40: Dad, you are old.

"When did I say I was going to withdraw the charges against your son?"

Lan Zijun's cherry lips parted slightly, touching together, the lipstick on them reflecting the light, sparkling and clear.

"Huh?"

Qian Tingyi and Xu Lan, the couple standing opposite Lan Zijun.

They clearly hadn't reacted yet; when they first heard those two sentences, there was nothing unusual.

In the time it took for two breaths, they snapped back to their senses.

"Not withdrawing, the charges against my son?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Lan's eyes widened, and in the next second, like a shrew, she raised her hand, wanting to attack Lan Zijun.

The bodyguard beside Lan Zijun was quick-eyed and quick-handed, immediately stopping her.

Controlled, Xu Lan could only desperately stretch out her arms, trying to grab Lan Zijun. Xu Lan shouted excitedly.

"Lan Zijun, you just said you weren't withdrawing the charges against my son, didn't you?"

Shoving with the bodyguards, Xu Lan tried to lift their muscular arms, but it was all futile.

Meanwhile, Qian Tingyi, frozen in place, silently stared at Lan Zijun, his entire expression extremely gloomy.

Lan Zijun noticed Qian Tingyi's appearance, and her vigilance instantly heightened by several points.

However, on the surface, she still pretended to be a victor, putting the signed contract into her bag right in front of the shrew-like Xu Lan.

"I don't want to repeat myself."

Then she took out sunglasses from her bag.

Click—

After putting on the sunglasses, Lan Zijun turned gracefully and left, walking with the air of a Milan Fashion Week runway show.

"Lan Zijun!!"

Behind her, Xu Lan screamed hoarsely, wanting to rush over and hit Lan Zijun.

"You can't go back on your word, Lan Zijun!"

"Explain what you mean clearly, don't leave!"

"We signed the agreement, you have to keep your promise!"

"Get back here, Lan Zijun... you, you goddamn!"

............

Keep my promise?

Lan Zijun, walking ahead, couldn't help but let out a cold laugh from the bottom of her heart.

If it were someone else, law-abiding and kind, Lan Zijun would certainly treat them with integrity.

But Qian Tingyi, Xu Lan, you two, husband and wife, are not worthy!

From stepping into your Qian family home until leaving just now.

As elders, you never sincerely expressed any apology for your son, from beginning to end!

Let your son pay the price for his crime, and let you pay the price for your indifference and cold-bloodedness.

Lan Zijun felt there was no problem using deceitful means to trick them into signing the contract.

Give them a taste of their own medicine.

As for the revenge from Qian Tingyi later, wasn't it also Lan Zijun's intention to completely bury the Qian family?

"At that time, it will depend on everyone's methods!"

Clack clack clack clack clack clack clack—

8cm high heels struck the exquisite 5000-yuan-a-piece tiles, making a rhythmic sound.

Walking out of the Qian family villa, Lan Zijun raised her head, feeling the warm and gentle sunlight on her face, a light that was also a little dazzling.

Under her sunglasses, Lan Zijun's beautiful eyes narrowed slightly.

"The first matter has been smoothly resolved..."

............

Half an hour later,

"You're back?"

Lan Zijun, who had just returned home, saw her father, Lan Shengyi, sitting in the living room.

"Dad? Why are you here?"

Lan Zijun was a little surprised by her father's arrival.

She knew that ever since she moved out of the family home three years ago, Lan Shengyi had never taken the initiative to visit.

If there was anything, he would always call Lan Zijun to come back.

But today, contrary to his usual behavior, he came to Lan Zijun's home.

"Sit down first."

Lan Shengyi didn't answer the question from the daughter he had doted on since she was little; he beckoned, gesturing for Lan Zijun to sit down.

Only after Lan Zijun sat down on the sofa opposite him did Lan Shengyi speak.

"I heard you sent Qian Boda to Police Station?"

"Hmm?"

Lan Zijun looked at Lan Shengyi with some surprise upon hearing this, and in the next second, thinking of something, a disdainful smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

"It looks like Qian Tingyi tattled on me to you."

Lan Zijun's act of calling Qian Tingyi by his full name made Lan Shengyi frown slightly, and he spoke to his daughter with a hint of displeasure.

"That's your future father-in-law, how can you call him by his full name?"

"Father-in-law?"

Lan Zijun crossed her right leg over her left, leaning back on the sofa dismissively and smiling.

"That's in the past tense now. Currently, I only have one relationship with their Qian family..."

Under Lan Shengyi's surprised gaze, Lan Zijun coldly uttered two words.

"Enemies."

"Lan Ziju!"

Upon hearing the word "enemies," Lan Shengyi immediately slapped the table lightly in displeasure, putting on the air of someone about to lecture his daughter.

"What kind of talk is that! Our family and the Qian family have always had a cooperative relationship. When did it develop into an enemy relationship? I haven't been looking after you lately, look at what you've become..."

"Let's stop the lecture for now."

Lan Zijun interrupted her father, picked up the bag beside her, and rummaged through it for the contract documents and her phone.

"Although I don't know the content of Qian Tingyi's tattling to you, it's definitely not the truth."

"Truth? What truth?"

Lan Shengyi asked, puzzled.

He thought to himself, wasn't it just that Qian Boda embezzled company funds and was caught by his daughter, who then directly sent him to Police Station? Was there something else in between?

"You should watch this video first before deciding whether to continue lecturing me."

Lan Zijun opened her phone, found the video evidence of Qian Boda's assassination attempt, and handed it to Lan Shengyi.

"What is this?"

Lan Shengyi took the phone and watched... a few minutes later.

"Bang! Qian Boda, that beast! And Qian Tingyi!"

After watching the video, Lan Shengyi's anger surged to the top of his head.

He hadn't expected that the son-in-law he favored secretly planned to kill his own daughter and then use that to swallow up Lans Group.

Such a wolfish ambition!

"So, do you understand why I sent him to Police Station?"

Towards her indignant father in front of her, Lan Zijun, in contrast, spoke calmly.

"Also, take a look at that contract while you're at it."

Lan Shengyi picked up the contract on the table and read it carefully. After finishing, he raised his head in disbelief.

"Qian Tingyi signed this? Is he out of his mind?"

Lan Zijun: "It's quite normal for the father to fall into the pit dug by the son."

"Hmm..."

Lan Shengyi looked at the signature on the contract, pinching his chin with his right hand, thought for a moment, and said.

"It's better not to execute this contract. Although it can help us acquire a lot of Ruiling Group shares, some subsequent matters will be quite troublesome."

"You mean to forgive the Qian family? Forgive the Qian family who wanted to kill your daughter?"

Lan Zijun's emotionless question made Lan Shengyi's heart stop. The latter quickly waved his hand to explain.

"No, Dad doesn't mean that. The main thing is that our two families have many business entanglements right now. If we start being hostile..."

"Sigh..."

Lan Shengyi's behavior completely disappointed Lan Zijun, and a certain wavering decision in her heart was completely finalized.

"Facts prove that your judgment isn't very good, whether it's choosing a son-in-law or finding business partners."

Although the tone of this sentence was very flat, Lan Shengyi still understood some of his daughter's meaning.

Lan Zijun was subtly mocking him as a father for throwing his daughter into a fire pit for the sake of profit.

"Lan Ziju, listen to me, I don't want to let Qian Boda, that beast, off, but it's for the future of the group..."

Lan Shengyi immediately wanted to explain, but Lan Zijun didn't want to listen.

"You don't need to explain. I understand that businessmen prioritize profit."

"But do you think that if you give up opposing the Qian family now, Qian Tingyi will also give up?"

"He won't, because I absolutely cannot withdraw any charge against Qian Boda."

"Finally, I have to sigh and say, you're not the only one in our family with poor judgment."

"Not just one person, what do you mean?"

Lan Shengyi was completely bewildered by this last sentence.

"Five days ago, Marriott Hotel, Room 13-02... Do I need to say more?"

Lan Zijun stared into Lan Shengyi's eyes and stated a time and place, and the latter's face instantly turned ashen.

"How did you..."

"Dad."

Her pupils reflected Lan Shengyi's panicked appearance. Lan Zijun stood up and slowly walked behind him.

Her delicate hand gently rested on Lan Shengyi's shoulder and slowly rubbed it. Contrary to the gentle movement, the words Lan Zijun spoke were completely devoid of emotion.

"We are still a family now, and I also hope that we will be a family in the future."

"Lan Ziju..."

Lan Shengyi's face was somewhat ashamed. He raised his hand, wanting to place it on his daughter's hand.

But Lan Zijun withdrew her hand and avoided it.

"Dad, I still prefer you when I was little. Back then, your back was always straight, and your figure was always tall and strong."

"Yes, people get old, and their mindset changes. This matter was indeed Dad's mistake."

"Since you know you were wrong, don't keep making mistakes." Lan Zijun's graceful figure stood straight, her beautiful eyes flashing with an irresistible, inexplicable brilliance.

As she spoke, she took out two other Lans Group share transfer agreements and placed them in front of Lan Shengyi.

Lan Shengyi glanced at them and couldn't help but be startled.

"You've gotten the shares belonging to Gao Qi and Chen Hai?"

"That's right." Lan Zijun brushed back the strands of hair scattered across her forehead with her hand. Her voice wasn't aggressive, but it carried an air of certainty and irrefusability.

"Dad, you're old. After you retire, you should enjoy your time with Mom."

After hearing these words, a trace of weariness instantly appeared on Lan Shengyi's slightly bent back. After looking down at the contracts on the table, he couldn't help but look up at the daughter in front of him again.

The expression on his face was very complex, containing some embarrassment, some anger, and some pride.

"Haha, you are indeed my daughter."

Looking at his daughter's straight back, which was exactly like his own when he was young, Lan Shengyi felt a mix of emotions and let out a deep sigh.

"It seems I really haven't traveled with your mother for a long time, then the Lan family's business..."

"I'll leave it all to you from now on."

......

Based on the clues provided by Su Yue and further investigated and perfected by 'Shen Ji', the evidence of Qian Boda's crimes.

Police conducted multiple surprise interrogations of Qian Boda.

In the week-long tug-of-war of interrogations.

Qian Boda, who had been bombarded by Police repeatedly, finally couldn't bear it anymore and confessed to his crimes without reservation.

Following the clues, Police also found the killer that Qian Boda had revealed.

The next step is to cooperate with the military to take down the other party together, wiping them out completely.

Thus, what awaits Qian Boda will be the sanction of the law.

As for Ruiling Group.

According to the agreement Lan Zijun had Qian Tingyi sign, Lan Zijun's Yuantu Investment Company officially entered.

Starting with external cooperating companies, Lan Zijun continuously used some secret materials purchased from "Yuan" to steadily gain control of the upper and middle management.

At the same time, she was also using the capital chain compensated by the Qian family to secretly acquire shares outside the Qian family and Lans Group.

Qian Tingyi and his wife were busy running around dealing with their son's matter and had no mind to pay attention to the group company's affairs.

It was obvious to anyone with a discerning eye.

It was only a matter of time before Lan Zijun's Yuantu Investment Company annexed Ruiling Group.

In other words, Su Yue just needed to sit back and wait to collect the money!

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