Deliberately Approaching
Chapter 46: Not Threatening You

Chapter 46: Chapter 46: Not Threatening You

Tang Xiaowan was shocked by Li Zihan’s actions.

She leant forward slightly, bowed her head, and held her fists in a very respectful manner, just short of kneeling down and kowtowing three times and nine times more.

She actually wanted to take me as her master, what a mistake!

Is this kid’s brain rusted from reading too much, planning to learn some crooked skills?

Tang Xiaowan quickly started to reminisce...

Since coming to Li Garden, aside from dismantling furniture, tampering with surveillance, sneaking small bugs into Li Zishen’s drawers, and knocking on his door to scare him at midnight, there was nothing much noteworthy!

Never did a good deed, but pranks? Quite a few.

Seeing Tang Xiaowan not stating her position, Li Zihan grew somewhat anxious and slowly lifted her head, straightening her body, "Hey, what are you thinking, can you do it?"

Her big hand still waved in front of someone several times.

"What do you want to learn from me, fishing?" Tang Xiaowan could only think of this.

"Martial Arts."

"Martial Arts? I don’t know how!"

One sentence triggered a thousand waves, where would Li Zihan believe that excuse.

Even her brother said she knew only trick martial arts.

In other words, she did know, just wasn’t as good as Bai Long and Chen Xin.

"Impossible, stop pretending."

"I’m not lying to you, I really don’t know!"

"Then why do you run so fast to the cafeteria, react so quickly to danger, and catch grapes so accurately?"

"Please, I was rushing..." Tang Xiaowan paused for a moment, then squinted and retorted, "How do you know I went to the cafeteria, were you stalking me?"

Li Zihan immediately changed the subject with a cheeky smile, "I’ll give you 300 a day, take me as your apprentice, how about it?"

Three hundred a day, that’s a lot!

Save enough money, and I could rent a house outside.

This gig isn’t bad, too tempting!

But I really don’t know martial arts, how can I teach him?

No, no, maybe I’ve forgotten!

"Three hundred a day, is there also money on the weekends? Will your brother find out and then confiscate it from me?"

Seeing Tang Xiaowan so tempted, Li Zihan slightly curved her lips and replied, "Of course, there’s money on the weekends. You can rest assured about the money; I absolutely won’t tell my brother, and... I also won’t mention you sneaking into the storage room, how about it, isn’t that nice of me?"

"What storage room, what do I have?" Tang Xiaowan touched her nose, her eyes slyly darting left and right.

She was recalling, recalling yesterday’s events.

I clearly opened a safe, how did it become a storage room?

Is it that corner storeroom?

Seeing Tang Xiaowan in a befuddled state, Li Zihan couldn’t help but laugh out loud, "Alright, alright, stop thinking about it. It’s the pure white wooden door at the farthest east of the library, there’s even a large vase next to it."

"Nonsense, I just pressed against the door, listened to what was going on, and never walked in."

"You didn’t do anything else with a pin?"

"The time has come, time to go to school."

"Hey! Don’t go! I won’t betray you, my brother won’t find out." Li Zihan hurriedly picked up her phone and keys, and chased after her.

Tang Xiaowan bit her lip, frowning, "Suit yourself then, I’m not afraid!"

"Don’t get me wrong, I’m not threatening you."

Tang Xiaowan arched an eyebrow, gave no response, and left the small apartment straight away.

She was not afraid of Li Zihan tattling.

Li Zishen had made it clear from the start, anywhere in Li Garden, anything could be tampered with, disassembled by her without needing to ask for permission.

However, Li Zihan did not know any of this.

After leaving, he did not pursue the matter of sneaking into the storage room, but he was particularly interested in taking up apprenticeship and learning skills, pestering Tang Xiaowan all the way.

Although it ended in failure, he did not plan to give up just yet.

He firmly believed that the power of money was infinite.

Especially in Tang Xiaowan’s situation, without a single relative and always guarding against assassins lurking in the shadows, making her own money was simply impossible.

Taking disciples not only brought money quickly but also was safe!

Thinking of this, Li Zihan’s face broke into a brilliant smile.

"Why are you smiling so sinisterly?" Tang Xiaowan touched her nose, suspecting he was scheming something.

It felt somewhat embarrassing to be seen through!

Li Zihan chuckled innocently: "Not at all, not at all, I was just considering how I could become your disciple."

As he spoke, his head nodded several times, as if he had it all figured out.

"Just give up that thought; it’s impossible."

Tang Xiaowan left those words behind and ran towards the fork in the road.

Li Zihan smiled smugly: "We shall see." He then walked towards the Medical College.

Every time they passed the comprehensive building of the school, they would part ways inside; each going their separate ways.

One south, the other north.

...

Li Garden.

Li Zishen and Chen Xin had just entered the study when they received Bai Long’s call.

"Brother Shen, Immortal Restaurant has news already; three shops are acting simultaneously, the transfer fee is 1.5 million, and it must be paid in one lump sum."

"Pass the information to Zihan."

"Yes, Brother Shen."

After hanging up the phone, Li Zishen strode to his office desk, a smile flashing across his sharp-featured face.

His brother, Li Zihan, was obsessed with the restaurant business.

As his elder brother, Li Zishen had always been watching over him.

The reason he hadn’t expressed his support before was that he was worried Zihan might give up midway and neglect his studies. Now that it was his junior year and his grades were stable, the timing was ripe.

At the moment, Chen Xin was troubled about Lin Ping’s situation.

Chen Xin, who had always been forthright, stood silently beside after stealing a glance at Li Zishen.

These days, some rather unimaginable thoughts kept popping into his head.

Was it wrong to speak up for Lin Ping?

Could it be that Lin Ping’s visit to the pharmaceutical factory was to stir up some kind of trouble? He clearly had a house in the city, yet he chose to live in the workers’ dormitory. His appearance was plain, and he had grown a lot quieter when speaking.

"Chen Xin, take a trip to the group," Li Zishen said as he placed a document at the corner of the desk.

Chen Xin’s jaw tensed. Before he could reply, another document was placed on top of the first one.

Li Zishen spoke again: "If anyone wants to sell their shares, don’t bother trying to dissuade them kindly; just buy them all at the market price."

"Brother Shen, it’s not necessary for Wuyou Pavilion to..."

"It’s nothing to fear, just a matter of time." Li Zishen’s lips slightly curved upwards, his eyes gleaming.

Chen Xin seemed to understand something, his gaze firmly landing on the two documents: "Yes, Brother Shen, I’ll take care of it right away."

Stepping out of the office, his pupils shrank.

He had been waiting for this day for a long time!

Over the years, Li Wanshan had done quite a few things behind the scenes to undermine the unity of the shareholders. If it weren’t for Li Zishen’s consideration that he was an elder, Chen Xin might have taken action long ago.

If it was infighting before, it could still be forgiven.

But meeting with Leng Lingxiao in private that morning, and offering to leak corporate secrets in exchange for support from foreign powers, was tantamount to betrayal and was unforgivable.

Thinking this, Chen Xin pressed the elevator button.

He needed to hurry to the group building and take care of the matters Li Zishen had entrusted to him; he absolutely couldn’t let Li Wanshan, a troublemaker, cause any issues.

The elevator doors opened, but his phone’s notification tone sounded—it was Lin Ping.

[Is Brother Shen coming to the factory today?]

Chen Xin just glanced at it and didn’t reply.