Chapter 339 Li Zhishen's Attitude

Chapter 339 Li Zhishen's Attitude

"When you ignored her just now, why didn't you think about preventing her from holding a grudge?" Li Zhishen was unconvinced, his face extremely serious. "Offending my daughter for your sake? Do you think I'd be that foolish?"

Everyone: "..."

That being said.

But there's no need to be so blunt.

We're all family, why get so angry?

“No matter what, she’s still a member of the Li family…” someone said after thinking for a while.

"When did she become a member of the Li family? How come I, as her father, didn't know?" Li Zhishen was doing it on purpose.

Everyone: ?

Everyone asked, "Isn't she your daughter?"

Li Zhishen: "Yes."

Everyone thought it was perfectly reasonable: "You are the current head of the Li family, isn't it normal for her to be a member of the Li family?"

"Didn't you just say that without a paternity test, Ruan Ruan might be An An's child with another man?" Li Zhishen's temper was never good, and his previous words were just due to his status and age. "I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, Ruan Ruan doesn't plan to acknowledge me as her father for the time being."

Everyone: "?!"

Everyone froze.

I never expected things to take this turn.

Why wouldn't she acknowledge such a cheap father? The Li family is one of the four major families in Haicheng, and Li Zhishen's status and achievements in Haicheng are second to none. How could Jiang Ruan possibly understand this?

"I insisted on giving her the shares," Li Zhishen said, which was not entirely untrue.

"Do you really think we're all fools?" Li Chengxuan couldn't stand it anymore. If she kept fooling people like this, these people who already had a biased view of Li Zhishen's abilities would probably believe her completely. "If she really didn't want it, why would she go through all the trouble to get the Qin family's shares? If you're going to lie, at least tell us something real."

Old Master Li glanced at Li Zhishen.

They've gone too far.

If you just follow the proper procedures, there won't be so many problems.

“The Qin family’s shares originally belonged to An’an, so it’s not surprising that she took them back for her mother,” Li Zhishen said. “As for the Li family, you all know how you treated Qin An back then.”

A difficult situation.

To do bad things.

Apart from him, no one in the entire Li family liked her.

The people at the dinner table fell silent. It was true that they had been too narrow-minded back then. If they hadn't tried to break up Qin An and Li Zhishen, the Li and Qin families would definitely be at a higher level now.

"I will not transfer the Li family's shares." Li Zhishen changed his route.

Old Master Li: "?"

Li Chengxuan: "?"

The others: ?

No one understood why he said such a strange thing.

“Instead of inheriting the shares now, which is fraught with difficulties, it would be better to wait until the Li Group declines before acquiring it.” Li Zhishen was really considering this idea. “I’ll call Xiao Shen later and have him resign from his position as president. Whoever wants to run the company can run it.”

Nobody took his words seriously.

In their view, no one would give up their interests.

It wasn't until Li Zhishen took out his phone and made a call in front of them, and the other end agreed without hesitation, that they realized this person might be serious.

"Don't believe him." Li Chengxuan saw this as an opportunity. "The Li family isn't going to collapse without him. I'll manage the company..."

Everyone was deep in thought.

It doesn't matter how much they fight each other normally, as the Li family's future is still there.

Only now did they suddenly realize a very important issue: Li Zhishen disliked all of them and even the Li family. They broke him up with Qin An, forced him to marry someone else, and even Qin An's unborn child was "aborted" because of pressure from the Li family.

It's not impossible that Li Zhishen might decide to abandon the Li family.

Jiang Ruan has the Qin family's shares that she is about to acquire, and Huo Zhizhou as her backer.

Li Zhishen has countless riches.

This situation is very likely to make him tired of fighting and dealing with people, after all, the prosperity of the Li family over the years has been related to him.

Without him and the people he trained, if someone else were to manage the company, there might not be any major changes in the short term, but within five years the Li family would become the bottom of the four major families, and if it took longer, it might be even worse.

"Zhi Shen..." The older people all wanted to give him some advice.

"I have to go now." Li Zhishen ignored him, his dark eyes sweeping around the room. "You two can continue your conversation."

"Everything is negotiable."

"Xiao Shen doesn't need to resign so quickly."

"None of us have any objections to the shareholding issue."

The neutral party spoke up.

Li Zhishen left without turning his head. He had only intended to say something to cooperate with Huo Zhizhou in putting on a show, but now he suddenly felt that his analysis made sense. Rather than wasting his energy trying to persuade them, he might as well let them face reality themselves.

His departure sparked even more discussion among the people present.

Everyone turned their attention to Old Master Li: "Aren't you going to try to persuade him?"

"There's nothing to advise him on." Old Master Li seemed resigned to his fate or still calculating. "I owe him for what happened back then. I can't interfere once more than twenty years ago and then pressure him again now."

Not to mention that he might not be able to force it now even if he wanted to.

The same method worked against Qin An back then, but it won't work against Jiang Ruan.

Li Zhishen understood this point, which is why he dared to speak so directly at the banquet. Although he and An'an had no hope for Ruan Ruan and Huo Zhizhou's remarriage and even wanted to stop it, those people believed it wholeheartedly.

After leaving the Li family residence, he sent Jiang Ruan a message: "If anyone from the Li family comes looking for you during this period, do not see them."

Jiang Ruan was still in Huo Zhizhou's car when she saw the message.

Noticing her change in mood, Huo Zhizhou asked her, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Ruan showed him her phone.

Upon seeing this, Mo Mo wanted to warn Huo Zhizhou to be more cautious, but then she took back her words because of her conversation with Huo Zhizhou that night.

"The talks must have broken down," Jiang Ruan guessed.

Given Li Zhishen's personality, if he wanted her to act and cooperate, he wouldn't say he would refuse to see her at all; he would only say she didn't need to pay any attention to him.

"It's nothing." Huo Zhizhou didn't take this minor change seriously. "Just follow the original plan."

Jiang Ruan hummed in agreement.

The car continued driving.

Half an hour later, they arrived at Jiang Ruan's house.

Originally, she and Mo Mo were supposed to ride in Tang Bai's car, but Huo Zhizhou said he had something to talk to her about and got into the car with her before she could react. Mo Mo was worried that something was amiss, so she followed.

The moment I got off the bus.

Tang Bai glanced at Jiang Yu in the driver's seat and said to Huo Zhizhou, "Mr. Huo, your driver isn't very good."

Assistant Jiang: "..."

Tang Bai: "Your driving skills are terrible."

Assistant Jiang: "..."

Is that polite?

Tang Bai: "If you need to talk to our young lady in the future, get in my car and I'll show you the driving skills of a racing god."

Huo Zhizhou: "Okay."

Jiang's assistant had a string of question marks on his forehead.

How can that be done?

"I'm going in first." Jiang Ruan knew that Tang Bai was just a chatterbox, so she didn't get involved in the conversation. She just told Huo Zhizhou, "Don't contact me unless it's absolutely necessary. I don't need your help with my affairs."

"It's quite cold outside." Huo Zhizhou didn't reply. "Let's go inside."

Jiang Ruan stared at him: "I'm serious."

Huo Zhizhou: "I'm serious too."

Jiang Ruan: "..."

Huo Zhizhou stretched out his long arm and grasped her large, warm hand. He warmed her hands as he felt their icy coldness: "It's only been a short while, look how frozen your hands are."