"If Su Nanyin didn't want to play me to death with the Ma family, would she rush to Modu overnight?"
Manager Chen countered Chen Er.
Chen Er didn't know how to answer.
Things that required too much thinking were not suitable for him.
Manager Chen had to explain to him: "If Su Nanyin wasn't over 80% sure, she would never have rushed here overnight. Now, she is personally in Modu. The machine that Director Zhao bestowed upon her is already running. It will be as difficult as ascending to heaven for the Ma family to escape this calamity."
Chen Er trembled, "Director Zhao, what machine did Director Zhao bestow upon her?"
A gun.
Manager Chen uttered the word.
A gun?
Chen Er was bewildered.
Manager Chen had to sigh again and explain it to him thoroughly: "Director Zhao and I are in the north and south, I manage the economy, and what does he manage?"
A gun!!
Suddenly.
Chen Er had an epiphany and exclaimed, "Brother, are you saying that if necessary, Su Nanyin will activate the gun stationed in Modu to deal ruthlessly with the Ma family?"
"Something like that."
Manager Chen nodded: "As far as I know, the Arc de Triomphe in Modu is outwardly high-end and glamorous, but inwardly it is filthy. Old Second, that is the Ma family's enterprise, right? Do you have shares in the Arc de Triomphe?"
The Arc de Triomphe—
That was once the Tiangxia Renjian of Si Jiu!
Chen Er dared not look his elder brother in the eye, only mumbling, "I, I will withdraw my shares before today."
Manager Chen did not pursue his share issue further, only saying, "If Su Nanyin really decides to use a gun against the Ma family, she will definitely start with the Arc de Triomphe! Once the lid of the Arc de Triomphe is lifted, Su Nanyin will take the opportunity to dig deep. The Ma family will surely collapse."
Chen Er asked nervously, "Are we just going to watch the Ma family collapse?"
Manager Chen's tone was light: "Old Second, let alone the Ma family, even if my Chen family were to court death, no one could save us! Also, the prominent families in Modu are not only the four surnames of Chen, Kang, Zhou, and Ma. There is also no rule stating that after the Ma family collapses, other families are not allowed to rise to power."
Chen Er understood.
He continued to ask, "But what if Su Nanyin doesn't use a gun against the Ma family, and doesn't lift the lid of the Arc de Triomphe?"
Manager Chen smiled: "Then we will strongly condemn Su Nanyin's criminal act of designing the murder of Ma Qiang."
Chen Er nodded slowly, lost in thought.
He finally understood why his elder brother could fully contend with Director Zhao, north and south.
This foresight, this vision, this mind.
Especially the keen perception that the Ma family was courting death, and his immediate decision to support Su Nanyin's judgment in reverse, was something extraordinary.
"Brother, I'll go to the Great Wall Hotel right now to apologize to Su Nanyin in person."
Chen Er turned and left.
Manager Chen, however, asked, "When apologizing to someone, your attitude must be sincere. And you must also give those two young people from last night some substantial compensation."
Chen Er's lips twitched.
Su Nanyin's people injured Chen family members, and the Chen family not only had to apologize but also provide them with substantial compensation.
What was substantial compensation?
That was money!
Where was Mr. Chen Er going to reason this matter out!?
He asked, "Brother, how much money is appropriate?"
Manager Chen countered, "How much have you profited from the Arc de Triomphe over the years?"
Chen Er's face changed dramatically!
His elder brother's intention was clearly for him to give all the profits he had made in the Arc de Triomphe over the years as compensation to Su Nanyin's two subordinates.
The key was that this money was not legitimate.
Su Nanyin's subordinates could not hand this money over.
Because this money was compensation from the Chen family for Chen Canghai "harming" Su Nanyin's subordinates, and had nothing to do with official business.
(If it did, it would mean that Director Zhao was plotting against the Chen family to seize Modu.)
"If you don't want to be deeply mired in the Arc de Triomphe, then keep this money."
Manager Chen's tone was cold: "But I assure you, if you, Chen Er, are deeply mired in the Arc de Triomphe, I, Chen Zhoushan, will never help a sinner!"
"Brother—"
Chen Er's face was full of pain: "Although I only have two percent shares in the Arc de Triomphe, my profits from it over more than a decade amount to seven hundred million yuan!"
Manager Chen said nothing.
"Brother, I'll go and apologize to her right now."
Old Second Chen finally understood the truth that wealth is external to oneself from his elder brother's cold gaze.
Manager Chen then said, "Old Second, when you go to apologize, be discreet. I believe that as long as our Chen family's sincerity in apologizing is great enough, Su Nanyin will surely give us face and not make it public. After all, this is a personal dispute, and as long as both parties reconcile, there is no need to make it known to everyone."
"Yes, I understand. I will absolutely not let the Ma, Kang, or Zhou families know that we have apologized to Su Nanyin because of Chen Canghai's stupidity. Moreover, after I negotiate with Su Nanyin, I will immediately go to the Ma family and strongly condemn Su Nanyin's evil deeds."
So said Old Second Chen.
"Old Second, I am very pleased that you have come to this understanding."
Manager Chen said with a face full of relief: "You must always remember! The reason our Chen family can stand tall in Modu and successively support many prominent families to be known as the four great families with us is not because we are so powerful. It is because the head of our Chen family has never gone astray on matters of great right and wrong! As long as we persist, even if we make some mistakes, we can still stand firm!"
These words were what Manager Chen most wanted Old Second Chen to understand.
Before this, he had told Old Second Chen many times.
Unfortunately, Old Second Chen had never grasped the essence of it.
Now—
When the vixen with a gun in her hand arrived in Modu, Chen Er finally understood!!
He respectfully bowed deeply to his elder brother and then turned and walked out with brisk steps.
Watching Old Second leave alone in a very low-key car, Manager Chen, standing by the window of the study on the second floor, nodded.
He softly murmured, "Once this matter is settled, it will be time for me to settle accounts with Su Nanyin for daring to let Li Qianfan lose face for me so many times."
Mentioning this matter, Manager Chen felt a nameless rage.
He had called Director Zhao many times, asking Li Qianfan to come to Modu to negotiate the donation of biopsy spinal cords to International Biology.
Director Zhao had also conveyed his intentions to Li Qianfan.
But Su Nanyin had repeatedly obstructed him!
In Manager Chen's view—
There were benefits to having Li Qianfan donate biopsy spinal cords for free.
Regardless of whether the birth of vampires was caused by International Ruixue; just based on the current rampant spread of vampires overseas and the suffering of tens of millions, even hundreds of millions of ordinary people.
When Dongtu had the hope of alleviating their suffering, it should help them from a humanitarian perspective.
This would earn Dongtu a lot of goodwill.
It would elevate Dongtu's international status and prestige by a notch.
Moreover.
Manager Chen was only asking Li Qianfan to come to Modu to discuss the matter, not forcing him to donate biopsy spinal cords.
But Su Nanyin had repeatedly embarrassed Manager Chen.
Especially when one of his subordinates, Ma Hongtu, had his limbs broken.
Although Manager Chen did not believe that Li Qianfan (Su Nanyin) could do such a thing, it was certainly related to them.
(Manager Chen still didn't know that Ma Hongtu played a crucial role in the development of this situation. He also didn't know that Li Qianfan had obtained crucial evidence of the "Empress is pregnant" scandal fabricated by Ma Hongtu to get revenge on him.)
Manager Chen, who knew nothing, could endure until now, his composure was absolutely top-notch.
"Li Qianfan is just a young brat, what does he know? Su Nanyin, heh heh, just from her completely controlling Li Qianfan, even monopolizing him shamefully. It is enough to prove that she is indeed a vixen. No matter how capable such a person is, what can she do?"
Manager Chen sneered slightly: "I hope I have the opportunity to enlighten Li Qianfan and keep him away from the vixen."
The vixen—
Slowly opened her eyes and heard the sound of light snoring coming from nearby.
She tilted her head and saw Li Qianfan sleeping soundly on the sofa beside her.
"This rascal, he is indeed handsome. He's truly a pleasure to look at."
Su Nanyin watched him quietly for a full three minutes before lazily sitting up and picking up her phone.
She glanced at the time and was startled.
It was almost one o'clock!
She had clearly left a message for Li Qianfan, telling him that he must wake her up before eleven o'clock.
But not only did he not obey and follow through, but he also slept even more soundly than a pig.
It was truly outrageous—
Su Nanyin quickly got out of bed and was about to pick up her water cup to splash water on Li Qianfan to wake him up, when she slowly put it down.
Seeing him sleeping so soundly, especially remembering that he hadn't slept well last night, Su Nanyin couldn't bear to.
She tiptoed into the bathroom.
Even flushing the toilet, she was careful.
After she quietly finished washing up and came out of the bathroom, Li Qianfan was still asleep.
She picked up the blanket and slowly covered him with it.
Then she sat beside him, bit down on her pen, and looked at the notes in her notebook, racking her brain to devise a wicked plan.
Just as she was racking her brain, she suddenly faintly heard footsteps in the corridor outside the door.
Su Nanyin's attention was immediately diverted to analyzing the footsteps: "Someone is coming. Judging by these footsteps, it should be a man about 1.7 meters tall. Weighing around 85 kilograms, his steps are heavy but lacking strength. It's likely due to excessive indulgence in alcohol and women."
She did not realize that she did not have such excellent hearing and astonishing judgment abilities before.
Jingle.
A pleasant doorbell suddenly rang.
It startled the sleeping Li Qianfan.
Su Nanyin frowned slightly (she hoped Li Qianfan would sleep longer), glanced at the unlocked door, and casually said, "Please come in."
Even though she had heard footsteps earlier and quickly judged the basic information of the person, she still thought the person ringing the doorbell was Yao Yao.
With the way she and Li Qianfan were currently, Yao Yao no longer cared about such things.
The door opened.
A man wearing a mask appeared at the doorway.
"Hmm?"
Seeing a strange man, Su Nanyin was stunned.
With the most instinctive reaction, she hurriedly hid her bare feet under the table.
Li Qianfan, on the other hand, sat up with a jolt, put his arm around Su Nanyin behind him, and looked at the man sternly, "Who are you?"
"Sorry, I didn't expect you guys. Cough, cough, that, I am Chen Zhoushui, Chen Zhoushui of the Chen family in Modu."
Chen Er also didn't expect to see Su Nanyin and Li Qianfan sitting intimately on the same sofa after opening the door.
Realizing that he had stumbled upon their intimate moment, he worried about retaliation and quickly lowered his head, turned around, and announced his name.
Chen Zhoushui of the Modu Chen family?
Oh, it's the second son of the Chen family!
Li Qianfan and Su Nanyin exchanged a quick glance and understood.
Chen Er, with his back to them, explained his purpose: "Vice General Manager Su, I have come here secretly on behalf of the Chen family to apologize for the mistake Chen Canghai made last night to those two young people from last night (he still didn't know that they were Li Qianfan and Du Yao Yao)."
He paused.
Chen Er added with full sincerity: "To express our apologies, our Chen family has specially compensated those two young people with seven hundred million yuan in emotional damages."