Inside the Bai Corporation reception room, Bai Jinghong had stood up and was dressed again.
Fan Ning’er was still somewhat limp, slumped on the sofa.
Her hair and clothes were still disheveled, but her breathing had steadied.
Those beautiful eyes stared directly at Bai Jinghong.
Seeing that Bai Jinghong was about to leave after finishing his business, Fan Ning’er felt a terrible pain in her heart.
Not a shred of attachment whatsoever.
“Jinghong…” Fan Ning’er couldn’t help calling out.
Bai Jinghong was buttoning his shirt and didn’t even look at her.
“You can go back now. A legal team will go to the Fan Corporation later, and I’ll send a representative over as well!”
“Seeing your sincerity, I’ll give you a new chance. Reorganize the Fan Corporation’s equity structure. You should understand this.”
Fan Ning’er was taken aback.
If so, it was basically a merger. The Fan Corporation would still be the Fan Corporation, just that the main shareholder would be the Bai Corporation.
“Specific details, someone will discuss with you. I need absolute controlling interest, taken from the shares of all your shareholders. Everyone gives up an equal proportional share to me, very fair!”
“The prerequisite remains that you need to be available whenever I call. Do you have any objections?”
Fan Ning’er gently pulled her dress strap back up, covering the fair, plump fullness.
“I… I have no objections. If you want, I’ll just come to you…”
Compared to the previous conditions, this was indeed much better.
“Good. The promise from before also stands. If you conceive my child, I’ll put all the Fan Corporation shares in our child’s name!”
After finishing, Bai Jinghong walked out of the reception room.
After Bai Jinghong left, Fan Ning’er still couldn’t hold it together.
Pearl-like tears fell from her eyes, drop by drop, looking utterly heartbroken.
She truly regretted why she had left with Chen Lin at the wedding banquet.
Why she had been so fixated on that illusory, fleeting feeling.
Now, all the bitter fruits had to be endured by herself.
And Bai Jinghong simply didn’t care about these things.
No matter how you calculated it, everything was free for him.
The Fan Corporation was his, and he even gained a dedicated fire extinguisher in Fan Ning’er.
He lost nothing in the bargain.
Adults ultimately have to pay for their own mistakes. If the other party wasn’t a top-grade beauty, Bai Jinghong wouldn’t have been so polite either.
In truth, Bai Jinghong still had a bit of conscience, but not too much.
He knew Fan Ning’er was having trouble walking right now, and very thoughtfully arranged for two female employees to help support her.
As for his medical skills, a simple acupuncture treatment could have resolved it, but he didn’t bother.
The morning passed quickly.
Bai Jinghong and Shen Yaoyao ate lunch and returned to the office to rest.
By this time, a message from Ah Kun also came.
It was naturally about Heavenly Dragon Hall’s Cheng Qiang leading people to smash the Underworld Win Group.
Cheng Qiang knew this was his opportunity, so he was putting in extra effort.
Yesterday, Bai Jinghong’s people had only smashed three floors. Cheng Qiang went further up, smashing the Marketing Department and Human Resources Department too.
Of course, as a result, quite a few people were taken away by the police.
The most frustrated ones had to be Chen Lin and Impermanence.
Bullied to this extent, yet they couldn’t even deploy the Underworld Guards.
The company security guards were utterly useless, just eating for free.
Bai Jinghong listened to the incoming reports, feeling absolutely delighted inside.
His mood was fantastic.
Heavenly Dragon Hall had plenty of people. One batch got arrested today, another batch would come tomorrow.
In three consecutive days, they should be able to smash up to the tenth floor.
Bai Jinghong was timing it precisely.
After these three days, the auction would be in just two more days.
He needed to push Chen Lin’s fury to its breaking point so that during the land auction, Chen Lin would recklessly try to suppress him.
Thus losing his rationality in the bidding.
After all, for Chen Lin, holding the Bai Corporation’s forged project proposal was like knowing the script.
Too bad, having out-predicted his opponent’s prediction, Chen Lin was still doomed to cry!
Just as Bai Jinghong was about to rest, another string of messages arrived.
This message was from Ah Kun.
“Young Master, word from White Tiger Hall—someone wants to pay respects to the mountain lord!”
Ah Kun sent this line very concisely.
Dragon Sea White Tiger Hall!
This White Tiger Hall could be considered Bai Jinghong’s personal force.
It was managed by another of Bai Jinghong’s confidants. Bai Jinghong was merely the man behind the scenes.
Daily communication was done through Ah Kun’s line.
White Tiger Hall’s business scope covered gambling, prostitution, loan sharking, and other shady industries.
The income from all these industries naturally went into Bai Jinghong’s pocket.
And the “paying respects to the mountain lord” that Ah Kun mentioned referred to other local powers wanting to develop business in Dragon Sea.
They absolutely had to check in with the local overlord. Setting up shop without permission would invite severe suppression.
“Who is it?” Bai Jinghong replied.
Ah Kun quickly responded: “They have some background. A branch of the Green Gang from Su Province!”
The Green Gang had been a super gang for a very long time.
Bai Jinghong naturally knew this, but he didn’t consider such a role worth his attention.
Just a mere gang, they couldn’t stir the sky.
Originally, Bai Jinghong wanted to just handle it casually.
But he suddenly recalled what the System had mentioned earlier about triggering other storylines.
What they called hidden storylines.
Ah Kun was someone who knew what mattered. He wouldn’t bother Bai Jinghong with trivial matters.
Yet on this particular issue, Ah Kun had reported to him.
After some thought, Bai Jinghong decided to go personally.
“Arrange a place. I’ll go take a look tonight!”
After sending the message, Bai Jinghong tossed his phone aside.
His gaze turned to Shen Yaoyao, who was working.
Shen Yaoyao was from Su Province, and so was the Green Gang.
Could there be some connection to Shen Yaoyao?
This was just Bai Jinghong’s speculation. He needed to go tonight.
And he’d take Shen Yaoyao along.
“Yaoyao, come to a dinner meeting with me tonight,” Bai Jinghong said casually.
Shen Yaoyao looked up from her work, glanced at Bai Jinghong, and then nodded: “Mm.”
Saying this, she lowered her head and continued working.
…
When evening came, Bai Jinghong and Shen Yaoyao left the company.
Ah Kun had arranged the car long in advance, waiting at the corporation’s entrance.
The two got in the car. Shen Yaoyao seemed distracted the entire time.
This made Bai Jinghong rather puzzled.
“Yaoyao, what’s wrong?” Bai Jinghong asked.
Shen Yaoyao seemed not to have heard him, still lost in thought.
“Yaoyao?”
“Ah?” Shen Yaoyao snapped out of it and looked at Bai Jinghong: “What?”
Bai Jinghong smiled: “I asked, what’s wrong? Why so distracted? Is something on your mind?”
“No, nothing on my mind!” Shen Yaoyao revealed a slight smile.
Truthfully, she really didn’t have anything on her mind, just a vague sense of unease.
She didn’t know what that feeling stemmed from.
It had started in the afternoon, and was even stronger after getting into the car.
The more Shen Yaoyao was like this, the more Bai Jinghong believed this so-called Green Gang must be related to the massacre of Shen Yaoyao’s family back then.
Thinking this, Bai Jinghong had already formulated a plan.
He pulled Shen Yaoyao into his arms, gently stroking her back.
And only while leaning in Bai Jinghong’s embrace did Shen Yaoyao feel at ease.
The unease she felt moments ago seemed to dissipate.
The group arrived at the place Ah Kun had booked.
It was a Five-Star Hotel, also a property under the Bai family.
Ah Kun came around to the back and opened the car door.
After Bai Jinghong and Shen Yaoyao got out, two rows of men in black suits could be seen.
These were Bai Jinghong’s bodyguards.
“Young Master Bai…”
They all greeted in unison.
“Mm,” Bai Jinghong merely nodded slightly in response.
“Young Master, the other party is already waiting in the private room!” Ah Kun said.
“Lead the way!”
Holding Shen Yaoyao’s hand, Bai Jinghong walked inside.
