Sun Ling had actually seen Gu Zheng’s WeChat message, but she deliberately didn’t reply.
It wasn’t about keeping him hanging, but letting the fickle-hearted rake cool down for a while. Perhaps after a few days, he’d lose interest?
If that trick didn’t work, she’d just go with the flow and agree to date senior Gu, letting him think she was really easy to pursue. Soon, he would lose interest and set her free.
Well, being called Dr. Sun, how could she not have a few tricks up her sleeve?
After struggling a while, Shi’s mother finally dialed Shi Lan’s number again.
"Are you really willing to help me?"
"Even if I’m willing to help you, you must pull your own weight. If you can’t act like the old Shi Lan, destroying gods and Buddhas in your path, even my help won’t prevent the Shi Family from overwhelming you, leading you to a tragic end," Shi Lan said on the phone, "Think carefully, whether you want to completely cleanse the Shi Family or just give up, abandon everything from the Shi Family, and live freely from now on."
"With the shares of the Shi Family in my hands, do you think I could live peacefully?"
"You could sell the Shi Family shares."
"Then the indignities I suffered this past year would have been in vain. I endured countless hardships to marry into the Shi Family, not to just take the money and run," Shi’s mother said urgently, "If you really can help me, I will control the Shi Family just like Shi Lan did, firmly in my hands."
"I can’t help you much, only as far as cleaning up the Shi Family members. As for the future development of the Shi Family, that’s none of my concern. Moreover, to become an iron lady, you need real ability. With your current level, lacking both the capability and the ruthlessness, you’ll eventually be manipulated by others,"
"Then what should I do?"
"Here... I have prepared a transformation plan for you. Also, I have a contract for you to sign. Let’s meet."
To prevent Shi’s mother from endless entanglements, Shi Lan had to plan all her fallbacks in advance.
She had already given Shi’s mother a choice, but she still wanted supreme power; therefore, she obviously chose to fulfill her wish.
As an heir to the Shi Family, capability, networking, and tact are indispensable.
The most important is ruthlessness. To tightly grip the bunch of good-for-nothings in her hand, she must truly be fearless, capable of facing poison wine without changing her expression.
A day later, they still met at the Laibo Hotel.
After seeing Shi Lan’s transformation plan, Shi’s mother was shocked. Already in her early fifties, could she really endure such intense training?
"If an eight-year-old girl can endure it, what can’t you endure?" Shi Lan, seeing her doubt, sneered coldly.
Shi’s mother immediately understood who Shi Lan was referring to.
"If you can’t even understand financial statements and lack managerial experience, why would the Shi Family shareholders come out to support you?"
"The Shi Family’s appreciation banquet is in twenty-five days. During these twenty-five days, you need to prepare not only for the banquet but also undergo training in management thinking. I will list out the instructors and invite them to teach you. What you need to do now is to surpass your own daughter," Shi Lan said earnestly.
In addition, "To ensure your training time, you need to move out of the Shi Family, creating the illusion for the Shi Family members that you are wasting your days in a drunken stupor. As for those who poison you, poison them back, those who install surveillance on you, install it back on them. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Also, dismiss those bodyguards you hired; none are qualified."
"Right now, you have no one to trust but me."