Phoenix Restaurant on the thirteenth floor.
After Fu Jianzhi and his group went inside, they were led to a private room, where they finally had a quiet place to discuss their business.
Before Ruan Chen could speak, Xu Qingjing took a document from the butler and handed it to Ruan Chen.
Ruan Chen flipped through the document and glanced at it, somewhat surprised. "Your Xu family reacted so quickly?"
Xu Qingjing sat upright in his wheelchair. "Let's put aside the matter of Yu Wanqing scheming against my Xu family for now. The Ruan family also played a part in my brother's years of imprisonment and scheming against me. Although it has nothing to do with the Ruan family's eldest branch, the Ruan family ultimately benefited from it."
Ruan Chen casually asked, "What did the Ruan family do?"
"By seniority, he should be your uncle. His branch of the family made a deal with my brother, using their pharmaceutical company as a cover to smuggle prohibited drugs from abroad. In return, my brother used his overseas company to launder money for your uncle. This time, the investigation was uncovered along with the clues, but the Ruan family's scandal was suppressed by your eldest branch."
Ruan Chen quickly finished reading the document, closed it, and asked, "According to your arrangements, the Xu family must have suffered significant losses as well."
"Unlike the Ruan family, for example, the moat renovation project in the west of the city was spearheaded by the Ruan family. At most, the Xu family's withdrawal of investment and personnel would only result in them paying the Ruan family a portion of the breach of contract penalty. However, the Ruan family would have to bear a considerable amount of lost wages alone. Moreover, given the Ruan family's current situation, it will be difficult for them to find a partner in Jingzhou in the short term."
"According to our insiders within the Ruan Group, the top-floor server room of the Ruan Group exploded this morning, damaging hundreds of terabytes of data. It will take at least a month to restore it, and during this month, many projects under the Ruan family will be in a semi-shutdown state."
"The current situation is that not only our Xu family, but also the Yu family, the Jun family, and the Song family are all openly and secretly trying to snatch the cake from the Ruan Group. Even the Ye family, which has maintained a cooperative relationship with the Ruan family for more than ten years, has basically turned against the Ruan family completely."
At this point, Xu Qingjing glanced at Fu Jianzhi, who was playing games on his tablet, and said, "Although the Fu family is low-key, their strength is actually comparable to the Ruan family. It's just that most of the Fu family's assets are technology, patents, and some established real estate companies, so their overall size doesn't seem as large as the Ruan family's. I heard that the Fu family reacted the fastest this time, selling two-thirds of their Ruan Group shares as soon as the market opened this morning—before the Ruan Group bombing incident happened."
Fu Jianzhi acted as if he hadn't heard anything, took a bag of gummy candies from his bag, and leaned back on the sofa to watch anime.
They also play music outside.
"Ruan Chen, do you have any other needs? Just say so. As long as the Xu family can do it, they will definitely agree."
As soon as Xu Qingjing said that, Fu Jianzhi turned down the volume on the speaker and looked up at the two who were getting along very well.
His gaze lingered for a few seconds on Xu Qingjing's face, who was intently watching Ruan Chen.
Ruan Chen could tell that Xu Qingjing had officially entered the Xu family's decision-making level, since he was the only son in the Xu family at the moment.
“This is already enough to give Ruan Zhengde a headache for a while. If I push him too far, I’m afraid he’ll do something desperate.”
Seeing that it was almost time, Ruan Chen chatted casually with Xu Qingjing for a while, then called out to Fu Jianzhi, "Jianzhi, shall we go? Aren't you going to watch MOOCs tonight?"
Although Xu Qingjing was very curious about the relationship between Ruan Chen and the mysterious young master of the Fu family, he did not ask.
As soon as the three of them reached the restaurant entrance, they saw the people waiting at the door.
Ruan Yunhan.
She was actually standing right at the restaurant entrance.
Because she didn't have an appointment, Ruan Yunhan couldn't get in. She told the waiter that she had something to discuss with the young master of the Fu family, but the waiter treated her as someone with ulterior motives and left her standing at the door.
When had Ruan Yunhan ever suffered such humiliation? She stood in the bustling hall for a few minutes, unable to bear the stares and whispers of passersby any longer, and turned to leave.
But when she turned around, she saw Su Jin standing by the window—just a few hours ago he was the perfect boyfriend, but now he looked like a demon, coldly staring at Ruan Yunhan standing at the restaurant entrance, intentionally or unintentionally slapping his hand in mid-air, and then waving his phone at Ruan Yunhan, as if hinting at something.
Ruan Yunhan bit her lip in embarrassment.
She stood at the restaurant entrance for what felt like an hour, wearing a luxurious and exquisite evening gown and delicate high heels, her calves aching as if they were cramping.
Ruan Yunhan herself has a very outstanding temperament, and coupled with the outfit she specially chose for today's candlelight dinner with Su Jin, she was very eye-catching standing at the entrance of the Phoenix Restaurant, a place frequented by the upper class.
Someone recognized her and whispered curiously about what the eldest daughter of the Ruan family was doing.
Some people linked her presence here to the bombing of the Nguyen Group this morning. "Could it be that she's trying to curry favor with someone on behalf of her father? I heard that the Nguyen Group is currently in dire straits, and several families are making big moves."
"It can't be that bad. Although the Ruan family has a shallow foundation, they have been the richest family for so many years. They wouldn't push their daughter out of the picture over such a small storm, would they?"
"How could it not be? The Ruan family had previously wanted to give their second daughter to the Xu family in exchange for a project, but who knew that girl had a fiery temper and exposed the matter in public."
Su Jin listened from afar, and indeed, it was the style of a nouveau riche.
He had already investigated Ruan Yunhan's affairs thoroughly, including her time abroad before she was seventeen, the scandals she caused at Huating Public School after returning to China, her brother who fled to the United States, and her mother who was accused of murder and imprisoned.
Strangely, all of this seemed to be inextricably linked to the second daughter of the Ruan family, but upon closer investigation, he could not find any information about Ruan Chen.
In addition to information on awards received in academic competitions.
He seems to be just an ordinary high-achieving student.
But if she were really that ordinary, how could she be with the heir of the Xu family, with the young master of the Fu family who had been hidden away for so many years by her side?
There was also the "voyeurism scandal" that caused a stir online some time ago, involving Ruan Chen and Fu Lin. However, the hype only lasted for one day, and all related information was blocked from the internet the next day, as if it had never happened.
This is absolutely not something that the Ruan family or the Fu family alone could accomplish.
Despite the pointing and whispering of passersby, Ruan Yunhan finally saw Ruan Chen and the other two walking out of Fengming Restaurant, chatting and laughing.
She clutched her exquisite platinum handbag, her heart filled with humiliation.
But then he remembered the photos of himself in alluring poses in Su Jin's hands, his sinister, viper-like gaze, and the crisp, stinging slap on his face...
Ruan Yunhan took a deep breath, walked over, bowed, and said humbly, "Young Master Fu, I was very offensive tonight, please forgive me."
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