Chapter 283: Signing and Going Abroad
"This is the contract I signed with Xia Zhengguang. Please take a look, Mr. Lu."
Mr. Shen handed the contract he had just signed with Xia Zhengguang to Lu Yunque.
Lu Yunque picked up the contract and reviewed it carefully. Once he confirmed there were no issues, he placed it back on the desk.
"This is the transfer agreement. Once you sign it, Mr. Shen, you can choose which country you’d like to go to."
Lu Yunque passed the share transfer agreement Mo Bin had prepared to Mr. Shen for his signature.
Of course, if Mr. Shen chose not to sign, the Lu Group had a hundred ways to get back the 2.5 billion they had fronted him to pay Xia Zhengguang.
However, this Mr. Shen had been handpicked by Mo Bin. He had no intention of backing out of their prior agreement.
After reviewing the share transfer agreement and seeing no problems, he signed his name.
"Mr. Lu, I’d like to go to Country D."
With the matter of the shares settled, Mr. Shen was eager to start on his new path.
Studying abroad had been his dream for many years, but financial issues had always held him back.
But now, the Lu Group had given him this opportunity. Even if it meant deceiving someone, Mr. Shen was willing to risk it all.
Besides, strictly speaking, he hadn’t really deceived anyone. After all, Xia Zhengguang had truly received the money, and the 2.5 billion was legitimate and usable.
The only difference was that the person who paid was Lu Yunque.
That’s right. Lu Yunque had used his personal funds for this 2.5 billion, not the Lu Group’s money.
"Very well. Mo Bin will prepare everything for you. All you need to do is get on the plane."
For Lu Yunque, sending someone to study abroad was a trivial matter.
"Okay, thank you, Mr. Lu!"
Mr. Shen was truly grateful to Lu Yunque. As he said this, he stood up excitedly and bowed to him.
Right on cue, Mo Bin entered from outside. "Mr. Shen, your plane tickets are ready. The car is waiting for you at the main entrance on the first floor."
As an all-capable assistant, Mo Bin always appeared at the most opportune moments.
Mr. Shen didn’t delay. He followed Mo Bin out of Lu Yunque’s office and took the elevator downstairs.
After today, he would be an international student sponsored by the Lu Group.
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「Meanwhile」
Xia Zhiyun and Xia Jiajiao had gone to see Zhang Yiqin and were now in the visitation room at the J Bureau.
Since Zhang Yiqin had been confirmed as a criminal suspect but had not yet been transferred to prison, Xia Zhiyun and Xia Jiajiao could only speak with her through a glass partition using phones.
"Mom, are... are you okay?"
Xia Jiajiao knew what Zhang Yiqin had done, but she couldn’t let anyone know that she knew.
"I’m fine, don’t worry. Your dad won’t force you into a marriage alliance anymore."
As a mother, Zhang Yiqin had truly done more than enough for Xia Jiajiao.
If it weren’t for Xia Jiajiao, Zhang Yiqin might not have resorted to such extreme measures.
But what was done was done. Zhang Yiqin could only resign herself to her fate.
"Mom, Dad froze all my cards and made me return them.
But... I haven’t even started working..."
Although Xia Jiajiao didn’t say everything, her meaning was clear.
As expected, Zhang Yiqin immediately grew anxious. "How could he do this? He watched you grow up!"
"Mom, what am I going to do? If Dad doesn’t give me money, I can’t survive."
Xia Jiajiao began to play the victim.
"I can’t help you right now either. If your dad won’t give you money, have your brother give you some."
Zhang Yiqin figured that Xia Zhengguang had cut off Jiao Jiao’s allowance simply because he found out she was her daughter, but Zhiyun and Jiao Jiao were biological siblings.
Xia Jiajiao looked at Xia Zhiyun, clearly thinking the same thing as Zhang Yiqin.
Although she was a graduate student and didn’t have many classes to attend, she was definitely unwilling to get a part-time job to earn money.
She wasn’t like Yun Zijin, some low-life who grew up in an orphanage.
Even if she was an illegitimate daughter, she had still grown up in the Xia Family with the education of a wealthy heiress. It was completely different from Yun Zijin, who had struggled and scraped by at the bottom of society.
Xia Zhiyun was speechless.
’So I’m the sucker here?’
But under the current circumstances, he would seem too heartless if he refused.
"I understand. But I don’t have much money on hand, either. A lot of it went toward resolving company issues.
I can give you 100,000 a month at most. Nothing more."
Xia Jiajiao used to spend 100,000 on a single handbag, but now her entire monthly allowance had been slashed to just that amount.
She wanted to say it wasn’t enough, but seeing Xia Zhiyun’s unyielding expression, she could only agree.
"Okay. Thank you, Brother."
’100,000 is better than nothing, I guess.’
"Jiao Jiao, don’t be afraid. Mom will be out soon."
Seeing that Xia Zhiyun had agreed, Zhang Yiqin started comforting Xia Jiajiao again.
In Zhang Yiqin’s eyes, even her own son, Xia Zhiyun, wasn’t worth a single strand of Xia Jiajiao’s hair.
"Then, Mom, when can you get out?"
Without Zhang Yiqin, Xia Jiajiao felt like she had lost her backbone.
It was Zhang Yiqin who had helped her resolve the marriage alliance issue, too.
"Soon. It won’t be long."
’After all, Yun Zijin is fine. This can only be considered attempted kidnapping, so the sentence won’t be too long.’
"I understand, Mom. I’ll be waiting for you to get out."
By the time she finished speaking, Xia Jiajiao’s eyes were already red.
"Alright, alright, don’t cry. Let’s stop here for today. Our time is almost up."
Zhang Yiqin couldn’t bear to see Xia Jiajiao cry; whenever she did, her own heart ached.
Xia Jiajiao didn’t argue with Zhang Yiqin’s suggestion to leave. She put down the phone, stood up, and left the visitation room with Xia Zhiyun.
The moment they were outside, the tears in Xia Jiajiao’s eyes vanished. She then looked at Xia Zhiyun.
"Brother, that allowance you just mentioned... when are you going to give it to me?"
Although she had held back her tears, her eyes were still red, giving her a pitiful look as she gazed at Xia Zhiyun.
"I’ll transfer it to you when we get back. Let’s go home for now."
Just now, Zhang Yiqin had only had eyes for Xia Jiajiao, and Xia Zhiyun was in a bad mood because of it.
As they were both her children, such blatant favoritism was truly disheartening.
Seeing that Xia Zhiyun was in a bad mood, Xia Jiajiao didn’t dare bring up the allowance again.
"I’m heading back to the company. Where do you want to go?"
Xia Jiajiao had come in Xia Zhiyun’s car today, so if she wanted to go anywhere, she had to rely on him to drive her.
"I... I’ll go back to school."
Xia Zhiyun’s slightly cold gaze made Xia Jiajiao feel uncomfortable.
"Get in the car."
Xia Zhiyun didn’t mean to make things difficult for Xia Jiajiao; he was just annoyed by Zhang Yiqin’s preferential treatment.
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「Lu Group.」
Lu Yunque looked at the share transfer agreement in his hand and happily took a photo to send to Yun Zijin.
—L: Look what this is. [Image.jpg]
Yun Zijin must not have been looking at her phone, as she didn’t reply right away.
Lu Yunque waited for a moment. When Yun Zijin still hadn’t replied, he put his phone down and went back to his work for the day.
About five minutes later, Lu Yunque heard the sound of a WeChat notification.
—Qingqing Zijing: Xia Zhengguang sold his shares?