"But, I won’t ignore you. I will help you secretly on my own. I have many friends in the business world, and I can ask them to cooperate with S Company to boost your performance in a short period of time so that you won’t lose to Yiren."

Ye Lu was startled and quickly tried to stop him: "No, if you use your connections to help me in secret, I’m afraid if it gets exposed, I will completely lose my qualifications. You and uncle should not get involved in this matter. If Huffman is indeed favoring Yiren, he will definitely use this as an excuse to attack me. By that time, I will truly be out of options."

Hua Lunxi became anxious: "But you, on your own, making your first appearance in North American business circles, you don’t know anyone here, and you don’t have enough experience, which is very disadvantageous. While Ivanov has subsidiaries in North America and knows more people, one could say that as long as he wants it, there will definitely be people willing to help Yiren out of consideration for him. This is too disadvantageous for you; you have no advantage in front of her."

The situation, both internally and externally, is currently against her, and he is truly worried and anxious.

Ye Lu took a deep breath: "I know, but I don’t think I’m necessarily going to lose to her. Besides, if you are aware of my disadvantages, wouldn’t Yiren know about them too? She must be watching me closely, looking for opportunities to deal with me. Once you make a move, it would really fall into her trap."

Her eyes were determined. This time, she truly couldn’t rely on Hua Lunxi; she had to rely on her own strength alone.

Hua Lunxi was no fool either. Thinking about it, he agreed. Yiren would definitely look for Ye Lu’s weaknesses, and his help would be easy to discover, making things more complicated and troublesome if found out.

"Brother, don’t worry too much about me. Although this is my first time in the North American business world, I’m not completely inexperienced. In the past at Shang family, I was in charge of Yaxing Company, and later at the Jun family, I also participated in Tian Kun Corporation’s affairs. I have some experience, and I believe in myself; I’m not necessarily worse off than Yiren."

Ye Lu’s eyes sparkled with a bright light. Although she was a newcomer, she had been through enough trials and storms, many times escaping danger in critical moments, even almost losing her life on several occasions.

Having almost experienced death, what else is there to fear? Even if she encounters greater difficulties now, they won’t be able to bring her down.

"It’s good that you have this confidence. Confidence is indeed half the battle. Let’s show Huffman, Yiren, and the rest your true strength, and beat them convincingly."

"Mm." Ye Lu nodded, then asked with concern, "How is the situation with father’s case going?"

"I have already refiled the case and reported the assassination of our father to the North American Federal Bureau of Investigation, stating that it relates to national secrets and requesting their cooperation. Soon, the case will be reopened for investigation, and an announcement will be made to the public! Once the other side sees that even the state bureau is involved, and I release some hints that we have some evidence in our hands, I believe they will pay attention."

Ye Lu narrowed her eyes; this was good, exactly the strategy she and Hua Lunxi came up with—the plan to draw the snake out of its hole in reverse.

To make the enemy come to them proactively.

After discussing the matter deeply, Hua Lunxi left.

Ye Lu sat on the sofa, sipping her tea and deep in thought, when her two precious kids ran in, their faces full of righteous indignation and looking very upset.

"We saw the reports in the newspapers saying that Mommy lost the first round to that vixen. My ass, could that vixen really win against Mommy? What crap, so full of themselves," Ye Yiyi said crossly, hands on her hips.