Chapter 88: Settlement

Meng Xiuyuan's face turned pale and blue after hearing such laziness and nonchalant words.

He understood the implicit meaning of Meng Qi's words.

That means he couldn't feed Fa Mingzhu and Yue Zheng enough.

The two of them have a lover outside.

The thing a man fears most is his woman cheating on him. I don't know if other men fear this the most, but he is like this. Once his woman is tainted with the scent of another man, he will feel it is dirty.

Immediately, his furious eyes stared at Fa Mingzhu and Yue Zheng, "Did you two do anything to offend me outside?"

Now that she was tied up like this, Meng Jinyan was in great power and Meng Xiuyuan didn't care about her. Fa Mingzhu knew that she couldn't turn the situation around today and could only sneer.

Yue Zheng, who was standing by, started to feel uneasy since Meng Lu said that. Now, when she heard Fa Mingzhu's sneer and received Meng Xiuyuan's extremely oppressive gaze, her heart was beating fast, as if it was being pinched by claws.

But she couldn't panic until there was complete evidence. Afterwards, she tried her best to force herself to calm down.

Maybe Meng Qi was deliberately deceiving her. After curling her lips, she soon hugged Meng Xiuyuan's arm tenderly again.

"How is that possible, Ayuan? You are the only man I have ever had. Don't listen to their nonsense."

"Ayan has always looked down on me. He still holds a grudge against you for letting Ningning join the Xijiao project a while ago. So, you must not let him sow discord between us."

What she said was quite "deep", putting all the blame on Meng Jinyan, but after hearing what she said, Meng Jinyan didn't even blink.

Oh, I won’t cry until I see the coffin.

It is not the time to deal with her yet, Meng Jinyan just glared at Meng Xiuyuan coldly.

"Next, we should settle the accounts."

Meng Xiuyuan had a bad feeling. "What account?"

Meng Jinyan moved his lips slowly and stared at him intently.

"After my mother passed away, you took away the 15% of the shares that my grandfather gave her, on the grounds that my mother had a bad reputation and I was still young. Now that I can prove that my mother was innocent, shouldn't you return my mother's shares to her?"

As he said this, people started to whisper to each other.

What does 15% of the shares represent? No one present here does not know the value of this.

In recent years, under the leadership of Meng Jinyan, the Meng Group has successfully transformed and the group's value has skyrocketed.

Owning 1% of the shares could be worth tens of millions of RMB, not to mention 15% of the shares.

Meng Xiuyuan heard all the discussions. His face turned pale. He warned Meng Jinyan in a deep voice, "What your mother did back then is true. Even that man has admitted it himself... it was your mother who took the initiative to... actively seduced him. There is still surveillance footage in the room where he was that has not been destroyed as evidence. If you bring it up again now, you are slapping your mother in the face. Why do you have to insult her?"

What he said was quite vicious.

Meng Jinyan was so disgusted that his brows were tightly locked.

If he had no wounds on his waist and abdomen, then at this moment, he would no longer be able to hold back the anger in his chest and would probably beat him up in public.

But thinking about the many things he had to do later, he couldn't act impulsively for the time being, so he suppressed himself.

Without wasting time, he simply asked, "If I produce a complete chain of evidence to prove that my mother is innocent, will you return the 15% of the shares to me?"

The Meng family's shares have always been in their own hands.

Shares have always been public.

Meng Xiuyuan holds a 40% stake.

The old lady owns 30 percent of the shares.

Meng Jinyan holds a 15% stake.

Fa Mingzhu holds a 3 percent stake.

Yue Zheng holds a 2% stake.

Another 10% of the shares are in the hands of some veterans.

The Meng Group practices a "centralized system".

In a sense, Meng Xiuyuan stole the fact that he has become the company's largest shareholder.

At the beginning, when Mr. Meng was still in office, Meng Xiuyuan only held 15% of the shares.

Later, Ye Wan passed away, and he inherited 15% of her shares as her husband.

Later, Mr. Meng's son passed away and divided his 40% shares in the group into three parts, 15% to the old lady, 15% to Meng Jinyan, and 10% to Meng Xiuyuan.

In this way, Meng Xiuyuan owned 40% of the shares and became the person with the most say in the Meng Group.

Later, he bought another 5% of the shares from some veterans and divided it into three parts. 1% was given to Meng Xuyun, and the remaining 4% was divided into two halves and given to Fa Mingzhu and Yue Zheng respectively. Later, because Meng Xuyun got into trouble, the 1% in his hands was transferred to Fa Mingzhu.

If Meng Xiuyuan handed over this 15%, the shares of Meng's company would be reshuffled, and he would no longer be able to control everything. Then, it would be more convenient for Meng Jinyan to do things.

Everyone's eyes were on Meng Xiuyuan. At this moment, Meng Jinyan's words were like a knife on his neck.

If he doesn't agree, there will only be more rumors outside, but if he agrees, all his hard work over the years will be in vain.

Once Meng Jinyan becomes the company's largest shareholder, he may no longer have a say in the company in the future.

Seeing that he pursed his lips and said nothing, Meng Qi urged him impatiently.

"Are you still not going to return it? Why don't you fart?"

Meng Qi was a stubborn and unruly person. Except for Meng Jinyan who could tame his temper, he would let other people do what they wanted. He would not bow his head, nor would he bend his waist to obey.

At this moment, every word he said was something Meng Xiuyuan didn't like to hear, but he knew that this was his character and it was impossible to change him.

So, he didn't want to change.

After thinking for more than a minute with his lips pursed and his face gloomy, he said unhappily, "At that time, I couldn't find any evidence to prove your mother's innocence. Now that you are bringing up the past again, I want to see how you can prove it."

Meng Jinyan smiled, "Because it's an old story, I spent more than ten years looking for it. Also, because I believe that as long as I don't give up, I can turn the tables for my mother."

Meng Xiuyuan could tell that he was mocking him.

Afterwards, Meng Jinyan signaled to Gu Feng, "You can let him go now."

After saying this, he looked in the direction of Ye Zhen, grinning, "Mr. Ye, since you can lend your venue to Fa Mingzhu to frame my wife, you shouldn't mind me lending your venue to clean up the mud for my wife."

Being called out suddenly was something Ye Zhen had never expected.

Seeing several pairs of eyes staring at him, he clenched his teeth and said with a fake smile: "I'm afraid Master Yan has misunderstood."

Meng Jinyan was too lazy to expose him because Gu Feng had already brought in professional technical personnel, including some of those who had been bribed by Fa Mingzhu more than ten years ago.

When she saw them appear, her dark eyes suddenly widened and almost burst. When no one else noticed her, she murmured, "How is it possible?"

She clearly saw them go abroad with her own eyes.

How come Meng Jinyan still found them?

As if sensing her surprise, Meng Jinyan played with Jin Yu's soft fingers and sneered, "Fa Mingzhu, you have done this yourself, this is a sin, is there any need to be so surprised?"

When Jin Yu grabbed his hand, he added, "When the relevant police have collected evidence of your and Yue Zheng's crimes tonight, if you want to fight, go to the police station. As for the shares of Meng's that you hold, you should return them without mercy. After all, Meng Xiuyuan bought it with the money of the Meng family, and that money might have been earned by me when we negotiated the cooperation."

Fa Mingzhu: “…”

Meng Xiuyuan: “…”

Yue Zheng: “…”

Among them, Yue Zheng was the most surprised of the three.

In jail?

Why does she have to go to jail too?

She clutched the hem of her skirt nervously and looked at Meng Jinyan with a wary look. Could it be that he knew about that?

Soon, videos began to play on three large screens. The first video was the one that was widely circulated in the circle nineteen years ago.

A woman with cold eyes and a slightly older man.

On the bed in the hotel, there were ragged clothes and various indecent tools. The woman was none other than Meng Jinyan's mother, Ye Wan. When Meng Xiuyuan saw this scene, he covered his heart tightly and then let out a nearly tearing roar, "Meng Jinyan, you are crazy!"

"Your mother is dead, what do you want to do?"

If it wasn't absolutely necessary, Meng Jinyan would never release such a video, but in order to clear his mother's name, this is a hurdle he must go through.

He looked at Meng Xiuyuan coldly. "Back then, this video was widely circulated. Even in the manor, servants gathered together with their cell phones to play it. At that time, everyone thought my mother was immoral and was veiled in her every day. I want to know, did you really look for the so-called evidence you found back then? Or do you think the evidence is more true than what my mother said?"

At this point, Meng Xiuyuan still refused to give in. He said angrily, "The evidence is there. Of course I believe it."

Meng Jinyan sneered, "Then I'll show you the evidence."

Soon after he finished speaking, another video began playing on the screen.

It was the same room and the same man, but the woman's appearance had changed. Although she had changed, her posture, the length and color of her hair, and her profile were very similar to his mother. If you didn't look closely, you could easily mistake the fake for the real thing.

After watching the entire process, Meng Xiuyuan's pupils widened.

"What on earth is going on?"

"Who is the woman in the video?"

Meng Jinyan glanced at Gu Feng and said, "Bring everyone in."

In just two minutes, the woman and the man in the video appeared at the same time. Over the past decade, the appearance of the man and the woman has not changed much, so they are easy to recognize.

When Meng Xiuyuan saw the man appear, he suddenly became very manic. He almost rushed over, grabbed the collar of the man's shirt with both hands, and asked angrily:

"Zhang Chuan, how dare you show up?"

"Tell me, what's going on with the video? Who was the woman you slept with back then?"

The man in the gray shirt lowered his head, looking very haggard.

"I have no idea."

Meng Xiuyuan's hatred for Zhang Chuan lasted for more than ten years.

At first, when this incident happened, he used all means to suppress him. Later, he could no longer survive in Beijing, so he went abroad and hid. Meng Xiuyuan sent people to look for him for a long time, but unfortunately, the search was fruitless.

Now, he has come to me on his own initiative.

Meng Xiuyuan didn't even think twice and punched him in the corner of the mouth.

"You don't know? Then why did you say that it was Ye Wan who seduced you? You fucking bastard, how dare you touch my woman?"

Just when he was about to punch him in the face again and again, the woman standing next to Zhang Chuan suddenly curled her lips and smiled.

"Mr. Meng, I was the woman he slept with back then."

These few words made Meng Xiuyuan stop his outstretched fist. He slowly looked in the direction of the woman and frowned.

"Who are you?"

The woman raised her red lips and said, "A lady from the club."

She spoke very frankly, but Zhang Chuan, who was standing next to him, had an unpleasant expression on his face. He had found it difficult to accept when Meng Jinyan found him and told him about this half a month ago. Now, in public, the woman said it out loud, and everyone was pointing fingers at him, which made him feel even more uncomfortable.

After saying that, the woman walked up to Fa Mingzhu with confidence, lifting her chin with her bright red nails.

She smiled charmingly, "Ms. Mingzhu, long time no see."

Fa Mingzhu stared at the small face in front of him as if he had seen a ghost. "You...how come you are still alive?"

The woman smiled grimly, "Of course I have to stay alive, otherwise, how can I come back to seek revenge on you?"

Behind her, Meng Xiuyuan looked surprised, "You know each other? Revenge? What revenge do you want to take from her?"

Fa Mingzhu had just been suppressed by Meng Ni in that way, and her delicate makeup was gone. At this moment, she was surprised that the woman was still alive, and her eyes were wide open, and she looked quite scary.

Afraid of having nightmares at night, the woman got up slowly.

"Of course I know her. She asked me to accompany Zhang Chuan that year. She also asked me to record our passionate moments that night. I did it. She also gave me 5 million according to the price I offered." At this point, she suddenly sneered, "But I never thought that the 5 million was just the money she gave me for my coffin."

Meng Xiuyuan didn't understand what was going on and continued to ask, "What about coffin fees? What happened back then?"

Seeing that Fa Mingzhu was beginning to get uneasy, the woman said, "She paid for our club to have a dinner party on a yacht, and then she took advantage of this opportunity to have someone push me into the water."

Fa Mingzhu roared heartbreakingly at the reckless remark she made about what happened back then, "You're talking nonsense!"

Although her roar was harsh, the woman was calm.

She continued, "Luckily, I was lucky enough to be rescued. Otherwise, I would never have had the chance to expose the ugly things she did."

"After I was rescued by a nearby fisherman, I rested for more than half a month before I recovered some strength. Later, I borrowed the fisherman's phone to find my colleague, and I saw a news push. The video was very hot and not censored. I was with Zhang Chuan that night, but the woman's face was not mine. At first, I didn't care until the headline said that the daughter-in-law of the wealthy Meng family had cheated on her husband. Then I realized something was wrong. That's not all. Later, I went to check the club's phone number and found that the club had been disbanded. On the way to check the club, I also found that I was dead on the news."

After hearing what she said, the gossipers couldn't help but want to know the follow-up, "So, everything that happened back then was planned by Fa Mingzhu?"

"What about the video that was leaked that year? Didn't Mr. Meng find several professionals to check it? Wasn't the video a composite? How do you explain this?"