Fated Love With the Billionaire
Chapter 438: The Terms of the Deal

Chapter 438: Chapter 438: The Terms of the Deal

Cheng Siluo was furious and said, "Dad really needs to see what kind of person you’ve become now."

Cheng Qiaobei crossed his arms and said leisurely, "Sure, I don’t mind."

Cheng Siluo gritted his teeth, pointing at him, "You finally show your true colors. You think that just because Dad is sick, the company will be yours? Stop dreaming."

Cheng Qiaobei laughed, "You all called me here, and now you’re saying I’m trying to take over the company. You can’t be the only one talking here. I’ve seen the person, can I leave now?"

He stood up to leave, but Zheng Rongxi stopped him.

"Hold on, who said you could leave?" Zheng Rongxi straightened up and handed him a towel, "You’re a man, unlike your sister, it’s time for you to fulfill your filial duty."

Cheng Qiaobei didn’t even lift his eyelids, "I can’t do it."

"What did you say?" Zheng Rongxi’s voice rose sharply, "We raise sons to rely on them in old age. And we raised someone as disloyal as you?"

Cheng Qiaobei’s expression was cold; his words were even more chilling, "When I considered you all family, did any of you consider me a person? When you were scheming against me, I was a member of the Cheng Family. But when you feared I’d take a slice of the pie, you kicked me out of the company. Your concept of family is so fleeting and convenient. From the day I left the company, I ceased being part of the Cheng Family.

So now, don’t try to bind me with the Cheng Family’s name. I haven’t even settled the score with him yet."

Zheng Rongxi asked, "Why did you come today? If not for filial duty, then just to see if your dad is dead?"

Cheng Qiaobei chuckled, "What else? Fathers must be loving to command filial respect. I’ve never felt even a trace of fatherly love from him; what kind of filial duty can you ask of me?"

Zheng Rongxi was at a loss for words, "But from your birth, all the material wealth you’ve enjoyed has been provided by your father, including your mother’s living expenses. Everything has been covered by him. Isn’t financial prosperity a form of fatherly love? Don’t measure your father by cheap notions of companionship. He had to manage the entire Jade Jiali, and had no time to pretend to be a happy family with you and your mom."

Finally, it came down to money.

"Are you settling accounts with me?" Cheng Qiaobei asked, "The money I’ve made for the company, do you know how many times it exceeds my expenses?"

"..." Zheng Rongxi was left speechless.

Cheng Qiaobei said, "Now there are caretakers, you don’t need to act in front of me. As for the company, I’m not interested. You don’t need to keep testing me; are you reassured now?"

Cheng Siluo walked over and said, "But now the company is having such a big problem, what can we do?"

Cheng Qiaobei looked at her, "If you have no solution, what does that have to do with me? You called me all the way here; do you want me to fulfill filial duty or offer some ideas?"

Cheng Siluo: "..."

Zheng Rongxi gave Cheng Siluo a look, and the latter continued, "The shares you took from the company back then..."

Cheng Qiaobei said, "I’ve already liquidated them."

Cheng Siluo coughed softly; although it was hard to articulate, they indeed needed that money.

"Actually, those shares weren’t entirely yours; part of them belonged to me and my mom. Dad couldn’t decide solely on that."

Cheng Qiaobei confirmed that they called him here for that money.

He scoffed, "Are you all okay, asking me for that now?"

Cheng Siluo said, "The company has a major problem; with just half, you could solve it."

Cheng Qiaobei closed his eyes, even resorting to asking him for money; it seems Jade Jiali is already in chaos.

Cheng Qiaobei said, "If you want to save Jade Jiali, there’s only one way, sell the Qingshan project."

After saying this, Cheng Qiaobei began to walk out.

But the person on the bed opened his eyes at that moment and said weakly:

"Stop fighting."

Upon hearing him, Zheng Rongxi quickly ran to the bed, "Old Cheng, you’re awake, you scared me."

Cheng Siluo also came close to the bed, "Dad..."

Cheng Qiaobei had no interest in watching their family drama of harmony, and walked straight out of the room but was stopped by Cheng Xiangheng.

"Qiao Bei."

Cheng Siluo pulled Cheng Qiaobei to the bedside, and the latter glared impatiently at him.

Cheng Xiangheng said, "You two leave, I want to say a few words to Qiao Bei."

Zheng Rongxi had her concerns, "Old Cheng, let Siluo leave. I will stay here to take care of you, in case..."

Before she finished speaking, Cheng Xiangheng sharply said, "Leave."

Zheng Rongxi awkwardly straightened up and left the room with Cheng Siluo.

At that moment, only father and son were left in the room.

Cheng Xiangheng gestured for him to come closer, and Cheng Qiaobei leaned down, listening to him sideways:

"You need to let Huang Yuanwei go; only by letting him go can Jade Jiali be saved."

"..." Cheng Qiaobei glanced at him, slowly standing up.

Unexpectedly, the first thing he said upon waking was to ask him to forgive someone who nearly killed him.

He asked, "Do you know what Huang Yuanwei made me eat?"

Cheng Xiangheng nodded.

"Knowing that, you still advise me to forgive him?"

Cheng Xiangheng said, "Huang Yuanwei did it to help me; don’t blame him, hate me instead."

Cheng Qiaobei said, "How do you know I haven’t hated you all along?"

Cheng Xiangheng: "..."

He was no longer the child who would be manipulated and obey absolutely.

"What conditions did you reach with Huang Kangtai?" Cheng Qiaobei came to find out about this.

Cheng Xiangheng said, "You let Huang Yuanwei go, he will invest in the Qingshan project."

Cheng Qiaobei understood, nodded with no expression and said, "Just an insignificant Qingshan project, and you sold me out."

Cheng Xiangheng said, "If the Qingshan project isn’t resolved, it’ll drag down the entire group, how can you say it’s just a single Qingshan project?"

Cheng Qiaobei looked at his chapped lips, mimicking Cheng Siluo’s actions, he took a cotton swab to dampen his lips and said:

"According to you, I should feel proud; my own worth surpasses the entire group."

"You finally figured it out."

A slight chill slipped between his lips and teeth, and Cheng Qiaobei stared into Cheng Xiangheng’s eyes, "Do you think this cotton swab contains what Huang Yuanwei made me eat?"

Cheng Xiangheng’s eyes widened in horror, "..."

Cheng Qiaobei laughed, very pleased with his shocked and fearful expression.

Cheng Xiangheng panicked, forcibly knocked the cotton swab out of Cheng Qiaobei’s hand and cursed, "You little bastard, why did I keep you back then."

Cheng Qiaobei’s expression remained indifferent, and he said nonchalantly, "Look at yourself, I just mentioned a possibility, and you’ve already assumed I laced the swab with contraband; this alone proves you’ve never trusted me, you’ve always guarded against me. What are you afraid of? Are you so scared I’ll take your place? You know me well enough to know if I really had ulterior motives, you’d have lost that position long ago.

Moreover," he lifted the cotton swab, "Even you talk fearfully about him; I got fed two whole doses by Huang Yuanwei, yet you still want me to let him go, and even cooperate with his father. I really don’t understand, in your heart, am I a son or a bargaining chip for transactions."