Quick Transmigration: The Mad Beauty Refuses to Be the Scapegoat!

Chapter 768: Cannon Fodder in the Real World (Part 14)

Shi Yubai extended his hand, his voice gentle and warm."Jiang Lai, I’ve heard a lot about you."

The hand in front of her was porcelain white like jade, with long slender fingers and delicate fingertips. The perfectly trimmed pink-white nails were well-suited for holding a scalpel or playing the piano.

Jiang Lai had never seen such beautiful hands, so she infused a bit of personal feeling into the handshake, lingering for an extra two seconds.

The other party didn’t withdraw his hand first, but waited until Jiang Lai’s fingertip gently brushed against his before letting her withdraw.

"Shi Yubai — that’s a rare surname."

"Your name is interesting too, Jiang Lai — as in future."

They were meeting for the first time and were not familiar with each other. Jiang Lai wasn’t particularly adept at socializing, so after exchanging a few simple words, she moved on to discuss foreign business with Mr. Huang.

Shi Yubai did not interrupt, simply sitting quietly to the side, pouring wine and tea for the two of them.

The car stopped at Mr. Huang’s private residence.

Next to an ancient house, both sides were flanked by highly professional private guards; any passing vehicles were closely monitored.

"You haven’t shown up for years, I’ve long suspected your brothers of having ill intentions — secretly investigating your project progress all the while.

Seeing your company still operating normally, I had no cause for much suspicion.

Who would have thought, you girl lay low for four years, and the company’s projects did not get delayed by a day.

Truly unexpected — to have such capabilities at a young age."

Jiang Lai supported Mr. Huang into the house, speaking softly.

"I’m the type to plan ten steps for every one taken, not that you didn’t know.

Though I’m not as capable as you think, even for this outing, I need your help."

"Are you using me as your pawn then?!"

Mr. Huang feigned anger, knowing Jiang Lai was unafraid.

"Even if you are a weapon, you’re the greatest one in this world; a weapon that can protect me for life."

"Hahaha, you and your sweet-talking! Your grandpa always praised you in front of me when he was alive. Ah, the thought of your grandpa brings regrets.

He was my elder, had greatly helped me back then, but he had no likeminded son. What’s the point of big foreign businesses if the family is in chaos?

No man, no matter how great, can withstand the burden of family. Your dad literally angered your grandpa to death!"

Mr. Huang began reminiscing the past, with Jiang Lai quietly listening by his side.

He spoke of how, back in the day, he and Grandpa Jiang went abroad to negotiate in dangerous places, and if it weren’t for Grandpa Jiang covering for him repeatedly, he’d have perished overseas long ago.

Now in his old age, due to some accidents he’s lost the ability to have children, making him particularly accommodating to the children around him.

He looked at Shi Yubai.

"I adopted Yubai from an overseas orphanage, having adopted many children then — boys and girls alike — but none as clever as Yubai. When I grow old, I can rest easy letting him take over the company.

These days, what worries me the most is you, alone against a family full of wolves and tigers.

For now, I still have strength to protect you for a while.

But I am also gradually aging, and my status and influence are not what they used to be. The Jiang Family’s brats are constantly watching me, and sooner or later they’ll turn against me.

At that point, whether I can still protect you is uncertain."

The Jiang Family started with industry, and their enterprises cover any profitable field.

The most crucial and lucrative is the development and transportation of high-end chips.

These chips, akin to black diamonds, are unbelievably expensive.

An overseas major nation is the Jiang Family’s main export destination, with sea routes the sole shipping method.

Due to air transport restrictions, sea shipping is paramount to Jiang’s business.

Chip production costs are high, with a ship transporting nearly over two hundred thousand pieces, with billions worth on a single ship, one can imagine the many avid eyes watching.

In the face of profit, all laws turn to mere words on paper.

Let alone the open plunder by even small nations along the way.

The smooth operation of the Jiang family’s chip business has relied on Mr. Huang’s shipping company.

Therefore, the Jiang Family dares not disrespect Mr. Huang.

As the chip company’s general manager, Jiang Li is even more so.

Everything boils down to Mr. Huang’s authority and status, allowing these maritime bandits to safely send Jiang’s cargo across the ocean.

But eventually, Mr. Huang will grow old.

By then, all customary agreements and rules will become null and void.

At that point, the Jiang family won’t fear Mr. Huang’s power any longer.

Which is why he is eager to find a successor and expend all his energy training this successor.

Jiang Lai glanced at Shi Yubai, the man in a traditional tunic looking refined and scholarly, with a face like white jade.

Then looked at Mr. Huang, with a bulky frame and a fierce look, even in old age, sitting there exuding such a commanding presence that no one dared show disrespect.

Doing maritime business relies half on brains and half on means.

In his youth, Mr. Huang’s hands stained by blood were no less than the meals he consumed.

In such a bloody, violent, and dangerous industry to reach the apex, monopolizing the entire Asian-African-European coastal line.

The extent of Mr. Huang’s prowess is imaginable.

Such a dominant figure, the successor he picked wouldn’t be any less capable than himself.

Yet, how could a gentle young man like Shi Yubai, with good looks and a soothing voice and elegant manners, be the one Mr. Huang decided to entrust the company to at over seventy years old?

At this moment, Shi Yubai glanced back, meeting Jiang Lai’s gaze.

Without avoiding her eyes, he smiled at her with a curl of his lips.

Like a spring breeze, blooming peach blossoms.

Absolutely beautiful.

Jiang Lai averted her eyes, thinking to herself — just this face, placed among maritime business tycoons, might be mistaken by those unaware as some tycoon’s kept lover.

She now worked in this industry.

Mr. Huang intended to relinquish part of his power to Jiang Lai.

This meant regarding Jiang Lai as his second heir.

As Shi Yubai, the most cautious should be Jiang Lai.

The scene of gentle elegance might just be a ploy to confuse Jiang Lai, causing her to err in decision-making.

Thus Jiang Lai stopped looking at him, continuing to listen to Mr. Huang’s recollections of the past.

Two hours later, it was time for Mr. Huang’s medication.

Jiang Lai left the room, walking out along with Shi Yubai.

Along the way, the elegantly designed and beautifully arranged Chinese garden drew Jiang Lai’s attention.

She had visited here as a child, with her grandpa.

She remembered many kids her age back then, and one fell into the water and nearly drowned before she threw her skirt’s belt over.

Later, she heard that the child was severely punished.