She Smiled, Too Sweetly

"Are you sure that you're willing to do this, Ms. Chi?" Qing Chen asked as he looked over the contract. He took a peek and Qing Lok was also dumbfounded as he read. "You're giving it all up? To us?"

"I know that your company will act in the best interest of our invention. I would like to leave it all up to your expertise."

That was the thing, this was the first time that they would be investing in something that none of them knew about. Qing Chen smiled at her, very businessman-like. "What's the catch?"

"Oh, there are no catches."

His eyes fleeted to the other people in their group. Ms. Chi had always been the one speaking for the rest of them. Now they were all just quiet with their fingers clasped together as they looked aimlessly around the huge meeting room.

"Is this what you really want?" he asked them.

"Are we getting money?" asked one of them.

"Yes, a boatload," he said.

"Then I guess we're good with that."