She chuckled lightly, "And I will guide every wolf in sheep's clothing who wants to tear flesh from the Ning family. After all, having grown up in the Ning family, I know its weaknesses better than outsiders."
Ning Bing'an wiped the butter knife in his hand and said coldly, "What weaknesses do you know? You should know that Cha Shenlou didn't suffer such a crushing defeat back then."
Cha Meiling said coldly, "That's just because he acted at the wrong time. The Ning family's 'cake' is now big enough that everyone can get a satisfactory share of the benefits, so the eldest and second branches of the Ning family are living in peace."
"But things are different now. The Ning family has been bleeding money and can only shrink its territory and barely survive. Ning Man'an and Ning Bingyu will definitely fight to the death for the right of succession and for the increasingly scarce resources!"
Ning Bing'an said coldly, "Don't let your imagination replace reality. That's not how you do business."
Cha Meiling's beautiful face twisted in disgust: "Imagination? Ning Zhengkun and Ning Man'an joined forces to suppress Ning Bingyu, causing heavy losses to the Ning family. Do you think Ning Bingyu doesn't harbor resentment? He's just temporarily holding back."
"When the time comes, the snipe and the clam fight, and the fisherman benefits. We only need to stand by and fan the flames... Ten years, at most ten years! The Ning family, this seemingly indestructible ship, will completely disintegrate and sink to the bottom of the sea due to internal strife, even worse off than our Cha family!"
Ning Bing'an finally stopped what he was doing: "The way you're acting doesn't seem like you're just planning to dismantle the Ning family for profit."
Cha Meiling lowered her head and slowly ate her cake, her voice filled with an eerie calm—
"That's right, I want to watch them fall from grace and into the mud! I want them to taste the pain and despair I endured back then!"
"I want to see every member of the Ning family fall into the same predicament I once was, suffering torment and experiencing the despair of being abandoned by the whole world..."
Looking at her expression, Ning Bing'an felt increasingly disgusted with her, thinking that the whole world owed her something.
He said coolly, "Initially, the Cha family attacked the Ning family, but they overplayed their hand and ended up like that. Besides, the Second Madam has always been good to you!"
These words acted as a fuse, completely igniting the anger in Cha Meiling's heart.
Her expression twisted instantly, and she crushed the small cake in front of her: "You think I wanted to hate them?! They forced me to!"
"If Ning Bingyu had protected me back then! If Ning Zhengkun and his second wife had helped me out of consideration for the long-standing relationship between the Cha and Ning families! Would I have been arrested and imprisoned by those damned country bumpkins?! They are all hypocrites!"
All that talk of the second wife's affection is fake! Fake!!
Her rapidly heaving chest betrayed her inner turmoil, and a barely perceptible moisture welled up in the corner of her eye.
Ning Bing'an narrowed his eyes: "People say that a dog that bites doesn't bark, but Annie, you bite more than I thought."
They played a winning hand terribly and then complained about everything.
Cha Meiling's anger was extinguished by these words, turning into a deeper chill.
Looking at Ning Bing'an's handsome face, she suddenly curved her lips into a smile, her voice regaining its usual allure—
“Brother Bing’an, you are indeed much more outstanding than I imagined. Once the Ning family falls, you can dump Ning Yuan, that money-grubbing idiot, and then... come find me.”
She picked up a clean towel and slowly wiped the mess off her hands—
“We can join forces and rewrite the entire Hong Kong government and even the business landscape of Asia. Power, money, ambition... we are the same kind of people, aren’t we?”
Ning Bing'an refused decisively without hesitation: "You're dreaming!"
Cha Meiling was speechless: "..."
Although she was just making empty promises to him, what does it mean that this loser rejected her so quickly!
What is delusion?
But she quickly regained her charming and gentle demeanor.
She packed the jade chili peppers and smiled, "Don't reject me so quickly. I'll give you time to think it over. Just wait and see what happens next."
With that, she turned and swayed gracefully away.
Ning Bing'an watched her leave expressionlessly, then walked to the sink in the corner and washed his hands.
He then picked up the landline on the wall and dialed a number.
The call was quickly answered, and Uncle Si's slightly aged voice came through: "Anzai, how are you?"
Ning Bing'an's voice was calm and even: "Fourth Uncle, Cha Meiling came by just now and took the Jade Chili Pepper with her. Our people will start monitoring her from today."
"You can contact the person you have planted in a Swiss bank. Once she brings the Jade Chili pepper to Switzerland to open the vault, you can get the Sheng family's assets back."
My fourth uncle chuckled on the other end of the phone, his voice revealing a cunning like an old fox and an undisguised cruelty—
“Excellent! Don’t worry, Anzai. If she dares to play any tricks, or if her godfather Chen Jingsong has any improper thoughts or covets something he shouldn’t… Hmph, my old friends in South America are currently short of ‘goods’!”
He paused, his tone becoming even more sinister: "Send the younger ones to brothels run by South American gangsters to work as prostitutes. Chen Jingsong's body parts can still be used, and his corneas and such will always be in demand. It's a good way to make the best use of him!"
Ning Bing'an held the phone, listening to his fourth uncle's seemingly casual yet bloody and cruel words.
His face remained calm and composed: "As long as my godfather makes the arrangements, before Cha Meiling leaves, I will once again suggest shorting the Ning family."
Fourth Uncle's voice rose noticeably, tinged with intense interest—
"We made a fortune from shorting Jialin last time, and the Ning family, that fat sheep, is even more lucrative!"
He changed the subject, his tone tinged with probing and amusement: "But... Anzai, are you not going to consider your little wife? Ning Yuan is still a member of the Ning family."
Ning Bing'an did not hesitate and said calmly, "One thing at a time, Fourth Uncle. It would be foolish not to make money when there is one. Since someone wants to take a piece of the Ning family's pie, of course we should get a share. Haven't you been struggling to find an opportunity to make a move against the Ning family?"
His cool eyes narrowed slightly: "Besides, my little sister doesn't have much genuine affection for the Ning family. She may not really care about the Ning family's life or death."
Uncle Si laughed heartily on the other end of the phone: "Hahaha! Well said! That's more like the Sheng family! That old bastard Ning is not only paralyzed, but how did he treat the Sheng family's sister back then? He took the sister's money but was ungrateful and heartless!"
"I want him to watch with his own eyes how the empire he built up over a lifetime crumbles bit by bit! I'd rather he die of anger and go down to apologize to the Sheng family girl!"
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