Chapter 344

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Wang Erhai returned to the house he and Zhang Xiaoyun rented, carrying a small bottle of Coca-Cola.

Zhang Xiaoyun had just opened the door when she threw herself into his arms, acting spoiled.

"Darling, you're finally back!"

Wang Erhai twisted off the bottle cap, handed it to her, and said with a smile:

"Your Coca-Cola."

Zhang Xiaoyun took the Coca-Cola, took a sip, and then asked:

"What did you and your big brother go find Zhang Zhihao for?"

After Zhang Xiaoyun and Wang Erhai established their relationship as a couple, Wang Erhai had told her about the friendship between the two brothers and Zhang Zhihao.

They had also visited Zhang Zhihao's shop together before.

"The company ran into some difficulties; we wanted to ask Hao Ge for advice."

Wang Erhai plopped down on the sofa, weariness showing in his eyes.

Zhang Xiaoyun immediately looked puzzled:

"The company ran into difficulties? How come I didn't know?"

Zhang Xiaoyun was also a member of Shanhai Real Estate, but the core power was held by the two Wang brothers, so it was perfectly normal that she didn't know first-hand information.

"Tell me about it; maybe I can help you think of a solution."

Zhang Xiaoyun asked on her own initiative.

Wang Erhai thought for a moment; he hesitated about whether to tell Zhang Xiaoyun about the crisis the company faced, but in the end he decided to tell her — after all, Zhang Xiaoyun was his girlfriend, not some outsider.

"Shanhai Real Estate might be acquired by someone else..."

Wang Erhai sighed, then told Zhang Xiaoyun the truth in full detail.

Xu Mingxin being investigated by Anjia Real Estate's upper management, Ou Jiajie accusing Xu Mingmei of extortion, and wanting to acquire Shanhai Real Estate for the price of ten thousand yuan — Wang Erhai carefully explained all these matters to Zhang Xiaoyun.

After hearing this, Zhang Xiaoyun was dumbstruck, her face full of surprise.

Although she was a member of the company and knew Shanhai Real Estate's relationship with the Xu siblings was not shallow, she never expected they were bound together this deeply; she was even more unaware of the game between Xu Mingmei and Ou Jiajie, and of Ou Jiajie's designs on Shanhai Real Estate.

She had always thought Shanhai Real Estate was calm and steady; though its scale was not large, it won on stability — only today did she learn that Shanhai Real Estate had long been rocking in the wind and rain, already in critical danger.

"The problem now is we can't find a way to deal with Ou Jiajie; my big brother doesn't want to sell Shanhai Real Estate lightly either — after all, Shanhai Real Estate is the heart's blood of us two brothers. If we can't find a solution in time, the situation will likely be very unfavorable to us; seriously, we might even go to jail."

Wang Erhai wore a worried frown and sighed again.

After learning the full ins and outs, Zhang Xiaoyun's focus in viewing the problem was somewhat different from Wang Erhai's.

She knitted her brows, her expression heavy, and asked:

"If I remember correctly, although Shanhai Real Estate is controlled by your big brother, whether it's the director or the legal representative, they're both in your name, right?"

Wang Erhai was stunned and asked in puzzlement:

"Why are you suddenly asking this?"

The director and legal representative of Shanhai Real Estate were indeed Wang Erhai.

When the company was registered before, because Wang Dashan was still in his probation period and had many inconveniences, they registered the company in Wang Erhai's name.

Zhang Xiaoyun immediately pressed on Wang Erhai's temple:

"You're stupid — don't you understand what I mean? The director and legal representative are both you; if the company gets into any big mess later, you'll definitely be the one left holding the bag, while your big brother can just wash his hands of it and bear no responsibility at all!"

Wang Erhai's mouth fell slightly open, a bit dumbfounded.

He had never thought of this layer, because he knew his big brother would never deliberately screw him over.

But now that Zhang Xiaoyun put it this way, he had to admit that whether his big brother did it intentionally or not, if it really went to court and Shanhai Real Estate's commercial crime charges were established, it would indeed be him taking the fall — even if his big brother wanted to help him take the fall, the law wouldn't allow it!

Zhang Xiaoyun then said:

"In my opinion, with such a big mess, you'd better hurry up and sell the company; we've earned quite a lot of money anyway. Sell the company and at least we can walk away clean, without bearing such huge risk."

Wang Erhai gave a bitter laugh:

"I want to sell too; Hao Ge also advised us to sell, but the problem is my big brother isn't willing."

Zhang Xiaoyun said coldly:

"If he's not willing, then transfer the legal representative and everything to him, and you quit the company! Anyway, this bag can't be left for you to carry! If you go inside, what about me? Do you want me to guard a widowed bed out here?"

Wang Erhai's brows knitted into a "川" character; right now his head was a bit chaotic, his emotions very complex.

At this moment, having him go say these things to his big brother — he'd find it very hard to open his mouth; isn't that equivalent to deserting in the face of the enemy, betraying his big brother?

But searching his heart, he indeed didn't want to carry this bag either; he didn't want to go to jail, and even more didn't want to lose Zhang Xiaoyun because of this matter.

"I'll discuss it with my big brother later and see if there's any other solution."

Wang Erhai finally said this.

This answer of his was ambiguous, very obviously he wasn't willing to quit the company and abandon his big brother at this time.

You have to know, back when he was tricked into going to Guangxi Beihai to do pyramid scheme work, it was his big brother who, not shirking hardship, traversed mountains and crossed waters, came alone to Guangxi Beihai and personally rescued him.

Based on this point alone, he had to share weal and woe with his big brother.

But Zhang Xiaoyun didn't know this; she now only felt that Wang Dashan's choice to stubbornly hold on and not let go was entirely because Wang Dashan himself didn't need to bear responsibility — if something happened he could pat his butt and walk away, leaving the whole bag for Wang Erhai to carry — that's why he could be so willful.

"If you're too embarrassed to go tell your big brother, then let me go say it for you; anyway, no matter what, we can't let you be the one to carry this bag!"

Zhang Xiaoyun said this.

Wang Erhai was a bit impatient:

"This isn't a matter of whether it's embarrassing to say or not."

"Then what kind of problem is it?"

Zhang Xiaoyun questioned.

She was also concerned for Wang Erhai's safety, which was why she was so urgent.

"He is my own older brother." Wang Erhai's expression was complex.

"Precisely because he's your older brother, he can't swindle his own younger brother like this! Swindling you like this, does he still have a conscience?"

Zhang Xiaoyun spoke like this.

Wang Erhai became somewhat unwilling:

"My older brother didn't intend to swindle me; no matter who he swindles, he could never possibly swindle me!"

Zhang Xiaoyun, however, said: "Who knows? Your older brother looks very upright, but in actuality he's very hypocritical. If he had even a bit of conscience and bottom line back then, he wouldn't have chosen to cooperate with Xu Mingxin to commit commercial crimes, and if he hadn't cooperated with Xu Mingxin, this rotten mess wouldn't have been stirred up!"

Zhang Xiaoyun's words were very unpleasant to hear, but one had to admit, they held several parts truth.

Wang Erhai listened and was very angry:

"Enough, don't speak of my older brother like this!"

Zhang Xiaoyun was shouted at until her delicate body trembled, very wronged, and said resentfully:

"I'm only doing this for your own good!"

Wang Erhai heard these words and became even angrier; he said excitedly and angrily:

"I told you these things hoping you could give me some suggestions for solving the problem, and what are you doing now? Forget not helping me think of methods to solve the problem, you even come to persuade me to quickly make a clean break with my older brother — you're sowing discord between me and my older brother! Let me tell you, Zhang Xiaoyun, he is my blood-is-thicker-than-water own older brother, while you're merely my girlfriend; you have no qualification to point fingers at my older brother! From now on I don't want to hear you say a single word of badmouth about my older brother in front of me; if you say even one sentence, don't blame me for being ruthless to you!"

Zhang Xiaoyun was directly spoken to until she cried.

Her eyes red, very wronged, her heart completely shattered.

She merely put herself in Wang Erhai's shoes to consider things, wanting to help Wang Erhai seek advantage and avoid harm — what wrong could she have?

"So, my weight in your heart doesn't even amount to one ten-thousandth of your older brother, is that it?"