Chapter 9 I decided to give up on her

  On the third day, the two went to pick up Ling Ziwai and her sister together back to G city. Before leaving, they had a farewell with their landlady and the sisters.

  All the way, Ke'er was in a good mood. Her simple and childlike words and actions often made the three of them laugh uncontrollably. It was impossible to see that her heart had been so severely traumatized before. Ma Pei and Zhang Sen saw it with their own eyes and felt sorry for her in their hearts.

  Speaking of Ling Ziwei going to his company for an interview, Ling Ziwei asked curiously: "By the way, Pei Shao, what is your position in the company? It should be a very high-level position, right?"

  "Me?" Ma Pei smiled slightly but didn't answer directly. "What do you think I should be doing? Why do you think I should hold a very high position?"

  "I don't know why I think so, it's just a feeling. I think you have a certain aura, a very good one, how to say...?" Ling Ziwu thought for a moment, "You're not arrogant or overbearing, but rather calm and composed. But somehow, I always feel that you exude a kind of pride from deep within your bones, a kind of haughty disdain for everything. Maybe even you yourself haven't noticed it, because it's a deeply ingrained regal aura, what people often call noble bearing, yes, that's it, noble bearing!"

  Ma Pei smiled and said: "If I put it that way, wouldn't I be one of those 'second-generation entrepreneurs'?"

  Ling Ziwei also smiled: "That's different, you're not that kind of person." As for why it was different, she didn't continue.

  "Oh? You sound so confident, as if you know me well. Tell me, what's the difference between me and a 'second-generation entrepreneur'?" Ma Pei asked with a nonchalant smile.

  "There's a saying that 'wealth doesn't last past three generations', which refers to those who suddenly become rich. The term 'second-generation entrepreneur' refers to the kind of person whose parents worked hard to build up their business, but were frugal and honest, whereas the second generation only knows how to spend money. This kind of successor will squander the family business that their parents worked so hard to build up, and by the time it reaches the third generation, there's basically nothing left."

  "But the nobility is different. The nobility I'm referring to are those who have good breeding, who have built their fortunes step by step through hard work and entrepreneurship, and who place great emphasis on education and cultivating the next generation of leaders in terms of character and refinement. Therefore, in families like these, there is no such thing as 'wealth not lasting three generations', but rather they become stronger and stronger."

  "By the fourth or fifth generation, the accumulated literary refinement, moral character, and ideological realm are enough to look down on ordinary people. The nobility, arrogance, elegance, and profundity they exhibit are beyond comparison with those 'second-generation entrepreneurs' who rely on their parents' wealth. This is because it comes from within, deeply ingrained in their bones, which is what we call temperament. It's something that ordinary people can't learn even if they try. And you, Pei Shao, belong to this category of people!"

  Ma Pei and Zhang Sen exchanged a glance, but the implication was different. Ma Pei was amazed by Ling Ziwai's sharpness, while Zhang Sen's heart suddenly moved, as if he had thought of something.

  Looking to one side, the well-behaved baby listened to the conversation between the two, but couldn't help being bored and constantly playing with her own fingers. Zhang Sen always felt that something was wrong, but for a moment, he couldn't think of what it was.

  Ma Pei burst out laughing: "Awesome! Vivian, this speech of yours is enough to make us people who live off our ancestors' wealth feel ashamed!"

  Ling Ziwei smiled and pursed her lips: "Still the same sentence, you don't seem like the kind of person who eats the old capital of your ancestors. In that kind of wine and moon gathering, staying for a long time, when there's nothing to do, sisters like to study those rich people who come to drink in bars, making you laugh."

  Ke'er interrupted: "Ma Pei brother, you haven't answered sister's question yet. What do you do in the company? Is sister right?"

  Ma Pei turned back to Ke'er with a smile: "Your sister guessed it right, I have a very high position in the company, so high that I can decide whether or not your sister comes to work at our company. But your sister is so smart, I'm afraid she'll take my place if she goes there. To keep my rice bowl safe, I've decided not to hire her."

  "Don't say that, Brother Ma Pei." Ke'er heard Ma Pei say this and became anxious. "Sister is indeed very smart, but she won't take your position. You're so good to us, sister will only work harder for the company, she's a great person, you mustn't reject her!"

  Three people saw Ke'er so anxious, and they all teased her. Zhang Sen smiled and turned back to say: "Ke'er, don't be afraid, Ma Pei is just teasing you. As long as your sister can pass the exam, he won't reject your sister. However, it depends on whether your sister can get into their company."

  Ke'er let out a sigh of relief and curiously asked: "Ma Pei, what exactly do you do in the company? You're so formidable! Whether or not someone gets accepted, you just say no and it's settled? Are you in charge of recruitment?"

  Ma Pei smiled and said, "I'm in charge of recruitment, that's true. But what I'm in charge of isn't just who gets hired or not. I'm in charge of the head of the department where your sister works! Everyone in the company is under my management. If I don't like someone, or if they offend me, I can say no to them and make them leave. How's that, Xiaor? Am I impressive?"

  Ke'er widened her eyes, looking at Ma Pei with admiration and worship: "Wow, Brother Ma Pei, so you're the boss of the company? You're so amazing! However," Ke'er glanced at Ling Ziyue and said confidently: "I'm telling you, Brother Ma Pei, my sister will definitely pass the exam. My sister is so smart, how could she not pass? Right, sister?"

  Ling Ziwei gently stroked Ke'er's head and said, "Right, sister will definitely pass! Even if it's for Ke'er, sister must pass, right?"

  "Uh-huh," Ke'er looked at Ling Ziwai and nodded vigorously, "Ke'er knows, sister is the best. For Ke'er's sake, sister will do anything."

  The two of them exchanged a glance, and then quickly looked away. No one saw that in the instant they locked eyes, a spark of icy fire flashed between them, bright enough to set the entire world ablaze!!!