Chapter 410 - 391: Delight Or Disaster-I

A/N: Thank you for everyone's best wishes! Your words is really a cure to my worries about the surgery ^^ Sorry I can't reply to all of the messages though but I appreciate every thoughts and have read them all. To update, currently I finished the first surgery, the healing part would take more than the five days of surgery but I think I will manage, At the moment, I'm still feeling drowsy so I resume writing for a moment, it doesn't mean I would stop updating, but I think the update would be slow. Sorry for the rambling~~

The news posted all over China's morning post was Xie Hue Lin's latest news of being the director of Xie Company. The posts had reached more than a million repost even though the news were still promoted as rumors. Violet noticing Li Lian's expression changed turn to ask, "Is there anything wrong, Mistress?"

"No, there isn't," Li Lian closed the news for a moment, wondering what Xie couples did to persuade her grandmother, or perhaps they didn't even persuade her and dropped this news?

While Li Lian was in a deep thought, yesterday what happened in Xie Family's House during the time of the night wasn't too different from what Li Lian had guessed. After Li Lian's arrival to Grandmother Xie's birthday, the Mr. and Mrs. Xie gathered in their room with their thoughts aligned.

"Did you hear what mother said yesterday?! Li Lian as the next director? No! I will not let that happen!" shrieked Mrs. Xie. Yesterday, Grandmother Xie gathered the family's together including the people which was not from the main family and declared her wish to make Li Lian as the next director.

Mr. Xie walked over to his wife, placing a hand on her shoulders, "Calm down, mother is only declaring her thoughts, and didn't you see how many people who disagree with her? Even if she want to make Li Lian as the director, with many people against the idea she wouldn't be able to make it happen either way."

"How could I calm down? You know how mother only says things she would do. We can't have Li Lian to become the company's director," said Mrs. Xie. The last thing she wanted was Li Lian to become the director of the company which could make her the CEO of the company after a few promotions. Knowing how fond grandmother Xie was to Li Lian, they both know how possible it was for Li Lian to become the CEO more than Xie Hue Lin. "Knowing that child, if she manage to become the director using mother's influence, she would use the chance of becoming the company's director to throw us out of the company!"

Mr. and Mrs. Xie was well aware of what they did to Li Lian and how terrible what they did to her that could acquire Li Lian's deep hatred toward them. They didn't feel the bit apologetic nor guilty, only worry that Li Lian would use that hatred to drive them off from the company. If one day came where Li Lian becomes Xie Company's director, it was very possible for her to remove everyone of Xie Family including them. 

"I know, but you should also understand how hard it is for us to persuade my mother. Once she makes her mind, no one is able to change her mind," said Mr. Xie, his head ache thinking of what to do. While he is the current holder of the company, his shares were less compared to his mother, therefore having less control over the company. He managed to bring up Xie Hue Lin to the company's name for a few time, but wasn't able to make an impact that could have others to trust Xie Hue Lin as the next director.

"Well, we have to do something. If Li Lian becomes the director, we would be on our ends!" Mrs. Xie demanded her husband, "Don't you have other ways to make Hue Lin shines in the company through projects?"

"We both know that us our only chance, But you also know that it isn't that easy, and while Hue Lin is smart, she couldn't handle a large single project alone," Mr. Xie replied, if only Xie Hue Lin had acquired his skill in business perhaps it would have been easier for her to take over important projects and make her own name in the company, thought the man to himself. Unfortunately, his skill of business fell on his good-for-nothing older daughter than the younger. "Have you asked the maid we told to come in between Li Lian's and my mother's conversation last time?" asked Mr. Xie which Mrs. Xie responded with a nod, "What did she says?"

"She wasn't able to hear anything," sighed Mrs. Xie, pressing her forehead that felt as if it was going to split. "She was supposed to be inside the room and prepare the tea while waiting there inside the room. But Li Lian's female friend that wore black suits instead pushed the maid away from the room, saying she would take care of it." Mrs. Xie didn't know the female friend she mentioned was Violet who was in truth Li Lian's bodyguard, and still thought that she was Li Lian's friend.

"Tch. We should find a way to solve this problem soon. Mother isn't young anymore in age. It would be bad if she makes a will before her death which states her to give more inheritance to Li Lian. I don't understand why mother would like her," Mr. Xie said, "Mother also knows how much she had embarrassed us, and even more with that video of her using drugs. This is why I told you not to bring her into our family. I told you that her background is suspicious. Maybe she isn't our real child and that DNA result was fake."

"What can I do?" Mrs. Xie was not happy that her husband blamed her. "At that time I really missed my daughter who was kidnapped. This wouldn't have happen if you were careful in protecting her in the first place! Anyway the problem is that we need Hue Lin to take the limelight or else our family would be doomed! You need to find a way!"

Mr. Xie stayed still for a moment, frowning to think of a way when his lips curled, "There is actually a way, we just need to put more light on Hue Lin's side. I have an idea," whispered Mr. Xie to Mrs. Xie that had the wife to curl her lips and nod, agreeing to the bright idea her husband told her.

Coming back to the present, Li Lian moved to the next news, only to see another news of the same topic discussing the possibility of another candidate of Xie Company's director. The news only appeared less than five minutes ago, but it had spread like wildfire with new minutes passing by, the news about Xie Hue Lin dropped a few ranks, making the new news shine through in the first rank as though the sole purpose for the news to be written was to steal Xie Hue Lin's news limelight. 

Curious, Li Lian read which company the writer belong to, and found out that the company was affiliated with her husband Corporation.

With a smile, Li Lian chuckle, "Jun Wei, you really always surprise me."