Chapter 39
Translator: Aafkee
Proofreader: Superclubs2
The atmosphere around the table was hostile. Su Weiyu’s facial expression darkened as he stared at Lu Chuiqing, unshaken.
Su Weiyu could tell that Lu Chuiqing knew who he was and what his relationship was with Xiao Zhan in the past. The fact that Xiao Zhan had told him all that was enough to prove that this omega in front of him was, indeed, special to Xiao Zhan.
And there was the way he addressed Xiao Zhan, intense and unable to be neglectedー that way of addressing Xiao Zhan was once a privilege Su Weiyu owned.
At that moment, Su Weiyu was extremely sure that Lu Chuiqing was a person who was receiving Xiao Zhan’s full tolerance and doting love. He would never have such confidence to speak to him this way if he was dispensable like any other lovers Xiao Zhan had.
Seeing that it might be inappropriate for him to be there during their conversation, Xiao Zhan’s friend had long excused himself after he came back from the toilet.
Su Weiyu let out a faint smile and responded, “I haven’t even sat down here with Xiao Zhan for 20 minutes, you sure are well-informed, Mr Lu.”
“Why? Are you implying that I should just wait around unhurriedly for you guys to go somewhere else?” Lu Chuiqing’s voice sank, “I’m still willing to stand here and talk to you civilly, I hope you can show some respect as well.”
The smile on Su Weiyu’s face gradually disappeared. He reached out his hand towards the corridor, making a show of being very much in earnest by gesturing with courtesy as if he was seeing a visitor out, “Mr Lu, I have something of importance to discuss with Xiao Zhan, please step back.”
Lu Chuiqing, “Is there anything I can not hear about?”
Su Weiyu let out a light laugh, “Xiao Zhan may trust you but sorry, I can not-”
“Su Weiyu.”
A cold and sharp voice interrupted Su Weiyu’s words. Xiao Zhan lifted his eyes to stare at him, those lips that showed no emotion parted unhurriedly, “My decision to continue to sit here or not depends on your attitude.”
Su Weiyu’s expression stretched taut in an instant, the tip of his fingers trembled slightly as a hint of dim panic flashed across his eyes.
This was the first time Xiao Zhan used that kind of tone against him, not even when they first broke up in the past. Cold and sharp, just like an ice-cold knife blade.
He swallowed to wet his dry throat and let out a shaky breath, only continued after a short pause, “Right, no problem. Please have a seat, Mr Lu.”
Lu Chuiqing sat down and said, “Thank you but I still hope you can tell me what you just said to Xiao Zhan, no matter how insignificant.”
To be honest, considering Su Weiyu’s behaviour and words last time at the banquet, Lu Chuiqing could not see how appropriate Su Weiyu’s “important matter” was.
Su Weiyu stared at Lu Chuiqing for a moment and then glanced over at Xiao Zhan beside Lu Chuiqing, and said, “The numbers on Bo Da Materials’ financial report forms are fake, this is the best time to short-sell it. I’m here to remind Xiao Zhan not to let this chance slip away.”
Lu Chuiqing was stunned for a second before he turned to look at Xiao Zhan in surprise.
The latter continued to drink his tea without any changes in his expression as he lifted his brow slightly at Lu Chuiqing as if trying to prove that the content of their conversation had always been this proper since the beginning.
Lu Chuiqing’s expression began to become strange. He looked towards Su Weiyu and asked, “How did you know?”
“I have a friend who used to work at Shuo Zheng. He has already left the company and I’ve just met up with him not long ago. Bo Da Materials’ internal audits have always been using the teams from Shuo Zheng’s business office and they have been requested both implicitly and explicitly by Xia Yuanbo since two years ago to make use of fake contracts to increase their profits or to report a lower number for their costs.” Su Weiyu continued, “My friend was not responsible for auditing Bo Da’s report forms, but he did hear about it through their internal channels and deduced that the office has intentions of faking their data. My friend was afraid that he would be dragged into this mess if it ends up being revealed and he has always wanted to change companies anyway so he left the company right away.”
“Why would he tell you such things so easily?” Lu Chuiqing creased his brows, “It’s a major problem for an accountancy firm to fake financial data, is he not worried that people from Shuo Zheng finding out that he was the one who leaked the information and intentionally finds trouble with him before he resigned?”
Su Weiyu’s expression was dark as he gave Lu Chuiqing a glance. Xiao Zhan had asked him the exact same question just a while ago. Although he did not say it as straightforwardly as Lu Chuiqing did, these two people actually had the same line of thought.
Su Weiyu, “He has already resigned for more than a year. He’s not from a normal family with no money or network either so Shuo Zheng would have to think twice instead if they’re thinking of messing with him.”
Lu Chuiqing asked, “Do you have evidence?”
“Su Rende is one of the senior management in Shuo Zheng. The reason why he could end up in the senior management was all thanks to the Xia’s family taking advantage of their network for him. There’s no way Su Rende wouldn’t know about Xia Yuanbo’s intention, he’s an obedient dog after all. There’s a high possibility that Su Rende himself is directly involved in faking the numbers.”
Lu Chuiqing was astonished, “And that senior management is…”
“My father.” Su Weyu finished his sentence without any facial expression, “As long as Bo Da’s faking of data is exposed, it’s only a matter of time before he gets found out. Su Rende is a coward and a fool to begin with. He must be feeling beleaguered these two years given how he was forced by Xia Yuanbo to do such a thing. He’ll definitely be the first to run as long as he notices any possibility of the incident being exposed and will probably see everyone as his saviour.”
Lu Chuiqing creased his brows slowly. He could hear Su Weiyu’s deep hatred towards his father between each of his words.
Su Weiyu was indeed planning something but whatever he was planning was much deeper than what Lu Chuiqing had initially imagined.
Su Weiyu lifted his eyes and looked towards Xiao Zhan, “Xiao Zhan, let me just put it out there. All Value Scans needs to do is issue an internal short-selling forecast report, you don’t have to announce it to the public or specify who the target is. I’ll handle Su Rende’s side and make him believe that your next target is Bo Da Materials. As long as he is willing to provide evidence of Bo Da faking their numbers, I’ll tell him that you’re willing to hide part of the evidence against him and that you’re willing to safeguard him. He knows I hate Xia Hao and our relationship in the past so he’ll believe that the reason you decide to safeguard him is that you have changed your mind. Of course, you can just provide all the evidence as it is in the end.”
Lu Chuiqing finally understood that Su Weiyu merely wanted to make use of Xiao Zhan to drag Xia Yuanboーor rather, Xia Yuanbo’s son, Xia Hao, and his father down, while allowing Xiao Zhan’s company to earn a big sum from it. As a result, he may earn brownie points from Xiao Zhan and may even have a chance to redeem himself in front of Xiao Zhan. It truly was a great plan, killing two birds with one stone.
“I’ve already explained it twice now, Xiao Zhan.” Su Weiyu stared at him, “There is no reason you’ll reject such an opportunity, right?”
Su Weiyu’s proposal was, indeed, very alluring. If he did not know about Xiao Zhan’s intentions from the start and his ill-feeling towards Su Weiyu’s identity, he would have urged Xiao Zhan to agree to his proposal.
Unfortunately, Su Weiyu would never expect that the Lu Chuiqing that was sitting right in front of him at that moment, was someone who knew what would happen in the next month.
Lu Chuiqing let out a long sigh, “Firstly, Mr Su, I would like to thank you for telling me everything you have said to Xiao Zhan. Secondly, I’m sorry but Xiao Zhan will not agree to this proposal so please do not look for him anymore.”
Su Weiyu let out a cold laugh, “This may not sound nice, but whether or not Xiao Zhan will agree to this is all on him. I know you are Xiao Zhan’s lover and Xiao Zhan may dote on you and let you do whatever you want in some aspects, but you do not have to emphasise that point in front of me and try to make your status known to me. If you truly are a smart person, you should know that there is nothing to lose but every-”
“You’re right, nothing to lose but everything to gain.” Lu Chuiqing interrupted him calmly, “But Xiao Zhan has already invested a million to short-sell Bo Da, there is no need for your proposal.”
Su Weiyu paused for a second. He turned his head immediately and stared at Xiao Zhan, stunned and at a loss of words, “Xiao Zhan, you…”
“Let me be honest with you too, Xiao Zhan’s decision to do this is partly because of my suggestion.” Lu Chuiqing said confidently, “Those stocks were bought by Xiao Zhan the day after Xia Hao’s birthday and he was planning to sell all of them by the end of this month. As for the report you mentioned, there isn’t much time left so I’m afraid there won’t be enough time for Xiao Zhan to issue a full report.”
“By the end of this month?!” Su Weiyu looked at Xiao Zhan, finding it unbelievable, “Bo Da Materials has such good market prices right now and judging from momentum, it’s probably going to increase until next year. What makes you think the prices will take a plunge without a short-selling report? Xiao Zhan, don’t tell me you’re swayed by this person through pillow talk-”
Lu Chuiqing initially thought Xiao Zhan would explain to Su Weiyu properly. For example, explaining to Su Weiyu that he had already begun paying close attention to Bo Da’s report forms since quite a while ago, just like how he had answered Lu Chuiqing when he had asked him last time.
In the end, it was almost as if Xiao Zhan was too lazy to give Su Weiyu any explanation as he took a sip of coffee indifferently before answering succinctly, “ Yeah.”
“Yeah”? “Yeah”?!
Fine, even if Lu Chuiqing did indeed give such a suggestion but it was merely in the passing. A small suggestion that was not yet developed and Xiao Zhan, at that time, did not appear to agree to it either. It was mostly a “do it first, think later” when he invested so much money into it afterwards.
That was the truth but why did he put it in such a way that Lu Chuiqing had become the vixen who had bewitched him to make bad decisions?! That was not what he said the last time!
Even if Su Weiyu did not like him that much in the first place, was there a need to make his image worse in front of Su Weiyu?
Lu Chuiqing turned his head sharply to look at Xiao Zhan, his face filled with astonishment and confusion.
Clearly, Su Weiyu was also stunned by Xiao Zhan’s straightforwardness. Before Su Weiyu could say a word, Lu Chuiqing let out a cough and said, “Uh… That’s not it, Xiao Zhan has already been following Bo Da Materials’ report forms for quite a while, so it was not a baseless decision. Besides, you know about Bo Da’s super and short-term commercial papers, right? The redemption deadline is in late November. I have some inside news too, that there is a high chance they will break their side of the contract this time. As for whether or not you believe in this information is up to you but I can guarantee that the source is reliable.”
Xiao Zhan’s eyes shifted towards Lu Chuiqing’s face for a couple of seconds as he was saying all those things, his gaze meaningful.
Su Weiyu’s voice sank, “Violation of contract? Do you know that Bo Da Materials has 14 billion in cash?!”
“Since you’ve already said that Xia Yanbo has expressed his intention to fake his numbers, then it’s not all that surprising that his cash flow has problems as well, don’t you think?” Lu Chuiqing countered, “Besides, even if their market price is near 100 billion recently, a 14 billion short-term cash flow is more than enough so issuing a three-months short-term bond is fishy, to begin with.”
Su Weiyu, “Their current cash savings is proven by the Jinxi sub-branch of Feng Hui Bank, do you actually think that Xia Yuanbo has so much power that he is able to keep even the bank in the dark?!”
“He doesn’t need to keep the bank in the dark, he only has to keep the other members of the board of directors in the dark.” Lu Chuiqing replied calmly, “Don’t worry, Mr Su. Both Xia Hao and your father will pay for what they have done even without you taking this much trouble. Why don’t you calm down, and then wait and see if I’m right?”
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Translator’s note:
Again, I apologise for all the financial/stock terms… I have no idea wtf they are either lol. And I can’t believe it’s literally a 2.3k words chapter, just to describe all these… finance stuff. (‘:
Thank you so much for translating this! I just binge read it in one go and can’t wait for the next chapter. Thanks!
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