Chapter 1901

Xia Ruya felt more comfortable after vomiting everything out. She slid down to the floor limply, but her stomach continued to experience painful spasms. She looked extremely pale and haggard.

This was not the first time she vomited from her pelvic inflammatory disease.

Every time felt like a major sickness had overcome her.

The pain was completely unbearable.

Even more scary was the fact that she had delayed treatment to her illness for too long, and her condition was now more complicated and rarer. Previously she had visited the hospital every week for physical therapy and medication and was able to keep her disease under control so that it didn’t affect her daily life too much.

But during this period of time, she could clearly feel that her condition had become more serious. Medication and simple physical therapy were no longer able to alleviate the symptoms of her illness.

This made Xia Ruya feel very panicked.

Chu Jingnan gazed at Xia Ruya, who looked like she had just come through the gates of hell. He felt somewhat worried and hesitated before asking, “Ruya, what’s the matter with your body?”

During this period, Xia Ruya’s health had not been good. Previously she claimed it was gastric pains, and then said it was menstrual cramps. However, he felt that things were not that simple.

Xia Ruya’s red-rimmed eyes flashed with vehemence. “I don’t need you to bother about my affairs. Get lost…”

Under the torment of the pain, Xia Ruya could no longer maintain her former flawless facade. All that was left was her bottomless rage, frustrations, and crazed anger.

At this point, she didn’t want anyone to witness her wretched state, especially not Chu Jingnan.

“Ruya, you…”

Chu Jingnan had always been a proud man and Xia Ruya’s harsh attitude displeased him greatly. However, thanks to his good upbringing, he couldn’t just leave Xia Ruya alone. He started to try and persuade her.

“Get lost, get lost, get lost… get lost now…” As if she had gone mad, Xia Ruya took up the bottles of shampoo, body wash, hand wash, and skincare products in the bathroom and flung them wildly at Chu Jingnan. It was as if she would not rest until she had chased him off.

The pain wracking her body, the taste of defeat, and her unresolved grievance against Wen Xinya had caused Xia Ruya to completely lose control.

As even-tempered as Chu Jingnan was, he couldn’t help being angered at this point. He ducked the items which Xia Ruya was throwing at him. “In that case, I will make a move first. Call me if you need anything.”

He spoke those words in a cold, harsh manner. It was totally not like how a man would speak to his girlfriend. He just sounded like he was trying to maintain his composure.

After Chu Jingnan left, Xia Ruya went limp and collapsed to the floor. She shrieked out uncontrollably, her cries full of pain and crazed madness.

She did not give up trying to contact Mr. Z these couple of days, but it was to no avail. It was as if he had disappeared from earth and had totally abandoned her. Without the Li Corporation, she had lost her greatest leverage. She had no way to show her value to Mr. Z like before, to have him once again hold her in his regard.

This was the real reason driving her to her demented despair.

“Wen Xinya, damn you… damn you…”

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Following news that Wen Xinya was the boss of Lanxin Company, the share price of the Li Corporation collapsed and they suffered a major financial deficit. News of this was all reported by the media, which was just adding salt to the Li Corporation’s wounds. The cut in cash flow meant that they would no longer be able to maintain their operations, and everyone predicted that the company was doomed to shut down sooner or later.

At the same time, the employees of the Li Corporation all broke ranks and scattered off.

The Li Corporation had entered the Chinese market for just a few years, before using the Wen Corporation as a stepping stone to launch a major expansion campaign. This resulted in a very unstable internal operations structure. Due to the rapid expansion, the company needed a lot more manpower quickly and most of the new staff had been snatched over from the Wen Corporation or hired directly from the labor market. Hence, these new employees had not been with the company for long and had no sense of loyalty toward it. After discovering that the Li Corporation was in dire straits, they all started to leave, resulting in a complete collapse of the Li Corporation’s internal operations and management.

How to continue operating when all the staff was leaving?

Cao Zixing felt somewhat regretful. “I never expected that the Li Corporation is unable to withstand even a single blow. Old Mr. Li managed the Li Corporation for so many years and amassed such major financial power. Although they started focusing on expanding into the Chinese market, they had excellent internal operations and could have had a limitless future in development. But Xia Ruya was too anxious for quick profits and plotted to use the Wen Corporation as a stepping stone to ascend. Li Corporation expanded too rapidly and ended up with an unstable foundation. A skyscraper must be built on stable, flat lands. It can be seen how crucial a strong foundation is.”

The Wen Corporation had also faced a crisis. The company got implicated in a money laundering case and there was even an internal power struggle within the firm. Nevertheless, it remained standing. Meanwhile, Li Corporation was completely felled by a mere stock price decline.

If Xia Ruya’s opponent had not been Wen Xinya…

Then she could have had time to stabilize the Li Corporation’s foundation after using the Wen Corporation as a stepping stone. The Li Corporation would not end up in such a poor state then.

But her opponent was Wen Xinya, someone who was far better than her in terms of craftiness, scheming, and ability to attain and make full use of bargaining chips.

Two generations of the Cao family had worked for the Wen Family and he had witnessed with his own eyes how Wen Xinya and Xia Ruya had fought for over a decade. He couldn’t help feeling rueful at how these two were destined enemies.

However, Wen Xinya was upright and principled, and so she gained the love and protection of Old Mr. Wen.

Xia Ruya harbored evil intentions and was gradually distanced away from the old man.

“Most importantly, Xia Ruya was too ambitious and greedy. She wanted to swallow up the entire luxury market held by the Wen Corporation. The Wen Corporation operated in Country Z for over a decade before gaining such a large share of the luxury market, while the Li Corporation was only in China for a few years. They had not the power nor the stamina for such an endeavor. They were trying to bite off more than they could chew. In the end, it just led to self-destruction.”

Wen Xinya had a lot of tricks up her sleeves to deal with the Li Corporation, but in the end, she didn’t actually make much use of them.

There was a type of goldfish which was naturally very greedy and had an insatiable appetite. As long as you fed it, it would continue eating until it died from overeating.

She had made use of this feeding method to deal with the Li Corporation.

She had relentlessly shrunk Wen Corporation’s operations and ceded out their share of the luxury market, so as to put up a weak front before the Li Corporation. This made the Wen Corporation appear vulnerable and look like they were retreating in defeat.

She was well aware of how ambitious Xia Ruya was and how much Xia Ruya wanted to defeat her. And she had made use of that.

After having had the sweet taste of victory, Li Corporation’s appetite grew bigger and bigger and they expanded their operations ceaselessly. Their ambitions grew too big and their greed overwhelming. Their internal operations were just like an ever-expanding balloon: completely empty on the inside apart from a surging gust of air. When they had expanded to a certain degree, all she had to do was to give a gentle poke and they would explode with a “bang”.

The Li Corporation would declare bankruptcy within three days.