The abandoned daughter of the Lu family turns around and marries a celibate tycoon.

"You..." Lu Xiran trembled with anger, but was powerless to refute.

She couldn't let her mother suffer such a stigma.

"You don't have much time to think about it, Lu Xiran." Lu Hao's tone was icy. "I gave you chances before, but you've gone against me time and time again, so don't blame me for not showing any mercy!" His finger hovered over the send button again.

"No!" Lu Xiran shouted with almost all her might.

Lu Hao withdrew his hand with satisfaction: "Have you thought it through?"

Lu Xiran closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and when she opened them again, only a resolute coldness remained in her eyes: "I want Yunyuji." Before Lu Hao could refuse, she added, "I paid thirty million in real money for it! Unless you return the thirty million plus interest to me now!"

Lu Hao frowned, calculating the gains and losses. All of the company's funds were invested in the Ruijing project, and handling the equity transfer procedures would be troublesome. He didn't want any complications at this crucial juncture that might arouse Gu Yanshen's suspicion. "...Okay."

"Furthermore," Lu Xiran continued, "all the property left by my mother should, according to the law, be divided equally between you and me. I'm giving up all my shares in Lu's Group in exchange for the West City Shopping Mall being entirely mine."

"No way!" Lu Hao refused decisively. The value of the West City Shopping Mall had skyrocketed after Lu Xiran revitalized it, and he had already planned to have Lu Xueyan take over.

"Then I want the entire property rights of the store where Yun Yu Ji is currently located to belong to me."

Lu Xiran took a step back, but her attitude remained firm.

Lu Hao hesitated for a moment.

It's just a shop, and although it's in the best location in the West City shopping mall, it's nothing compared to the entire Lu family and the risk of angering Gu Yanshen. He's eager to resolve this matter as soon as possible to prevent Gu Yanshen from finding out and interfering, which would cause much bigger trouble.

"...Okay." He finally nodded, took out the equity relinquishment agreement he had prepared in advance from the drawer, and quickly wrote down the conditions regarding the ownership of the store in the West City Mall in the blank space of the supplementary clauses.

"Let's get the paperwork done tomorrow." He pushed the revised agreement in front of Lu Xiran. "Sign it."

Lu Xiran picked up the agreement and carefully examined it word by word. After confirming that the terms were correct, she raised her eyes and looked sharply at Lu Hao:

"The last, and most important, question is—why do I believe that after I sign to relinquish everything, you won't go back on your word and still leak these things?"

Lu Hao seemed to have anticipated her question, showing no surprise on his face. Instead, he gave a shrewd smile: "Do you think I'd be stupid enough to let you fight to the death and force Gu Yanshen to take action?"

He leaned back in his chair, his fingers tapping rhythmically on the table. "First, I can give you all the negatives and originals of these photos and reports. You can destroy them yourself, can you rest assured?"

"Not enough," Lu Xiran shook her head. "In the digital age, copying is incredibly easy. Who knows if there are backups on your computer, in the cloud, or even elsewhere?"

"Good, that's cautious enough." Lu Hao nodded. "I can format the relevant hard drives on this computer right in front of you."

"That's not enough." Lu Xiran looked at him. "You need to write a confidentiality agreement and a guarantee. Guarantee that you will never disclose any information about my mother's privacy. If you violate this, you will compensate me with 500 million yuan."

Lu Hao values ​​money above all else; otherwise, he wouldn't have kept this secret until now, just so he could sell it at the right time for the right price.

Lu Hao's smile faded slightly, and his eyes darkened: "This...?"

Lu Xiran leaned forward slightly, placing her hands on the edge of the table, and said, word by word, "If you dare to break your promise, the price you will pay will far exceed the fleeting pleasure of revenge that leaking these secrets may bring you."

She paused, her eyes sharp as knives: "Why did Gu Yanshen force you to let me join the board of directors? Do you really think it was just to back me up?"

Lu Hao stopped tapping his fingers on the table.

"The Lu family can't do without the Gu family for the Ruijing project, but the Gu family... might not be so dependent on the Lu family." Lu Xiran's voice was very soft. "The ownership of the suburban land is unavoidable, but with Gu Yanshen's methods, he can find other ways to resolve it, even if it takes more time and effort. He chose to use this condition to exert pressure simply because he felt it was the most 'gentle' and most 'legitimate' support for me."

She straightened up, looking down at Lu Hao's increasingly serious expression: "These so-called 'weak points' you have can threaten me because I care too much about my mother. But if things really escalate and completely enrage him... do you think he'll compromise to protect my feelings, or will he make you, and the entire Lu family, pay the price for hurting his wife?"

Lu Hao's Adam's apple bobbed involuntarily.

He recalled Gu Yanshen's ruthless and decisive reputation in the business world, and his public defense and undisguised doting on Lu Xiran. This young man's bottom line was clearly the woman in his arms.

"I can sign and give up everything in exchange for my mother's peace." Lu Xiran picked up the agreement, her tone resolute. "But this is not just a transaction; it's my last chance for you and for the Lu family. If you keep your promise, we'll go our separate ways. If you break it..."

She narrowed her eyes slightly, a cold glint flashing in them, a look that sent a chill down the spine of Lu Hao, a seasoned businessman.

"Then, you will no longer be facing 'Lu Xiran's daughter,' but 'Gu Yanshen's wife.' At that point, what you will lose will likely be more than just Lu's shares and the West City Shopping Mall. And it won't just be the 500 million yuan compensation!"

The office was deathly silent.

Lu Hao's expression shifted, clearly weighing his options. Was it worth gambling on the consequences of provoking Gu Yanshen with these old grievances? The Lu Xiran before him was no longer the little girl he could easily manipulate. Behind her stood a colossus he could not shake, and that colossus's Achilles' heel was her.

Finally, he spoke slowly, his voice somewhat hoarse: "...I will compile a list of all relevant materials, including any backup clues you might have, and hand them over to you along with the originals. I will sign the confidentiality agreement and guarantee..."

Lu Xiran looked at him quietly, neither accepting nor rejecting him immediately.

After a long while, she picked up her pen again, her gaze sweeping over the cold terms of the agreement.

"Remember what you said today, Mr. Lu." She no longer called him "Dad." "My mother's innocence and peace are my bottom line. You cannot afford the consequences of crossing it."

With a stroke of the pen, he signed his name at the end of the agreement.