“Immersed in watching me?” Wayne Chen spoke to Jane with his back turned against her as he was placing two steaks on a plate.

Leaning against the door, the girl felt her cheeks was burning like crazy.

“I, I just wanna see if there is anything I can do.” She explained, dashed forward and picked up the steak.

After all dishes were placed on the dinning table, Jane pondered for a moment, then she just stood up and walked to the cupboard. What she took out was a bottle of nice wine David Gu gave her a few days ago. She stared at the drink in her hand and was not sure if she’d ask Wayne to open it for her.

“What are you thinking?” The guy was already sitting by the table.

“I guess... this will be the best to go with the steak.” Jane walked to her seat and sat down.

“You’d better not have any wine. Here, the soup will be good for you.” Wayne was concerned about her health and placed a bowl of chicken soup in front of her.

As Jane watched the guy chopping the steak into perfect cubes and gently placed the plate before her, she realized the boy in her memory had already become a true man.

She looked down and gazed at the meat. Then she lifted her fork and had a bite. The steak was perfectly cooked and seasoned, which greatly stroke Jane’s mind and brought her appetite back.

The man sitting across her smiled as she ate all these meat up and he pushed his plate to her.

“I’m full. You have these.” Jane pushed it back.

“Just eat as much as you want--you need fuels to get you back to work.” Wayne Chen moved his lips sternly.

“I’m still weak. Come on, do I have to start my work immediately?” Jane pouted for she was quite discontent.

“I’ll not pay your salary if you use this as an excuse to avoid your responsibilities.” A glint of care flashed through the guy’s smiley eyes.

“Oops, seriously? I was just moved by you chopping a steak for me. But it seems to be in vain that you’re just as indifferent as before.” Jane muttered to herself and then ate the other plate of steak bit by bit.

..........

Being extremely furious, the president of All-star Group was sitting in his chair and glaring at Jeff Nam who was kneeling before his eyes.

“Look at what you’ve done! What you’ve done! How come I gave birth to a son like you! Don’t you know that you’ve reached the limit of my tolerance?” The old guy roared as he pointed at the quivering young man on the ground.

“Dad, I know I’ve made a big mistake. I thought it was not a big deal but Wayne Chen was such a hard ass.” The thug was in a low-key now and dropped some tears in front of his dad.

“Well,” the president sighed and felt headache.

Thanks to the old guy’s countless affairs over the past decades, he had to put up with this son born by one of his mistresses--Jeff. However, the statement to the public was that the boy was adopted.

As a matter of fact, no matter how the president of All-star Group tried to disguise the truth, people in F city were clearly aware that the most beloved one was his own son.

Several years ago, the identity of Jeff Nam was by no means a secret after grandma’s death. He also became a legal heir of the company as a result.

“The top priority now is to keep you away from prison. I advise you to go abroad and hide. The rest of these shall be handled by your big brother.” Jeff’s father waved to make a gesture to let him go. The young man wanted to say something but he just held it back.

Flame of rage was burning in his eyes as the door was closed.

He had been treated unequally ever since he entered the gate of the Nam family’s mansion. However, the chance was gained by his mother’s all efforts.

He still remembered the pouring rain night when his mother left him with tears.

Jeff Nam knew the old guy abandoned his mother and he bore no mercy to him.

He had been devoting all efforts in building his reputation and made a name for himself in F city just to take over All-star Group one day. While all of these would be vanished if he was sent abroad.

What this old thing only loved were money and power.

So Jeff was determined to make him to suffer the pain of losing everything--especially his two elder sons.

Each time they met Jeff Nam,

they were bond to put on an arrogant look toward him.

How dared they?

His last name was Nam, too.

........

Flowers, drinks and fruits were already served and placed at where they should be at the conference room in All-star Group.

It was the annual investment conference held by All-star Group, which was paid great importance by Wendy Nam who had invited all shareholders and future investors to attend.

Wayne Chen, actually, could be regarded as one shareholder to the company for his P&F Corporation had been giving continuous investments on the clothing line of All-star Group.

Miss Nam beamed as she spotted Wayne Chen stepped into the conference room and she came directly to him and showed the guy to his seat.

The president of P&F Corporation sat down and gave a poker face. Wendy Nam was quite disappointed.

However, she was used to this and didn’t care. She ignored Jane Lim who was sitting next to Wayne and got close to the guy and said in a soft voice, “Mr Chen, thank you for showing up at this event.”

“Huh.” Wayne Chen made a sound through his nose.

He also gave a cold and indifferent look to those other investors who came to greet him.

The more immersed in this business world, the more cold and stern did Wayne Chen become. Being a sophisticated businessman, he wore a poker face as a shield to keep everyone out from his emotion and thought, which did help him in negotiations. However, it became a habit of his over time.

At present, he would merely reveal what he truly was to those who he fully trusted.

Wendy was pretty annoyed by the guy’s behavior. But she couldn’t complain at this occasion so she just stood up.

“Okay, then if you have any needs, please feel free to tell the staff.”

Wayne nodded as a reply.

As all seats had been taken, Wendy Nam made a gesture to close the door.

“Now that you’re all here, I announce the investment conference starts now!” Wendy claimed passionately, then she continued, “Please let me play the video about the development and future plan of Wendy’s--a clothing company belongs to All-star Group--to have a fully acknowledge and comprehension of what you guys are investing!”

Wendy Nam was thrilled as the screen was rolling down for she was clearly aware that once she successfully collected funds from all these investors, the company shall evolve astonishingly well.

However, Wayne stood up as the video was played.

Miss Nam gave the guy a microphone so that he could be heard by everyone in the conference room.

If P&F Corporation agreed to offer the fund, the rest of them would follow.

Wayne Chen snorted and moved his lips, “I represent P&F Corporation and terminate any kinds of investment and support to all businesses controlled by the Nam family. That’s all.”

As he finished, the guy took Jane’s hand and stormed out of the room.

“Mr Chen, Mr Chen——” Miss Nam yelled anxiously in behind.

While the guy didn’t give a response. He never cared to attend any meeting like this. The reason why he showed up today was that he wanted to warn All-star Group to stay away from his company and his people.

He was pretty sure what his words would result then. If he claimed to stop funding, then most investors there would think twice about the cooperative relationship with All-star Group.

Wayne picked up his phone and an anxious voice came through the line, “Mr Chen, you can’t do this. My company will hardly survive then.”

“My stopping the fund will ruin your company?” Wayne was quite impatient.

Then a glimpse of sneer appeared through his face, “Miss Nam is questioning my decisions in this business industry?”

“Well, I didn’t mean that.” Wendy Nam explained.

Wayne Chen then replied in a cold voice, “Now that I’m the president of P&F Corporation, I can stop my fund to your company when I don’t approve the future development of your company. You can never assume we have the obligation to fund your company forever. I can always play it safe and leave whatever company I don’t wanna support.”

“Mr Chen, what you’ve said is true but how can you be so sure that the future of my company will be negative?” Wendy asked cautiously on the other end of the line.

“Stop fooling around, Miss Nam. Don’t you think I don’t know what was happening in your company? You’d better terminate tricking all these investors.”

The girl was numb when she was scolded by the guy. “Mr Chen, don’t listen to these rumors. You gotta believe me. You did earn money through our collaborative relationship of all these years.”

“That was a past. Miss Nam, I guess you know the fact that there is no friendship but only profit in this business world. Why should I adhere to the old connection even though I couldn’t see any future or hope in your company? At present, deflation is the general trend, real estate market saturation is also the general trend, it will be more and more difficult to apply for loans from banks in the form of construction in progress mortgage. Why should I toss my money to you in vain? There are numerous real estate companies, which could bring me great profits out there waiting for me to invest.” Wayne Chen talked a lot on the phone for he wanted to convey his anger to the daughter of the president of All-star Group. He wanted then to know that he had his temper and attitude.

“Mr Chen, well...” Wendy Nam was pissed off by what Wayne Chen did just now. She was used to be wooed by men that she had never expected this guy would be such impolite to her.

He didn’t change his attitude on the phone. Who did think he was? The most wealthy man in F city?

However, Miss Nam probably would do the same thing today if she was Wayne Chen, so she just took a deep breathe and put on a smiley face, “Well, Mr Chen, can you just stop some part of the investment? The real estate industry is not as promising as before. Besides, the bank shall go through a period of time to adapt to the new policy. What about you investing All-star Group first and then invest the real estate when you get the profit?”

“And we could change the former agreement on your return on investment. Forget about the market and what my company will earn this year, I’ll offer you a fixed sum--let’s raise 8% more on the profit share rate than last year. And you could withdraw some part of your investment--what about funding just one billion dollars? It’s only half of what you paid last year.”

“A billion dollars?” The guy slightly raised his voice.

Wendy hurried to say, “Yeah, a billion dollars. Mr Chen, what do you think? And we could raise 10% more on the profit share rate than last year.”

“I want 20%!” Wayne Chen squinted and snorted. The All-star Group could never win the game!