Even if Xu Wan was naive, she understood what Jiang De'an meant.

Shortly after Jiang Tingzhou's incident, all his assets, including shares, were handed over to his father, Jiang Detian, for safekeeping.

After it was almost certain that Jiang Tingzhou was in trouble, these assets were divided up in several installments.

A portion of the shares were given to Xu Wan.

Xu Wan has received dividends from Tianwei every year for the past few years.

However, she didn't touch the money.

Xu Wan looked at Jiang De'an and smiled, "President Jiang, you wouldn't have been coveting my shares for a long time, wanting to take them for yourself, and only found a reasonable excuse today."

Jiang De'an's smile faded considerably. "No, Xu Wan, you're not a twenty-year-old girl anymore. A successful man like Ryan has at least tens of billions in assets and a keen eye for investment. His company is an absolute blue-chip stock in the industry, and many investment gurus believe it has unlimited potential. Why would such a man fall in love with you in such a short time? I heard from Melissa that you two have been eating and sleeping together and have reached the point of discussing marriage."

Xu Wan already knew roughly about Jiang Tingzhou's current company from Fang Ting, Gu Qing, and others.

She calmly replied, "That's our business, but I do think he's a suitable marriage partner."

Jiang De'an, a cold smile playing on his lips, finally dropped his pretense. "Your affair? Xu Wan, let's not even talk about Ryan possibly being able to walk normally again soon after his surgery. Even if he were a cripple who would be confined to a wheelchair forever, with no sensation in his lower body and no fertility, with his abilities, there would be plenty of women willing to be with him. Why would he be interested in a divorced, widowed woman like you with a child? What do you think you are? What makes you so special?"

Hearing what was happening outside, the designer couldn't help but look over.

Xu Wan said with a smile, "President Jiang, to be honest, I feel more relaxed now than when you were a smiling tiger."

Jiang De'an, a smiling tiger, made Xu Wan never know when he would suddenly pounce on her.

Jiang De'an really dropped the pretense, "Then don't you know why Ryan took a liking to you?"

"No matter why he fell in love with me, I will..."

"Fall in love with you? What are you dreaming about?! When my nephew fell for you, I thought he was out of his mind. There will never be another man in this world who would swallow such a foolish thought like Xiaozhou. Stop dreaming. Ryan is with you only because he's after your shares in Tianwei Group!"

Jiang De'an pointed at Xu Wan, his expression one of undisguised disgust and contempt.

He never thought highly of Xu Wan.

Although he is the illegitimate son of the Jiang family, what is Xu Wan anyway?

The daughter of a murderer, a woman from a small town who has never seen the world.

Jiang De'an was happy when Jiang Tingzhou wanted to marry her.

He was pleased that the successor whom the Jiang family had painstakingly groomed had ended up marrying a village woman from a small town.

Xu Wan knew, of course, that Jiang Tingzhou wasn't after the shares.

However, she pretended not to know, "But Tianwei has been through so much trouble because of you, hasn't he already passed away? Besides, I don't have all of Tingzhou's shares. Most of his shares are in the Jiang family, so what I have is not enough."

"So you're naive. What you have may not seem like much, but if he takes some from the shareholders and buys some from retail investors, he could eventually become Tianwei's major shareholder!"

Jiang De'an's face turned ashen. "No one in the Jiang family would have given up their shares to him originally, but now look what's happened. With someone as brainless as you, a few words are enough to trick you into bed and willingly hand over your shares."

“I can sign a prenuptial agreement with him. I am a lawyer. Once my agreement is signed, he can’t take anything from me. If necessary, I can also transfer the stocks to Aunt Ling.”

Xu Wan didn't care about these stocks.

However, she could not possibly give the shares to Jiang De'an.

Upon hearing that Xu Wan wanted to give the shares to Ling Ya, Jiang De'an's expression immediately turned somewhat ferocious. "Ling Ya is also an outsider. An outsider like her shouldn't be taking our Jiang family's shares in the first place."

As he spoke, he took a document out of his bag and approached Xu Wan step by step, saying, "Sign this!"