The Real Heiress Has an Appraisal System

Gu Shengsheng was baffled. "I don’t understand where people like you get the confidence to think I’ll give you whatever you want."

Lu Chaoyang sneered at her. "Gu Shengsheng, the Lu Family is your safe harbor, too."

"If the Lu Family falls, your side of the family won’t survive. If I wasn’t here fighting for it, the Lu Group would have been gone by now!"

"I’m not asking for your help for my own sake—it’s for the entire Lu Family!"

Gu Shengsheng laughed at his sanctimonious speech.

"Neither Grandma nor my mother-in-law, Madam Lu, has ever seen a dime from the Lu Group’s profits, have they?"

"Ever since your side of the family took over the Lu Group, you haven’t respected anyone. To be precise, you stole it."

"If Lu Shijing were still alive, he might have brought down the current Lu Group himself." She was just bluffing.

That was just how she argued, making wild accusations and saying whatever came to mind.

Then she added, "How does a despicable, shameless person like you have the gall to come here making demands under such a sanctimonious guise?"

As Gu Shengsheng rebuked him point by point, Lu Chaoyang was left speechless, unsure how to respond.

His face darkened. "I’m not as good at twisting the truth as you are! If the Lu Group falls, no one gets to survive!"

"No. I’ll survive."

Gu Shengsheng was completely unfazed. "I never relied on the Lu Group to begin with. I have my own money."

"I have no trouble affording food and clothing, so I’m not worried about money. I can even support my mother-in-law and the old madam. As for you? You have nothing to do with me!"

With that, Gu Shengsheng picked up her plastic bag and made to leave. "Don’t ask me for help again. I’m not the neighborhood busybody; I don’t stick my nose in everyone’s business."

He blocked her path, preventing her from leaving.

Gu Shengsheng stood up and made a show of checking her watch.

"It’s already ten o’clock!" she said in feigned surprise. "Why isn’t this party over yet?"

Zhang Sanwang and Pan Bowen also got to their feet. "Right, it’s about that time. We should be going, too."

"These people from the He Family are quite the talkers. They’ve been monopolizing our time all evening."

Gu Shengsheng looked at Lu Chaoyang and said, "We’re leaving. Are you coming with us?"

One by one, many guests were already getting up and heading for the exit.

There was no way for him to stop them now.

Gu Shengsheng’s posture made it clear: if he dared to stop her, she would expose the He Family’s plot on the spot.

So, Lu Chaoyang didn’t dare to make a move.

His expression was grim, but he didn’t say a single word.

Just as Gu Shengsheng reached the exit, He Chen ran up to Lu Chaoyang.

He shouted anxiously, "Go on! Let’s go! We have to get that thing back!"

"That’s one of the few treasures our family has. If I don’t get it back, my dad will have my head!"

"I’m going to find some guys right now, throw a sack over her head, and just snatch it back!"

He Chen’s eyes were filled with disgust and rage.

To think he’d been outsmarted by someone with no background or connections!

Lu Chaoyang said coolly, "She won’t be leaving alone. She’s with Pan Bowen and the others. And every single one of those people is sharp."

"One wrong move and it’s game over for us. If this blows up into a public scandal, we won’t even be able to earn back the money we cheated people out of!"

"You just have to take this loss!"

He had just finished speaking when Chairman He called.

He Chen answered the phone timidly. "Dad, I’m sorry. I screwed it up. That Gu Shengsheng has absolutely no respect for the He Family. I swear I’ll make her pay for this!"

"A wretched woman, a widow who was only married off to bring good luck to her dying husband. I refuse to believe I can’t handle someone like her!"

After all, in He Chen’s world, he had never encountered anyone from her level of society.

’A woman like that is just awful. Who the hell gave her the nerve?’

Chairman He apparently reprimanded him for a bit, and He Chen went silent, not daring to say another word.

After hanging up, He Chen looked aggrieved as he said to Lu Chaoyang, "Brother Chaoyang, my dad said it’s a good thing you were here. Otherwise, if it had just been me, the He Family’s reputation would have been ruined."

"It’s fine," Lu Chaoyang said, then asked, "About the investment..."

"My dad said yes to the investment. But he wants the Lu Group and the He Group to maintain their partnership and sign a new contract for what he calls a ’deep collaboration’."

"He said the amount of money isn’t an issue."

’...’ Lu Chaoyang felt something was off as he listened. ’What tricks is the He Family trying to pull now?’

But he was in too deep now and had no choice but to agree.

He looked over the contract but didn’t see anything out of place. It all seemed normal. There were no treacherous clauses.

The more normal it seemed, the more suspicious Lu Chaoyang became.

After signing the contract, Lu Chaoyang glanced at Lin Kai behind him, who was still busy playing a farming game on his phone.

He said, "Do I pay you to play games?"

’...Not exactly,’ Lin Kai thought. He had just been acting as a spy, reporting the whole situation to his other boss. At first, he’d been worried about the He Group and the Lu Group joining forces.

’What would he do if his boss couldn’t defeat them?’

But Lu Shijing had simply said it was all within his expectations. Everything was going according to the trap he had set.

Just like that, Lin Kai knew he had been worrying for nothing.

He had reported every single detail of how the Young Madam was being bullied, and now he was just waiting to see how his boss would make a grand show of protecting his wife!

’Nothing to see here. I’m just your average, run-of-the-mill assistant who loves to be helpful!’

Facing Lu Chaoyang, he said earnestly, "President Lu, my slacking off helps sell the act. When He Chen saw me like this, he believed you were here today specifically to keep him company, not to handle business. The work was just incidental. After all, your assistant is on vacation playing games."

Lu Chaoyang had no time for this nonsense.

He ordered, "For the next few days, go and keep an eye on Gu Shengsheng. She’s holding a treasure worth seventy million that the He Family could have sold for one or two hundred million."

"She managed to snag it all by herself. The He Family set up this huge scheme today and only stood to make one or two hundred million from it. All things considered, Gu Shengsheng actually made the He Family take a loss."

As he said this, the corner of Lu Chaoyang’s mouth curled into a smirk. "I, however, achieved my objective. Things probably won’t be so peaceful for Miss Gu from now on."

"How could the He Family possibly swallow this insult?"

Lin Kai nodded. "President Lu, you’re a master strategist! There aren’t many people in this world as brilliant as you!"

"We’ve achieved all of our objectives. Gu Shengsheng can kiss her peaceful days goodbye!"

After saying that, he discreetly sent the recording to Lu Shijing.

Lu Chaoyang’s pride swelled at Lin Kai’s flattery.

"Alright, get to it. The Lu Group will slowly get back on its feet. When that time comes, you’ll be the first one to get a raise. You’ve worked hard."

’...’ Hearing Lu Chaoyang promise him a raise, Lin Kai felt completely unfazed.

’It wasn’t a big deal. He’d just heard it so many times that he no longer believed it.’

’Over the past few years, Lu Chaoyang had said it at least ten times a year, but had never once followed through.’

’I don’t know how he had the face to bring it up time and time again. The nerve of this guy was something else.’

In his mind, Lin Kai was letting loose a string of filthy curses.

But the smile on his face was brighter than anyone’s.

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