At ten o'clock the next morning, Ye Tianfan arrived punctually at the dock where the Aihe cruise ship was docked. The gigantic Aihe towered high, like a skyscraper on the sea, making the surrounding ships look dim in comparison, and even stripping the port of its docking rights.

Ye Tianfan got out of the car and walked slowly towards the Aihe cruise ship, where he saw two attendants in tailcoats standing at the boarding entrance. Upon seeing Ye Tianfan approaching, their faces immediately blossomed into smiles. "Sir, please present your invitation."

Ye Tianfan handed over the invitation and looked up, seeing a girl in yellow standing prominently on the deck. She wore a simple sun hat, with her long hair gathered by the hat but still flowing in the wind.

This girl was none other than Huang Group's Huang Xiaorou!

It had been a long time since they met, and Ye Tianfan felt that Huang Xiaorou had matured a lot. The flamboyant expression on her face had disappeared, and the subtle melancholy on her face seemed to make her three times more beautiful than before.

Huang Xiaorou seemed to spot Ye Tianfan too, raised her hand to wave at him, and mouthed something. But due to the distance, Ye Tianfan couldn't hear it. He just smiled at Huang Xiaorou and nodded as a response.

Soon Ye Tianfan boarded the Aihe and arrived on the deck.

At this time, Huang Xiaorou was already waiting there. Seeing Ye Tianfan come up, she smiled and said, "Long time no see. Did Tianyu Group invite you too?"

"Yeah." Ye Tianfan shrugged helplessly. Although he knew it was a feast with ulterior motives, if he didn't go, people would trample all over him in the future.

"Did you come alone?" Huang Xiaorou asked curiously, leaning slightly to look behind Ye Tianfan. In Huang Xiaorou's impression, Ye Tianfan shouldn't be interested in such business events. If he really came, it was mostly out of helplessness, either because of Long Yuqing or Qin Ruomeng.

But at this moment, Huang Xiaorou didn't see these two people, and her expression showed some surprise.

"Yes, I came alone."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Tianfan smiled and snapped his fingers at a nearby attendant, "Bring two glasses of champagne."

"Alright, sir, please wait a moment."

The attendant left, and Huang Xiaorou's face showed a faint smile, "I have to remind you, Tianyu Group doesn't have good intentions. Be careful not to fall into a trap by accident."

Ye Tianfan nodded. Though he already knew what Tianyu Group was up to, he still thanked Huang Xiaorou for the reminder at this moment.

"Thank you for the reminder. Since you know Tianyu Group has no good intentions, why did you come?" Ye Tianfan took the two glasses of champagne offered by the attendant, handed a glass to Huang Xiaorou, and laughed, "Don't tell me you were waiting for me."

After taking the glass, Huang Xiaorou laughed and shook her head. Back at Kyoto University, Huang Xiaorou was indeed young and impetuous, and she indeed had feelings for Ye Tianfan, even competing with Qin Ruomeng. But people grow up. After leaving campus, Huang Xiaorou experienced many things, her father's sudden illness, her second uncle's mysterious change, and the turbulent business world in Jiangzhou City made her realize she couldn't be the pampered princess anymore.

As for love, Huang Xiaorou saw it very lightly, especially after Ye Tianfan and Qin Ruomeng got married. Huang Xiaorou had completely given up on Ye Tianfan. Facing Ye Tianfan's teasing, Huang Xiaorou had no intention of responding.

"Tianyu Group rose rapidly, pulling in a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises. Our Huang Group is just one of them." Huang Xiaorou didn't beat around the bush and directly stated the reason for coming, which surprised Ye Tianfan.

"Pulled in a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises?"

Ye Tianfan instinctively furrowed his brow. Based on his knowledge, currently, over eighty percent of the small and medium-sized enterprises in Jiangzhou City depended on the Long Group, which was also the strength of the Long Group. However, if Tianyu Group was also pulling in small and medium-sized enterprises, the Long Group would be the most directly affected.

It seems that this Tianyu Group has a big ambition and appetite. They are suddenly striking not only targeting the Qin Group but also not sparing the Long Group.

Even if Tianyu Group received a large injection of overseas funds, their strength would be at best only on par with the Qin and Long enterprises. But Ye Tianfan didn't understand what kind of ace Tianyu Group had, daring to so blatantly challenge the two giants of Jiangzhou City's business world simultaneously.

"Hasn't your Huang Family always maintained neutrality?" Ye Tianfan raised his eyebrows, looking at Huang Xiaorou.

"So I refused Tianyu Group's overtures." Huang Xiaorou answered firmly, without hesitation.

"Our Huang Family's business philosophy has always been low-key and neutral, but as I said, being low-key and neutral doesn't mean our Huang Family is easy to bully!"

Huang Xiaorou's emotions were somewhat agitated because the Huang Family refused Tianyu Group's overtures. As a result, Tianyu Group used some despicable methods, cutting off more than a dozen business lines of the Huang Family, causing a loss of over three hundred million.

Such a huge loss caused the Huang Family's cash flow to have problems, forcing them to delay employees' salaries by a month.

However, it was this one-month salary delay.

That led Huang Group to face almost collapsing. Instigated by Tianyu Group, a large number of employees resigned and moved to Tianyu Group. Before Huang Xiaorou came to the Aihe cruise ship, more than half of Huang Group's employees had resigned, including department managers and others who left the company.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please move to the banquet hall."

At this moment, an attendant came to the deck and gestured "please" to Ye Tianfan and Huang Xiaorou both.

"Whatever must come will come. Let's go and see what this Tianyu Group's chairman is capable of." Ye Tianfan whispered to Huang Xiaorou as he turned and followed the attendant to the cruise ship's banquet hall.

Huang Xiaorou just nodded, not speaking, her gaze firm as she followed behind Ye Tianfan. This rise of Tianyu Group will certainly stir up a storm in Jiangzhou City's business world.

Huang Xiaorou initially thought that the Huang Family would be the center of this storm because she didn't believe Tianyu Group would dare to touch the Qin or Huang Families. Among the families below Qin and Long, the Huang Family was next in line.

Tianyu Group's rise, starting with the Huang Family, was an expected move, and Huang Xiaorou had prepared for the worst.

But now, Ye Tianfan appeared.

His presence instantly reduced the fear and anxiety in Huang Xiaorou's heart by a large amount.

Looking at Ye Tianfan's back, Huang Xiaorou believed that with him around, the business world in Jiangzhou City wouldn't fall into chaos.

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