BXBX NOVEL Chapter 258 - 258: Leaving
Yuan Shu looked at Jiang Chen indifferently. “You can’t persuade me. Perhaps this is fate. We’ll always be on opposite sides. You’re the literary scholar, but I have to marry the martial arts scholar. You’re the head of the Jiang family, but I’m the eldest young madam of the Shi family. God forbids us from being together.”
Jiang Chen accidentally knocked over the teacup. The light green tea spilled on his apricot-colored shirt and stained it.
He said agitatedly, “Why is it that in your world, I’m always the one who’s abandoned! Even though I brought you here and let you escape the restraints of your family and the imperial power, you still refuse to look at me…”
At this point, there was no need to dwell on this topic. After Yuan Shu picked up the teacup and finished the tea in it, she said calmly, “Jiang Chen, it’s impossible for a person to live without restraints. Even in this world, you have to consider your family. You can’t abandon everything. Just like how 1 couldn’t abandon my family in the past, it’s the same now. I already have ties.”
“We were abandoned after the other party weighed the pros and cons. Instead of dwelling on these past events, it’s better to look ahead. I’ve used three days to think it through. 1 won’t leave with you.”
Jiang Chen had his head lowered and didn’t say anything. He was angry that he knew Yuan Shu so well. It was because he knew Yuan Shu very well that he knew that since Yuan Shu had said these words, he really couldn’t take her away.
Yuan Shu continued, “Since I’ve already remembered the past, there’s no need to film the television drama anymore. Let this past stay in my memories.”
Jiang Chen smiled bitterly. “I should have known this would happen. Yuan Shu, 1 lost the bet again.”
Jiang Chen heaved a long sigh and sat up straight. Then he called his secretary, Zheng Tian, in.
After Zheng Tian handed him a document, he left silently.
Jiang Chen pushed the document in front of Yuan Shu. “Since we can’t talk about feelings, let’s get down to business. This document is about my recent investigation of your software company. Tan Jing made a good move. From the ball onwards, he lured you into the trap step by step. Then, he used this software company to get the Finance Bureau to investigate you. He has been preparing for a few months. This is only the first step. There must be more to it.”
Yuan Shu was puzzled. “If I remember correctly, the Tan family’s strength isn’t enough for them to go against the Shi family and the Jiang family. What he did is tantamount to betraying you. Without your support, how can he fight against the Shi family?”
Before this happened, Jiang Chen also thought that Tan Jing was loyal, but it seemed that Tan Jing had betrayed him long ago.
“The Jiang family and the Tan family have business dealings, so they cooperate in many aspects of work. Tan Jing has always sucked up to the Jiang family.” Jiang Chen hesitated for a moment before continuing, “Tan Jing was also the one who planned to drug you and let you marry Shi Xiao. However, things probably changed since 1 arrived.”
“Tan Jing started to take a neutral stance. He was no longer so close to the Jiang family and the Shi family. Tan Jing didn’t even ask for the Jiang family’s opinion when he wanted to enter the software industry. Instead, he went to look for you.”
“I think there are only two possibilities. Either he wants to become independent, be completely neutral, and get rid of the two families’ control, but there’s no need for him to provoke you at all, since this will only bring trouble to himself. In that case, there’s only the second possibility. Someone is helping him.”
Yuan Shu was silent. She had the same thought as Jiang Chen.
However, Tan Jing wasn’t a fool. For him to choose to give up on the Shi family and the Jiang family after weighing the pros and cons, it meant that the person behind him was powerful enough to contend against the two families.
However, there weren’t many families in A City that had the same status as these two families. There was the Song family, which occupied a place in the academic world, but had always kept a low profile, and the Li family, which was doing well in the political world.
However, the social statuses of these two families didn’t allow them to interfere in the business world.
Yuan Shu frowned and asked, “Then who do you think the mastermind is?”
Jiang Chen crossed his arms in front of his chest as he said, “It’s hard to determine for the time being. I haven’t seen any families suddenly rise in power recently, which means that that mastermind has hidden himself very well. More importantly, we don’t know what his goal is or what trump cards he has. The enemies on the surface aren’t scary, but the enemies hiding in the dark are.”
Yuan Shu and Jiang Chen looked at each other and smiled tacitly. This was what the two of them often said when they practiced on the sand table back then..