Contract Marriage: Billionaire and His Deaf Wife-Chapter 493: Inside Story Surfaces (4)

She completely lacks a sense of shame.

Other men at the dinner table shrugged their shoulders: "In order to please his wife, this man is truly shamelessly feigning pity," they said.

No matter what, everyone in the world believed that the most reliable backing this man had, his family, the Xiao Family, was indeed facing the most terrifying crisis of their lifetime. Under such circumstances, this man did not rush home to help but wandered around begging instead. It was even more difficult for outsiders not to think of this man as a black sheep.

Gu Nuan sighed in her heart.

Speaking of those who stayed behind at the Xiao Family, there were many. Everyone was thinking of fighting for the family’s inherent wealth tirelessly. Yet, no one considered that what they might take over wasn’t the gold mine they had imagined but rather a hot potato that was extremely troublesome.

The Yang Family cut off contact, the land could not be secured. Xiao Shumei, who hoped to use this land from the Yang Family to turn her fortunes around and make a name for herself, naturally became extremely distressed. The issue wasn’t just that the land couldn’t be secured, but also because she and Grandmother Xiao had sworn to all the board members previously that the land and the project were absolutely, one hundred percent, without issues.

Now things had changed with the Yang Family.

Now, her promise had become a worthless check. For Xiao Shumei, who had just become the company leader, this was undoubtedly the most unfavorable situation. Whoever it may be, how could they trust the promises she would make in the future? Consequently, her ability to lead the company was bound to face the greatest pressure and severe doubts.

After hearing the news, the board members had already ordered her to hold a board meeting within three hours to give everyone a reasonable explanation; otherwise, a general shareholders’ meeting would be immediately convened for another vote to elect someone else.

Xiao Shumei was locked in the office with the secretary and Li Sitong, busy preparing her speech on how to explain the project cancellation, a speech that could also be described as a confession, so busy that they even missed lunch.

Li Sitong had actually been nervous, unsure whether Xiao Shumei would turn her anger towards him after being disadvantaged in this matter. After all, it was he who had told Xiao Shumei that Gu Nuan seemed interested in this project. Otherwise, Xiao Shumei would not have kept such a close watch on the Yang Family’s actions. They had originally thought themselves to be the opportunistic sparrows, but had not expected Gu Nuan to make a desperate move.

Xiao Shumei’s eyebrows were tightly furrowed, her fingers clutching a pen, thinking that the woman her brother found was truly a tough character.

Perhaps it was precisely because Gu Nuan had no money and no influence, light as air, daring to fight the world with bare hands, unlike them, burdened by enormous financial and material resources, cautious like turtles, considering every step.

But no matter what, a desperate move would only result in mutual destruction, that much was clear. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

Since the land could not be secured, what did her brother and that woman plan to do next? Could it be that they really wanted to watch the Xiao Family collapse completely?

Madmen, her brother was a madman, and the woman he found was just as crazy. Xiao Shumei just couldn’t understand why Gu Nuan would do this, as it brought no benefit to her at all.

Wasn’t it because Gu Nuan was greedy for their Xiao Family’s money that she clung to her brother?

Xiao Shumei suddenly stood up, startling both the secretary and Li Sitong, who were taking notes beside her. After exchanging glances, they looked at Xiao Shumei warily and observed her every move.

"Stop writing," Xiao Shumei decided, and said.

Stop writing what? It didn’t take long for Li Sitong and the secretary to realize that she was referring to the draft currently in progress, intended for explaining and apologizing to the board of directors.