Chapter 115 I won't stop you if you want to leave; we'll each rely on our own abilities.
The hand near her ear continued to lightly brush away the stray hairs, but Ji Tanyuan was more angry than afraid.
She's already rolled up her sleeves and risked her life, ready to run away abroad and start over. Why would she be afraid of this?
She knew that transferring funds was risky, but Zhong Yan's threat made her very unhappy.
Ji Tanyuan never expected that the first person to threaten her would not be Zhong Fangqi, but Zhong Yan, who still refused to allow a divorce.
She looked up. "You think I'm easily scared?"
Zhong Yanping looked at her and said, "I'm not trying to scare you, I'm telling the truth."
"Divorce is not good for you."
"Marriage doesn't seem like such a good thing after all," Ji Tanyuan said sarcastically.
“I told you I would guarantee your father would be alright,” Zhong Yan said.
Ji Tanyuan stood up, about to speak, when Zhong Yan covered her mouth. His expression was serious, and he was practically wiping his lips dry, hoping that Ji Tanyuan could see his value and not easily abandon him.
He absolutely did not want to become a bitter couple with Ji Tanyuan.
"Listen to me, or rather, let's see how things go with the Shen family first. The Ji family is currently a high-ranking but isolated company, not close to any local government. So what should we do?"
"Although everyone prioritizes their own interests, you should know that everyone is guided by policies."
"Think about it again, if your assets really shrink, how will you buy those million-dollar bags and those jade pieces worth tens of millions? Can you bear to hesitate at an auction for two hundred million because of financial problems, and then be mocked by your fake besties in a sarcastic way?"
Ji Tanyuan scoffed, "I can still work when I go back to America, why do you need to worry about it? If you're so concerned, why don't you split it in half when you get divorced?"
Zhong Yan took a deep breath. She's quite the dreamer.
Zhong Yan's face was cold:
"I only give my money to my wife, not my ex-wife."
He bent down and said patiently, "Don't you want to see islands? I'll have my lawyer collect a few with fewer typhoons and better scenery. After you choose one, you can decorate it according to your preferences. You can invite your friends over for a party."
Ji Tanyuan took a step back, unmoved, "Don't do this."
Ji Tanyuan started to shoo the guests away: "You've been working for a long time, it's your turn to calm down."
Zhong Yan's expression darkened. He straightened up, realizing that Ji Tanyuan was unyielding to both soft and hard tactics, and that he couldn't keep her.
I couldn't save this marriage.
She stood there, still in the white shirt she wore that morning, her hair perfectly styled, her makeup exquisite, but her charming smile from the past was still vivid in everyone's memory. Now, it seemed that only he was stuck in the past.
Zhong Yan's voice was low and deep, without a hint of accusation, as if he were asking for an answer he already knew:
"You have no regrets about me at all, you just want to get rid of me, is that it?"
Ji Tanyuan closed her eyes and said helplessly, "Zhong Yan, we have no future. Marriage is a matter between two families. How far has your father pushed me? Back then, the Ji family moved to Yanjing, and now we're still in the same situation, sacrificed to the power struggle."
After speaking, Ji Tanyuan looked up and stared directly at him:
"Don't give me that talk about business as it is. If everything is done business as it is, then what's the point of my marriage alliance?"
“Your father and grandfather want everything and act superior. If they had just talked to me and respected me as their daughter-in-law, I wouldn’t have broken things like this, if they had guaranteed my father’s safety.”
As Ji Tanyuan spoke, her eyes grew redder and redder. "This is the first time I, Ji Tanyuan, have ever hated a family so much that it has affected all my principles of doing things. And yet, it's my husband's family. Tell me, how can our marriage continue?"
Zhong Yan pulled her arm and hugged her tightly: "I'm not one of them."
His eyes were red as he lowered his head and nestled against her shoulder and neck. "You can hate them, and I hate them too, but you can't give up our marriage."
"I never thought I would fall in love with you, I never expected it." Zhong Yan couldn't tell whether he felt resentment or regret at this moment.
She resented her father or regretted her past lack of commitment to Ji Tanyuan.
His father arranged a marriage for him, but it also ruined it. He fell in love with the woman, but it was too late. Or rather, their marriage was complicated by too many other things, and whether he liked her or not was not a standard for measuring the continuation of the marriage.
It's not about interests, but about mutual benefits; they are bound together by mutual interests.
Ji Tanyuan opened her mouth, but her hands clenched tightly, unable to utter another word.
Zhong Yan's hand remained pressed tightly against her back, refusing to let go, and stayed there quietly for a long time.
The pressure from those hands was so intense it felt like they wanted to pull Ji Tanyuan into their embrace. The pain came at the same time as their tender embrace. Ji Tanyuan's muffled voice rang out, "I don't want to continue."
In such a vortex, Zhong Fangqi would definitely sacrifice the Ji family to ensure their continued prosperity; it would be better to cut his losses in time.
Zhong Yan: "You still don't believe me, do you?"
He released her, and Zhong Yan smiled. "It's okay, I mean what I say, but divorce is out of the question. I won't stop you if you want to divorce, we'll each rely on our own abilities."
He then turned and left, leaving Ji Tanyuan standing blankly in front of the table, watching him go.
She sat down on the stool, exhausted, looking at the food in front of her.
She reached for her fork, speared a large piece of beef, and stuffed it into her mouth, then took a big gulp of red wine.
After finishing the whole steak, Ji Tanyuan went to the lounge to touch up her makeup, and when she came out, there was no sign of anything unusual.
The secretary asked, "There are two meetings this afternoon, is your situation okay?"
Ji Tanyuan nodded. "Where is the chairman?"
Secretary: "The chairman and his wife have left, saying they will be back tonight."
Ji Tanyuan hummed in agreement, "I understand."
The secretary continued, "President Lu asked me to tell you that all company collaborations are generally going smoothly."
Ji Tanyuan nodded, "Continue."
After the secretary finished speaking, she added, "Attorney Qin just said that your divorce case will be handled by Attorney Chen Hanwen, and Attorney Qin is worried that he might not be able to handle it well."
After all, the other party's legal team had a perfect record, while she was just a rising star. Although it was a great opportunity, there was no need to use her best friend's marriage as a stepping stone.
Ji Tanyuan nodded and said, "Okay."
After the secretary finished speaking, she left.
Ji Tanyuan had just returned Zhang Zhang's call when he answered instantly, as if he had been waiting for it.
"Are you alright now?"
Ji Tanyuan laughed, "What could possibly happen?"
Zhang Zhang breathed a sigh of relief. "You guys are really fighting gods. Lan Fengsheng said his family is destined to be cannon fodder, which shows how awesome you are, Ji Huanghuang."
Ji Tanyuan tried to find humor in her predicament: "Your sister and I are the first one, right?"
She heard a sigh coming from the other end of the line. She and Ji Tanyuan had been friends for thirteen years, and she could tell what Ji Tanyuan was feeling just by how long her sigh was.
"I can't bear to part with it."
Ji Tanyuan lowered her eyes: "No."
"It's normal to be reluctant. It's perfectly normal for a heterosexual like men. I think Zhong Yan is handsome, rich, and a real gem. If I had someone like him, I would spend a lot of money to promote him."
Ji Tanyuan chuckled, "Really?"
"Of course! I never hold back my affection."
Ji Tanyuan chuckled, "Of course you wouldn't, you're so loving."
Zhang Zhang was shocked. "How could that be? I am only sincere to you. No one else can compare to a single finger of my princess. Men are just for my amusement."
Ji Tanyuan was speechless. "Can't you be serious for once?"
Zhang Zhang said with a smile, "I'm so happy! You can finally go back to Shanghai. Heaven knows how much we regret that we're missing one player for mahjong when you're gone."
"Now we're actually short two people, because that brat Qin Yini is in Hong Kong now."
Ji Tanyuan chatted for a few minutes and then hung up the phone. She put down her phone and felt much more relaxed.
At 6 p.m., the Shanghai branch of the China Securities Regulatory Commission called and asked the Ji Group to send a representative to a meeting. The only difference between sending a representative and sending a representative was the name Ji Tanyuan.
Criticism shouldn't be done by sending someone else; of course, you have to be there in person.
Ji Tanyuan touched up her makeup, grabbed her coat, and went out.
However, upon arriving at the location, she discovered that it was a meeting held solely by herself.
They didn't call Zhong Yan. Ji Tanyuan looked up at the people present.
Sinking dust in the west.
The man in the white shirt, like a refined gentleman untouched by any misunderstanding, chatted with others with a gentle and jade-like smile, completely unperturbed by the situation outside, as if it weren't his own old house on fire.
It was a trap.
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