Chapter 178: Chapter 178 What’s there to fear?

Song Sinian didn’t deny it; for him, nothing was more important than Lu Zhaozhao.

As long as she wanted, he was willing to do anything for her.

He raised his voice slightly, “Is everything settled with Justin?”

Xia Wenjue nodded, “It’s quite convenient to get citizenship from a small country.”

As long as there was money, matters became much easier to handle.

Previously, he had turned a blind eye to Justin because he was a relative of the Xia Family, even if a distant one, and had let many things slide.

But since Song Sinian had alerted him, he had carried out a detailed internal company investigation.

He hadn’t expected that the places he hadn’t paid attention to before were all full of hidden dangers and that there were people trying to climb up the ladder using these hidden dangers.

Among them, Justin was the most conspicuous.

He acted all respectful in front of all the brothers, and it was one thing to take away quite a few resources, but now he even dared to make a move on XJ Group internally.

He blamed himself for being too lenient with them in the past.

Song Sinian’s gaze swept over Xia Wenjue on the video, and he said coolly, “If Justin wants to climb up, he wouldn’t miss the resources of the Lu Family. As for Song Keren, someone will naturally present him with a sweet deal.”

Xiao Jinglan intended to market Song Keren out, so she would certainly spare no expense, and the Lu Family would do the same.

All they had to do was set the stage for them, and then just wait and watch the drama unfold.

“Alright, I will cooperate well from my side too.”

“Mm.”

Meanwhile, Song Keren had already been sent back to the Song Mansion by the Lu Family’s driver.

As soon as she entered, Song Keren threw herself into Xiao Jinglan’s arms, crying her heart out.

Xiao Mo, who had just arrived, looked at Song Keren’s appearance, frowned, and stared at her with displeasure, “Cry, cry, cry, what’s there to cry about? What happened, speak clearly!”

Song Keren was startled by Xiao Mo’s voice, choked up a few times, and then stuttered, “Today, I and… and Xia Wenjin planned to give Lu Zhaozhao a lesson, but… but we didn’t expect… those people failed against Lu Zhaozhao, and then they turned on me… on me… wuwuwu…”

She didn’t continue her words, but everyone roughly understood what had happened.

Xiao Mo’s face immediately darkened quite a bit, “Who allowed you to mess with Lu Zhaozhao?”

Song Keren was already feeling wronged, and to top it off, Xiao Mo didn’t stand up for her right away; instead, he scolded her for Lu Zhaozhao’s sake?

“Why can’t she be touched? Because of her, do you know how much humiliation I’ve suffered?!” Song Keren couldn’t help but yell at Xiao Mo, and had Xiao Jinglan not pulled her back, she would have gone up to tear into Xiao Mo.

“You know exactly why you are suffering!” Xiao Mo glared at Song Keren, “Don’t you have any idea how important Lu Zhaozhao is to Song Sinian right now? If he finds out it was you who made a move on Lu Zhaozhao, do you think he will let you live?!”

“…”

Song Keren’s mouth opened for a long time, but she couldn’t utter a single word.

She had been tempted by Xia Wenjin and hadn’t considered this issue at all.

She just wanted to teach Lu Zhaozhao a lesson and then get some leverage in her own hands, making it easy to control Lu Zhaozhao.

But… but she had utterly failed to think of the point Xiao Mo had mentioned.

She was not unaware of how ruthless Song Sinian could be towards his enemies.

Song Keren shivered, her whole body jolting with panic.

Beside her, Xiao Jinglan saw that Xiao Mo was truly angry and hurriedly changed the subject, “Keren is too naive, she was obviously used by others. You are her brother, you have to help her.”

Keren also realized the problem, “Right, it was Xia Wenjin who tricked me. Although she said she would collaborate with me, she let me connect with hoodlums, that must be her intention! She wants Sinian to deal with me, and then she’ll be able to marry Justin!”

Upon hearing the words “Justin,” Xiao Mo’s reason regained some ground.

He scoffed coldly, “The Lu Family has been showing off recently in Shangjing! Their daughter, too, follows suit, equally arrogant!”

These past few days, Xiao Mo had wanted to talk to Lu Dagui about the ore deal, but each attempt ended with the door slammed in his face.

He had inquired and found out that there were quite a few people who had experienced the same thing recently.

Lu Dagui was wielding the power he held with the ore vein resources, utterly disregarding everyone else.

Before he bought the mine, he negotiated well with them when he took their money. Now, he’s stalling and making excuses, ha!

Xiao Jinglan asked cautiously, “What should we do then? If Sinian really finds out, we definitely won’t be faring well…”

Xiao Mo sneered lightly, “What’s to fear? Just make it so that he’s completely unable to concern himself with this matter, right?”

Xiao Jinglan fell silent when she heard this.

The person Sinian cared about most was Lu Zhaozhao. To make him unconcerned seemed a bit difficult, right?

Xiao Mo saw through Xiao Jinglan’s thoughts in an instant, and with raised eyebrows he said, “If Lu Zhaozhao was involved with someone else, do you think Sinian would still care about anything else?”

“But Lu Zhaozhao has Sinian, how would she be willing to consider someone else…”

She stopped in mid-sentence as she saw Xiao Mo’s expression change and immediately fell silent.

Xiao Mo’s face turned colder, “Sinian is just relying on the fact that he’s the president of the Song Group. What else does he have?”

“Right, right, right,” Xiao Jinglan dared not say anything more.

Xiao Mo looked at her and continued, “Lu Zhaozhao may be unworldly now, but once she’s accustomed to seeing handsome men and beautiful women in the entertainment industry, she won’t just want to stick with Sinian.”

Xiao Jinglan nodded, “Right, that’s true. Lu Zhaozhao was previously spoiled by the Lu Family, and lacking experience, it’s only natural for her to only favor Sinian.”

“Heh, even if Lu Zhaozhao really wasn’t willing, when the time comes, just drug her, and she’ll be obedient…”

When that time comes and Lu Zhaozhao is abandoned by Sinian, won’t he still be able to manipulate her any way he pleases?

In the evening, as soon as Lu Zhaozhao finished school, she rushed back to the Song Mansion.

When Sinian came home, he saw Lu Zhaozhao sitting at the study desk, delicately wiping a picture frame with a handkerchief.

“What are you doing?” Sinian had just entered when he embraced Lu Zhaozhao from behind.

His chin gently rested on her shoulder while his eyes dropped to glance at the painting in her hands.

Lu Zhaozhao’s bright eyes were smiling, and she turned to look at Sinian, “There’s an art appreciation lecture at our school tomorrow, the teacher asked us to bring a painting we like.”

“So you plan to take Luna’s painting there?” Sinian noticed the painting she was carefully wiping, his eyebrows raising slightly, a complex look flashing in his eyes.

Lu Zhaozhao glanced at the painting in her hand, then up at Sinian, “Mr. Song, is there something you want to tell me?”

She gently placed the painting down, turned around, and draped her arms around Sinian’s neck, affectionately nuzzling him.

Sinian’s large hand pinched her cheek as he said word by word, “Luna’s autographed paintings are scarce in the Shangjing Circle, taking this painting there will make quite a few people jealous. Just to be safe, would you consider installing a pinhole camera in this painting?”

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