Chapter 18

Leaving the Xiao family, Qing Yun took a deep breath of the cold air and felt relaxed.

What he told Mother Xiao was not a lie. The Xiao family only restricted him, leaving would allow Qing Yun to show his face on the broader world, instead of only focusing on the Xiao family.

Qing Yun had not planned to stay in the Xiao family, and now he just took an excuse to leave.

He walked slowly down the road; he had left his car in the garage of the Xiao family's old house, which was not far from where the Xiao family held their banquet but not close either. However, Qing Yun did not intend to make another trip back to get his car.

Just as he was pondering about the means of transportation, a car slowly drove up and stopped beside Qing Yun.

The car window lowered, and it was indeed Zou Chen again.

"What? Didn't you go back?" Qing Yun raised his chin towards him. The red marks on his white neck were completely eye-catcher even under the dim street lights.

Zou Chen coughed lightly and looked away.

He opened the car door and said, "I was worried about you, so I came back to check on you."

"Oh, you're late then." Qing Yun's voice was sarcastic, but he didn't hesitate to step into his car.

Zou Chen smiled bitterly and apologized to him, "I was too reckless today, but I really couldn't help it, do you understand?"

He wasn't joking. When he saw Qing Yun, he even felt like the control of his body had just shifted into the youth's hands. But what was odd was that Zou Chen, a man who had been in a high position for a long time, didn't reject this feeling at all.

Looking at the cold side face of the young man beside him, Zou Chen stopped the car at the side of the road and looked at Qing Yun, "You said you don't like to have people following you around, so I removed them."

"I respect all your decisions." He took Qing Yun's hand, and his usually unsmiling face actually showed a slightly pleading look, "But, give me a chance to get to know you, okay?"

Qing Yun chuckled lightly; of course, he knew what Zou Chen was referring to.

He looked at Zou Chen sideways and raised his chin, the expression on his face was seven points arrogant and three points provocative, "Oh?"

Zou Chen looked at him deeply, his eyes all eager.

"Heh, it depends on your ability."

The youth's soft words were mostly blown away by the wind outside the car, leaving only a few echoes inside the car, but Zou Chen was ecstatic.

Just when Zou Chen thought that he would finally be able to pursue Qing Yun in a big way, he didn't expect that the next day, Qing Yun led Zhao Bowen to board a plane to M country.

So the Zou's staff, once again, witnessed the madness of their own boss.

"Get out!" The cup brushed past the department head's face and smashed into the doorframe with a loud clang.

The department head immediately retreated with an ashen face and exchanged fearful glances with the secretary outside the door.

There was a chaotic clatter in the room, then the man's suppressed roar of frustration exploded, "Shit! Who the hell is this surnamed, Zhao!"

Zhao Bowen, who had just stepped off the plane, was in a daze as if he was being watched by something monstrous. He shrank into his neck and sighed, M country's cold air was not a secret.

Qing Yun, on the other hand, opened his phone and looked at the messages and missed calls that popped up one after another, with a wry smile on his face.

Qing Yun's earlier words of "It depends on your ability" wasn't a lie. He had already seen that Zou Chen didn't have any memories of the last world. Why would Qing Yun take advantage of him and hastily agree to his pursuit?

If Zou Chen couldn't get his heart racing again, it would only mean that the two were not destined for each other.

"Let's go." Qing Yun pocketed his phone and said towards Zhao Bowen beside him.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, three years had passed.

In the past three years, a company named Ruixin Pharmaceuticals, like a dark horse, has expanded its territory in the field of biomedicine. The company has developed a new drug that has surprising effects on both early, middle, and late-stage cancers.

Most importantly, the drug specifically kills cancer cells without harming healthy cells in the human body. As soon as the drug was released, it immediately broke the curse of cancer being a terminal disease.

Due to the special nature of the drug, the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) paid great attention to it and shortened the duration of the clinical trials under strict control to get the drug on the market as soon as possible.

Ruixin Pharmaceuticals took the opportunity to launch a series of drugs for cancer prevention, cancer gene repair, etc., advancing biomedicine to a new stage.

After breaking through the field of cancer, Ruixin Pharmaceuticals insisted on research at the genetic level on one side, and on the other side, developed a special drug for antibiotic-resistant bacteria to solve the horrible crisis caused by antibiotic abuse.

Through the endless stream of new drugs with miraculous healing effects, Ruixin Pharmaceuticals quickly became one of the world's top 500 pharmaceutical companies.

After three years, Zhao Bowen matured a lot. At this time, he slapped the table and looked at Qing Yun behind the desk, very hard.

Qing Yun finished processing the documents in his hands without changing his face and handed them over to his secretary before glancing up at the furious Zhao Bowen.

"Are you done? You can go when you're done, I remember you're supposed to be busy, the development plan for the next new drug has been sent out."

Zhao Bowen was so angry at his nonchalant attitude that he tilted backward. He went around the desk, pointing at Qing Yun's nose, "You should have taken a longer look, okay?"

He threw a stack of data in his hands, "These results are enough to wrap up the next ten years of the Nobel Prize, damn it, can you not just focus on the money."

"Besides, there's a lot of money in the Nobel Prize! Lots of it!"

Zhao Bowen almost shook Qing Yun's shoulders and roared. He is no longer the same brat he was at the beginning, working with Qing Yun for so many years; how could he not see that these godforsaken ideas are all from Qing Yun.

At first, he regarded Qingyun as a god, but no matter how much he asked, he refused to admit it.

By now, he simply hates him so much that he wants to strangle him to death.

"Well, I got it, you can go now."

Almost instantly, Qing Yun went back to work. Zhao Bowen was used to being mad from time to time. The man had progressed quickly, and Zhao Bowen had been able to work on his own in the new drug development section.

And Qing Yun. It was clear to him which prescriptions he took from his original world. Qing Yun's pride had no intention of taking it for himself.

"You!" Zhao Bowen was about to say something else, but when he turned his head, he saw the window on Qing Yun's computer screen.

Zou Chen's dark eyes were looking at him gloomily.

Zhao Bowen was in a state of shock and turned in place to walk out.

Qing Yun was actually videoing with this horrible man again!

After Zhao Bowen left, Zou Chen's face immediately broke the ice. He looked at the side of Qing Yun's face who was immersed in his work, and it took a while before he broke the silence: "It's getting late, time for lunch, eh?"

Qing Yun looked at the time after hearing the words, it was indeed time for lunch. He picked up his phone and asked his secretary to help him order food. Although Zou Chen reminded him, he sat in front of the computer without the intention of leaving.

"What are you going to have for lunch today?" Zou Chen asked him.

"Hmm… "Qing Yun put his chin against his phone and thought for a moment before he gave a few names of dishes.

Zou Chen immediately wrote it down and had someone prepare the evening meal accordingly. It wasn't that good to send it to Qing Yun, after all, the two were now an ocean apart.

He was just used to eating the same dishes as Qing Yun as if that would give him the feeling of dining with him.

After lunch, Qing Yun was going to take a nap and got up to turn off the video.

Zou Chen said hurriedly, "I've booked a ticket for tomorrow."

"Eh? Why is there business?" Qing Yun asked with a raised eyebrow.

"No, to see you." Zou Chen laughed lowly. Although Qing Yun hadn't responded to his feelings, their relationship was much more harmonious. Unfortunately, both of them had enough things on their hands. Even if Zou Chen was moody, he couldn't just casually leave the large Zou Clan and run off to see Qing Yun.

"Oh? That's a pity." Qing Yun dropped his eyes to hide the laughter in them.

"Pity?" Zou Chen tensed for a moment and leaned closer to the screen.

He instantly thought of the possibilities. Was he too late? Did Qing Yun agree to someone else's pursuit?

"Unfortunately, I'm going home tomorrow." Qing Yun finally couldn't help but smile a little, and he turned off the video as soon as the words left his mouth.

"You're… really… "Zou Chen relaxed his mind, leaning back in the chair for a laugh and a cry. He thought briefly about it and realized that this was Qing Yun's surprise.

From recent words, it wasn't hard for Qing Yun to guess that Zou Chen had the intention to visit him in M country. He had planned to return to China, but he waited until Zou Chen had worked hard to arrange everything before revealing the news.

"Naughty." Zou Chen looked at the darkened video window and spoke in a spoiled tone.

He knew nothing about the news that Qing Yun was returning to China.

Xiao Chengzhe was now preparing for a cooperation with high monetary value. After Qing Yun left, Father Xiao slowly delegated power to Xiao Chengzhe, who is now the actual head of the Xiao family.

Recently, the Zou's are preparing to collaborate with pharmaceutical companies to develop a batch of vaccines to prevent infection from a virus. A large number of pharmaceutical companies squeezed their heads together to go forward. After all, the Zou Consortium is extremely influential in various fields and is a giant that dominates the entire country. This is a rare opportunity to cooperate with the Zou's. Not only would it raise the company's reputation, but it would also be able to take a deeper hold on people's hearts.

This was the first larger partnership Xiao Chengzhe had faced since taking power. With this opportunity, Father Xiao figured he would officially announce Xiao Chengzhe as the next president of Xiao's Pharmaceuticals, so he had to be cautious.

But Xiao Chengzhe is not too worried. After all, Xiao's Pharmaceuticals is the most powerful pharmaceutical company in the country, and there was also his friendship with Zou Qiyao. If there are no accidents, the opportunity to cooperate will undoubtedly fall into the Xiao's hands.

Xiao Chengzhe leaned against the back of the chair with a smile on his face. He turned around and looked at the bustling street scene of Yan City under the floor-to-ceiling window, his mood unusually calm.

This was only the beginning of his glorious life.

As for where Xiao Chengnuo has run off to, Xiao Chengzhe isn't worried because he's close to getting what he wants, while Xiao Chengnuo is destined to get nothing.

Of course, seeing Xiao Chengnuo again, he didn't mind getting into trouble one more time.