You could hear a pin drop in the living room.
Fu Wenzhou stopped abruptly, his tall figure slowly turning around, his face grim: "He took advantage of my vulnerability. Even if you punish me, I don't think I'm wrong. No one can bully you."
After looking at him quietly for a few seconds, Song Qingyou said, "Yan Shaoqin is also a shareholder, and Dingsheng also has your shares. I can't let others pay for what I want to do. This betting agreement is very fair."
Fu Wenzhou walked back reluctantly, muttering, "Where is the fairness in this?"
He was about to continue speaking when his phone rang at an inopportune moment. Fu Wenzhou frowned and answered the phone: "What's up?"
Xu Zezhan's voice was low on the other end of the phone: "Come to the Xu family and do them a favor."
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The capital city at night is brightly lit, just like daytime.
Before nine o'clock, vehicles were constantly coming and going from the Xu family's house.
Old Master Xu called Xu Zezhan back at the last minute and announced the marriage arrangement directly.
The incident happened suddenly. In front of the Lin family, Xu Zezhan said that he liked men and came out as gay, causing a huge uproar and making the old man so angry that he almost fainted.
The marriage between Taiye Group and Yunrui was a well-known story, but no one expected such a mishap to occur halfway through, especially since the mishap occurred on the side of the Xu family, who took the initiative to propose the marriage.
When Fu Wenzhou and Song Qingyou arrived, the atmosphere inside the house was tense.
The Xu family's servants wanted to go and inform them, but Fu Wenzhou stopped them: "No need."
"Can……"
Song Qingyou said softly, "It's okay, you go ahead and do your work, don't worry about us."
The maid could only reply, "Okay, then Mr. Fu and Miss Song can call me again if they need anything."
Song Qingyou hummed in agreement and looked toward the main hall.
Despite being in the wrong, the Xu family's attitude was quite amiable.
Old Master Xu suppressed his anger and looked at Lin Ye, whose face was not friendly, with a hint of apology: "Ze Zhan was in the wrong first. We are willing to give up all the profits from the previous cooperation project between the two companies as compensation for Xiao Xiao."
The project had promising prospects, and the Xu family would suffer a huge loss if they just handed it over like that. But he never expected that Xu Zezhan would say that it wasn't enough for him to say that he liked men in front of his own family, he would also dare to say that in front of the Lin family.
Old Master Xu was furious. His Xu family had been in business for three generations, always following the rules and with strict family discipline. How could they have produced such a wretched child!
He glared fiercely at Xu Zezhan, who stood silently to the side.
Xu Zezhan remained silent with a cold face, only casting an apologetic glance at Lin Xiaoxiao, who was sobbing softly to the side.
Lin Ye's expression softened somewhat. The marriage proposal was rushed to begin with, and given the current situation, it's likely that the Xu family already knew about their grandson's unusual preferences.
Although the Lin family's business is not as big as the Xu family's, it is not to the point of selling their daughter. If Xu Zezhan had not been honest, wouldn't his daughter have become a gay wife?
It's actually a good thing that the marriage didn't happen.
It's better than getting married only to find out your husband likes men.
Moreover, now that the Xu family has made such a big concession, Lin Ye is hoping for the best and doesn't intend to get entangled any further, preparing to take his profits and call it a day.
The two families spent half a day discussing the annulment of the engagement, as there were too many interests involved. Marriages between wealthy families are never as simple as love.
Lin Xiaoxiao nestled beside her mother, sobbing uncontrollably. She had admired Xu Zezhan since she was a child. When she heard the news that the two families were going to be united by marriage and that she would marry Xu Zezhan, she was so happy that she couldn't sleep all night.
Unexpectedly, the dream was shattered in just one day.
And... and the man she'd had a crush on for so long actually liked men too!
How is this any different from a house collapse?
Thinking about it this way, Lin Xiaoxiao cried even harder, as if she were about to flood the Xu family's house.
Lin Xiaoxiao's mother is named Li Lihua. Unlike Lin Ye, she controls the Lin family's finances and is domineering at home.
Moreover, she is a person who prioritizes profit. As long as there is something to gain, whether the engagement is called off or not is completely unimportant. It is impossible for the Xu family to dismiss her with a project.
If she didn't take advantage of the situation at this time, all those years of scheming and deception in the business world would have been for nothing.
She put on airs and sneered, "If Xu Zezhan hadn't said anything, were you planning to let my daughter marry into your family and live a life of widowhood? Old Master Xu, I respect you, but you can't treat Xiaoxiao like this. Besides, the wedding is next month. If you cancel the engagement now, are you planning to trample the Lin family's face on the ground?"
Old Master Xu was a man who had weathered many storms, and he knew Li Lihua's intentions perfectly well. His smile remained unchanged: "You've misunderstood Lihua. Zezhan has had girlfriends before. He was just confused for a moment, not knowing that he was bewitched by that vixen outside. He'll correct himself in the future. It's really not something I, an old man, did on purpose. But now that things have turned out like this, the marriage is definitely not going to happen. So, you see, as long as it's something the Xu family can do, we are willing to compensate you."
Li Lihua: "As you all know, I only have one daughter, and I spoil her rotten. I can't bear to part with her at all..."
"Cough cough..." Li Lihua's words were interrupted by a hoarse cough. Song Qingyou took Fu Wenzhou's arm and entered the house, saying apologetically, "A friend sent some Fuyuan Changyuan tea. I heard that the old man likes to drink it, so I thought I would send it over as soon as possible. I hope I haven't bothered you all so late?"
Upon hearing about tea, Old Master Xu hurriedly walked over, leaning on his cane, and grasped the hands of Song Qingyou and Fu Wenzhou: "It's kind of you to still remember this old man. Please, please sit down."
After saying that, he turned to the maid and scolded, "Miss Song is coughing like that, why don't you pour her some water to soothe her throat!"
The maid repeatedly apologized and poured a cup of tea for Song Qingyou.
Song Qingyou glanced at it, took it, and took a small sip.
Fu Wenzhou put his arm around Song Qingyou's waist, glanced at Xu Zezhan casually, and raised his chin at him: What's going on?
Xu Zezhan shrugged expressionlessly: That's all there is to it.
Fu Wenzhou was too lazy to continue playing cryptic with him, but they had been listening at the door for a long time and had a pretty good idea of what was going on.
Xu Zezhan is probably really pushed to the limit now, otherwise he wouldn't have called him to the Xu family.
Li Lihua's face was full of displeasure. Why come to deliver tea so late? It must be reinforcements that Xu Zezhan brought!
She snorted and continued, "It's not impossible to annul the engagement, as long as Yunrui's newly developed chip technology is given to Taiye."
Before Old Master Xu could speak, Xu Zezhan's mother, Qin Yi, couldn't sit still any longer: "You're asking for the moon! Everyone knows that Yunrui's chips took six years to develop, and the technology represents the hard work of so many people at Yunrui. You think we can just give you what you want?"
The tension was high on both sides, and the words were heated.
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