My husband Can Cultivate-Chapter 288: Sell Qifei Group, Right?

Without a second thought, Li Qingyan hung up the phone. But the same number called back, again and again. Eventually, Li Qingyan gave in, paused the meeting, and stepped aside to take the call. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"What did you say?!"

After the call, Li Qingyan's expression changed completely. She was entirely unable to concentrate for the rest of the meeting, and her face grew pale.

"President Li, if you're not feeling well, you should take a break," Ye Fei said with a frown. "We can postpone the meeting. Your health is what's most important!"

"Thank you! I have to go check on something!"

Li Qingyan, a woman who never missed work, actually requested to leave.

After leaving the company, she dashed straight to a private club in the city. Following the room number she'd been given over the phone, she entered the room.

"Ji Sheng! What's going on? What happened to my nanny?"

Li Qingyan clearly knew the man in the room.

Ji Sheng smiled. "It's good that you still care about her. Come on, sit down and have a drink with me. We've known each other for so long, after all. Why the attitude?"

SLAP!

Li Qingyan sent the wine glass flying. "I'm asking you, where is my nanny? What exactly happened to her? What did you mean on the phone when you said she was in danger?"

When Li Qingyan was a child, she had a nanny who was very kind to her. The nanny returned to her home country when Li Qingyan was in her teens. This nanny had a son named Ji Sheng—the very man standing before her.

A scumbag! All he knows is how to gamble.

The sizable sum of money her family had given the nanny was supposedly squandered by this wastrel son. Consequently, Li Qingyan had a very poor impression of Ji Sheng and didn't even bother hiding her contempt for him.

"As long as I'm taken care of, the nanny will be fine," Ji Sheng said with a faint smile.

"How much money do you want?" Li Qingyan asked coldly.

Ji Sheng waved his hand dismissively. "I don't need money right now!"

He wasn't short on cash; the Song Family had given him a large sum. He had already received one million in advance, with another five million to come after the job was done. That was more than enough for him. Not only that, but the Song Family had also promised him that as long as he succeeded, they would give him a cushy position where he could draw a high salary without doing any work.

A sustainable source of income!

The method the Song Family Head had told Cao Xingjian was, in fact, to blackmail Li Qingyan. They had learned that she had a nanny living in Jingnan Prefecture, so they had placed the old woman under house arrest. Then, they persuaded the greedy Ji Sheng to cooperate with them.

The Kang City Business Alliance often used such tactics, and they were remarkably effective almost every time. They exploited their target's weaknesses to blackmail them, and if their demands weren't met, they wouldn't hesitate to act mercilessly. In their eyes, there was only profit; killing someone was just business as usual.

This time, they were repeating their old trick, targeting Li Qingyan. They planned to use her to bring down the Qifei Group and then acquire it.

"What exactly do you want?" Li Qingyan demanded coldly.

It would have been one thing if Ji Sheng had just wanted money. Problems that can be solved with money aren't really big problems. But if he didn't want money, then this was serious.

"Let me be frank," Ji Sheng said with a smile. "I hear you're now the general manager of the Qifei Group. And that both the owner and the chairman trust you completely. Is that right?"

Li Qingyan's expression changed abruptly. She sensed that this was far more serious than she'd imagined.

"What do you want?" she asked, her brow furrowed.

"I'm just asking if what I said is true," Ji Sheng pressed.

"You're right. The boss and the chairman both trust me. I've started taking charge of all major and minor affairs at the company. The chairman is only responsible for liaising with the boss and guiding our overall direction," Li Qingyan admitted.

"Hahaha, excellent!" Ji Sheng laughed. "Alright then. I want to acquire the Qifei Group. You figure out a way. I believe you have the capability."

What?! As usual, Ji Sheng had to say something utterly outrageous. Proposing something so absurd... Is he insane?

"Are you dreaming? The Qifei Group is currently the second most valuable company in Kang City, right after the Fan Group. It's worth tens of billions! You want to acquire it? I know exactly what kind of person you are," Li Qingyan said coldly. "Besides, what does this have to do with my nanny?"

Ji Sheng sighed. "I'll be straight with you. My mom has been put under house arrest by the Kang City Business Alliance. They said they'll only release her if you help them acquire the Qifei Group. Let me remind you, my mom saved your life and raised you until you were twelve. And you once said you'd do anything for her, didn't you?"

Li Qingyan's face turned deathly pale. She understood everything in an instant.

The Kang City Business Alliance can't compete with the Qifei Group, so they're resorting to this despicable tactic. Truly disgusting.

"The Kang City Business Alliance said the Qifei Group can either join them as an independent entity or sell directly to them," Ji Sheng continued. "I think it's better to just sell. You're not a shareholder, so why stress yourself out over the Qifei Group?"

"Impossible!" Li Qingyan said icily. "I will never betray the Qifei Group. And Ji Sheng, let me give you some advice: don't get involved with the Kang City Business Alliance. As for my nanny, I will find a way to save her."

Ji Sheng sighed again. "The Kang City Business Alliance has made it clear. They've only given you three days. If you don't succeed in three days, they'll kill my mom. I really don't understand what you're thinking. It's not your company. You're just a manager. Abandon the Qifei Group for the nanny who loves you. It wouldn't be a betrayal; you're being forced. Don't put so much pressure on yourself."

"Enough!" Li Qingyan snapped. "You don't seem forced at all. In fact, you seem quite happy about it. Do you have a conscience? Using your own mother to secure wealth and status? Let me tell you something, I'm resigning tomorrow!"

"Telling me that is useless," Ji Sheng sneered. "If you resign, your nanny still dies. Just think about how good she was to you!"

He knew Li Qingyan all too well. The woman was sentimental; she could never abandon her nanny.

Li Qingyan's face was a mask of agony. It was true, she couldn't bear the thought of her nanny dying. And she did, in fact, have the ability to manipulate things to allow the Kang City Business Alliance to acquire the Qifei Group. Although it would be illegal, she could always flee to Eagle Country afterward. Who could do anything to her then?

"Qingyan, just think about it. Think about how good the nanny was to you back then," Ji Sheng coaxed. "If you can't bear to lose your job, that's fine too. Once the Kang City Business Alliance acquires the Qifei Group, you can become the chairman! I'm telling you, they've only given us three days. Today is already the second day. If you haven't handled this by the day after tomorrow, it will be too late!"