Chapter 730 - 322: I Got a Bit Carried Away Last Night, I’ll Be More Careful Next Time

"No. I was thinking, why don’t we team up?"

Liang Yan said, "I have no hope of ever becoming his official partner, so I’m stuck as his secret mistress for life. But I can help you secure that position!"

"Thanks, but no thanks."

Su Mu said unkindly, "If I did get that position, the first thing I’d do is take care of a scheming mistress like you."

With that, she turned and left, not caring whether Liang Yan followed or not.

Liang Yan: "..."

She was mentally prepared for Su Mu’s rejection.

If once didn’t work, she’d try a second time.

When Su Mu started to feel her presence in Xu Yun’s life dwindling, she’d know it was time to fight.

The reason Liang Yan was suddenly so anxious was that she already sensed a crisis.

Xu Yun used to visit her from time to time, but now it had been almost a month since he’d last come. She was starting to panic.

If she didn’t stir up some trouble to get Xu Yun’s attention, she’d really be left high and dry.

To her, even Xu Yun’s cruelty was a form of love.

After all, whenever Xu Yun came to her in a rage, weren’t his "unconventional punishments" a reward in their own way?

In internet slang terms, maybe she was just naturally a glutton for punishment, with a bit of an "M" attribute in her genes.

Liang Yan suddenly remembered what Su Mu had told her about the donation and immediately pulled out her phone to look it up online.

Her expression soured instantly.

As a woman, she also had a sixth sense. Her thoughts after reading about the incident were similar to Su Mu’s, and she naturally took note of the woman named Ou Jingya.

She had originally thought Xu Yun spending a hundred million on Chen Xin last night was outrageous enough.

But now, seeing that he might have donated 1.5 billion for a female university professor, she completely lost her composure!

In her view, Xu Yun would never just donate money to his alma mater for no reason.

Ever since she’d known him, every cent he spent seemed to be for one of his women, or with the goal of sleeping with a woman!

Therefore, Xu Yun’s 1.5 billion was for that beautiful woman on the stage.

"Just how many women does this Xu Yun have?!"

Liang Yan gritted her teeth in frustration, feeling like she couldn’t possibly guard against them all.

’No, the others have to know about this.’

So, she forwarded the news to all the women she knew who were involved with Xu Yun.

’I refuse to believe that none of them will get jealous or make a fuss!’

’Hmph. Even if he finds out I was the one who snitched, I’m not afraid.’

’I was just worrying about him not coming to find me.’

’A beating is a sign of affection, a scolding is a sign of love!’

’After the beating and the scolding, we’ll make passionate love in bed!’

Su Mu had no time to dwell on Liang Yan’s thoughts. After leaving the office, she drove to her family company’s shareholder meeting.

In a few days, her family’s company was going public, and many things needed to be finalized and implemented as soon as possible.

And she was now her family’s largest shareholder.

Her own brother had been ousted, and the current executive director was President Wei, who held 10% of the shares and was considered her man.

Therefore, many decisions in the company couldn’t be made without her approval.

Although she appeared to be in control of the company, this control wasn’t completely reliable. Her supposed ally, President Wei, remained an unpredictable factor.

If that mother-daughter pair or her own father lured him away with a high offer to betray her, she would immediately lose the control she currently had.

After all, whatever she could offer him, her family could offer him too.

That was why Su Mu felt the only way to be truly at ease was to hold all the power in her own hands.

To that end, she had a plan in mind.

Once the company went public, she would find a way to dilute everyone’s shares as much as possible and release them onto the market.

Then, using Xu Yun’s money, she would buy back those shares from the stock market, making them her own.

That way, the company would belong entirely to her.

When that time came, she would kick President Wei out of the company as well.

No matter what, she would never leave her family’s company in the hands of someone like President Wei.

Logically, since President Wei had just helped her, she shouldn’t be so ruthless and unprincipled.

But business is like a battlefield.

Sometimes, an ally today could be an enemy tomorrow.

Rather than wait for that to happen, it was better to make the first move. At worst, she could just give him a bit more compensation later on.

「Jiang County.」

After finishing a Chapter, Chen Xin called Xu Yun. Just like for Su Mu, his phone was off.

She still hadn’t calmed down from last night’s craziness.

Now, she was seeing tons of news about herself online and on the platform.

She didn’t care about being the national champion of the Annual Carnival or ranking number one.

Chen Xin stared at the amount in her platform account’s backend, her eyes blurring.

’That’s so much money!’

’I have to withdraw it right away. It’ll only be safe once it’s in my own bank account.’

But she quickly remembered that Xu Yun had gifted all this money. Half of it would go to the platform, and she’d also have to pay a huge amount in taxes.

’That’s probably fifty or sixty million gone!’

As a money-lover, Chen Xin’s heart ached so much at the thought that she could barely breathe.

’I shouldn’t have agreed yesterday and let him show off like that!’

’Because that flex was way too expensive!’

’I might not even earn that much if I write novels for my entire life!’

But the money was already spent, so there was no use regretting it.

’From now on, I have to be more frugal. And when I see Xu Yun, I have to convince him not to be so extravagant.’

’Earning money is hard work.’

’Just because you have money doesn’t mean you can treat it like it’s nothing!’

’Of course, I should just keep this to myself. I can’t let Aunty find out, or she’ll scold him to death!’

She had no desire to be a little snitch.

Aside from her own fame, another obvious change was with the novel she was currently serializing.

Because of last night’s events, combined with the huge traffic today, many new people had come to her page. They were all curious and flocked to read her "rich-guy" novel.

So far, she’d found that her "collections" had shot past 500,000 and were still skyrocketing!

The stats in her author dashboard had also undergone a world-shaking transformation.

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call it terrifying.

The statistics from last night showed that she had gained over three million new subscriptions in a single day!

Her average subscriptions per Chapter had instantly jumped to 70,000!

The Chapter comments on the latest Chapter had reached 130,000!

On the monthly ticket chart, the bestseller chart, the reading chart—every chart—she was number one, suppressing all the Platinum and Great God authors, the kings of the genre!

The honor badge on her cover had also been upgraded directly to 5-star.

For a web novel author, this was undoubtedly her moment of greatest glory!

’It’s probably just a flash in the pan. In a few days, my book will go back to how it was.’

But she was content.

Then she started calculating how much she’d earn in royalties from three million subscriptions.

Although it couldn’t compare to the money Xu Yun had spent, every little bit she could earn back counted. She would save it for Xu Yun, along with the money she withdrew from the platform.

’Because I am Xu Yun’s safety net.’

’If he ever fails in business, goes bankrupt, and has no money, I’ll still be there to help him!’

She wasn’t the type to add flowers to a brocade, but she could definitely deliver charcoal in a snowstorm.

Chen Xin’s philosophy on love had always been:

When you love someone, it’s not about what you can get from them, but what you can do for them!

「At Yang Siqi’s home.」

When Xu Yun woke up, it was already afternoon.

He hadn’t had such a good sleep in a long time.

’A woman’s bed is just so comfortable to sleep in. Even the blanket smells sweet.’

Stretching lazily, he put on a robe and walked out of the room.

The curtains in the living room were drawn, and warm air was blowing from the heater. Yang Siqi, wearing a beige skirt and with her fair legs bare, was lounging on the sofa watching TV.

Hearing footsteps behind her, she looked up and saw Xu Yun approaching.

"You’re awake?"

Yang Siqi sat up and asked with a smile, "Are you hungry? I can get you something to eat."

"Why didn’t you go to the office?"

Xu Yun said, "Skipping work today?"

"When I woke up this morning..."

Yang Siqi said shyly, "I realized my body wasn’t quite up for getting out of bed, so I decided to rest for the day."

"Ah..."

Hearing this, Xu Yun said with some embarrassment, "I got a little carried away last night. I’ll be more careful next time."