Shi Ran clenched her hands tightly, stared into Shi Yan's eyes, and asked, "Are you serious?"
"Song Yanzhe was showing off to me today. I told you not to mess with him. Do you have any brains?"
Shi Ran was so angry that his teeth were chattering.
"Shi Yan, you said Song Yanzhe is not someone you can easily mess with. Do you think I am someone you can easily mess with? Don't forget that a few days ago, you were treated as bird food." Shi Ran snorted coldly, frowning, "Song Yanzhe can do anything, and so can I."
Shi Ran took a deep breath and looked at Shi Yan's pale and ugly face, but his mood did not ease at all.
Would such a dirty trick really be used because of a complaint from a teenager?
Shi Ran didn't think so.
It's late at night.
Shi Ran and her teacher were sitting in a milk tea shop.
Shi Ran crossed his hands on his chin, staring at the milk tea in front of him with a heavy expression, without taking a sip. He hadn't said a word since he appeared.
The teacher didn't say anything, but just looked at Shi Ran calmly.
He had never seen Shi Ran like this before, but he didn't bother her.
The owner of the milk tea shop sat down, still without taking anything with him, and memorized everything in his mind.
"The current investigation results are almost complete. Miss Shi Ran, are you ready?"
"Um."
Shi Ran nodded heavily.
The owner of the milk tea shop took a deep breath before saying, "According to investigations, the Tang family's finances began to suffer a year ago. The success of the dairy business seems to have given them some blind confidence. From the time the horse farm was established until now, it has actually been operating at a loss. Furthermore, their reckless expansion, coupled with significant advertising investments, has led to financial problems."
Having said that, the boss glanced at Shi Ran's expression.
His face was expressionless, revealing nothing.
Rarely seen on a teenager's face.
He paused and continued, "Then we approached three banks for loans. The interest-free loans came with the condition that the presidents of each of the three banks would each acquire a 5% stake. But before the deadline was up, all three banks suddenly demanded payment at the same time. Then, without warning, we were arrested for illegal fundraising. The person behind all this was Madam Song's family."
“Is illegal fundraising real?”
Shi Ran asked calmly.
"No evidence found." The boss spread his hands. "So now they're trying to use internal employees and family members to threaten them into giving false testimony. However, the Tang family employees are quite good. Not a single one betrayed the boss because of the threats. Some even committed suicide because they couldn't bear the threats."
When Shi Ran heard the news of suicide again, she was not shocked, but just a little angry.
"Is there no personal vendetta involved?"
"Personal grudge?" The boss thought for a moment. "The head of the Tang family never bribes anyone, does that count?"
"Isn't it because of Song Yanzhe?"
"What does it have to do with him?"
"It really has nothing to do with it."
Although he knew that the current situation was not caused by the incident at the horse farm, Shi Ran still felt guilty.
It’s not the root cause, perhaps Song Yanzhe did play a role in triggering the incident.
But the conspiracy for this matter must have started long ago.
"You're not planning on helping the Tang family, are you?" The boss seemed to have guessed Shi Ran's thoughts, frowning slightly and shaking his head. "This isn't a purely business matter. The arrest was orchestrated by Madam Song's family and several other leaders. If the head of the Song family were here, perhaps they wouldn't dare to do this."
"They really dare to swallow up the Tang family."
"Miss Shi Ran, even your grandfather might not help you. You don't really want to help, do you? Don't get yourself involved."
"I have my own plans."
Shi Ran always had a calm expression. After saying this, she stood up. She usually took a few sips of milk tea, but she didn't move at all.
"Teacher, let's go."
The teacher didn't say a word from beginning to end. He just stood up, nodded to the boss, and followed Shi Ran.
"Miss, what do you need?" The teacher gave Shi Ran unconditional support and said, "If you need my help, I can help you."
“How much money do I have to my name?”
"There's not much liquid capital. All in all, maybe 300 million."
"It's too little." Shi Ran shook his head, sighed, and looked up at the dark night sky, which was devoid of even a single star. "This little money can't save the Tang family at all."
The teacher did not give Shi Ran any advice this time. It was not a purely business matter, and he could not make the decision for Shi Ran.
But he also made up his mind that he would support Shi Ran no matter what she did.
This matter seemed to be sealed. Aside from a few powerful people in Nanhu, few people knew about it, and no one took any action. It was as if everyone had agreed that although they knew what was going on, no one would say anything, pretending to be ignorant.
While Shi Ran was still thinking about how to convince her grandfather, her grandfather walked in from outside, saw Shi Ran, waved, and took her to the study.
"How have you been these past few days?"
Grandpa asked first.
"Grandpa, I'm actually a little worried about my friend."
Grandpa paused for a moment, but there was no expression on his wrinkled face.
After a long while, I heard my grandfather ask, "You have a good relationship with Tang Tang, right?"
"Um."
Shi Ran answered without hesitation.
Their relationship might not have been that good before, as she was more mature than other children her age, having been reborn from a past life. However, Tang Tang seemed to know about the twins' overseas trip, and fearing that she would be lonely, she always stayed with her, and they gradually became good friends.
Shi Ran could not forget how she took her to ride a horse at the stables, nor could she forget how Tang Tang came to her even though he was obviously a little scared when they were surrounded by those people.
"The Tang family's affairs are not a simple business war."
"I know. Is that why Grandpa doesn't plan to help?"
Shi Ran looked up at his grandfather.
Those bright eyes seemed full of determination and stubbornness.
Grandpa held Shi Ran's hand and looked down at her.
Shi Ran’s eyes are really similar to Grandpa’s eyes!
Pupils and eyes.
He looks like the heir of the Shi family.
"It's a deliberate trap to bring down the Tang family. No one dares to act rashly now."
Grandpa said earnestly.
"But if it were me, I would never allow such a dirty thing to happen. If it were just a business war, winning or losing would be fine, but this kind of framing, smearing, and even harming other lives, I will never condone and despise such behavior for the rest of my life. But I am too young to do anything."
"Well, it's still too young."
"Grandpa, I'm thinking, actually, we're not helping the Tang family, but we're actually gaining control of the Tang family, right? Although the Tang family's expansion has led to a break in their funding chain, their dairy business is really doing well, isn't that okay?"
Grandpa didn't say anything, just chuckled.
Shi Ran stared at him with wide eyes, waiting for his grandfather to speak.
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