I, the Villain, Want to Save Myself, But the Yandere Heroines Disagree
Chapter 55 - Some Happy, Some Sad (2/3)

Seeing Louis in this state, both Mark and Paul panicked.

“Father!”

“President!”

After a while, Louis finally got up from the chair.

His right hand trembling, he took off the glasses resting on the bridge of his nose.

Then, he swallowed and looked at the two people standing before him.

“Paul, you go out first.” His tone was full of fatigue. He looked exhausted.

“Mm.” Paul heard this, nodded, and then withdrew from the room.

After Paul closed the door, Louis stood up. He took off the Silver Moon Trading Company’s emblem pinned to Mark’s chest and threw it heavily onto the ground.

“You lost a full half of the assets in the Prussia region, and you still have the nerve to appear before me?!” he roared loudly.

“I told you to manage the Prussia branch properly, and the result you brought me is this!?”

“You are my eldest son! You are the one who will inherit the Silver Moon Trading Company in the future. With you like this, how can I possibly entrust the Silver Moon Trading Company to you when I see you!?”

“Father, but this was all Lawrence instigating me. If it weren’t for him, I wouldn’t have done this...”

“It’s Lawrence again! Every time it’s Lawrence!? You always look for problems in others, can’t you look for problems in yourself?!” Louis’s eyes were wide with anger, scaring Mark into stepping back two or three steps.

“You! And Mark! You two, I truly wish I could turn you two into women and have Celineina born as a boy to inherit my family business!”

“Look at Celineina. She started from the weakest Antica branch and worked her way up to now. How much higher is she than you now? And you? Without me, have you ever earned a single penny on your own?!”

From beginning to end, Louis vented his dissatisfaction, while Mark just lowered his head, silently accepting Louis’s reprimand.

“Father, you are right. I indeed did not do well, but the Prussia branch must be saved. Otherwise...”

“Otherwise? Otherwise what? You think Celineina can spare the effort to deal with you? Can we here spare the effort to deal with you?”

“You were just supposed to do what I told you, but every time you have to add unnecessary details. Do you really think you are someone important? Do you really think you have more experience than me, someone who has lived forty or fifty years? If you are so capable, why can’t you resolve Celineina’s threat?”

“...” Mark lowered his head and remained silent.

After finishing his reprimand of Mark, Louis finally sighed.

“Sigh, never mind,” he said this, and sat down. He looked as if he had aged ten years.

“Mark, you just said it was Lawrence who instigated you. Where is Lawrence?”

“When I returned this time, I had originally planned to bring Lawrence with me. But Lawrence left behind a letter of resignation and then disappeared. I don’t know where he went...”

Hearing this news, Louis’s mood worsened.

It seemed that not only his daughter, but even his son had betrayed him.

He didn’t know if Lawrence was truly foolish, choosing to resign because he dared not take responsibility after making such a decision, or if he had received benefits from Celineina and was preparing to defect to the Lison Trading Company.

But either possibility would undoubtedly disappoint him.

The former would make him feel that his son lacked responsibility and dared not shoulder the blame for making mistakes, while the latter goes without saying.

Furthermore, if Lawrence had betrayed Louis after receiving benefits, it would at least make Louis feel a little happier, as it would mean his second son was not a complete good-for-nothing.

“Alright, I understand. Lawrence is probably not coming back. You should resign from the position of president of the Prussia branch this time. After doing something like this, you are no longer qualified to continue in that position.” Louis said the words that Mark found most unacceptable in a casual tone.

“But... Father, I think I still have a chance... Also, if I don’t serve as a branch president, it will be easy for people to gossip when it comes to inheritance.”

“Mark.” At this moment, Louis suddenly smiled. “I was wrong. You are not entirely useless.”

Just as Mark was wondering why his father said this, Louis turned and slapped him.

“In the matter of dreaming, at least, you are exceptionally talented, unlike ordinary people.”

“Take the initiative yourself. Don’t end up losing your last bit of dignity.” After speaking, Louis proactively left the office.

Leaving Mark alone in the office, silent.

...

On the other side, at the Lison Trading Company’s new headquarters in Saint Roland City, Orson came to Celineina’s office.

“Your location choice is very good,” Orson said this, looking at Celineina sitting opposite him.

“Mm, after all, to become the largest trading company in the Empire in the future, the location selection certainly cannot be too casual,” Celineina also responded with a smile.

The Lison Trading Company’s new headquarters was located in the most developed upper district of Saint Roland City. The location here was the best, and describing it as worth an inch of gold was an understatement.

Furthermore, it was only two streets away from the headquarters of the Silver Moon Trading Company.

“Looking at your good mood, the recent business war is going smoothly, huh?”

“Mm, thanks to my smart older brother and second brother, I directly crippled the Silver Moon Trading Company’s branch in Prussia. They lost a full half of their assets.”

“As expected of you. You don’t hold back at all when dealing with your own family,” Orson said with a joke.

“There was nothing I could do. They didn’t consider my feelings back then either,” Celineina said this, came to Orson’s side, and restlessly placed her hands on Orson’s shoulders.

“On the contrary, you, Orson, as a stranger and a collaborator at first, helped me much more than they did.”

Then, she leaned into Orson’s arms.

“What did my father look for you about?”

“He wanted to hire me as an advisor for the Silver Moon Trading Company and have me stop helping you.”

“What did you say then?”

“Of course I agreed, but he couldn’t meet my salary requirements, so we couldn’t reach an agreement.”

“Eh? What do you mean?”

“I told him, I can be the advisor, but the entire Silver Moon Trading Company must be my salary, otherwise no negotiation. Of course, they refused.”

“Pfft, that demand you made, anyone would refuse it, right?”

“Here, Orson.” At this moment, Celineina, in Orson’s arms, suddenly looked up at him.

“Mm?”

“If, if my father really gave you the entire Silver Moon Trading Company to stop me, in exchange for your help, would you accept?”

“Yes,” Orson nodded.

Celineina heard this and felt a little disheartened.

And Orson immediately said afterward, “The day after I take over the Silver Moon Trading Company, I will transfer the entire trading company to you.”

“Think of it as a gift.”

“Pfft, you smooth talker. What kind of gift is this valuable?” Although Celineina said this, the blush on her face undoubtedly revealed her thoughts.

“After all, he can’t possibly give me the Silver Moon Trading Company.”

Then, a pair of soft lips kissed Orson.

“Orson, thank you...” Celineina said this, her tone sincere.

“No need to say thank you. It’s just mutual help.”

“Then just consider it that I said thank you voluntarily.”

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