I'll Help You Clear Out a Few

Exhilarating—utterly exhilarating!

Old Bai only felt the pent-up frustration in his chest dissipate in an instant!

"Two hundred million, transferred on time!" Su Rui smiled, pulled out a chair, and sat beside Li Ruobing. He swept his gaze across the shareholders again and said, "Everyone, please continue!"

Su Rui's words were polite, but after seeing Hu Guangyi's miserable state, several shareholders chose to remain silent.

It wasn't purely out of fear. The funds had already arrived; no matter how much trouble they made now, it would be useless.

The outcome of today's battle had been decided!

"Two hundred million..." Hu Guangyi's face was full of disbelief. He simply could not understand how Li Ruobing had obtained this money. "Impossible. You must be lying to me. You just don't want to lose the bet..."

One of the shareholders opened the laptop in front of him, tapped a few keys, and then his expression became rather complicated.

"Brother Hu, it's real."

Hu Guangyi was completely dumbfounded.

The funding chain had been reconnected, and all his previous plans had fallen through completely.

"President Li, impressive!"

Old Bai laughed heartily, then looked at Su Rui with a strange glint in his eyes. "And this gentleman is..."

"A good friend!" Su Rui answered before Li Ruobing could speak. "The very, very good kind..."

"I understand! I understand!" Old Bai was in high spirits, and his tone became suggestive as well.

The atmosphere in the conference room shifted abruptly.

"I don't give a damn what kind of bastard you are. You hit me, so you're not leaving today!" Hu Guangyi's hopes had been crushed, and that slap had nearly shattered his composure. His face twisted viciously. "I want both your legs!"

Su Rui's expression remained calm, but his eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a dangerous gleam.

This guy really did not know when to quit...

Su Rui stood up and started walking forward again.

"You want to beat him to death here?" Li Ruobing suddenly asked.

"Trash like him can die if he dies."

Li Ruobing reached out, grabbed Su Rui's sleeve, and pulled him back.

But in the eyes of the onlookers, that action conveyed another message.

Their relationship was not simple.

They were very close.

In the end, the conflict did not erupt in the conference room.

"Fine! Just wait. This isn't over!" Hu Guangyi was held back by someone. He spat out a mouthful of bloody phlegm, his expression so gloomy it seemed like water might drip from it.

He was not a hoodlum, nor could he really go all out against Su Rui inside an office building.

Years of business tactics had taught him long ago that when something happened, it should be settled in private!

It was just that Su Rui's slap had been too ruthless and too direct.

In front of everyone, Hu Guangyi had lost all face.

With the two hundred million credited, all the conflicts at this Board of Directors meeting were resolved with ease. The shareholders wore varied expressions as they found excuses to leave.

Hu Guangyi ultimately did not call the police either.

He knew perfectly well that his injuries would, at most, be classified as Minor Injury Level 3.

With Li Ruobing around, Su Rui could not possibly spend years in prison over such a trivial matter.

More importantly, Hu Guangyi lacked confidence.

He did not know Su Rui's background.

The noisy conference room quickly fell silent.

Looking at Hu Guangyi's bedraggled retreating figure, Old Bai curled his lip disdainfully and cursed crudely, "That son of a bitch deserved that beating!"

He had long found Hu Guangyi's group unpleasant. They were too snobbish and always shifted with the wind, though that was not even the main reason. What Old Bai could not stand most was that these idiots had no ability to run a company, yet they always wanted to climb to the top and play boss for a couple of days!

A company was a ten-thousand-ton cargo ship sailing over the vast ocean. As the helmsman, you needed to have the ability. Hu Guangyi had no skill at operating a company, but his abilities in scheming, backstabbing, and playing dirty were second to none. After a while, he became damn irritating!

Hearing the powerful curse, Su Rui smiled as well.

Old Bai was the leader of the group within the company that sincerely supported Li Ruobing. He could be called Mingzhu Company's Number Two Figure, loyal in character and reliable in his work!

Su Rui had quite a favorable impression of him and genuinely respected him.

"Uncle Bai," Li Ruobing reminded him.

"Ah... look at this brain of mine." Old Bai seemed to suddenly realize something. He patted his shiny bald head and laughed loudly. "I forgot there was a lady present... I'll watch it next time, definitely!"

"Alright, you two talk! I won't stay here and be a third wheel!"

Old Bai was tactful. With a cheerful smile, he walked out of the conference room, leaving Su Rui and Li Ruobing their private space.

Click!

The conference room door closed again.

Inside the quiet room, only Su Rui and Li Ruobing remained, facing each other.

"That transfer was marked as being from Wan Hao of the SCC Club..." Li Ruobing narrowed her eyes, examining him as she asked, "You... know Wan Hao?"

She naturally knew what kind of man Wan Hao was, as well as his family background. In Tongzhou City, he was an overwhelmingly powerful outsider who had crossed the river.

Combined with how Su Rui had verbally forced Lin Jiatao last night—

Putting those two things together, Li Ruobing could not help but suspect that Su Rui's identity was not as simple as he appeared.

She had investigated Su Rui's background.

For the first twenty-four years of his life, he had been utterly ordinary, completely like an average person.

But the more that was the case, the more abnormal it seemed.

Could an ordinary person know Wan Hao?

Could an ordinary person casually make Wan Hao produce two hundred million?

Could an ordinary person make Lin Jiatao lower his head with just one phone call?

The fog surrounding this man only grew thicker...

"We just met this afternoon. We got along very well, almost like we regretted not meeting sooner..." Su Rui smiled. Everything he said was true; he had merely concealed a few details. "As friends, isn't it normal to put up a few hundred million in support?"

Heh heh...

Li Ruobing smiled silently.

Only a ghost would believe that.

"Forget it, let's not talk about that... Come with me!" Su Rui stood up directly and glanced at the watch on his wrist. "I booked dinner at the Ritz-Carlton. There's still an hour and a half... Before then, I'll take you to do something."

"Hm?"

"Do you know why you were so passive today?" Su Rui's expression turned serious. "You were nearly subjected to Forcing the Palace by your own subordinates, and almost had to sell your house and car?"

Absolute Controlling Stake!

Almost instantly, those words flashed through Li Ruobing's mind.

"When you hold more than 51 percent of the shares, no matter what those shareholders say, you can treat it as farting." Su Rui spoke slowly, emphasizing every word. "Mingzhu Company has too many shareholders. I'll help you clear out a few!"

"Too many shareholders..."

Amid the endless stream of traffic, Li Ruobing opened her mouth. In the end, she could not suppress the doubt in her heart. "How are you going to clear them out?"

Clear out a few.

Those words themselves carried a chilling implication.

Combined with Su Rui's earlier violent methods, Li Ruobing could not help imagining certain bloody scenes.

"Don't worry. I won't use such crude and dangerous methods." Su Rui smiled. He knew what Li Ruobing was thinking, but deliberately kept her in suspense. "Did you bring the money I told you to withdraw?"

"What can Three Million do?"

"It can let you buy 20 percent of Mingzhu Company's shares!" Su Rui said casually.

The expression on Li Ruobing's face was strange.

How could that be possible?

Earlier in the conference room, her 7 percent stake alone could sell for tens of millions. Yet Su Rui was now saying that Three Million could buy 20 percent of the shares!

"Sometimes, the value of shares cannot be measured by money alone. In life, there are always things more important than money." Su Rui said, "When you seize someone's weakness and completely understand their personality, you'll realize that crushing a person is very simple."

The car slowly drove into a Villa Area.

Li Ruobing recognized it as the residence of Li Sicheng, one of Mingzhu Company's shareholders.

He held 5 percent of Mingzhu Company's shares.

He belonged to Hu Guangyi's faction.

"Alright, wait here for me." Su Rui instructed her, taking a black suitcase from the car's storage compartment.

"I'll go up with you."

"No need!" Su Rui shook his head and refused. "With you there, there are many things I can't do, and many things I can't say."

Su Rui did not want to reveal too many of his trump cards before the world's eyes too early. Maintaining a touch of mystery would make others feel awe... and interest toward him.

Just like Li Ruobing: although she had been with him once, Su Rui did not think that from then on, she would obey his every word.

A relationship between a man and a woman without emotion or time to grow accustomed to each other was ultimately fragile.

To win over a strong-willed woman like Li Ruobing, he had to appear even stronger and more mysterious than her.

Wan Hao's two hundred million was only the beginning.