Chapter 53 Ji Tanyuan pushed the old man into the pond.
After a moment of silence, Shen Que asked, "Are you sleepwalking?"
Zhongheng Group is doing just fine, why is it being moved?
Zhong Yan smiled and said, "It's the principle of not putting all your eggs in one basket."
"Have the finance department organize the balance sheet and other data. Once I return from my business trip, I will set up a team to revitalize existing assets and conduct asset swaps through investment funds."
Chen Que said in a deep voice, "If it's because of your wife, I advise you to think twice."
Zhong Yan clicked his tongue: "I've thought it over three hundred times, President Shen. Zhong Heng Group is tied to the Zhong family, and there's a risk of it collapsing. Before that happens, let's build another nest."
"I'll go on the business trip for you. Think of some good solutions."
Shen Que: "What? You're replacing me?"
"right."
"What triggered you to take on this business trip on your own initiative?"
Zhong Yan: "Ji Tanyuan finds me annoying, so I won't bother her anymore."
They both remained silent; she returned to Hujiang, and he went on a business trip.
After a moment of silence, Shen Que still advised, "That's how marriage is. No matter how capable you are, you can't sort things out when it comes to the mundane details of family life."
Zhong Yan remembered that he was divorced. "Really? So you couldn't sort things out and got divorced?"
His response was that the phone was hung up.
Zhong Yan is away on a business trip, and Ji Tanyuan is also planning to return to Shanghai for a meeting.
She just arranged for Puppy to leave two days later.
But in the last two days, something happened.
Before Ji Tanyuan left, she was stopped by Old Master Zhong.
The autumn wind was chilly, so she went to the pond in the Zhong family's back garden where they fished.
An old man was sitting there fishing, seemingly unaffected by the cold wind.
But Ji Tanyuan had delicate skin, and her face hurt from being scratched.
Her high heels clicked crisply on the ground as she stood behind the old man fishing and called out, "Grandpa."
The old man hummed in agreement.
"You're going to Hujiang?"
"I plan to go back."
Ji Tanyuan's face was pale from the wind, and there was no hint of a smile on her face. Her hair was neatly combed into a low bun, making her look capable and efficient.
“There are some things that Ayan can’t tell you, and you won’t listen to your mother-in-law even if she does. But you have to know that you married into the Zhong family. You can’t use your status as Mrs. Zhong to do things for the Ji family and then shirk your responsibilities.”
Ji Tanyuan smiled and said, "I think you've misunderstood. This is what I deserve, after all, I've also paid a price."
The old man snorted and raised his chin. "See the fish inside? They can't escape. Your father is a businessman, and his history of making his fortune can't stand scrutiny. Choosing the Zhong family is the best way to get out of this mess. This way, you can get the acquisition price and still live peacefully as Mrs. Zhong."
"Is that so? Even if they are fish, they are not yours." Ji Tanyuan looked at the fishpond.
Ji Tanyuan knew that he wanted her to agree to sell part of the Ji family's companies to achieve the most beneficial resource integration, but this would not benefit her much, but would greatly benefit the Zhong family.
"The Zhong family must all unite. Are you trying to kick us while we're down?"
Ji Tanyuan's voice was cold: "Isn't it you who wants to devour me?"
Ji Tanyuan didn't expect them to come so quickly. Just when Zidian Technology had achieved some success, they showed their fangs.
Did Zhong Yan leave on purpose?
Grandpa Zhong twirled the fishing line. "This is already considered mild. Do you want to experience the same path of being on the verge of bankruptcy, having nowhere else to turn, and being forcibly acquired?"
Ji Tanyuan lowered her head, smiled faintly, and said in a low voice, "Yes, now that the Zhong family has entered the southern market, they no longer need the Ji family. Can't they just acquire things whenever they want? For this, they're disregarding their marital relationship. Which of us is the one who's using someone else's resources and then abandoning them?"
Grandpa Zhong never expected that a normally gentle person would be so aggressive.
"That's why I said this is the best way. By accepting the merger, your shares in Zhongheng will increase, and you might even be on par with Ayan. This is not treating you unfairly."
Ji Tanyuan was speechless: "My surname is Ji, Elder Zhong. I only entered into this marriage for the sake of the Ji Group. How could you forget the original intentions of our two families?"
After saying that, she really didn't want to stay there anymore. It was a waste of time to talk to someone who didn't see eye to eye. What an annoying elderly couple.
Halfway there, Ji Tanyuan answered the phone. Qi Fu was crying and shouting on the other end, and Ji Tanyuan felt inexplicably panicked.
"Qi Fu, don't panic, tell me, what's wrong?"
"My puppy has been stolen! What should I do? I can't catch up with him."
Ji Tanyuan staggered a few steps, but still comforted her, "It's alright, are you hurt?"
She could hear the noise on the other end, and sure enough, Qi Fu said, "My leg is injured too, I can't move at all, so I can only call you."
Ji Tanyuan: "Take good care of yourself first, don't worry."
Qi Fu's voice, choked with sobs and carried on the wind, came through the whistling wind. She felt a mix of guilt and fear; she couldn't afford to compensate someone else for their pet. "I'm sorry, I..."
"It's okay, as long as you're not hurt. Make sure you're safe first. Puppy, don't worry, I don't blame you. She has a tracking chip inside her."
"Go to the hospital first." Ji Tanyuan hung up the phone without waiting for a reply. Her hand holding the phone was trembling slightly. It was too cold, even though she was wearing a cashmere coat.
She opened the location app, and her cute little dog avatar slowly moved across the map.
Ji Tanyuan breathed a sigh of relief, relieved that it could be moved.
It's no wonder Ji Tanyuan was overthinking things. The threat she had just made was still fresh in her mind, the goosebumps on her back hadn't subsided, and her rapidly beating heart rate was still slowly decreasing.
Such a family is indeed a level of social standing that ordinary people cannot reach; it is terrifyingly high.
She turned back, avoiding Zhong Jing who was returning. Zhong Jing was surprised for a moment when he saw Ji Tanyuan's pale face.
She wore a long, Audrey Hepburn-style fitted black coat, buttoned up to her neck, with a semi-high collar. A few strands of her hair were blown by the wind and fell across her forehead. The only bright spot was her red lips. She was calm and aloof.
She walked towards the old man with a cold expression.
The old man wasn't surprised that Ji Tanyuan had returned; it seemed he had expected her to come back.
“I used to think that I was young and could just put up with it. After all, you are an elder and have social prestige and high moral standing. I should respect you. But after getting to know you, I realized that I am well-mannered, but you are not.”
Ji Tanyuan sneered as she said this, her expression indifferent as she looked down at him. "I can't hear a word you say to me. I just feel that you smell more like a decaying old man than a Qing Dynasty official."
She took a few steps forward, squatted down, gripped the fishing rod, and said softly, "I really don't know how to argue, but I still want to say something to you."
"Old Zhong, the saying 'To be old and not die is to be a thief' is tailor-made for you!"
"You want to warn me with a dog? You want to tell me that it's easy for you to make the people around me disappear? But you forgot, we're family now. When conflicts arise, it's a family scandal."
As soon as she finished speaking, the hand holding the fishing rod pulled towards the pond, and Ji Tanyuan stood up and pushed him hard, thus pushing the old man into the pond.
She stepped back a few paces to avoid getting splashed.
She coldly watched the people struggling in the pond, like a beautiful ghost seeking death.
Immediately afterwards, a figure jumped into the pond.
She turned and left without even looking.
Ji Tanyuan pushed the old man into the pond and left without any trouble.
The Zhong family members were all busy rescuing people.
In the hospital
The doctor came out and said, "It's a lung infection; you'll need a long period of rest."
Zhong Fangqi's face was grim.
Where is Ji Tanyuan?!
Zhong Jing pursed her lips, hoping that Zhong Yan would come back soon.
Zhong Jing said, "She went to find the dog. Grandpa only wanted to warn Tan Yuan to have her dog taken away. He didn't intend to hurt her. Tan Yuan may have misunderstood."
Zhong Fangqi took a deep breath. "For a dog? She's planning to kill the old man?"
"Perhaps she was extremely angry, and the servant was injured while chasing the dog."
Zhong Fangqi's face flushed red and then turned pale. "Has your grandfather gone mad?"
Then he remembered something else: "What about the security cameras!"
It cannot fall into the hands of outsiders, and this scandal cannot be allowed to spread, but it also cannot be absent.
At this moment, the butler led people in and said in a low voice, "We're too late. The surveillance footage was hacked and deleted by Young Master Zhong Yan's people."
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