“Boss, we’ve made twenty billion in just six months! You’re too awesome. With such a high talent for business, why didn’t you focus on making money this way before, but instead kept thinking about expanding to Port City!” Xun Wu sat unceremoniously on the carpet spread on the floor.
He stared at the string of numbers on his phone and started to calculate.
All these fluctuating values had turned into real gold and silver.
Jiang Nanshu had nearly invested all her money.
Xun Wu went from being surprised at how much money she had to wondering why everything she invested in turned out to be so lucrative, as if her luck was incredibly good, leaving her almost never falling into any traps. Her success could only be described as skyrocketing.
Jiang Nanshu sat in a leather chair, supporting her chin with one hand, “In the past, I wanted to bring my benefactor’s remains back to Port City for a proper burial. Now, I just want to make money. I’m fed up with the pain of being penniless.”
Xun Wu: “…”
That did remind him of the first time he met Jiang Nanshu.
Her body was covered in wounds, yet she was able to drag him, who was fighting with another group of thugs, to flee.
He was an orphan, having grown up in an orphanage.
Jiang Nanshu was also parentless, and she was being hunted down everywhere.
Moreover, due to a twist of fate, she saved his life, and he was a person who valued loyalty above all else. He had decided to stick with this boss!
After his relentless pestering, he started partnering with Jiang Nanshu in petty thefts… oh, not right, they started making a living through sneakier means.
They also went through a period with not much money.
Later she got lucky and made quite a profit from investing like others.
Completely intent on developing in Port City.
After that, she met a man, a big boss from Port City, who said something to her.
She took a knife and tried to stab him.
She didn’t succeed.
She was handed over to the police station.
Her crime was attempted assault, which would have started with at least three months of criminal detention at the minimum.
But she was diagnosed with mental problems and wasn’t sent to jail, instead, she was sent off to a psychiatric hospital.
It was then that Xun Wu found out.
That big boss from Port City couldn’t get his hands into the police, so he had to settle for locking her up in a psychiatric hospital, making it easy for him to be informed about Jiang Nanshu’s situation at any time. It seemed he intended to keep Jiang Nanshu confined for life.
Once she was locked up, the fledgling power structure she had just built fell apart without her as its core.
Her money was reported as illicit funds and was seized by the state.
In the end, she got nothing, and was labeled as a mentally ill person.
Xun Wu clenched his fists in secret, swearing in his heart that he would never let Jiang Nanshu meet that big boss from Port City alone again.
He must have said something that their boss couldn’t accept, leading her to lose control.
Xun Wu bared his teeth in a grin at Jiang Nanshu, “Boss, now that we’ve made money, this is enough for your descendants to use for several generations! We don’t need to live in poverty anymore. Oh, right, a project abroad needs your signature, I almost forgot.”
Xun Wu smacked his head, went out, and brought in several documents.
Jiang Nanshu checked them, found no issues, and then signed her name.
After Xun Wu left, Jiang Nanshu’s mind drifted blankly; during this half-year, she had indeed searched monotonously for any traces of the Jiang Family and Lu Qingyan.
In this world, there was simply no existence of them or their group.
Jiang Nanshu had been so busy these past six months that she hadn’t had the time to think about them, those people slowly fading from her memory.
Occasionally, she’d have a fleeting thought of them.
She hadn’t even dreamt about them in her sleep at night.
Jiang Nanshu subconsciously avoided them, especially after that last glance at Lu Qingyan, fearing it would become another demon in her heart.
To sleep at night, she’d take a small amount of sleeping pills, blissfully sleeping dreamlessly until morning.
She also drank calming tea to avoid having nightmares.
Jiang Nanshu closed her eyes slightly, leaning back in her chair for a short rest.
The door was suddenly flung open.
“Boss! It’s bad! You need to hide,” Xun Wu rushed in with a loud voice.
Jiang Nanshu was startled, her soul nearly flying out, almost falling off her chair.
Her nerves unsettled, she looked at President Dong’s panicked face, now as bitter as a gourd.
“Xun Wu, you’d better be in trouble, or else I’ll make sure you are!” Jiang Nanshu steadied herself in her chair, her knuckles cracking on the desk.
Xun Wu: “…”
Tears spilled as he spoke, “Boss, me getting hit is a small matter, but getting hit by them is a big deal. I don’t want to see you sent back to the mental hospital by those people from Port City, wuu wuu wuu, I’ve finally started to see hope in my days!”
President Dong was moved by Xun Wu’s words, his eyes reddening as if Jiang Nanshu wouldn’t survive the day.
“Yes, Young Mr. Jiang, we should hide while we can. Under your leadership, this company has made huge progress. I want to be among the top hundred companies in the world, wuu wuu wuu, you can’t afford to have an accident.”
Jiang Nanshu: “…”
She picked up a water-based pen from the desk and played with it in her hand, raising an eyebrow, “What’s going on?”
Xun Wu, sniffling and sobbing: “Just now, the reception desk reported that a businessman named Zhou from Port City wants to meet you, seems like, what’s his name, Zhou Yanbai. Isn’t this the idiot who got you locked up in a mental hospital last year? Why is he rushing here as if he wants to die, ahh, it scared me to death.”
President Dong: “…”
He spoke carefully, “President Zhou is not an idiot, he’s the richest man in Port City.”
Xun Wu glared at him, “With my boss’s assets, are we afraid of that sh*(#y rich man? Right, my boss is also that heir to a hundred billion, and she will be the richest person in Hua Country in the future! What’s that Port City rich man compared to that? This guy sees my boss doing well and wants to cause trouble, he’s delighted, wanting a taste of all the good things, how can he be such an idiot, I can’t stand it, I really want to go slap him a few times, aaah!”
Xun Wu rolled up his sleeves, grinding his teeth.
President Dong sweated bullets from his forehead, now wasn’t the time to confront Zhou Yanbai.
He quickly held him back, “Secretary Xun, calm down, impulsiveness won’t solve anything. We can either hide Young Mr. Jiang for a while, or meet with them. We’re all in the same circle; inevitably, our paths will cross. Future cooperation might prioritize us…”
Xun Wu slapped him outright, “Pah, cooperate with him? I think you don’t want this company anymore. That man is a wolf in sheep’s clothing, cooperating with him is like walking into a trap. Ay, I think you’re an idiot too.”
President Dong: “…”
His face turned red with restraint, “Vulgar!”
Meanwhile, Jiang Nanshu sat unruffled in the main seat.
According to her expectations, Zhou Yanbai would just wait for her to visit, how could he possibly come to Beijing himself just to find her?
It had only been half a year, and he couldn’t sit still after seeing her development.
“Tell him to get lost, I won’t see him, and I’m not hiding.”
Xun Wu stood up straight, “Right away, I’ll pass on the message.”
Outside, the female assistant knocked on the office door.
She pushed the door open, trembling, nearly crying, “Young Mr. Jiang, President Zhou sent up an urn, saying if you don’t meet him, he’ll, he’ll spread the ashes on our company’s money tree at the entrance!”