Wei Yumeng could roughly guess he would say that. No matter what reasons others had, if they didn't complete the task he assigned, they were wrong.
She couldn't be bothered to explain to him anymore, her shoulders drooping listlessly.
"I didn't secure this project."
"Since you didn't secure it, you have to pay the price you owe." He was unyielding.
Wei Yumeng looked up. "Hundreds of millions, I can't afford it."
If she really had that much money, would her mother's illness have remained untreated?
The man directly threw the problem back to Wei Yumeng. "Then how do you plan to compensate me for my losses?"
"I..."
"Let me remind you, if your answer isn't satisfactory, you'll bear the consequences."
The man's gaze was cold, piercing into Wei Yumeng's heart like a knife.
At this moment, a servant came in with white fungus and lotus seeds. Seeing Wei Yumeng in the room, she said in surprise.
"Madam, weren't you just with the Second Young Master in the bathroom?"
After she finished speaking, she quickly covered her mouth.
"I'm sorry, perhaps I saw wrong."
But her words had already been caught by the man, his eyes narrowing.
"Zhang Ma, clarify what you said."
Zhang Ma nodded slightly. "Just now... just now I was going to clean, and I saw the Second Young Master and Madam standing at the door, talking about something."
After speaking, she added hesitantly.
"Madam seemed quite embarrassed, perhaps she had something to ask the Second Young Master for help."
As soon as Wei Yumeng heard the servant speak, she felt something was wrong. When had she been shy and blushing? She had been scared pale, okay?
Zhan Mohan held Wei Yumeng tightly, his dark eyes a little intimidating.
"Wei Yumeng, what were you two doing in the bathroom?"
"We just said a couple of sentences."
"Does it take standing at the bathroom door to say a couple of sentences?" Zhan Mohan clearly didn't believe her.
"Really... Since you know Zhan Yichen has disliked me from the start, what could there be between him and me?"
From Zhan Mohan's gaze and tone of voice just now, she roughly understood that Zhan Mohan suspected her relationship with Zhan Yichen.
This was probably the best joke she had heard since entering the Zhan family. Every time Zhan Yichen saw her, his eyes seemed to want to stab her to death with knives. How could there be anything between them?
Zhan Mohan sarcastically curled his lips. "I'm warning you, since you are already my woman, Zhan Mohan, don't even think about seducing others! Let alone Yichen."
"I didn't!" She had only spoken a couple of sentences with Zhan Yichen, and he hadn't said a single good word.
"Do I still need to remind you of the marks on your neck?" Zhan Mohan thought that this woman was married and still so restless, her behavior damaging the reputation of their Zhan family.
Wei Yumeng's face turned even uglier, extremely embarrassed. Zhan Mohan's sharp, blade-like eyes swept over her, and a sense of humiliation surged in her heart.
The surrounding air seemed to grow thin.
At this moment, Zhan Mohan's phone rang. Without even looking at Wei Yumeng, he went to the balcony to answer it.
Wei Yumeng looked at the man's profile, and her heart relaxed a little. But how to resolve the project issue, hundreds of millions of yuan, she had just ruined it like that. Zhan Mohan had such a strange temper, he would definitely not let her off easily.
What she worried about most now was that Zhan Mohan would involve her mother in this matter, or tell the Wei family.
Wei Anguo had hidden her mother, and it would be easy for him to hurt her. She was not yet capable of contending with Wei Anguo.
When Zhan Mohan returned to the room, he walked directly to Wei Yumeng. Wei Yumeng felt very uncomfortable under his sharp gaze.
"Wh-what's wrong?"
"How did you get Ji Neng Group to agree to sign the contract?"
Wei Yumeng blinked her bright eyes.
"They agreed?"
"You told me you didn't sign it when you came back." There was a hint of questioning in his tone.
Wei Yumeng then realized that Xin Ran must have helped her secure the project.
This meant she wouldn't have to compensate Zhan Mohan hundreds of millions, which she couldn't afford anyway.
She didn't dare to tell Zhan Mohan directly that Xin Ran had helped her.
"A friend of mine happened to know the person in charge of Ji Neng, and probably made an introduction for me. But they must have signed the project because of you, Mr. Zhan."
Zhan Mohan slightly extended his arm, wrapped it around her from behind her ear, and pulled her closer by her neck.
Wei Yumeng's eyes trembled slightly, and she looked at him uneasily.
The man's handsome face was tense and ashen, his eyes cold and silent.
"I didn't know you had such a capable friend. Could it be some wild man you have outside?"
Wei Yumeng's pupils contracted. "He's not!"
"Such a strong reaction?" The man's fingers gripping her neck tightened slightly, and he gritted his teeth. "Was I right?"
Wei Yumeng endured the pain. "He's just a senior from my university. We have no improper relationship. He's a very good person, Mr. Zhan, please don't slander him like this."
Xin Ran had helped her through many difficulties, both in university and in her life. People always remembered the few who had helped them during times of crisis.
And Xin Ran was the only one. She wouldn't allow anyone to slander him.
But the more she defended that man, the more Zhan Mohan's anger intensified.
"It seems this man is quite important to you. If that's the case, there's no need for you to stay in the Zhan family anymore."
Wei Yumeng did not expect things to escalate this far. Zhan Mohan had even alerted Grandpa Zhan. Grandpa Zhan was also startled when he heard his idea.
"You want to divorce her?"
"A woman with such improper conduct will only tarnish our Zhan family's reputation if we keep her."
Zhan Mohan's attitude was extremely firm.
Wen Yulan, who was standing nearby, was very supportive of Zhan Mohan's decision to divorce Wei Yumeng.
"Father, since Mohan said so, let them divorce. And give this Wei Yumeng a lesson, otherwise she won't know her place!"
Grandpa Zhan hesitated.
"This Wei Yumeng is indeed not worthy of A'han, but the fortune teller said that if A'han is to stand up, he must marry a daughter of the Wei family."
"But this Wei Yumeng is seeing all sorts of unsavory men outside. What is Mohan's status? How can he be cuckolded by Wei Yumeng? If this gets out, won't it be humiliating!"
"Shut up!" Grandpa Zhan's face turned ashen, and he suddenly shouted.
However, Zhan Mohan seemed to have made up his mind. Without waiting for Grandpa Zhan to speak again, he directly said to Wei Yumeng.
"Take your ID card and household registration, we're going to the Civil Affairs Bureau now to complete the procedures!"