Jiang Meiying moved behind Zhang Hien, ready to leave with him.
"Jiang Meiying, we're not finished." The man sighed, and she just scoffed at him.
"Is there anything else other than trying to convince me to selling MY properties."
His brows itched at her words, but he knew better than to talk. He just held the bridge of his nose between his fingers and looked down.
"I would be seeing the lawyer tomorrow, and I'll ensure that the only reason he'd give you the documents to any property my mum owned is
If I PERSONALLY give my consent. Not my signature."
"Jiang Meiying, how can you be so cruel to your father!" Zhang Wei, baffled with the way things were going, finally yelled. He was scared as well. Selling this land was going to earn him something to hold up his business, and now fate had come to ruin things for him. If Jiang Meiying wasn't willing to give her father even a penny, he was a goner!
"From the day my mother died, I never had a father!" There a spine-chilling silence in the room before Jiang Meiying turned Zhang Hien around and wheeled him out the room.
Another uncomfortable silence settled in the room. Soon, only the noise of cutlery against the plate was heard as they finished their meal which tasted bland in their mouth.
"Honey. Ming Ming. Please leave us, I'll like to have a talk with Zhang Wei here." Jiang Tao said when the maid had dutifully carried their plates into the kitchen to do some washing.
Zhang Wei almost gulped.
Just what did he want to talk about?
Jiang Chu and Jiang Ming solemnly left, but with bitter hearts, pondering over what just happened.
When they arrived in Jiang Chu's room, Jiang Ming grabbed a pillow and sighed outloud.
"Somehow I wish she was this pillow I was holding now, I'd just..." The next moment, she squeezed the pillow in-between her two hands and tossed it aside where it bounced on the ground.
Jiang Chu just sat there, her hands weaving through her hair like a brush. It was her pondering posture, and it made her think very well especially when it came to constructing plans.
Jiang Chu had been envious of the life late Jiang Mei had been living. She had a handsome husband, she was the heiress of a huge property, and she was very beautiful. She was even pregnant with child.
While she?
Jiang Chu was the daughter of a car mechanic, but with her witty brain and crafty plans, she managed to get into this position by using her body.
Yes! She shamelessly seduced Jiang Tao and made him force his wife to sign all her properties into his name. She already had everything planned out.
When Jiang Tao would complain of something like this, she would entice him once again to make her the head of his company and control every other thing under him — and how will she make this possible if not poisoning him, causing him to fall ill and have no choice but to do it.
But now, with just one news, her plans came crashing down at her feet!
No... No!!!
The Will's already in the custody of the executor and she couldn't do anything about it, but there was one thing which everyone knew, but of course it was too preposterous even for Jiang Tao to hear.
Generally, if a beneficiary dies after acquiring their inheritance left by the deceased's, whatever they've received will fall under ownership of the executor who will give part of the property to her family member(s) and the others will fall back into the deceased's residuary estate to be distributed.
So far, her only family member was Zhang Hien, and if she died, the disabled man could be intimidated easily to hand over every ownership of property he gained.
If Jiang Meiying wasn't willing to comply with them, she would have to pay the ultimate price.
"Mother." The evil smirk on her face vanished when she turned to Jiang Ming who looked devastated. "Mother, what did father say about his company. Is he loosing money?"
"Come, Ming Ming. Don't worry. Your mother will handle everything and make you sure you never suffer, do you understand?"
Jiang Ming calmed down a bit in her mother's arms, but she tensed up when she remembered all that ensued in the dining room.
"Mother?"
"Mm."
"Does is mean that the fat pig is rich now?"
Jiang Chu flinched at her innocently put question. An evil glint flashed in her eyes as she continued stroking her hand over her daughter's hair.
"Honey, your scalp feels very dry. Get me some coconut oil in my cupboard. I'll help you massage it." Jiang Chu changed the topic cunningly as she said.
"Okay." She turned to get the coconut oil and a sinister smile crawled up on Jiang Chu's face as she began deriving plans on how to get rid of Jiang Meiying.
Jiang Tao cleared his throat as he began.
"I didn't want to let you know about this, and that was why I wanted to do a business collaboration with you to earn some money, but truly my business is crumbling and I need at least a sum of 20 million dollars to aid in the foundation of the business... "
Zhang Wei swallowed as he anticipated where this was leading to.
"Son-in-law... I... have just a favor to ask of you. I need this money from you. I can't ask anyone else (pride obviously)."
Zhang Wei calmly raised the glass of water to his lips and swallowed the water.
This news he received about Jiang Meiying a while ago was like a bucket of ice water being splashed on his face, and he was yet to recover till Mr. Jiang suddenly asked him for such a sum of money.
How was he going to explain that he was doing this business collaboration to gain some money from it to aid his crumbling business as well!