Li Tingfeng could not stand Third Madam’s narrow-mindedness. He scolded coldly, “What have you done for me all these years? You play cards and shop every day. Other than spending money, you can’t do anything else. What right do you have to say to criticize your daughter-in-law? At least when Qiao An and Zecheng were together, she still took care of the family.”

Third Madam was speechless.

Li Zecheng was a little dazed. His father’s words made him realize for the first time that Qiao An might not be such a bad girl. After all, compared to his mother, she seemed more virtuous and considerate.

Li Zecheng stammered, “Mom, I’ve decided to leave with nothing.”

When Third Madam, the miser, heard the words “get out of the marriage with nothing”, her blood immediately flowed backward and her breathing became irregular.

“Are you crazy? What will you do if you give her all your money?”

Li Zecheng sat on the sofa dejectedly and said weakly, “I don’t know where Uncle found evidence of me cheating, stealing taxes, selling fake medicine, and bribing officials. He used them to threaten me to divorce Qiao An within seven days. Otherwise, he’ll send me to jail.”

Li Tingfeng stood up angrily and glared at Li Zecheng. “You brat, you actually did so many illegal things behind my back. You can even sell fake medicine. If this matter is exposed by your uncle, do you know how serious the consequences will be? Not only will you go to jail, but Li Kang Corporation will also be implicated.”

When Third Madam heard that her son was going to jail, she was so frightened that she collapsed on the sofa.

She cried and begged Li Tingfeng, “Hubby, you have to think of a way to help Zecheng escape danger.”

Li Tingfeng originally disliked this unreasonable first wife. Now that things have come to pass, Li Tingfeng’s dissatisfaction with Third Madam instantly erupted.

He roared at Third Madam, “Look at what you’ve taught Zecheng. I really regret not divorcing you and finding him a new mother. You’ve ruined his life, do you know that?”

These words were like a sharp blade stabbing into Third Madam’s heart.

She shouted at him, not to be outdone, “I love my son more than my life. What right do you have to criticize me?”

Li Tingfeng didn’t want to argue with the Third Madam. He said, “I won’t waste my breath on you. You two can do whatever you want. I just want to remind you that Fourth Brother isn’t our mother’s child. When his biological mother committed suicide, Xiaoran was seven or eight years old. We don’t know if his mother instilled hatred for the Li family in him before she died. All these years, even the Old Master doesn’t dare to trust him completely. You’d better not provoke him.”

With that, Li Tingfeng left.

Third Madam slumped on the sofa and covered her face as she cried.

She probably didn’t expect that her scheme against her daughter-in-law, Qiao An, would end up like this.

“Son, are we really going to give all our assets to Qiao An?” she asked indignantly.

Li Zecheng lowered his head. “Mom, we have no choice. If we can’t make Qiao An happy, Uncle will send me to jail.”

Third Madam was indignant. In the end, she cried and asked Old Master Li for help.

When Old Master Li found out that Li Xiaoran actually had so much evidence of Li Zecheng’s mistakes, his first reaction was not to scold Li Zecheng for his misconduct, but to rail at Li Xiaoran. “You’re rebelling, you’re rebelling. Li Xiaoran, you unfilial son. You actually schemed to gather so much evidence that’s not beneficial to our family’s development. Your wild ambition is obvious. It seems that I can’t be too nice to you.”

Li Zecheng added fuel to the fire. “Grandpa, you don’t know this, but ever since Uncle got onto Huo Zhou’s list, the two of them have been inseparable. Uncle even asked me to tell you that he wants to change his surname to Huo.”

Li Xiaoran and Huo Zhou were cousins. But after hearing Li Zecheng’s sarcastic words, the old man suspected Li Xiaoran of being homosexual.

The old man was so angry that he slammed the table and stood up. “Bastard, in order to climb up the social ladder, he actually ignored ethics and did such a thing. Does he think that Huo Zhou can help him get what he wants?”

The old man gritted his teeth and made up his mind. “From now on, you brothers don’t have to be polite to him. Besiege him with all your might. I want him to not be able to stay in the business world anymore. I want him back and apologize to me.”

Li Tingfeng and his brothers responded to their father’s appeal.

Li Tingye said, “Since Dad has spoken, I’ll do my best to seize Xiaoran’s medicine market.”

Second Brother said, “I’ll instruct my medical materials dealer to provide less or no materials to Xiaoran.”

… .

Third Brother was afraid of the evidence in Li Xiaoran’s hands and carefully comforted Old Master, “Dad, you’ve forced Fourth Brother to such an extent. I’m afraid that Fourth Brother will be desperate. If he throws out the evidence in his hands, Zecheng will be destroyed by him.”

Old Master Li sneered. “Do you really believe his nonsense? He has never entered the core department of the Li family. How can he get the core information of the company? I conclude that he only has some scraps of news and can’t cause much trouble.”

Li Tingfeng heaved a sigh of relief.

The Li family’s encirclement and suppression of the Huo family was overwhelming.

Old Master Huo sat on the sofa as his phone rang repeatedly. Then, his loyal old subordinates came to inform him one by one. “Chairman, the new CEO Li really knows how to cause trouble. He just took over a few days ago and made a big move to buy over the Hai Yue Corporation a few days ago. Now, he has caused the Li family group to completely encircle our pharmaceutical group… If this continues, I’m afraid the Huo family’s pharmaceutical group will be destroyed by him.”

Someone even suspected, “I suspect that Li Xiaoran is a spy sent by the Li family… He wants to play the role of a mole with us. Chairman, you have to be careful.”

… .

Old Master Huo had yet to solemnly introduce Li Xiaoran’s true identity to the shareholders, so the people of the Huo Corporation were puzzled. They had all kinds of doubts about the chairman using the young master of the Li Kang Corporation as his CEO.

After Old Master Huo hung up, even his wife asked, “Hubby, what exactly is going on? Did you really hire the young master of the Li family to be the CEO of the pharmaceutical company?”

The relationship between the old man and the old lady had always been loving. When he was young, the old man’s family was poor. The old lady, who was a wealthy businesswoman, provided him with his first bucket of gold. She also used her intelligence to help him start a business and build this beautiful empire.

However, the old lady had been in poor health in recent years, so the old man was unwilling to share the company’s troubles with her. He was afraid that it would affect the old lady’s mood.