One-way Passage

s, Mr.
Ming.”

Inside the meeting room, Min Qin sat at the head of the table.

Xue Jing came in with a tray containing several cups of tea.
She was noticeably apprehensive as she placed a cup in front of Ming Qin.

After setting all four cups on the table, Ming Luchuan told Xue Jing, “You can leave, close the door on your way out.”

Xue Jing promptly nodded and left the room.

Ming Luchuan sat immediately to Ming Qin’s right, Ming Siyan across from him, and Xia Wennan next to him.

Weirdly, Xia Wennan had the impression that this seating arrangement was similar to that of the Ming house’s dinner table; only the setting had changed to the bright and orderly meeting room, and the atmosphere had suddenly become grave.
Furthermore, everyone was dressed in formal attire.
When Xia Wennan lowered his head to take a quick look at himself, he noticed that his collar was unbuttoned, so he swiftly affected an air of nonchalance and fastened the button with his fingers.

This was actually his first time seeing Ming Qin dressed so sharp.
Though his demeanour was solemn, he reclined against the back of the chair with an indolent air about him, his aura ineffable.

“What’s going on between Wennan and He Yufeng?” Ming Qin asked.
His tone was no different from usual, mild and gentle.

“He’s my senior.
We share the same graduate advisor,” Xia Wennan explained.
“I went to see my teacher with him yesterday.”

Ming Qi gave a nod.

“I know what happened,” Ming Luchuan spoke up.
“He Yufeng must’ve found someone to take those pictures and distribute them as a marketing stunt.”

Netizens were generally interested in controversies about other people’s private lives, and even though they weren’t major celebrities, anything involving a third-person and adultery was bound to garner some attention.

Ming Yan was highly reputed for their pheromone perfumes, and as the perfumer, Xia Wennan would inevitably have the public eye on him.
At this time, his connection to the general manager of Moze, whose company was set to launch their own pheromone perfumes, would consequently make people’s imaginations go wild.

As long as they gained online exposure and then He Yufeng and Xia Wennan came out to set the record straight, reputations would not be harmed, while Moze’s new products would be promoted to a considerable degree.

“He Yufeng is way too shameless!” Ming Siyan slapped the table in anger.

Ming Qin maintained his calm.
He nodded and said, “Wennan should clear this up as soon as possible.
People will lose interest and will cease to pay attention.”

“Wennan doesn’t have an account on this platform,” said Ming Luchuan.
“I’ll have Xu Feng reach out to the official platform and sign up for a verified account.
We can directly clarify this matter and send a lawyer’s letter to the marketing account requesting that the post be deleted.”

Ming Qin didn’t speak.
His gaze was locked on the surface of the conference table, his left hand’s fingers toying with the ring on his right.
A while later, he asked, “What about Moze’s pheromone perfumes?”

“They ought to have been developed by Moze themselves,” said Ming Luchuan.

“Are you sure?” This time, it was Ming Siyan who opened his mouth.
His head was slightly cocked to one side as he gave Ming Luchuan a doubtful look.
“Da-ge, are you sure that our patents and formulas haven’t been leaked?”

Ming Luchuan looked up at him and calmly asked, “Why do you say that? Do you have any knowledge of Moze’s internal affairs?”

Right as Ming Siyan was about to speak, a voice rang out from beside Ming Luchuan, “We can’t be sure.”

Ming Luchuan turned his head.
The speaker was none other than Xia Wennan.

Xia Wennan reclined back on his chair and inwardly thought, who can’t put on a show? With one hand atop the conference table, his fair round fingertips knocked on the wooden surface, producing a muffled sound.
“We have a mole in our company,” he stated.

Ming Siyan stared at him with wide-eyes.

Xia Wennan furtively pointed towards Ming Qin and said, “Yin Zejing.” After uttering this name, he didn’t wait for anyone to question him before saying in one go, “Why Yin Zejing, you ask? Because Yin Zejing is He Yufeng’s younger brother—he’s Moze’s second prince.
Why do I know this? Because I remember.”