Chapter 67: Completely Sober

When someone offered a toast, Shen Mo was stunned.

"Do I deserve it?"

Shen Mo felt he didn't deserve it.

But he still drank it down, without any fuss.

It was probably because it was the big boss's wedding that there was no wedding hazing.

Everything proceeded in an orderly fashion.

At the same time, this wedding also let Shen Mo understand one thing.

That is, bosses never get the short end of the stick.

The various CEOs who had given gift money, once the wedding reached its halfway point and officially entered the dinner phase, turned the place into a social arena.

One could say not a single moment was wasted.

It was probably because Shen Mo had become a boss, opened a company, and was running it well that some people even came over wanting to discuss investment with him.

They had taken a fancy to the potential of Baiyin Game Company.

In their words, the more friends, the more paths.

Shen Mo, following the instructions Liu Yue had given him in advance, laid out his company's operating model.

This model of valuing employees and giving out money made several of the potential investors frown.

But there were still some who, without hesitation, wanted to invest.

It was Meng Bai.

As for this love-brained lady, Shen Mo truly didn't know how to handle her.

"Wife, save me."

Liu Yue came over at the sound.

"Wife, perfect timing."

Shen Mo looked at Liu Yue, who had taken over the conversation with a smiling Meng Bai, and felt an endless surge of gratitude in his heart.

Meng Bai made her request to Liu Yue to invest in Baiyin Game Company.

Liu Yue raised an eyebrow: "Ms. Meng, Uncle Wang isn't a stingy person."

Meng Bai let out a soft sigh, a flicker of loneliness passing through her eyes: "Only by holding money and power in one's own hands can it work."

She was a woman with a story.

"This is a woman with an incident."

Shen Mo and Liu Yue almost simultaneously sighed this in their hearts.

Meng Bai then said: "President Liu, I heard you were planning to invest in Zhou Xing before?"

Liu Yue nodded. That's right, Zhou Xing's company wanted to go public and needed big capital to escort it along.

A flash of hatred visibly crossed Meng Bai's eyes, and she said softly: "Have you ever heard my story?"

Liu Yue found it interesting, and went with Meng Bai and Shen Mo to a room upstairs in the hotel.

To prevent anyone from getting drunk and causing trouble, a few rest rooms were generally prepared in advance.

In the room, Meng Bai slowly recounted her story with Zhou Xing—no, it should be called an incident.

Meng Bai was born into the Meng Family of Caiyun City.

Not a major clan, but not small either—a market value of several billion was still there.

Then came the cliché true-and-false heiress incident.

Meng Bai, as the true heiress, had been swapped out.

By a chance opportunity, Meng Bai was spotted by a director and became a child star.

The adoptive parents who had replaced Meng Bai began a life of sucking Meng Bai's blood.

From the age of six, Meng Bai was forced to frantically take on roles and commercial performances, supporting her adoptive parents' lavish lifestyle.

And Meng Bai truly did love acting; she felt acting was freedom, so she climbed all the way to the position of film queen and tv queen.

At eighteen, Meng Bai met Zhou Xing.

When a fairy meets a cowherd, the ending is naturally one of fall.

Zhou Xing broke the shackles the adoptive parents had placed on Meng Bai, rescuing her from the fire and water.

Meng Bai gave a bitter smile: "I thought he was my savior then, my Prince Charming." "Unfortunately, he wasn't."

Zhou Xing used even more powerful PUA skills, making Meng Bai willingly earn money for him, dedicating herself wholeheartedly to Zhou Xing's company, willing to give her all.

The final outcome was indeed exactly as Zhou Xing had schemed.

Meng Bai's reputation was utterly destroyed, her career and future completely ruined, while Zhou Xing's company flourished, firmly securing a place in the entertainment circle.

"After going through what happened with my adoptive parents, the only smart thing I did was hold onto a portion of money that belonged to me."

"And because I really do have leverage on Zhou Xing, when we finally broke up, he gave me the portion of money that belonged to me."

Meng Bai's eyes were full of murderous intent toward Zhou Xing.

Shen Mo had no doubt that, given the chance, Meng Bai would absolutely send Zhou Xing to his death.

"Then what is this marriage about?" Liu Yue asked on Shen Mo's behalf, steering to another topic.

Meng Bai said slowly: "Just this year, my biological parents came looking for me."

"They hope I save the family's company, and also save the biological daughter of my adoptive parents—the daughter they raised for thirty years, who is now Zhou Xing's female secretary."

Shen Mo was stunned.

"Is this a true-and-false heiress plus entertainment-circle abuse story?"

Liu Yue was also stunned. Are the circles really this messy nowadays?

She hadn't felt much of it before.

Meng Bai continued, "It was also around this time that I found out my dear little sister had already hooked up with Zhou Xing. She came this time too, for my money."

This time, what welled up in Meng Bai's eyes was killing intent.

Used as a blood bag by her adoptive parents as a child, and PUA'd by Zhou Xing once she grew up.

Now that they've separated, her biological parents want to come back and suck her blood again.

What a joke.

"Th-then… what did you choose?" Shen Mo asked in astonishment.

【Meng Bai marrying Wang Chunsheng now couldn't be a substitute marriage alliance for the family, could it?】

【The Meng Family couldn't have already eaten Meng Bai clean out, could they?】

Shen Mo felt it was a bit thrilling.

Liu Yue also found it thrilling.

Meng Bai smiled gently: "Of course I agreed, but I told them I had no money either, and that I could arrange a marriage alliance for them in exchange for a dowry."

"But the bride price was given to me by Lao Wang."

Meng Bai's eyes were full of smugness.

Although Wang Chunsheng was a nouveau riche, he was no fool.

Giving the bride price to one's wife versus giving it to in-laws who didn't get along with one's wife.

These two choices weren't difficult.

"The Meng Family wanted to take revenge on me afterward, but it was useless. Lao Wang, this mine boss, isn't the kind of man who reasons with people."

Shen Mo thought of some dirt on mine bosses online.

A man who can run a mine—how could he possibly be a soft man?

Liu Yue took a deep breath. She'd enjoyed the gossip enough; it was time to ask the question in her heart: "Why tell us your story?"

Meng Bai gave a light laugh: "It's simple. Lao Wang said he owed the Shen Family something before and needed to repay it, so I figured I'd just pay it back to you."

"Next, Lao Wang will help me get revenge on Zhou Xing. The dirt on Zhou Xing I'm holding will make his company unable to go public again, or even go bankrupt."

Liu Yue smiled and said lightly: "Thanks, but we never planned to invest in Zhou Xing in the first place."

"Good luck with what comes next."

"But, I'd like to know one more thing—why would President Wang help you get revenge, and why do you want to invest in Baiyin Game Company?"

Shrugging, Meng Bai said casually: "The reason Lao Wang helps me get revenge is simple. The Meng Family has a few good plots of land, and Lao Wang wants them. I'm the Meng Family's biological daughter, so I have inheritance rights."

"The reason I want to invest is also simple. I want to have some industries and shares of my own. After all, money and power are only secure in your own hands."

"Lao Wang is a ruthless man. When he dies someday, I probably won't get much. Better to take advantage of having a backer now and quickly grab something for myself."

A thoroughly clear-headed woman knows what she should do.

(End of Chapter)