It's inappropriate to say that you only realized it after the fact.
"They're no longer lovers," Song Nuan's face flushed slightly, feeling somewhat embarrassed. Fortunately, they were far enough away that Lu Ziyang couldn't see her awkwardness.
Lu Ziyang: "I have important business to attend to."
His tone was unusually serious, and his voice was cold.
Song Nuan put away her playful mood and opened the door to let him in.
She had just finished showering and was only wearing a bath towel. When Song Zhiren came, she rushed to open the door and didn't have time to change.
Perhaps because the two had had so much intimate contact, Song Nuan didn't feel awkward facing him while wrapped in a bath towel.
Lu Ziyang was wearing a suit, which made her look a bit out of place.
After pouring him some water, Song Nuan asked, "How did you know I lived here?"
“I followed Song Zhiren here.”
Song Nuan: "..."
She tugged at the corner of her lips and changed the subject: "What important matter?"
"Did Song Zhiren ask you for shares?"
Song Nuan nodded, guessing that the Song family must have held a shareholders' meeting, otherwise he wouldn't have arrived so coincidentally after Song Zhiren, and would have known what Song Zhiren had said to her.
"I didn't give it to them. What happened to the Song family?"
Lu Ziyang briefly explained the situation to her.
Song Nuan remained silent.
“The Song family business was already struggling, and now it’s suffered a huge loss. I’ve heard rumors that many shareholders are considering withdrawing their investment,” Lu Ziyang said calmly.
“Once the investment is withdrawn, the Song family will not be far from declaring bankruptcy.”
Song Zhiren feared that the shareholders would support Song Nuan's rise to power.
However, the real crisis for the Song family was never a change of ownership, but bankruptcy.
Unfortunately, Song Zhiren couldn't understand it.
Song Nuan looked at him calmly.
The man was composed, his features were still handsome, but his demeanor had changed.
The former sinister charm was gone from his eyes and brows.
Instead, she was cold, solemn, and had a very steady demeanor. The way she looked at him... was like the disdain of a superior towards an inferior, as if it were something she was born with.
Song Nuan was unusually clear-headed. "You are the shareholder of Song's Group, not me. What are you trying to say by telling me all this?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Ziyang smiled faintly.
The curve is very shallow.
"Don't you know what I'm trying to say?" he retorted.
"Speak your mind."
Lu Ziyang said, "Song Nuan, I can solve the current problems of the Song family, if you want to. If I don't solve them, you can only give up shares, otherwise the shareholders cannot be appeased, and once they withdraw their investment, the Song family will have no way out."
The air was silent for about ten seconds.
Song Nuan was thinking.
Consider the credibility of what Lu Ziyang said.
Consider why he underwent such an astonishing transformation in such a short period of time.
A lawyer who is so adept at managing a large enterprise, even seeing things that Song Zhiren cannot, and thinking further ahead than Song Zhiren.
After an unknown amount of time, Song Nuan asked calmly, "What do you want to do?"
"Do you believe me?" he asked instead of answering.
Song Nuan smiled. "Which aspect are you referring to? Your abilities? Or you as a person?"
After a few seconds of silence, Lu Ziyang said, "My method isn't exactly ethical, but it's absolutely legal. Seven days. After seven days, I guarantee the shareholders won't cause any trouble."
"What do you want?" Song Nuan asked.
There is no such thing as a free lunch.
Lu Ziyang smiled faintly, "You have to grant me one request, but I'll owe you one for now."
"……OK."
Once in the car, Lu Ziyang dialed a number.
He ordered in a deep voice, "The collected evidence can be released now. Take action separately, and don't get discovered."
"clear."
The following day at noon, at the Song family's residence.
Song Zhiren came out of the kitchen carrying a clay pot.
"Here, Xue'er, this is your favorite soup. Dad hasn't made it in a long time. Try it and see how it tastes." Song Zhiren looked at Song Ningxue with a kind expression and ladled a bowl of soup for her.
Song Ningxue took a bite. "It tastes just like before, Dad, you're so good to me!"
Song Zhiren smiled and said, "I'm glad you like it."
As he spoke, he served Zhou Min a bowl as well.
She thanked him, knowing that Song Zhiren's kindness was not unfounded, and casually asked, "Zhiren, what brings you here all of a sudden? Is everything alright at the company?"
Song Zhiren's smile froze on his face.
He sighed and groaned.
Seeing this, Zhou Min's heart skipped a beat, realizing that something had happened to the Song family. She exchanged a glance with Song Ningxue.
Song Ningxue asked, "Dad, is something wrong at the company?"
Song Zhiren looked worried. "Xie Lingyu signed several contracts with Li Shengwei in private. Li Shengwei was arrested, and Shenwei said they couldn't pay up. The shareholders are unhappy about this."
"What can we do?" Song Ningxue scoffed. "In business, there's no such thing as a sure thing."
Song Zhiren glanced at her.
"But they think that if they hand the company over to Song Nuan, they can make a profit without any risk."
"What?!"
Song Ningxue slammed down her chopsticks and angrily said, "Have they all forgotten the mess Song Nuan made when she joined the media department? Are they out of their minds? They actually want her to inherit the company!"
Zhou Min gave her a warning look.
Song Ningxue gritted her teeth, suppressed her temper, and sat back down.
"Dad, you absolutely can't listen to them. If they give the company to Song Nuan, we're all finished." Song Ningxue hugged his arm and pleaded softly.
"Of course I know I can't hand it over to her, but what can I do?" Song Zhiren said irritably. "All the shareholders want her back, what's the use of me being the only one who's against it?"
Zhou Min asked, "Is there absolutely no other way?"
She knew in her heart that the fact that Song Zhiren mentioned it in front of them proved that things had not yet reached a dead end.
But this path to survival...
We may need to ask them, mother and daughter, for help.
As she expected, Song Zhiren said, "It's not that there's no way. I promised the shareholders I'd give them an extra 2% of the shares, but I don't have enough shares myself..."
Song Ningxue understood his implied meaning and coldly released his hand.
She does not own any shares.
Therefore, what Song Zhiren wanted was the shares held by Zhou Min.
Zhou Min seemed relatively calm, speaking gently, "Zhi Ren, I only have 8% of the shares. Do you want me to give you all of them? I remember Song Nuan has 40% of the shares with you, right? Besides, you haven't given Xue'er the shares you promised. Are you trying to swallow everything that belongs to us, mother and daughter?"
Song Ningxue glared at him.
“How could that be?” Song Zhiren denied.
Zhou Min smiled and said, "I knew you wouldn't mistreat my daughter and me. Song Nuan has a lot of shares, so just ask her for half, 20% will do. She won't refuse, after all, you're her father."
Speaking of this, Song Zhiren's face turned extremely sour.
Yes, he is Song Nuan's biological father, who gave birth to her and raised her. But when his family was in trouble and he asked her for help, he was turned away!
Song Zhiren was furious, but he couldn't show it.
If Zhou Min finds out that he went to see Song Nuan and was rejected by her, it will be even more difficult for him to get anything from her.
He said, "The will is written. The shares are only temporarily held by me. I have no right to use them, and neither does Song Nuan. They can only be used after she inherits the Song family business."
This means that no one can touch these shares.
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