I Treat You as My Sister, But You Want to be My Wife?!
Chapter 338: Hope for Mercy from Your Hand _1

Chapter 338: Chapter 338: Hope for Mercy from Your Hand _1

"Ah, it’s your son who’s caused the trouble, he’s offended someone he shouldn’t have," Mr. Guo sighed.

He was quite decent and couldn’t bear to see Du Lijian like this.

Whether Du Lijian could weather the storm was not something he could manage after telling him.

For the sake of his own company, he had to end the partnership with Du Lijian, which was an unavoidable matter.

After all, the people targeting Du Lijian hadn’t said not to disclose the real reason to him, and saying it didn’t really matter.

"My son has caused trouble? Offended someone he shouldn’t have? Can you clarify that a bit?" Du Lijian asked from his doorway.

"Today, your son..." Mr. Guo recounted what he knew.

The one demanding he end his partnership with Du Lijian was Xue Corporation.

It was the chairman of Xue Corporation who personally called him, telling him directly to either terminate the partnership with Du Lijian’s family company or end the cooperation with Xue Corporation.

Xue Corporation was his major client, so naturally, he couldn’t just stop cooperating with them to maintain the partnership with Du Lijian.

He was puzzled why the other party would do this, so he asked.

The other side didn’t hide anything and explained the situation.

Only then did Mr. Guo learn that it was Du Lijian’s son who had caused the trouble, and he had even troubled Shen Dong, who was recently the most prominent figure in the business world.

The phrase "Rather offend the King of Hell than Shen Dong" was widely spread and recognized by most of the big shots.

Who would have thought that Du Lijian’s son would mess with this guy? Wasn’t this courting death?

After all, if Xingchang Group could fall, what was the Du family’s company?

"What, that little bastard actually provoked Shen Dong!" Du Lijian was shocked.

Although he only had assets of a few billion, after all, he was a billionaire and knew some things, naturally aware of who Shen Dong was.

"Old Du, I’ve said all I can. Whether you can get through this is up to you, I really can’t help," Mr. Guo said.

After finishing, Mr. Guo hung up the phone.

Listening to the dial tone coming from the phone, Du Lijian collapsed onto the sofa all at once.

"It’s over!"

Isn’t it just over?

Offending Shen Dong, it was definitely over.

There was no turning back.

"Dad!"

Just then, a voice rang out.

Du Mingliang had returned.

"Dad, someone is trying to take us down, hurry and withdraw the cash, get as much as you can!"

Du Mingliang ran up to Du Lijian, frantically saying.

He thought like this: if the family company went bankrupt, so be it, don’t worry about it, just withdraw the cash and start a new life somewhere else.

Originally listless, Du Lijian sprang up from the sofa immediately upon seeing Du Mingliang.

"It’s all because of you, you damned brat! If it weren’t for you, how could the company have ended up like this? You’re a disgrace to the family, I’ll beat you to death!" Du Lijian’s eyes were bloodshot as he gave Du Mingliang a thorough beating.

"Ah! Dad, you already know, I didn’t do it on purpose, I didn’t know that guy was Shen Dong at the start." Du Mingliang cried out in pain as he was beaten, covering his head and scurrying about, running around the living room.

"Still claiming it wasn’t intentional? All you do outside is chase after women, never doing anything serious. Our family has only a few billion in assets, yet you act like it’s hundreds of billions. I told you not to be like this, but you wouldn’t listen, and now look, you’ve messed with someone tough."

Du Lijian didn’t stop; he kicked Du Mingliang to the ground and continued to beat him with punches and kicks.

"Ah! Dad, stop hitting me, it’s not my fault. Who knew that Shen Dong was so wealthy, yet dressed so poorly? If he had worn top luxury brands, even if I didn’t know who he was, I wouldn’t have messed with him. He’s just pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger; I was duped."

Du Mingliang didn’t feel he was in the wrong and thought it was all Shen Dong’s fault.

If Shen Dong hadn’t dressed so ordinarily, he would never have provoked him.

His family had a few billion in assets and had managed not to get into trouble so far, precisely because he judged people by their attire, which usually wasn’t wrong.

After all, wealthy people typically don’t skimp on their clothes, especially in Hai City.

Unfortunately, he encountered Shen Dong, who didn’t dress according to the norm.

"You still dare to say it’s not your fault?!" Du Lijian was so furious that he hit him even harder.

"Ah! Dad, stop hitting me. Instead of beating me, you should think about how to solve the problem," Du Mingliang cried in pain.

"Solve the problem? How can we solve it now? All the partnerships have been cut off; even the bank has called to demand loan repayment. Tell me, how can we solve this?!" Du Lijian didn’t stop his assault.

"Ah! Dad, go find Shen Dong. It wasn’t a direct offense against him. Actually, the true instigator of this incident is my girlfriend. I’ve already dumped her. If you call Shen Dong and plead for mercy, maybe he will stop," Du Mingliang shouted.

"You do have a point, I could plead with Shen Dong and explain the situation, perhaps there’s still hope," Du Lijian felt Du Mingliang had a point and stopped his beating.

Du Mingliang was already beaten to a point where he lay on the ground, unable to get up for the moment.

"What’s Shen Dong’s phone number, do you know?" asked Du Lijian.

"I don’t know," Du Mingliang said in agony.

"It seems I’ll have to ask someone else," Du Lijian said as he pulled out his mobile phone and dialed several numbers.

Finally, through someone and a series of connections, he eventually got Shen Dong’s phone number in a roundabout way.

Du Lijian organized his thoughts and dialed Shen Dong’s number.

The call was quickly connected.

"Hello, may I speak with Mr. Shen?" Du Lijian asked with a smile as he began.

"Who is this..." Shen Dong was on his way back from dropping off Fang Jingwei at her rental.

"Mr. Shen, hello, this is Du Mingliang’s father, Du Lijian," Du Lijian said.

"What do you want?" Shen Dong asked.

"Mr. Shen, here’s the thing, I have heard about the incident. My son has offended you and your wife. He deserves to die, and you can deal with him however you like. But I am innocent, and I hope you can show mercy and spare me," Du Lijian pleaded.

"Innocent?" Shen Dong scoffed. "If it wasn’t for your indulgence, would your son be the way he is? Now you tell me you’re innocent, don’t you think that’s laughable?"

Feeling bitter inside, Du Lijian continued, "Mr. Shen, I admit, I’m responsible for how my son is, but I’m not responsible for this incident."

Shen Dong said, "You’ve admitted it yourself, you’re responsible for what your son has become, so at the root of it, this incident is also because of you; you’ve got to take responsibility. Your son thinks he can bully people because your family has money. His biggest support is your family’s assets. If you can make a comeback without provoking me again, we will have no issues in the future. But now, asking me to let you off is impossible."

"Mr. Shen, my son is scum, and you can deal with him however you wish. I could even disown him and stop dealing with him forever, just as long as you spare me. What do you think?"