Chapter 22

Duan Qinghong, also from a merchant family, understood that doing so would not benefit him in placing his back in the hands of the Yue family.

It was true that we were husband and wife, but because I returned to the family shortly after the company had just gotten on the right track.

Therefore, my equity share in the company, like my presence, was very low.

Our company had a small yet excellent project that Duan Qinghong and I had built together, with dozens of invention patents alone, the core technology hidden within, and immense industry prospects.

Capital is always profit-seeking.

So, originally, my father intended to cooperate with our company on this project.

Duan Qinghong had declined at the time, citing a lack of energy and not wanting to overextend himself.

Looking back now, he actually wanted to firmly grasp the control of the company in his own hands.

After all, the Duan family’s real estate industry was already in decline.

It was even unmanageable due to withdrawing too late.

It was debatable whether the Duan family’s current assets or liabilities were greater.

And at that time, because I trusted him too much, I naively believed that he had indeed given up accepting my father’s investment due to a lack of energy.

“Alright. How much does Father-in-law want to invest?” he asked, his gaze lowered and his voice stern.