Chapter 14 Showdown You can only do as I say.
"Oh, no, you still have shares, assets, the dog you've kept by your side through various means, and the long queue of people eager to curry your favor. If you just spread the word, the threshold of this courtyard will be trampled down by people offering gifts. Your later years should be quite lively. I'm worrying too much."
Qin Cangye bowed slightly, putting on a respectful look, and continued, "So your grandson is dispensable. You don't need to worry about the marriage. I will cancel the engagement myself, and I'm sure you won't mind..."
"Enough!" Qin Weishu interrupted Qin Cangye. He gritted his teeth, his old hands shaking constantly. He glared at Qin Cangye, who was waiting beside him with a smile on his face. After a while, he said, "Let's talk about canceling the engagement after I'm discharged from the hospital!"
Qin Cangye curled his lips and said, "Okay, then you can rest. I sincerely hope that you will be discharged from the hospital as soon as possible."
After saying that, Qin Cangye turned and walked towards the door.
"Qin Cangye, your wings are not strong enough!" Qin Weishu's cold voice came from behind him, "Your grandfather only has a few years left to live! Remember, even if the engagement with the Li family is broken off, any woman who wants to enter the Qin family must pass my approval! Otherwise, I will take everything in the Qin family and that poor woman you have your eyes on to your grave!"
Qin Cangye stopped, tilted his head, and said only two words: "Please do as you please."
After a moment, when Qin Cangye's back disappeared from his sight, Qin Weishu suddenly grabbed the instrument beside him and threw it to the ground angrily.
"Old Yan, check which women the young master has been in contact with recently." He ordered with a vicious look.
"Yes, sir," the old servant stepped forward, cleaned up the debris of the instrument on the ground, walked out of the room silently, and closed the door.
Early on Monday morning, Su Yinuo cleaned the snack cart inside and out. After it was half dry, she drove the snack cart to the software park carrying a stack of materials.
Not many stall owners came to register and inspect. When Su Yinuo registered, she found out that the news of the establishment of a snack street in the software park had not been officially announced. Only acquaintances of the leaders of the Urban Management Bureau and the Science and Technology Bureau knew about it.
Su Yinuo was mistaken for a well-connected leader and quickly passed the inspection. She felt very embarrassed and, after paying the management fee, was told that she could resume business immediately after submitting a physical examination report the next day.
Su Yinuo returned home excitedly and made an appointment for a physical examination the next morning.
Everything went very smoothly, as if the goddess of luck had really blessed us.
Su Yinuo sat down beside her mother who was working on cloisonné enamel in a good mood. She picked up a small bamboo plate the size of a bowl, looked at her mother who was coloring it carefully, and said, "Mom, please teach me."
Zhang Lihua raised her eyes, looked at Su Yinuo in surprise, and said with a smile: "Don't you dislike making this thing?"
"It's not that I don't like it, it's just too difficult! Mom, look at this you made, it's been two weeks and it's not finished yet. You have nothing to do today, so why not pass on this skill to me," Su Yinuo said with a smile.
Zhang Lihua looked at her carefully for a few times, seeing the little thoughts in her mind. She put down her tools, pushed the "Dragon and Phoenix Appearing Auspiciously" painting aside, took out a piece of white paper and a pencil, and said with a smile: "I don't know what we are going to make for our sweetheart?"
"A simple one will do," Su Yinuo replied foolishly. Only after she finished speaking did she notice the word "sweetheart" from her mother's mouth. She hurriedly denied it in panic, "No! Where does the sweetheart come from?! Mom, don't let your imagination run wild."
"Hahaha," Zhang Lihua laughed heartily. After a while, she said seriously, "Nuo Nuo, it's okay for you to fall in love, but you have to find a good man, okay? Our family background is not something that everyone can accept. Only the one who can really accept my family background and be honest with me is a good man..."
"I know, I know, we are not in love, we are just friends," Su Yinuo wanted to shut her mother's mouth.
"Okay," Zhang Lihua smiled and waved her hand. "We are so sensible, Mom won't interfere. Come on, make a sketch of what you want to do."
Su Yinuo took the paper and pen, stared at the blank paper with the pencil and fell into deep thought.
Last night, when Qin Cangye asked for a gift, he said a lot. Born into a noble family, he had everything since childhood, and everything was perfect, but in the end, a pair of tattered gloves became his spiritual support.
Su Yinuo felt sorry for his past and wanted to give him a gift that was equally imperfect but thoughtful. The first thing she thought of was to make him a cloisonné enamel coaster by hand.
In Su Yinuo's heart, the things Qin Cangye, who had everything, desired most were probably love and freedom. So, she began to paint a picture of the boundless ocean. Where the sea and sky met, there were sunsets and seagulls, large ships on the sea, and a little boy standing on the shore. On his shoulder, a small hamster crouched, watching the sunrise and sunset with him.
"Mom, the painting is done!"
"What did you draw? It's too ugly. Let me fix it!"
"Uh... is it that ugly?"
The next day, after her physical exam, Su Yinuo rushed home to put the finishing touches on her cloisonné enamel coaster. With her mother's help, Su Yinuo succeeded on her first try, though the finished product looked quite childish, like a naive elementary school watercolor.
Su Yinuo carefully hung it on the windowsill to dry, and she was looking forward to the arrival of this Sunday.
When she turned around, she suddenly remembered that it was time to say goodbye to Qin Cangye this Sunday.
I feel a little sad.
In the past few days, she often thought about what Li Jinmiao had said to her that day, but no matter how she analyzed it, she was unwilling to believe that Qin Cangye was a scumbag who was playing tricks on her. However, she and Qin Cangye were indeed from different worlds. Now that the lie had been exposed, there was no need to continue the relationship.
Life has to return to normal. Let this little episode be regarded as a princess dream I had in my ordinary life!
Su Yinuo raised her eyes to look at the boundless blue sky in the autumn, letting the tears in the corners of her eyes dissipate in the cool autumn wind.
Early on Wednesday morning, Su Yinuo drove her snack cart to the outside of the software park with full of fighting spirit. When she entered the gate, she handed over her pass with a little pride.
There were only five businesses in the snack street in the park. Su Yinuo's business was booming that day. At around ten o'clock in the morning, people would occasionally come down to order a bowl of spicy hot pot and eat while strolling to relax.
Su Yinuo was so busy that she felt very fulfilled. When she had some free time, she ran to the simple kitchen provided by the park at the back, rinsed the rag, got a bucket of clean water, and wiped clean the oil stains dripping from the snack cart countertop.
When she raised her eyes, she accidentally caught a glimpse of a familiar figure. The moment she caught sight of that figure, her heart trembled suddenly, but when she looked carefully again, the figure had disappeared between the buildings.
"It looks like Qin Cangye..." She muttered softly with some disappointment, turned around and walked into the kitchen with the bucket.
Qin Cangye has been living in extreme anxiety these past few days.
I kept thinking about it over and over again. I felt that something must have happened last Sunday. So, will Nuonuo come this Sunday?
Qin Cangye fell into deep worry. He planted the cactus Su Yinuo had given him in a pot and placed it on his desk. Whenever he had some free time, he would stare at the cactus, wondering if Su Yinuo would show up on Sunday.
Compared to this, Qin Cangye was not very worried about Qin Weishu's threat to him.
He knew that Qin Weishu would investigate the women he had contact with, and that Qin Weishu would use all means to make the women he cared about disappear completely, but he didn't believe that Qin Weishu could find someone he himself couldn't find.
As long as I don't rush to track down Nuoruo's identity, Nuoruo will always be safe.
He needs to acquire all the shares that may be acquired during the period when Ruoruo has not yet surfaced, increase his shareholding ratio, and win over the new generation of shareholders, so that he can compete with Qin Weishu at the critical moment.
He didn't have time to wait and see Qin Weishu off. He already had a plan in his mind to make Qin Weishu lose everything before he died!
To this end, he called his father who was on the other side of the ocean and whom he had not contacted for a long time.
"Dad, it's Mom's death anniversary this year. Will you come back?"
On the other end of the phone, after a long silence, a weak sigh came: "Come back."
Qin Cangye chatted with his father Qin Jianning for a long time. When he hung up the phone, his palms were covered in sweat.
Feeling very depressed, he looked at the cactus and eagerly wanted the girl, whose nickname he only knew, to appear in front of him immediately, to hold her in his arms, and to smell her scent to prolong his life.
He stood up and called the assistant outside the office.
"What can I do for you, Vice President?" Assistant Wang Yilu walked in and asked respectfully.
"I'm going out for a while and take care of my cactus." Qin Cangye said and walked out of the office.
Wang Yiliu, expressionless, adjusted his glasses, looked at the cactus, tilted his head, and only after Qin Cangye's figure disappeared did he reply, "Okay, Vice President."
She took out her cell phone and searched: How to care for a cactus.
As I was flipping through the pages, the alarm clock rang.
"It's time to go see the hamster," she put away her phone and walked towards Qin Cangye's suite.
Qin Cangye came to the Near East Software Park and laid his cards on the table with Li Jinmiao.
He assured Li Jinmiao that he would soon initiate the divorce with the Li family and publicly announce that all responsibility for the divorce lay with the Qin family, not the Li family. He also promised not to divest from the Li Group or her Feiyue Games and would compensate the Li Group according to the engagement agreement. However, his condition was that he and Su Yinuo would maintain a weekly meeting and dinner relationship until the divorce was successfully concluded.
The communication process was not smooth. When Qin Cangye explained his purpose, Li Jinmiao was stunned for a few seconds, and asked in confusion, "What do you mean by a relationship of meeting once and having a meal together? What exactly do you want to do with Nuoruo? If you really like her, wait until the engagement is broken off, and then take the initiative to pursue her formally. What's the point of pretending to have a meal together every week? Could it be that you, Young Master Qin, are short of a dining companion?"
Qin Cangye's face darkened. Every word Li Jinmiao spoke irritated him, like a saw slicing through his brain. Holding back his rage, he stepped forward, slamming his fingers hard on Li Jinmiao's desk. He spoke coldly, "What I want to do is none of your business. If you don't want your game project to die in its infancy, do as I say!"
Li Jinmiao met Qin Cangye's icy gaze without backing down. After Qin Cangye finished speaking, she could no longer hold back and angrily cursed, "You threaten me? Qin Cangye! How dare you threaten me? I've worked tirelessly on this project for two years. If you dare to do anything, I tell you, you can forget about canceling this marriage! Let's live in such a state of unrest for the rest of our lives! If you don't let me live well, you won't live well either! You..."
BANG!!!
Before Li Jinmiao could finish her words, Qin Cangye slammed his fist on the desk in front of her. Li Jinmiao was so frightened that her whole body trembled. Zhang Yifeng immediately blocked the attack and protected Li Jinmiao behind him.
Qin Cangye's fist smashed the signature pen that Li Jinmiao had placed on the table. The broken pen holder pierced into his flesh, and bright red blood oozed out, staining the white paper under his fist red.
Qin Cangye gritted his teeth, like a wild beast about to lose control.
After a moment, he retracted his terrifying, cannibalistic gaze, straightened up, and pulled out the plastic fragments that had pierced his flesh one by one. He threw them on Li Jinmiao's desk and said in a calm but unquestionable tone, "Just do as I say."
Then he turned around and headed towards the exit.
"Wait," Li Jinmiao was clearly losing confidence, her voice trembling as she clutched Zhang Yifeng's arm, afraid she would collapse if she wasn't careful. "Nuo Nuo said she'd see you one last time on Sunday. She's my friend, and I can't force her. So, whether you cancel the engagement or not, this Sunday is the last time."
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