"Of course not."
Chen Mang continued to overlook the cityscape below, speaking nonchalantly, "I almost forgot to tell you, Iâm not a hero, Iâm just a mortal. Saving someone requires you to do me a favor."
"I already have someone I love," the girl hurriedly added.
"..."
Chen Mang turned his head slightly to look at the girl across the table with a faintly strange expression, "In your opinion, is your body more valuable than âJimei Tourism Companyâ? Tell me, how much does this company your father left you earn annually. Iâm quite curious."
As soon as the words fell.
The girl sitting opposite had a slight change in her expression, leaned back in her chair, and stared at Chen Mang word by word, "Are you here for the company too?"
"No kidding."
He sighed somewhat irritably, "Everyone in this society has their value to others. The value you can offer to others is nothing more than the company your father passed down."
"Whatâs strange about approaching you for the company?"
"Be blunt."
"Although I havenât interacted with you much, itâs pretty obvious that you havenât developed your own cronies, nor do you have any means, purely a naive sweet girl, you definitely canât protect the company your father left behind, might as well sell it for a good price."
"At leastâ"
"If you sell it to me, you can still sit in the position of president, the company will still be yours, and Iâll help you grow it. I just want most of the profits."
"However..."
"What did that guy just say about the authority? Is it the Train Captainâs authority? Your âJimei Tourism Companyâ only has that one train, right?"
The girl sat in the chair, looking at the straightforward man in front of her, tears couldnât help but slide down her cheeks as her eyes turned slightly red.
When her father was still alive, no one ever spoke to her like this, everyone treated her well.
Why...
Why did everyone change and start forcing her after her father died?
She just wanted to peacefully manage the company her father left her, what was wrong with that?
The girl raised her hand to wipe away the tears from the corner of her eye, trying to make herself strong.
"Itâs just the authority of that one train, âJimei Tourism Companyâ only built that one luxury train, all other escort trains are hired."
"In that trainâs AI database, there are many things left by my father, including company ledgers, contacts, various data, etc. Without these, the company simply cannot operate normally."
"As long as I donât transfer the Train Captain authority, no one can take these things."
"Even if tortured, I will never relent."
"Is that so?"
Chen Mang said with a faintly strange expression, "Even if tortured, you wonât give in, are you underestimating the power of torture, or overestimating your will? Even I might not be able to withstand it, you sure you can?"
"Put you in the Medical Cabin, tortured for forty-nine days, you sure you can hold on?"
"Needles piercing under your fingernails, can you endure it?"
"Urinary catheter insertion followed by wasabi water, can you handle it?"
"Your skull opened, being made to eat your own brain, can you bear it?"
With each sentence, the girlâs face became a shade paler, she had thought she finally encountered a hero from fairy tales to save the beauty, unexpectedly it was out of the wolfâs mouth into the tigerâs den, finally, the girl broke down, covering her face with her hands, crying bitterly.
"You are all bad people."
"You and Wang, you are all bad people, how can there be such bad people in the world!"
"Bad people?"
Chen Mang, eyes carrying a smile, picked up teacup and looked out the window with a bit of sentiment, "Itâs been a long time since I met someone so naive, maybe Iâm not exactly a good person, but that Wang of yours is truly a good person."
"To serve as the Deputy Train Captain for your father for 78 years, both in ability and loyalty, heaven can testify to that."
"After your father passed away."
"He merely competed for power with you, and did so gently without resorting to the methods I mentioned above to directly seize it."
"From the start to finish, didnât he harm you?"
"If even this isnât considered being a good person, are there any good people left in the world?"
"The reason he contested for power was simply that he thought you were incapable. If you had any capability at all, using Thunderbolt measures to integrate all your fatherâs old subordinates after his death, disciplining where needed and winning over who should be wooed, while cultivating your own loyalists."
"Would he have seized power?"
"He wouldnât. Itâs just that you canât keep him in check. You canât expect someone you canât control to remain loyal and follow you, itâs unrealistic in itself."
"As long as you show some means, your Wang will surely assist you just like he did your father."
"Itâs a pity you donât."
"You donât think when encountering problems, only seek a way to solve it."
"Which is just cry."
"As if by crying, the problem will be solved."
At this momentâ
An elder, initially bringing a group of subordinates along with Mr. Li to seek a confrontation, had just reached behind Chen Mang and the others and hadnât yet spoken, when he heard such a speech, his body froze in place, his eyes couldnât help but turn red, tears continuously shimmering in his eyes.
Finally, someone understood him.
He wasnât trying to seize power, he just knew that with the young ladyâs temperament, she would most certainly drive the company into the ground. He didnât want to see the masterâs enterprise wasted away like that.
He had also tried to assist the young lady.
But the young lady completely disregarded, only wanting to allocate all the companyâs funds to put a bounty on the pirate who killed the master, which was totally unrealistic.
The hearts of the brothers below were also chilled, he was forced to seize power.