It'll Come Naturally
Chapter 1664 Return To S City (Part Two)

"What the hell are you doing, Rain? Didn't you hear all those voices against you? They preferred you to stay away from this company!" Vance roared hysterically. His brother had already been dismissed to a subsidiary company, leaving only him as Rain's competition. He had been plotting how to get rid of Rain, and finally came up with an idea which would take advantage of the board in an attempt to dismiss Rain. But Rain did not fight back at the meeting at all. Instead, he treated Vance as invisible! How arrogant of Rain! "The file you have been given contains all the information about this project. I believe all of you are aware of the large profits the KD Group stands to generate from it. So, I'm awaiting a perfect proposal from you in a limited time," Rain ordered decisively, leaving Vance muted in anger.

"Yes, sir. We'll do everything in our power to create a perfect proposal," the leaders of the management team chorused immediately. They had always admired Rain for his extraordinary business talent.

The board members nodded at each other in satisfaction after perusing the document. It was as if the ones who had earlier agreed with Vance, and spoken in favor of removing Rain, suddenly changed identity.

A cold smile appeared on Rain's face. A bunch of old foxes! But he would outfox them! They would easily sacrifice their principles, as long as there were profits luring them. Rain decided to deal with them by pretending cordiality temporarily. After the company passed this critical period, he would no longer need to tolerate them anymore.

As the meeting closed, the dust had settled. But Vance was still unwilling to submit to Rain's leadership. He stormed into the CEO's office immediately after the meeting.

"Rain, it must be a phony project, right? The HT Group won't award KD the case so easily." Many big companies were bidding on the project of the HT Group. Choosing the KD Group to be the executive company was just too good to be true. After all, the KD Group had just experienced a very risky period not long ago.

"That's your opinion, and I won't make any comments. For you though, it may have been a huge difficulty to secure the project. You'd never have succeeded. But I have! I have that capability," Rain sneered with cold eyes. Vance looked even more like a clown with his eyes bulging in rage.

"Hum! If I'm not mistaken, you won the project thanks to FX International Group!" Everybody in business circles knew of Edward's extraordinary and guileful negotiation talent. He was no exception.

"What of it? It's KD's project now, and it's me who made it a reality. You know something? You won't get things that don't belong to you, unless you are a very smart man." If the KD Group had not suffered a heavy setback because of the Western Hill project, Rain would not have made the effort to secure this project. He hoped to bring the dying KD Group back to life with it.

"Don't be too confident, you won't have the last laugh. Yes, you set my brother up and he is no longer at headquarters now. But, I am still here. Don't get comfortable being a dictator. I'm watching you." Vance had great difficulty understanding why his father and the stakeholders would think highly of Rain. Apart from several major projects he had secured, there was nothing really special about him! If he were assigned to take charge of those projects, he would do much better than him!

"I stayed safe and sound when both of you were here. Now, you are the only one left. Do you still believe you can beat me? Don't be so naive." In public, Rain concealed his purpose for working with the KD Group. But he still wished that he could leave the Ke Family to stew in their own juices.

"Hum! I am the only one left? I don't think so," Vance sneered. Rain would soon replace that the Ke family females were even more aggressive than males. It had evolved into a tradition among the women.

"Yes, that might be true. But for me, it makes no difference." Rain welcomed both open and covert attacks. He was capable and had handled the family members when they found fault with him at every step, anyway. As for the result of their struggle? No one could know the outcome until he faced the last minute.

Things would go perfectly according to plan, if all the problems could be dealt with swiftly. But unexpected twists of fate and unintended accidents lurked in the shadows, and no one could foresee the future.

A month later, Annie returned to S City once again. She did not come here to offer any help, as she had done last time. Instead, she returned for brand promotion of her newly designed jewelry range. She brought her children with her, since she would be staying in the city for a while. For some reason she grew restless at the prospect of running into Rain again.

"Mommy, why does everyone here look like us?" Her daughter Joyce asked, looking around curiously.

"Because we are from the same country, my silly sister. That place we lived in is another county. It's not our home." Huey imperiously gave his sister a lecture with his limited knowledge.

"All right. Don't quarrel, please. Let's go!" Annie felt like there might be something lacking from her education of the two youngsters. Why did they always bicker?

"Will we stay in a hotel, Mommy?" Joyce was at the age when she had discovered questions and she asked them endlessly. Her large luminous eyes stared at her mother, blinking in excitement.

"No, the company will replace us a place to stay." Annie raised her head, searching for the representative her new cooperating company was supposed to send.

"Excuse me, are you Miss An from Thailand?" A capable-looking woman approached them and inquired politely.

"Yes, I am. Are you from the YS Group?" Annie glanced the pretty woman over from head to toe, and then asked to confirm her identity.

"Yes, I'm Janice. Nice to meet you." Janice offered her hand for a friendly handshake. Actually, she was not employed by the YS Group. She had worked for Duke as his special assistant. After Duke and Belinda's marriage, the YS Group and the Leng Group had become one grand company then. So, claiming herself to work for the YS Group was not entirely correct, but in the scope of things, it was accurate.

"Nice to meet you, too." Annie accepted her outstretched hand.

"I look forward to working together." Janice was a natural at getting along with people due to her gracious approach. She had earned much praise as Duke's right hand.

"Same here!" Annie was a bit astonished to be working with such a young woman, and she wondered briefly if Janice was capable enough to complete their tasks.

"Are these your kids?" Likewise, Janice was also amazed when she saw how young Annie was. She struggled briefly to reconcile the idea that Annie was both a jewelry designer, and a mother to such young neonates.

"Yes. Huey, Joyce, say hello." Annie never relied on her family's status, so she avoided using their money when she had left. She worked as a jewelry designer to support herself and her children. At first, it was quite a struggle, but she had the talent. So, she quickly earned a successful reputation and large profits.000