Best friend turned enemy? Marrying the villain, if she runs, I'll run too.

Song Yixuan was dumbfounded. Where was the spoiled brat who had been sitting with his legs crossed while signing the contract with President Li?

All that was left was to cover their heads and howl for mercy.

"Brother, brother, I was wrong! I... I was just trying to save the company money..."

They were caught red-handed, yet they still dared to deny it.

Song Guanting was never one to waste words. He snorted coldly, unbuttoned one of his cufflinks, took off his wristwatch from his left wrist, and casually tossed it to Assistant Zhou.

A punch landed squarely on Song Yixuan's lip!

The punch carried a strong gust of wind, knocking Song Yixuan, who had already climbed halfway up, to the ground again.

Song Guanting stretched his muscles again, his fist already raised.

"While you still have the strength to speak, you can tell a few more lies."

Song Yixuan had no strength left to fight back and was repeatedly crushed on the ground by Song Guanting.

"I won't do it again! I'll never do it again! It was my fault for taking kickbacks, it was all because I was impulsive, I promise I'll never do it again! Please forgive me this time, brother!"

"Awooo! If you keep hitting me, I'm going to die! I'm your little brother, brother, awooo!"

Everyone at the dinner table stood up and kept their distance, no one dared to utter a sound, and there wasn't even a single person trying to break up the fight.

People in the business world all know that the young president of Best Inc. is ruthless and vicious; anyone who crosses his line never ends well.

This applies to outsiders as well as to one's own people.

Until the sound of police sirens rang out downstairs.

Assistant Zhou stepped forward: "President Song, the police have arrived."

As he spoke, he handed over a privately ordered luxury handkerchief.

Song Yixuan, who was beaten black and blue, thought that someone had a change of heart and called the police, and that the police were coming to rescue him.

Song Guanting stopped what he was doing, took the handkerchief, and slowly wiped his slender joints.

"Taking kickbacks, violating contracts, using inferior products, and offering bribes—that's enough to get you ten years or more in prison, right?"

Everyone else at the dinner party was dumbfounded.

Especially Mr. Li, who was so frightened by the prospect of being sentenced that he immediately knelt down.

"President Song, I was wrong. I... I won't do it again. I promise to build the building to the highest standards. Please, please give me another chance to make amends."

"I...I have elderly parents and young children to support. If I go in, the whole company will be finished. Please give me another chance..."

Mr. Li knelt at Song Guanting's feet, pleading desperately.

But before his hand could even touch Song Guanting's trouser leg, black custom-made leather shoes stepped on the back of his hand, relentlessly crushing it repeatedly.

"If apologies are useful, what do we need the police for?"

Song Guanting looked down from his high position, like a cold and ruthless emperor who held the power of life and death, gazing down at the people at his feet who were pleading desperately.

"Furthermore, whether your family or your company live or die is none of my business."

Mr. Li collapsed to the ground in despair.

After the police arrived, Assistant Zhou handed over all the prepared evidence to them, especially the evidence against the ringleader, General Manager Li, who would be out of the game for at least ten years.

Song Yixuan, who was trying to get help from the police, never expected that he would be arrested as well.

"Officer, I was just beaten! It was him, he's the one who hit me! Look how bruised and swollen I am, why are you arresting me and not him!"

With his handcuffed hands, Song Yixuan angrily pointed at Song Guanting, embodying the spirit of "if we're going to die, we'll all die together."

Song Guanting didn't even lift his eyelids; he simply lowered his eyes slowly and put the watch back on his wrist.

"Do I have any evidence that I took action?"

There were no security cameras in the private room, so Song Yixuan immediately pointed to the other people, but they all lowered their heads, indicating that they knew nothing and had not seen anything.

Song Yixuan was dumbfounded: "He really hit someone! I can't have gotten all these injuries on my face from hitting something, can I?"

Assistant Zhou smiled and said, "Second Young Master, you must be really hurt. The injury on your face from falling off the chair was caused by your own fall and has nothing to do with President Song."

"Second Young Master should think more about how to explain to the police that you were secretly taking kickbacks from contractors behind the company's back."

Song Yixuan finally realized what was happening. "Song Guanting, you did this on purpose! You knew from the beginning that this was a setup you set up for me! You insidious villain, you don't even spare your own family! Grandpa and Dad will never let you get away with this!"

"Dad! Mom! Help me! Song Guanting is going to kill me! Help me—"

Song Yixuan screamed until his throat was hoarse, but no one came to his rescue. Instead, he was taken to the police station by the police.

The remaining matters were handled by another secretary, as Assistant Zhou had delegated to them.

"Mr. Song, there's still an hour before boarding."

The time is just right.

Song Guanting glanced at his watch and gave a faint "hmm".

“Song Yuanshan called and told him that if he wanted his youngest son dead, he should give him shares in exchange.”

He had been setting up this scheme for two months, just waiting for Song Yuanshan and the others to fall into it. Now it was time to reap the rewards.

*

Although Meng Tang is on vacation these days, she is still very dedicated. While having fun, she also thought about taking some photos.

Meng Tang works as a director, and she worked her way up from script supervisor to director in real life.

Despite her sweet smile and seemingly easygoing demeanor, she has very high standards when facing the camera.

For a film or television series to be outstanding, the director, the script, and the actors are all indispensable.

She has always disliked filming with green screens, finding it too fake and the resulting effect is vastly different from real-life filming. No matter how well it's edited in post-production, it can't compare to the breathtaking beauty of real landscapes.

Although he transmigrated into the book, it just so happened that the original owner's job was also as a director. However, the original owner's directing was really careless and could be described as perfunctory.

The original owner of this body came to be a director purely out of a moment of impulsiveness, in order to make the male lead famous.

The funding for the first drama I filmed was all obtained by shamelessly soliciting sponsorships from the Meng family.

Red Hacker Pictures only reluctantly agreed to let her be the director because of the funds the original owner had brought in.

It's also because the male lead has the aura of a male lead that he was able to become somewhat popular despite all these circumstances.

Red Hacker Pictures thought the original owner had a talent for directing, so they let her continue.

Until Meng Tang came through.

Two days later, Meng Tang took Li Su hiking, actually to a little-known temple for filming.

Red bricks and green tiles, shady trees, and the gentle sound of bells create a very ancient and charming atmosphere.

Meng Tang took photos with her camera, while Li Su followed behind, skillfully carrying her bag.

"Where did you find this temple? I remember there were temple scenes in your drama, right?"

Meng Tang nodded, "I accidentally saw a photo taken by a fellow traveler online a couple of days ago. Look at the architecture of this temple, it has an ancient charm that even tens of millions of dollars couldn't achieve. It's amazing!"

While I was shopping with Li Su, my phone rang.

When Meng Tang saw the caller ID, she couldn't help but frown.

Go Ea-ri.

Song Guanting's stepmother.

This woman is quite a formidable character; in the original work, she is described as a smiling tiger.

In the book, Song Guanting's ultimate defeat is also partly due to the machinations of Gao Yali.

Of course, if it weren't for the fact that she would become love-struck and lose her intelligence the moment she met the female lead, even ten Gao Yali wouldn't be able to defeat the ruthless Song Guanting.

"Aunt Gao, is something the matter?"