"We had a hostile takeover."
"..."
"Your mother told me not to tell you about this, but I think you have the right to know." Jiang Yunan put his hand on her shoulder, hesitated for a moment before continuing, "It's good for you to make plans."
Yanliang suddenly stood up.
After staring blankly at Jiang Yunan for a while, she realized that all this was not her hallucination.
Her mind was still stuck on the bad news of the hostile takeover, and she repeated in a murmur: "Plan?" But her mind went blank.
Under Jiang Yunan's silent gaze, Yan Liang sorted out some clues: "Where did the news of the acquisition come from?"
"There have been funds in the tradable stock market that have been buying Xu's stocks at a low price, and the amount is getting bigger and bigger. The relevant departments found something was wrong, and followed the clues to investigate, only to find out..." Jiang Yunan glanced at her silently, and continued, "...the situation is worse than expected."
Yan Liang's heart immediately felt cold.
A thousand kinds of thoughts are now all mixed together, almost blocking her breath, and Jiang Yunan's voice keeps echoing in her ears: The situation is worse than expected...
bad? How bad can it be? Yanliang hesitated for a while, and finally asked: "The acquirer is already targeting the shareholders?"
Jiang Yunan looked at her and nodded helplessly.
At that moment, Yanliang only felt that there was a momentary blackness in front of her eyes, and the bad news one after another was already beyond her ability, so that she fell back into the chair, and after a long silence, she raised her head and asked: "Have you found out if it is true?" Who is operating behind the scenes?"
Jiang Yunan shook his head: "Currently only a nominal shell company has been found."
"..."
"Don't worry too much, I've activated the contingency plan for the anti-acquisition. Your mother decided to invest in the stock repurchase, and the relevant procedures have been signed. It shouldn't be too late."
Although he heard what he said, Yanliang couldn't relax her heart in the slightest. Since the hostile takeover has alarmed the Xu family, it must be that the purchaser currently holds a considerable share of Xu's stock, and Yanliang has no courage to go any further. Preferring, presumably, to the man in front of her telling her the worse: "Which shareholders have sold their holdings?"
"The current list includes Lai Zhengnian and Liu Jun."
Jiang Yunan's expression at this moment indicated how serious the situation was. Yan Liang couldn't bear to look directly at him, so he just lowered his head and listened to him continue: "We have received news that their next target is Zhou Chengkuan, and we are already in contact with Zhou Chengkuan , to see if it can be salvaged."
The cold wind lifted a corner of the white cloth that was thrown on the grass, and looked at the corner that was flying desolately, and Yanliang's downcast eyes were falling on it. All of a sudden, she realized that she was actually like that white cloth, who had no ability to resist in the face of strong external forces.
Then he picked up the white cloth with one hand and put it back on the table.
Yanliang looked up along that hand and saw Jiang Yunan's face.
"Don't be in a daze, look at you, your hands are numb from the cold." Jiang Yunan said while holding her hands, covering them in his palms, breathing hot air, "Come into the house."
Feeling the warmth from him, Yanliang's body finally warmed up. This man's unflappable appearance can always bring people back from the brink of despair...
Yanliang nodded, and he led her back, the whole haze hanging in the sky was finally left behind by them.
As soon as Yanliang entered the room, Yanliang saw Aunt Liang trotting towards her from a distance. After finding them, Aunt Liang nodded politely at Jiang Yunan before turning to Yanliang: "Lawyer Wan is here, Madam told you to hurry up Go to the study, the will will be read out soon."
Jiang Yunan smiled at Yanliang, "I'll wait for you here."
Although he is already the son-in-law of the Xu family, he is still a complete outsider when it comes to the division of inheritance. After Yanliang nodded, she followed Aunt Liang upstairs.
Zhou Cheng stood smoking in the corridor outside the study, and Yan Liang saw him as soon as he went upstairs. He also saw Yan Liang, and twitched the corners of his mouth as a greeting, but even with a smile like this, what Yan Liang saw on his face was only sadness.
"Didn't you quit smoking a long time ago?"
That happened a few years ago. Xu Ziqing once complained about the smell of cigarettes in his room, and within a month, he quit smoking.
But at this moment, when Zhou Cheng heard Yan Liang's question, he took another deep breath of the cigarette slowly, and only smiled wordlessly at Yan Liang.
Yanliang knew that she was not qualified to take off his cigarette on the spot, but just looked at his side face with mixed feelings, and finally turned around and walked towards the study without saying anything.
After hesitating outside the door, Yan Liang pushed the door open and went in.
When Xu Jinfu was alive, if he had nothing to do at home, the most frequent place to stay was this study room. From the selection of furniture to the arrangement, it was done according to Xu Jinfu's wishes. Now Xu Ziqing and her daughter are sitting on the sofa beside them waiting, Yanliang from Looking back on the sofa, he glanced inadvertently, and caught a glimpse of the family portrait hanging on the wall behind the desk.
That seems to be a photo taken five years ago. Yanliang above had a serious face, Xu Ziqing had a bright smile, and Xu Jinfu sat in the center with a hale and hearty spirit.
It was a family that was divided in private, but still seemed to be intact on the surface. Unlike today, even the apparent unity does not need to be maintained...
At the moment when Yan Liang was in a daze, the door was pushed open again, and Yan's mother and Lawyer Wan came in afterward.
"Flame and cool?"
Yanliang's sanity was finally recalled by her mother, and she looked away from the family portrait.
Seeing his mother and Lawyer Wan, Yan Liang quickly settled down and sat on the sofa on the other side away from Xu Ziqing's mother and daughter.
The estate to be divided announced this time includes all movable and immovable properties under the name of Xu Jinfu:
Because of Xu Ziqing's previous actions, except for the Xu shares she had obtained before, Xu Jinfu did not divide the shares to Xu Ziqing in the will, but gave full authority to Yanmu to take care of them.
Xu Jinfu's decision is equivalent to an indirect statement: Xu family will be inherited by Yanliang.
Most of the rest of the real estate was inherited by Xu Ziqing and her mother.
Except for stocks and real estate, the rest of the estate will be managed by a special trust fund, and everyone will benefit. Yanliang's mother and daughter and Xu Ziqing's mother and daughter will be distributed in a ratio of 4:6.
The Xu family mansion they are in now was the joint property of Yan's mother and Xu Jinfu when it was built. Xu Ziqing's mother and daughter can move out of the mansion immediately and live in the urban villa that was just allocated to Xu Ziqing's mother.
Everyone has no objection to the distribution of the inheritance, signs, and leaves... What is meant by "leave the tea"? Maybe it was Yanliang sitting there, watching Xu Ziqing's mother and daughter leave together, and she really wanted to say to those people whom she had hated for many years: Goodbye...
Or, never see you again...
Just when Yan Liang was struggling to withdraw his eyes from the backs of the two men and stared blankly at the cup of coffee in front of him, Xu Ziqing, who had already walked to the door, went back and forth under the direction of Xu's mother's eyes. Go to Mother Yan and say, "Big Mom, let's go."
Mother Yan nodded. But thinking about something, Mother Yan called out to Xu Ziqing who was about to leave again: "Ziqing!"
Xu Ziqing turned around suspiciously.
Everyone in the study heard what Yanmu said next: "You can make a price, and sell back the part of the shares that your father gave you before."
Xu Ziqing's expression changed.
Seeing that she has not spoken for a long time, Mother Yan guessed that she must be embarrassed, and her tone was as gentle as possible: "You think about it. The situation of Xu Shi is too turbulent during this period, I hope you will consider the overall situation."
Xu Ziqing hesitated for a while, and finally said ambiguously: "I will give you an answer as soon as possible."
finally leave...
yes, finally...
Xu Ziqing left in the same car with his mother, and his mother was sobbing silently beside him. Xu Ziqing propped his chin and looked out the window. He could hear his mother's intermittent and subdued sobs in his ears, and what echoed in his head were Yanmu's words: You make a price. Well, sell back the share that your father gave you before...
Xu's situation during this period is too turbulent, I hope you will consider the overall situation...
"Mom." Xu Ziqing said suddenly.
Mother was taken aback, and quickly wiped away her tears, adjusted her voice before responding, "What's wrong?"
"..." Xu Ziqing was silent for a while, but finally did not continue, "...it's nothing."
The car drove all the way, and finally left the mansion where she had lived for decades. Although he didn't say a few words along the way, Xu Ziqing's mind was in an unprecedented disorder.
Finally, she turned around vigilantly and said to the driver: "Let me get off at the next intersection, and you can send your wife there first."
"Where are you going?"
Xu Ziqing forced a smile: "There is something."
The driver stopped at the next intersection, and Xu Ziqing immediately opened the door and got off. He quickly got a taxi and went straight to Libo Group.
The outside world now regards her as the future Mrs. Jiang. She can go in and out of Libo without hindrance. Xu Ziqing reluctantly responded to the greetings of others all the way to Jiang Shijun's exclusive office area.
Seeing her, the secretary got up immediately to report to the president, but Xu Ziqing stopped her: "No need, I'll go in by myself."
Xu Ziqing just walked in alone.
The office area is very spacious, the outer room is used for entertaining guests, and there is also a small indoor golf. The inner room is the office. When Xu Ziqing walked to the door of the office, he was about to push open the door, when a sentence came from inside: " Yu Nan, when will I go back to visit your father's grave?"