As Gao Luxing was leaving, he said goodbye to Su Qing. Watching as Su Qing and Jiang Fan bent down to get their meals, when they sat down again, Su Qing was already seated opposite him. Jiang Fan ate heartily with his head down, while Su Qing also ordered a fast food meal, all greens.
"Jiang Fan, do you think I look like these rape blossoms? Green and fresh."
Jiang Fan lifted his head to look, then said,
"No! You don't look like rape blossoms, you look like cauliflower, the kind that hasn't been broken apart."
"You and Gao Luxing are getting close, Jiang Fan! You've betrayed me. He was willing to give you his beloved lighter. Indeed! Good-looking men are appealing to both genders. Are you a homosexual, Jiang Fan?"
Su Qing looked at Jiang Fan suspiciously. Jiang Fan slowly lifted his head and said coldly,
"You probably don't know how I got into a fight with Zhang Nan, right? Don't push me to throw my food in your face!"
Su Qing clasped her hands tightly at her chest and said pitifully,
"So, Jiang Fan, you've betrayed me."
Jiang Fan suddenly widened his eyes, then pounded his chest. Su Qing hurriedly handed him water, and he drank half a bottle in one gulp, panting as he said,
"Don't sit near me when I eat in the future. I'm afraid I'll choke one day. Can't you think of something cleaner? I want to take away the five percent of shares from Qian Ling's hands!"
"Breakup fee?"
"Damn it! Get out!"
Jiang Fan was so angry that he cursed and stood up to leave, leaving Su Qing alone at the table, pounding it with laughter, completely disregarding her image. When Su Qing came to her senses, she found that Jiang Fan had left, not returning to the company, but leaving Rongyao.
In the car, Jiang Fan played with the lighter that Ji Jing had returned to him. He was worried about finding an opportunity to skip work. Su, you are indeed my considerate little jacket! Little did he know that at this moment, Su Qing was almost like a piece of red-hot iron armor, trying to find a way to kill Jiang Fan.
He took a taxi to Xingjia Wangfu. After Lao Tang opened the door for Jiang Fan, he went back to the living room and rummaged through the cabinets. Seeing his father-in-law rummaging through the boxes with his buttocks raised, Jiang Fan asked curiously,
"Dad, what are you looking for?"
"Looking for cigarettes. Your mom hid them... Did you bring any?"
It seemed that Lao Tang had been craving cigarettes for a long time. Jiang Fan rummaged through his pocket and handed two boxes of cigarettes to Lao Tang.
"Which one do you want?"
Lao Tang snatched one and, trembling, took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, then headed to the kitchen. Jiang Fan asked curiously again,
"Dad, where are you going again?"
"To light a cigarette... Jiang Fan! Can you just give me all the cigarettes and the lighter at once!!!!"
On the sofa, Jiang Fan used the lighter he had just extorted to light Lao Tang's cigarette. Originally, Lao Tang wanted to go to the balcony to smoke, but then he thought he could say it was Jiang Fan who came to smoke at home and let him take the blame. When he saw the not-cheap lighter in Jiang Fan's hand, Lao Tang frowned and asked,
"Where did you get this thing? You don't seem like the type to spend a lot of money on this. Did Tang Wan buy it for you?"
Jiang Fan looked down at the lighter in his hand and whispered with a smile,
"I just snatched it from Gao Luxing's hand. I was tricked at the company yesterday, so I sought some compensation today, but I still feel a little dissatisfied in my heart."
Lao Tang took the lighter and looked at it, then smiled faintly,
"You snatched it from Gao Luxing? I knew you wouldn't let things be peaceful at Rongyao. Yesterday, your mom told me that you seemed to have had an argument with someone at the company. Tell me about it."
Jiang Fan detailed the whole story, including some information he extracted from Gao Luxing in the morning and the fact that Qian Ling had taken away five percent of Li Dahai's shares. After hearing this, Lao Tang smiled and nodded.
"So that's how it is. Qian Ling probably prepared for this very early on but didn't have a chance. Otherwise, she wouldn't have let her niece stay in the General Department and be bullied by Li Dongsheng. Qian Ling's general idea is to let Li Dongsheng gradually become inflated and then wait for someone like you to appear before making new plans. Were you close to Qian Ling's niece before?"
Jiang Fan scratched his head and said awkwardly,
"There was a colleague at the company with whom I had a good relationship. When I had some conflicts with Li Dongsheng, he helped scheme against Qian Wan once. Although I was injured afterward, my relationship with Qian Wan became closer. When Qian Ling came to the company, she didn't thank me or blame me. Instead, she invited me to her home for a homemade meal. Hey? Don't tell me that Qian Ling had already started using me as an experiment at that time!"
Lao Tang picked up the second cigarette, stood up, went to the fridge to take out two small dishes, and then took out several bottles of beer from the kitchen and placed them on the coffee table. Jiang Fan took out cups from under the coffee table. The two of them smoked and drank. Lao Tang shrugged and said,
"It's not that you're the most suitable for Qian Ling; it's just that things are no longer within her control. Didn't she promise you anything after she took away that five percent? It shouldn't be like that. Qian Ling has no children, and her only heir is her niece, who seems to be somewhat disappointing. If this causes your displeasure, her days will be difficult. Qian Wan might become the next Li Dongsheng, or even worse. Didn't she say how to deal with this five percent? Are you hiding something from me?"
The father-in-law and son-in-law clinked their beer glasses. After drinking, Jiang Fan covered his head and said weakly,
"It's because she spoke up that I'm in a dilemma now. She wants to give away this five percent to someone, but the premise is that I need to give this person some more shares, at least more than her five percent. I extorted a lighter from Gao Luxing just for fun, fighting. I want to plot something big with him."
"Tell me first who Qian Ling wants to give this five percent to. Su Qing?"
Jiang Fan covered his face and nodded. Lao Tang continued,
"Then you need to get some more shares for Su Qing?"
Jiang Fan nodded again. Lao Tang asked again,
"Then you and Gao Luxing plan to divide up someone's shares. You can't get close to Liu Shengge, and you won't touch Qian Ling. You and Gao Luxing want to divide up Li Dahai's? Twenty percent of the shares, with Gao Luxing taking twelve percent and you taking eight. Together with Qian Ling's five percent, Su Qing will have exactly one percent more than Gao Luxing. Gao Luxing doesn't know that if successful, Su Qing will get Qian Ling's five percent, right? You are trying to win over Gao Luxing because he can directly communicate with Liu Shengge, while your backing force is Qian Ling. You plan to use these two shareholders to divide up Li Dahai, correct? And now you don't know, if successful, whether you should give these eight percent to Su Qing. You're worried that Wanwan will argue with you, and you're also worried about your mom and me, right?"
"I'm impressed! Jiang Fan is truly convinced. Lao Tang has figured out the distribution between him and Gao Lvxing, and he also accurately guessed it was Su Qing. Jiang Fan covered his face and looked at Lao Tang through his fingers, noticing no change in Lao Tang's expression, he tentatively asked.
"Dad, who do you think should get this eight percent? I definitely can't take it myself, and I won't be able to keep it if I do. If I give it to Tang Wan, it won't be easy to explain to Rongyao and Changxiang. Qian Ling used me to get five percent this time, and I won't be satisfied until I get it back from her."
Lao Tang sipped his drink and said in a low voice with a frown.
"Jiang Fan, you've been in our family for three years now. As a businessman, you should think about what you will gain after striving so hard to obtain these twelve percent of the shares. Actually, since you and Wanwan have divorced, I shouldn't interfere with you. It's just that..."
"Tangshu, who's here?"
Before Lao Tang could finish, Li Jinhe came back and pushed the door open, looking at the shoes by the door and asking in a low voice. It was too late for Lao Tang to get up. When Li Jinhe saw Lao Tang and Jiang Fan sitting on the sofa, smoking and holding wine glasses, Lao Tang was already flustered. Before Li Jinhe could say anything, he pointed at Jiang Fan and looked at Li Jinhe.
"It was all Fan's doing."
Jiang Fan, sitting on the sofa, was slightly taken aback, and then angrily said.
"Dad! You're so shameless!"
Li Jinhe looked calm and glanced at Lao Tang with a frown.
"What's wrong with the child coming home to eat and talk to you? What? In your eyes, am I such an unreasonable woman? Fan, eat slowly. I brought some dishes. Let's heat them up. Don't leave in a hurry tonight, and try to smoke less."
Jiang Fan had learned to be smart this time and quickly said.
"Mom, it was all Dad who smoked."
"Alright! I understand. I'll beat him up later."