Chapter 205: I Advise You to Choose Another

The call was made by his secretary.

Kang Jiaming frowned before answering the phone. “Hello, what’s going on?”

“Chairman, we have a major problem. Several large retail companies in Jiangzhou have joined forces to resist us. There’s also a lot of negative news about our company online. So far, a few suppliers have already cut ties with us, and some large supermarkets are demanding immediate payment of their balances.”

The voice of the secretary on the phone was full of anxiety.

“Boom!”

Upon hearing these words, Kang Jiaming’s mind went blank, as if struck by lightning.

No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t understand how everything had suddenly gone wrong. The situation was going so smoothly, and the company was about to go public. How could so many issues explode at once?

“Chairman, there’s more…”

“More?” Kang Jiaming’s voice turned hoarse while his expression grew dry.

“People from the Industrial and Commercial Bureau just arrived, and someone has reported that our products are substandard, causing issues. Now, reporters are blocking the entrance, refusing to leave. Chairman, what should we do?”

“Crash!”

Kang Jiaming’s phone slipped from his hand, dropping to the ground. His face turned ashen, and he stood frozen in place, staring blankly.

How could this happen?

How could this happen?

He was so close to achieving his lifelong ambitions. He had painstakingly climbed to where he was today, turning the company into one that was flourishing. How did it all become so precarious in the blink of an eye?

“Husband, what’s wrong with you, husband? Don’t scare me!” The woman in the Cheongsam showed a worried expression as she shook Kang Jiaming.

Only then did Kang Jiaming come to his senses, lifting his head to meet Xu Shaochen’s mocking gaze. It felt like a bolt of lightning had struck him.

“It was you! No, it can’t be you! How could it be you?”

Kang Jiaming looked at Xu Shaochen in disbelief, quickly denying his own suspicions, almost as if he were losing his mind.

“I told you, if you wanted to play, I’d see it to the end. The only question is whether you can handle it.” Xu Shaochen leaned against the car window, speaking lightly as he looked at Kang Jiaming.

Hearing this, even though Kang Jiaming didn’t want to believe it, he was forced to accept the truth.

He simply couldn’t comprehend how someone as young as Xu Shaochen could wield such power. With just a few phone calls, his company was teetering on the brink of collapse, as if it could fall apart at any moment.

“Still want to play?” Xu Shaochen asked indifferently.

Kang Jiaming’s face alternated between blue and white as he gripped the car window, begging. “No more! I was wrong. Please let me go, please spare my company. It’s my life’s work! I was wrong, I truly was wrong.”

What about dignity? To hell with it.

Without the company, Kang Jiaming would be nothing, insignificant. What right would he have to talk about face?

Right now, all he wanted to do was save his company!

“Husband, what do you think you’re doing!” The woman in the Cheongsam turned pale when she saw this, reaching out to pull Kang Jiaming away.

“Slap!”

Kang Jiaming reacted by slapping her across the face, gritting his teeth as he spat out, “You wretch! You dare to speak? Get lost, get lost!”

Feeling the searing pain on her face, the woman in the Cheongsam was stunned. She stood dazed for a long moment, unable to respond.

“Please, spare my company. I’m begging you, I’ll do anything, even if I have to be a servant for you. As long as you spare my company… ”

Kang Jiaming continued pleading with Xu Shaochen. To show his sincerity, he slapped himself repeatedly across the face as he spoke.

Each slap was harder than the last.

In a matter of moments, his face was bruised and swollen, with blood trickling from the corners of his mouth.

Onlookers around them watched the scene with murmured discussions.

“Next time, remember this. I told you, don’t play with me. You can’t handle it, and you don’t have the qualifications.”

Xu Shaochen said calmly, then pulled out his phone and made a call, signaling them to stop.

He had only intended to teach Kang Jiaming a lesson, not bring his company to ruin over this incident.

“Y-Yes, I understand. I will never dare to do this again, never again.”

In an instant, Kang Jiaming was overjoyed, nodding repeatedly at Xu Shaochen, his heart filled with relief.

“Keep your wife in check. If you can’t, then I suggest you find another one.”

Xu Shaochen said this casually before driving off.

“H-Husband.”

The woman in the Cheongsam, having heard Xu Shaochen’s words, looked at Kang Jiaming with newfound unease.

Kang Jiaming was silent for a long time before saying calmly, “Go back and sign the divorce papers. I’ll ensure you have wealth for the rest of your life, you won’t be mistreated.”

After all, it was because of his wife hiding the most crucial information from him at the start, telling him Xu Shaochen was just a poor nobody, that his initial attitude was so flawed, leading to a chain of subsequent events.

A wife like this, he couldn’t afford to keep. He didn’t have enough companies to spare for her to ruin.

“Husband, no, please don’t divorce me, I was wrong, I won’t cause trouble for you anymore. Please don’t divorce me!”

The woman in the Cheongsam became frantic. She cried out with tears streaming down her face, losing all her earlier arrogance.

Although she could get a share of the money if they divorced,

it had nothing on the status of being Mrs. Kang, which was more prestigious.

Most importantly, if anything like today’s incident happened again, there’d be no one to back her up.

That’s why she didn’t want a divorce.

But Kang Jiaming paid her no mind and promptly flagged down a taxi, leaving on his own.

………

“This isn’t the way to school?”

In the car, Xie Wei looked at Xu Shaochen and asked.

“Restaurant, Cinema, hotel, and then back to school. It’s a whole dating package.” Xu Shaochen responded, looking at Xie Wei.

Xie Wei lowered her head, blushing as she whispered, “But… but didn’t we already do what’s supposed to be done at the hotel, back in the Cinema? Can’t we skip that and just go back to school?”

“It’s almost 10 o’clock now. I’ll have you back at school before 12.” According to the dating plan, the hotel was the most crucial step. Skipping it would make everything else meaningless.

Besides, the Cinema was purely for the thrill. How could it compare to the comfort of a five-star hotel bed, where they could use all kinds of positions?

Of course, taking a woman to a hotel couldn’t be at his own Chen Yu Grand Hotel. What if someone reported it to Liu Rushuang? That would be a disaster.

Thus, Xu Shaochen opted for the Longteng Grand Hotel, where the receptionist had shared an intimate moment with him before.

When she saw Xu Shaochen again, the receptionist’s eyes lit up, glancing at Xie Wei with a look of envy.

Anyone who experienced Xu Shaochen’s skills would say they were excellent.