After the divorce, I became a rich girl

Chapter 521 A Needle Hidden in a Cotton

"And think about it again. In this way, what have you actually lost? You have not lost anything. On the contrary, you have gained a powerful and reliable ally like me. No matter how you look at it, this is a sure win."

Li Xuanbao felt her stomach churning as she listened to Li Yan's shameless words. She couldn't help but sneer twice, her laughter full of sarcasm and disdain.

If she could immediately find funds to fill the company's deficit and get out of the current predicament, she would definitely not want to stay here for a second longer, and would not listen to Li Yan's nonsense and say these words that made her extremely sick.

But the reality is that she can't find the funds at all. If she doesn't want to bankrupt the company she has worked so hard to run, she can only grit her teeth, swallow her reluctance, and accept the conditions proposed by Li Yan.

Li Xuanbao took a deep breath, tried to make her tone sound calmer, and said, "Okay, I promise to give you 30% of the company's shares. But, apart from this, do you want to discuss other conditions?"

Li Yan looked at her with a half-smile, a hint of barely perceptible pride flashing in his eyes, and asked back: "Talk? What to talk about?"

Li Xuanbao looked directly into Li Yan's eyes, and said in a tough tone: "You want to get something for nothing, aren't you afraid that I will sell my shares to someone else?"

Li Yan was originally leaning back in his chair with confidence of victory, but when he heard Li Xuanbao's words, he sat up straight in an instant as if he had been struck by electricity.

His face darkened and he said in a cold voice: "Li Xuanbao, there are some things you can't say carelessly. You'd better think before you say it!"

Jing Qiu had been watching from the side. Seeing Li Yan's calm appearance, he thought that the negotiations would not cause any major disturbances.

But in the blink of an eye, Li Yan's aura suddenly changed, his body tensed like a fully drawn bowstring, as if he was about to explode in the next second. He hurriedly advised: "Li Yan, we are all family, why can't we talk it out calmly!"

Li Yan turned to look at his mother, and seeing Jing Qiu's worried look, he pointed at Li Xuanbao and said coldly, "Mom, do you know what Xuanbao just said? She actually planned to sell her shares in the Li Group to someone else!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Li Ronghua and Jing Qiu's faces changed instantly, and they both turned their serious gazes to Li Xuanbao.

Li Ronghua's face was so gloomy that it seemed like water could drip out of it. He stared at Li Xuanbao and said in a stern tone that left no room for doubt: "Xuanbao, you'd better not even think about this idea!"

Jing Qiu also frowned, looking at Li Xuanbao with dissatisfaction in his eyes, and asked: "Xuanbao, how could you come up with such a ridiculous idea?

Are you planning to completely break with your family and separate from them completely?"

Li Xuanbao shrank back when she was looked at by Li Ronghua and Jing Qiu's somewhat cold eyes.

She felt a chill in her heart as she looked at Li Ronghua and Jing Qiu's suddenly serious, almost aggressive gazes.

She knew it very well. In the past, as long as it did not affect the interests of the Li family, no matter how willful or mischievous she was, they would always greet her with a smile and tolerate everything.

But once core interests are involved, the mask of friendly expression will be torn off in an instant, and the sharp knife that is usually pointed at outsiders will be pointed at her without hesitation.

Apart from those shares, she had no bargaining chips or chance of winning against them.

In the eyes of Li Ronghua and Jing Qiu, the shares of Li Group are the most important core interests, just like the dragon's reverse scale, which cannot be touched.

So she knew clearly in her heart that if she really sold her shares in the Li Group to others, then everything she had now, family affection, status, and even the conveniences that surrounded her in her daily life, would instantly shatter like bubbles and disappear without a trace.

She had thought about running away, thinking about leaving everything behind and going abroad with the money from selling her shares.

But when I calmed down, I felt that this idea was too naive.

If that time really comes, even if you are thousands of miles away, you probably won't be able to escape the Li family's pursuit, and you probably won't have peace in the days to come.

After thinking it over and looking at her current trapped situation, Li Xuanbao felt helpless and sadly discovered that she really had no other way to go except to hand over her shares.

This feeling of being strangled by fate and being unable to resist really made her suffer.

The shares can be handed over, but they cannot be given away so blindly. We must find a way to maximize her own interests and get as many benefits as possible from this game.

Li Xuanbao put on a smile, looked up at Li Ronghua, Jing Qiu and Li Yan, and said in a casual manner: "Mom, Dad, brother, you look so nervous, I was just joking.

I know what I can do and what I can’t do.”

When Li Ronghua and Jing Qiu heard this, their tense nerves instantly relaxed and they breathed a long sigh of relief.

After all, they were the children they had raised with great difficulty, and they really didn't want to make the relationship too strained or do things too drastically unless it was absolutely necessary.

Jing Qiu walked forward, his eyes full of doting and helplessness, he sighed softly, raised his hand and gently stroked Li Xuanbao's hair, and scolded: "Child, don't joke around in the future, you can't say such things casually.

The shares were originally given to you as a dowry, and were a token of your father and I’s love. But now you say that, and it makes your father and I so sad.”

Li Xuanbao raised the corner of her mouth and showed Jing Qiu a well-behaved smile, her tone was soft and a little flattering: "Mom, I understand, and I will never say anything that makes you sad again.

Li Yan also realized later that his reaction just now was a bit extreme. He took a deep breath quietly, calmed down his emotions, slowly relaxed his straight back, and leaned back comfortably on the sofa again.

He cast his eyes towards Li Xuanbao, with a faint smile on his lips, and said, "Actually, as long as your request is not excessive, I will definitely not treat you unfairly, and I will satisfy you in every way that I can."

Li Xuanbao met Li Yan's gaze and couldn't help but sneer in her heart.

Thinking back on the past, all those experiences of being plotted against and betrayed are still vivid in my mind. Anyone who believes what he says is a fool.

Some losses are so unforgettable once that how could you be so foolish as to believe his words again?

It's not that she hadn't thought about selling the shares to Li Yan at a high price, but given the complicated and calculating relationship between the two, simply talking about "selling" would undoubtedly be the most unwise and least cost-effective strategy, and she might fall into the trap dug by Li Yan again.

Li Xuanbao was thinking deeply. She looked up at Li Yan, forced a meaningful smile, and said generously: "If these shares are really that useful to you, I can give them to you for free." These words sounded generous on the surface, but they contained a hidden temptation.