Chapter 11: No Stocks, Only Cash

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She remembered now—there were indeed several calls from unknown numbers that night. At the time, she was by Liang Zhixin’s bedside, taking care of him. Seeing unfamiliar numbers, she thought they were scam calls and didn’t answer.

Never in her wildest thoughts did she imagine those calls were from the doctor.

“Su Qianxue, I’m tired. From now on, let’s never see each other again.”

Taking advantage of Su Qianxue’s momentary distraction, Chen Xing pressed the accelerator and drove off, leaving her behind in a cloud of exhaust fumes.

“Qianxue.”

Liang Zhixin approached and wrapped his arms around Su Qianxue’s waist from behind. “Qianxue, I understand you. Just getting divorced must be hard to adjust to. But honestly, it’s better that you divorced him. A man like that doesn’t deserve you.”

“Petty and miserly.”

“Rest assured, Qianxue, I will replace Chen Xing and take good care of you…”

“Shut up!”

Su Qianxue jerked away from Liang Zhixin’s grasp and hurried after Chen Xing’s departing car.

There was no way she could catch up.

She took out her phone and called her secretary. “Find out everything about Chen Xing’s medical records from the past six months at the hospital.”

Soon, the secretary replied.

“Ms. Su, we found it. On the very night you went to Phuket for vacation last month, Mr. Chen was admitted to the hospital for acute appendicitis and underwent an appendectomy.”

“One of my classmates was the doctor on duty that night. He said the situation was extremely dangerous because no one was available to sign the surgical consent form. Chen almost died on the operating table.”

Su Qianxue was speechless.

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Su Qianxue declined Liang Zhixin’s invitation to dinner and went straight back to the company.

She took the medical files about Chen Xing’s appendicitis treatment from her secretary.

When her eyes landed on the words “acute appendiceal perforation—critical condition,” it was as if she were drowning. She clutched her chest tightly, every breath stabbing with pain.

She could imagine Chen Xing lying on that hospital bed, suffering unbearable agony, unable to receive treatment because no one was there to sign.

How agonizing that must have been!

How much his heart must have ached.

It felt like a sharp blade piercing her chest.

At that moment, Su Qianxue’s whole body trembled with anguish.

A surge of remorse unlike anything she had ever felt flooded her heart.

Just then, the office door opened.

Her secretary walked in.

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“Ms. Su!”

Su Qianxue forced herself to compose her emotions and looked up. “What is it?”

“Ms. Su, you…” The secretary was startled by Su Qianxue’s pale face.

“I’m fine. What’s the matter?”

The secretary hesitated. “Just now, Mr. Chen called to ask when the fifteen percent shares of the group in the divorce agreement would be paid out.”

“He doesn’t want the shares. He wants the cash.”

“What!”

Su Qianxue’s face instantly changed.

She had been feeling a flicker of regret because Chen Xing was hospitalized and she wasn’t by his side, causing him pain. But now, that regret vanished completely.

“Cash instead of shares? That’s over a billion yuan! Where on earth am I supposed to get that kind of money in one go?”

“Chen Xing, you bastard! You’re doing this just to embarrass me, aren’t you?”

The secretary instinctively shrank back, keeping a cautious distance from the furious Su Qianxue, and trembled as she spoke: “Ms. Su, Mr. Chen also said that if you can’t pay that much, he’s willing to accept the price based on the share value from two years ago.”

“He only wants fifty million.”

“Phew…”

Su Qianxue exhaled heavily, clenching her fists coldly. “Fine. I’ll give him what he wants. Transfer the money to him now.”

“Fifty million—let’s see if you know how to spend it.”

Suddenly, a cold smile curved Su Qianxue’s lips. “Chen Xing, my money isn’t that easy to get. If one path is blocked, another will open. Just wait and see.”

“By then, you’ll take that fifty million and obediently come back to me, kneeling and begging for my mercy.”

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Chen Xing had just parked his car when a text message notified him of a deposit.

Su Qianxue had converted the fifteen percent shares into cash and transferred the entire amount to his account at once.

In fact, based on the current value of Su Group, fifteen percent shares would be worth at least over a billion yuan. But Chen Xing understood that expecting to get that much from Su Qianxue in one go was unrealistic.

She simply did not have that kind of money on hand.

It was more practical to settle by cash at a discounted price than to bicker over the shares and end up in court.

Besides...

The shares were purchased five years ago for less than eight million yuan, and in just five years, had grown to fifty million—a profit already made.

Now holding this huge sum, Chen Xing pondered how best to use the money.

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First, putting it in the bank to earn interest was not practical.

With inflation the way it was, fifty million in the bank would lose value faster than it could earn interest.

Investment was necessary.

Urgently, his daughter Yaya was about to transition from kindergarten to elementary school, so he needed to set aside part of the money to buy a home in a good school district for her.

That would solve her schooling problem first.

The remaining money could be invested in the stock market.

However, over the years, he had been tied up with the kitchen, and though he cared about the stock market, he no longer had the sharp investment instincts he once did. He needed to brush up on that.

Suddenly, he thought of someone.

As the granddaughter of his old mentor, Li Moyan should know a thing or two about the stock market. Even if she didn’t, given her status as a prominent lawyer, she would surely know some experts in the investment world.

He could try asking her for recommendations.

With this in mind, Chen Xing pulled out Li Moyan’s business card and dialed her number.

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Tianhua Law Firm.

Li Moyan, dressed in professional OL attire, leaned back in her chair. Her long, flawless legs were crossed gracefully, and her slender fingers tapped rhythmically on the desk.

Her exquisitely perfect features bore a hint of mischief.

Opposite her sat a middle-aged Mediterranean man with a bloated belly and oily complexion.

“Mr. Sun, you told me just now that you own two properties, a business with an annual income around one million, and are still single, correct?”

The middle-aged man’s eyes were fixed greedily on Li Moyan.

His gaze was full of avarice.

“That’s right. I have houses and cars, earn a million a year, have good character, and a handsome appearance. I believe Ms. Li and I are a match made in heaven…”

“Stop—please don’t disgust me any further!”

Li Moyan bent over, pretending to vomit into the trash can.

A match made in heaven, indeed.

The woman part was true, but the talent part was nowhere to be seen.

More like a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

“Mr. Sun, you really shouldn’t have gone on a blind date with a lawyer, let alone lie in front of a top attorney.”