"Yes," Ye Zhi smiled faintly, "Her Zhiwei has developed very well. By the way, Butler Uncle, when Ruoqing comes next time, don't call her Miss Zhan. She doesn't like that title; she prefers to be called President Zhan."
The butler's expression grew even more mournful. Miss Ye cared so much about Miss Zhan, even paying attention to Miss Zhan's preferences.
"Why don't you both take my plane?" Qi Xuan suggested. "I haven't booked a room yet, so I'll book it at the hotel you're staying at. That way, we can look out for each other."
The butler's eyes lit up. Was their young master finally making a move? He looked expectantly at Ye Zhi, afraid she might refuse.
"Okay, thank you then," Ye Zhi agreed casually. "I'll tell Ruoqing later to cancel her flight ticket."
Qi Xuan nodded in agreement.
The butler sighed helplessly. "Oh well, it's not bad to go together. Having an extra lightbulb isn't unacceptable."
Afterward, Ye Zhi contacted Zhan Ruoqing, who happily agreed.
Soon, it was the day of the Internet Conference, and the three of them flew to T City together. Ye Zhi had booked a presidential suite, with one room for herself and one for Zhan Ruoqing.
However, Zhan Ruoqing found it somewhat uninteresting. She had gone to the trouble of canceling her flight ticket, determined to stick by their side, purely to see Qi Xuan make a fool of himself.
Unfortunately, they were so in sync with each other throughout the journey that they gave her no opportunity to witness any mishaps. Still, Zhan Ruoqing was philosophical about it and didn't dwell on it too much.
The next day was the first day of the official Internet Conference, and Ye Zhi and Zhan Ruoqing headed to the venue together.
Upon arriving at the venue, Zhan Ruoqing tugged at Ye Zhi's sleeve and said in a low voice, "Guess who I just saw?"
"Who?" Ye Zhi asked curiously.
Zhan Ruoqing pouted. "Cen Ya and Ou Minghan! I don't understand, why were they invited to this conference?"
"This conference has invited companies from dozens of countries, totaling over a thousand. It's not strange that they were invited," Ye Zhi smiled faintly. "Besides, their live-streaming website is an internet company, and it has been quite famous recently."
Zhan Ruoqing said unhappily, "In any case, I just feel that inviting them lowers the overall prestige of the conference."
"Being invited doesn't mean anything," Ye Zhi said with a slight smile. "Does being invited prove that their company has become a world-class internet giant? I doubt Ou Minghan could even convince himself of that."
"But he can use it to fool Cen Ya!" Zhan Ruoqing chimed in with a smile.
In the distance, Ou Minghan, sitting in the back rows of the venue, was proudly introducing the identities of the people in the front rows attending the conference to Cen Ya. For example, this person was the communications chairman of a certain country, and that person was the network security minister of another country.
Beside him, Cen Ya looked at him with immense admiration. She said with admiration and joy, "Minghan, in such a short time, can you already stand shoulder to shoulder with these world-class figures?"
"Of course!" Ou Minghan said proudly. "If it weren't for Ye Zhi's schemes and tricks back then, how could I have lost?! Now, I've easily taken back everything that belongs to me..."
Before he could finish speaking, his expression turned grim.
Cen Ya's expression faltered slightly. She followed Ou Minghan's gaze and immediately felt a pang of unhappiness.
"Ye Zhi... she came too?"
And she was seated in such a prominent position.
Ou Minghan felt his face burning. He had been incessantly boasting to Cen Ya about the status of the people in the front rows, all to elevate himself by association. After all, he was attending the same conference as these international bigwigs.
However, Ye Zhi was sitting with these powerful figures from various countries, so the more he praised those bigwigs, the more it indirectly praised Ye Zhi's significance.
Ou Minghan glanced at Cen Ya somewhat guiltily. Seeing that Cen Ya merely looked disappointed and wasn't thinking much of it, he immediately snorted coldly, "You know her methods. Haven't you seen Qi Xuan sitting next to her? I bet she just found a way to get Qi Xuan to secure an invitation for her and bring her along! She's just a pretty face. Look, none of those people in the front rows are paying attention to her..."
Before he could finish, he saw the communications chairman of a certain country, whom he had been praising so highly, walk up to Ye Zhi and strike up a conversation. After confirming Ye Zhi's identity, others also stepped forward to greet her.
Ou Minghan's expression became even more unpleasant.
Cen Ya saw it too and sighed softly, "That's also because her methods are brilliant, to have made Qi Xuan so devotedly dote on her..."
"Qi Xuan's affection is just a fleeting novelty; he'll get tired of her sooner or later!" Ou Minghan sneered. "When that happens, Ye Zhi will be brought back to her original state! She's only been invited to attend the conference; it doesn't signify anything!"
"And what about you? Are you just a fleeting novelty?" Cen Ya looked at him.
Ou Minghan felt like he was about to spit out a mouthful of blood. Why was Cen Ya's mind so preoccupied with romance?
Not only did he have to come up with more lies, but he also had to manage Cen Ya's emotions!
Ou Minghan grabbed her hand and placed it over his chest, saying with a pained expression, "Ya Ya, do I have to take out my heart for you to believe me?!"
Seeing Cen Ya's touched expression, Ou Minghan immediately showered her with sweet nothings, coaxing her into happiness.
As the conference was about to begin, Ou Minghan said somewhat guiltily, "Ya Ya, this kind of conference is very boring. Why don't you go for a walk nearby? I heard there are some nice attractions around here..."
Cen Ya said somewhat unhappily, "But I don't want to go alone..."
Ou Minghan suppressed his irritation and persuaded her for quite some time before finally convincing Cen Ya to leave.
As the conference commenced, Ou Minghan was immensely relieved by his decision.
Because after a few prominent figures had delivered some platitudes at the opening, the first person to take the stage to give a speech was Ye Zhi. If he hadn't managed to get Cen Ya away in time, he would have had to come up with more lies to continue deceiving Cen Ya.
Ou Minghan stared at Ye Zhi on stage with a sinister gaze. These past few days, he had been telling all sorts of lies to Cen Ya and Ni Na, and he had almost deceived himself.
Now, Ye Zhi, speaking on stage, mercilessly stripped away his fig leaf, forcing him to confront the fact that Ye Zhi was more successful than him.
No, Ye Zhi had merely taken what rightfully belonged to him.
If he had possessed the Ye family back then, coupled with Qi Xuan's investment and the support of the Cen family, how could his achievements possibly fall short of Ye Zhi's?!
Ye Zhi was just lucky. One day, he would be even more glorious than Ye Zhi!