Chapter 123 - Lei Xing Yi’s Request

"Of course." Yu Yan beamed.

Long Ying stretched his hand. "Mrs. Kang, do you mind if we talk about some matters?"

Kang Xie Jing could see that Long Ying wanted to talk about some important matter. He rubbed his chin slightly and nodded. "Alright, I'll listen to what you're going to talk about. However, I would like you to call me as Uncle. You're Yu Yan's wife and it's only natural that you're now part of my family."

Looking at Kang Xie Jing, Long Ying's lips formed a smile. As expected of the heir of Kang Family. He was nothing like his sisters. It seemed that the education he received was somewhat different from the other women in the Kang Family.

How interesting.

"Uncle."

"Good, good."

"It's regarding AC mine." Long Ying paused for a moment, inspecting Kang Xie Jing's reaction. "I found out that there's a formation there that seems to be covering the one deeper. Because of that, I would like to use explosive to open the path for the deeper part if you allow it."

It was only after Long Ying finished speaking that Kang Xie Jing looked a bit surprised. However, he was still as calm as before. Silently, he shook his head. "I don't have the right to interfere regarding the mine at all. While it's true that I hold 20% of the profit share, the one who have control over the management is all Lei Xing Yi. You need her permission first."

From the way it sounded, Yu Yan could infer that there must be some secret in AC mine that these two didn't talk out loud. She furrowed her brows as she really couldn't see what was special regarding that mine aside from the low activity that had been occurring for the past few years.

"I understand."

Kang Xie Jing smiled. "Lei Xing Yi will come here soon. I'll call her."

"Thank you." Yu Yan smiled back.

Taking his phone, Kang Xie Jing made a short phone call. In this large venue with so many people around, it was not weird to see several of them formed small groups here and there. Kang Xie Jing might be also a businessman, but he was not owning large business and rather seemed more like an idle man after inheriting the mines from his father.

Not long afterwards, Lei Xing Yi came to their direction. She was dressed neatly and looked a bit out of place. Her eyes flickered slightly when she saw her uncle along with Yu Yan and Long Ying.

"Is this shareholder meetings?" Lei Xing Yi asked in faint voice.

Kang Xie Jing let out a small laugh. "You can say it like that. This brat has something he wants to say regarding AC mine."

Long Ying repeated the same words he said to Kang Xie Jing to Lei Xing Yi. It stunned the young girl as she looked at Long Ying for a moment before sighing.

"Can you wait?"

"Wait?" Long Ying squinted his eyes. "That'll depend on why and how long should I wait."

"Just a few more weeks until National College Entrance Examination." Lei Xing Yi smiled faintly. "Since you have found out about AC mine's truth, I'll let you know my plan. I'll sell my AB mine rights to those gold diggers after I got it."

Yu Yan was surprised. If she was not wrong, the requirement for her cousin to obtain the share for AB mine profit could only be obtained after she had passed the examination and reached top 10 in her class. Did it mean that her cousin was confident that she could obtain it?

But why would she sell that profitable share rights?

Long Ying narrowed his eyes. "So it's been like that, huh?"

"Yes. Uncle, I would like to trouble you to also release your sons' right to the mine share profit since it would be useless soon." Lei Xing Yi's eyes shone in brilliant light. If one didn't know better, they would not think of her as an 18 years old girl but rather someone with deep experience and knowledge.

Long Ying looked at the young woman then nodded. It seemed that the puzzle pieces have been found now. He finally understood why Kang Shu Jiang seemed to not care about his children while he was actually preparing for just one of them. All the others were not as important as the one who truly inherited his legacy.

It was quite weird but probably there were some matters in the Kang Family back then that caused the Old Fox to be making such plans.

He didn't know the detail and had no intention of digging too deep. 

Kang Xie Jing nodded. "Alright."

Yu Yan looked at their interaction as her eyes narrowed. For some reasons, she felt that her cousin, who looked so ordinary on daily basis was actually quite capable. It felt that everything that occurred was simply the preparation for her to showcase her real worth to the world.

How intriguing.

Both Kang Xie Jing and Lei Xing Yi bid their farewell and talked to others. On the other hand, Yu Yan looked at Long Ying.

"Do you already know about my cousin?"

"Not really but I know that there is something wrong with the mines. It's not apparent, but it feels as if they're trying to squeeze up to the very last bit of resources in AB mine but it's very lax on AC mine as if they're waiting." Long Ying smiled.

That Kang Shu Jiang was really cunning. He actually wanted to dupe his own children if they couldn't see the truth while those who had the capabilities would know that there was something wrong and took advantages of it.

Resources were always limited and mines were even more so. There were not many mines in this land and many were already sucked dry. That AB mine was already at the verge of end and might not give that much profit anymore. It was AC mine that was actually the gold mine.

But Kang Shu Jiang didn't let his granddaughter exploit it yet.

Instead, he wanted her to grow up first and become an adult. That way, she wouldn't be hindered by law and could make her own decision outside of her family members. 

"But I don't understand why I'm included in the list." Yu Yan pursed her lips. Ever since the very beginning, she never had any interest in the mine and naturally didn't wish to inherit it. But now that she knew that it was actually a profitable one, she knew that her family wouldn't want to let her off if they knew about it. 

"You're the supporter."

"Hmm?"

"It's hard to find those who are really good at financial and can calculate numbers as fast as you." Long Ying smiled and held his wife's hand tighter. "He must have already planned for the two of you to be the real inheritor and not his children."

"How about my cousins?" Both Kang San Hai and Kang San Hao didn't even get any part of AC mines.

Long Ying passed a look at Yu Yan. "Do you think they'll need it?"

Yu Yan opened her mouth then closed it again. If she was not wrong, Kang San Hao was already a high ranking officer in the military. It was clear from the very beginning that he was someone who didn't care much about business world. Besides, with his EQ, it was only a matter of time a business went bankrupt in his hand.

As for Kang San Hai, he might not look like one, but he actually had some business on his own. He was an easy going person and didn't have any interest in the jewelries industry. If one had to say, he wanted to steer clear from other Kang Family members and might not even continue this business.

"No."

They can just simply sell the share of the mines they have and that was all. As for other things, they had also inherited some other residences that her grandfather had. The three granddaughters were the ones who didn't have any residence on their own as part of the inheritance.

Long Ying smiled. "You have your answer. Now, shall we return back?"

"What do you mean return back? I still need to greet some others who are here."

"Okay, okay."

It took some time before they finished talking to some people whom Yu Yan recognized. Unfortunately, Zhou Wei was not here, so Yu Yan left after she had talked enough. Her aunt was still busy greetings the other guests, so she didn't bother and only informed her cousins.

The two of them bid their farewell too.

"Ying, I want you to do something."

"What is it?" Long Ying arched his eyebrows.

They were in the lift and Yu Yan inched closer, putting her mouth near Long Ying's ear. She whispered what she wanted him to do.

Listening to his wife's plan, Long Ying arched his eyebrows. "Do you really think that he'll do it?"

"Why not? His aim is money and your current position is the most suitable for this." Yu Yan pursed her lips. "Just say that your inheritance run out or anything. I don't care."

Long Ying arched his eyebrows. It seemed that he had to continue acting as a poor person when he was with his wife? Hmm, he didn't really mind but he wouldn't let her off that easily.

With a swift movement, he pulled Yu Yan to his embrace and locked her lips with his own.