Chapter 460 - 441: Ripping What You Sow-III
Pei Gu continued the count, calling Li Lian’s name before Mr. Xie’s for the fifth time. He opened the next card, calling out, "Miss Yue." And another one, "Miss Yue."
Only two card was left with Li Lian being in the lead. Mr. Xie was happy when his name called but now that Li Lian was on the lead with one vote over his, nervousness came over him and he gritted his teeth.
Pei Gu and the rest of the people in the room was also nervous and Li Lian was the only one who wasn’t. Compared to her father, she has less thing she could lose and she knew she won’t lose anything.
"Mr. Xie," Pei Gu called and that left the last paper.
Li Lian raised her hands to stop Pei Gu and Mr. Xie who was already wary of her narrowed his eyes at her action. "Are you fretting now?"
"Hardly," Li Lian mused, "Despite everything you are still my father, Mr. Xie and grandmother wish for me not to be too hard to you." She showed the man a small smile and some people believed her smile as one filled with sadness as though deep down Li Lian didn’t want to go against her father when in truth she had been waiting for this.
"And?" Mr. Xie questioned and Li Lian shrugged her shoulders,
"I was just letting you know that I hope despite whatever the last paper chose, that won’t change," she answered, "Though there will be limits," she added her words in whisper.
Pei Gu then took it as a cue to continue when Li Lian settled her hand down. Like a thread strained to the edge as it was pulled tightly on both sides, the intensity of the air in the room was similar to when one wait for a volcano to erupt. Pei Gu’s eyes widened when he saw the name written replying with, "Miss Yue. With all the vote we collected, today in front of all the shareholder a new CEO have been chose-"