Meet Du Zhaoqi?
It wasn’t impossible.
Zhou Cheng could arrange this for Xia Xiaolan.
Xia Xiaolan truly wanted to teach the foolish Second Mistress a lesson.
Spending $3 million, or even increasing it to $3.5 million to buy her 18% shares in Asia, was the Second Mistress’s own decision under Zhu Suizhou’s manipulation, not Du Zhaoqi’s idea.
Without a lesson, the Second Mistress would never see through Zhu Suizhou.
Having made her decision, Xia Xiaolan felt much of her anger dissipate.
Why should she be angry anyway? After all, she wouldn’t be the one suffering in the end!
Between self-torture and torturing others, Xia Xiaolan decisively chose to torture others. Of course, torturing others required strategy and patience.
Now with three shareholders in conflict, Asia couldn’t open for business, and even Second Mistress’s promise of $3.5 million to buy Xia Xiaolan’s shares would soon become an empty check. Forget about earning $1.5 million – a failed Asia would be worthless!
Xia Xiaolan, having figured it out, went to meet Second Mistress.
“Second Mistress, I’m not planning to sell my Asia shares for now. If we still want to make money from Asia, we must get it operating first, don’t you agree?”
This was absolutely nonsense – did Xia Xiaolan need to remind her of this?
No matter what Xia Xiaolan said, she just wouldn’t sell her shares, making Second Mistress’s back teeth ache with anger.
She didn’t plan to stay in this backwater Qiong Island anymore and didn’t want to waste words with Xia Xiaolan. However, Xia Xiaolan wouldn’t let her off easily:
“Second Mistress, the situation is different from before. Previously, with Second Young Master Du involved in Asia’s management, I could confidently be a hands-off owner, just investing without interfering in Asia’s management. Now I’ve changed my mind.”
Second Mistress became alert, “What do you mean?”
“I mean that regarding any decisions about Asia, I now demand the right to raise objections. I want to participate in management!”
Xia Xiaolan was straightforward, but Second Mistress flatly refused:
“Impossible, you signed an agreement when you invested-“
It seemed the Second Mistress had done her homework, at least learning from Zhu Suizhou what Xia Xiaolan could and couldn’t do.
Wouldn’t maintaining the status quo be fine?
She had to make trouble, didn’t she?
The second Mistress was forceful, but Xia Xiaolan refused to back down:
“Second Mistress, I’m not discussing this with you, I’m just informing you, and I hope you can relay this to Zhu Suizhou. This is something you must agree to. Honestly, the Asia project is stuck in limbo because of Second Young Master Du. Now that he’s transferred his shares, will it smoothly resume construction? Second Mistress, you should know that destruction is always easier than construction – circumstances have changed, and we need to be flexible. Previously signed agreement terms can still be modified now.”
The second Mistress was nearly exploding with anger.
Xia Xiaolan was threatening her.
If they didn’t agree to Xia Xiaolan’s demands, she would cause trouble, preventing Asia Mall in Shangdu from completing construction on schedule, or even getting permission to open!
Could Xia Xiaolan do this?
Second Mistress thought about many things.
She thought about Xia Xiaolan’s background.
A powerful natal family, a powerful marital family, and sufficient cash flow.
If Xia Xiaolan united all these resources toward one goal, even just for destruction… Wasn’t this exactly why she wanted to buy Xia Xiaolan’s shares? To prevent her from doing exactly this!
“Xia Xiaolan, how does this benefit you? You still have $2 million in capital shares. Giving up $1.5 million in profit to sabotage Asia means you won’t get back your investment either.”
The second Mistress questioned, and Xia Xiaolan was happy to explain:
“Second Mistress, without Asia, I have other ways to make money. I can write off this $2 million as an investment loss – I can afford it! But you and Zhu Suizhou need to think carefully about whether you can afford to lose.”
Xia Xiaolan showed Second Mistress the side of a wealthy person playing the rogue with financial might.
Having money feels good, and having money consistently means feeling good.
Previously, this display of financial muscle belonged to the Second Mistress, but now that the tiger had fallen to the plains, she was being threatened by Xia Xiaolan. Second Mistress, who had always maintained a dignified image, pointed at Xia Xiaolan and stuttered “you, you, you” for a while, ultimately holding back from cursing at her.
Not because of her good cultivation.
But because she couldn’t afford to curse.
She feared Xia Xiaolan would do it.
Young people are impulsive – if she was willing to lose $2 million just to fight to the death with her and Zhu Suizhou, Second Mistress couldn’t afford to lose.
Thinking of this, the Second Mistress not only cursed Xia Xiaolan repeatedly in her heart but also included Du Zhaohui and even Du Chengrong, who now cared about nothing…
Watching the Second Mistress’s憋屈 expression, Xia Xiaolan felt extremely satisfied.
Indeed, torturing others suited her best!
Xia Xiaolan left Second Mistress behind and went to Qihang’s construction site in Yecheng.
She didn’t trust the Second Mistress’s intelligence, but Zhu Suizhou would understand how to choose.
The second Mistress suppressed her anger to Shangdu.
In front of Zhu Suizhou, she couldn’t hold back anymore and thoroughly cursed out Xia Xiaolan.
After cursing, the Second Mistress looked at Zhu Suizhou with doubt in her eyes: “Didn’t you say that buying back the shares at a premium would tempt Xia Xiaolan?”
Now not only had they failed to buy back the 18% shares, but they had also provoked Xia Xiaolan’s ferocious nature.
Xia Xiaolan’s threatening words were a direct declaration of war.
Second Mistress felt she had made a terrible move, perhaps too hastily.
And since she had made this decision based on Zhu Suizhou’s suggestion, she inevitably developed a crisis of trust in him as well.
Facing the Second Mistress’s doubts, Zhu Suizhou showed no panic:
“Second Mistress, the conflict is there – if it doesn’t explode now, it will explode later. I believe it’s better to have it explode earlier. Although we couldn’t buy back the shares, we won’t harbor any illusions about Xia Xiaolan anymore. Don’t you understand what kind of person she is and where her loyalties lie?”
Zhu Suizhou threw the question back to the Second Mistress.
Thinking of Xia Xiaolan’s entangled interests with Du Zhaohui, Second Mistress was rendered speechless.
Yes, she actually firmly believed that Xia Xiaolan would eventually make a move on Asia – this was Zhaoqi’s last business and the only business the second branch could keep.
How could Xia Xiaolan be content with just 18% of the shares?
Even if Xia Xiaolan was willing, Du Zhaohui wouldn’t be.
He was like a fierce wolf!
After the Second Mistress and Zhu Suizhou discussed it for a long time, Zhu Suizhou said he would figure something out. Having finally seen off Second Mistress, Zhu Suizhou’s office phone rang – it was Sheng Xuan calling.
“Is it about the Qiong Island matter?”
“Yes, it’s not convenient to discuss over the phone. I’ll tell you when I get home.”
Because of Sheng Xuan’s call, Zhu Suizhou was somewhat distracted the entire afternoon. Finally making it to Sheng Xuan’s finishing time, Zhu Suizhou drove to pick her up.
Sheng Xuan was still far from her due date and continued working normally.
Zhu Suizhou carefully helped Sheng Xuan into the car.
Sheng Xuan was also anxious and couldn’t wait until they got home to tell Zhu Suizhou the news she had learned:
“…A proposal about Qiong Island might pass in these few days, it’s very important. Suizhou, do you know how much land Xia Xiaolan has bought in Qiong Island?”