As soon as Xia Pei stepped into the Xia family's gate, Xia Lanjiao grabbed a broom and started hitting him all over the head. "You good-for-nothing, you worthless bastard! You locked up your own mother and gave 50% of Xia's shares to that old hag! What else are you incapable of doing!"
Xia Pei snatched the broom from Xia Lanjiao's hand and threw it on the ground. "The old lady has gone mad! Why aren't you grabbing her? What are you all standing there for?"
The servants, who had been stunned by what they saw, finally came to their senses and quickly restrained Xia Lanjiao.
Xia Pei looked at his mother with a gloomy face. "Mom, do you know how capable that sixth grandson of your aunt is? He is a world-renowned master architect. His income alone is equivalent to several years of profits for your Xia Group."
Not to mention that his fourth grandson is a legendary captain who received a first-class merit award from the state.
His grandson is the richest man in China!
Do you think they care about your lousy 50% stake in the Xia family?
"Let me tell you, the Xia family is being suppressed by the Su family. Suppliers and partners are besieging them from both sides. If Aunt doesn't take over the shares, the Xia family will be finished. There will be no more Xia family in this world."
You might as well come with us and starve!
Xia Lanjiao, who was furious because Xia Pei had the servants restrain her, suddenly collapsed onto the sofa.
"How is that possible? Su Yiqing already knows that that old bitch isn't his biological grandmother, so why is he still helping her?"
And didn't you say that her fourth grandson is a captain who made a mistake and is about to be fired by the airline, and her sixth grandson is just a contractor?
How come now... how come...?"
After all, she was his biological mother. Seeing Xia Lanjiao's distraught appearance, Xia Pei softened his tone. "Mom, please listen to your son this time. Don't go against your aunt anymore. Things aren't like they were fifty years ago."
My aunt's family is not what it used to be. If you keep acting like this, our whole family will be ruined.
Seeing that her husband had finally stood up for himself and silenced the old woman, Feng Qiao was overjoyed.
She swayed her hips as she walked to Xia Pei's side and asked expectantly, "How's it going, honey? Did Auntie accept the shares?"
Xia Pei shook his head. "No, Auntie tore up the share transfer agreement."
I plan to prepare more gifts, a generous present for each member of the Su and Xiao families.
Xia Lanjiao, who was in a daze, woke up when she heard these words. Her face turned as black as the bottom of a pot. "What? You gave that family a gift?"
No, absolutely not!
Xia Pei, let me tell you, if you still want to send gifts to curry favor with that family today, you'll only succeed if I'm dead!
Xia Pei frowned, about to get angry, but Feng Qiao gave him a wink and said to Xia Lanjiao, "Mom, we need to think about things from a longer-term perspective."
Didn't you want Mengmeng to marry into the Su family before? Look at how estranged our family is from Auntie now, how can Mengmeng possibly enter the Su family?
You have to feed the fish before you can fish! Let's send them some gifts first, and once things have improved, let's not talk about marriage yet, just treat it as visiting relatives.
Mengmeng has been the most prestigious socialite in Beijing since she was a child, personally raised by you. As long as Su Yiqing is no longer wary of her, she will have the opportunity to get in touch with him. Are you afraid that you won't be able to hook Su Yiqing?
"Once Mengmeng marries Su Yiqing, everything we're giving away now will eventually be ours, won't it?"
Xia Lanjiao gritted her teeth with a pained expression, but was eventually persuaded and agreed, "Fine, I don't care anymore, you can deliver it if you want!"
But you need to make it clear to Mengmeng that after she marries into the family, all these things our family gave us must be returned to me. If even one thing is missing, I won't let her off the hook!
"Yes, yes, Mengmeng has always listened to you the most since she was little. If you give the order, she certainly wouldn't dare to disobey," Feng Qiao quickly coaxed Xia Lanjiao.
After the maid led Xia Lanjiao upstairs, Feng Qiao's expression immediately changed. "Xia Pei, let me tell you, if your mother doesn't know what's good for her, we'll have to send her to a nursing home!"
Xia Pei's expression was also very unpleasant. "You're still thinking about marrying Mengmeng off to Su Yiqing?"
Feng Qiao's eyes flickered for a moment. "We can talk about marriage later. The most important thing now is to get through the company's crisis first, and then get back on track with your aunt and the others."
Xia Pei didn't dwell on whether his daughter should get married or not. The Xia family was in dire straits, and he couldn't care less about such matters.
"By the way, didn't some rich kid give Mengmeng a painting by some contemporary Van Gogh? Have Mengmeng find it, and I'll give it to the painter in the Xiao family."
"Then go find the century-old ginseng and large lingzhi mushroom that Old Master Chen gave us for the old lady's birthday, and give them to the second son of the Xiao family..."
Hearing Xia Pei's arrangements, Feng Qiao also looked pained.
The century-old ginseng and large Ganoderma lucidum are worth several million, as is the painting by the artist Xiumu, who is hailed as the contemporary Van Gogh. It is said that the painting was auctioned for tens of millions of yuan recently.
This is the only living painter whose paintings are worth such a high price.
If this painting had been left until after the artist's death, who knows how much it would have been worth.
Even though she felt heartbroken and reluctant, Feng Qiao understood the principle that you can't catch a wolf without risking your cub.
She went to find what Xia Pei wanted.
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After seeing the reporters off, the Su family returned to the living room.
Grandma held Xiao Ruanruan in her arms, held Su Yiqing's hand, her eyes were still a little red, and her voice was a little choked as she said, "Forty-two years ago, on my father's seventieth birthday, I was too young at the time, and I still wanted to have a relative from my maternal family, so I brought your grandfather back to celebrate my father's birthday."
Unexpectedly, they were kicked out before they could even enter the Xia family's gate.
Although I couldn't attend the birthday celebration, I found a beautifully sculpted little girl outside the Xia family's gate. She looked exactly like Xiao Ruanruan now, and it was heartbreaking to see her at first glance..."
As Grandma spoke, she couldn't help but hug Little Ruanruan and shed tears.
Little Ruanruan gently wiped away her grandmother's tears with her soft, milky-white hands. "Grandma, don't cry. Mommy is gone, but Ruanruan is still here. Ruanruan will stay with Grandma, take care of Grandma, and be filial to Grandma."
Grandma hugged Xiaoruan even tighter, "Xiaoruan, you're such a good girl..."
Grandpa patted Grandma's back to help her catch her breath. Seeing that Grandma was choking up and couldn't continue, he said, "Your grandma and I asked around to see if anyone had lost a child. We also reported it to the police and asked them to help Ningning find her family, but in the end, we didn't get any results."
We decided to adopt Ningning ourselves and bring her back to Chongqing.
Ningning was young at the time, and when she grew up, she had no idea that she was adopted by us. We didn't tell her because we didn't want her to find out the truth and leave us to look for her biological parents.
Little did I know that this concealment would mean I'd never have the chance to tell anyone again.
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