Ling Mingrui and Ling Zhengping were familiar with Ling Ruonan's temper.
They knew very well that if Ling Ruonan dared to speak to them in such a manner, it meant her inner anger was uncontrollable.
No one could predict what kind of extreme reaction Ling Ruonan would have when her anger was unbearable.
Another thing Ling Mingrui and Ling Zhengping were clear about was that Luo Ziling hadn't informed Ling Ruonan about these matters beforehand.
If Ling Ruonan had already known about this matter, she wouldn't have shown such anger after Luo Ziling spoke.
Indeed, Ling Ruonan was unaware of the matter Luo Ziling spoke about subsequently.
The secret dealings between Ling Zhengping and Chen Yijing were just discovered by Wang Zhenjun.
When Luo Ziling and Ling Ruonan were discussing matters together, Wang Zhenjun had not yet reported this incident.
While Luo Ziling was playing chess with Ling Mingrui, Wang Zhenjun sent him a message revealing the secret contact between Ling Zhengping and Chen Yijing.
Luo Ziling lost to Ling Mingrui during the chess game, influenced by this piece of news.
Ling Ruonan was unaware of this beforehand, so when she heard Luo Ziling mention it, she couldn't control her inner anger.
Ling Zhengping plotting to assassinate Chen Yijing while secretly contacting her—the twists and turns of this situation sparked limitless imagination.
Naturally, Ling Ruonan would think this was a plan for Ling Zhengping and Chen Yijing to conspire against Luo Ziling and her.
During this time, the Chen Family encountered a great disaster, and the reason was Luo Ziling.
The Chen Family targeted Luo Ziling, causing multiple incidents, with even signs of collusion with spies from abroad.
Due to Luo Ziling, the Chen Family suffered significant losses; Chen Yining was dismissed and held criminally accountable.
It could be said that due to Luo Ziling's counterattack, the Chen Family suffered terribly.
The Chen Family's hatred towards Luo Ziling was deep-rooted, that was for sure.
Luo Ziling's hatred towards the Chen Family was equally profound, and it was understandable that he wanted to eliminate the members of the Chen Family.
Under such circumstances, it was entirely understandable if the Chen Family continued targeting Luo Ziling, or if Luo Ziling sent someone to assassinate Chen Yijing.
If the act of Luo Ziling sending someone to assassinate Chen Yijing was exposed, Luo Ziling would surely be held criminally responsible.
Exploiting the current situation to frame Luo Ziling, no one would find any flaws.
Moreover, Ling Zhengping's plan might be a multi-pronged strategy.
If the person sent truly succeeded in killing Chen Yijing, then the Chen Family would lose another strong arm, suffering even greater losses and retaliating even more fiercely, and after the exposure of the matter, the troubles facing Luo Ziling would only grow immensely.
Even if the assassination failed, as long as it was exposed and everyone believed it, Luo Ziling's trouble would be extraordinarily severe.
He might even find it impossible to clear his name from suspicion.
No wonder Ling Ruonan was this furious, daring to erupt in front of Ling Mingrui.
"What do you intend to do?" Ling Mingrui slammed the table heavily, knocking over the teacups on the table in front of him, "Do you really think you're clever? Doing so many stupid things, yet still not reflecting properly? Aren't you ashamed? I'm ashamed! After reaching this point, you can't even outplay your own nephew. Can't outplay your nephew, and still refuse to back down, wanting to play again. You tell me, how do you propose to solve this issue?"
Ling Ruonan quickly stood up, righted the toppled cups, and used a cleaning cloth to dry the spilled tea on the table.
Luo Ziling wanted to get up to help, but seeing Ling Ruonan intently cleaning the table, he had no choice but to sit back down on the sofa.
Ling Zhengping dared not meet Ling Mingrui's gaze, his eyes focused on another direction.
After a moment's silence, he finally spoke, "Dad, do you think your son isn't as good as your daughter?"
"Answer my question!" Ling Mingrui was enraged, "I want to know, what exactly is your purpose in doing this? Do you want to completely ruin the Ling Family?"
"I just don't want the Ling Family destroyed by outsiders!" Ling Zhengping finally dared to meet Ling Mingrui's eyes, with a decided expression, "You know what they mother and son want. Their appetite is huge; they want more than we can give, and still aren't satisfied."
Ling Ruonan sneered coldly, asking Ling Zhengping, "Big brother, pray tell, what have I taken? What do I want? The Northern Group is the dowry Dad gave me, and it's also an enterprise I single-handedly built into strength."
"Without the Ling Family, could you have built a strong Northern Group?" Ling Zhengping was just as resolute.
"Without my mom, even if the Northern Group was the Ling Family's, could it have been this powerful? Before my mom took over the Northern Group, what kind of small company was it? Aside from my mom, who else was willing to take on this little company? Was it you, Ling Zhengping, who was willing to go manage such a small place?" Luo Ziling couldn't help but interject, "If you want to snatch the fruit, at least have a better reason, right?"
Luo Ziling was now acutely aware of the condition and development process of the Northern Group.
The Northern Group's predecessor was called the Northern Industrial and Trade Company, initially very small, an inconspicuous little company.
At that time, no one in the Ling Family valued it, nor was anyone willing to manage this company.
Later, Ling Ruonan took charge of the company, gradually expanding the Northern Industrial and Trade Company's scale, eventually turning it into a giant that many had to look up to. Now, the Northern Group was the most prosperous asset under the Ling Family's name, unparalleled by any other asset in terms of individual scale.
Therefore, Luo Ziling had the courage to say these things.
Ling Ruonan only took a low-ranking small company from the Ling Family for practice, accidentally transforming it into a colossal industry.
The other companies, managed by others that were originally quite large, didn't expand in scale as rapidly as the Northern Group.
After Ling Ruonan turned the Northern Group into a behemoth, the Ling Family wanted to take this company away—if that isn't snatching the fruit, then what is?
Unexpectedly, Luo Ziling spoke so bluntly that Ling Zhengping almost jumped up in anger.
Luo Ziling didn't relent, speaking with mockery, "If dear uncle truly wants to take away the Northern Group and wants my mom and me dead, then just come on. I want to see who will die first, who will have the last laugh."
These blunt words from Luo Ziling not only changed the expressions of Ling Zhengping and Ling Ruonan, but also Ling Mingrui's.
Yet Luo Ziling didn't mind and continued, "Dear uncle, I guess, including this recent incident, you've tried to target me at least seven times, right? It's really pitiful, putting all that thought into targeting me seven times, only to fail every time. Your courage to repeatedly fight and repeatedly fail is truly commendable. Surely you always believed that only you could use these means against me, and that we couldn't or wouldn't dare to use the same means against you, right? If that's the case..."
"Enough!" Ling Mingrui rudely interrupted Luo Ziling's words.