Chapter 380 Old Master Li tries to persuade Jiang Ruan

Chapter 380 Old Master Li tries to persuade Jiang Ruan

"Has the Li family been contacting you lately?" Si Ning asked.

"No," Jiang Ruan said truthfully. "There's nothing I need to talk to you about."

Si Ning thought about how Old Master Li was doing everything he could to bring Li Chengxuan back, so she didn't tell her in the end. There was no point in telling her now.

That evening.

Old Master Li then sent someone over.

Call Jiang Ruan out to discuss matters.

Jiang Ruan didn't think too much about it, assuming that he was trying to explain why Li Chengxuan had done something before.

They arranged to meet in a private room at a restaurant. When Jiang Ruan entered, Old Master Li looked at her with the concern of an elder: "You've arrived."

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting." Jiang Ruan said politely.

"Come and sit down." Old Master Li had someone hand her the menu. "Take a look and see what you'd like to eat."

Jiang Ruan politely took the food, glanced at it casually, and then handed it back to him, saying, "I'm fine with anything, I'm not picky. Just pick one you like."

After she said that, Old Master Li had all the signature dishes served.

Time passed by, bit by bit.

The dishes were served one after another.

Grandpa Li glanced at Jiang Ruan from time to time.

Even though Jiang Ruan wasn't paying attention, she noticed it. She put down her chopsticks and politely said, "You haven't told me why you called me here."

"Actually, it's nothing serious. I just wanted to see how you're recovering." Old Master Li gradually steered the conversation. "Chengxuan went too far with what he did. It was my fault as his older brother for not disciplining him properly."

“This is none of your business,” Jiang Ruan said politely. “He’s an adult, and you can’t stop him from doing whatever he wants.”

Old Master Li sighed.

Jiang Ruan didn't say much.

She knew that Old Master Li wanted to plead for Li Chengxuan.

She didn't know much about what happened that day, and she didn't know how Huo Zhizhou had told the Li family, but judging from the atmosphere at breakfast the next morning, she sensed something.

"Soft-hearted girl." Old Master Li seemed to have made up his mind.

Jiang Ruan exuded composure: "Please speak."

Old Master Li's gaze fell on her face, looking at her clear, bright eyes. After a moment of inner struggle, he finally spoke: "Grandpa has something I'd like to ask you to help with. If you agree, I guarantee that no one will dare to object to you taking the Li family's shares."

"What is it?" Jiang Ruan already had a rough idea in her mind.

“Li Chengxuan is being hunted down abroad because of some things, and as his older brother, I have to find a way to bring him back safely.” Old Master Li said this while observing Jiang Ruan's expression. “Do you understand?”

Jiang Ruan spoke gently: "I understand."

Taking the opportunity, Old Master Li pressed further, "Then you support me bringing him back?"

“This is a private matter between you and him. As a junior, I have no right to comment.” Jiang Ruan did not follow his lead. “Junior should not interfere with the wishes of their elders.”

Old Master Li's heart sank lower and lower.

He knew that Jiang Ruan had a problem with Li Chengxuan, and he also knew that she was saying this on purpose for him to hear.

"I won't lie to you, the reason I'm here is to ask you to spare his life." He laid it all out directly, "If you agree, Grandpa will agree to anything you ask."

Jiang Ruan paused in her action of picking up the cup.

Grandpa Li continued, "It's easy for me to bring him back to China, but your mother and Huo Zhizhou both want him to pay the price for hurting you."

"Isn't it only right to pay the price for doing something wrong?" Jiang Ruan had guessed this in advance, and her emotions were relatively stable at this time.

“That’s only natural, but he didn’t cause you any real harm, and you’re doing very well now.” Old Master Li made it clear, “But Huo Zhizhou and your mother want to kill him.”

Jiang Ruan remembered that night when her mother said she had to go out for a while.

It turns out he went to speak up for her.

"I survived because the people who care about me did their best." Jiang Ruan raised her eyes slightly and met Old Master Li's gaze. "It wasn't because Li Chengxuan showed mercy."

Old Master Li was taken aback.

He didn't expect the girl to refuse so decisively.

Weren't we being very polite to each other before?

“Li Chengxuan is completely innocent and clean-cut. Even if Huo Zhizhou and my mother wanted to kill him, they couldn’t do anything about it,” Jiang Ruan added. “You coming to me only means that he has indeed committed a crime.”

Even if Huo Zhizhou really wanted to harm Li Chengxuan, given the Li family's background, Old Master Li could protect him with all his might and save his life.

He couldn't protect her; it could only mean that Li Chengxuan had committed many other crimes besides hiring someone to kill her.

"He committed a crime, but I also want to spare his life," Old Master Li stated frankly.

Jiang Ruan said directly, "I can't give you the answer you're looking for."

Old Master Li: "What if I beg you?"

Jiang Ruan: "You should understand the principle that the law is impartial better than I do."

Old Master Li's heart sank suddenly.

He had always thought that Jiang Ruan was gentle-looking, kind-hearted, and easy to talk to.

He thought she wouldn't agree immediately, but he also felt that with his persuasion, she would agree to give it serious consideration, or perhaps ask him for enough benefits.

"Aren't you afraid I'll stop your dad from giving you the shares?" He had to change his approach. "If I stop him, your dad will run into a lot of trouble, and all the shares in the Li Group you dreamed of will become a pipe dream."

Jiang Ruan calmly replied, "I never said I cared about the shares of the Li Group."

Old Master Li's sharp eyes paused for a moment.

"It was you who kept trying to force it on me," Jiang Ruan stated the harsh truth.

"Do you know how much those shares are worth?" Old Master Li wanted to see through her act, but this girl was too sincere from head to toe, so sincere that he felt she really looked down on the shares.

"It's about the same as the Qin family's shares," Jiang Ruan said calmly.

Grandpa Li looked at her, puzzled: "Then you still don't want it?"

Jiang Ruan: "You can understand it as me not being a complete businesswoman yet, and not valuing money and profits that much."

Old Master Li exchanged a glance with the old butler beside him.

To be honest.

They didn't expect this.

“Also, you misspoke just now,” Jiang Ruan corrected him. “I have never acknowledged Chairman Li as my father. In a sense, he is just Uncle Li.”

Old Master Li felt a lump in his throat.

Jiang Ruan didn't plan to stay any longer: "I have something to do at home, so I'll be leaving now. You guys enjoy your meal."

After saying that, he took his bag and left without looking back.

It wasn't until the door to the private room closed that Old Master Li's displeasure was fully revealed.

"How much of what she just said do you think was true and how much was false?" he asked the old butler sitting next to him.

The other party replied quickly: "Absolutely true."

Old Master Li: "?"

The old housekeeper said, "She really doesn't care about the Li family's shares."

Old Master Li was speechless.

That's not just money, it's also shares that allow you to participate in various company decisions.

"If a gentle approach doesn't work, how about we try a more forceful one?" the old butler asked.

"Don't even think about that." Old Master Li is no longer as confused as before, and he has begun to see many things clearly. "Huo Zhizhou and Qin An are both ruthless characters. If I really make a move against Jiang Ruan, the entire Li family will be the next to die, not to mention there is also a rebellious son who has a deep-seated prejudice against me."