“Grandpa! You are utterly faithless!”
Liu Shishi looked at Liu Zhengnan, who was sitting in front of her. Her beautiful face was filled with anger, and her breathing was rapid due to her agitation.
However, Liu Zhengnan said calmly, "Shishi, Grandpa is doing this for your own good. A girl will eventually get married. The Shao family in Yanjing has a prominent background, and their grandson is not lacking in looks or knowledge. He fell in love with you at first sight. What more could you be dissatisfied with?"
“Even if he is excellent, it has nothing to do with me. Moreover, Grandpa, you promised that as long as I could bring the company back on track, you would hand it over to me. Why are you removing me as CEO now?”
Liu Shishi absolutely refused to marry some Shao Gongzi, whom she had only met once.
That man was utterly lecherous. The first time he saw her, he made suggestive remarks, and later he tried to get physical.
If it weren't for the fact that he was the grandson of Grandpa's old friend, Liu Shishi would have slapped him then and there.
Even so, the impression he left on Liu Shishi was extremely poor.
Looking at the enraged Liu Shishi in front of him, Liu Zhengnan felt a sense of helplessness.
Indeed, as Liu Shishi had said, Liu Zhengnan had previously promised that if she could pull the company back from the brink of bankruptcy, he would hand it over to her to manage.
But just two days ago, his unaccomplished second son, Liu Yuanhao, brought a boy of about ten years old to see him. Liu Zhengnan’s heart was completely swayed.
Liu Yuanhao told Liu Zhengnan that this boy was his illegitimate son, born to his ex-girlfriend.
However, because Liu Yuanhao had been a philanderer in his youth, the woman left him in anger.
Little did he know that she discovered she was pregnant with Liu Yuanhao’s child after she left, and she never contacted him after giving birth.
Recently, Liu Yuanhao’s ex-girlfriend had an accident, and her friend brought the boy to find Liu Yuanhao.
After Liu Yuanhao took a paternity test at the hospital, the boy was indeed his son.
If Liu Zhengnan could have been ruthless and expelled Liu Yuanhao, that prodigal son, he could have done so.
But looking at the boy in front of him, who bore a seven or eight-tenths resemblance to Liu Yuanhao, Liu Zhengnan felt more excitement than anything.
The old man had dreamed of having a grandson to inherit the Liu family’s business.
However, his eldest son had died in an accident, leaving only a daughter, and his second son was even more useless, only knowing how to indulge in pleasure and idleness. Thus, Liu Zhengnan had gradually given up hope and decided to hand over the Liu Corporation to Liu Shishi.
Who knew that he suddenly learned he had a grandson, and Liu Zhengnan’s thoughts began to shift.
Coupled with Liu Yuanhao’s constant persuasion, saying that although he was incompetent, he was determined to train his son to inherit everything in the Liu family, ensuring that the Liu family would not be without successors.
The more Liu Zhengnan listened, the more he found it reasonable.
Therefore, this led to the dismissal of Liu Shishi as CEO.
Furthermore, his old friend from Yanjing had arranged for his grandson to pay him a visit. The grandson was instantly smitten with Liu Shishi and declared he would marry no one else.
He then straightforwardly offered ten million yuan as a betrothal gift.
Now, with Liu Shishi’s efforts, the Liu Corporation was gradually returning to normal. Although it was not as prosperous as before, it was considered decent.
If there were an additional ten million yuan in liquid capital, Liu Zhengnan believed the Liu Corporation would only improve.
In order to let his grandson inherit all of this, Liu Zhengnan secretly decided to marry off Liu Shishi to him.
“Shishi, do you want to remain alone for your entire life? And, in this entire Rongcheng, can you find anyone with a better family background and more outstanding qualities than young Shao? Shishi, listen to Grandpa. Young Shao is a good match. As long as you agree to marry young Shao, he will surely dote on you. And Grandpa will continue to let you manage the company. How about it?”
Liu Zhengnan had actually decided to hand everything over to his grandson, but he said this to appease Liu Shishi and get her to agree to marry Shao Gongzi from Yanjing.
One had to admit that this old man, Liu Zhengnan, was willing to sacrifice his granddaughter’s happiness for his grandson.
Listening to Liu Zhengnan’s words, Liu Shishi, for some reason, suddenly thought of Du Fei.
If she really had to get married, Du Fei might be her best choice.
What was she thinking?
Liu Shishi quickly banished this thought from her mind.
“Grandpa! I’ve made myself very clear! I will marry him!”
Liu Shishi’s voice was unusually firm.
Liu Zhengnan slapped the table, “Good! Since you refuse to listen to Grandpa, then from now on, you are no longer the CEO of Liu Corporation, effective immediately!”
Then, Liu Zhengnan picked up the internal line telephone on the desk.
The assistant outside quickly entered the office.
Liu Shishi looked at Liu Zhengnan in front of her, then turned and left.
After leaving Liu Corporation, Liu Shishi looked at the traffic and the crowds. She suddenly realized that apart from work, she seemed to have nothing else in her life.
She wanted to go home, but thinking of what Liu Zhengnan had just said, Liu Shishi knew that if she returned home, she wouldn’t be met with the embrace of her family but with relentless pressure to marry.
So, Liu Shishi walked slowly forward along the sidewalk.
“Hiss.”
As she walked, Liu Shishi accidentally stepped on a crack in the sidewalk with her high heel. Her ankle twisted, and the pain turned her face ashen.
Liu Shishi exerted great effort to pull her heel out.
Looking at her broken heel, which was no longer wearable, and her red and sore ankle, Liu Shishi’s eyes turned red, and tears began to flow.
Why!
Why is this happening!
Ever since she graduated, she had joined Liu Corporation.
Although she was her grandfather’s granddaughter, Liu Shishi started from the bottom and worked harder than anyone.
Relying on her own abilities and hard work, she achieved record-breaking performance for the entire company and earned everyone’s recognition, only then reaching her current position.
Yet, her grandfather disregarded her past efforts completely and even forgot that she was his granddaughter, dismissing her from her position with a single sentence.
She was now alone in the world, and even heaven seemed to be bullying her, making her encounter unlucky events like her heel breaking and her ankle spraining.
Liu Shishi was not crying because of the pain in her ankle, but because she felt the pain and despair of being betrayed by her own family.
At this moment, she no longer cared that she was on the street. She cried harder and harder, until her tears could not be stopped.
“Shishi! Are you alright?”
Just as Liu Shishi was crying sadly and desperately, a familiar voice sounded.
Hearing the voice, Liu Shishi instinctively looked up.
A familiar face appeared before her.
“Du Fei! Du Fei, why are you here?”
It turned out that the person who appeared before Liu Shishi was Du Fei.
At this moment, a thought suddenly arose in Liu Shishi’s heart: was Du Fei sent by heaven to save her?
For a moment, Liu Shishi looked at Du Fei, somewhat stunned.