CHAPTER 880: CHAPTER 880: I WILL HELP YOU FINISH WHAT YOU COULDN’T FINISH (2)

The maid walked up to Mrs. Chen, leaned close to her ear, and whispered, "Madam, it’s that lady who came last time—"

"Who?" Mrs. Chen asked without opening her eyes.

She lived a reclusive life, with hardly any friends visiting her, and only a few guests ever came. As such, the maid could count the visitors on her fingers. Therefore, any guest who had been there once was remembered by the maid.

The maid weighed her words, "It seems to be the lady who last time claimed to be the second Miss of the Xiao Family—"

So it was Xiao Shulan, Mrs. Kang.

Last time, like a mad dog, she had barked and bit at random here, eventually even spewing out malicious words like a drowned rat.

In hindsight, Mrs. Chen found it unbelievable. Considering Ruan Ruzhen and Xiao Jianming were regarded as well-educated and courteous high society people, how could they have raised such a daughter with gangster-like behaviors and manners?

Xiao Shulan’s situation indeed seemed a bit peculiar, different from the other three Misses of the Xiao Family. In short, according to the unusually perceptive Xiao Shuzhu, their second sister had too much ambition.

Xiao Shulan’s ambition far exceeded that of the eldest, Xiao Shumei, the naive third, and the idle fourth.

Is this the fate of being born the second in a family? There might be a bit of truth. After all, the second ranks just one position lower than the first, with more imaginable prospects compared to the third or the last, hence dreaming from a young age is inevitable.

When ambition, which has inflated since childhood, cannot achieve its goal or be satisfied, it’s as if one’s life is in vain. So, despite that moment when Xiao Shulan shed tears in front of Xiao Jianming over Xiao Shumei’s kidnapping, her ambition hadn’t changed one bit.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have gone to confront the Kang family father and son but refrained from taking drastic actions. Nor would she have immediately seized the opportunity when her father fell, or gone all out when seeing some benefits from her daughter’s marriage.

In conclusion, she couldn’t give up her ambition; it was her life’s value, ingrained in her very bones. Asking her to give it up was tantamount to taking her life.

After calling Ou Shihua, and facing his obvious refusal, Xiao Shulan realized she had hit a dead end.

Unable to sell the shares meant Gu Nuan had completely blocked her path, and she could be thrown out of her president position at Changda at any moment.

The thought of such a downfall made her shiver with uncontrollable revulsion. It was more unbearable than death itself.

The wisdom of Xiao Shuzhu, who previously decided to be a hands-off manager, now seemed much smarter in hindsight. How could Xiao Shulan maintain her dignity when even simple matters invited ridicule from the cunning fourth?

With this in mind, Xiao Shulan mulled over a solution and finally found a lifesaver.

Right, last time her father inadvertently leaked a message while asking her to find Mrs. Chen, hinting they had some hidden assets unknown to their children apart from the ones everyone knew.

If she could get her hands on this part of the assets, maybe Changda’s crisis would no longer be a crisis. With money in hand, money can even move the devil, what did Xiao Shulan have to fear?

Moreover, if it turned out to be her mother’s inheritance, Mrs. Chen wasn’t her mother’s heir. Why should she withhold her mother’s wealth? Logically and reasonably, it should belong to Xiao Shulan.

As long as she had the money, bribing the judge to get a lenient sentence for her daughter might even be possible. Thus, Xiao Shulan promptly acted, took a car by herself, and secretly headed to Mrs. Chen’s place. During this time, she kept it from the third, showing her fear of the family sisters contending for this secret fortune, even though she knew the third claimed not to fight over the inheritance.