Chapter 243: Shouldn''t You Treat Me?
"Then thanks to your lucky words." Lily adjusts her feeling and smiles confidently, "We have worked
hard for the bid. Winning the bid is a recognition of ourpany."
"Miss Lily is really beautiful, capable, and so tempting."
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"Thank you."
Lily does not want to chat with him. The bidding is about to begin. She wants to walk away tactfully but
does not expect Jonathan to block the way.
He bends over slightly with a perfect smile on his face. His voice is soft and deep, "Miss Lily, there is a
present for you. I hope you will like it."
Lily trembles for no reason. By the time she regains her senses, he has long gone away.
She frowns.
The man makes her feel very ufortable.
At ten o''clock, the bidding begins.
All famouspanies want to win the project. Thepetition is intense. Not only Lily is there, other
Lily is not confident at the beginning. After she has people from the Smith Group, as well as the
outstanding tenders, she believes the winner would definitely theirs.
After two-hour encouragedpetition, the bid finally belongs to the HZ Group. Others congratte
them and hand their business cards to Lily.
Lily keeps a polite smile until after it ends. She is so exhausted and asks a colleague to drive her
home.
She can''t wait to tell Louis the good news.
"Thank you, President Smith, for you generosity. The bidding is over perfectly. The HZ Group won!"
"Your poorpany..."
"President Smith, even you helped me, pleased be polite. Ourpany is also one of the best in the
industry, okay? The market value is high!"
"Alright. Congrattions, Miss Lily. Your efforts have paid off."
"Can you give David half a day off? I''d like to treat him to dinner and thank him."
"Shouldn''t you treat me?"
"Didn''t I cook for youst week? Brazen guy! If isn''t for David''s data and patient help, I wouldn''t have
improved so much. That’s what I should do."
Louis is very unhappy.
He has always been the one to help her, okay?
"President Smith."
Davides in by chance. He doesn''t notice Louis'' bad expression. He puts a few documents on the
table and says happily, "President Smith, I''m taking Elizabeth to a cat party this afternoon. Your
schedule has already been arranged well. I want to leave at two, okay?"
"I''m afraid not," Louis refuses.
David is confused, "Why? Is there anything wrong?"
"There''s something wrong with a food factory in Hanchi Branch. Go and check." Louis says coldly, "By
the way. Bring back their financial statements for thest quarter."
"President Smith, I''m a special assistant, not the one from the Finance Department...."
"I know." Louis interrupts him and says in a nonnegotiable tone, "Ask the secretary to book your ticket.
Go there as soon as possible."
David wants to cry. He doesn''t make any mistakes. Why his boss treats him like this? He is about to
leave sadly.
Louis stops him and hands him a paper with words.
"Some presidents of otherpanies are going to have a banquet to go blind date for their senior
executives. Join them. You are not young anymore. Don''t stay with your cat all day long. People would
think that you want to marry cats."
"President Smith, I''m a year younger than you," David argues weakly.
"You look older than me."
"..."
Damn it!
"Louis!" The door is open again and Leigh walks in. "Hey! David, are you sick? Look at your face. It is
pale as if you put on makeup."
Davis forces a smile, "Yes, Mr. Leigh. I''m leaving."
"Louis, did you bully him?" Leigh sits down. "He''s almost crying."
"Am I that kind of person?"
Leigh wants to say yes. For the sake of his life, he tactfully doesn''t say anything. He shows a photo to
Louis, "Have you seen this ring?"
It is a sapphire ring made of exquisite workmanship.
When Louis sees it, he feels headache. It is familiar, but the pain quickly disappears. "It should be very
old, right?"
"It seems to be made more than 20 years ago. I want to buy a set of jewelry for Little Fairy and
identally see it."
Louis is unhappy, "Buy it as you please. Why show it off?"
"That''s not what I want to say." Leigh looks at him with aplicated expression. "Louis, it has an
owner. Furthermore, that person is investigating its original owner."
Louis realizes that something is wrong.
"Continue."
"Then I followed his footsteps and found that the ring is one of a three-piece set. It came from an Italian
jewelry shop 25 years ago. I sent someone to Italy and learned something from the designer."
"The designer said it was a young man who was getting married and wanted to make a set of jewelry
for his wife, using the gemstones from the auction."
Leigh hands another photo.
The picture is old and blurry. He could vaguely tell that it is a young man and woman. When he looks
more carefully, his eyes suddenly widen.
"The designer took a picture for them and wanted to give them when it was developed, but the man
never came again."
Seeing Louis'' calm expression, Leigh feels more depressed.
"Where are they?" Louis asks.
"Dead. They were staff of a research institute. I don''t know what exactly their jobs were. We can''t find
any information but their names."
"What are their names?"
"Armand Smith, Ashley Bray."
Louis stares at the photo and doesn''t ask any more questions.
"Louis, maybe it''s just a coincidence." Leigh knows what he is thinking. "I didn''t find any connection
between Armand Smith and the Smiths, Master Smith."
"Does anyone else know about this?"
Leigh shakes his head. "No, I came over when I got the photo. Even Daniel doesn''t know."
"Don''t tell him." Louis takes a book and puts them inside. Then, he puts the book into the drawer.
"There''s no need to continue investigating it."
"Do you want me to retrieve this ring?"