Chapter 365 A Powerful Heroine Protects Her Child, Tearing Apart the "Contract of Indenture"

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Gu Beichen picked up the wet towel on the table, wiped his hand that had just touched her with disgust, and then threw the towel into the trash can.

Su Yue put down her teacup, walked to Gu Ping'an's side, and patted her son's head.

"Well done."

She pulled a tissue from the table, walked over to Lin Shiman, and squatted down.

"Miss Lin, it seems the environment here isn't good for you. You can wash your clothes if they get dirty, but once your mouth gets dirty, there's no going back."

Su Yue stuffed the tissue into Lin Shiman's hand, still wearing that polite smile, but the smile didn't reach her eyes.

"Huo Wenxuan, see the guest out. Don't bring people like this who don't know the rules into the compound in the future. They'll just make a mess of the place."

Huo Wenxuan was already covered in sweat, so he quickly ran over and helped Lin Shiman up from the ground.

"Let's go, let's go, Grandma, let's hurry up and go."

Lin Shiman was about to throw another tantrum when Huo Wenxuan whispered in her ear, "That's the chief of staff of the military region! If you really push him too far, he could kill you and you'd have no recourse!"

Lin Shiman then realized how terrifying Gu Beichen's gaze had been.

She clutched the oil stain on her chest, glared fiercely at Su Yue, and limped away in her high heels.

The courtyard was finally quiet.

Gu Beichen picked up Gu Ping'an and kissed his greasy little face.

"Son, that throw just now was accurate. Take after me."

Gu Ping'an proudly puffed out his chest: "Protect Mom!"

Gu Ningjing clapped her hands beside her, shouting, "Beat the bad guys! Beat the bad guys!"

Su Yue looked at the one adult and two children and shook her head helplessly.

"Alright, stop setting a bad example for the children."

She sat back down at the table and placed a piece of fish on Gu Beichen's plate.

"But that flick just now was pretty cool."

Gu Beichen picked up the piece of fish, but instead of eating it, he held it to Su Yue's lips.

"Wife, is the Lin family really that important?"

Su Yue opened her mouth and ate the fish, then squinted her eyes contentedly.

"Important my ass."

She spat the bones onto the table.

The octagonal table in the main room of the Gu family's house was cleaned spotlessly. The unfinished braised pork had been removed and replaced with two cups of steaming tea and a thick stack of documents written entirely in English.

Lin Shiman sat in the main seat, her legs crossed, her toes dangling back and forth.

She had changed into a clean set of clothes. Although it wasn't the Dior haute couture dress, it was still a well-made silk shirt paired with slim-fitting trousers.

Huo Wenxuan sat to the side, somewhat restless, holding a lighter in his hand, constantly opening and closing the cap.

Snap. Snap.

Su Yue sat opposite Lin Shiman, holding a fountain pen and flipping through a stack of documents. The rustling sound of the papers turning was particularly clear in the quiet room.

“Ms. Su, this is the standard agency agreement drafted by the Lin Group's legal department.” Lin Shiman picked up her teacup, disdainfully flicked off the tea leaves, and then put it down. “It's entirely in English. I know you might not understand it. Would you like me to have Wenxuan translate it for you line by line?”

She tossed her hair, her tone carrying an innate sense of superiority: "Some of the terms involve international trade law and exchange rate settlements, which are quite technical. You just need to sign the last page. As for the price, I've already been very lenient. Five million Hong Kong dollars for a five-year exclusive overseas agency right—that's an astronomical price."

Huo Wenxuan coughed beside him, wanting to offer a word of advice, but Lin Shiman glared at him and shut him up.

Su Yue didn't speak, but drew a line on the paper with her pen, making a slight scratching sound.

She flipped through the pages very quickly, almost reading ten lines at a glance.

Lin Shiman looked at Su Yue's pretentious posture and sneered inwardly. A small factory manager from the mainland could at most know a few words; even a top student from Hong Kong University might not be able to fully understand such professional legal documents.

"Ms. Su, stop looking at it." Lin Shiman tapped the table impatiently. "This contract is over fifty pages long. Flipping through it like this is just going through the motions. Hurry up and sign it. I need to rush back to Hong Kong to report to the board of directors."

*Smack*

Su Yue closed the contract and slammed it heavily on the table.

“Ms. Lin.” Su Yue looked up at Lin Shiman and suddenly spoke in English, “Clause 15, Section 3. The pricing power belongs to Party B?”

His standard Oxford accent was perfectly rounded and full, with even the intonation perfectly balanced.

Lin Shiman's hand, which was tapping the table, froze.

The lighter in Huo Wenxuan's hand fell onto the table with a clatter.

Su Yue didn't give Lin Shiman time to react, and continued in English, "And Clause 28. The settlement cycle is six months, calculated at the exchange rate on the signing date?"

Finally, does the definition of 'exclusive agency' include 'Southeast Asia and other regions'?

Su Yue switched back to Chinese and shoved the contract in front of Lin Shiman with such force that the paper slid half a meter away and almost fell to the ground.

“Miss Lin, do you think I’m as easy to fool as a three-year-old?” Su Yue snapped the pen cap shut. “You have the pricing power, which means you can arbitrarily lower the ex-factory price; the six-month settlement cycle and locked exchange rate mean you want us to bear all the exchange rate risks and use our money to earn interest; as for that ‘other regions,’ do you want to buy out my global market for five million?”

“This isn’t a contract.” Su Yue leaned back in her chair. “This is a contract of servitude. And the kind that doesn’t pay.”

The air in the room seemed to freeze.

Lin Shiman's expression shifted from shock to anger, and then to embarrassment at being exposed. She hadn't expected this seemingly unsophisticated woman to speak better English than she, someone who had studied in England for three years.

Moreover, the three points Su Yue pointed out were precisely the most hidden and fatal traps in the contract.

“You…” Lin Shiman opened her mouth, wanting to refute, but found that she couldn’t find an excuse at all.

"This is international practice!" Lin Shiman retorted, trying to intimidate the other party with her imposing manner. "Our Lin family represents tens of thousands of products, and this has always been the rule! If you don't understand, go and ask around; how many people are begging for this contract!"

Huo Wenxuan couldn't stand it any longer. He picked up the lighter and muttered under his breath, "That's taking advantage of their ignorance..."