Bai Yan sneered and said, "Shen Mubai, you want to break up with me?"

Shen Mubai said, "I won't break up with you, Xiao Yan. I absolutely won't break up with you!"

Bai Yan glanced at Pei's father with a raised lip, then strode away from the Pei family.

Looking at Shen Mubai, Pei's father said, "When you came back to the Pei family this time, I thought you had learned your lesson and weren't as mischievous as you were when you were a child. How come you're causing such a fuss with the family again over a woman?"

Do you know how much the Pei family has lost during this period?

Shen Mubai looked to be in a dilemma: "Dad, I'm sorry. But I really like Xiaoyan, and I can't break up with her. She is, after all, a daughter of the Song family. This time, she was just being stubborn and wanted to prove that she was better than Song Sisi."

"Don't worry, I will compensate the Pei family for their losses on Xiao Yan's behalf."

After saying that, he hurriedly chased after her.

Song Sisi and Pei Xun came downstairs. Watching Shen Mubai's hurried departure, Song Sisi lowered her eyes, a dark light flashing in them.

"Pay? What will he pay with?" Pei's father cursed.

At this moment, Song Sisi spoke up: "Uncle, Shen Mubai's company 'Hailan' has just developed a new type of fabric, which is estimated by the industry to have at least tens of billions in profit."

"What do you think about merging this company into the Pei Group?" Song Sisi asked.

The so-called merger was actually asking Pei's father if he wanted to take over Shen Mubai's company.

Pei Xun spoke, explaining his plan.

Pei's father already had some shares of 'Hailan' that Shen Mubai had transferred to him. He could use Pei's shares to exchange for 'Hailan' shares, increase the number of shares, and then sell them at a low price to short 'Hailan'.

To avoid bankruptcy, Shen Mubai will need to raise the stock price, and if he runs out of money, he will inevitably have to sell Pei's shares.

The final result was that Pei's shares returned to Pei's hands, while Shen Mubai was left with nothing.

Pei's father twirled the ring on his finger: "He is still my son..." Then he added, "The Pei family doesn't have that much liquid capital."

Song Sisi knew his key point was the last sentence: "I'm going to marry Ah Xun, and the Song family will of course give Ah Xun their full support."

Pei Xun glanced at Song Sisi gently and said, "Dad, he's disregarding the family's interests for a woman, so you don't need to show him any mercy."

Pei's father looked troubled, but finally sighed and said, "Alright."

Song Sisi lowered her eyes. If she couldn't have it, she would destroy it, and Bai Yan shouldn't have it either.

...

On the other side, Bai Yan and Shen Mubai were sitting in the car.

A short while later, Shen Mubai's phone rang. He answered it, and after saying something on the other end, Shen Mubai kept saying "okay" before hanging up again.

“Pei Jian, my dad, said he wants to exchange 5% of Pei’s shares for 15% of Hailan’s shares.”

Shen Mubai looked aggrieved and shrank into Bai Yan's arms: "I thought that since I'm his son, he would at least show some mercy."

Unexpectedly, even tigers can prey on their cubs.

Bai Yan hugged Shen Mubai: "You still have me."

Shen Mubai wrapped his arms around Bai Yan as well, a smug smile playing on his lips. He didn't care about Pei Jian; he only wanted Xiao Yan.

...

Everything proceeded smoothly. In order to acquire 'Hailan' and obtain huge profits, the Pei and Song families raised a large sum of money to purchase 'Hailan' shares.

Shen Mubai released as many fish as he could, and as all the fish were caught in the net, the 'Beauty Star' finals were fast approaching.

The third competition did not require on-site costume design. Instead, participants were to submit a design drawing with the theme of 'happiness' after the second round of competition and before the final competition.

However, no matter how hard Song Sisi looked at the drawing, she couldn't draw it.

The previous times, Bai Yan's designs were so brilliant that they felt like a mountain pressing down on her heart, making it hard for her to breathe.

After ruining another draft, Song Sisi finally made a phone call. Soon, a design appeared on her phone screen, and the angle made it look like a candid shot.

Looking at the design, Song Sisi couldn't help but show a look of jealousy.

Why? Why does Bai Yan have such talent?!

She should be inferior to her in every way. She should have rotted and stinked by high school. She should die!

Why would they come out and try to take things from me?

She quickly dialed a number.

"One million. Give me this design drawing, and a backup of her design."

The reply came quickly: "Deal!"

The day of the 'Beauty Star' finals is fast approaching, and before that, 'Hailan's' shares have already fallen below the market price. They are just waiting for the stock market to open today, for Shen Mubai to go bankrupt, and for the Pei and Song families to happily take over 'Hailan's' territory.

At the competition venue, Bai Yan was pulling up the design drawings when her assistant suddenly received a text message.

The assistant said, "Teacher Bai, my stomach hurts a little, I need to go to the restroom."

Bai Yan certainly wouldn't stop her. "Go ahead. You can ask for leave this afternoon if you're not feeling well."

"Thank you, Teacher Bai."

However, after leaving the workbench, the assistant did not go to the restroom. Instead, he found Song Sisi and handed her a USB drive.

Everything is here.

Song Sisi opened her laptop, checked the contents, then smiled and handed a card to her assistant, saying, "You can go now."

Song Sisi closed her laptop. So what if she couldn't compare to Bai Yan in terms of talent?

She wasn't his biological daughter, but she still beat Bai Yan, who was his biological daughter, didn't she?

This time, she'll make sure Bai Yan comes here and then slinks back home in disgrace!

...

At the competition, Bai Yan put her design on the computer, and it was then displayed on the large screen in the exhibition hall.

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