Chapter 109 I often feel like I must have blown up the Earth in my past life to have met so many weirdos in this one.
Zhong Shuqing had never been so angry before. Zhong Yan was being dishonest, and Ji Tanyuan was being dishonest too.
He wasn't even as angry as he was now when Ji Tanyuan suddenly went crazy last time.
Two people can make such a huge mess; they might as well go home and be good-for-nothings.
“You, now, come back here and call me Ji Tanyuan.”
Zhong Yan walked outside and stood in the corridor, somewhat speechless: "Do you think that's possible?"
After such an incident, how could Ji Tanyuan possibly abandon the Ji family and return to Yanjing?
“Zhong Yan, I’m saying this one last time, or you two will be out of a job and get out of here.”
"Are you sure? Grandpa, we're family."
"Family? Family members undermining each other outside?"
Zhong Yan smiled and said, "You guys knew about this too?"
"When you attacked the Ji family behind my back, did you ever consider my situation?"
"You call this taking action? Ji Qing will be fine, how could I let something happen to the Ji family and affect the Zhong family?"
Actually, this was already Mr. Zhong taking a step back and speaking in a way that could be considered an explanation.
But Zhong Yan knew this wasn't a matter of explaining or not explaining.
We'll see.
Seeing that he wouldn't listen, Zhong Shuqing said in a deep voice, "What do you mean 'say again'? I already know about Dingkun Capital. Ayan, I can overlook family matters, but you know that I can make her disappear if it threatens the family's interests."
Zhong Yan remained silent, then said with a hint of self-deprecation, "You're so powerful, yet you always seem to target me."
"Perhaps you can look forward to the possibility that she would rather give up all benefits than divorce me. After the divorce, you won't have to worry about her status as the daughter-in-law of the Zhong family."
"What?"
Before he could finish speaking, Zhong Yan received another call on his phone.
Zhong Yan took it down and saw that it was her father's.
He was getting impatient. "I'm hanging up now, my dad's calling."
He used this excuse to hang up on his grandfather and answered Zhong Fangqi's call.
The other person's tone was also unpleasant, almost as if they were about to explode: "Tell Ji Tanyuan to shut up."
Zhong Yan was somewhat confused. "What?"
"Shut her up!" someone yelled again, as if they wanted to reach across Yanjing to shut Ji Tanyuan up.
Zhong Yan: "She was just talking to her dad. Can't you just listen quietly? What, does gossiping make you angry? It's not like it's going to get out of the way."
At this moment, Zhong Yan simply thought that Ji Tanyuan was talking to her father about some family matters, or rather, their own family matters.
But only those who were there knew how explosive the conversations in the interrogation room were; Ji Tanyuan was risking her life.
The staff monitoring inside wished they could cover their ears; they had no desire to hear about the Zhong family's affairs.
Ji Tanyuan looked at her quiet father. He had only been here for less than 24 hours, and Ji Qing was in good condition and very calm, showing no signs of being in a sorry state.
The entire interior was quiet, all upholstered in soft white, with small windows and a bright overhead light shining glaringly on the table.
The two sat facing each other. Ji Tanyuan had only been in there for less than five minutes when she felt an oppressive atmosphere. Staying there for a long time was simply a psychological ordeal.
Ji Tanyuan glanced at the surveillance cameras around her and sighed.
“The situation outside is temporarily under control. We just signed a contract with Chi Mu today, and then, you had this accident.”
At this point, Ji Tanyuan said self-deprecatingly:
"At that time, I actually had the mind to take a look at the contract again to make sure that the signature was correct and the seal was affixed."
She was only relieved after confirming the news, fearing that Yuanfeng Investment Bank might have run away.
Ji Tanyuan placed her hands on the table, clenching them together, her knuckles turning white from the tension.
She paused, as if thinking about how to begin.
Ji Qing said calmly, "That's good. Use this time to take over as acting chairman."
Ji Tanyuan: "Yes, but my uncle also went to the meeting in the middle and said he wanted to be the chairman. He said he wanted to be the acting chairman, and there were several board members with him."
"But I chased him away."
At this point, Ji Tanyuan looked up at her father to observe his reaction. Ji Qing was not surprised, as if he had expected it.
"He's not suited to be chairman; he's only good for distributing dividends."
Ji Tanyuan smiled and said, "Even if he causes me trouble at this time, you just casually say that you only need a share of the profits?"
Why should I give him a share of the profits?
“I cleaned up his messes, but he still looked down on me because I was a woman, and naturally kicked me out of the line of succession. At that time, you stood by and watched without saying a word, watching me fight back step by step. Isn’t that what you wanted to see? Watching me rise to the top through my own abilities.”
"Then I've succeeded, so Dad, please remain silent as before, okay?"
Ji Qing was stunned. "You knew all that?"
Ji Tanyuan: "I didn't know at first."
At first, Ji Tanyuan did indeed harbor resentment. She resented her father's silence regarding the conflict between her and the Ji family, leaving her to handle it herself.
But as things went on, I began to notice my father's strange behavior.
It's simply because they felt that verbal instruction from one person to another wasn't enough, so they wanted her to be tempered by experience and to learn the rules of society.
However, she still couldn't understand her father's good intentions. The emotional damage was like sand grinding against her. Even if a pearl was polished out, the sand inside the shell would still remain.
Ji Tanyuan spoke slowly:
"I understand. You just think that since I'm a girl, if I want to inherit the Ji family business, I need to psychologically rebel and surpass your authority in order to stand tall in the group and command respect. That's why you always remain silent. Should I thank you for merely remaining neutral and not helping my uncle and the others?"
Ji Qing sighed, "Huanghuang, it's not appropriate to say this now."
Ji Tanyuan scoffed; she was about to say something even more explosive.
After Ji Tanyuan finished speaking, she fell silent. The words that had just come out in a fit of pique suddenly caught in her throat.
Just as she was still pondering whether to get straight to the point, Ji Qing suddenly said:
"The Ji family is your home."
Ji Tanyuan's face turned cold. "Right? Actually, you don't need to deliberately play the opposite of me. You were never on my side in the first place. You want me to surpass you on one hand, and you also want me to follow your arrangements on the other."
On one hand, they coldly watched how much I hated my uncle and his family, urging me to gain power by suppressing them, while on the other hand, they wanted me to promise to feed my uncle in the future to pretend we were a loving family.
"Your original goal was to teach me how to manipulate the Ji family clan without breaking away from them, but why should I support them when I hate them so much? Am I crazy?"
Ji Qing: "What you should do is figure out how to make them submit."
Ji Tanyuan chuckled, then laughed speechlessly. "How interesting. What good is it for me if they submit to me? Do you think I can subdue a bunch of parasites who only know how to eat? In your eyes, my achievements are still measured by your rules, so it is you, my father, who should rebel and break free from the shackles of thought."
"Ji Tanyuan!" Ji Qing didn't care about the location anymore.
In a sense, Ji Qing is intolerant of resistance. Even though he is deliberately training Ji Tanyuan, deep down he still doesn't want Ji Tanyuan to go against him. People are contradictory. He wants Ji Tanyuan to grow, but subconsciously he wants to remain in a high position and not allow his daughter to rebel.
He is both a leader and a typical controller.
His patience had reached its limit. Perhaps he had too many things to consider, which made him lose patience: "Did you come here just to argue with me?"
The people in the listening room exchanged glances. "Are they arguing, father and daughter?"
"Don't let your guard down. They're definitely trying to confuse us and get us to carry things. Listen carefully."
The other two agreed, saying that arguing in this setting was inappropriate and seemed like a performance, implying there was more important information involved.
Ji Tanyuan took a deep breath. "I often feel like I must have blown up the earth in my past life to meet so many weirdos in this one. Before I got married, it was my uncle's family, and after I got married, it was my husband's family."
She glanced at the surveillance camera and a plan formed in her mind: "It's not enough to be feudal behind closed doors; now you're betraying me outside."
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