"Su Tan? Su Tan?" Ruan Chen was a little anxious. She knelt down and pushed her hard. "Auntie!"
Soon, Su Tan was sent to the only hospital on the deserted island.
The medical conditions here are very poor, so Ruan Chen always pays close attention to keeping warm, since even a small cold here can easily develop into pneumonia.
The medical staff spent half a day examining Su Tan, but found nothing. She seemed to be asleep, and no matter what external stimuli were applied, she would not wake up.
Ruan Chen sat by Su Tan's hospital bed for a while with a gloomy face, then got up, walked to the door and ordered, "Bring those people from the Su family to the conference room to see me."
It was a bit hot on Liuli Island today, so Ruan Chen changed into a short trench coat and shorts, showing off her long, straight legs. She walked into the conference room under the protection of a group of people.
Su Han sat at the table and smiled slightly when he saw Ruan Chen come in. He stood up and extended his hand, saying, "Miss Ruan, it's been a few days. How have you been?"
Ruan Chen didn't touch his hand, but sat down in the main seat and got straight to the point, "Su Tan is the youngest child in the Su family, how could you do such a thing?"
“Seeing A-Tan like this makes me feel bad too, but if I don’t do this, I’m afraid I’ll never get to see you again, Second Master,” Su Han spread his hands, his feigned regret seeming genuine. “Besides, A-Tan is a child of the Su family, but now she’s thinking about helping others. I think it would be better to let her sleep for a few days.”
What did you do to her?
"Don't worry, I'm just letting Atan sleep a few more days, so my sister won't make a mistake and hand over what should be our Su family's wealth to these lowly people on the island." Su Han said leisurely, "Now that Atan is unconscious, as her most trusted brother, I naturally have to help her handle her affairs. It just so happens that Atan once issued a notarized power of attorney, so I can act as her fully authorized agent."
Su Han reached out and took a document from Su Ying's hand. "Miss Ruan, please take a look."
Ruan Chen spread it out, and it was indeed so.
This is a power of attorney issued three years ago, which is indeed Su Tan's authorization to Su Han. Now there is less than a month left before the expiration date of the authorization.
“I think Su Tan probably doesn’t remember this power of attorney anymore,” Ruan Chen said, looking at some of the other clauses on it. “Three years ago, she entrusted you to handle some real estate transactions, but she never expected that you would use this power of attorney today, three years later.”
Su Han just smiled and didn't say anything.
“I’m very disappointed in the Su family.” Ruan Chen sighed. “I originally thought that my uncle, who is such a talented person, must have raised an extraordinary family. But now it seems that the Su family has Su Tan and Su Ze, as well as a scheming schemer like you.”
Su Han seemed to have excellent manners, though it was hard to tell if it was genuine or just a facade. He maintained a standard smile throughout. "Miss Ruan, I just don't understand. You are Cong Rao's child, and you have connections with our Su family. If the Su family can enter the Beijing circle and achieve a leap in strength, you can also benefit greatly. Why do you insist on interfering?"
"I don't see what I can get," Ruan Chen shook his head, looking uninterested.
Su Han's voice was low and persuasive, as if he were bewitching her, "A girl as beautiful as you, if you had the chance to go to a place like Jingzhou, a place of extravagance and debauchery, you can't imagine how many rich young men would go crazy for you. Ruan Chen, do you know that you are really beautiful, but in a place like Liuli Island, you will only be buried, and the life and death of those lowly people have nothing to do with you."
He extended his hand in an inviting gesture, "Ruan Chen, Jingzhou is the place you should live. There, your beauty will be your weapon, and you will gain unimaginable status and wealth!"
“Jingzhou…” Ruan Chen chewed on these two words, a meaningful smile appearing on his lips.
Su Han's eyes blazed with fervor. "Ruan Chen, take this wealth with you, along with your business network... You're the second-in-command of Blood Skull, and they'll welcome you. You'll become a very important figure in Jingzhou—especially since you're so young and beautiful."
Ruan Chen lowered her eyes and played with the pendant on the side of her neck. "Jingzhou...it seems that Mr. Su really longs for Jingzhou."
"That's where wealth and power converge; every ambitious person would love it!" Su Han's tone became excited, waving his arms like an orator, completely losing his previous composure.
Ruan Chen remained calm, saying, "My uncle doesn't like that place... and neither do I."
Su Han paused for a moment, "You don't love it because you've never seen Jingzhou, never witnessed the alluring power and wealth of that circle."
"Mr. Su must know the top-ranking families in Jingzhou very well?" Ruan Chen suddenly asked.
Su Han was indeed very clear about it, "The Fu family, the Yu family, the Ye family, the Xu family, the Song family, the Chen family... and of course, the Ruan family, which was glorious for decades but has recently fallen quite badly?"
His tone suddenly became uncertain.
Ruan is not a common surname.
He had never asked Ruan Chen who her father was.
But how could that be? A family like the Ruan family, which has been on the list of the richest people in China for so many years, would never allow their children to be left to wander abroad.
Ruan Chen spoke casually, looking at Su Han's expression, "My maternal grandfather and my mother in the legal sense are surnamed Ye, and my biological father—although it's disgusting, I can't deny the blood ties—is surnamed Ruan."
Su Han swallowed hard. "Ruan Zhengde and... Ye Huanhuan?!"
"You reacted quickly. It seems you really know the circles in Jingzhou very well." Now it was Ruan Chen's turn to take the lead.
The sun grew stronger, its rays shining brightly through the window. Ruan Chen squinted her beautiful eyes slightly, her pupils taking on a mysterious light amber hue in the sunlight. "Trying to use my things as a stepping stone to enter the Beijing circle? Mr. Su, unless I agree, you can forget about ever bringing your Su family into the Jingzhou circle in this lifetime."
Her tone was calm and natural, but also very confident.
Just as Su Han said, among the top ten families in Jingzhou, the Fu family is naturally a top contender. Fu Jianzhi alone would love to give the Fu family's patriarch's token to Ruan Chen to play with.
The Ye family would naturally stand behind Ruan Chen without hesitation, and Yu Xiaoya, the only heir of the Yu family, has a close relationship with Ruan Chen. As for the eldest son of the Xu family... if it weren't for Ruan Chen, the eldest son of the Xu family would be almost three years old this year.
As long as Ruan Chen is unwilling, the Su family will never be able to extend even a finger into Jingzhou in their lifetime.
Su Han felt utterly bewildered. He couldn't understand why Ruan Chen, with such a background, would mingle with a bunch of lowly people on a deserted island.
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