Chapter 170: We Are All Relatives

"Aunt, I really have no choice."

In the spacious living room, Meng Zeming sat on an extremely luxurious leather sofa, holding his phone and handing it to the stylish woman with large wavy curls beside him.

The woman's face was well-maintained, looking to be around thirty or forty, but one could tell from her hands that she was likely older than that.

If one looked closely, one could see she bore a slight resemblance to Lin Sui.

The woman took Meng Zeming's phone and, through the screen, saw Lin Sui inside working hard to cajole the audience in the Live Streaming Room.

Yet those viewers were like possessed, acting with such unity when it came to spending money.

"Go and acquire her Company." The woman spat these cold words from her 36-degree red lips.

Meng Zeming was stunned for a moment, "That's so ruthless?"

After all, she is her own daughter...

His aunt, who was also Lin Sui's biological mother, Meng Ke.

He had only confirmed this when he checked the data on Lin Sui's Company last time and saw Lin Sui's photo.

He had known since he was a child that he had a cousin, but he hadn't seen her much; not long after, his aunt divorced and had lived alone ever since.

During holidays when visiting relatives, he would occasionally see photos of his aunt and his cousin from when she was a child.

He didn't understand; he felt she still missed her daughter, but she had never gone to see her cousin.

Although they were relatives, he couldn't interfere in such family matters; after all, he was a junior.

That time he accidentally got news of Lin Sui, he had also tentatively asked if it was his cousin.

Having received an affirmative answer, he had paid a little more attention.

Now the other party was an adult and seemed to have a decent job, and was even making quite a bit of money.

She shouldn't be worrying about food or clothing.

Going to Lin Sui's Live Streaming Room today was also to test the waters and see if Lin Sui would suffer any losses.

She hadn't suffered any losses, but he himself was like a mute eating coptis—unable to voice his bitterness.

The Company's two pillar Live Streamers were now in such an unpleasant situation, and Lin Sui had a hand in that.

It just so happened that Meng Ke was there, so he showed it to her as well.

As a result...

She told him to go and acquire Lin Sui's Company?

"What's ruthless about this?" Meng Ke handed the phone back to Meng Zeming, "If she can't even endure this bit of hardship, she should go home and stay there sooner rather than later."

"No..." Meng Zeming's expression was one of astonishment, "She's doing just fine, is that really necessary?"

Typical of someone who can't bear to see her daughter suffer, wanting her to go home?

But don't you dare ask where the suffering came from?

"Don't forget that I also have a stake in your Company. She has turned your Company into a mess now; don't you have any other thoughts?"

Meng Ke glanced at Meng Zeming expressionlessly.

Meng Zeming moved his lips and avoided her gaze.

He had been a little afraid of this aunt since he was a child.

The sense of oppression was too strong.

A very typical career woman.

For the sake of her career, she could give up everything.

"I just feel that, since she's just a small company, it's just child's play..."

Meng Ke: "You said it yourself, it's just a small company playing around. If you offer some money, she might actually sell it."

She stood up and walked toward the stairs, "Watching her fawn over others in the Live Streaming Room every day is a disgrace to me."

Meng Ke: "..."

If you don't say it, who would know she is your daughter?

"Close the door for me on your way back," Meng Ke said without looking back. "Treat the acquisition as a task. If she isn't willing, you can appropriately add some money."

Meng Zeming suddenly had a moment of realization, "Ah, Aunt, you actually want me to use this method to give her a large sum of money so she won't have to worry about food or drink for the rest of her life, letting her go home and be a couch potato in retirement, right? I get it."

Put that way, he understood.

Meng Ke, who had walked to the stairs, stopped and looked back at Meng Zeming with a strange expression.

She had just been about to scold him for thinking such nonsense.

Meng Zeming had already picked up his phone and left.

She just had the intuition of a businesswoman and wanted to kill off a company of the same type.

One look and it was clear Meng Zeming wasn't cut out to be a boss.

His heart wasn't ruthless enough.

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Lin Sui's task tonight also exceeded the amount given by the system by several times.

It was all thanks to the final appearance of Meng Zeming, which stirred up the competitive spirit of her internet shareholders.

After ending the Live Streaming, as soon as she withdrew the money, her little treasury was cleared out.

She became a woman in debt once again.

The system took all her money and used it for the Company's construction.

It didn't leave her a single cent.

"What should I do if I need money for an emergency?"

She had brought up this question more than once.

System: 【Just start another Live Streaming session and ask for some. Given your current situation, even if you don't say a word, people will send you money. Plus, with the Ten-fold Withdrawal, what money could you possibly lack?】

Lin Sui: "..."

That may be true, but what kind of family could afford her demands every single day?

Lin Sui was about to say a few more words to the system when she suddenly received a message from Meng Zeming.

Fenghua Meng Zeming: "Are you free tomorrow? Want to meet up?"

"?"

Lin Sui's guard went up instantly: "What for? Trying to kill me in an offline duel?"

Tonight's Live Streaming must have had quite an impact on Meng Zeming.

Two Live Streamers from the Company had turned into enemies, his attempt to "settle scores" in her Live Streaming Room had failed, and now he wanted to trick her into meeting offline?

Fenghua Meng Zeming: "It's not that serious. I actually don't have any ill intentions toward you."

Lin Sui: "I don't believe you."

Fenghua Meng Zeming: "Fine, I won't pretend anymore. Let's lay our cards on the table. We're actually relatives; I even held you when you were Xiao Shi."

Lin Sui: "?"

Without a second word, she blocked Meng Zeming directly.

What is this nonsense?

Starting to play the family card now.

As the saying goes, if you're poor in a busy city, no one asks about you, but if you're rich in the deep mountains, you'll have distant relatives.

She had just become successful, and already someone was coming to claim kinship!

However, looking at her emptied-out little treasury.

Lin Sui fell silent.

Had she really become successful?

It felt like nothing more than a pipe dream.

Meng Zeming: "Why did you block me? I really am your cousin! Your mother is Meng Ke, my aunt. Don't you remember!"

After being blocked, Meng Zeming switched to a new account to reach out to Lin Sui.

Lin Sui originally wanted to block him again, but upon seeing what he wrote, she accepted his alt account's friend request.

Lin Sui: "So it's my cousin~ No wonder I felt so close to you the moment I saw you~"

Meng Zeming: "When have you ever seen me?"

Lin Sui: "In my dreams~"

Meng Zeming: "..."

Meng Zeming: "So, are you coming out to meet tomorrow? I've actually missed you quite a bit..."

Lin Sui: "Cousin, can you send me some money? Consider it for the sake of you holding me when I was Xiao Shi."

Both of them sent their messages at the same time.

Meng Zeming fell silent.

This time, Lin Sui didn't refuse outright: "Tell me first, what do you want? The last relative who said they wanted to 'arrange' things for me tried to set me up on a blind date the moment we met. Are you, a grown man, also looking to walk the path of a matchmaker?"

Meng Zeming: "... I'm here to talk to you about work."

Lin Sui: "Oh~ Alright, let's meet."

Work, huh? That they could talk about.

Maybe she could even poach some people from his Company fair and square to help her out.

We're family, after all~