Chapter 251: 247. Zhang Ran's Coercion (Please subscribe, monthly tickets!)

Although they had been mentally prepared for it, when Zhang Ran said this, Cheng Mei and Huang Lin still couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts.

This was 1.3 billion, not a small sum, and just like that, it was gone.

Moreover, this money was not their company's money; after all, at the time, Huamei had no excuse to lend money to Tian Yaohui, and there was absolutely no cooperation between the two parties in terms of business.

Although Huang Lin had obtained Zhang Ran's shares, he was not the sole decision-maker in the company, so this money was all their own personal funds.

"By the way, I remember Tian Yaohui seemed to have said that he borrowed a lot of money personally. Did you get it wrong?" Zhang Ran said in a tone of sudden realization.

What else could Cheng Mei and Huang Lin do? They could only accept their defeat dryly.

As for cursing Zhang Ran?

They still had that much self-awareness; they had absolutely no right to do so.

In fact, Zhang Ran's current attitude toward them had already surprised them somewhat; he acted as if nothing had happened, not even mocking them once.

Since Zhang Ran would not admit it, and it seemed that Tian Yaohui had chosen to screw them over at the end and shoulder the burden himself, Huang Lin and his companion had no other choice.

When it was time to hang up the phone, Zhang Ran suddenly said: "By the way, Wan Haifang sold her shares for 3 billion earlier, and I have already transferred all the money to her; after all, this money was rightfully owed to her Wan family in the first place.

At that time, they seemed to not have divorced yet, so Wan Haifang also needs to bear a portion of the debt Tian Yaohui borrowed."

After saying this, Zhang Ran hung up the phone, leaving Cheng Mei and Huang Lin staring at each other.

"Has Zhang Ran become this ruthless now? I remember he wouldn't be so cutthroat in his dealings before?" Cheng Mei said dryly.

Of course, they understood Zhang Ran's last sentence; it meant to make them go to Wan Haifang to ask for the money.

And Wan Haifang had previously helped Zhang Ran, so why was Zhang Ran suddenly turning his back on her?

They remembered that Zhang Ran wasn't like this before, right?

Huang Lin was the one who reacted quickly, and he soon thought of the reason: "Zhang Ran hasn't actually changed."

"Hmm?" Cheng Mei was a bit confused; things had reached this point and he hadn't changed?

Huang Lin couldn't help but remind her: "Don't forget, Zhang Ran has a son and a daughter now. You know the situation with his daughter, and have you forgotten who the fiancé of Tian Yaohui's daughter, Tian Ya, is? Do you think Zhang Ran could let him off?"

"Zhang Ran is indeed sentimental, but now he values family ties even more. With his temper, if he let his former son-in-law live comfortably, he wouldn't be Zhang Ran."

Cheng Mei only then remembered this matter, and she sighed, "If my daughter encountered such a situation, I would do the same."

"Then what do we do now?" Cheng Mei asked.

Huang Lin said: "What else can we do? Of course, we ask for the money. This is 1.3 billion; you aren't going to become that generous, are you?"

"But this is exactly what Zhang Ran wants us to do. Will doing this still be a trap set by Zhang Ran?" Cheng Mei was now a bit paranoid.

Huang Lin said: "I know he wants us to do this, but we have no choice but to do it, unless we really don't want this 1.3 billion anymore.

And believe me, it won't take long, at most by tomorrow, the others will all know about this situation, and by then, 3 billion won't be enough to go around."

After hearing this, Cheng Mei stopped talking; Zhang Ran seemed to have already thought of this when he was preparing to buy Wan Haifang's shares.

Otherwise, how could there be such a coincidence?

Could it be that there was really a Meng He among them? Aside from this explanation, she couldn't explain why Zhang Ran knew so much; the previous loans were conducted in secret, and apart from themselves, very few people knew the real situation.

"Forget it, you should be the one to make this call." Cheng Mei shook her head and stopped thinking about it, though for some reason, she suddenly lost confidence in the upcoming contest with Zhang Ran.

Wan Haifang hung up the phone with a gloomy face and threw her phone onto the floor, cursing angrily: "Zhang Ran, you bastard!"

In just one short hour, she had received several calls demanding money; Huang Lin likely also wanted to disgust Zhang Ran, so he relayed what Zhang Ran had said to them to Wan Haifang.

After cursing, Wan Haifang sighed; she wasn't very nervous, because she had no money now, and even if Huang Lin and the others went through legal proceedings, they wouldn't be able to get a single cent from her.

The reason she was late that day was to handle this matter; Wan Haifang had done so just in case, and now it had truly come to the time to use it.

Wan Haifang sighed deeply in her heart again; she knew it was time to make a choice.

Zhang Ran probably also knew what she had done, and this time was just a warning.

Zhang Ran was clearly telling her, Wan Haifang, that as long as she still had any connection with Sun Gaixin, then she shouldn't blame him, Zhang Ran, for being ruthless.

Huang Lin thought Zhang Ran really wanted them to drive Wan Haifang to a dead end, but that wasn't the case; Zhang Ran only wanted them to warn Wan Haifang.

"Yaya, where are you now?" Wan Haifang picked up her phone and called Tian Ya; after Tian Yaohui's incident, Tian Ya had rushed back.

"At home? Then don't go out, I'm coming back right now." Wan Haifang said and hung up the phone, rushing home quickly; she felt Zhang Ran's firm attitude, so she didn't intend to drag it out any longer.

In fact, Wan Haifang hadn't cared much about the matter between Tian Ya and Sun Gaixin before; although Sun Gaixin was on his second marriage, Wan Haifang didn't care about that, and instead somewhat supported Tian Ya, thinking this was like her daughter, having the style she had back in the day.

Although Wan Haifang had some regrets, she still didn't intend to interfere with Tian Ya's choice.

But that was in the past; now it was different. Now that Zhang Ran was lurking nearby like a tiger, as long as Tian Ya didn't break up with Sun Gaixin, Zhang Ran would suppress Tian Ya along with him.

"Mom, I'm sorry." Tian Ya's eyes were red and swollen; it was clear she had cried many times these past few days.

Wan Haifang sighed: "How many times have I told you, don't cry. This matter isn't your fault; even without you, your father would have ended up in this state. This was already destined after Zhang Ran returned."

"But..." Tian Ya still wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Wan Haifang.

Wan Haifang hadn't come here to comfort her this time; there was plenty of time for comfort later.

"Yaya, I haven't interfered with your business with Sun Gaixin before, and I won't interfere now, but I need to confirm one thing with you." Wan Haifang said with a serious expression.

Seeing Wan Haifang's expression, Tian Ya felt her heart suddenly become heavy for some reason, as if the thing Wan Haifang was about to say was going to be terrible for her.