Return to the Day When My Pregnant Wife Jumped Off the Building-Chapter 136 Old Court in the Deep of the Night_1

As one of the two major private enterprise tycoons in Longyin City, Cao Zhining lost a business battle to a greenhorn, enduring a loss of nearly a hundred million yuan. To say he wasn’t infuriated would be a blatant lie.

Therefore, Xiao Ming was very clear that the brighter Cao Zhining’s smile was, the more raging the fury in his heart.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have made him wait outside the company’s doors for over half an hour earlier.

Since the other party wanted to play at insincerity, Xiao Ming, of course, wanted to display his forte—flipping the table.

Sure enough, a simple two-word retort caused Cao Zhining’s face to darken.

"Is Mr. Xiao here to humiliate me?"

Xiao Ming’s smile remained unchanged, "What benefit is there in humiliating Director Cao?"

"Then what do you mean?"

"The literal meaning," Xiao Ming looked intently into Cao Zhining’s eyes, "Can Director Cao really be one hundred percent certain that Cao Bangxi is your biological son?"

Cao Zhining’s first reaction was to be furiously indignant, but suddenly a thought that had been deeply buried in his heart for a long time, almost to the point of being forgotten, surfaced.

His son was born prematurely, almost a month early. If calculated to full term, he would have been on a business trip away from home when his wife got pregnant.

"Nowadays, getting a paternity test done is very easy. Anyway, there’s no harm in trying, so Director Cao need not worry," Xiao Ming spoke again, "Let’s talk about the real issue." ƒreewebηoveℓ.com

Cao Zhining suppressed the turmoil brought on by his suspicions and asked, "What important matter brings Mr. Xiao here?"

Xiao Ming took a stack of documents out of his bag and placed them in front of him.

"I’ll trouble Director Cao to take a look at these two agreements. If there are no objections, please convene the board of directors to implement them as soon as possible."

Cao Zhining picked them up and looked through them for a moment. His brows first furrowed, then he began to laugh.

For those were two agreements for equity investment and stock exchange.

The main content was that Ruiye would use ten percent of its land holdings to take a stake in Dabang, in exchange for fifteen percent of Dabang’s shares.

And that Ruiye would inject one billion yuan for a ten percent stake in Dabang.

The two agreements added up to a total of twenty-five percent.

It should be known that Cao Zhining, the largest shareholder, only held a twenty-one percent stake.

"Mr. Xiao is truly unique. You made a joke, yet you seriously put together two agreements this thick.

Should I applaud you for your seriousness? Or should I laugh at your overestimation of your abilities?"

"Does Director Cao find it funny?" Xiao Ming asked.

Cao Zhining nodded, "Extremely funny! It’s like a joke of epic proportions."

"Then these documents haven’t been wasted," Xiao Ming closed his briefcase and stood up to leave, "I hope that Director Cao can still laugh so heartily when Dabang faces the crisis of bankruptcy."

"Alarmist talk! I’ve been in the business world for twenty to thirty years, and I’m certainly not intimidated," Cao Zhining snorted coldly, "Mr. Xiao, you have forgotten your agreements."

"Throw them away. That’s just my quote for today and my last pity for that green hat on your head.

After today, not only will I become the largest shareholder of Dabang, but I will also become the controlling shareholder!"

Xiao Ming had already walked to the door when he suddenly turned around, "Oh, and a friendly tip: better to do the paternity test in secret.

A woman who can let her husband unknowingly raise someone else’s child for over twenty years clearly has no humanity.

As for the precious son you’re so intent on protecting that you’d rather offend me, he’s even less humane.

Better watch out for losing both your wealth and your life!"

"Xiao Ming, you’re going too far!"

Cao Zhining stood up in anger, but unfortunately the office door was already closed.

After leaving the office building where Dabang Group was located, Xiao Ming headed to a magazine kiosk at the street corner and dialed a number from the payphone.

"Hello! Is this the Finance Weekly? I have some explosive news about Cao Zhining, the chairman of Dabang Group...

Yes... Rumor has it that his son is not his biological child, and a paternity test will be conducted in the next couple of days. You can send a reporter to follow the story..."

After making the call and paying one yuan, Xiao Ming turned to look back at the towering office building and grinned with a baring of teeth, "Oh my! Wasn’t what I just did a bit too wicked?

No can do, I need to hurry and engage in the traditional endeavors of capitalists, do some charity work. It’s for accumulating some karmic virtue for the child that’s about to be born."

Late at night, a blue and white Yamaha motorcycle arrived at the shantytown in the suburbs of the old city and, after making several turns, entered a small alley.

The bike had just been turned off, and the rider hadn’t even removed the helmet, when a young girl came running out from a courtyard nearby, her smile blooming like flowers.

"Brother!"

A single word, sweet enough to cause a toothache.

The young girl hadn’t fully matured yet, still budlike, but she already possessed the potential to captivate all living beings. Coupled with her innate singing talent and creative brilliance, becoming a super diva was a certainty.

Indeed, the girl was none other than Gu Xiangmeng, and the rider she called brother was, naturally, nobody else but Xiao Ming.

"What are you doing here instead of sleeping at home at this hour?" he scolded while getting off the motorcycle, clearly annoyed.

"I haven’t seen brother for such a long time, I missed you!"

Gu Xiangmeng seemed to have gotten the hang of his temper. Not only was she not afraid, she even moved forward to hug his arm, like a little cat welcoming its owner home.

Xiao Ming frowned slightly, but just then Bai Xuechao appeared at the door, so he pulled his arm away and said, "I’ll leave her to you. Twenty spankings with a feather duster."

Bai Xuechao forced a smile, "This girl has got a thick skin. If spankings worked, she wouldn’t be showing up here tonight."

As if to prove her point, Gu Xiangmeng stuck out her tongue at Xiao Ming and made a funny face, looking smug.

Xiao Ming shook his head helplessly and stepped into the courtyard.

It was a small courtyard with only two single-story houses, and the ground was still dirt, indicating the poverty of the former owner.

Several people were standing in the yard, all subordinates of Bai Xuechao. Among them was a bald man wearing a gold chain, none other than Zhang Kehu, who had served time with Wan Xingping.

"Big Brother Ming."

Liu Jianqiang led everyone in bowing to him.

Xiao Ming waved his hand dismissively and said to Bai Xuechao, "Bring me to have a look."

Bai Xuechao grimaced, "Better let Qiang take you. I feel nauseous."

Xiao Ming was puzzled but followed her pointing finger and burst into wry laughter.

In the corner of the wall lay some wooden boards and plastic tiles in disarray, with a stench wafting from the mess, obviously a collapsed toilet.

Liu Jianqiang led Xiao Ming over, turned on a flashlight, and shone it onto the toilet pit, excitedly saying, "Look, Big Brother Ming, there really is something down there."

Xiao Ming peered down and saw a hole about forty to fifty centimeters in diameter amidst a pile of excrement, dark and seemingly bottomless, with the faint outline of a beast’s head, fierce and terrifying.

"It’s too filthy, so we thought we should clean it out before sending someone down," Liu Jianqiang said. "Therefore, we can’t confirm yet whether it’s the ancient tomb you were talking about."

"No need to go down," said Xiao Ming. "Whether it’s an ancient tomb or not, things from the past are fragile, and damaging even the slightest bit is a sin.

Cover it up with a plank, and then proceed as planned.

Be cautious about secrecy. Whatever happens in this courtyard, absolutely, absolutely no one should know without my permission.

If you defy this, even if Bai pleads for you, it won’t be of any use, understand?"