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Chapter 336 Okay. I wish you all the best.

Zhao Qing and Feng Ye exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with understanding.

After spending the past month together, both of them could clearly see that Ming Xiangyang was deeply in love with their CEO, Mr. Shen.

Feng Ye secretly clicked his tongue in amazement: Ming is really rich. He just gives away such expensive things like that. President Shen is too popular.

Jerry had already arranged a van, and the group returned to their residence by car.

Shen Li felt a little hungry, so he asked Feng Ye to make some late-night snacks.

She moved all the jade pieces she had collected into the room, pondering how to secretly put them into the system space. However, the set of bright moon jewelry, being small in size, was the first thing she conveniently put into the space.

They are currently in the southern United States, where the temperature is between 15 and 25 degrees Celsius, neither too hot nor too cold, making it very comfortable.

Just as Shen Li was about to go downstairs, there was a knock on the door.

"Master, the midnight snack is ready," came Feng Ye's voice.

Shen Ligang had just responded when Feng Ye added, "Comrade Ming left your midnight snack on the balcony outside, and also brought a bottle of red wine."

Shen Li walked to the balcony and, sure enough, saw Ming Xiangyang standing by the table, on which were laid out late-night snacks and two bottles of red wine.

Seeing Shen Li approach, he smiled and said, "I'm happy today, let's have a couple of drinks."

Shen Li nodded and looked up at the night sky: "Great. The moon is so beautiful tonight, and the sky is full of stars."

Ming Xiangyang picked up the red wine, poured a little less than half a glass into each of the two stemmed glasses, handed one to her, and said softly, "Yes, it's been a long time since I've been able to look at the stars so quietly. The last time was when my parents were both here."

Shen Li's smile froze, and she cautiously asked, "Then, Uncle and Aunt...?"

"He died in an accident." Ming Xiangyang's tone was flat, revealing no emotion, but a hint of darkness flashed in his eyes.

Shen Li's heart skipped a beat, and a conspiracy theory crossed her mind. She whispered, "Is this matter related to the Ming family?"

Although she was just guessing casually, judging from Ming Xiangyang's usual attitude towards the Ming family, this matter could not possibly be as simple as an "accident".

In large families, underhanded tactics are always rampant, and it is not uncommon for family members to turn against each other and disown their relatives in the struggle for property.

Ming Xiangyang turned to look at her and slowly nodded: "Yes. My second uncle and my father are half-brothers..."

He calmly recounted the family's grievances and entanglements, from his grandmother's wealth to the Ming family's greed, and then to his own experiences from childhood to adulthood.

Shen Li remained silent, becoming the most faithful listener.

She didn't interrupt, but she could imagine how a child of a few years old would carefully navigate and struggle to survive among a pack of menacing "wolves and tigers".

After he finished speaking, Shen Li slowly said, "So, they've kept you alive until today entirely for your grandmother's wealth?"

"Yes." Ming Xiangyang nodded. "They've been watching me closely, thinking Grandma's valuables are still in the country, but little do they know she's already transferred them abroad. I have my own private treasury overseas, and that $300,000 just now is nothing to me. You don't need to worry about it."

Shen Li couldn't help but admire Ming Xiangyang's grandmother in her heart—she was truly a perceptive and intelligent woman who, realizing that her husband was unreliable, had long ago planned an escape route for herself and her grandson.

The Ming family's current wealth and status are all built on the old lady's hard work. Even if they end up with their families destroyed and their lives ruined, it is their own fault, the result of the sins they committed in their youth.

She thought of the wealthy people in Beijing's social circle in later years. Even after the upheavals of reform, they were still well-off. They must have transferred and hidden their assets long ago, just like Grandpa Yu.

In the 1980s, nearly one million RMB was an astronomical figure, but in Ming Xiangyang's eyes it was just "small change." Shen Li couldn't help but wonder just how rich the Ming family had become.

She opened her mouth, the question she wanted to ask was on the tip of her tongue, but she swallowed it back in the end.

Ke Mingxiangyang seemed to see through her thoughts and said calmly, "It's roughly equivalent to the national treasury's annual revenue."

Shen Li had no idea what the national treasury's annual revenue was.

The question had barely formed in her mind when Tuanzi's voice rang out: "Currently, the national treasury's annual revenue is approximately over 100 billion RMB."

"Cough cough cough..." Shen Li was so startled that she coughed violently and almost choked on her saliva.

Ming Xiangyang quickly reached out to pat her back and then hurriedly picked up a glass of water from the table and handed it to her: "Have a sip of water to calm your breathing."

As he spoke, he took out a tissue and carefully tried to wipe the corner of her mouth.

Shen Li froze for a moment, then quickly snatched the tissue, her cheeks slightly flushed: "I can do it myself."

"Are you feeling better now?" Ming Xiangyang asked, his voice full of concern.

"Much better."

Shen Li calmed her breathing, turned to look at him, and spoke with genuine shock in her voice.

"I'm utterly shocked by your strength. Such a huge fortune, no wonder the Ming family has been so unwilling to let you go. Anyone would be tempted."

Ming Xiangyang recounted how he suffered a lot of abuse in the Ming family when he was a child. Those people had pushed him to the brink of death several times in order to force him to reveal the whereabouts of their wealth.

If it weren't for the fear that if he died, the wealth would be lost forever, Ming Xiangyang would probably be dead already.

Ming Xiangyang knew, of course, that he couldn't say it. If he didn't say it, he would still be alive, but if he did, he would die.

Shen Li fell silent.

Since becoming a mother, her heart has softened considerably, and she especially cannot bear to see her child suffer.

The thought of a child of only a few years old having to face those greedy and vicious relatives alone filled her with heartache.

"Sigh...it's all in the past, things will always get better. I really can't imagine what it would be like if my son had to face a pack of wolves and tigers when he was just a few years old. I would turn to dust even in my coffin."

Ming Xiangyang: "..."

He looked at Shen Li, speechless.

He said these things hoping she would feel sorry for him from a woman's perspective, but she directly adopted the perspective of a "mother," which is a huge deviation.

But seeing Shen Li's genuinely worried expression, he couldn't get angry; all he felt was helplessness.

Shen Li noticed his strange expression and raised an eyebrow, asking, "What's wrong with you? Your eyes look so awful."

Ming Xiangyang took a deep breath, suppressing the frustration in his heart, and shook his head: "It's nothing."

Shen Li raised his glass, smiling as he tried to smooth things over: "Come on, cheers! I wish you a bright future... no, with your wealth, a bright future doesn't seem so important anymore."

Ming Xiangyang looked at her with a hint of expectation in his eyes and said softly, "Then wish me all my dreams come true."

Shen Li's lips twitched, revealing a somewhat troubled expression.

But seeing the expectation in Ming Xiangyang's eyes, she finally softened and raised her glass: "Alright. I wish you all the best."

"Okay." A smile instantly appeared in Ming Xiangyang's eyes as he gently clinked glasses with her.