Chapter 19 - 19 19 Not Cancelling This Marriage

19: Chapter 19 [Not Cancelling This Marriage?] 19: Chapter 19 [Not Cancelling This Marriage?] Qi Yangguang and the others, originally wanting to bully Ye Tianchen for his lack of corporate management skills, planned to force him into giving up fifty percent of the Sea King Group shares. Little did they know, with just one sentence from Ye Tianchen, the remaining shareholders were out of moves, “Who the fuck dares to disagree? Searᴄh the NôᴠeFire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. I’ll buy your shares, and then you can get lost.” When faced with Qi Yangguang’s underhanded tactics, Ye Tianchen felt even more contempt. The Qi family’s visit to break off the marriage had already brought shame to his parents, so naturally, Ye Tianchen had no good feelings toward the Qi family members, thus he was even less courteous toward Qi Yangguang. “You… Ye Tianchen, who do you think you are? Talking to me like this, you better watch out or I’ll make sure the Ye family never recovers,” Qi Yangguang burst out in rage and cursed. Ye Tianchen glanced at Qi Yangguang, too lazy to waste words on such a petty person. He directly pulled out a Gold Card from his pocket and with a smack, threw it down onto the lengthy conference table, looked around at everyone present, and said, “There’s five billion in here, enough to buy thirty percent of the shares. If you’re all willing to sell all your shares, I can bring out more money. I truly hope we can work together to make Sea King Group even more successful and earn more money. However, if someone is nitpicking and not in solidarity with me, Ye Tianchen, then I’m sorry, I’ll buy up your shares and kick you out of Sea King Group.” Hearing Ye Tianchen’s words, Qi Yangguang and the other four shareholders were all red-eyed with rage, helpless to do anything. The five of them had been discussing how to force Ye Tianchen to hand over fifty percent of the shares and make it impossible for him to stay in Sea King Group, only to find that this guy was much harder to deal with than they had imagined. He didn’t beat around the bush and went straight to the point. “Dare to mess with me, and I’ll buy your shares and expel you.” This method was a direct hit that stunned everyone on the spot. “Then my family will spend money to buy the fifty percent of shares you hold,” Qi Yangguang said fiercely, glaring at Ye Tianchen. In fact, buying each other’s shares was something both Ye Tianchen and Qi Yangguang had considered. Frankly, given Sea King Group’s current growth trend, the profits shared each year would only increase. Selling off shares all at once meant having nothing left, and no matter how much money you made thereafter, it wouldn’t relate to you anymore—it really wasn’t worth it. “You’re not worthy, nor is your family. Here’s five billion to buy your twenty percent of shares. I will then distribute them among the other four here, hoping that we can all unite and expand Sea King Group,” said Ye Tianchen, not giving Qi Yangguang any face, even mentioning buying his shares and sharing them with the other four minor shareholders. At this point, He Qishan and the other four minor shareholders, upon hearing Ye Tianchen’s words, went from surprise to joy. They had never expected Ye Tianchen to buy the twenty percent of shares from Qi Yangguang and even said he would divide them among the four of them. If that were the case, each minor shareholder would have an additional five percent in their hands, sharing billions more a year—no small sum. How could they not be pleased? “I think this solution is feasible. Anyway, Brother Qi rarely visits Sea King Group.” “Exactly, the Qi family excels in many aspects. Sea King Group is nothing to them, and selling twenty percent for five billion is still a good deal.” “Brother Qi should really consider it. After all, the company’s development always carries risks.” “Why not just sell it to Chairman Ye?” In the face of absolute interests, the four minor shareholders who initially looked down on Ye Tianchen and stood by Qi Yangguang couldn’t resist the temptation, all switching to Ye Tianchen’s side, making Qi Yangguang almost spit blood with fury. “You…” “Alright, no more nonsense. If you want to stay in Sea King Group and continue to work, then stay. If you don’t, I’ll take your shares,” Ye Tianchen said. Although Ye Tianchen, during the apocalypse, as a Divine-level superpower expert accustomed to life-and-death battles in that bloody and murderous era, didn’t know much about managing and developing a company, he always believed in one principle: to handle those with malicious intentions, one simply needed to stand firm, and their schemes would crumble. “Fine, you’re ruthless. Let’s end it here. Now it’s my family who is breaking off the engagement with you. We are doing so in front of these shareholders, and in the future, the Ye family better not bother the Qi family,” Qi Yangguang stated, unable to contain his anger as his plan had failed. As his father, Qi Changsheng, had said, the Ye Tianchen in front of him didn’t seem like a wastrel, not like a useless person at all, but rather very astute and decisive. With just a few simple words, he had smashed their scheme. Could it be that he had been pretending to be a prodigal and a good-for-nothing, deceiving everyone in Capital City for a full twenty years? Now that it was impossible to force Ye Tianchen to give up his shares in Sea King Group, Qi Yangguang wasn’t a fool; he knew to act accordingly. Insisting on confronting Ye Tianchen now would not bring any benefits. With the other four shareholders lured by Ye Tianchen, only by maintaining shares in Sea King Group could they gradually force Ye Tianchen out. “Bring it out. Where’s the agreement? I’ll sign and be done with it,” Ye Tianchen said, who truly didn’t care about breaking off the engagement; frankly, he had never even seen Qi Ruxue’s face, so what feelings could there be? It was entirely orchestrated by the Mr. Ye and the Family Head of the Qi family. “Wait a minute, my sister hasn’t arrived yet. She will personally sign the divorce agreement with you. It’ll be a clean break,” Qi Yangguang said with a cold smile. “There’s no relationship to speak of. I can sign now. I have urgent matters to attend to anyway. If I end up seeing an ugly freak, I might not even be able to stomach lunch…” “You’re the ugly freak!” As soon as Ye Tianchen’s voice fell, a sweet yet slightly indignant female voice came through, and the conference room door was opened. A tall beauty, wearing a floral dress and red high heels, about 1.7 meters tall, walked into the conference room, staring at Ye Tianchen with an adorably angry expression on her cute little face. Seeing the beautiful woman who was glaring at him with her lovely eyes, Ye Tianchen couldn’t help but freeze for a moment. Wasn’t this the same person he encountered at the entrance of the Sea King Group Building? Could she be… “Brother, is this guy Ye Tianchen?” The beauty walked up to Ye Tianchen, tilting her cute little face as she asked. “Yes, sister, he is Ye Tianchen,” Qi Yangguang said coldly. Sister? Isn’t Qi Yangguang’s sister Qi Ruxue? Could it be that the stunning woman he met at the entrance of the Sea King Group Building was Qi Ruxue, the one who wanted to break off their engagement? Was the woman now standing in front of him, glaring at him with her beautiful eyes, Qi Ruxue? As for Qi Ruxue, Ye Tianchen had no impression of her at all. He was a Divine-level superpower expert reincarnated after the apocalypse, and he also retained the memories of the modern-day Ye Tianchen. However, he had no recollections of the woman before him. What was going on? After thinking it over, there was only one reason: Ye Tianchen and Qi Ruxue’s engagement wasn’t arranged by the two of them themselves. In other words, Ye Tianchen and Qi Ruxue had never met. The engagement was arranged by the elders of the Ye family and the Qi family, which wasn’t surprising. In families like those in Capital City, children’s marriages were often used for alliances and building relationships—they didn’t get to decide for themselves. “So you’re Ye Tianchen, truly a big bad guy,” Qi Ruxue walked up to Ye Tianchen and scolded him with a complaining stare. “I don’t have time to talk to you much. If you want to break off the engagement, then break it off. Just sign here.” Ye Tianchen was definitely not someone who would be stopped in his tracks by a pretty face. In the days of the apocalypse, as a Divine-level superpower expert, he had been with many women, and each one was a catch. So, if the Qi family wanted to break off the engagement, that was just fine by him—no need for discussions. “Hey, get it straight. It’s my Qi family that wants to break off the engagement with your Ye family, not the other way around, got it?” Qi Ruxue, seeing Ye Tianchen’s impatient attitude, as if eager to break off the engagement with her, felt a bit uncomfortable. Since childhood, she had grown up abroad and rarely visited the country. She only heard about her family arranging the marriage and had never met Ye Tianchen face to face. Now Ye Tianchen acted as if he couldn’t wait to break off the engagement with her, which hurt Qi Ruxue’s pride. Since she was little, countless boys had chased after her. Even abroad, there were many foreign nobles who wanted to court her. No one had ever been like Ye Tianchen, seemingly wishing to have nothing to do with her whatsoever. “Regardless of the reasons, the engagement must be broken off. Bring out the agreement, I’ll sign now, and then I’ll leave. I want no relationship with your Qi family, and I’m very busy, so I don’t have time to chat with you,” Ye Tianchen said, showing clear impatience. Qi Yangguang was stunned, somewhat unable to grasp the situation. His sister had always been proud and pretty; for twenty years no man had caught her eye. Many sons of high-ranking officials had found it a luxury to exchange even a few words with his sister, Qi Ruxue. He had never seen his sister so proactive in talking to a man, especially one she was supposed to dissolve her marriage with. “Brother, don’t give it to him. If this guy doesn’t explain it to me clearly, I absolutely will not agree to break off the engagement,” Qi Ruxue said with her cute little mouth pouted, speaking out firmly as she seemed ready to bite Ye Tianchen. “Huh? Not breaking off the engagement?” Qi Ruxue’s words startled the other shareholders present, almost causing their jaws to drop. The Qi family had come forward to ask for a divorce from the Ye family, even offering two compensation conditions. Now, Qi Ruxue was suddenly confronting Ye Tianchen, refusing to break off the engagement. What was going on? “The marriage must be broken off. Hurry up and bring the agreement—I’ll sign it and then I’m leaving. I don’t want any entanglement with your Qi family, and besides, I’m too busy to idle away my time chatting with you,” Ye Tianchen said, very impatiently. “No way. You dare to belittle me, I won’t cancel the marriage,” Qi Ruxue said, her pretty little face fuming, as if she was ready to lunge at Ye Tianchen and bite him. “Sister, this decision was made by Dad. He’s preparing for you to marry Qin Heng of the Qin family, so we need to break off the engagement with the Ye family,” Qi Yangguang quickly pulled his sister to one side and said. “What? How could Dad make such a decision? I’m not a commodity to be bought and sold at will. I will make my own decisions regarding my marriage. For now, I won’t break it off,” Qi Ruxue said with her eyebrows furrowed. [PS: Here’s the second update for today. My plea for your support is always written at the end of the chapter, so that you all can read comfortably. I truly need more support; please introduce our story to your friends. 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