Chapter 187
Lingwu put down her phone and searched through Duan Lingwu's memories, but after thinking for a long time, she still couldn't find any recent memories related to "night crying".
The only mention of the name came thirteen years later, when "Night Cry" truly became infamous internationally.
Thirteen years later, a wealthy woman in China will be murdered by [Night Cry]. [Night Cry] even brazenly left her code name in China at her home.
However, the location could not be found in Duan Lingwu's memory, because at that time, Duan Lingwu's experiences were almost like those in the Fierce Prison, and she had no interest in it.
Lingwu glanced at the thick darkness outside the glass window.
She actually hoped that this "night cry" would come to her.
As dawn broke, darkness descended, and the red sun rose once more.
The story concluded with the Duan family achieving the desired outcome of all those who had pursued them at the banquet that day.
After a month of hard work, Lingwu gave the company a three-day holiday.
When the office door opened, Jiang Zhi's energetic face, still holding flowers, was there.
"Today's greeting is Sunflower Lily. I wish President Duan continued success in the future, just like his undefeated record this time!"
The sunflower lily symbolizes victory, and its flower language is also very fitting and beautiful at this moment.
After Jiang Zhi finished speaking, Rui Feng's eyes showed a hint of sadness: "It's okay if President Duan doesn't accept it. I'm used to it. As long as President Duan doesn't kick me out of Duan Corporation, that's fine."
Ling Wu accepted the bouquet. "The bouquet has a very good meaning. I will thank Assistant Jiang on behalf of the Duan family."
"You're welcome! You don't need to take it back to my old man, cough, my father today." He was extremely nervous as he said this.
After all, this was the first time in over a month that Ling Wu had accepted his flowers.
Speaking of Assistant Jiang...
He resumed the serious demeanor a subordinate would show to their boss at work, saying, "Mr. Duan, my mother said she'd like to invite you to dinner to thank you for guiding me in this matter at the company!"
Ling Wu carefully placed the flowers. "Since Young Master Jiang is here to be my special assistant, I should be the one thanking Aunt Jiang. It should be my treat."
The reason why everything went so smoothly for the Duan family was largely due to the overt and covert support from the Jiang family during this period.
Of course, she didn't enjoy all the benefits herself.
Business is a two-way street. For example, now that the Jiang family is helping her, she won't let the Jiang family be swallowed up by the He family.
During the month, He Cheng also came to see him, but Jiang Zhi turned him away each time. Moreover, in the few words Jiang Zhi occasionally mentioned, the Duan family employees all became hostile towards He Cheng.
They were terrified that He Cheng was trying to use her looks to seduce President Duan, who was leading their company to prosperity.
Unexpectedly, the one they really wanted to "seduce" was Assistant Jiang, whom they had brought under their wing.
After the meal, Jiang's mother held Lingwu's hand, quite reluctant to part with her.
"Xiao Wu, I don't have a daughter either..." Jiang's mother's eyes were full of tenderness.
Jiang Zhi felt a chill run down her spine and was also somewhat embarrassed.
His mother is really something, so impatient. He's not the kind of person who's easy to marry off, so why is she in such a hurry to give him away?
Before Jiang Zhi could even open her mouth to stop her, she was struck dumb by the next half of her mother's words.
"I'll recognize you as my goddaughter, and you can recognize me as your godmother, okay?" Jiang's mother was so excited that she completely forgot the real purpose of the meal.
"mom!"
"What are you doing, you brat! If you scare my precious daughter, I'll skin you alive!" Jiang's mother's gentleness towards Ling Wu was completely gone.
Jiang Zhi twitched the corner of her mouth.
After the meal, Jiang's mother held Lingwu's hand tightly, reluctant to let go.
"If I had a daughter like Xiao Wu, I'd be laughing in my sleep!"
She was pulling Lingwu out when they unexpectedly bumped into Duan's mother face to face.
Jiang's mother rolled her eyes and tried to pull Ling Wu away, but Duan's mother stopped her.
"Madam Jiang, I have something to say to my daughter."
"What do you want to say? Are you going to brainwash my good girl again, or do you want my good girl to give back that company that you finally managed to revive to your good-for-nothing husband who can't control his lower body? Or do you want her to go back to being one of those two..." Mother Jiang paused for a moment.
She patted Ling Wu's hand, then glanced at Jiang Zhi, "Little Jiang, take my good girl and go first. Let your mother handle the matters of the older generation!"
"Okay!" Jiang Zhi, who had finally managed to get a word in edgewise, immediately nodded.
With a complicated expression, Duan's mother could only watch Ling Wu walk further and further away, a hint of disappointment appearing on her gentle face.
Jiang's mother wasn't buying it. "I'm Xiao Wu's godmother now, so don't try this on me. Like I always say, where were you all this time?"
Duan's mother stepped aside and said nothing more.
Yeah, why didn't you do this sooner?
Seeing that she was sensible, Jiang's mother gave her a word of advice before leaving: "If I were you, I would cut off his hopes completely."
Jiang Mu means exactly what it sounds like, but Duan Mu was chewing on the word "Duan".
Seeing that Jiang's mother had left so decisively after speaking, Jiang's father, who was following behind, felt a tightness in his legs and awkwardly caught up with her.
"Madam, I would never cheat on you!"
——
When Lingwu saw Duan's father again, his eyes were dark and his legs were unsteady, and he walked with a limp gait. It was obvious what had happened.
—Excessive indulgence.
"Considering that I'm your father, and I've raised you for so many years, and I haven't bothered you at all since you took over the company, give me some money."
Mr. Duan is very concerned about his image, and the fact that he appeared before her in this state must have required a lot of persuasion.
"How much do you want?" Ling Wu didn't point out that his "I didn't bother you" was actually because he was drunk and didn't realize it in time.
After glancing at him, Ling Wu looked down at the documents. Although she was not as powerful as the He family now, with the country as her backer, the He family would not dare to provoke her.
Now, every moment of this time is worth a fortune.
After all, relying solely on emotions to suppress those two little devils who are still growing is not enough for He Cheng.
"Five million!" Mr. Duan seemed to have found a savior!
Ling Wu replied without looking up, "No."
The father's expression shifted from pleading to hatred: "I raised you all these years, and now you can't even have five million? How can you be so heartless as to watch your own father die?!"
Ling Wu put down the document and tapped her fingers lightly on the table. "But back then, didn't you also push your daughter into a fire pit?"
Her warm smile made Mr. Duan hesitate to leave.
Faced with that stunningly beautiful face that seemed otherworldly, he inexplicably couldn't say anything harsh, nor did he dare to say anything harsh.
"Give me five million, and I'll never come back. The company will all be yours."
Ling Wu shook her head. The weak have no right to make demands. "Give me your shares, and I'll tell you what you should do."
Duan's father was also pushed to the limit, "You speak first."
But as soon as he finished speaking, a document appeared in front of him. When Duan's father picked it up and looked at it, his eyes turned bloodshot.
——【Share Transfer Agreement】
"Fine, you've been waiting for me all along, haven't you? You and that woman are in cahoots?" His vision blurred.
"Have you ever seen a daughter who would be in cahoots with her father's mistress?" Ling Wu asked instead of answering.
Mr. Duan pursed his lips, his eyes still bloodshot. "Fine! I'll sign!"
After watching him finish signing, Ling Wu handed him the hot tea that Jiang Zhi had brought in.
"I didn't come here for tea!"
Lingwu wasn't angry. "Go home and ask your wife; that will solve the problem."
Mr. Duan was so angry he almost rolled his eyes, but time was of the essence and it wasn't the time to faint. He turned and left, afraid that if he stayed any longer, he would really die of anger here!
Ling Wu picked up the document, her gaze lingering for a moment on his signed name, her mind racing with thoughts of what Duan's mother had been doing lately.
After losing his money and his company, Duan's father could neither give his mistress a formal title nor money.
The mistress, cradling her belly which was growing larger with each passing month, also lost her usual patience.
Just then, Duan's mother came to the door. She neither hit nor scolded him, but simply gave him a card and a few boxes of medicine.
The mistress didn't want to stay with Duan's father in this ambiguous relationship for the rest of her life, so she accepted Duan's mother's money and agreed to do things for him.
She resolved that once the deed was done, she would fly abroad to be a rich woman and keep a handsome man; in any case, it would be much happier than being the mistress of a decrepit old man.
Not long after this idea was made, Duan's father, who was already old, began to deteriorate after taking strong medicine and became unable to function.
He was afraid his mistress would leave him, and afraid of being ridiculed by people in his circle, so he had no choice but to continue taking the medication, thus falling into a vicious cycle.
Finally, when the time was right, after Duan's father's health was completely ruined, his mistress demanded money from him, claiming that he couldn't give her a formal title.
This was exactly what Duan's mother wanted. Duan's father spent money on medical treatment like water, and after he had squandered all his cash flow, he had no choice but to refuse his mistress's demands.
Seeing that he had lost both fame and fortune, the mistress completely lost all affection for Duan's father and threatened him instead of giving him money.
If he doesn't pay, she'll accuse him of rape, and if she's pregnant, she can get a paternity test.
She gave birth to her son after receiving the money, so he could prove himself.
Because of his pride, Duan's father had no choice but to ask Shang Lingwu for help.
Little did she know that this was also part of Duan's mother's scheme; this share transfer agreement was Duan's mother's way of making up for what she owed her.
Meanwhile, the mistress should be on the operating table getting rid of the child, dreaming of flying abroad to become a rich woman.
But Duan's mother wouldn't let the two off so easily.
After returning home, Duan's father suffered a stroke and was unable to go anywhere. Whether he lived a good or bad life afterward depended entirely on Duan's mother's mood.
The mistress, who had been using the child as leverage, lost both her money and her lover.
When Ling Wu learned of these subsequent developments, He Cheng and his two siblings, who had come to the company to find her, were standing in front of her.
“You haven’t been home for two months, and the children and I miss you very much.”
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