I Want A Lifetime With You

Chapter 519

Chapter 519 Huancheng Is An Empty Shell

Jiang Yu was not in the mood to care right now. All she knew was something that belonged to them was about to be usurped by this outsider, Shi Nuan. In the first place, she never liked Shi Nuan. Hence, in a situation like this, she jumped at the chance to go against her.

There was no way Jiang Yu was going to leave as per Shi Nuan’s request. She pointed toward Shi Nuan and scolded, “You ungrateful traitor. Huancheng belongs to the Shi family. Who do you think you are? Do you really think you can get me to leave? I am Zheng’s wife. I…”

Shi Nuan turned to look coldly at Shi Jingzheng. Her gaze was icy and hardened. Upon meeting her gaze, Shi Jingzheng was honestly taken aback by her domineering aura.

Shi Nuan smiled curtly. “Mr. Shi, is this a rule for members of the Shi family? Or is anyone allowed to come into Huancheng now?”

To be honest, Shi Nuan didn’t have much of an issue with Shi Jingzheng. She had wanted to be civil with him at least for the sake of Shi Yunsheng. However, it was clear that they didn’t hold an ounce of respect for her. Since it was so, Shi Nuan didn’t see why she had to do the same for them. Maintaining her cold expression, she said, “Mr. Shi, if you can’t bear to set aside your ego, I can be the bad guy in your stead. Zhou Zheng…” She looked toward Zhou Zheng, who immediately nodded his head. He took his phone out and made a call. Seconds later, a group of men came in. They were all dressed very neatly. Clearly, they had been very well-trained.

“Mrs. Fu.”

Jiang Hu came in and stood beside Shi Nuan. “Who dares to disrespect you?”

She smiled. “No one has disrespected me. Although I will have to trouble you to escort this group of people who have nothing to do with Huancheng out!”

Jiang Hu looked around the room. He instantly understood the situation. With a single glance, the burly men that Jiang Yu had brought with her were instantly subdued. They left obediently.

Jiang Yu was no stranger to Jiang Hu. She could feel herself trembling from fear, but at the same time she didn’t want to give in. “Hold on. Shi Nuan, what right do you have? You said I don’t belong here, but what about these people? Do they have a right to be here?”

“Of course they do. Mrs. Shi, don’t you know that I am now the largest shareholder of Huancheng? Once I become Chairman, these people will all be my assistants and bodyguards. They are here to protect me and ensure my safety. Don’t you think they should be here?”

Shi Nuan had always been a head taller than Jiang Yu. Even in flats, she was much taller than Jiang Yu when they stood face to face.

Looking down at Jiang Yu, it felt very belittling to the latter.

Since Jiang Yu was not her biological mother, and she treated her so poorly, Shi Nuan saw no reason why she had to be tolerant of her behavior any longer. After all, not everyone in this world would learn to be gratuitous. Even if Shi Nuan was kind to her, Jiang Yu would not necessarily appreciate it.

Thus, she decided it was better to just let go of her feelings for Jiang Yu, and go head-to-head with her. “Jiang Hu, please show Mrs. Shi the way out.”

“I’d like to see you try!” Jiang Yu yelled back. “Shi Nuan, I won’t let you get your way. I will expose all your motives here today. The Shi family has raised you for over twenty years. I can’t believe this is how you plan to repay us. You schemed and harmed Wei. Have all these years of her suffering not been enough for you? To take her down, you colluded with Fu Chengyan to sign her management contract.

Then, you conspired against her in secret just to get Old Master Shi’s shares. You even went so far as to anger him to death at the hospital!”

“What did you just say? I dare you to say it again!” Shi Nuan never thought that Jiang Yu would be so bold to say all this. How could she blame Shi Yunsheng’s death on me?

Shi Nuan gripped her fists tightly. She thought that Jiang Yu just hated her because of Jiang Yuan. All this while, Shi Nuan had treated Jiang Yu’s criticisms as nothing more than words of emotion that she said to make herself feel better.

However, she never expected Jiang Yu to accuse her of scheming and even killing people. If she did not stand up for herself this time, Jiang Yu would possibly get much worse.

“Jiang Yu, since you’re Granddad’s adopted daughter and my step-aunt, I will try my best to be civil with you. However, if you insist on being rude to me, I will not be afraid to hold back either.”

“Are you guys hearing this? Now that Shi Nuan has newfound power, she has become so arrogant. She won’t stop until she sees the entire Shi family being run to the ground. She’s already gotten rid of Old Master Shi. I swear she’s going to kill us all!”

Right now, Jiang Yu was yelling at the top of her lungs like some madwoman in the conference room.

Although everyone understood the situation, there were still a few that were confused and chose to believe in Jiang Yu’s words.

“Mrs. Shi has a point!”

“Indeed. Old Master Shi was doing perfectly fine. Why would he suddenly just pass away?”

“Not only that, who in their right mind would leave their inheritance to an outsider instead of their own children? Something is clearly up.”

Shi Nuan looked around the table. The shareholders were all just looking to jump to whichever side they felt would benefit them most. She looked back to Shi Jingzheng and realized he was glaring back at her. “Shi Nuan, I feel like I’ve treated you fairly well all these years. My father even more so. Tell me, why did you have to push him to the edge?”

“Mr. Shi, have you lost your mind along with your wife?” Shi Nuan raised her eyebrows. Gripping her bag, she took a deep breath. Subconsciously, she looked at Shen Shixiu. He also had his brows knitted, but he didn’t shoot her any glances.

Oddly enough, Shi Nuan didn’t feel anxious. She found a seat before taking a look at Zhou Zheng. He nodded in response. “Mrs. Shi, since you refuse to leave, perhaps it would be better if you stayed. There’s actually something I want to show you. In fact, your timing is impeccable. Now, we won’t have to explain it twice.”

“Shi Nuan, what kind of game are you playing?” Jiang Yu couldn’t tell what Shi Nuan was trying to do.

Any normal person would not be able to bear being bombarded with accusations and questions like these. However, Shi Nuan remained calm as ever. In fact, she didn’t even bother arguing with Jiang Yu. She didn’t seem to care at all.

“There’s no game being played here. Mrs. Shi, just calm down. There is no need to be so loud. Mrs. Fu is pregnant. If she gets too stressed out, it might affect the baby. If that happens, I will hold you all accountable!”

Zhou Zheng had spoken with a tone of warning. Hearing this, no one dared to talk back against him. Either way, the shareholders could tell that Shi Nuan had come prepared. Not to mention, they really wanted to know what was going on with Huancheng.

To be honest, they all sort of knew that Huancheng would fall to two very different fates in the hands of either Shi Jingzheng or Shi Nuan.

No matter how capable Shi Jingzheng was, he definitely did not have the strong support that Shi Nuan had behind her. However, if they decided to intervene, then it would be a different story.

Seeing that everyone had finally settled down, Shi Nuan gestured for Zhou Zheng to begin.

Zhou Zheng straightened the tie around his neck. In no hurry, he took out a stack of documents. “Everyone, take a look at this. This is the overall condition of how Huancheng has been doing. Our time is limited today, so I won’t be able to go through each and every document in detail. However, I’m sure you are all smart enough to understand what’s going on after taking a look at the documents.”

A copy of the documents was passed down to each shareholder. Shi Jingzheng was given one too. The moment he saw the first page, his expression turned ugly. With shaky hands, he flipped through the pages. The more he read, the faster his heart started to pound.

Throwing the document down, his face was pale. However, he suppressed his fear and slammed his hand down on the conference table. “What is the meaning of all this? Did you fabricate this thinking we would fall for your tricks?”

“Are you sure it’s fabricated?” In contrast to Shi Jingzheng’s attitude, Zhou Zheng appeared much more at ease. He stared at Shi Jingzheng coldly, “Mr. Shi, this document is based on factual data. For example, let’s take a look at this first page. Three years ago, Huancheng had supposedly invested one hundred million into a project in Fairlake. However, where have the profits gone?”

“Nonsense. This is Huancheng’s internal data. How did you get your hands on this? You’ve stolen company secrets!”

“Stolen?” Zhou Zheng could see that Shi Jingzheng was getting desperate. Growing confident, he continued, “Mr. Zhang, as the largest shareholder of Huancheng, do you think there’s any need for Ms. Su Nuan to steal anything?”

“Not at all.” Zhang Quan shook his head. Staring Shi Jingzheng in the eye, “Mr. Shi, what you’re doing right now is an act of slander.”

“I…”

“Hah! Shi Jingzheng, is all this real?” One of the shareholders that had remained neutral all this while stood up abruptly. “Mr. Shi, even though we are not big shareholders, Huancheng doesn’t just belong to the Shi family. So, what’s going on? All these years, Huancheng has been losing money. Now, it’s nothing but an empty shell. How long were you planning on hiding all this from us?” Property of Nô)(velDr(a)ma.Org.

“That’s…”

“He’s right. If the data shown here is correct, that would mean that Huancheng has been consistently operating at a loss. Does that mean all the money we’ve previously invested has been completely wasted?”

The shareholders all started to voice out their questions. As soon as one person spoke, the others would chime in.

All these years, Shi Jingzheng had been trying to expand Huancheng by investing money outside of the company. In his efforts to secure bigger deals, he had missed out on the fact that Huancheng had been sucked dry. He had never expected any of this.

“You’ve got some nerve, Shi Jingzheng. It turns out the Shi family has been treating us all as fools for years!”

“Indeed. Huancheng is totally wiped out now. What will we do about the company’s debts?”

“Everyone, this is what I want to talk about next.” Zhou Zheng took out another set of documents and passed them down the table. “Take a good look. This document showcases Huancheng’s finance

accounts, as well as the comings and goings of its’ cashflow.”

Shi Jingzheng staggered backward into his seat. His face was completely drained of color.

Jiang Yu had no idea what was going on, but when she saw Shi Jingzheng’s expression, she knew that it couldn’t be anything good.

Hence, she decided to target Shi Nuan yet again. Even now, she still felt like everything was Shi Nuan’s fault. “It’s all your fault! You’re the one who made Huancheng fall!”

Shi Nuan laughed mockingly. “Mrs. Shi, did you leave your brain at home? Do you understand a single thing we’re even saying? Today is my first day in Huancheng.

How can I be the cause of its’ downfall? Why don’t you ask the fellow shareholders around this table what Mr. Shi has done? Ask them if they want me, the future Chairman of Huancheng to save this company, or Mr. Shi to do it instead!”