Janessa remained unconscious for a long time.
Finally, she opened her eyes to a_ strange environment.
"Where am I?"
Janessa rubbed at her temples and looked around.
The room she was in was neither a hotel nor her home.
Where was this place? She was suddenly wide awake.
After taking stock of her surroundings, countless guesses came to her mind.
The room was decorated in the European style, with black and white being the main color scheme.
The floor was made of black marble, and the floor of the bed area was covered with a thick, luxurious
white carpet.
The small accents in the room gave off a feminine vibe.
This must be a girl's room.
As she finished her visual inventory of the room, the bedroom door suddenly opened without warning.
A maid who looked to be over fifty years of age came in bearing a food tray.
Seeing her relatively neutral expression when she woke up, the woman placed the food on the bedside
table and said, "Miss Qiu, you've just had a miscarriage.These foods are good for your recovery.Please
eat them while they're hot."
The maid was even aware that she had a miscarriage.
Who was she working for? How could that person know Janessa just suffered a miscarriage? Janessa
stared at the servant warily, but she couldn't read the woman's expression or guess how she found out
about it.
"When master brought you back, the family doctor examined you.We prepared these foods for you
under the strict instruction of the master," the servant briefly explained everything.
That appeared to be the case—the master of this family was kind to a passer-by.
"Excuse me, who is your—"
Before Janessa could finish her question, the servant interrupted, "Once you have finished your meal,
someone will come by to answer your questions."
The woman left after a respectful bow, leaving Janessa even more confused.
What kind of place is this, where the servants even acted in a lofty manner? Janessa didn't want to eat
anything, but after that long hike, she needed to replenish her energy.
The aroma of the food teased her taste bud.
It had been a long time since she had felt such a strong desire to eat.
Now that she was already here, she would figure out the answers to her questions once _ her stomach
was full.
Janessa ate quickly, but she still remained elegant.
It seemed like the motions were played back with the fast forward button.
In the study, the old man couldn't help but laugh as he watched Janessa on the monitor of the
surveillance camera.
The butler came in and handed several documents into his hands.
"These contain all of the information about Janessa Qiu.She was Rayan Lu's newly wedded wife.They
got married in order to ensure the safety of the Qiu Group.However, life after marriage didn't seem to
be treating her well.A few days ago, she underwent a forced abortion to terminate an ectopic
pregnancy.I believe that Mr.Lu's former lover was involved."
The old man rapped a furled fan rhythmically against his palm.
"That's interesting."
"Not long ago, when Janessa's mother was sent to the hospital, she had a car accident on the way
there.By the way, her mother and Miss are buried in the same cemetery."
"I see."
The old man picked up a photo frame on the table and gently touched the face of the person in it, and
his eyes were full of love and regret.
After a long time, he put away the documents and left the study with a smile.
In the bedroom, Janessa had already finished eating.
It had been such a long time since she had had such a delicious meal.
She slipped out of the comfortable bed and was about to step out of the room when her eyes were
drawn to a photo frame on the glass desk by the window.
As if pulled toward it by an unseen force, Janessa slowly walked toward the frame, which contained a
photo of a little girl.
The child, who wore twin pigtails and a huge smile on her face, was lying on the grass and blowing
bubbles.
Her happiness was extremely infectious.
The bookshelf against the wall was lines with several more photos of the same girl at different ages.
Was this room hers? Janessa picked up a photo and studied it closely.
The servant who brought in her food earlier came in again and glanced at her.
"Miss Qiu, the master has been waiting for you for a long time."
Putting down the frame, Janessa followed the servant out of the room to the yard.
An old man sat propping a fishing rod by a small pond at the far end of the yard.
The servant led Janessa and stopped a hundred meters away.
"Master is waiting for you over there."
Janessa took tentative steps toward the old man.
She racked her brains, trying to recall when and where he had met the man before.
"Thank you for saving me.I don't know how to thank you!"
On the way to meet the master of the house, the woman told her that she was saved by her employer
near the cemetery at the foot of the mountain.
Something like this could be considered a life- saving grace.
"You're welcome, Miss Qiu.Please, sit down, and let's talk."
Janessa sat on the prepared chair, but the old man was concentrating on fishing.
Did he forget that there was someone else beside him?
"The weather is too good right now, so the fish wouldn't really take the bait so easily.Why don't you wait
a little longer? Maybe you can catch more then."
Janessa used to fish with her father before, so she knew how to be patient.
She suggested that he didn't need to waste too much time on fishing for now was not the right timing.
For a moment, the man seemed to consider her suggestion seriously.
Suddenly, he threw back his head and laughed.
"Don't you know who I am?"
"I believe that you're Larry Chen, the president of the Chen Group."
Janessa had a vague recollection of Larry Chen, whom she had met at an event she attended with her
father.
"The young hostess of the Lu family is really unusual.It seems that I wasn't mistaken in my choice."
Choice? Janessa felt nervous at his words.
What choice was he talking about? She was totally clueless.
She once heard that the CEO of the Chen Group didn't play according to known strategies, thereby
always taking others down by surprise.
"Miss Qiu, don't mind this old man's words.I'm here to make a deal with you.Miss Qiu, you are a smart
woman, and you know how to choose the best options under the circumstances."
"Deal? What deal?"
Now Janessa was just a miserable young lady with nothing to her name but a few shares of the Qiu
Group.
The CEO of the Chen Group wanted a deal with her.
Did that mean that he wanted to acquire her family's company? The thought sent shivers down her
back.
At that point, the Qiu Group was at the mercy of others.
In fact, most people in the business circle could purchase the company.
That was why she had to find a way to keep the company.
If she could do that, then that would be a slap on Rayan Lu's face.
"You can rest assured that it's a win-win deal for both of us.I can save the Qiu Group and support your
bid to win back the CEO position."
With Chen Group's investment, the Qiu Group would stand a chance of remaining whole instead of
being played for parts by different companies.
However, even if the company didn't intend to acquire the Qiu Group, the Chen Group would need to
inject a sizable investment to make the deal happen.
Was the Chen Group really willing to use such a large sum of money to save the Qiu Group? In this
world, there was no such thing as a free lunch.
She wondered if she could afford the old man's asking price.
"What do you need me for?"
As long as her end of the deal was within her power, she would definitely do it.
"It's very simple.In fact, it would benefit us both."
Larry Chen was an enigma to Janessa.
He was right in front of her, but she couldn't guess what he was thinking!
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