The Apple of My Eye novel Chapter 2036

"What did you find?" Charles asked when he noticed the hesitant look on David's face. He could only assume that David had found something.

"It seems that Mr. Xu was acquainted with Leila." David had just received this piece of information and wasn't initially planning on telling Charles. However, since Charles had asked, he had no choice but to tell him.

David had no way of finding out if Leila had really been involved in this or not.

Something seemed to flash across Charles' eyes upon the mention of Leila. He smiled and said, "Seems he's planning on getting in our way."

Charles became visibly relaxed once he'd heard that it had something to do with Leila.

He had already decided on taking this project. He knew Mr. Xu was just buying time before he actually signed the contract.

On the way to the hotel, Charles received a call from Melissa.

Charles knew Melissa was calling to ask if he was going to be home for dinner.

Charles wasn't planning on answering the call. David immediately noticed that Charles was resting as he had his eyes closed. David then instantly picked up the call for Charles.

"Madam, this is David."

"Where is Charles?" Melissa couldn't understand why David was answering Charles' phone for him. 'Was Charles still working? Or did he just not want to hear my voice?'

All of these thoughts ran past Melissa's head in those few seconds.

"Mr. Lu's in a meeting now. You can leave a message with me, and I will tell him later," David said politely.

"Oh, I see."

Melissa calmed down when she heard this. She was just worried about him. Furrowing her brows together, she said, "Nothing, it's nothing. Just take care of him and tell him to eat properly."

"No need to worry, madam. I'll take care of Mr. Lu."

Melissa then hung up the call after giving David a few more instructions.

Charles only opened his eyes when he'd heard David hang up. He asked, "How are the kids?"

"Everything's fine, and the Cloud Advertising Company's doing fine too." David knew that this was what Charles was concerned about.

Soon, they arrived at the hotel. They'd agreed to meet at six, but Mr. Xu didn't seem to care about the time as it was soon half an hour past six, and he still wasn't there.

"Mr. Lu, don't you think Mr. Xu's being impolite?" David said, unable to hide his irritation. Charles didn't deserve to be made to wait like this.

"Contact his team," Charles said calmly.

David didn't understand Charles at first. After giving it some thought, it seemed as if he realized something. He then took his phone out and made a call.

After he'd settled everything, Mr. Lu and his assistants arrived at the restaurant next to the hotel.

"Mr. Lu, where is it? Could you tell me about this place?" Mr. Xu got out of the car and walked towards Charles with a huge smile on his face—obviously fake.

"Mr. Xu, you'll find out once you get inside," Charles said, grinning.

They were now both playing each other.

Charles wasn't one to back down in the face of a challenging negotiation. However, he was quickly turned off by people who involved their personal life in their work.