Return to the Day When My Pregnant Wife Jumped Off the Building-Chapter 292 Jun Sheng I Am Already Old_1

Xiao Ming’s hand stiffened for a moment, and after a short pause, he set down the wine glass and asked Lu Lichun seriously, "Do you know what he wants to do?"

Lu Lichun shook her head, "The first time I heard about the Ye Family was at the consulate’s charity dinner.

Guan Qingchang then said that the bronze hairpin was specifically requested by a certain master from the Ye Family.

Later, the next day, which means last night, Guan Ruiming limped over to my house. Guan Qingchang took him into the study, and I only overheard the name Ye Jin’an when I eavesdropped.

"I think, apart from the Ye Family’s famous second son of the main branch, there can’t be another Ye Jin’an who could treat Guan Qingchang like a dog."

Xiao Ming slowly narrowed his eyes.

He wasn’t familiar with Ye Jin’an in his previous life. By the time he had made his fortune after being released from jail, the current third generation of the Ye family’s main branch had grown up and started to become active.

However, there were many rumors about Ye Jin’an in the circle of wealthy playboys.

It was said that he was an oddity within a grand clan, highly intelligent yet he hadn’t even completed nine years of compulsory education.

His personality was even more unrestrained and carefree, a womanizer with lavish spending habits. He was known as the number one Playboy Leader of the Capital City, disdained by respectable people, yet idolized by numerous dandies.

Two of his most widely known "great deeds" stood out.

One was spending hundreds of millions to buy an island overseas to please a beauty, only to turn around and leave without looking back the moment she finally smiled, regardless of how she cried and begged.

Yes, he truly did it just to see that smile.

The second thing, which earned the envy and admiration of the top profligates, was that nearly a thousand entertainment venues around the world offered him free access.

They even competed for him to come and have fun, hoping he would leave a comment or two.

If he said a place was fun, that place would inevitably become the new favorite of wealthy tycoons.

In short, the Ye family’s second son of the main branch lived a man’s life to the fullest.

To be honest, there were few people who could truly impress Xiao Ming in his last life, and Ye Jin’an was one of them.

Although he had never met the man in person.

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to meet him; it was just that before his sentence was up, Ye Jin’an had died, at the age of thirty-eight.

If he calculated correctly, that would be in about three years’ time.

As for Ye Jin’an wanting that bronze hairpin, Xiao Ming wasn’t surprised. Instead, he cursed himself for not thinking of it earlier.

The Ye family’s ancestors were of Nuzhen origin, precisely from the Yehe Tribe, renaming themselves Ye after the fall of the Braid Dynasty.

The Empress Dowager Cixi was of the same clan as the Ye Family. Aside from the artifact’s value, that hairpin rightfully belonged to them.

With Ye Jin’an’s character, the love letters of the Empress Dowager were exactly the kind of thing that would scratch his itch. It would be strange if he didn’t want them.

But why would he instruct Guan Qingchang to covet my assets?

Could the rumors be false and Ye Jin’an didn’t really consider money as mere dirt?

Or did he also know that I had once acted under the guise of Yelang to deal with those related to my family’s enemies?

Xiao Ming frowned and pondered for a while but still had no clue. His fingers tapped on the table as he asked Lu Lichun, "If I remember correctly, you’re the biggest shareholder of Wanhai, right?"

"Yes, I own 45% of Wanhai under my name."

Nodding, Lu Lichun added, "Of course, I’m just holding it in name for Guan Qingchang.

Moreover, I have signed an agreement that if I divorce, I must unconditionally sell all my Wanhai shares, including but not limited to any trades and additional shares made through Wanhai.

Guan Ruiming has the right of first refusal."

"Very well," Xiao Ming hooked the corner of his mouth, "Go back and tell Guan Qingchang that if Wanhai is willing to offer 20%, I’ll agree to a stock swap.

But this deal is just between you and me.

"In other words, I want to use my 51% of Ruiye Electronics to exchange for the 20% of Wanhai you hold in your hands."

Lu Lichun exclaimed in shock, "Sir, that’s not okay!

I just said that I’m holding Wanhai shares on behalf of Guan Qingchang. He could take back the shares from me at any time, becoming the absolute controlling shareholder of Ruiye Electronics."

"Don’t you want to get a divorce from Guan Qingchang?"

"Yes!" Lu Lichun answered without hesitation, "Ever since meeting you, sir, I’ve dreamt of getting a divorce!"

"Then do as I say," Xiao Ming said. "Rest assured, the only possible controlling shareholder of Ruiye Electronics can be you. Guan Qingchang won’t be able to take it away."

Lu Lichun looked at him in a daze for a while, then lowered her face. "Sir, aren’t you afraid I’ll betray you if you transfer so many shares to my name?"

"I trust you."

Lu Lichun suddenly looked up again, her face full of confusion. "Why? I’m unfaithful, promiscuous, a bona fide bad woman.

Moreover, we’ve only known each other for two months, and you dare to entrust me with assets worth billions. I’m sorry! I really can’t convince myself that this is real."

Xiao Ming shook his head, "Firstly, whether it’s being unfaithful or promiscuous, it’s your private matter; the only victim is your husband.

Besides him, no one else in the world has the right to call you a bad woman.

And the reality is, your husband has also done you wrong. Neither of you is faithful to the other, so it’s pointless to discuss who’s harming and who’s the victim."

As he spoke, he lit a cigarette and continued, "Secondly, you don’t realize that I understand you better than you think.

Your past life might have been decadent and dissipated, but your ambition has never faded; you might seem loose and cheap on the surface, but you’re actually extremely proud.

Marrying Guan Qingchang was your choice, keeping a toy boy was your choice, submitting to me and seducing me with all your scheming was also your choice.

Therefore, I believe that unless I disappoint you, you wouldn’t betray me even in death!"

Lu Lichun’s body trembled violently, her eyes first filled with disbelief, then hot tears welled up and fell in large drops.

She got up, moved behind the desk, knelt beside Xiao Ming’s legs, grasped his hand, and pressed her face into his palm.

"Since I chose to marry Guan Qingchang, I never dared to hope to meet a man who understands me.

Sir, thank you!

If you had come to Lingnan earlier, I would have married you even if it meant being shattered into pieces, and then I would be a good woman who is always faithful!"

Feeling the warm tears in his palm, Xiao Ming said, "You’re wrong; it should be that I should have been born a few years earlier. When you got married, I was still a minor, so it would have been impossible to marry!"

Lu Lichun laughed through her tears, her eyelashes, still wet with tears, fluttering. "I could have waited for you to come of age, or I could have simply kept you as a dependent; that would have felt good."

"Then I wouldn’t have become the man who understands you like I do today."

Lu Lichun paused, sighing softly.

Life is full of disappointments; what’s not meant to be yours will never become yours, no matter how you calculate it.

After a long while, she wiped away her tears and looked up to ask, "What should I do?"

"Besides delivering messages, you don’t need to do anything else."

Xiao Ming said in a grave voice, "You should be able to guess, my goal is to turn the tables on Wanhai.

The reason I didn’t do so before is that Wanhai was optional to me; there was no need to make an enemy of Guan Qingchang for a bit of assets.

But now the situation is different, he has Ye Jin’an backing him, so I must eliminate him!

If you’ve become a dog, you have to be ready to be killed by someone."