Once Upon A One Night Stand

As soon as Tang Guofeng arrived at home, he asked Tang Zechen to meet him in the study. The atmosphere in the room crackled with tension as the father and the son confronted each other on both sides of the table.

Liu Lifang waited anxiously outside the study.

The last time Tang Guofeng got so furious was when the company had a cash flow problem. Whatever irritated him this time must be just as serious.

"You're way out of line this time, young man. How dare you provoke Li Han? Did the divorce make you crazy?" Tang Guofeng scolded loudly.

Tang Zechen, who remained calm, replied with a sneer, "Dad, you're really losing your patience with age. Don't make a fuss. It's not a big deal. I didn't expect you to be so scared of Li Han."

Bang!

Tang Guofeng slapped the table hard. "Yes, you are not scared! How could our warrior who always cause trouble for me ever be scared? Let me ask you this. Have you ever made any achievements after taking charge of the company? Have you ever managed a single project well? The company is in danger now, and let's see what did you do to solve the problem. You provoked Li Han and caused him to run directly to the company to confront me!"

After Li Han's visit, all their partners ended the cooperation, which had cost Tang Guofeng so much time and effort and tons of obsequious smiles to get. The company was in a crisis now. They couldn't afford to cancel another contract.

"Li Han went to the company?" Tang Zeren was shocked as he didn't expect Li Han to do so much for Shu Tian the bitch. "He seems to have special interests in things abandoned by others."

"His feeling for Shu Tian is definitely beyond interest. Actually, he is now infatuated with her. If you keep causing trouble to Shu Tian, you're absolutely going to lose more. This house as well as BY Technology will be taken over by Li Han sooner or later!" Tang Guofeng coughed due to anger when he thought about what might happen in the future.

Tang Zechen felt sorry when he saw this but he was still unwilling to agree with his father. "Dad, maybe you're overestimating Li Han. He couldn't be that powerful. After all, he doesn't own J City..." Tang Guofeng snorted. "It's true that J City doesn't belong to him, but none of the powerful people in this city dare to challenge him."

Frightened by what Tang Guofeng said, Tang Zechen sat still in silence.

"I know you're not reconciled, but you have no choice but to kneel to those who are more powerful than you. This is the principle of life. Zechen, I've devoted my entire life to BY Technology and now I'm begging you as your father: Don't provoke Li Han again." Using both carrot and stick, Tang Guofeng softened his voice. "What's between you and Shu Tian, no matter it's good or bad, is all past now. Don't lose anything more due to her because we don't have much left now!"

"But dad..."

No one knew a man better than his own father. Tang Guofeng, who had guessed out what Tang Zechen was going to say, interrupted him and handed him some paper from the drawer. "Read them yourself." Tang Zechen took it over in confusion. It was the detailed financial statements of the company for the last two months.

His face darkened as he read it.

As he finished the reading, he finally understood why Tang Guofeng was so furious.

The situation was much worse than he had imagined. He had a bad feeling after reading this.

"Dad, this... What on earth happened to our company?"

"You've seen it all." Tang Guofeng's face darkened completely. "Don't do such a thing ever again. BY Technology might be destroyed by your little mistake, understand?"

Tang Zechen couldn't say anything else at this moment, no matter how reluctant he was. Compared to the crisis the company was in and the divorce, everything else was not so important. He felt like he could endure them all.

However...

"Dad, are we going to let Shu Tian go easily? That bitch is the reason for everything we've been suffering!"

Tang Guofeng let out a heavy sigh. "Zechen, forget it! Forget it..."

[...]

Tang Zechen left his family's house and got into the car in a bad mood.

Jiang Mengyao was waiting for him in the front passenger seat. Tang Zechen had been moody these days and often lost his temper for no reason, which forced Jiang Mengyao to observe the look on his face before she said anything to him. Although she had moved into the mansion Shu Tian once lived in, she was exhausted every day since she had to be extremely careful when facing Tang Zechen.

Now that Tang Zechen was obviously gloomy, Jiang Mengyao didn't even dare to breathe, avoiding making any sound that could irritate him.

Beep! Instead of starting the car, Tang Zechen punched the steering wheel with his right hand hard.

Jiang Mengyao shivered in fear and asked in a low voice, "Zechen, are you okay?"

"Shu Tian! Shu Tian! Shu Tian! Fucking son of a bitch!" Tang Zechen gritted his teeth and called out Shu Tian's name three times in a row. His voice was filled with hatred. "Shu Tian... What happened?"

"The old man wants me to agree to the division of property!" Tang Zechen replied angrily. He was upset when he thought of what would happen.

His money and his house... More than half of his property would belong to Shu Tian. They didn't come cheap! His heart hurt as if someone had actually stabbed a knife into it.

A glint of surprise flickered in Jiang Mengyao's eyes. "Is there anything we can do about it?"

"Nothing! Li Han came to confront my father at the company today. They're having the initiative now. If we continue to postpone the decision, even the BY Technolgy might be taken over by them one day!" "This serious!" Jiang Mengyao was suddenly captured by a moment of panic as she glanced at the mansion of the Tang family.

Would Tang Zechen be depressed ever since?

The man named Li Han seemed to be extremely powerful since both Tang Guofeng and Tang Zechen were afraid of irritating him. What should she do if everything turned out to be in vain at last... Jiang Mengyao shivered in fear at this thought as she turned slowly to Tang Zechen. He had been handsome and rich when they met for the first time as the boyfriend and the best friend of Shu Tian. Then Jiang Mengyao yielded to jealousy and betrayed her friend.

However, as she stared at him now, she only saw a helpless man who had been driven into a corner.

He couldn't do anything no matter how angry he was and how hard he tried to defeat his enemy.

If half of his poverty was taken away, how much would be left to the Tang family? More importantly, how much would the Tang family leave her?

As for someone who was as cunning as Liu Lifang and Shu Changlei, they would definitely be more guarded towards her.

Buried in her thoughts, Jiang Mengyao didn't even know when Tang Zechen drove them back to Mountain Villa.

"Why are you still sitting there? Get out of the car!" Tang Zechen shouted at her. Before she could react, he opened the door and then slammed it hard, muttering, "Damned unlucky..."

Jiang Mengyao compressed her lips together and followed him into the house without saying anything.

"Pack your things these days. The old man and I will give the house to the court." Tang Zechen loosened his tie, whose eyes were filled with anger.

Jiang Mengyao, who was changing her shoes, got frozen in shock immediately. "Wh... What!"

"Pack your things! Are you deaf?" Tang Zechen vented his anger on her.

"But where do we live if we move out?"

"I don't know!" Tang Zechen was upset and didn't want to discuss this with her now. "Maybe we'll find an apartment."

The villa was going to be replaced by an apartment. Jiang Mengyao could feel that something in her heart finally collapsed.

She looked around the room and at last focused her gaze on Tang Zechen. Everything was over. If they lost this case, they would lose more than just the money. For Jiang Mengyao, she would lose everything.

A terrible realization occurred to her suddenly. She would have nothing at all in the end if she continued to waste her time on Tang Zechen.

Flustered, she went upstairs to her bedroom. As the door closed behind her, she finally dared to allow panic to register on her face. The thought of Shu Tian made her grit her teeth in hatred and also reminded her of another person: Li Han.

Jiang Mengyao took out her phone and found a specially-marked number. She had secretly noted some useful information when Tang Zechen hired a private detective last time. They finally came in handy now.