Nonsense!

He didn’t have any weakness!

Is someone’s smile making a room bright without lights?

Then what’s the point of inventing electricity? Just smile and you’ll have everything!

Du Zhaohui instinctively objected.

Not only was Master Qiu’s tone certain, but Du Zhaohui noticed even his bodyguard Ah Hua was looking at him with sympathetic understanding – what are you looking at? What a loser, shouldn’t you check how many coins you have first? Someone so poor they have to risk their life for him, how dare they sympathize?!

Du Zhaohui was furious, yet somehow felt guilty and short of breath.

His mouth was dry, so he gulped down the tea in front of him, then cursed as it burned his tongue, making the root throb with pain!

“Who’s in danger… no, why would there be danger?”

His words revealed his true concern. Not just Master Qiu and Ah Hua, but even Chai Hai on the side could see: that the arrogant Du Zhaohui truly had a weakness that Master Qiu had found.

How satisfying!

Chai Hai disliked Du Zhaohui, considering him a rich bastard.

Master Qiu poured him a second cup of tea:

“Why is there danger? If you had used some of the energy you spent investigating me to check on her recent situation, many things wouldn’t need explaining. The favor I’m asking you – you can consider these two matters as one.”

Du Zhaohui’s expression fluctuated between dark and light.

“Fine, let me hear it. If what you say isn’t right, don’t blame me for being ruthless!”

…

Xia Xiaolan left Zhou the fool under Qi Wei’s supervision, not bothering with Ye Xiaoqiong’s arrival in New York.

Instead, Ye Xiaoqiong came to find her.

Upon seeing Xia Xiaolan, she immediately confessed what she had done:

“You know about Zhou Yi being robbed? I arranged that, but those two thugs went beyond my expectations. I thought they would just take money… anyway, I went too far with that.”

It was indeed too far.

Ye Xiaoqiong certainly hated Zhou Yi, and even Xia Xiaolan could understand why.

But for women taking revenge on women, there were many methods – hiring two thugs for rape was something Xia Xiaolan disapproved of, just as she opposed domestic violence.

Like making money, one must have principles.

“Zhou Yi never mentioned this incident, I guessed it myself. She probably hasn’t told anyone. So what’s your next plan?”

Xia Xiaolan wasn’t rushing Ye Xiaoqiong.

Being hasty wouldn’t solve anything – she needed to see what Ye Xiaoqiong planned to do.

Ye Xiaoqiong smiled: “When I wasn’t in New York, I kept thinking about how to get revenge on the Yuan family while teaching Zhou Yi a lesson, something to vent my anger.”

Xia Xiaolan was curious, “Seems like you’ve found a way?”

Ye Xiaoqiong nodded:

“Naturally. I want Zhou Yi to experience what I went through. The Zhou family sent her to study in America just to separate her from Yuan Han, right? I’ll help the Zhou family, but they need to cooperate. They’ve already sent Yuan Han to work in a remote place, but that’s not enough. We need to make things worse for Yuan Han, make him feel he can’t rely on the Zhou family, and look for better opportunities. Then, when he meets a rich Hong Kong heiress investing in mainland China, don’t you think he’ll desperately grab the chance?”

The logic was sound.

Xia Xiaolan marveled at Ye Xiaoqiong’s boldness:

“You’re not planning to play the rich Hong Kong heiress yourself, are you?”

Plastic surgery would be so painful.

Without surgery, Xia Xiaolan vaguely remembered a melodramatic TV series from her past life with a similar plot, called something like “Wife’s **” or “Return Home **”… anyway, those messy shows that her former caretaker aunt particularly enjoyed watching!

Ye Xiaoqiong looked disgusted:

“How could I possibly go myself? I want to kill Yuan Han just looking at him, even if it’s acting, I couldn’t pull it off. I found a prostitute in Hong Kong to do it!”

Xia Xiaolan hadn’t expected Ye Xiaoqiong to tell her such things.

Having a prostitute play a rich heiress – different people had different bearings. Yuan Han, that pretty boy who could successively deceive both Ye Xiaoqiong and Zhou Yi, did have some skill in handling women.

“Can a prostitute act convincingly?”

Ye Xiaoqiong’s eyes drifted, and then she smiled self-mockingly:

“Whether it’s convincing or not, Yuan Han won’t care that much. He wants a woman who can help him climb up. Since the Zhou family path isn’t working, he’ll want to grab another backing… When a Hong Kong heiress appears from nowhere, Yuan Han will surely hold on tight. My thinking isn’t baseless – the mainland investment is real, it’s Second Young Master’s idea. I just have my agenda, combining these two things. The Hong Kong merchant investment is real, with this big background, Yuan Han definitely won’t be able to tell true from false.”

At the mention of investment, Xia Xiaolan became alert.

“You’re not asking the Zhou family to give Du Second Young Master’s investment the green light, are you? If that’s your request, I advise you to forget it. The Zhou family won’t do such things.”

Just for Zhou Yi, the Zhou family could take their time teaching her – there was no need for power abuse.

Even if Xia Xiaolan hadn’t asked the Zhou family to give her business advantages, how could they help Du Zhaoji?

Letting Ye Xiaoqiong participate wasn’t because the Zhou family and Xia Xiaolan truly needed her help to make Zhou Yi repent – it was more that Zhou Wengang felt his daughter’s willfulness had indirectly hurt Ye Xiaoqiong. Zhou Wengang felt guilty and wanted to accumulate good karma for Zhou Yi, so he let Ye Xiaoqiong toy with Zhou Yi!

Ye Xiaoqiong shook her head: “No, it’s not like that. I’m just using Second Young Master’s mainland investment as a stage for Yuan Han to take the bait. The Zhou family doesn’t need to help Second Young Master establish himself in the mainland.”

Really?

Xia Xiaolan still found it strange.

It was already September, and the 5% share competition between Du Zhaohui and Du Zhaoji was more than halfway through.

Du Zhaohui’s electronic plaza was rising from the ground.

Du Zhaoji was building factories in Thailand, with products exported to America.

With different business focuses, they would eventually determine a winner… At this time, shouldn’t Du Zhaoji be focusing on the Thai factory? Yet he somehow had extra energy for mainland investment.

It wasn’t that spreading operations wider meant a better chance of winning. Without focusing on current business, Xia Xiaolan suspected Du Zhaoji would lose even more badly.

She suppressed her doubts and smiled nodding:

“I think your idea is good. Where does Second Young Master plan to invest?”

Ye Xiaoqiong hesitated, “…By rights, I shouldn’t tell you about Second Young Master’s unconfirmed investment, but you’ll know sooner or later, so I won’t hide it – Second Young Master will go to Pengcheng Special Zone.”

Eight out of ten foreign investments would choose Pengcheng.

The Special Economic Zone had various favorable policies – not choosing Pengcheng would be foolish.

But Du Zhaohui was also in Pengcheng.

Xia Xiaolan felt she might be overthinking, but then again, one should always be cautious. She immediately invited Ye Xiaoqiong:

“What a coincidence! I might be returning to China in the next few days, and I’ll visit Pengcheng. Would you be interested in traveling together?”