Female lead’s Delusion of Starting Over

Chapter 78

Chapter 78: You Want Me to Go Bankrupt, So I Will Go Bankrupt

A deep bitterness and guilt surged in her heart. Zhang Ziqin, just how shameless do you have to be to stop? To what extent do you have to hurt Lu Li before you’re willing to halt?

Knowing well that Lu Li disliked your collaboration with Ye Chen, you still chose to partner with him, even shamelessly asking Lu Li for money because of your collaboration with Ye Chen.

At that time, all you thought about was achieving success as soon as possible. You were confident that Lu Li’s feelings for you wouldn’t disappear just because of your cooperation with Ye Chen. You even believed that you and Lu Li would be family in the future, and exchanging properties between each other wouldn’t be an issue.

But what would Lu Li think?

A woman named Zhang Ziqin, entangled endlessly with that Ye Chen, now dares to ask me for money…

Yet, he still managed to secure that money for you.

“How heartbroken he must have been at that time. Even though I hurt him so deeply, he still chose to help me.”

Regretful tears uncontrollably welled up. Knowing that Lu Li was acting against her, could Zhang Ziqin really not feel sad?

How could that be possible? Even if she felt that Lu Li was warning her, wanting to sever ties with her, Zhang Ziqin felt so agonizingly twisted inside, struggling to breathe. What mindset must Lu Li have been in to lend her the money?

Zhang Ziqin dared not think further; the guilt seemed to grow even thicker.

Using the desk phone, she made a call to her secretary.

“Pour all the liquid assets into the stock market.” It was the only way she could somewhat alleviate her guilt.

“But President Lu…”

“Shut up, just go do it, and tell them it’s my, Zhang Ziqin’s, decision.” The secretary tried to say something but was abruptly cut off by Zhang Ziqin’s irate interruption.

No matter the loss this time, she accepts it; it’s all what she, Zhang Ziqin, owes Lu Li.

Dejectedly lowering her head, letting tears fall from her eyes, the reawakened memories suffocated Zhang Ziqin with guilt.

“Manager Chen, Zhang Company’s stock price has experienced a significant surge,” the assistant excitedly informed Chen Xiaoyi.

“I know.” Chen Xiaoyi nodded calmly.

Such an exaggerated curve of increase. It seemed that Zhang Ziqin couldn’t sit still after all!

In the business battlefield, the two stood like dueling fighters, seeing who would lose their patience first. Clearly, she had won.

After losing Lu Li, whatever reputed business genius Zhang Ziqin once was, whatever brightest business queen she was dubbed, became a huge joke.

“Sell all our shares of Zhang Company in one go. Now Zhang Company has almost used all their liquid assets to keep up the appearance of their stock price; they’re done for.”

This all-in tactic, even Lu Corporation wouldn’t dare to face head-on.

But in her hands were twenty percent of Zhang Company’s shares!

Using your shares to press down on Zhang Company, with almost zero cost.

After all, these shares were obtained by Lu Li for just one yuan.

Chen Xiaoyi couldn’t help but marvel at Lu Li. The current situation was probably all within his calculations.

She even suspected that Zhang Ziqin’s reputation was all Lu Li’s doing.

“Manager Chen, you mean all of it?” Almost everyone stopped their work, looking incredulously at Chen Xiaoyi, shocked by her boldness.

“Yes, everything. Sell it all at once. Now is the critical moment for Zhang Company’s survival or demise.” And they could also make a fortune, truly thankful for Zhang Ziqin’s foolishness!

Today was truly a heart-pounding day for Zhang Company. In just one day, they went from heaven to hell, back to heaven, and then plunged back into hell.

The dramatic twists left everyone in awe.

“President Zhang, this recent stock price drop is highly unusual, almost as if… our shareholders were selling off their shares,” the secretary said with an indescribable expression, doubting there could be such foolish people. Continuous development versus a one-off slaughter – which yields more, such a simple logic anyone would understand.

But aside from this explanation, she could find no other reason.

Zhang Ziqin’s expression darkened, the developments beyond her expectations.

Just then, a company executive rushed in: “President Zhang, the shareholders are here.”

“Have them gather in the conference room,” Zhang Ziqin, exhausted, waved her hand. She knew why the shareholders had come.

Moments later, in the conference room, Zhang Ziqin surveyed the room: “Director Zhang Hai isn’t here?”

The shareholders looked at each other; they hadn’t seen Zhang Hai, the company’s second-largest shareholder.

“Please contact Director Zhang Hai for me. Once everyone is here, I’ll give you all an explanation,” she told her secretary, then turned to the shareholders with her usual aloof demeanor.

Under her gaze, not a single aged shareholder dared to speak.

Zhang Ziqin sat quietly in her seat.

“Although I don’t know what happened, Lu Li must have earned a lot by now, right? He should understand my determination by now, but such methods won’t drive me away.”

She thought resolutely.

But soon, the message the secretary brought back turned Zhang Ziqin’s world cold.

“President Zhang, Director Zhang Hai said he has sold all his shares, and the shareholder meeting of Zhang Company has nothing to do with him anymore,” the secretary looked grim.

“What…?” Zhang Ziqin turned around in shock.

“To whom did Zhang Hai sell the shares?” A sharpness flashed in her eyes.

“He sold them to… President Lu Li of Lu Corporation,” the secretary replied, complex emotions in her gaze. Who could have imagined that from the beginning to the end, it was all orchestrated by Lu Li, who once loved President Zhang?

In an instant, Zhang Ziqin’s complexion turned pale. Even if she wanted to deny it, she couldn’t anymore. Lu Li was not merely warning her to retreat; he was fully prepared to ensure Zhang Company’s total ruin!

Closing her eyes in pain, she trembled uncontrollably.

“Is this your purpose? Why bother at all? Whatever you wanted, if you had just told me, wouldn’t I have given it to you? I could give you everything I own, but doing so is like stabbing a knife into my heart!”

Even knowing Lu Li no longer loved her, when faced with his relentless efforts to bankrupt her, Zhang Ziqin was still deeply hurt.

“Do you really despise me that much?”

Her fists tightened on her lap, fingernails digging into flesh, but Zhang Ziqin was numb to it, a sense of hopeless despair consuming her.

“If you want me to go bankrupt, then so be it!”

Opening her eyes, she smiled weakly at all the shareholders: “I’ve decided to sell all my shares. Of course, they might not sell now. Things have come to this, there’s nothing more to say. Zhang Company is finished. I’ll announce it immediately.”

If her bankruptcy was what Lu Li wanted to see, then she would grant his wish.