"I'll help Li Xiaoru pay the compensation," Bo Jingyu said, but he was still muttering to himself.
After all, when signing the contract, the terms clearly stated that once a breach of contract occurred, the compensation must be paid by the person himself or the legal representative of the company.
He and Li Xiaoru were only engaged. They were not legally married. He couldn't make decisions for her, nor could he pay off her debts on her behalf.
Although Bo Jingyu said it boldly, in fact, he was seeking advice. But with Shen Ximan's current personality and behavior, she would surely not agree.
"Let her pay it herself," Shen Ximan said. Just as he expected.
He sighed softly. "Li Rui is having some mental problems now, and the company is in a complete mess. How can you expect Li Xiaoru to come up with such a large sum of money? Please think about it again."
Shen Ximan frowned unhappily. "Who do you think you're ordering?"
"Do you still think you're the second young master? I'm a free person now. You can't boss me around! I don't want to know anything about Li Xiaoru. Whether she goes out to perform or sells everything she has, as long as she can scrape up the money."
After saying that, she didn't forget to add a warning.
"Don't even think about playing tricks under my nose. I'll send someone to check where she gets the money from, including all the bank statements of the remittances. This is the price for her being overly smart."
Only then did Bo Jingyu see her true colors clearly. She wasn't offering a helping hand to Li Xiaoru at all. She was targeting him!
"Don't you think what you're doing is too much?"
Shen Ximan burst out laughing as if she had heard the funniest joke in the world. "How can it compare to what you've done? What I'm doing is just a drop in the bucket."
He had thought that her revenge on the Shen family was her top priority, but unexpectedly, he had also been secretly involved.
She didn't want him to have a good time, nor did she want the people around him to. That's why she had Li Xiaoru design the dresses in public, and that's why she had two artists under Su Minghan's company for the endorsement activities.
Looking at the woman in front of him with a sinister smile, he suddenly felt goosebumps all over his body. He even dared not get close to her.
It turned out that the hatred after being abandoned could be so terrifying. Facing Shen Ximan now, Bo Jingyu felt a great deal of pressure. He couldn't make a hasty decision, nor could he act as he pleased.
She was now very powerful. She could use any public opinion storm to bring down the Bo family, but she just hadn't taken action yet.
Sometimes he even wondered whether her reckless attitude was giving him a way out or just watching the show from a high - up position.
"What do you want?" Bo Jingyu asked coldly.
Shen Ximan was in a very good mood. Especially when she saw him in a difficult situation, she felt as happy as if she were on cloud nine.
"I don't want anything special. I just want her to pay the liquidated damages."
"I'll continue to cooperate with the Su family. You can rest assured."
"Is there really no room for negotiation?"
Thinking about Li Xiaoru's future life, Bo Jingyu couldn't bear it. There was no suitable person to run the company. It would surely be merged or go bankrupt. How could a girl like her survive?
To put it bluntly, all of this was because of him. Out of basic human morality, he had to protect her.
Shen Ximan crossed her legs, smiling with hidden malice.
"Of course there is. You beg me."
The veins on Bo Jingyu's forehead bulged. "Beg you? Are you dreaming?"
"Well, there you go. You want to pull your fiancée out of this mess, ensure that she won't be gossiped about for the rest of her life, and also want me to let her off easily. How can there be such a good thing?"
Her eyes were cold. "Do you think I'm a fool?"
"I'm discussing this with you..."
Before he could finish his sentence, Shen Ximan interrupted him.
"Who wants to discuss with you? Bo Jingyu, you're inferior to me. Do you think you're qualified to discuss with me? Don't you know your own place?"
Unable to find any other handle, he blurted out without thinking. "It was me who sent you to Lanshan with a substitute when you framed Grandpa. Are you denying it now?"
It would have been better if he hadn't mentioned it. When this old wound was brought up, Shen Ximan gritted her teeth in pain. "Even now, you still don't believe me."
"Have you ever experienced those dark days when I was so desperate that I wanted to jump off a building? All I could see, whether I opened or closed my eyes, was Grandpa struggling painfully in front of me. Have you ever seen me so thin that I couldn't eat?"
"Now you're here to take credit? Well, thank you very much."
Shen Ximan glared at Bo Jingyu with hatred in her eyes. That irresistible emotion was like a thorny vine, tightly wrapping around his heart. It was getting tighter and tighter, making it hard for him to breathe.
"Facts are facts. They can't be reversed."
He knew he was saying something against his will, but he still kept probing.
How could he not be clear about this obvious situation?
Bo Jingyu knew every detail of the whole thing. But since he hadn't found any handle on Bo Siming yet, he couldn't make a hasty decision. Otherwise, it would be a disaster for both Shen Ximan and An Ruo.
He would just bear this heart - wrenching pain by himself.
"What a great fact," Shen Ximan held back the mist in her eyes. "Then I wish your Bo family a smooth and prosperous future."
After saying that, she called Xue Xiaoqi.
"It's me. Draw up a contract and send it to Young Master Bo. He will pay all the compensation for Juanyi. Send it to him by email today."
"Xi... Sister Ximan? This doesn't conform to the previous contract. It clearly stated that it must be paid by the person himself or..."
Shen Ximan frowned sternly and interrupted her. "Do as I say!"
"... Okay, I'll do it right away."
Xue Xiaoqi heard her unhappy tone and obediently did as she was told.
After hanging up the phone, she calmly shifted her gaze.
"This is the concession I can make. Deal with it yourself."
Although Bo Jingyu had negotiated the terms, he still felt a bit bitter in his heart. He didn't feel the slightest bit of relief or freedom.
"Thank you."
"Which room is An Ruo in? I'm taking her away."
Shen Ximan stood up and didn't want to stay any longer.
Since the reason for coming to find her had been resolved, Bo Jingyu couldn't stop her anymore. He pointed to the room on the second floor. "She's still in the room she used to live in. She just fell asleep not long ago."
He had indeed been very kind to An Ruo. But he had been cruel and heartless to Shen Ximan.
She climbed a few steps and then stopped. "I agreed this time because of my guilt towards Grandpa, but this can't be the reason for you to bargain with me every time. You know better than me whether Bo Siming has any problems. Next time, I won't show any mercy."
Bo Jingyu pursed his thin lips and didn't respond.
How could he not understand what Shen Ximan meant?
Just now, he had really taken a gamble.
If she hadn't softened her heart, he really wouldn't have had any other way.
Bringing this matter up was undoubtedly another harm to her, as well as another torture and struggle for him.