"What?"
"You want me to continue working at Pai Pai Fashion tomorrow, as a secretary to Boss Pai Pai?"
Li Qianfan froze when he heard Su Ziyu's words.
"You heard correctly."
Su Ziyu opened another bottle of beer for him and placed it in front of him. "Tomorrow, you will continue to work at Pai Pai Fashion as Dai Pai Pai's secretary."
Li Qianfan frowned. "Wife, are you trying to trick me? Or test my most genuine love for you?"
"Am I that bored?"
Su Ziyu rolled her eyes and said indifferently, "I just can't stand the sight of Zhao Lianjin's ugly face."
Time rewind—
When the four of them, Old Su and Old Ma, left the conference room with heavy hearts, Zhao Lianjin and other middle and high-level executives were all within the company.
They were gathered by the parking lot, smoking cigarettes and laughing loudly.
Zhao Lianjin even used veiled language to let Su Ziyu, who was no more than fifteen meters away, hear him express the idea that "Li Qianfan wants to compete with him for Dai Pai Pai."
Li Qianfan must be kicked out of the company!
Li Qianfan, who possessed extraordinary medical skills and, more importantly, a violent wife who could cause trouble at any moment, was the biggest obstacle to Zhao Lianjin's successful acquisition of Pai Pai Fashion.
How to kick Li Qianfan out of the company?
Zhao Lianjin, a cunning schemer, immediately exploited Su Ziyu.
He didn't believe that after he insinuated that Li Qianfan was competing with him for Dai Pai Pai, Su Ziyu would still allow Li Qianfan to remain in the company.
Zhao Lianjin was almost successful!
Because no woman, after hearing such gossip, would allow her husband to continue working as a secretary for the boss of Pai Pai Fashion.
Almost—
Meaning, it was a close call.
And this close call was the fatal mistake Zhao Lianjin made.
Zhao Lianjin should never have, absolutely never, when Old Su walked dejectedly towards the parking lot, openly boasted: "Su Laiyun, you dare to attend the meeting in the conference room. Heh, good, very good. I'm telling you now. If you know what's good for you, leave the company yourself. Otherwise, I'll kick you out later!"
Zhao Lianjin hadn't realized that Old Su and Su Ziyu shared the same surname, Su, and could possibly be father and daughter, or niece and uncle.
He arrogantly expressed his intentions to Old Su: "I know you're very unwilling. After all, you've worked your heart out to climb to the position of Sales Department Director. But now, someone I sent has easily replaced you. So what? Your efforts mean nothing in front of my power. Ha, haha."
Zhao Lianjin finished with a hearty laugh and left in a grand manner, surrounded by over a dozen middle and high-level executives.
Only the trembling Old Su, enraged, was left to stand in the moonlight, his hair disheveled by the wind.
Whose daughter, who will care.
Whose father, who will care!
The fiery Su Heidao, with great effort, managed to suppress the urge to pounce on Zhao Lianjin and beat him up.
Su Ziyu explained to Li Qianfan in the most concise way why she asked him to continue working at Pai Pai Fashion tomorrow.
Finally.
She said to Li Qianfan, "The more Zhao Lianjin wants to drive you away, the more I cannot let him have his way. I also can't stand his ugly face as he uses the most despicable means to snatch our father's hard-won success."
Li Qianfan finally understood why Su Heidao insisted on going to the tiger's den when she knew it was dangerous.
She continued, "Although I know very well, even if you and our father stay at Pai Pai Fashion, we might not be able to defeat Zhao Lianjin. But we must avenge our father!"
Li Qianfan smiled. "Wife, do you believe I can crush that surnamed Zhao like an ant?"
Su Ziyu frowned. "Do you think I don't know how capable you are? Who are you trying to impress?"
Li Qianfan—
He wasn't bragging!
Besides, he himself didn't know how capable he was, so how could Su Heidao know?
Su Ziyu reprimanded Li Qianfan, and seeing his dazed expression.
She felt a pang of concern.
She quickly softened her tone. "I know you want to use my strength to secretly deal with that Zhao Lianjin."
Li Qianfan felt a bit dizzy—
He thought of the saying, "Showing off one's skills in front of a master."
"But we must not do anything illegal."
Su Ziyu said seriously, "After all, Pai Pai Fashion is located within our mother's jurisdiction. If I were to secretly help you cause trouble, our mother wouldn't be able to escape responsibility. Now, this is a critical period for her to advance. Director Zhang at the station is about to retire. Many things cannot be resolved with violence."
Li Qianfan then remembered that his mother-in-law was a police officer.
"Wife."
"Yes?"
"Aren't you worried that the boss of Pai Pai Fashion and I will make a mistake?"
"Little husband."
"Here."
"How many legs do you have?"
"What do you mean?"
"If you dare to make a mistake—"
Su Ziyu stood up and said coldly, "Even with thirty legs, I'll break them all!"
Li Qianfan shivered violently.
Su Ziyu had just been earnestly persuading Li Qianfan that many things could not be resolved with violence.
Now she was threatening him fiercely—
Night deepened.
Dai Pai Pai sat by the bedside in a special VIP ward, holding her husband's hand and weeping silently.
She had now basically confirmed that her husband's poisoning was related to Zhao Lianjin.
But where was the evidence?
She couldn't produce any evidence!
If she could only watch Zhao Lianjin go unpunished due to lack of evidence, she could live with it.
The critical issue was that after she had completely fallen out with Zhao Lianjin, he had clearly signaled: "Pai Pai Fashion is mine, and the boss of Pai Pai is mine!"
Zhao Lianjin, who had meticulously planned this conspiracy for over a year, was confident he could force Dai Pai Pai, who held 95% of the shares, to follow the path he had laid out.
Dai Pai Pai was an only child, with no father.
Wang Mingshuai was an only child, and his parents were honest farmers from a remote mountainous area.
Moreover, they were both in poor health. If they learned of their son's accident, the consequences would be unimaginable.
In short—
When Dai Pai Pai realized she was trapped in Zhao Lianjin's web of conspiracy and was powerless to escape, she was filled with despair.
But she had a strong inner will, despite her gentle exterior.
She would never allow the wicked villain Zhao Lianjin's conspiracy to succeed.
For this, Dai Pai Pai was willing to pay any price she could afford!
This was why she was willing to abandon her dignity and "recognize a thief as her father."
"Mingshuai, my instinct tells me that if there is anyone in this world who can save me, it must be Li Qianfan."
Dai Pai Pai held her husband's hand and murmured tearfully, "Therefore, I abandoned all my dignity and recognized Li Qianfan, who is nine years younger than me, as my father. But even so, he refused to stay and help me."
"Mingshuai, tell Pai Pai, what should I do?"
Dai Pai Pai placed her husband's hand on her cheek and slowly leaned over the hospital bed.
The night grew deeper.
Her tears finally stopped.
As dawn broke, a new day began.
After the high-paid caregiver arrived at the hospital, Dai Pai Pai gave him a few more instructions before walking out of the hospital with heavy steps.
Her car was parked on the roadside at the entrance of the hospital.
She turned left and went to a breakfast shop.
After queuing to buy a bowl of congee and a boiled egg, Dai Pai Pai looked around for an empty table.
Suddenly—
A young man sitting behind the door raised his hand. "Boss Pai Pai, over here!"