Yesterday's family dinner ended unpleasantly, making everyone even more wary of Di Mingjue's standing in the old lady's heart.
At the same time, the old lady's arbitrary actions displeased Third Uncle, further increasing his dislike for Di Mingjue.
Concurrently, he placed his hopes of resisting Di Mingjue on Di Ruihe.
On the other side, Jiang Feifei only learned about the matter after the Di Dongsheng family of three had boarded their flight abroad.
She looked at Di Ruihe, who was savoring his coffee opposite her, and said, "Congratulations, you've successfully eliminated another competitor."
After their last meeting, their thoughts had aligned.
"It's too early to say," Di Ruihe calmly retorted.
The biggest obstacle was Di Mingjue; his absence would truly mean fewer competitors.
Jiang Feifei praised him exaggeratedly, "How could that be? You are so much more stable compared to Di Dongsheng. With your way of handling things, you will naturally replace Di Mingjue."
Jiang Feifei was skilled at persuasive words, but it was evident that the Di family members were immune to her tactics.
Di Ruihe came to see her today, partly to inform her that Di Dongsheng had left the capital and that he was the only one who could help her now. Secondly, he wanted to discuss Wu Corporation's current cooperation with Di Jue Group.
This project had been facilitated by Di Dongsheng, who had also been in contact with Wu Jie. However, with him no longer in the country, someone else should take the lead.
Jiang Feifei knew this, but she wanted to string him along, as she needed to secure benefits before taking him to see Wu Jie.
"Did he give you any instructions before he left?" Jiang Feifei asked back.
Instructions?
After the banquet, Di Dongsheng had taken his wife and child to the airport by car. He hadn't even brought luggage, let alone had a chance to say a word to him.
But how could Di Ruihe let Jiang Feifei know this?
"Although he has left, he will still communicate with me by phone later. What, do you have something to tell him?"
"No, I was just curious if he had handed over the Wu Corporation project to you."
Tapping her fingers, Jiang Feifei adopted a casual attitude.
Both sides wanted to gain leverage over the other, but if leverage were that easy, nothing in the world would be difficult.
Seeing her reticence, Di Ruihe's expression turned slightly anxious. He needed to gradually gain control from Di Mingjue to become the head of the Di family.
He was unwilling to try anything with Di Dongsheng's eager attitude to compete with him.
"I've said what I needed to say. Since Miss Jiang is unwilling to compromise, I can only try myself," he said, rising from the booth.
Jiang Feifei wanted to pressure him further, but he left directly.
Di Ruihe did not believe Wu Jie would be so rigid as to only recognize Di Dongsheng. Did he not want Di Jue Group's funding later?
Leaving the meeting spot, Di Ruihe went to Wu Corporation. Inconveniently, he saw Di Mingjue's car in the underground parking lot.
He made a call to the company and inquired, learning that Di Mingjue was at Wu Corporation to meet Wu Jie.
Upstairs.
Wu Jie nervously faced Di Mingjue.
"Mr. Di, what brings you here this time?" he stammered.
Shen Lin took out a document from his pocket and handed it to Wu Jie.
"Take a look," Di Mingjue said.
Opening the document, Wu Jie saw the terms regarding the current cooperative project between the two companies. The listed requirements gave him a headache.
The project itself was a pretense. By doing this, did he actually have to implement it?
Looking at the signature on the last page, Wu Jie put down the document. "I have reviewed the content, but I need some time to consider. The previous cooperation was with the young Mr. Di. Since he has gone abroad, I also need to consider whether to continue cooperating with Di Jue Group."