Sorry. This chapter is huge..this is part 1
Chapter 82
Jiang Shi Jun was arrested under suspension of first degree murder
The news was quickly spread through out the industry and Li stocks came crashing down as the emperor was arrested
Li was also now suspected of plagiarism, but this did not get much attention. Nevertheless, some reporters wanted to interview Yan Yan , there were numerous phone calls to the company. The spokesperson answered on behalf of Yan Liang, " We will have a press conference the day after tomorrow, we will specifically answer any questions at that time. The only thing I can disclose now is that we identified a problem with the formula during the experimental stages. The product that will be launched the day after tomorrow will be an improved version. Li Bo probably has this problem because their spy stole the discarded formula."
Two days later
The J"appelle conference created more interest than normal. Earlier due to Li Bo"s pressure, J"appelle could not get adequate media coverage, but this conference was fully packed.
As Yan Liang looked at the news articles, the stones in her heart finally dissolved .
After the end of the conference, she had been really busy till late at night. By the time she came back home she was always exhausted. So this was the first time she switched on the TV. She saw Jiang Shi Jun in TV.
The reporter was outside the Public Security Bureau.
Jiang Shi Jin was out on bail. Outside the bureau, the night sky was as bright as daytime with the continuous flashes of the camera.
Jiang Shi Jun did not face the reporters, his body guard escorted him to the car immediately and they drove away
Although the police only announced the name of the victim, Song Jinpeng, they did not announce anything about the footage . But in Li"s conference room, so many people had witnessed the video, this was the most sensational news and hence, it spread through the grapevine rapidly .
It was obvious to everyone in the industry that Jiang Shi Jun was ruthless, but pushing someone off the roof was really extreme madness
At that moment, Yan Liang thought to herself - how could anyone accept the cruel truth that someone he revered as a father figure was actually the murderer of his own father?
From his childhood, he had lived in hatred of his father’s murderer. How would he face the rest of his life ?
But she immediately got rid of these thoughts. She forced herself to see the news, as the two rear lights in the car gradually became smaller and smaller on the screen
When the news was shot, Jiang Shi Jun was sitting in the back seat with his lawyer while his a.s.sistant was on the front seat. The a.s.sistant was on the phone and looked back at Jiang Shi Jun, " This call is for you."
Jiang Shi Jun sat up and took the phone from his hands.
The other party was slow to speak
Jiang Shi Jun finally laughed, " You’ve indeed proved yourself a worthy descendant. The student surpa.s.ses the master."
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" How are you so sure that I am the one behind this?" Although the silence was finally broken, the tone was very calm.
Jiang Shi Jun sighed. The word " defeat" was one he faced after a long time.
" Yu Nan , I have always treated you like my own son, I never thought that you would betray me. You were always the most trusted person. You know how much I loved your mother, not long after Ya Yan died, your father wanted to marry another woman. He even hypocritically asked me to be understanding, I would rather personally murder him , than allow him to destroy Ya Yan"s memory.I believe you will understand me."
" Are you now asking for my forgiveness because you fear that the shareholders of Li will drive you out and the whole company will fall in my hands ?"
He had really hit the mark with the comment.
Jiang Shi Jun had no time to say anything
Jiang Yu Nan hung up the phone.
*** ***
Jiang Shi Jun was the soul of Li. The industry estimated that if he was unable to avoid prison , then the Li stock would be depressed for almost five years.
J"appelle on the other hand, was flourishing rapidly. In December, the new products that were launched had numerous orders, sales naturally rose.
Based on their new launch, J"appelle quickly seized the market and was one of the top selling counters in Ming court.
Earlier, her co operation with the Ming Group was subject to a lot of satire, but now the media turned one eight degrees and started calling it a strong combination.
After inspecting the counters in the Ming Court, she made a trip to the headquarters.
Outside Lu Zheng’s office, the Secretary greeted her.
" Is Mr Lu busy?"
"No, you can go in."
She knocked on the door and the voice of Lu Zheng came, " Come in."
Yan Liang entered to find that Lu Zheng was in a meeting. She guessed it would be ending soon. She went out quickly and waited outside for a while. When the meeting ended, and the others left, Lu Zheng personally came out to lead Yan Liang inside.
" Why didn’t your Secretary tell me you were in a meeting and that I shouldn’t disturb you ?"
" I told her that no matter how busy I was , she was supposed to tell you always that I was not busy. Otherwise I would have to wait for you to come next time, I don’t know how many years or months later that would be."
Lu Zheng revealed so much about himself, Yan Liang bit her lips in consternation.
Luckily, he was iron hearted enough to tease her the next second , " So why are you looking for me ? Is it a business or personal matter ? I personally prefer the latter."
In fact, Yan Liang now hesitated for a bit.
As Lu Zheng waited for her to answer , he dialled for the secretary to send in two cups of tea when suddenly he heard Yan Liang say , " please help me buy a ticket to Zurich."
Snap !
The handset in Li Zheng’s hand fell on the table.
He froze, completely stunned, them slowly turned around to see the woman sitting in the sofa opposite him.
Suddenly he was overwhelmed by too many emotions to express, he was speechless, but his breathing was slightly erratic and finally he just said , "Ok."
After telling him about her decision, Yan Liang was completely relaxed. She got up and said, " You’re busy, I will leave now."
*** ***
The tickets to Zurich were booked on the 20th
This time the city was really cold
On the night before their departure, Lu Zheng called her, " If you have already packed, I will come and pick you up."
Yan Liang was driving at that time. "No, I have something I need to deal with. I will come directly to the airport."
" You can be really busy", lu Zheng said , " don’t cut your holiday in half and rush back to office."
" Don’t worry."
No. This night was enough for her to bid farewell to all this.
Her car was parked in the same hospital where Xu jinFu had been sick for so long
She got out of the car and looked up at the night sky
It was a dark night. There were tiny ant like aircraft lights flashing in the dark - was this flying to New York ?
It was on the flight that she had seen the man for the first
time.
And it was in this hospital, that she met the strange man for the first time and learned who he was .
What was she going to do next?
Yan Liang parked the car under the Xu building, her next destination
Once the building had been acquired by Li, they had sold it. Now it was a mixed commercial complex.
There were originally forty three floors and four conference rooms. Now the whole s.p.a.ce had been divided into tiny cubicles and there were people working overtime. Yan Liang could no longer find her own room
Was this the room when Xu Ji Fu had thrown a hot gla.s.s of water at her ? When she had been embarra.s.sed and he had taken off his suit to help her out in that awkward situation ?
Unconsciously, Yan Liang drove her car from one place to another. She surprised even herself. She had many places to go
Eventually, her car was parked outside a jewellery store.
This was the store that made their customised wedding rings. They had not yet started their business. Yan Liang was surrounded by the morning mist . She stood alone, clad in a windbreaker , as she looked through the display gla.s.s of the store.
In fact, she couldn’t now recall where the counter was . The slinger where the man had handed over a ring to her and said, " Lets get engaged."
*** ***
When Yan Liang finally parked her car and took a taxi to the airport, it was almost noon.
The radio was broadcasting their next program at that time, " With the investigation lending in the Jiang Shijun case, the former cosmetics industry emperor may be destined to imprisonment .After the unanimous decision of the shareholders of the Li group, Jiang Shijun was officially dismissed. The internal staff broke the news. One of Jiang Shi Jun’s close confidantes Li Yugan, president of theGroup, has also formally submitted his resignation to the Board of Directors. Finally, will Jiang Yu Nan compromise under the pressure of the board, or does he have no future hope in Li as well ? To find out more, tune in to our special news at 9 on today."
It was finally over.
Even she would soon move with a new man to a new place.
The end…
Was she sad ? Happy ?
There was a slight ripple in her heart, but nothing was left anymore.
She switched off the radio
Now she could only hear the low purring of the engine. Just then her phone rang.
" Where are you?"
" I’m just ten minutes away."
He seemed to be in a good mood, " I’m waiting for you. Call me when you come in, I will come out to meet you."
Yan Liang hung up the phone , shifted the acceleration, and with a speed of 120 kmph, accelerated away rapidly, leaving her past behind.
She could see the airport signs in front of her when there was a call on her phone from an unknown number.
" h.e.l.lo?"
" Miss Yan"