Chapter 255: I Don't Care for You Being a Confidant

Shi Youxuan sent the woman away; the Madam personally saw her out, and the subordinates dared not stop them.

But this news was still sent to Zhu Yiwen, who did not object, only saying indifferently: "Understood."

Before the woman left, she said one sentence to Shi Youxuan: "Alisha asked me to pass on a message to you: when you meet again, he will still be your confidant, but a brand-new person."

Shi Youxuan said coldly: "You also pass on a message to him for me: get lost, and never appear before me again!"

……

The woman returned to see Sheng Hanyu and relayed the message to him exactly as it was.

Sheng Hanyu's expression remained as usual, as if he had just heard a greeting; his expression did not change, and he even looked a bit smug.

But Wang Yong was very worried: "Brother, it seems your wife has a very strong opinion of you?"

"Mm."

He nodded to indicate that was the case; the opinion was very strong, especially strong.

Wang Yong offered him an idea: "Brother, should we go to Zhu Zhai and snatch your wife and niece back? Then we can send a helicopter to take you back to Jiangzhou. Once in Jiangzhou, it's your territory, and Zhu Yiwen wouldn't be able to reach into Jiangzhou."

Wang Yong had a heavy air of a bandit about him, but he was loyal to his friends.

"No."

Sheng Hanyu objected: "If I do that, she will hate me to death and absolutely refuse to have anything to do with me for the rest of our lives."

Wang Yong reminded him: "Brother, your wife already hates you to death right now; she was already planning to have nothing to do with you for the rest of your lives."

Sheng Hanyu glared at him fiercely: "Shut up. No one will sell you as a Yaba if you don't speak."

He was not annoyed and just smiled, saying nothing more.

Sheng Hanyu, however, seemed to be explaining, or perhaps talking to himself: "It is a good thing that she is willing to let someone bring me a message; it shows she has me in her heart. If she didn't have me in her heart, she wouldn't tell me to get lost, and she wouldn't say a single word to me."

Wang Yong was dumbfounded.

He thought to himself, your explanation is quite something; where does this confidence come from?

Sheng Hanyu was not in a hurry to see Shi Youxuan, nor did he leave L Country; he was about to launch a full-scale counterattack, preparing to officially go to war with Zhu Yiwen!

If Zhu Yiwen did not fall, he could not let Xuanxuan return to his side.

Sheng Hanyu knew that Xuanxuan was a person who valued gratitude and reputation; since the contract had already been signed, she would carry it through to the end, even if it cost her her entire life.

Therefore, he had to take an indirect approach, first crushing Zhu Yiwen's business empire, then using that to reach a deal with him, making their contract from back then void, and then going to pursue Xuanxuan again.

He wanted her to be willing, and to remarry him without any worries!

Before that, he did one more thing—using Jiao Enyu to sacrifice to the battle flag, opening up his reputation in L Country.

……

In the streets and alleys of L Country, countless silk shops suddenly sprouted up like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

Moreover, these silk shops were not far from the Jiao Family's silk shops; they just had newer styles and prettier colors, but that was not the most important thing!

The most important thing was—the price was only one-fifth of the Jiao Family's price.

These silks rushed in and instantly crushed the Jiao Family.

The Jiao Family's business used to be very prosperous, but now every storefront was deserted, while the newly opened "Xuanran Silk Shop" not far away was bustling with people, and the line of people waiting to buy silk was very long.

This price was too cheap, so cheap that the Jiao Family almost vomited blood!

The office behind the Jiao Family's main store.

Jiao Enyu and all the store managers gathered in the office to think of a solution.

They had been sitting there all morning, and not a single solution had been thought of, but there was a pile of terrible ideas.

"General Manager, let's go to the Price Bureau and report them for malicious price cutting." Someone thought this was a good idea.

However, Jiao Enyu frowned and looked at him as if he were an idiot: "If you want to die, go do it yourself; don't drag the entire Jiao Family down with you."

This method was absolutely impossible.

Others might not know, but everyone present knew that the Jiao Family's silk was a huge profiteering business!

They monopolized the entire silk market in L Country; there were no competitors at all, and they held the pricing power.

They could sell it for whatever price they wanted, and it was precisely because it was sold at a high price that it became a standard for the nobility.

Now, a Xuanran Silk Company had suddenly popped up, pulling the price straight to the floor, leaving no room for the Jiao Family to buffer.

Going to the Price Bureau to report them was suicide; as soon as the other party revealed the cost price, the truth of their profiteering could not be hidden. At that point, they would be the ones who had been driving up prices, and they would be the ones in trouble.

"General Manager, why don't we lower our prices too and start a price war with them?"

This suggestion was also met with contempt.

A price war could not be fought; as soon as it started, it would prove that they had been selling at high prices and profiteering before.

The Jiao Family's reputation would plummet, and then even fewer people would buy their silk.

Everyone spoke one after another, but after discussing for a long time, they still couldn't think of a good solution.

Jiao Enyu told everyone to get out so he could think of a solution in the office!

These useless wastes—they were all more active than anyone else when it came to dividends, but when it was time to actually use them, not a single one was of any use.

Xuanran Silk... where did it pop out from?

Jiao Enyu had been in and out of Jiangzhou for years and was very familiar with Jiangzhou; he had never heard of such a company there?

If it were a newly opened small company, it wouldn't have such a grand scale, breaking the price right from the start.

He decided to send a calling card and personally meet the other party's General Manager to see what they were trying to do.

The calling card was sent up, and the reply was very swift: Our General Manager is very busy; he will not see you!

This infuriated Jiao Enyu, who smashed an entire set of purple clay tea sets in the office.

Who gave them the confidence?

Coming to L Country to snatch food from his plate and still being so arrogant—he was trying to be polite before resorting to force, but surely he shouldn't be afraid of a newcomer!

Jiao Enyu sent a gold watch to Director Sun of the Quality Inspection Department; Director Sun was not at home, so his wife accepted it.

In any case, they were old acquaintances; it wasn't the first or second time Minister Sun had accepted his gifts each year, and both sides understood each other without speaking. Jiao Enyu set down the gold watch and explained his purpose as if they were just chatting.

Madam Sun accepted the gift and told him to go back and wait for news.

Jiao Enyu took his leave, intending to wait and watch the show, sitting back to see Xuanran Silk close down for good.

But in the afternoon, Minister Sun had someone return the gold watch, and he said a bunch of high-sounding words, the gist of which was that Xuanran Silk had no problems at all and could not be investigated!

If there were no problems, couldn't they just manufacture some?

However, it was true that it could not be investigated.

There must be a backer behind Xuanran Silk, and I'm afraid the backer's background is not small; who could it be?

Jiao Enyu racked his brains... suddenly his head "boomed" and expanded.

He hurriedly called his cousin Lady Qi and asked her, "What is Lady Zhu's maiden name?"

His cousin cursed him right away: "Jiao Enyu, you bastard, haven't you done enough bastardly things? Do you want everyone to be buried with you before you'll be satisfied, is that it..."

Lady Qi had misunderstood; she thought he was asking for Lady Zhu's name because he wanted to take revenge on her.

He hurriedly explained: "Oh, it's not like that. You've heard of the newly opened chain silk shops, right? We're almost being squeezed out of business, and I suspect that silk company was opened by Lady Zhu."

There was no one in L Country who didn't know about the Xuanran Silk company these past two days; reminded by her cousin, she thought it really was possible.

Lady Zhu's maiden name is Shi Youxuan, her daughter is named Shi Ran, and Shi Youxuan is from Jiangzhou...

"You deserve it. Who was it not good to provoke back then, and you had to provoke Lady Zhu? You deserve it now that she's making a move against you."