Chapter 553: Retaliation Against My Mother-in-Law

Jiang Muye's eyes were cold. "I can keep your company from going bankrupt, and I can keep Ruoli from cutting ties with you, but you have to leave. Go to America."

"No!"

As soon as she heard Jiang Muye demand she leave, Xiang Shan rejected it without a second thought.

Ever since she'd decided to return to the country, she had never planned on going back.

Especially after being pushed around by Jiang Muye like this, slinking back now would be far too humiliating.

The anger Xiang Shan had been suppressing now erupted in full. "Don't get cocky with me. Do you really think you can keep my daughter in the palm of your hand? If Ruoli finds out about the things you've done to wrong her, the one who loses will absolutely be you!"

Jiang Muye caught the key words. "What do you mean by that?"

"I saw you catching a cheating partner at the hotpot restaurant that day. I even have photos as proof." Xiang Shan instinctively pulled out her phone. It just so happened to be the scene of Jiang Muye confronting Suya that day.

"Ruoli doesn't know you're fooling around out there, does she?"

"She knows a man who lies beside her every day is two-timing, playing both sides, messing around outside—she absolutely won't soften and come back to you."

"When that time comes, the one crying and chasing after her will be you, absolutely not me."

"I'm her mother. In the end, she'll stand with me. This time, you're certain to lose."

Seeing that Jiang Muye didn't reply, Xiang Shan assumed he was tacitly admitting it.

Heh heh, fighting her.

He was still too green.

Xiang Shan grew somewhat smug. "As long as you don't touch my company right now, I can delete the photos and pretend nothing ever happened. I won't tell Ruoli. What do you think of this trade?"

"So there's nothing in your eyes but profit," Jiang Muye scoffed coldly.

"We're both businesspeople. Don't you think about profit too?" Xiang Shan said dismissively.

"Yes, I think about profit, but I would absolutely never do things your way—by any means necessary, selfish to the core, even sacrificing your daughter's happiness."

Jiang Muye's gaze was sharp as he stared at Xiang Shan. "You don't love your daughter at all. I even find it pathetic, and my heart aches for Ruoli. From beginning to end, the only person you've ever loved is yourself."

Leng Ruoli had grown up in an environment starved of love, and had even suffered that tragedy six years ago.

A huge part of the reason was that Xiang Shan hadn't fulfilled her duty as a mother. Even after her daughter was hurt, she claimed she'd held off on divorce for her daughter's sake—but had she ever truly cared about Leng Ruoli?

Had she ever given Leng Ruoli true love?

Though she hadn't separated from Father Leng, their endless quarrels had still dealt Leng Ruoli a second wound.

With that thought, Jiang Muye's heart ached with bitterness.

"Delete the photos or don't, I don't care. I didn't cheat. The woman in the photos is named Suya. If you'd so much as surfed the internet, you'd know she's the mistress at the center of a huge online scandal. She cheated on my brother."

"The last time I showed up at the hotpot restaurant wasn't to catch a cheating partner. It was just to stand up for my buddy."

"You're badly mistaken. Mistaking the relationship is one thing, but you want to use it as a bargaining chip—that's even more completely wrong."

Jiang Muye showed Xiang Shan no mercy at all. "Sell the company to me directly. Otherwise, I'll acquire it this week. Oh, and by that I mean after I bankrupt you, I'll acquire it. As for how much foreign debt you'll be drowning in by then, think it over carefully."

"Also, don't come looking for me again."

"I'm the company's CEO. You're overstepping your station by defying your superior. I'll only have security throw you out."

"And get lost."

Jiang Muye reprimanded Xiang Shan coldly, and Xiang Shan was stunned to the extreme.

She had never imagined that she'd misunderstood the relationship.

So Jiang Muye hadn't cheated at all. Now it was obvious she'd just added fuel to the fire, making her own troubles even worse.

Especially seeing Jiang Muye's cold and ruthless demeanor, Xiang Shan realized all the more how serious the situation was.

"I… listen to my explanation. I did it for the company. After all, so many employees still need their jobs. I…" Xiang Shan knew that in Jiang Muye's position, he would absolutely do what he said.

She was truly afraid that she'd end up drowning in debt and go bankrupt.

It was absurd, when she thought about it. Her daughter's boyfriend had actually issued her a death sentence.

Jiang Muye raised an eyebrow. "So you're planning to have security come in, then."

He instinctively picked up the phone on the desk, pressed a single key, and said coldly, "Security, come to the CEO's office and remove someone."

Seeing Jiang Muye's resolute and decisive manner, Xiang Shan's face showed dismay. "You can't do this to me. I haven't even settled accounts with you yet—the matter of you and Leng Qihua deceiving me together!"

"Deceiving you?" Jiang Muye sneered. "That was my doing alone. After all, Father-in-Law still has feelings for you and wanted to rekindle your old flame. But now I think you're completely unworthy of Father-in-Law."

"You mean he didn't know?"

"Yes, he was kept in the dark by me too." Jiang Muye said displeasedly, "It's you who presumptuously decided he deceived you and hurt you. If we're really talking about victims, then that's Father-in-Law. He's always been PUA'd by you, deeply hurt by you!"

Xiang Shan's breath caught. She found it unbelievable.

Just as she was about to say something else, security had already rushed into the office.

"Ma'am, come out with us!"

The security guards dragged Xiang Shan out. Xiang Shan grew frantic. "Let go of me! I'm your CEO's future Mother-in-Law! Can you afford to offend me? Let go of me!"

But no matter how she struggled, the security guards treated her like she was farting.

The CEO right in front of them had ordered them to drag her out.

If Xiang Shan were really so formidable, would she need to be thrown out right now?

Jiang Muye watched Xiang Shan's frantic cries and felt speechless.

Didn't she refuse to acknowledge him as her son-in-law?

Now she was scrambling to claim the relation.

Sure enough, people only knew to protect their interests once their own interests were harmed.

Jiang Muye turned to look at the floor-to-ceiling window, his eyes cold.

Rather than agonizing over Xiang Shan, Jiang Muye needed to think about how to coax his girlfriend.

After all, Leng Ruoli's mood had been low these past two days.

——

After hitting a wall with Jiang Muye, Xiang Shan began to fret over her business.

The situation really was thorny. She'd been too confident in herself, and too optimistic about the company.

Jiang Muye's power really was far too great. After all, the Chen Group behind him was a super-tycoon conglomerate not to be underestimated.

Even the Mu Group was a tier below the Chen Group.

Not to mention her own company. It was now on its deathbed, at the very end.

The debt was rolling up like a snowball, growing bigger and bigger. She was completely unable to protect herself, and employees had already begun to protest.

When payday came, the settlement was delayed by just one day before employees started grumbling.

They even protested.

Xiang Shan bit her lower lip, looking at the finance payroll sheet. She was exhausted in body and mind.

Now, aside from her real estate, she'd already mortgaged her properties and luxury cars to the bank and taken out some loans.

But how long she could hold out, she wasn't sure.