Chapter 476 — A Shocking Remark

It was only that Liu Huamei's single-mindedness gave Yang Ce a bit of a headache, as though if he did not take her, he would not help her.

"All right, let us write it down for now. We will talk about it once this business is settled," Yang Ce had no choice but to say.

"Ah? Then... you will help me with everything you have?" Hearing Yang Ce's words, Liu Huamei hesitated. She could not tell whether he meant it or was merely humoring her. "Or else, why not take me first? Once I am your woman, you will not be able to abandon me!"

Because when he had spoken of settling the matter, he had seemed rather sincere, but when he said "we will talk about it later," it had sounded a little like a brush-off.

"Fine! I will help you with everything I have!" Yang Ce was rendered somewhat helpless by Liu Huamei, and could only explain, "I am not much in the mood for that today. You understand my reason, don't you?"

"Not in the mood?" Liu Huamei was stunned. She truly had never considered that such a problem might arise! Her knowledge of this area was scanty to begin with, gleaned only in scraps from television dramas. Still, unwilling to give up, she asked, "Why not in the mood?"

"Because I was with Xiaolu just this afternoon... you understand what I mean? So now I am not in the mood!" Yang Ce lied to her.

"Oh, I see! Then next time!" Liu Huamei was easy to fool, and a fool in this regard besides, so once Yang Ce put it that way, she believed him! In truth, Yang Ce had already had a physical reaction just now; it was only that Liu Huamei did not understand such things.

"Fine, next time!" Yang Ce nodded. "Now put your clothes on."

Though Yang Ce was somewhat reluctant, he knew well enough that staring at Liu Huamei like this was not quite proper.

"Since I am certainly your woman now, there is no need to put them on!" Liu Huamei was always eager to nail down the relationship, for only so could she be sure Yang Ce would help her with all his strength.

"This..." Yang Ce sighed. "All right then. You go ahead and *** first, and cover yourself with the quilt. The night air is still rather cold!"

"Oh..." Liu Huamei suddenly stood up, took Yang Ce's right hand, and pressed it to her chest.

"Gah?" Yang Ce was startled. The softness against his hand made him want to pull away as though shocked by electricity, and he stared at Liu Huamei in disbelief. "What are you doing? Did I not say I am not in the mood now... next time?"

"There! You have touched me now, so I count as your woman, and I cannot marry anyone else. I am no longer pure, so you must not abandon me!" Having done this, Liu Huamei's brows and eyes instantly lit up with delight.

"..." Yang Ce was speechless. Liu Huamei's way of thinking was truly astonishing! From her tactics in the business world before, he had taken her for a formidable young woman, never imagining that her emotional intelligence was absolute zero, that she had not a shred of experience, and was in fact a little foolish!

Yang Ce thought to himself that everyone indeed had a weakness; no one excelled in every respect.

Having done all this, Liu Huamei cheerfully climbed into bed and pulled up the quilt. "Husband, come join me... May I call you husband?"

Liu Huamei had wanted to grow a little closer to him, and so to confirm their relationship through the way she addressed him. But having said it, she feared Yang Ce might be displeased, for she did not know where he placed her—a mistress, a girlfriend, or merely a plaything.

"Suit yourself..." Yang Ce could not be bothered to argue over such inconsequential matters. Let her call him whatever she liked!

To be honest, Yang Ce was indeed soft-hearted, but that did not mean he would help anyone who came begging! That would make him a living Buddha, with no time for anything else. He could agree to help Liu Huamei partly because of Jing Yu's plea and partly because of Liu Huamei's own attitude—though most important of all was that by helping Liu Huamei, Jing Yu would gain a good friend and a staunch ally.

Yang Ce could not guarantee that after he left, the company would not run into troubles beyond solving, or whether Jing Yu could cope with them! But by then, with Liu Huamei's help and support, surely any difficulty could be weathered.

It was only that matters had now progressed somewhat beyond expectation: Liu Huamei regarded him as her man, which put Yang Ce in a difficult position! If he were about to leave for Yunnan on a mission, he would not have minded a little ambiguity with a beauty like Liu Huamei. But now, whether he could even return after leaving was uncertain—why incur another debt of the heart? Would that not be doing her harm?

Yet seeing Liu Huamei, this single-minded woman with zero emotional intelligence, Yang Ce was somewhat at a loss for words. Who knew whether the girl might change her thinking later? From the look of it, she was prepared to sell herself to him.

"Oh, husband, you will surely help me, right? From now on I am yours, and you will not stand by and watch me be bullied, right?" Liu Huamei had already cast caution to the wind. Yet though she was skilled in business, she had no idea how to please a man, and so at this moment she was like a wronged concubine, terrified that Yang Ce might wash his hands of her.

Yang Ce sighed. Stripped of her disguise, Liu Huamei was indeed just an ordinary woman—Jing Yu had been right about that. Seeing her so pitiful, he could not help but nod. "Tell me about your troubles. What I can help with, I will."

"Ah, and what you cannot help with..." Hearing Yang Ce's words, Liu Huamei was close to tears. So there really was a difference in treatment after all! If something happened to Jing Yu, Yang Ce would surely move heaven and earth to help her, just as he had last time! But when it came to her, it became "what I can help with, I will."

"What I cannot help with... I will find a way to help with as well," Yang Ce said, having run out of options.

"Mm, I knew you would not treat me differently!" Liu Huamei breathed a sigh of relief. "Then I will speak!"

So Liu Huamei recounted once more what she had told Jing Yu, until she came to the part where she wanted the whole Liu Hua family to pay with their lives.

Liu Huamei's demand made Yang Ce frown. The matters she had described before were, in his view, no great difficulty—seizing control of Jiangyan Group was not hard! He need only have Bao Lin bring his men over, combining soft and hard tactics, and offer sufficient compensation, and those shareholders would surrender their shares or support Liu Huamei's appointment as chairwoman.

But doing away with the Liu Hua family did put Yang Ce in a difficult position! It was not that he could not do it, but whether it was worth doing! If Liu Huamei were his wife, then it would be no matter—she would not talk. But the crux was that she was not!

Though he possessed a special identity, he could not go and kill a few people for no reason, could he? Would that not be making trouble for Xia Yan? Killing the Liu Hua family in secret was possible too, but the key question was whether Liu Huamei would leak the news.