Jiaxi saw her reaction and tried to control her emotions, saying softly, "I was wrong, I truly know I was wrong this time."
"If you truly knew you were wrong, then live your life properly from now on. As for our feelings, they were long ago worn away by your repeated hurts," Mengyao's voice was incredibly calm.
Jiaxi, however, said excitedly, "That was all because you left me once before. I cared about you too much, I was afraid you would leave me again. I truly love you, I love you so much..."
Mengyao looked at him as he spoke, not wanting to listen to anything he was saying.
The pure boy who had once held an umbrella for her and accompanied her in her studies had ultimately changed. Everything was no longer as it once was.
"Jiaxi, you don't need to say any more. Once I'm better, we'll properly complete the divorce procedures and leave each other with some final dignity." With that, she turned and left the ward, hoping they would never see each other again after the divorce.
...
The Huangfu Group was recently in turmoil, with its stock continuously falling.
Xiao Anjing had reactivated the company previously registered and had traders acquire a large amount of Huangfu Group stock in the stock market.
Taking advantage of this period, they held a significant portion of Huangfu Group's stock, and perhaps they could even take over that financial skyscraper.
However, every time Anjing wanted to buy at the bottom with several traders, Huangfu Group's stock price would rise again. Thus, he was a bit uncertain and dared not invest all his capital in a single purchase.
Although Tianyi was not directly involved in the operations, he was monitoring the stock market. Seeing this situation, he called Anjing over and analyzed the trend of Huangfu Group's stock price in his office.
"It's very clear that people within Huangfu Group are also trying to cope in order not to have their stock price bought at the bottom."
Anjing said strangely, "But if they let the stock price fluctuate like this, it requires a large amount of capital. With Huangfu Sisong's accident, many of their projects have been halted, and banks certainly wouldn't dare to lend them money. Where did these funds come from?"
Tianyi said, "If I'm not mistaken, it should be Yao Feili who is manipulating Huangfu Group's stock price. You should stop buying Huangfu Group stock now; it might be a trap."
"They can still set traps at this time?" Anjing disagreed somewhat.
Tianyi analyzed the trend of Huangfu Group's stock price during this period, feeling it was like a deliberately woven spiderweb, waiting for some reckless insects to fly into it.
"Their group is internally in a dispute over who will take power, but it hasn't reached the point of no return. Moreover, with Yao Feili's support from behind the scenes, setting such a trap is possible," Tianyi asked him, "Are we the only ones buying their stock at this time?"
"Certainly not, who wouldn't covet this piece of fat meat."
Tianyi said decisively, "Tomorrow, at the highest price, we will sell all the Huangfu Group stock we've bought."
"Ah, to sell what we've finally managed to buy?" Anjing said with reluctance, "That's too much of a pity."
"Listen to me, sell it. Let's not buy for now," Tianyi said after thinking it through, "Why don't we take this money back and make some other investments? After the new year, we can reassess the situation of Huangfu Group and act accordingly."
Although Anjing was somewhat unwilling, Tianyi's judgments and foresight had always been quite accurate, so he agreed, saying, "Alright."
Tianyi said, "At the end of the year, we'll focus on wrapping up some projects, which will also help us recover a considerable amount of funds. Let's have a peaceful New Year."
Anjing sighed, "That's good too. This year for New Year, I'm planning to take Lan Yu and her mother on a vacation abroad. What are your plans?"
"We plan to drive around domestically in our RV after New Year's Eve. Susu said she wants to go to Yunnan," Tianyi smiled and said, "Besides, after the new year, Xiao Xingxing will be going abroad, and we'll send him off. We won't be going abroad for vacation this year."
"That's also quite good," Anjing sighed, "It seems like Xiao Xingxing has grown up in the blink of an eye, and we're getting old too."
"I'm not getting old," Tianyi patted his shoulder, "You feel old because you're losing your strength in that regard?"
Anjing didn't expect him to joke like this and pushed him, "You're the one who's losing strength. I'm still quite capable in that department."
"Then aren't you planning to have another child with Lan Yu? With only Yu Ning, she'll be so lonely when she grows up."
"I want to, but whether we can have a second child is also a matter of fate." Anjing thought he had other matters to attend to and said, "I'm going back to work. We can talk more when we have time."
...
Mengqi, after careful preparation, finally convened the group's board of directors as the acting president.
At the board meeting, she showed all the directors the agreement her father had made to hand over the group to her, along with a statement from her father himself.
However, these were all refuted by Huangfu Sishu, who claimed that Mengqi had forged them.
His elder brother, Huangfu Sisong, would never do such a thing, as the Huangfu family had never had a precedent of a woman managing the group. Therefore, his elder brother would definitely not do this.
Huangfu Sishu's arguments were logical and well-founded, making it difficult for the board members to determine who was the rightful person to temporarily manage the group.
Just as Mengqi and Huangfu Sishu were at an impasse, Yao Feili suddenly arrived. He whispered a few words to Mengqi, then took out his mobile phone and requested the conference room's projector be turned on.
The directors present were all very curious, not knowing what they were up to.
Huangfu Sishu took the initiative and deliberately asked, "Mengqi, who is this? Those who are not shareholders of our group are not allowed in this conference room."
"He is my husband, and he doesn't intend to participate in our meeting. He's just here to deliver something to me," Mengqi explained, "He'll be leaving shortly."
Yao Feili gave her a reassuring look and left the conference room without saying a word.
He knew that with this video, Mengqi could handle these directors even without his presence.
Mengqi smiled at Huangfu Sishu, "Now there are no outsiders other than the board members." As she said this, she connected the USB drive sent by Yao Feili to the computer, had the projector turned on, and drew the curtains in the conference room.
At this moment, the image appeared on the projector. In the video was Huangfu Sisong, sitting at a table and speaking to the camera.
Mengqi looked at her father, whom she hadn't seen in a long time, and her eyes couldn't help but redden.
In the video, Huangfu Sisong's hair was completely white, and he looked a bit haggard, but his eyes were still spirited, and his speech was powerful.
He personally stated that he wanted Mengqi to temporarily take over the group and warned Huangfu Sishu not to interfere with Mengqi, lest the group fall into crisis.
After watching Huangfu Sisong's video, all the board members present no longer had any doubts about Mengqi and unanimously voted to approve Mengqi's temporary takeover of the group.
Huangfu Sishu could no longer stir up trouble and sat silently with his head bowed.
Mengqi, amidst everyone's applause, sat in the position of Chairman and President, unable to hide her excitement.
She had worked hard for this moment for many years, giving up much of the happiness that a girl or woman should have. At the critical moment of the group's survival, she had finally ascended to this position.