Tell me, what else do you know?" Ma Pei couldn't help but feel curious about her.

  Wang Yang's face turned red, and she suddenly became a bit flustered: "What's there to understand? Isn't it just what everyone knows?" However, as a seasoned journalist, she quickly adjusted her emotions, smiled mischievously, and said: "Do you need to ask about those things? In G City, anyone in the business world can talk about 'Ma Pei' for three days without repeating themselves. Besides, didn't I do an exclusive interview with you recently? Of course, I had to investigate you first."

  "Hmm? A very obvious change of subject." Ma Pei said with a half-joking, half-serious tone, "I didn't ask you that, I asked what else do you know about me?"

  "Hmm," Wang Yang tilted his head and thought for a moment, "apart from the well-known business aspects, I also specially investigated your personal emotional life. Originally, I wanted to write a feature interview from a different angle, but after knowing your story, somehow, whatever I say, I couldn't convince myself to add another highlight to the news."

  A pang in Ma Pei's heart, he thought of Mei Yu again. He let out a light sigh and said: "It's been a long time ago, so long that if I didn't think about her every day, I might have almost forgotten what she looked like."

  Wang Yang lowered his head, biting his lower lip lightly, hesitated for a moment before speaking: "You're saying that you still haven't forgotten her? You think of her every day? Then why don't you go find her? Maybe she's also waiting for you, who knows."

  Ma Pei smiled wryly: "Haven't you already inquired about it? How could you not know that I've looked for her? When I returned to the country, it was already a year after their family's incident. And only after returning to the country did I learn the truth of the whole thing. At that time, I frantically searched for her, using all my connections to find her. But since a year had passed, no matter how hard I looked, I couldn't find her.

  "Originally, my parents were afraid that if I knew the truth, it would affect my studies in DE. But as a result, it turned out to be good. Because when Mei Yu had an accident, I wasn't by her side, and at the time she needed me most, I was completely unaware of what happened, while she just called me once and then left me like that. She didn't even have the most basic trust in me."

  "This realization drove me to a state of frenzy, and I spent every day in a daze. Everything I saw, heard or thought about was related to Mei Yu, even things that had no connection to her at all. I couldn't return to my normal state, let alone go back to school. My parents were worried and tried to use their connections to find Mei Yu while also sending me abroad to see a psychologist. It wasn't until almost a year later that I slowly returned to normal."

  "But Meiyu has had no news all along, and everyone advised me to say that Meiyu might be gone, but I don't believe it! I always feel that she is still alive, just in some corner of the world, day and night, paying attention to me. I always feel that when she broke off contact with me at that time, there must have been a reason for it! One day, she will come back to my side, Qianqian, do you believe it?"

  At this point, Ma Pei's eyes were filled with determination, and he asked Wang Yang eagerly.

  Wang Yang was deeply moved by Ma Pei's deep feelings for Mei Yu, and when she heard Ma Pei ask her, she nodded vigorously towards him, her voice a little hoarse as she replied: "I'm sure of it, Pei Shao! She must be somewhere in the world thinking about you, and she'll definitely come back to your side! When she chose to leave you before, she must have had her own unavoidable reasons for doing so. I believe that she's also missing you just as much as you're missing her!"

  "Uh-huh," Ma Pei nodded in agreement, "Yes, she'll be back. I have a hunch that she definitely will!"

  Wang Yang's mind gradually cleared up, and she thought of another question: "There is one thing, Pei Shao, I also heard about the bankruptcy of the Mei family back then. It is said that on a certain day, Mr. Mei suddenly held a press conference, announcing his retirement, and the 2% stake he held in the 'Southeast Financial Group' had been unconditionally transferred to an overseas financial group. Then, the representative of that overseas financial group appeared, but it was a Japanese corporation. Afterwards, the Mei family left 'Southeast' empty-handed, and then Mr. and Mrs. Mei got into a car accident, is that right?"