PDLP Chapter 195 The 7-year-old woman was at the perfect age to venture out (3)
Chapter 195 The 7-year-old woman was at the perfect age to venture out (3)
Afterwards, Qi Sheng and Bai Zhilan squandered the money she had worked so hard to earn, buying real estate and luxury cars, indulging in the greed of themselves, their children, and grandchildren, as if all this wealth was rightfully theirs.
After Qi Sheng and Bai Zhilan passed away peacefully in their later years, Bai Zhilan's son Wang Shaodong and daughter-in-law Chen Lihua harbored inappropriate thoughts. They instigated Zhou Manyun, attempting to seize control of the Zhou Group from their Wang family.
They kept whispering in Zhou Manyun's ear: "You and Zhou Yanli are both nominally members of the Zhou family, so why should the company ultimately belong to him?"
Zhou Manyun had long known that her elder brother, Zhou Yanli, had always looked down on her parents and their family. If Zhou Yanli became the head of the Zhou Group in the future, what would become of their family's assets?
Just as Zhou Manyun made up her mind, she accidentally discovered that Zhou Yanli seemed to be secretly ordering someone to investigate her relationship with her biological mother, Chen Lihua, and believed that Zhou Yanli had discovered something.
To protect her secret and the power she was about to gain, Zhou Manyun struck first, smuggling a slow-acting poison into Zhou Yanli's food. Caught completely off guard, Zhou Yanli died young, before Zhou Qiming and Shen Yue.
After Zhou Yanli's death, Zhou Manyun began her ambitious plan. She first tricked her mother, Shen Yue, into transferring all the company shares held by Zhou Qiming and Zhou Yanli to her own name, thus becoming the largest shareholder of the company.
Subsequently, she joined forces with other shareholders to force Zhou Qiming to step down through various means.
Even if Zhou Qiming was unwilling, he was powerless to change the situation given that the company was already under Zhou Manyun's control.
Shen Yue and Zhou Qiming remained completely unaware of the truth until their deaths, their biological son and daughter being murdered by the imposter Zhou Manyun.
Therefore, after successfully taking over, Zhou Manyun carried out a large-scale personnel change and reorganization of the Zhou Group, and even changed the group's name.
However, in reality, the Zhou Group was already showing signs of decline during Zhou Qiming's management period, and Zhou Manyun lacked management skills and was simply unable to turn the tide.
Ultimately, for her own selfish gain, she sold Zhou Hanyi's life's work—the Zhou Group—to a competitor, and then squandered the money recklessly, living a carefree life.
After absorbing the memories, Cang Lan slowly opened his eyes, a sharp glint flashing in them.
Her gaze fell directly on her son Zhou Qiming and daughter-in-law Shen Yue, who were sitting in the front seat of the car, exchanging furtive glances. A nameless anger surged within her.
Those two idiots!
Cang Lan snorted coldly, picked up the cane beside him, and threw it forcefully at the heads of the two men.
Two muffled thuds were heard, and Zhou Qiming and Shen Yue simultaneously cried out in pain.
Zhou Qiming and Shen Yue immediately winced in pain, clutching their heads and looking aggrieved. "Mom, why did you hit us?"
Shen Yue was startled, thinking that Cang Lan had overheard her scheming words at the hospital and made her angry. She quickly explained, "Mom, we were wrong, we will never do it again."
Looking at their foolish appearance, Cang Lan felt that the two of them were simply incredibly stupid, lacking even the ability to conceal their thoughts. So he simply closed his eyes and ignored them.
Soon, the car slowly drove into the Zhou family's old residence.
Zhou Qiming hurriedly got out of the car and eagerly opened the car door for his elderly mother.
Cang Lan didn't even glance at him. She got out of the car and headed straight for the study on the second floor. Shen Yue jogged after her, holding Cang Lan's cane in her hand, muttering, "Mom, she doesn't look like a seventy-year-old at all. She walks more nimbly than I do."
Looking at Cang Lan's retreating figure, Zhou Qiming exclaimed, "This old lady doesn't look like she's about to die at all!"
On the other side, Cang Lan went straight to the study on the second floor and kicked open the door. There, she saw Qi Sheng sitting in the main seat of the study, hurriedly putting down the letter and grabbing the document next to him to cover it up.
Seeing Canglan enter, he forced himself to remain calm and said, "My dear wife, why are you back?"
Canglan didn't speak. He rushed forward, jumped onto the table with lightning speed, and snatched the letter that was covered by the documents.
Upon seeing this, Qi Sheng's expression changed drastically. He hurriedly reached out to snatch it back, but Cang Lan had already finished reading the contents of the letter. Her eyes widened in anger, and she threw the letter hard on the ground. She then stood on the table, and her already 177cm height made her appear even taller and more imposing.
She quickly reached out and grabbed Qi Sheng's neck tightly like an iron clamp, lifting him up.
Qi Sheng kicked his legs wildly in the air, his face turning bluish-purple from fear and lack of oxygen, and his originally loose skin wrinkled up even more.
Without saying a word, Cang Lan raised his hand and slapped Qi Sheng hard across the face with dozens of slaps.
Qi Sheng's face immediately became red and swollen, his gold teeth were smashed to pieces, and blood gushed from his nose.
At this moment, Zhou Qiming and Shen Yue, who had heard the commotion, rushed over.
Seeing the scene before them, the two women's eyes widened in shock. Zhou Qiming was filled with astonishment. "Mom, what happened? How... how could you beat Dad like this?"
Canglan had no time to pay them any attention.
Her grip on Qi Sheng's neck remained firm, showing no sign of weakening.
Qi Sheng's face had turned a deep liver color, his eyes were bulging, and he looked like he was about to suffocate.
Fearing that he would get away with it too easily, Canglan suddenly flung Qi Sheng to the ground like trash.
Qi Sheng's head slammed heavily against the ground, and blood instantly seeped out.
Seeing this, Zhou Qiming hurriedly stepped forward to check on Qi Sheng's condition, but Cang Lan gave him a cold glance, did not respond, jumped off the table, and sat down in the chair.
"After you read the letter on the ground, you'll know whether this beast deserves to be beaten or not!" Cang Lan said coldly.
Shen Yue immediately noticed the letter on the ground, and feeling suspicious, she bent down to pick it up.
Upon closer inspection, the two suddenly realized what was going on.
It turned out that Qi Sheng was corresponding with his old flame outside, stating in the letter that as long as Zhou Hanyi died, he would marry that woman in a grand and glorious way.
A feeling of disgust welled up in Zhou Qiming's heart. He looked at Qi Sheng and couldn't help but complain in his heart, "His father is too outrageous. Why did he have to read the letter so openly in the study when he wasn't even sure if his mother was still alive?"
It goes without saying that he must have been having an affair with an older woman a long time ago.
Zhou Qiming sighed and didn't say anything more, but Shen Yue immediately put herself in her mother-in-law's shoes. What she couldn't stand the most was men cheating.
Shen Yue was instantly furious. Pointing at Qi Sheng, she rebuked him, "Father-in-law, how could you do such a thing behind Mother's back? Don't forget that you only married into the family. Your food, drink, and lodging are all paid for by Mother. How can you do this to her?"
Seeing that his wife was angry, Zhou Qiming quickly went to her side, gently patted her back, and comforted her, "Don't worry, honey, I definitely won't do that."
Seeing this, Shen Yue simply snorted and ignored him.