Chapter 12

He would wait until Fu Yichu really lost control under the plot's influence and revealed it to the female lead, then seize the opportunity to turn the tables on him.

But Fu Yichu also knew how the plot would unfold and had not contacted the female lead, so that incident never happened. Now that he also knew he might be the culprit behind his eldest brother's death, he was so meek at the company that he barely dared to breathe.

Yet, perhaps because of the plot's power, the male and female leads still learned the false bid price Fu Huaiyan had deliberately leaked through a senior executive at the Fu Group.

It was the original 1.35 billion. In terms of the plot, little had changed in that respect; the mole had simply changed from Fu Yichu to someone else.

But Fu Huaiyan had been baiting the hook to catch the culprit anyway, so it was not a bad thing.

That evening, Su Wanqiao waited a little anxiously for her hundred million-no, for Fu Huaiyan to come home.

A report completely different from the plot appeared on the television news.

#Yannan District project goes to the Fu Group#

She rubbed her eyes in delighted surprise, fireworks seeming to burst in her heart. She could not have been happier. This was a miracle! So she really could change the plot through her own efforts.

Just then, she heard the door opening behind her.

When Fu Huaiyan returned, he still carried the chill of the outdoors. Su Wanqiao turned, saw him enter, and excitedly jogged over.

"Fu Huaiyan, you won the bid! You're amazing! Congratulations, congratulations!"

Fu Huaiyan smiled gently and was just about to thank her.

Then he suddenly heard:

[Stop grinning with all your teeth showing and hurry up and pay me.]

"..."

Chapter 12

Fu Huaiyan's smile suddenly froze on his face at those words.

He nearly let those words infuriate him again.

Who could have imagined that although Su Wanqiao sounded as if she cared so much about him, what she was actually thinking about was the hundred million he had promised her?

Su Wanqiao really said one thing and thought another. Yet he could do nothing about her. Every time he heard her thoughts, he felt as though he was getting to know this woman all over again.

Fu Huaiyan sighed and could only take out the hundred-million check he had prepared earlier and hand it to Su Wanqiao.

"This is what I promised you. Thank you for the warning this time."

Su Wanqiao's face filled with delighted surprise, and she eagerly took it. When she saw the figure of a hundred million written on it, her thoughts became as dazzling as fireworks filling the sky.

[So much money! I'm so happy! Even if I get divorced now, I'll be a little billionaire lady. Once I leave the Fu Family, I'll feast on the finest food and drink and keep a dozen male models.]

"..."

Fu Huaiyan's gaze darkened.

He should never have agreed to give Su Wanqiao so much money.

He had not expected this woman to harbor such ideas.

She could dream on if she wanted to divorce him. Divorce was impossible. He would never divorce in this lifetime.

But Su Wanqiao seemed to have great faith in the plot. Yet it had now been proven that the plot could be changed.

No matter what happened in the plot, intervening would produce a different outcome.

Just like this bidding project. If he had not been able to hear Su Wanqiao's thoughts, the Fu Group might not actually have secured the Yannan District project. Now he had rooted out the company's mole at the first opportunity, and the original bid price had been a figure used as bait.

This time, the Jiang Family's real estate company had submitted a bid of 1.5305 billion, exactly five hundred thousand above their original price.

Everything about how this incident unfolded matched Su Wanqiao's predictions. It was just that, because of certain changes, Fu Yichu had not been the one to leak the price. Nor had Fu Yichu done anything foolish. On the contrary, recent observations showed that he had come to his senses considerably.

Fu Huaiyan had initially been unsure whether everyone in the Fu Family could hear Su Wanqiao's thoughts, but after returning from the family dinner, what was there left to misunderstand? His mother, Fu Siyao, and Fu Yichu had all heard Su Wanqiao's thoughts and thus avoided their respective crises in time.

Although the others had shown nothing unusual, they could most likely hear what Su Wanqiao was thinking too. The few incidents Su Wanqiao had exposed were enough to leave everyone on edge. If they still could not avoid danger after learning the plot in advance, they really would be stupider than pigs.

Fu Huaiyan now knew about the tangled grievances between himself and Fu Yichu, Fu Yunqi, and Fu Yuze. Since they already knew the plot, if any of them still failed to control themselves and acted like fools this time, he really would have to put righteousness before family.

Still, he was not particularly anxious. However unintelligent his younger brothers might be, they could hardly be stupider than pigs, much less walk into such obvious traps.

Fu Huaiyan turned his gaze back to Su Wanqiao. It suddenly occurred to him that she always thought he was cold because he had been too distant with her before. They had never properly spent time together after getting married.

So, since he happened to have time recently, he naturally had to spend more time with Su Wanqiao. Even if she was not used to him now, she would slowly get used to him.

"Tonight's dinner is for the Fu Family to break off the engagement with the Gu Family. I've already arranged for those photos to be sent to the Gu Family. Old Master Gu found it disgraceful, so he's already agreed to end the engagement. But our Fu Family can't just let this go. For this incident, the Gu Family must give us three hundred million in hush money, along with two business projects worth over a hundred million each. Otherwise, word of Gu Minghan's marriage fraud will cause a storm throughout the city. When that happens, the drop in the Gu Family's stock will cost them more than that."

"Because of this incident, Gu Minghan has been thoroughly cast aside by the Gu Family. I expect he'll soon be stripped of his position as heir. I heard the Gu Family brought back an illegitimate son from who knows where, named Gu Yubai. They'll be focusing on grooming him from now on."

[Ah, just as expected, changing the plot has brought so many things forward. Gu Yubai is the male lead, and his official pairing is Jiang Ruoning. According to the novel's plot, Gu Minghan shouldn't have been completely cast aside by the Gu Family until six months from now. The tottering marriage alliance couldn't preserve his position in the Gu Family. Gu Yubai was more capable than him by far more than a little, leaving Old Master Gu increasingly disappointed in Gu Minghan until he decided to let Gu Yubai take over the company's affairs. After Gu Minghan was banished to the cold palace, he vented all the resentment in his heart on Fu Siyao, who had married into the family. He often beat Fu Siyao until she was covered in wounds, and she suffered every humiliation.]