Chapter 1194: Two Foxes, Each Harboring Their Own Secret Agenda

Zhu Qingrui rubbed his temples, his tone weary: "It is not your fault, you do not need to blame yourself."

The butler: "It is all this old servant's fault. It is because the people this old servant found were incompetent that it caused the Eldest Young Master to lose ten percent of his share." He had always been by Zhu Qingrui's side and knew deeply what the Ji Family Treasure signified.

His own Eldest Young Master had used one-third of the Treasure Map to split the profits with him, and the butler had felt the Eldest Young Master was getting the short end of the stick.

As a result, now that they had to give away another ten percent, his heart ached immensely.

There were no outsiders on the island, only their own people, so Zhu Qingrui told the butler the truth: "Do you think I was forced to accept ten percent less in dividends just because of your nephew's mistake?"

"Was it not?" the butler asked, bewildered.

Zhu Qingrui: "Of course not. He does not yet have the qualifications to become a bargaining chip for Liu Quan to threaten me. It was through this incident that Liu Quan saw we truly have no one else to use; our weakness was exposed, and only then was he forced to agree."

Liu Quan appeared carefree and acted righteously, but in reality, he was an insidious, cunning, and meticulous person.

Qi Heng and his parents had calculated everything, yet they were the only ones to miscalculate Liu Quan's true nature!

He had long harbored the intention to replace the Qi Family and become the president.

However, Liu Quan had no son, and the personality he usually displayed was carefree, unconstrained by trifles, and indifferent to fame and fortune, so Qi Heng's father had never suspected him and even treated him as a key target to win over.

Liu Quan seemed unintentional, but in reality, he was planning every step, gradually gaining the trust of Qi Heng's father and learning the location of his private island.

When Qi Heng and his wife kidnapped Sheng Hanyu and his wife, Liu Quan found out, and he believed this was a rare, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

In fact, he did exactly that.

Liu Quan and Zhu Qingrui had long colluded together; the two hit it off immediately, murdered Qi Heng's parents, and framed Sheng Hanyu and his wife for the crime.

Back then, the reason Qi Heng was so certain that his parents were killed by Sheng Hanyu and Shi Youxuan had everything to do with Liu Quan's instigation and the "evidence" he pretended to leave behind unintentionally.

……

Jiangzhou.

The Sheng Family.

After dinner, Shi Youxuan mysteriously called her daughter to her room, saying she had something to say.

The mother and daughter closed the door, and Shi Ran asked: "Mom, what is it that you called me here for? You can say it now."

She pulled open a drawer, took out two concert tickets from inside, and handed them to her daughter like she was presenting a treasure: "Xiao Ge's concert, it starts at 7:30 tomorrow night. Dress up beautifully and go watch it with Qi Tian."

Shi Ran: ……

"Mom, you know I don't follow celebrities. I don't want to go, I have no interest."

Xiao Ge was the hottest singer at the moment, and tickets for his concert were hard to come by; they usually sold out the moment they went on sale!

She picked up the tickets and took a look; oh my, they were even in the best row.

Shi Youxuan said to her daughter: "I know you don't follow celebrities, but Qi Tian likes this singer. He is, after all, the dignified Eldest Young Master of the Yun Family; he ignores his own family's business to come to our house and be your Assistant, shouldn't you show some appreciation?"

Only then did Shi Ran happily agree: "Right, Mom is still the most thoughtful. Thank you, Mom."

She happily took the tickets and left her mother's room.

Just as Shi Ran left, Sheng Hanyu came in mysteriously and asked impatiently: "How was it? Did Ranran agree?"

Shi Youxuan: "She didn't agree at first, but then she did."

Sheng Hanyu: "What do you mean she didn't agree at first, but then she did? Did you force her?"

"Go away, am I that kind of person?" She gave her husband a coquettish glare, then pretended to be aloof and said nothing.

Sheng Hanyu: ……

Leaving things half-said and then hanging people out to dry, that is very frustrating, you know?

"Wife, I was wrong."

"Wrong about what?"

Shi Youxuan was relentless.

Sheng Hanyu: "I don't know."

Shi Youxuan: ……

Sheng Hanyu: "Where I was wrong is not important; what is important is that I shouldn't have made my wife angry. As long as my wife is unhappy, then I am wrong."

The older he got, the more mushy he became; the younger Sheng Hanyu would never have been able to say such mushy words even if he were beaten to death.

But the two had weathered many storms together, even hovering on the edge of life and death multiple times, so Sheng Hanyu had become increasingly smooth at saying sweet nothings to his wife.

Because no one knows which will arrive first, tomorrow or an accident.

"Hmph! Fine, I forgive you."

Shi Youxuan revealed the answer: "Ranran didn't want to go at first because she doesn't follow celebrities, but later I said it was to accompany Qi Tian, and she happily agreed."

"Good."

Sheng Hanyu rubbed his hands together in delight: "I have long felt that Qi Tian is reliable, much better than that Qi Heng."

He had never liked Qi Heng; Shi Youxuan used to think it was because her husband couldn't stand other boys snatching his daughter away, but now she knew her husband was far-sighted.

She was half-happy and half-worried: "Qi Tian seems quite good right now, but I am worried..."

She left the second half of the sentence unsaid; she was worried that one can know a person's face but not their heart.

Her husband said firmly: "He won't. The Yun Family has been loyal for generations; there has never been any messy business, and they would never betray friends for profit. Qi Tian absolutely could not do the things Qi Heng did."

Shi Youxuan: "Of course I trust your judgment, I'm just afraid our Ranran won't be able to move on from her last relationship so quickly."

Her daughter took after her mother in looks, but her personality was very much like her father's.

Cold on the outside, fiery on the inside; once she gives her heart, it is very difficult to walk away.

Sheng Hanyu: "That is why we need to help. In the future, I will be at the company and you will be at home; we will attack from both sides, 360 degrees without blind spots, so that Ranran is never idle and we don't give her a chance to think about that thing."

"Fine, let's do that."

The couple hit it off immediately and decided on it happily right then and there.

……

The next day.

The company.

Yun Qitian had a surprise as soon as he started work; Shi Ran invited him to a concert that evening, the concert of the popular singer Xiao Ge.

He was so happy he couldn't close his mouth, his peach-blossom eyes flashing frequently: "Really? Are you telling the truth? I'm not dreaming, am I? I simply can't believe such a good thing would happen to me..."

"How wise my decision to be your Assistant was! Dingsheng is so people-oriented; the beautiful President even invites employees to watch concerts together!"

Yun Qitian was usually quite glib as well.

His slightly exaggerated expression did not make Shi Ran feel repulsed; she only found it amusing: "Enough nonsense, and no buttering me up. Hurry up and get to work. Happy as you may be, you cannot do a single bit less of the work that needs to be done today."

"OK, just you wait and see."

After Sheng Hanyu returned, Shi Ran did not step down from the company.

She was still the President of Dingsheng, and her father Sheng Hanyu was the Chairman.

The father and daughter were both workaholics, competing with each other in their work every day.

If it were just Shi Ran alone, she would have soon been defeated by her father, who had rich work experience, but with Yun Qitian helping her, it was like adding wings to a tiger, and she actually did not fall behind; the two sides were evenly matched.

It was just that as for the matters in L Country, Shi Ran had voluntarily handed them over!

Having her father deal with Qi Heng was more appropriate than her doing it.

Seven-thirty in the evening.

The two of them appeared near the concert venue on time, and were dumbfounded!