I Treat You as My Sister, But You Want to be My Wife?!
Chapter 193: Liu Jianping is Dead_1

Chapter 193: Chapter 193: Liu Jianping is Dead_1

Liu Chao also knew why Pang Weizhi was so magnanimous.

If nothing unexpected happened, after this incident, the Huya Guild wouldn’t be able to return to its former state. Even if it didn’t close down, it would become a third-rate guild.

At that moment, the office door was pushed open, and Liu Jianping walked in.

"Xiao Chao, I’ve seen the news. I know all about it. I was right, wasn’t I? There was bound to be trouble, and now it’s happened. The state is cracking down hard, and the Huya Guild is facing the severest punishment. If I hadn’t had the foresight to tell you to sell your shares, we would have been implicated too, haha!"

Liu Jianping laughed heartily.

Fortunately, he had his son sell off the shares in the Huya Guild.

Otherwise, the losses would have been substantial.

His judgment was indeed not bad. His son was right—missing out on the Ghana Gold Mine Project was no big deal. The main thing was to act decisively on future projects.

Indeed, Liu Chao took Wang Xiaocong’s advice and came back to persuade Liu Jianping.

It wasn’t that he regarded Wang Xiaocong’s words as golden truths.

But he felt that convincing his dad to let go of that matter was also to his own benefit.

It would prevent his dad from always feeling useless and lacking vision.

When Liu Jianping spoke, Liu Chao’s face showed an expression uglier than crying.

Liu Jianping didn’t notice, put his briefcase aside, and laughed again at Liu Chao, "Come on, tell me how much you made from selling the shares—you must have made 30%, right?"

Recently, the sales revenue from live-streaming was still very high. According to his estimate, this investment should have yielded over 30%.

"Dad... I didn’t sell the shares in the Huya Guild," Liu Chao said, trying to keep a steady voice.

"What!" Liu Jianping’s face turned pale, his head buzzed, and his breathing became short, "Didn’t I tell you to sell them? Why didn’t you sell?"

"Dad, at the time, the live-streamed sales were so good, I thought that even if something went wrong, we should have caught wind of it and then sold them. Who could have imagined that the state would crack down so suddenly? I didn’t even have time to react," Liu Chao explained, with a strained voice.

To be honest, he was already regretting it.

If only he had listened to his dad, they would have sold the shares at their peak.

They would have made more than 30%, perhaps up to 50%.

Investing in the Huya Guild to become the majority shareholder cost him two billion yuan.

50% was a modest goal.

But now, not to mention making a modest goal, even those two billion had evaporated.

It was unlikely anyone would want those shares now.

"I told you, but you just wouldn’t listen. It’s one thing to make your own decisions, but you didn’t even tell me. You ungrateful child, are you trying to infuriate me to death... my medicine, my medicine..."

Liu Jianping got more and more agitated as he spoke. Halfway through, he clutched at his chest and gasped for air.

"Dad, don’t get worked up. I’ll get your medicine for you." Liu Chao immediately went to support his dad, taking a small medicine bottle out of his pocket, hurriedly pulled out the last King’s Relief Pill from inside, and stuffed it into his dad’s mouth.

"You ungrateful child, not listening to me, you are really going to be the death of me. It seems I’ve spoiled you too much, allowing you to... another... another pill."

After taking a pill, Liu Jianping felt a little better and started to scold again.

As he ranted, his emotions became agitated once more.

He was like before, wanting another King’s Relief Pill.

"Dad, there’s none left," said Liu Chao anxiously.

"You..." Liu Jianping managed to utter only one word before he couldn’t catch his breath, his vision darkened, and he fainted.

"Dad... someone help!"

Liu Chao instantly panicked, shouting for help and rushing his father to the hospital.

...

Two days later, the national task force and Doule, announced the second batch of penalty list.

This batch included thirty guilds, with penalties identical to the first round.

Upon the announcement, there was another wave of criticism from the audience, condemning these guilds for making dishonest money.

Apart from the criticism, there were sounds of approval.

If nothing unexpected happened, these guilds were going to suffer, and nobody would be buying from the hosts under their banner in the future.

In the office of Chen Yuyan at the Dongyan Guild.

Chen Yuyan said happily, "Husband, I’ve tallied our guild’s sales from the live broadcasts these past two days, and we’ve made five times more than usual."

Shen Dong smiled, "It’s quite normal. Many big guilds have been penalized, and even those that haven’t been yet, as long as they have sold counterfeit and substandard products, many viewers aren’t willing to place orders anymore. Our guild has always sold high-quality products without any issues, so it’s natural that people would flock to our hosts to make their purchases."

He had anticipated this surge in sales.

"Yes, yes," Chen Yuyan nodded repeatedly, delighted beyond measure.

Her husband was remarkable, steadfast in maintaining product quality. Otherwise, if they had also stocked those unbranded products lacking quality assurance like the other guilds, the Dongyan Guild would have been ruined.

Just then, Shen Dong’s phone on the desk rang.

Shen Dong picked it up and answered, "Mr. Wang."

Indeed, it was a call from Wang Xiaocon.

He didn’t know why the son of the wealthiest man was looking for him again.

"Shen Dong, I have some news for you," Wang Xiaocon said with a somewhat mischievous laugh.

"From your tone, you seem to be taking delight in my misery. What news?" Shen Dong asked with a smile.

"I’m not taking delight in your misery, just find it funny," Wang Xiaocon chuckled.

"Go ahead, what news?" Shen Dong asked.

"Liu Jianping, the boss of Wansheng Investment, that’s Liu Chao’s father, you know him, right?" Wang Xiaocon asked.

Liu Chao had a feud with Shen Dong; he had once tried to defame Shen Dong but ended up being counterattacked, suffering heavy losses.

He only found out about this incident after the birthday party when he got together with Zhou Chengyu.

"I know him, what about him?" Shen Dong inquired.

As it happened, Liu Jianping had phoned him before, inviting him to dinner, but there was never any follow-up.

Up to now, he hadn’t received any more calls from Liu Jianping, so that meal seemed off the table.

"This morning, Liu Jianping died in the hospital," Wang Xiaocon said with a laugh.

"What, he died?!" Shen Dong exclaimed in surprise, "What happened? He called me a while back to invite me to dinner. He didn’t sound like he was sick, so how did he suddenly die? Was it an accident?"

"It was a heart attack," Wang Xiaocon said, clearly well-informed.

"Was he stressed out?" Shen Dong asked.

He didn’t know much about heart diseases, only that they seemed to be triggered by stress, which could lead to serious problems.

"Yes, he was stressed. They tried to resuscitate him for two days, but he didn’t make it," Wang Xiaocon said with a laugh.

"What stressed him?" Shen Dong inquired.

"Heh heh, it actually has to do with you," Wang Xiaocon chuckled.

"Mr. Wang, don’t joke about matters of life and death," Shen Dong said somewhat speechless.

He had only spoken with Liu Jianping on the phone once, and the tone of that conversation had been quite pleasant.

How could Liu Jianping’s death be related to him?

He certainly wasn’t going to take the blame for that.

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