Even if Jiang Yehua chose to fight tooth and nail and sue Wang Ye for alleged industry monopoly, it clearly wouldn’t be a wise decision.
After all, Wang Ye was a prominent figure throughout the entire Jiangbei region.
If Jiang Yehua were to openly clash with Wang Ye, Wang Ye could easily choose to drag him into a prolonged legal battle. During the litigation, the assets of both companies would be frozen.
For Wang Ye, this wouldn’t be a big deal. The total assets of Fuxing Properties were only half of Huaxia Real Estate’s, not to mention Wang Ye’s many other business ventures.
If Wang Ye decided to prolong the legal battle, dragging it out for over a decade, Jiang Yehua would undoubtedly be financially ruined.
But now, if Jiang Yehua were to directly shoulder the 1 billion yuan in compensation, he would still be left with several billion in debt, which would be more than enough to ruin him.
This was why Jiang Yehua was now groveling, putting aside all dignity and pride, desperately kowtowing to this young man in hopes of gaining even a sliver of forgiveness.
“Stop pretending. Tell me, where is the Jade Arhat your people took from the Golden Light Temple?”
Seeing Jiang Yehua’s pitiful act, Xu Fei felt nothing but disgust.
After all, this man’s rapid shifts in demeanor made it clear he was a spineless opportunist.
“The Jade Arhat? So that’s what this is about? Military Young Master, please follow me!”
Hearing Xu Fei mention the Jade Arhat, Jiang Yehua’s memory was jogged.
He remembered that when he sent people to pressure the stubborn old abbot, his subordinates had brought back a Jade Arhat and presented it to him.
Jiang Yehua didn’t know much about such things, but he figured a large jade carving like this must be worth a fortune, so he had stored it in his safe.
With blood still smeared on his face, Jiang Yehua eagerly led Xu Fei, Wang Ye, and the others upstairs.
Jiang Yehua took them to his office, opened the heavily secured safe, and inside one of the compartments lay the Jade Arhat.
“Is this the one, Military Young Master?”
Jiang Yehua handed the Jade Arhat over, and Xu Fei inspected it, noting that it was undamaged. He nodded.
“I’ll leave the rest to you. I’ll wait for you downstairs.”
Xu Fei glanced at Jiang Yehua and then spoke to Wang Ye.
“Understood, Military Young Master.”
After Xu Fei left, Wang Ye finally spoke, while Jiang Yehua stood there anxiously, as if awaiting his sentencing.
“You’re lucky. The Military Young Master can’t be bothered to deal with you. You can go.”
Wang Ye spoke casually, and Jiang Yehua couldn’t believe his ears.
“Th-that’s it? You’re just letting me go?”
Seeing Jiang Yehua’s disbelief, Wang Ye sighed and nodded.
“What else do you want?”
As if afraid Wang Ye might change his mind, Jiang Yehua turned to leave. But just as he did, Wang Ye spoke again.
“Oh, by the way, you won’t have any objections to transferring all the shares of Fuxing Properties to me, will you?”
“Uh… n-no, of course not! Mr. Wang, sparing my life is already a great mercy!”
“The share transfer documents and other materials for Fuxing Properties are all in the open safe. Please help yourself.”
After saying this, Jiang Yehua fled the Fuxing Properties building through the back door as if his life depended on it.
