Chapter 1579: Breakdown
"Of course, I can sign this document, but you need to let me make sure my girlfriend is safe first."
Wang Lishan frowned; he didn’t expect Xu Ke to make things this complicated.
Nevertheless, he already had victory within his grasp, and a delay of just 1:30 didn’t matter, so he directly took out his phone and called Murong Hai.
"Since you want to listen, let me let you hear it. You really don’t give up until you reach the Yellow River, do you?"
Soon, the call connected, and Murong Hai’s voice came through the phone.
"Brother Wang, why are you calling me at this time?"
"Murong, let Xiao Keyi say a few words by the phone. Our President Xu doesn’t believe his girlfriend is with me."
Wang Lishan thought Murong Hai would immediately have Xiao Keyi speak on the phone, but after waiting for a while, he heard nothing.
"Murong, what’s going on over there? Hurry up and let Xiao Keyi say something."
Wang Lishan was getting anxious now, not understanding what tricks Murong Hai was up to.
At this moment, Murong Hai continued leisurely, "Brother Wang, why go through all this trouble? I’m almost there, why don’t we talk face to face?"
Wang Lishan clearly didn’t understand Murong Hai’s words.
But he didn’t have time to think further as Murong Hai directly hung up the phone.
"What on earth is Murong Hai up to? At such a crucial moment, this guy chooses to mess things up."
Wang Lishan couldn’t react at all; Murong Hai suddenly walked out from inside.
"Brother Wang, I’m here now. Whatever you have to say, say it to my face."
Seeing Murong Hai, Wang Lishan couldn’t believe his eyes.
After all, Murong Hai had arrived at Xu Ke’s place without him getting any hint of it.
"Murong Hai, why are you here?"
Wang Lishan realized he might have been deceived, and Murong Hai had already sold him out.
Xu Ke then slowly walked to Murong Hai’s side, gently patting him on the shoulder.
"Wang Lishan, you may find someone to harm me, but I can’t deceive you? To tell you the truth, Murong Hai has been on my side for a long time. The information you got was deliberately shared with you by him. We intended to bait you, yet you took it as your trump card. An old fox truly lives up to its name — cunning and calculated!"
Even if Wang Lishan were a fool, by now he understood. He had been completely outwitted by Xu Ke, and all the information he received earlier was fake.
Murong Hai had betrayed him long ago, sharing all his details with Xu Ke.
Wang Lishan was furious at the intolerable actions of Murong.
"Murong Hai, you scoundrel, how could you do this after all my trust in you! Since you did this, don’t expect to have a future in this field."
At this moment, Wang Lishan could only find consolation in words.
Gone was Wang Lishan’s high position on the board.
In Murong Hai’s eyes, he was just a clown now.
"As for my future, don’t worry about it, Brother Wang. President Xu has already appointed me as the head of the security team; it pays better than my business deals."
Murong Hai’s words completely enraged Wang Lishan; he had victory in hand but was sabotaged by this scoundrel.
"Murong Hai, you damn scoundrel, you won’t die a good death! Don’t think that you’ve won just like that; if I didn’t have a backup plan, I wouldn’t be here today."
Saying this, Wang Lishan sent a text message from his phone.
"To tell you the truth, more than half of Xu Group’s employees have long been bought off by me. I just gave them the order, and now the entire Xu Group is under my control."
Fortunately, despite Murong Hai’s betrayal, he had an alternative plan.
The process was quite convoluted, but the end result wasn’t too unfavorable.
"Xu Ke, you have no other choice now. No matter what, you have to sign this share transfer document today. Otherwise, I’ll destroy Xu Group, the company your grandfather founded."
Wang Lishan was extremely emotional and seemed significantly affected by earlier events.
Xu Ke looked at Wang Lishan with a gaze filled with pity as if he couldn’t see that in all this time, there had been no word from his subordinates?
At this point, Wang Lishan began to sense something out of place.
In theory, with so many employees under his control, the company should collapse internally within minutes. Yet now, after over ten minutes, nothing had happened.
"Impossible, impossible, such a thing couldn’t happen." Wang Lishan suddenly realized his arrangements might have been intercepted by Xu Ke.
Wang Lishan couldn’t accept this reality; he had been secretly patient for years, waiting just for today.
Suddenly, he thought of Zhang San and quickly picked up his phone to call him.
Zhang San was already overwhelmed, never expecting news of his affair to reach his wife.
Looking at the documents his wife threw at him, Zhang San felt utterly hopeless.
The documents clearly recorded his actions over the years, even listing his hotel room records.
"Honey, let me explain. This is all slander. How could I ever betray you? I’m innocent!"
Zhang San desperately tried to justify himself, but faced with proof, his wife clearly didn’t believe him.
After all, Murong Hai had attached all the photos.
Even an idiot could tell the material was real.
Having called for half a day with no answer, Wang Lishan’s mood plummeted; he couldn’t believe what was happening.
"Stop struggling; the people you arranged have already been dealt with. As for Zhang San, his wife is likely holding him up. Wang Lishan is now a solitary man, with no one left to help him."
Xu Ke’s words pierced Wang Lishan’s heart like needles; he couldn’t believe what was happening in front of him.
He had been patiently waiting in Xu Group for years, just for today.
But never imagined his years of preparation would be ruined by a nobody from out of nowhere.
Wang Lishan looked at Xu Ke with hatred and gnashed his teeth, wishing he could tear Xu Ke to pieces.