Liang Jue interrupted: "Daddy, don’t blame my sister. She’s afraid that our household expenses will be too high if I resign while starting my own company."

Liang Tao’s expression softened a bit, and his tone eased: "It’s okay, Anya, your brother’s company has a partner investing. He doesn’t need to spend much money himself."

At this point, Liang Jue’s expression changed slightly. After hesitating for a while, he finally said, "Daddy, I suspect the reason my classmate suddenly proposed to invest in and collaborate on starting a company might be related to Si Yuheng."

"What do you mean, Xiaojue?" Liang Tao was surprised.

Liang Anya also vaguely guessed something in her heart. Indeed, she had been suspicious when Liang Jue suddenly found a partner successfully, coincidentally after Si Yuheng arrived in A City. She feared Si Yuheng contacted her brother’s classmate, secretly controlling the partnership with Liang Jue.

Sure enough, Liang Jue said: "... My Italian classmate suddenly approached me for collaboration, which seemed odd. Since the collaboration began, he’s merely transferred company funds to an account in China and rarely managed it, appearing not to care much about the business... At first, I didn’t think much of it. Now, upon reconsidering, it’s highly possible Si Yuheng secretly prompted his investment to collaborate with me."

The atmosphere froze.

Liang Tao’s expression became incredibly complicated, unexpectedly realizing Si Yuheng would help his son start a company just to get closer to the Liang Family...

Liang Jue saw his father’s expression: "I’ll confirm it tomorrow. If Si Yuheng is indeed the investor behind this company, I’ll quit; I won’t continue."

Liang Anya’s heart skipped, stopping him: "Brother, are you crazy? You’ve poured so much energy into this company, from inception to now operating in trial mode. You’ve dedicated your heart and soul, spending every day at the company without time even to return home, and now you want to quit?"

"I don’t want to accept such a huge favor from him; you’ll have less confidence in front of him."

"But what about all your efforts during this period? It’ll be all in vain! Brother, this company has just started and is your heart’s blood. Asking you to give it up now is no different from taking your child away!"

Liang Jue was silent for a few minutes. Every word from his sister struck close to his heart, feeling gutted; ultimately, he forced a smile: "But if I accept his favor, it’s no different from selling you. Enough, stop talking. I’m going out for a bit."

The door slammed shut, awakening Liang Anya. Realizing he planned to resign his stocks, she hurried to stop him: "Brother—"

"Anya," Liang Tao stopped his daughter, sighing, "Just let Xiaojue go. If this company indeed has Si Yuheng as the main investor, how could he continue?"

Liang Anya’s face darkened.

Like father, like son; her brother and father both possess that stubborn nature that dislikes owing favors, nothing outweighing family importance.

Having family like this is one of the most comforting and warm things in Liang Anya’s life.

Because of this, she couldn’t bear to see her brother unhappy.

Why shouldn’t she take what’s owed from Si Yuheng? 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

After long contemplation, she gritted her teeth: "Daddy, I’m going out!"

Saying this, she rushed out like the wind.

...

On the way to the company, Liang Jue confirmed after a call with his Italian classmate.

His old classmate sought collaboration on a domestic company investment indeed due to another investor.

And that investor was none other than Si Yuheng.

Beiming Hall belongs to A Country and has influence over both legal and illegal avenues across Europe. Si Yuheng contacted his Italian old classmate, and with a friendly greeting and funds transferred, his old classmate couldn’t refuse.

Over the phone, the old classmate, sensing Liang Jue caught on, didn’t hide anything and explained everything frankly.

Hung up the call, Liang Jue’s face went from green to pale, then from pale to red.

Arriving at the company, he glanced around the newly renovated office. Although it pained him, he didn’t hesitate to take out, clean, and tidy up the company’s accounts and cash flows accumulated over this period.

Then, he called the company secretary in.

"What instructions do you have, Mr. Liang?" the secretary asked. Currently, Liang Jue is the company’s executive general manager.

Liang Jue resolutely said, "Take all these things away. Starting today, I’m withdrawing from the company."

"Wha-What?" The secretary was shocked.

Just at this moment, the office door was pushed open, and a tall foreign man in a black suit entered, instructing the secretary in imperfect Chinese: "Mr. Liang was only joking, you may go."

Seeing the western face, Liang Jue understood who he was; probably his old classmate reported his intention to withdraw stocks to Si Yuheng, who then sent a subordinate.

Such swift action.

He sneered and told the secretary: "You can go now."

"Yes." The secretary, sensing the tension in the air, quickly turned and left.

"Mr. Liang, isn’t this too impulsive? This company is your heart’s blood and has just gotten on the right track. Now talking about resigning from stocks so suddenly?"

"Tell your master not to think any method of getting closer to my sister and niece will work. What’s he planning this time, trying to get Xiaoxiao back? Relax, this is China, not your A Country, I’ll never let him succeed! That affair of locking my sister up to have a child, we didn’t wish to distress Anya further, so we hadn’t planned on settling scores with him; it doesn’t mean we’ve forgotten! If he really wants to continue tangling, the Liang Family doesn’t mind dealing with him to the end!"

"Mr. Liang, if the Hall Master truly viewed Miss Liang merely as a reproductive machine, he could’ve easily seized the young heir upon your discovery and taken him back; why waste time speaking nonsense and doing so much?"

Liang Jue frowned, looking at the subordinate.

"Actually, before Miss Liang gave birth, the Hall Master already instructed us to send mother and child back to A Country after birth. This time, besides wanting Xiaoxiao, the Hall Master desires Miss Liang too, hence he seeks to win favor with Mr. Liang and his father—alas, our Hall Master rarely wants to play the good guy, but nobody appreciates it."

Saying this, he even blinked miserably, feigning sadness.

Outside the office door, Liang Anya arrived closely after, witnessing Si Yuheng’s subordinate persuasively speaking to her brother, she halted and listened at the entrance.

A towering, robust subordinate pulling this pitiful card... It seems clearly the man’s intention, right?

She couldn’t help but chuckle, yet inexplicably her heart stirred.

All along, she thought once she gave birth, Si Yuheng would discard her.

Turns out, Si Yuheng... wasn’t only interested in the child and not the mother?

He once wanted to take her back to his country?

But... So what? Could he move her now?

A villain who did a hundred terrible deeds, occasionally doing one good deed, remains a villain!

Moreover, returning with him to A Country? Becoming just another one of his many pampered mistresses?

Is this the Middle Ages? Pretending to be a concubine? Serving an emperor wouldn’t feel so humiliating!