Chapter 690: 686. Small People Are Not Worth Getting Angry Over (Please Subscribe and Vote)

A trace of mockery flashed in Fu Meiting's eyes; she had long known that Zhang Siyan was divorced, and even more so that she hadn't actually been living well all these years.

By rights, there was no deep hatred between the two of them; any minor grievances from their school days should have ended long ago, and they should have been able to let go of their grudges with a smile upon meeting.

If it were a normal situation, that would indeed be the case, but it was just that, only two years ago, Fu Meiting had been pursuing Liu Ming, only to be rejected by him.

Moreover, Liu Ming had stated directly that he still liked Zhang Siyan, not her, Fu Meiting, which led to Fu Meiting still harboring a competitive mindset toward the current Zhang Siyan.

However, Fu Meiting was now married as well; her spouse was a foreigner, around forty years old, and dressed like a successful professional.

"Whether you have money or not, it's all the same; if you can't go on, you just divorce." Zhang Siyan had long since come to terms with such things, and her expression did not change in the slightest.

Fu Meiting sighed, "That's true. For a woman, marrying a good man is very important. I also heard that your ex-husband used to abuse you, right? It's better that you divorced."

Zhang Ran's gaze turned cold. This person was mocking his daughter right in front of him—did she want to die?

However, Zhang Siyan seemed to know what her father was thinking and immediately grabbed his arm, signaling him not to lose his temper.

"That's all in the past. How have you been lately?" Zhang Siyan said with a smile.

She truly did not care at all, or rather, it was a change in her mindset; the current Zhang Siyan was no longer comparable to the one from before.

Seeing that Zhang Siyan really didn't seem to care, Fu Meiting felt a bit choked, so she stopped bringing up that topic and instead turned to introduce her husband.

"This is my husband, Fulikesi. He is an executive at Zhanfu Investment. We came here this time to attend the investment conference for Fengli Finance. You know about Fengli Finance, right?

It is the hottest project right now; you could say that everyone who is able to attend is from a top-tier capital group." The more Fu Meiting spoke, the more smug she became.

In reality, Fulikesi was only a middle-level manager at the Zhanfu Investment group; he had only come this time to deliver some documents and happened to bring his wife along for a trip.

As for attending the financing conference for Fengli Finance?

Heh, he didn't even have the qualifications for that.

Fulikesi looked at Zhang Ran's group and fixed his gaze on Lin Mei, a hint of heat flashing in his eyes.

By comparison, Lin Mei possessed a noble temperament, and this kind of temperament had an extraordinary attraction for middle-aged men.

Moreover, Lin Mei's appearance was also extremely beautiful; otherwise, she wouldn't have deeply captivated Prince Haiman.

"Hello everyone, and hello to you, miss." Fulikesi first greeted everyone, then, playing the gentleman, reached out his hand toward Lin Mei.

Lin Mei only glanced at him, then simply nodded, having no intention of engaging with him at all.

A look of annoyance flashed in Fulikesi's eyes, though his expression remained composed.

Zhang Siyan also saw that this person's motives were impure and couldn't be bothered to chat anymore. Well, she hadn't wanted to chat in the first place, but since she and Fu Meiting were old classmates, it wouldn't be right to just give her the cold shoulder and leave. Even if Fu Meiting didn't have good intentions, for the current Zhang Siyan, this didn't weigh on her mind at all.

"Meiting, we have some things to take care of, so we'll be leaving first. Let's chat again when we have time." Although she said this, Zhang Siyan had no intention of exchanging contact information.

Fu Meiting was frowning at this moment; she looked at Fulikesi, feeling somewhat angry, but she knew it wasn't the time to say much, so she just nodded and said, "Alright, let's keep in touch."

At this moment, she no longer had the heart to mock Zhang Siyan; instead, she was worried that Zhang Siyan would mock her.

Her husband's behavior, and right in front of her, made Fu Meiting lose a lot of face; she was a person who cared very much about her reputation.

"Dad, it's just a small matter, no need to get angry." After they left, Zhang Siyan shook Zhang Ran's shoulder and said with a giggle.

Zhang Ran sighed helplessly and said, "You, you're just too kind. I really am afraid of you being bullied."

"It's fine, Dad, I'm not someone to be trifled with now." Zhang Siyan even made a strongman pose, which made everyone laugh.

The bad mood from encountering Fu Meiting and her husband vanished in an instant.

Just as Zhang Ran's group returned, the Luode Xiongmei were also conversing at this time.

"What do you think Zhao Lifeng means by this? Arranging a talk with Zhanfu now? Is he not considering our opinions?" Jiasen said while stroking his chin.

Ever since the last time, he knew that a battle between them and Zhang Ran was inevitable, and it would be a fight to the death.

He understood Zhang Ran's character too well; he could take a loss, but only if it was through legitimate means.

Once you played dirty, Zhang Ran would absolutely not tolerate it, let alone choose to compromise, especially given their blatant betrayal and backstabbing.

Therefore, during this period, Jiasen and the others had been preparing for how to deal with Zhang Ran's retaliation.

And it was at this moment that Zhao Lifeng appeared in their field of vision.

According to Qiaosilin, Zhao Lifeng was currently a very important pawn for Zhang Ran, or rather, Fengli Group was very important to the current Zhang Ran.

The mere existence of Fengli Finance had stirred up all the investment and capital groups across Europe and America.

These weren't the key points; the key was that no matter what happened in the future, after this negotiation and exchange, these people would not simply make biased moves.

For example, helping the Rhode Family!

If it were before, perhaps these people might have done so, but now they wouldn't, because Zhang Ran held the bargaining chips they wanted.

If they offended Zhang Ran, then getting those things would be nothing but a pipe dream.

Therefore, Zhao Lifeng was very important at this moment.

Another point was that Zhao Lifeng was not Zhang Ran's core subordinate; he had joined later, and Zhao Lifeng might not necessarily like a boss like Zhang Ran.

Zhang Ran indeed didn't manage things much, but his actual control over the company was not small at all.

From what they understood, Zhang Ran actually held implicit control over not just the shares, but also some of the power within the current Fengli Group.

They believed this was definitely not what Zhao Lifeng wanted to see, so they wanted to use Zhao Lifeng as a breakthrough point.

Once they stirred up the conflict between Zhao Lifeng and Zhang Ran, then, to say nothing of anything else, it wouldn't be so simple for Zhang Ran to use Fengli Group as his trump card anymore.

Moreover, they could take advantage of the situation to enter Fengli Group and exert some pressure on Zhang Ran.

When Qiaosilin found Zhao Lifeng, the terms she offered were very tempting—at the very least, they were very tempting to Zhao Lifeng: no management rights, and all voting rights handed over to him. What a huge temptation that was!