Chapter 64 So you never thought about what to do after the divorce and having no further connection with the Zhong family?

Ji Tanyuan looked at the recorder on the table, her smile vanished, and she was speechless.

"You recorded it, and then what? Who did you send it to?"

Ji Tanyuan: "Send it to my in-laws? Send it to my uncle, send it to the public, and then what?"

Shen Xichen took a sip of tea. "Are you still planning to run me over?"

Ji Tanyuan: "Yes, a year ago, when several of the Ji family's companies ran into problems, how much effort did you put in behind the scenes?"

"You've really gone to any lengths to crush the Ji family."

"When things reach their peak, they must decline. The Ji family doesn't know how to keep a low profile, so it's normal for them to be suppressed by the higher-ups. It's just that you actually chose the Zhong family instead."

After saying that, Shen Xichen smiled and said, "You think marrying into the Zhong family will lead to a better outcome?"

Ji Tanyuan said calmly, "Are you trying to fool me like a child? Back then, the 23 patents under Ji's Technology were coveted by Hujiang Electronics Group, but it turns out you were the one who coveted them. You were thinking of declaring bankruptcy and restructuring Ji's Technology, so you could indirectly control Ji's Technology through my uncle, right?"

She smiled. "I had no idea that you, Young Master Shen, had such a grand scheme."

"If I don't marry into the Zhong family and don't bring them into this family, you'll just wait for me to frame my father with some fabricated charges, right?"

"You weren't happy in Yanjing, were you?" Shen Xichen suddenly asked, changing the subject quickly.

Ji Tanyuan did not answer, and instead said something unrelated: "You're also behind the fact that my brother is still alive, right?"

"Young Master Shen, why bother? You're becoming a bit gloomy."

Shen Xichen put down his teacup, but did not answer directly. Instead, he said, "Do you think the current Yu Jiang is really Yu Jiang? If you went to verify it, you wouldn't just be talking about me. Besides, Miss Ji just knocked her uncle into the hospital."

Yu Jiang? The former chairman of Tianzheng Group, which was acquired by Zhong Yan.

It has indeed been a long time since we've heard any sound.

"Let's leave everything else aside for now. Mr. Shen, please don't interfere in my family matters." Ji Tanyuan wanted to leave.

Today's conversations, though chaotic and disorganized, all clearly stated their purpose.

Ji Tanyuan got up to leave, and as she was about to open the door, Shen Xichen suddenly said, "Does Mr. Zhong know you're here?"

Shen Xichen chuckled, "You didn't know, did you? After all, the Zhong family doesn't want you to have anything to do with the Shen family, but you still came."

Ji Tanyuan turned around, and the two looked at each other. Shen Xichen was still sitting, his skin was sickly white, his phoenix eyes were somewhat stern, and his thin lips looked cold. His handsome appearance was as good as Pan An's, but his cold temperament and pale face made him both cold and beautiful.

Snapping out of her reverie at the other woman's beauty, she asked, "So, do we have any connection?"

Yes, so she has no connection with him; they just exchanged a few words.

She is now Mrs. Zhong. When people see her in Shanghai, they will remember that she got married and moved to Beijing.

Seeing Zhong Yan reminds one that his wife is the eldest princess of the Ji family.

Shen Xichen looked at Ji Tanyuan. She had matured a lot. Her long hair reached her waist, smooth and shiny. Her peach blossom eyes always looked at people with a hint of affection. Her black dress was without a single wrinkle. Her neck was slender, and a jade pendant hung down. She had lived a life of luxury.

When they met in the United States, she was learning from Duan Huaixu. After returning to China, she was with his cousin Shen Xiling. She was always surrounded by many friends and lived a very comfortable life.

"So you never thought about what would happen after the divorce and you had no further connection with the Zhong family?"

Ji Tanyuan was stunned, seemingly not understanding why he suddenly said such a thing.

Shen Xichen added: "Your choice to take the Zhong family as the leader of the Northern faction naturally means separating yourself from the Southern faction. A company with such a large market value cannot avoid dealing with government officials. In terms of marriage alliance, you directly abandoned Shanghai and chose Beijing, bringing the Zhong Heng Group into the Shanghai market and disrupting the stable political and business matrix in the South. Aren't you afraid that after the divorce, both sides will block the Ji family from taking revenge and dividing the spoils?"

“This was an inevitable outcome. Even if it wasn’t Ji, it would have been through some other means. A clan is a clan. If it wants to become a powerful clan, isn’t that just courting death?” Ji Tanyuan said. “Do you think those above can’t see this? Isn’t my marriage a silent warning? Surely Young Master Shen can understand that?”

Ji Tanyuan looked up at Shen Xichen, her gaze calm: "Mayor Shen probably doesn't want any more mishaps, right?"

"Of course, my father is also very concerned about your marriage."

“That also includes Xiling,” Shen Xichen added.

Ji Tanyuan looked at the recording pen. "Shen Xiling and I have always been innocent. Please stop spreading baseless rumors that could affect my relationship with my husband."

"And also, Young Master Shen, please show some mercy," she said sarcastically before leaving.

Shen Xichen sat in a chair, while Ji Tanyuan came and went in a hurry. Their conversation was irrelevant, and then, as if they didn't want to stay a second longer, they left directly. He smiled, his eyes full of laughter, and the assistant who entered the room was startled by this scene.

"gentlemen."

Shen Xichen tossed the recording pen over, "Send it to Ji Ting."

The assistant took it and then left.

Shen Xichen stood up, watched the person downstairs get into the car and leave without turning back.

At the time, Ji Qing needed official credibility and bank financing. He thought Ji Qing would come to him for help, but who knew he would go all out and agree to the Zhong family's request.

News of Ji Ting's car accident spread quickly, supposedly caused by someone hired by his niece. However, the Ji family dismissed the rumors as baseless, and Ji Ting himself also called it nonsense.

Now is not the time to break ties. After all, he doesn't have enough leverage. Ji Ting doesn't dare to go against the rising star, Mrs. Zhong. He can only refuse Ji Tanyuan's participation in some matters on the grounds that she is married and cannot participate in Ji family affairs.

Ji Tanyuan didn't care. She didn't want to go to places like family genealogy halls or ancestral halls. She believed that the succession of a group depended on the law, relatives, and shareholding, not on the Y chromosome.

As a wealthy and eligible bachelor, Zhong Yan did not participate in Ji Tanyuan's family affairs at all. He couldn't be too involved, but he couldn't be left out, so he chose a compromise.

They sent someone with generous gifts to visit Ji Tanyuan's uncle.

It was this very ordinary human interaction that led people to misinterpret it, or gave Ji Ting a reason to approach Zhong Yan.

When Zhong Yan saw Ji Yingying holding a recording pen, revealing evidence of Ji Tanyuan's ruthless and heartless nature, her cruelty in murdering her own family for personal gain, he was genuinely surprised and couldn't help but sigh:

"Your family must have had some extraordinary good fortune to have produced your fourth uncle."

Ji Yingying exclaimed, "Brother-in-law!"

Zhong Yan sat in the boss's chair, his long legs crossed. The meetings over the past few days had already exhausted him, and now a bunch of other things were coming up. His expression was indifferent, and his superior appearance already set him apart from ordinary people. He wore a white shirt, black suit pants, and blue-light glasses, exuding a refined and aloof air.

Zhong Yan looked at this family who were constantly trying to replace her cousin, and smiled knowingly.

"Actually, I don't care who Ji Tanyuan hit. What I care about is where the recording pen came from and who she said those things to."

"Shen Xichen, the eldest son of the Shen family and Shen Qinglin?"