Chapter 41

Chapter 41: The Harsh Ceng Rou

How could Xia Tian feel nothing with such a gorgeous beauty in his embrace? Ceng Rou’s sexy body constantly wiggled in Xia Tian’s arms. The risky scenario fanned flames of lust welling within.

“Stop squirming or I’ll devour you.”

“Oh, well why haven’t you?”

Hearing this taunt from Ceng Rou caused the bundle of flames within Xia Tian to explode.

That night, Xia Tian unleashed all his eighteen-years of pent-up lust. He had never experienced such exhilaration before, and he felt as if all of his pores had burst. Alongside this, the Ancient Buddha’s Sarira was also beginning to release an exceedingly large amount of heat.

The heat flowed through every inch of his body.

The next day, Ceng Rou woke up early to prepare breakfast for Xia Tian.

After Xia Tian had gotten out of bed, he went to the backyard to meditate. “Huh, this is a breakthrough, isn’t it? My Empyrean Slumber Technique has reached the second phase.”

Xia Tian knew that this definitely had something to do with the events that transpired the night before. After all, he had only started cultivating his Empyrean Slumber Technique for three days and it had already reached the second phase. This rate of cultivation was absurd by any normal measure.

An average person would require at least ten years of cultivation to reach the second phase, but all Xia Tian needed was three days.

Xia Tian’s body composition consisted of Yang and fortitude and when coupled with the Ancient Buddha’s Sarira, he reached the peak of these two qualities. While he made love to Ceng Rou, the two energies that resided in his body then equalized, achieving total balance.

This was the true reason for his rapid improvement in his abilities.

The sudden breakthrough in his abilities had also, in turn, caused Xia Tian’s speed and strength to increase exponentially.

…

“Drats, that damned Ceng Rou still isn’t dead.”

“What the hell is Quicksand doing? Didn’t they say that they’d definitely get rid of her upon receiving the money? Why is Ceng Rou still alive?”

“I want you to get to the bottom of this.”

“Ceng Rou must die, and once she’s gone, we’ll split the shares evenly.”

The five elders of the Ceng family held the highest position possible within the family’s ranks, and their words had represented that of the entire clan. Although the Ceng family had no influence in the political sphere, their position within the business world and Jianghai City was quite remarkable.

Naturally, this was also partly due to Ceng Rou, whose influence in the business world was comparable to the five elders of the Ceng family.

Although the five elders had already reached respectable positions, they felt as if the outsiders around them had not shown them the respect that they deserved. Instead, they were only showing admiration to Ceng Rou, which meant that Ceng Rou’s position in the Ceng family had far exceeded theirs.

Even others from the Ceng family shared the same sentiments. Although the number of shares they had in the company was quite low, these shares had brought massive benefits to them.

As such, they would rather obey Ceng Rou’s words than listen to the elders.

“We’ve already contacted the middleman. He says that the hitman will arrive shortly, and all we need to do is to open the door to the meeting room when the person knocks.”

“Alright, let’s settle this once and for all.”

…

Lil Tian Tian had Nanny Wang to watch over her, whereas Ceng Rou had Xia Tian to accompany her to the Ceng Corporation. The Ceng Corporation was a massive cosmetics company, and their global presence meant that the Ceng Corporation’s advertisements were visible all over the world.

Ceng Rou had worn some extravagant working attire, whereas Xia Tian was wearing cheap, casual wear, making their appearance highly contrasting from one another.

The moment they entered the office, all the employees present had their stares immediately pinned on Xia Tian.

“Why is there a shabby-looking person following Director Ceng?”

“He’s probably tailing Director Ceng without her knowing!”

“Someone! Hurry up and call the guards!”

The office was rife with gossip.

“Is everyone present finished with their tasks? It seems that all your off days for this month have been canceled,” Ceng Rou stated coldly. This was the ice queen persona that she wore whenever she was in office.

Xia Tian could not help but shake his head at the sight of such a harsh Ceng Rou. He had, of course, heard the various rumors surrounding him, and he was aware that Ceng Rou had canceled their leave in a fit of rage after hearing them.

After all, Ceng Rou’s harshness was only a means to protect her loved ones.

Xia Tian followed Ceng Rou into the meeting room, and it was there that he noticed that all the attendees were already present. The five elders were sitting at the two sides of the meeting table, whereas the other shareholders occupied the other seats. The atmosphere in the room was incredibly tense.

“Who are you and who let you in here?”

“I did.” Ceng Rou shot a cruel glare at the person who asked the question.

“Director Ceng, I’m afraid this is against protocol.”

“I’m the CEO, my word is law!” Ceng Rou stated tyrannically.

“We’re discussing company secrets here. Who’s going to be responsible for it if these secrets are exposed?”

“He’s my man, do you have anything to say about that?” Ceng Rong had audaciously declared Xia Tian as her man in such a serious scenario.

“Did I hear that correctly? Has our widow of a director fallen for a sugar baby 1?” One of the elders of the Ceng family snickered.

“If he’s a sugar baby, then what does that make you people? Can you even consider yourselves men?” Ceng Rou glared mockingly at the elders.

“How insolent, Ceng Rou! Our word is law within the Ceng family, and so long as we’re alive, you’re not allowed to fool around!”

“Heh, to think someone who already has half his foot in the coffin would dare to raise the Ceng family matters to my face.” Ceng Rou swept her gaze across everyone from the Ceng family. “My debt to the Ceng family has long been paid. I no longer owe any of you anything.”

“Are you saying that you’re leaving the Ceng family?”

“No, my surname is and forever will be Ceng. I’m merely drawing the lines for the other Ceng family members present so that they’ll pick the right side.”

“Ceng Rou, are you sure you want to go against us five elders?”

“Don’t think I’m not privy to what you people did. The accident, the kidnapping, the assassination, these are undoubtedly your schemes, and since you’ve already put them to action, I hope you have no qualms about bearing the consequences.”

“What are you talking about? What are you saying?!”

“I question the masculinity of you people. To think that you have the gall to spew words, but not the balls to stand by them.”

“Director Ceng, I hope that you can clarify what you’ve just said. After all, we shareholders have a right to know about matters affecting the company’s profits.” A shareholder that did not share the Ceng surname asked. While they would usually abstain from interfering with the company’s internal matters, they would be forced to act if the money in their pockets was in jeopardy. After all, if Ceng Rou died, the Ceng Corporation’s stock prices would also plummet.

“It’s very simple, really. Somebody wants me dead, and they want to bring down your profits along with me.”

“Elders, I hope that you can give us an explanation.” These non-Ceng shareholders held a total of 15% of the company’s shares, which meant that they could not be simply brushed off.

“Hmph, don’t listen to her nonsense. To think that people would believe the words of the widow. Just look at her, she even brought that sugar baby along with her! What does she think this is?” The grand elder of the Ceng family coldly snorted before continuing, “Just look at the man, it’s obvious he has nothing to his name! His attire doesn’t even cost a hundred RMB, so what right does he have to stand among us, who have at least a few million RMB to our name?”