The Murong family might indulge Murong Mingyuan, but Li Qianfan certainly wouldn't.
If it weren't for the principles laid out in Su Ziyu's "will," Li Qianfan would have publicly hung her in the hall last night as well!
Now.
Even though she clearly knew Li Qianfan's background, she dared to act so outrageously.
Li Qianfan was truly fed up.
If Murong Mingyuan dared to utter another word, Li Qianfan would definitely grab cutlery and ruin her face.
Murong Mingyuan's lips were sealed, her body trembling. She didn't dare to say another word.
"I haven't settled the score with you for almost hitting Mo Hongti with your car. Now, get up."
Li Qianfan said coldly, "Kneel and serve me my meal."
The terrified Murong Mingyuan hastily scrambled to her feet and obediently knelt on the ground.
Chu Yazhi also knelt by Li Qianfan's right leg, her face displaying a shameless, flirtatious smile. As she reached for a wine glass, she seemingly inadvertently rested her knee on his lap.
Li Qianfan ignored her, simply instructing Murong Mingyuan, "Serve the food."
Murong Mingyuan picked up her chopsticks, trembling, and picked up a bite of food, holding it to Li Qianfan's mouth.
Sitting in a small but luxuriously decorated private room, watching the wind and rain outside the floor-to-ceiling window, being served by two beauties of different ages kneeling beside him was quite an experience.
The unparalleled beauty of Victoria couldn't compare to this.
After all, both Murong Mingyuan and Chu Yazhi were beauties chosen from a thousand.
Li Qianfan's lingering anger gradually dissipated.
He hadn't drunk any alcohol.
He still had to drive back to Qingyun, and he would never engage in drunk driving.
"I've already reached an agreement with the Lan family."
After taking a sip of tea, Li Qianfan looked at Chu Yazhi. "From now on, you can no longer serve as the financial vice president at Dashen Properties. Furthermore, regarding your and Lan Ximing's shares, I've only kept Qingyun's Kangjian Pharmaceutical and the provincial capital's Lan Ye Beauty Club. The rest of the assets have all been returned to the Lan family. This is to help the Lan family continue with their original charitable intentions."
"Everything is as the young master commands."
Chu Yazhi's eyes dimmed slightly, but she smiled obediently and raised her fist, gently patting his leg.
As the financial vice president, Chu Yazhi knew better than anyone how much the Lan family, a family of three, held in Dashen Properties and its market value.
Kangjian Pharmaceutical and Lan Ye Beauty Club combined were worth at most two billion yuan.
The remaining over thirty billion yuan had been casually given to the Lan family.
It seemed she wouldn't be able to touch Kangjian Pharmaceutical and the club either.
She would focus solely on being Li Qianfan's mistress from now on!
Thinking back to just yesterday, she was the esteemed and elegant financial vice president.
Today, she had become a plaything who could only rely on her identity as Lan Yunhai's mother and her beauty to please others.
The drop in Chu Yazhi's status was truly like a waterfall plunging three thousand feet!
But she knew even better that because her precious son had caused trouble, she should be grateful just to be alive.
Money and possessions were external things!
"Kangjian Pharmaceutical in Qingyun is compensation for my wife from Lan Yunhai."
Li Qianfan said straightforwardly, "But Lan Ye Beauty Club will be entirely under your name. This will be your source for maintaining a comfortable life while taking care of Lan Yunhai in the future. How you manage it, whether it's profitable or not, is your business. I will neither claim any profit nor interfere."
Chu Yazhi's body trembled violently.
She suddenly looked up at Li Qianfan.
Her eyes flashed with ecstatic joy.
She truly hadn't expected Li Qianfan to be so generous as to bestow the entire club upon her.
With her twenty years of experience and skills in the business world, running a club would hardly be difficult to make profitable.
She had lost almost everything last night.
Now, she had gained much.
Chu Yazhi's emotions had never been as complex as they were now.
"Also, from now on, I won't care who you associate with, or how many men you associate with."
Li Qianfan continued, "You are still young and can't possibly remain a widow to Lan Ximing until you're old. However, for the next two years, don't let your new romantic relationships be openly displayed. After all, you still wear the hat of being my woman."
After giving the club to this woman, Li Qianfan decided to treat her as if he had never met her.
He had already vented his anger.
He truly didn't have the energy to keep tormenting this woman.
What's more.
By handling it this way, he could sever the Tianhu Chu family's attempt to latch onto him through Chu Yazhi's flattery.
Chu Yazhi's expression changed.
Li Qianfan smiled. "What, do you naively think that just because you're an older woman, you can charm me?"
Chu Yazhi's thoughts were exposed, and her face changed again.
Li Qianfan ignored her.
He looked at Murong Mingyuan, his disgust undisguised. "Although you are younger than me and indeed beautiful, you are the most upright idiot. Unless my head were caught in a door, I would never sleep with an ungrateful idiot."
His attitude towards Murong Mingyuan was far less accommodating than towards Chu Yazhi.
At least Chu Yazhi was somewhat sensible.
Murong Mingyuan, who was massaging Li Qianfan's leg, had a pale face and trembling lips, but she dared not say a word.
"Leave your dowry behind (which is compensation for Murong Mingyuan nearly hitting Mo Hongti with her car), and you can get out of Tiandong."
Li Qianfan said sarcastically, "Don't think that just because I'll ask your mother-in-law to keep a low profile for two years, I'll treat an upright idiot like you the same way. To put it in simpler terms, I might sleep with Chu Yazhi, but I would never give you the time of day."
His words were a devastating blow to Murong Mingyuan, a blow that transcended dimensions.
It also fully proved that in Li Qianfan's mind, Murong Mingyuan, who was two years younger than him, was even inferior to Chu Yazhi, who was already a mother-in-law!
Murong Mingyuan trembled as if an electric current had passed through her. Her fingernails, pressing into Li Qianfan's leg, almost pierced the fabric of his trousers.
Yet, she still dared not utter a word.
"From now on, if you dare to go to Qingyun, I'll break your legs."
Li Qianfan kicked Murong Mingyuan aside.
He had eaten his fill.
He had drunk his fill.
The matters he needed to attend to were mostly settled.
He could finally leave and return to Qingyun to coax his wife.
Beep, beep.
A video call request suddenly appeared on Li Qianfan's phone.
It was from Big Brother Ruohua.
Li Qianfan had a good impression of this online friend, so he swiped his finger and accepted the video call.
Of course, the camera was pointed at the wall.
He was sure that Ruohua wouldn't show his face either.
Indeed.
On the other side of the screen was the rain-streaked window.
"You say you're in a haven of bliss? I don't believe you."
A clearly altered voice (a mechanical voice that was neither male nor female) came from the video. "If you have the guts, show me your haven of bliss."
"Ha, what kind of guts is that? What's so difficult about it?"
Li Qianfan laughed, and the camera turned to Chu Yazhi, who was kneeling on the ground.
He casually held her chin with his left hand and instructed, "Say hello to my good brother, 'Master is good'."
Chu Yazhi was currently wearing only a sheer nightgown.
If Li Qianfan had even a sliver of respect for her, or considered her his woman in any way, he wouldn't have ordered her to do this.
He was using this heart-wrenching method to extinguish the last shred of unrealistic fantasy in this woman's heart!
This method was undoubtedly cruel to Chu Yazhi.
But Li Qianfan didn't care.
Chu Yazhi didn't dare to make him care.
She could only force a smile and say, wiggling towards the phone, "Master is good."
"Good, very obedient."
Li Qianfan nodded with satisfaction, then turned the camera to Murong Mingyuan. "You too, say hello to my brother, 'Master is good'."
Murong Mingyuan refused to yield—
Li Qianfan raised his hand and forcefully tugged at her nightgown.
With a rip!
Crack!
Outside, thunder boomed.
A white koi leaped from the villa's fish pond, its body graceful.
With a splash!
The koi landed in the water, sending ripples outward.
Lying on the floor, Murong Mingyuan's tears of humiliation streamed down her face. She tightly closed her eyes.
Li Qianfan, however, remained unfazed.
He said to Ruohua, "Now, do you believe your brother wasn't bragging? Ha, haha."
After laughing triumphantly for a few moments, Li Qianfan ended the video call.
He stood up, stepped over Murong Mingyuan, and walked towards the door.
The rain outside was heavy, but it couldn't dampen Li Qianfan's eagerness to return home.
He whistled and had just reached the door when Chu Yazhi's voice came from behind him: "Young master, please wait."
Li Qianfan turned around and asked indifferently, "Is something wrong?"
Chu Yazhi crawled on her knees to Murong Mingyuan and flipped her over.
She lifted her own hair with her left hand and Murong Mingyuan's hair with her right.
Then she asked, "Young master, can you see that we both have two tattoos?"