Soft-centered strawberry cake

Chapter 52 What was your motivation for marrying her?

After saying that, Pei Ming stood up with a dark face, preparing to leave. It was better not to talk about the cooperation with Man Xian now.

Seeing Pei Ming about to leave, Meng Ran hurriedly called out Pei Ming's name, "Pei Ming! It was indeed wrong of me to investigate your private life, but my job is to understand clients, negotiate with them, and maximize their interests."

“But your maximizing of interests goes against my wishes.” Pei Ming stopped walking out of his seat, his eyes looking down at Meng Ran filled with impossibility.

"I can compromise, I just want you to tell me why you absolutely won't abandon the Ming Group." In her heart, Meng Ran was unwilling to let Pei Ming leave like this. She knew that once Pei Ming walked out of that door, there would be no possibility of them cooperating again.

To Pei Ming's surprise, Meng Ran actually backed down. Since they could still talk, Pei Ming sat down again.

"Then, Mr. Meng, what do you think was my purpose in taking over the Ming Group when Chairman Ming fell ill?"

“If I didn’t know you, I would think you were trying to take advantage of the situation to merge the Ming Group into the Pei Group, but I don’t think you’re that kind of person.” Seeing Pei Ming sit down again, Meng Ran felt a little relieved, at least there was still room for negotiation between him and Pei Ming.

Pei Ming didn't speak, but gave Meng Ran a look that suggested she continue.

"I suspect that, given the long-standing friendship between the Pei and Ming families, you must have signed some kind of agreement with the Ming Group, including your marriage to the eldest daughter of the Ming family."

In response to Meng Ran's guess, Pei Ming chuckled, "They say women have vivid imaginations, and it seems they're right."

"Am I wrong?" In fact, from Pei Ming's smile, Meng Ran knew that she had guessed wrong.

Pei Ming didn't want to beat around the bush with Meng Ran. "The reason I took over the Ming Group when it was in crisis was entirely because only in this way could I marry the eldest daughter of the Ming family without any effort."

"What was your motive for marrying her?" Based on Meng Ran's investigation of Pei Ming and Ming Weiyi, she had no idea that Pei Ming had feelings for Ming Weiyi.

The question was a bit silly, and Pei Ming was genuinely amused. "What else could a man's motivation be to want to marry a woman?"

These words were enough to make Meng Ran's head buzz. She could think of a hundred reasons why Pei Ming wanted to marry Ming Weiyi, but she just couldn't believe that Pei Ming liked Ming Weiyi.

“But…” Meng Ran tried to refute Pei Ming.

Before Meng Ran could speak, Pei Ming interrupted, "No buts. Before Chairman Ming fell ill, I had already decided on the location of my new energy industry in Jiangcheng. Besides Jiangcheng's superior geographical location, the most important thing is that I want to be with my wife."

Meng Ran tried to refute Pei Ming again, "But you two are clearly not close at all. I can't see any feelings between you two."

"She's hiding her identity within the Ming Group, so we have to pretend to be strangers. But she goes home every day. Once the door is closed, what can you see in our lives?"

Pei Ming's question left Meng Ran speechless for a moment. Meng Ran could easily figure out what happened between husband and wife behind closed doors.

Meng Ran smiled unconsciously. In that instant, she felt a sense of relief. She thought of all sorts of reasons why Pei Ming would help the Ming Group, but she never imagined that the person he loved was the heir of the Ming Group.

"I was too shallow. I only saw the interests between the groups, so I didn't realize that you took over the Ming Group because of love."

"So, is this reason why I will never abandon the Ming Group enough?" Rather than saying I will never abandon the Ming Group, it would be more accurate to say that I will never abandon the eldest daughter of the Ming family. This made Meng Ran understand why Pei Ming was willing to stay with the Ming Group.

"That's enough, and your answer has made me like you even more. I knew I hadn't misjudged you." Meng Ran said with a smile.

"Really?" Pei Ming asked in a joking tone, trying to dissuade Meng Ran from her idea.

"But don't worry, now that I know how sincere you are to your wife, we can only be business partners, or at most friends." Meng Ran appeared very calm. From Pei Ming, she seemed to be able to believe that love still exists in this world.

Pei Ming admired Meng Ran's straightforwardness and open-mindedness. He sincerely said to Meng Ran, "No wonder President Meng is able to make her way in the world at such a young age."

"Stop praising me, let's get down to business." In the next second, Meng Ran had already switched to a collaboration mode.

When it rains, it gets dark early. On the highway, you can see through the car window that the rain is gradually getting lighter, but the airline still sent a message that the flight was delayed.

"The plane is said to be delayed by an hour, so I'm sorry to trouble you to keep me and Xinxin company in the airport parking lot for a while longer."

Normally, if a flight is delayed, Ming Chengze would definitely find it annoying, but today he was about to part ways with his dear sister temporarily, and he wished the flight would be delayed a little longer.

In the driver's seat, Mingwei was focused on driving, but she still replied, "Okay, since you're leaving, I'll chat with you a little longer."

In the back seat, Ouyang Xin smiled and looked at Ming Chengze, "Chengze, just say so if you can't bear to part with your sister."

"It's not that I'm reluctant to part with her. Anyway, Pei Ming went out to discuss business and I don't know when he'll be home. My sister is just sitting around doing nothing anyway, so it's better for the two of us to spend more time with her." Besides being reluctant to part with Ming Weiyi, Ming Chengze actually had other plans.

"By the way, sis, how have things been going with your husband lately?" Ouyang Xin rested one hand on the back of the driver's seat and her chin on the back of her hand, so that she was very close to Ming Weiyi when she spoke.

"He's not bad. He takes good care of me usually." Ming Weiyi's words were both true and reassuring to Ming Chengze and Ouyang Xin.

"Actually, I can see that your brother-in-law really wants to get along well with you and live a good life together. I hope that when Chengze and I come back next time, you two can get married."

Before leaving, these were Ouyang Xin's last words to Ming Weiyi; she hoped that Ming Weiyi and Pei Ming would be well.

Looking at Ouyang Xin's adorable face through the rearview mirror, Mingwei said softly, "Don't worry, we'll definitely live a good life together. You can go and pursue your dreams."

The flight delay was a blessing in disguise for Ming Chengze. He leisurely leaned back in the car, looking at his phone, and did not participate in Ming Weiyi and Ouyang Xin's conversation.

After thinking for a while about how to organize his thoughts, Ming Chengze opened Pei Ming's WeChat chat window, hoping that Pei Ming could see the message he sent as soon as possible.

If Pei Ming didn't see this message because of official business, then it was fate.

(End of this chapter)