“Ms. Li, let me give you a piece of advice: a person who can sacrifice his own flesh and blood can make any sacrifice to achieve his goal, even if it means hiding for more than ten years.”
"Thank you for the gift, I accept it. But I have a question: you could have used these things to cause heavy losses to the Li family, why didn't you do so?"
"Having more friends means having more options. I don't like making enemies everywhere. I just want to make as many friends as possible. Secondly, I can't stand Zhou Haide's 'phoenix man' behavior. Rather than targeting your Li family, I'd rather see you expose his true colors."
"Of course, if the Li family insists on making trouble for me, I don't mind fighting with your Li family."
After saying his last sentence, Zhou Chen smiled slightly, opened the car door, and left.
Sitting in the car, Li Meihui watched the departing figure with complicated emotions, her heart unable to calm down for a long time.
She suddenly realized something: even though she thought she had thought highly of Zhou Chen, she had actually underestimated him.
Zhou Chen had investigated the Li family so thoroughly, even uncovering Zhou Haide's secrets. This was something the Li family hadn't been able to do. Of course, it wasn't that the Li family couldn't do it, but Zhou Haide was too good at disguising himself, and so many years had passed that people had developed a certain level of trust in him and wouldn't be secretly monitoring him all the time.
When she first got together with Zhou Haide, she had been monitoring him for a long time, and Zhou Haide never showed any signs of weakness.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Haide was so well hidden that he deceived the entire family.
Moreover, she had to admit what Zhou Chen said: if Zhou Haide could harm his own flesh and blood, how could he be merciful to her and Li Xiaolong?
Li Meihui held a highly skeptical attitude.
Looking down at the things Zhou Chen had brought, Li Meihui read them all from beginning to end, word for word. After a long while, her face turned as cold as ice.
She didn't need to verify the authenticity of the messages Zhou Chen sent, because she could tell just by recalling the past.
“Zhou Haide, you have manipulated my Li family like puppets. Right under my nose, you acted with your lover and treated me like a fool. I was really blind to have fallen for you. If I hadn’t come to the mainland this time, I would have been kept in the dark forever.”
“Zhou Chen is right. You’re a 'phoenix man' who rose to power by relying on the Li family. You live a life of luxury by taking advantage of the Li family’s wealth and status, yet you’re still not satisfied. A person like you doesn’t deserve all of this.”
"My Li family can give you wealth, and we can also take it back."
Li Meihui muttered to herself, her eyes filled with coldness. In her youth, she might have been someone who would do anything for love, but now, knowing that the man she had always loved had a lover for nearly ten years behind her back, her heart was completely dead.
After ten years of feigned affection for a man, Li Meihui now feels only hatred for Zhou Haide.
As for Zhou Chen's purpose in doing this
Li Meihui wasn't stupid. She knew that Zhou Chen wanted her to fight with Zhou Haide, but she didn't hate Zhou Chen or get angry at being used by him. If it weren't for Zhou Chen, she would still be like a clown, being completely fooled by Zhou Haide.
When Li Meihui returned to the villa
Just then, her father returned from a drinking party, and she told Li Xiaolong to go back first so she could talk to her father alone.
"Daughter, what is it that you don't want Xiaolong to know?"
“Our family is about to switch to Snapdragon, so you don’t need to carry Snapdragon around anymore.”
“Dad, Zhou Haide has deceived all of us. We were all fooled by his false appearance.”
Without wasting any words, Li Meihui handed the documents Zhou Chen had given her to her father.
Upon hearing this, the old man's expression changed drastically, and he quickly opened it.
After a while,
The old man, his face grim, asked to confirm, "Is what's written here true?"
Li Meihui nodded and connected the things she had previously overlooked to tell her father. When he confirmed it, the old man's face darkened. "I never thought that after playing with eagles all his life, he would end up being blinded by an eagle. This Zhou Haide really hid himself very well."
But soon, the old man realized why his daughter, who lived in the mainland, was only now confirming these things.
Li Meihui noticed her father's confusion and explained that she had just received a call from Zhou Chen and met with him.
"It's ironic that the person Xiaolong is targeting has become our Li family's benefactor. Although this kid wants to use us to deal with Zhou Haide, we have to accept this favor."
"However, this kid's tone is quite arrogant. Although my Li family is not as powerful as the two Li families, we are not a small or insignificant family either. He is fearless. He has quite the courage."
The old man chuckled twice.
Upon hearing this, Li Meihui said, "Dad, since he helped us, then let's talk about Xiaolong betting against him tomorrow..."
Before Li Meihui could finish speaking, the old man raised his hand to interrupt her, saying, "Daughter, I know what you mean. I don't intend to stop this. This kid is so arrogant, I want to see if he really has the ability. Many people in the mainland stock market call him a stock god. This good show must continue."
"But if..."
Are you worried he'll lose?
Li Meihui nodded. She didn't want to repay kindness with enmity. The old man smiled and said, "Since that's the case, you should inform him in advance. As for whether he will accept the challenge, that's up to him. That way, we won't be considered ungrateful."
Li Meihui thought this was a good idea. If Zhou Chen wanted to take on the challenge, that would be Zhou Chen's own business.
"I'll call him right now."
Li Meihui didn't delay any longer.
The old man nodded slightly. Actually, there was something he didn't say: Zhou Chen would most likely accept the challenge. Otherwise, his previous statement would have become a joke.
Young people are often impulsive and prone to anger; these are typical characteristics of youth.
However, the old man had already devised a remedy. Since Zhou Chen had lost this contest with Snapdragon, he would give Zhou Chen compensation and even use the Li family's resources to help Zhou Chen rise again.
As for his grandson, Li Xiaolong...
They certainly wouldn't lose; their family had already made contact with foreign-owned private equity funds and obtained a lot of inside information.
With inside information, how could one possibly lose? It's practically an invincible position from the start.
Zhou Chen will be the only one to lose.
"Zhou Haide, you ingrate! My Li family didn't look down on you back then, and even married our daughter to you without hesitation. How could you treat me like this?"
Do you really think I'm old?
"If I'm not mistaken, you must have a wolfish ambition that you've been hiding all along."
"I'll make you taste what it's like to fail at the last minute."
A flicker of emotion crossed the old man's face, and beneath his calm demeanor, a surge of overwhelming rage rose within him.
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