"I'm terribly sorry, Mr. Wu..."

"Initially, for my wife's sake, I was going to give you a great opportunity. But your wife has humiliated me time and again! Therefore, forget about this project. As of now, it's canceled!" Chen Zheng stated calmly.

He never wavered on his decisions, and besides, Wu Peng was cut from the same cloth as Zhang Ming from the very beginning. Cooperation between them was simply impossible.

"Chen Zheng, don't think you're so impressive! Even if you cancel the cooperation..." Sun Yan began, still defiant, her tone dripping with sarcasm.

But before she could finish, Wu Peng slapped her so hard it knocked her to the ground.

"This is all because of you, you wretched woman!" he roared in a fury. "You're all ambition and no ability! If it weren't for you, how could I have lost such a major opportunity? The company was counting on this project, and now everything is gone!

"And let me be clear: you borrowed that money from Liu Yumei, not me! It has nothing to do with me! I'm going back to file for bankruptcy right now. None of this is my problem anymore. Just wait for the divorce papers and sign them!"

After saying his piece, Wu Peng and his men stormed out.

What an unlucky day! Everything good had been utterly destroyed, all because of that stupid woman.

Sun Yan sat on the floor, clutching her face. Her expression was pale, her eyes were vacant, and she looked the picture of desolation.

A tidal wave of regret washed over her. Had she known Chen Zheng possessed such a terrifying background and strength, she would have done everything in her power to curry favor with him. How could she have been so foolish? This was her best friend's husband! If she had just been nice, her life could have been so much easier! But now, everything was gone... The company was gone, her husband was divorcing her, she still had to repay her cousin over ten million yuan, and her father was waiting for surgery!

As the reality of her dire situation sank in, Sun Yan completely broke down, collapsing to the floor and sobbing without restraint, her cries echoing with utter misery.

"Chen Zheng..." Wei Zixuan said, unable to watch any longer. "Even after everything that's happened, Sun Yan is still my best friend. Can't you please just help her? Never mind anything else, when I first came to Jiangnan, I didn't even have a place to stay. My friend here took me in and helped me get settled! She also helped me find a job, and..."

She spoke softly, knowing Chen Zheng's personality well. She could only try to persuade him gently.

"Forget it..." Chen Zheng waved his hand nonchalantly. "For my wife's sake, I won't hold the past against you. The money you owe Liu Yumei has nothing to do with me, and I can't help with that. However, I can talk to Miss Sun and get you removed from the blacklist. That way, you can get your father's surgery done. At least his life won't be in danger."

Although Chen Zheng despised the woman, he could still distinguish right from wrong. Her father was innocent, and with his own wife pleading for her, he couldn't bring himself to be completely ruthless.

"Thank you... Thank you, Chairman Chen!" Upon hearing this, Sun Yan immediately wiped away her tears and rushed over, thanking him profusely.

Now, her expression held no trace of her former arrogance, only fear. After learning Chen Zheng's true identity, any feelings of jealousy were impossible. People only envy those they see as peers. When the gap in status is too vast, envy is replaced by awe. That is human nature.

"Mr. Chen, there's something I need to discuss with you," Feng Yueyue spoke up just then, a troubled look on her face.

Wei Zixuan glanced between the two. "You two go ahead and sort things out. My friend and I will leave first. I'll contact you later!"

With that, Wei Zixuan and Sun Yan quickly departed.

The two returned to the conference room, and Chen Zheng looked puzzled. "Miss Feng, is something wrong?"

He knew Feng Yueyue well; she wasn't an ordinary woman. Normal circumstances wouldn't faze her like this.

Feng Yueyue nodded slowly and took out some documents. "For the past few days, we've been liquidating all of Ronghua Group's assets. In the process, we've discovered many problems. Ronghua Group has over ten subsidiaries, but their combined assets don't exceed two billion, and many of these assets are problematic. Based on our assessment of Ronghua Group, Xu Ronghua's assets couldn't possibly amount to so little! I strongly suspect that Xu Ronghua transferred his assets before his... incident. Otherwise, this situation is completely inexplicable!"

She couldn't accept this outcome. After going through so much, after all the heart-stopping events that had finally brought Ronghua Group to its knees, all they had were empty shells.

"You're saying he transferred his assets in advance?" Chen Zheng's brow furrowed.

Why would Xu Ronghua transfer his assets? The obvious reason was to secure an escape route for himself. But on the rooftop that day, his actions suggested he was making a final stand. This completely contradicted the current findings. What was going on?

"Mr. Chen, if our analysis is correct, everything Xu Ronghua did back then was just a smokescreen!" Feng Yueyue said, her expression grim. "He never intended to fight us for the 'SNACKS' shares from the start, which is why he sold them off so frantically! In other words... he never planned to have a real, bloody fight with us!"

Chen Zheng nodded slowly. That aligned perfectly with his own thoughts, but one thing still puzzled him.

If Xu Ronghua didn't want to fight him, why did he jump off the building? Ever since that day, he had been in a vegetative state, lying in his own villa. What was the point of all that? This was far from simple.

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