How come Lu Tianxin was still able to affect him like this? He frowned to himself. He thought that the long years they'd been apart from each other was enough for him to forget whatever feelings he had for her.

  The woman in front of him was the same woman who promised him forever, but had backed down at the first sign of distress. How the hell did she manage to fool him for so long and let her ruin him?

  Ye Xiaozu swore that he would never fall for Lu Tianxin's innocent face again.

  'You can't fool me twice, Lu Tianxin. Not this time.'

  "Please take a seat," he told Gu Yuyao and Lu Tianxin as he gestured to the seats across him.

  Gu Yuyao and Lu Tianxin shared a knowing look before the latter initiated the conversation between two parties.

  "Before we start, we'd like to make it clear that Tang Enterprise is under new management. The deal between the Ye Corporation and our company had taken place a year ago, and we are still interested in fulfilling our part of the deal." Lu Tianxin said with a straight face. Even Gu Yuyao was impressed at how fast Moyu's cousin was able to switch on her professional mode.

  For her and the empress, it was natural for them. But for someone like Lu Tianxin, there's a high tendency that she would unintentionally show her weakness to the other party and thus could be swayed and trapped easily.

  Ye Xiaozu narrowed his eyes on her before turning his gaze to Gu Yuyao, who hadn't said anything.

  "Then I hope that Tang Enterprise will take responsibility for their people's actions. The project is behind schedule for three months and there hasn't been any major progress. I doubt that you can complete the project on time, thus, our management started to weigh the option of passing the project to Feng Conglomerate." He said in a cold tone that sent shivers down Lu Tianxin's spine.

  Ye Xiaozu didn't understand why the empress sent Gu Yuyao and Lu Tianxin to deal with this problem. Was Tang Moyu looking down on him because he had just succeeded the company and hadn't proven his worth yet?

  Contrary to his assumptions, Tang Moyu was currently preoccupied with her personal affairs, resulting in her reliance on her friend and cousin's help to deal with the issue.

  Lu Tianxin stiffened in her seat. She couldn't allow the company to lose this deal to Feng Conglomerate. Not only would she disappoint Tang Moyu, she would also give Ye Xiaozu a reason to think that he could intimidate her with his icy gaze if it happened.

  "We understand where you're coming from, President Ye. But trust us, our management will investigate and pay close attention to this issue. The transition from the old management to our new one has caused several confusions in our employees, causing a slight delay on certain matters. Please give us enough time to fix the problem." Lu Tianxin answered him respectfully. She then slightly narrowed her eyes on him.

  Did he really think he would be able to force her into submission by making her uncomfortable? No way!

  Looking at her like this, Ye Xiaozu couldn't help but remember her smiling face. So many memories flooded his mind and he was internally holding his hand back from the itch to touch her face and see her smile at him again.

  No… he shouldn't allow her to break his walls again. It was enough that she'd break him the first time.

  He knew that he couldn't easily reject the contract because of the amount of investment the Ye Corporation had placed in it before his father's passing.

  "Fine. I'm only giving you a month to fix everything. The theme park and the shopping mall should open before autumn comes."

  "Just a month?" Lu Tianxin blinked at that, which caused Gu Yuyao to lean forward.

  "A month is more than enough for us, President Ye." Gu Yuyao chimed in, not allowing Ye Xiaozu to take advantage of Lu Tianxin's slip. "Please keep contact with us and set a schedule for our site inspection very soon. We, the Tang Enterprise, hate it when we're in debt. We will surely fulfill our part of the deal."

  Thankfully, Tang Moyu had warned her that this might happen. Gu Yuyao was impressed at how the empress easily deduced how Ye Xiaozu's mind worked and hit the target without missing the mark. No wonder she was confident that she and Lu Tianxin wouldn't fail in this mission to meet the newly appointed president of Ye Corporation.

  "He'll most likely give us an ultimatum, Yaoyao. Minimum would be a month to get everything back on track. Ye Xiaozu wouldn't put his reputation at stake." Tang Moyu had told her, "Ye Xiaozu hasn't gained the favor of the board yet and he could easily be removed from his seat by his detractors. He would still need to tread carefully. There's too much money at stake for both parties to lose this deal."

  And just like that, the empress had ensured that Tang Enterprise wouldn't lose the deal to Feng Conglomerate. Gu Yuyao chuckled inwardly. If Feng Tianhua was smart enough, he would have hindered Tang Moyu from keeping this deal with Ye Corporation, causing a massive loss on Tang Enterprise's part, but he didn't.