Qi Xing had worked with President Chen before, back when he was a project manager.
At the time, Qi Tong had just gone missing. After learning about it, President Chen had even asked someone to help search for Qi Tong in his own city.
Though nothing useful had come of it, Qi Xing still remembered that this boss had been quite a good person.
Back then, Chen Jinpeng had looked radiant and carried a bit of extra weight, the very image of a successful businessman.
Who would have thought that after only three years, he would become so gaunt and haggard? Qi Xing had not recognized him at first glance.
Chen Jinpeng, meanwhile, had remembered Qi Xing entirely because of his exceptionally handsome appearance.
The first time he saw Qi Xing, the project manager, in the conference room, he had thought the company's brand ambassador had arrived.
When he learned that this beautiful young man had become a project manager at just twenty-three, Chen Jinpeng had felt that Qi Xing was truly a promising young talent.
He had also heard his subordinates gossip that Qi Xing's mother had run away when he was in elementary school, and that he had lost his father in an accident during middle school. The only family he had left was a younger sister nearly ten years his junior.
With no parents, raising a young sister on his own, and still managing to reach such a position, Chen Jinpeng had found Qi Xing more and more pleasing to look at.
He had a daughter who happened to be two years younger than Qi Xing.
Their ages were just right, and Chen Jinpeng had even considered making Qi Xing his live-in son-in-law.
But Qi Xing's younger sister had just gone missing then, and he had been