After she died, Mr. Bo knelt in front of the tombstone and cried like a dog.

As planned, Chen Anran sent her to the airport.

When she was about to leave in the afternoon, Xiao Yan and others were having a meeting in the conference room.

Eagle looked at the deployment on the whiteboard, propped up his chin and thought: "I think the whole plan is fine, but Boss, if we select new mercenaries to suppress local forces and patrol near the plantation all day, the cost of the mercenaries will also be a lot."

"Of course I don't support giving in to their blackmail, but won't the cost of hiring people and the consumption of ammunition be higher than the protection fee?"

Their purpose is to make money, not to fight.

The most important thing to consider when doing business is cost.

Xiao Yan lazily leaned back in his chair, dusted off his cigarette ashes, and asked him, "Do you want to make a little money from the gaps between other people's fingers, or do you want to monopolize the entire avocado export business chain?"

Eagle: "Of course it's monopoly. Anything worthless, once monopolized, is gold."

Xiao Yan raised his eyebrows. "Military management in the early stage is necessary and has a deterrent effect. Anyone who robs or steals fruit, even if they steal one, must be killed. Not only that, but they must also be hung at the gate of the plantation as a warning to others. In the early stage, what is more important than making money is to completely monopolize the entire business chain."

His voice was calm, but the words he said were chilling.

Monopoly represents the ultimate in power.

"Militarized management does increase management costs, but this cost investment is necessary. Money can pave the way to power, but once you have power, money will automatically flow into your pocket."

And what controls power is the fist.

Not to mention doing business, even the world's major powers operate in the same way. Status is determined by military strength, and fists represent everything.

Due to the favorable terrain, latitude and temperature, the avocado trees in Michoacan can bear fruit four times a year.

Uninterrupted supply for export throughout the year, a production volume that cannot be achieved anywhere else.

Although the largest export market for Mexican avocados is the neighboring United States, even Country C, far away in Asia, has imported 70,000 tons from here every year in recent years, and the transaction volume data is still rising.

Ye Xiaowu hid by the door with his suitcase and eavesdropped there for a while. It turned out that they went to Mexico this time to monopolize the avocado business.

She listened to the general idea of ​​Xiao Yan's plan, and when she thought about it carefully, she suddenly found it terrifying.

She used to think that her methods at Fengxing were ruthless, but compared to him, she was just playing house.

What’s even more frightening is that Fengxing is also a big company, but even for such a big company, none of its top executives are bold enough to try to monopolize a certain industrial chain, or in other words, they cannot achieve a complete monopoly.

Xiao Yan is extreme and ruthless in his actions. He has so many monopolistic industrial chains. No wonder he is so rich.

Normal entrepreneurs talk about their net worth rather than the actual net assets they have in their pockets. There are many bosses with a net worth of hundreds of billions who cannot actually produce 10 billion in cash.

But the inheritance Xiao Yan gave her was actually tens of billions of dollars, and it was laundered cleanly.

The amount before it’s cleaned up… that’s even more terrifying.

She suddenly understood the main purpose of the casino that Uncle Fei managed for him, and it was terrifying to think about it.

My foot accidentally hit the suitcase, causing it to shake slightly.

She quickly stuck to the wall, but everyone in the meeting room was very alert and looked over here.

Xiao Yan knew who was standing there without even looking.

In the entire base, only Ye Xiaowu dared to hide there and eavesdrop. He listened for an unknown amount of time, and when he realized he would miss the plane, he started crying.

Chen Anran looked at the time on his watch, stood up and said to Xiao Yan, "It's time. I'll go see her off."

Before leaving, Ye Xiaowu poked his head out and took another look inside.

The man sat there, motionless, and didn't even say anything about seeing her off.

She glanced at him from a distance, then followed Chen Anran out of the meeting room.

Just as she was about to get in the car, she caught a glimpse of a black figure walking towards her.

Xiao Yan ordered: "Go back and behave yourself. If you are put in jail again, I won't save you."

Ye Xiaowu was delighted, he reached out to hug him, raised his head and kissed him on the lips, "I know, I won't cause you any trouble."

Tsk.

Actively kill.

There must be a demon.

Xiao Yan pulled her back and warned her: "If you continue to behave like a demon, everything I promised you before will be void. Do you hear me?"

Don't want freedom anymore.

Don't even bother getting a PhD.

Ye Xiaowu waved at him, "I heard you. Goodbye."

See you tomorrow.

Before getting in the car, she came up to him again, kissed him on the face, then turned around and ran away, running faster than a rabbit.

Xiao Yan stared at the pair of well-proportioned and slender long legs under the skirt.

He snorted in amusement.

Those legs had no strength when they were wrapped around his waist and would slide down, but when it came to running, they had endless energy.

If I interrupt her, I don't know how many days she will cry.

I feel annoyed when I think of that crying ghost look.

Xiao Yan frowned and turned back to the meeting room, out of sight, out of mind.

……

Chen Anran drove Ye Xiaowu to the airport, took a stroll, and then Ye Xiaowu hid in the trunk and followed her car back to the base.

After coming back, Ye Xiaowu went into Chen Anran's room and pulled the curtains.

She took off her backpack and looked at the single bed. It seemed that she would have to sleep together with Chen Anran tonight.

But she doesn't sleep well, I hope she doesn't mind.

She opened the suitcase, took out her notebook and tablet, and prepared to take a break to work on her thesis. There was a pile of notebooks on Chen Anran's desk. She had just put them aside when one of them fell to the ground and unfolded.

I didn't want to peek, but it was already spread out and I saw the words at a glance.

The above are all the daily habits of Xiao Yan that she observed, and then she drew conclusions about his preferences based on her own judgment and analysis.

A kind of sourness flooded her heart, not jealousy, but... she seemed to see how another woman loved him sincerely and steadily.

My own preferences seemed to be instantly overshadowed, and I felt a little dim.

Chen Anran said that he doesn’t like eating shrimp, which is probably true.

She was just about to pick up the book when the door was pushed open.

"What are you doing?" Chen Anran felt as if someone was spying on her. He snatched the notebook from her hand and said in a less friendly tone, "Who told you to look through my things?"

Ye Xiaowu pursed his lips and said, "I didn't peek on purpose. I dropped it on the ground, so..."

Chen Anran didn't argue with her. She stuffed all the notebooks into the drawer and locked it up. She said unhappily, "I promised to help you go to Mexico, but I didn't say I wanted to be your friend. If one day you don't want A Yan, I will still fight for him."

Whether Ye Xiaowu wants to be with Xiao Yan or not, it does not prevent her from liking Xiao Yan. Everyone is free to like something.

Ye Xiaowu pursed his lips and said, "I didn't say that I don't allow you to like him. Besides, if I say that I don't allow you to like him, will you not like him anymore? I just feel that you seem to understand him better than I do."

Chen Anran did not deny this, but admitted it generously: "Of course, I have liked him for nine years, how long have you liked him?"

Ye Xiaowu couldn't refute, nor could he make any sarcastic remarks to Chen Anran at this time, let alone say something like "no matter how much you like her, it's useless."

Because Chen Anran’s love is not cheap, it is even more profound than hers.

Nine years, no response, but still love you, this love is pure and lasting.

Ye Xiaowu sighed and said dejectedly, "Compared to you, I seem to have lost right away."

Chen Anran snorted: "It's good that you know. I didn't quit because I lost to you. I just lost to A Yan. So... you should be nice to him and don't give up on him easily."

Ye Xiaowu had nothing to refute, so he just asked: "Do you regret sending me to the airport and telling me that we would meet again?"

She said that - if the fate is not over, we will meet again.

"What do I have to regret? I said I won't see you again, does that mean I won't see you again? Ye Xiaowu, whether we will meet again or not is not up to you or me."

She paused, looked at her with a mocking smile, and said with certainty: "As long as A Yan is alive, you will definitely meet again. He will not let go. Whether you are willing or not, as long as he wants, there are a hundred, a thousand ways to get you back. It's just a matter of time."

"So, I never believed that you would come back to find him on your own initiative, but I was sure that in the end, he would definitely come to find you."

"He is more persistent than me, so I lose."

Having said this.

Chen Anran threw a portion of food that he secretly brought from the cafeteria on the table, and his tone was still cold: "I don't know what you like to eat, so I just brought a portion at random, just eat it."

Ye Xiaowu said thank you.

Chen Anran cleaned up the table and said, "Our meeting isn't over yet. I have to go to another meeting later. Anyway, you...there's a bathroom inside so you can take a shower. If you feel sleepy, just sleep by yourself."

Ye Xiaowu stared at her with wide eyes and asked, "When will you end the meeting?"

"Not sure, probably around nine, not too late. What are you doing?"

Ye Xiaowu said: "I can wait for you to come back. Can you tell me about Xiao Yan?"

"There are so many things about him that I can't finish talking about him even if I talk for three days and three nights. What do you want to hear?"

Ye Xiaowu pondered: "I want to know how he got through these years."

Chen Anran seemed to have heard a funny question and said to her, "How else can you get through this? You've been through a lot. Ye Xiaowu, you're really lucky. I always envy your vitality."

Ye Xiaowu curled his lips and said, "I have a bad fate, and I had a hard time when I was a child."

Chen Anran disagreed and said nonchalantly: "How difficult can a normal life be? I was sold to a middle-aged drug lord as a mistress by my beastly father when I just turned 18. I have experienced everything. However, fortunately, I met A Yan. Although my life now is not perfect, it is much better than my previous life."

I wasn’t a human being before, but now at least I live like one.

Ye Xiaowu looked at her in a daze. When she said these words, she seemed as calm as an outsider, as if she was not the one who suffered such a tragedy.

Although suffering cannot be compared, it does have different degrees of severity.

Chen Anran added casually: "Ayan is also miserable."

Ye Xiaowu felt distressed, distressed for Chen Anran, and even more distressed for... Xiao Yan.