Meng Feixuan’s posture was extremely arrogant, and his speech was very rude, but no one in the entire meeting room dared to refute him. Even the most traditional elders of the Meng family forgot to speak.

Meng Feixuan actually stood up!

And the first thing he did after standing was to rush over and provoke Meng Yuguan, looking very vigorous and lively.

Everyone stared blankly at Meng Feixuan’s lower legs, which were supported and wrapped by an unknown material, and involuntarily four words appeared in their minds—mecha warrior.

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Meng Yuguan’s face went blank as he stared dazedly at the young man right in front of him, whose complexion was still a bit pale.

Originally, Meng Yuguan deliberately looked down on Meng Feixuan from a high position, hoping to overwhelm him with momentum so that he could intuitively feel the humiliation of not being able to stand up.

But now the whole scene had completely reversed. Meng Feixuan was taller than Meng Yuguan by more than half a head. Once he stood up, he immediately looked down on Meng Yuguan.

And his momentum was fierce and very oppressive.

After an unknown amount of time, Meng Yuguan finally found his voice and stammered: “Y-you, y-you, how did you stand up? How is this possible?!”

“Are you very disappointed?” The one who asked was Xie Ran. His voice remained cold and indifferent as he casually glanced at Meng Yuguan: “Are you regretting now that you didn’t choose the right timing to make a move, allowing him to survive the car accident?”

Xie Ran’s words carried huge implications, shocking everyone in the meeting room.

Meng Yuguan’s expression changed drastically, and his eyes became dark and wary: “What do you mean?”

Meng Sien also snapped out of the shock caused by Meng Feixuan’s appearance. Upon hearing this, he became furious and said sternly: “Watch your words. These things are not to be spoken lightly!”

Xie Ran was not intimidated by their bluff and calmly named a person: “…He was the one who helped you make the move, right?”

Meng Yuguan and Meng Sien’s faces turned pale, and their breathing grew heavy.

The technical department members looked at each other, surprised: “Xiao Peng?”

The person Xie Ran named was the engineer fired on the day of the Haimeng mall opening due to the drone performance failure.

Meng Sien panicked, pressing one hand on the table as he struggled: “I don’t know what you are talking about?”

But the board members, all seasoned business veterans, immediately understood the situation. Their expressions grew serious.

Meng Yucheng’s expression tightened, coldness flashing from his face: “Mr. Xie, do you have any evidence for these accusations?”

Stealing company secrets was despicable, but since Meng was a family business, and Meng Yuguan was the second-largest shareholder and Meng Yucheng’s younger brother, Meng Yucheng would still give him some leeway if it wasn’t absolutely necessary.

But if Meng Yuguan was behind harming Meng Siyun, that was different.

Meng Siyun’s car accident had been suspicious from the start. Afterwards, the Meng family spent great effort investigating. Meng Yucheng once suspected Meng Yuguan but never wanted to believe his brother would harm the family. Eventually, the investigation concluded it was an accident, clearing Meng Yuguan of suspicion. Meng Yucheng breathed a huge sigh of relief and secretly felt guilty for doubting his brother.

But now, Xie Ran’s certainty and the guilty reactions of Meng Yuguan and his son made Meng Yucheng realize the matter was not so simple.

And indeed, that was the truth.

Meng Siyun’s car accident had been caused by the vehicle’s driving system suddenly receiving unknown signal interference, resulting in loss of control. Luckily, the car had just left a long cross-river bridge, otherwise the consequences would have been worse than disability.

Afterwards, the Meng family formed a special investigation team, checking every vehicle and signal transmitter in the area, but found nothing. The case was closed as an unknown accident.

After the Haimeng mall opening accident, engineer Peng was fired.

Xie Ran found something suspicious while reviewing the accident reports. The drone performance accident and the signal interference during Meng Siyun’s car accident had subtly similar interference bands.

Xie Ran wrote a program to analyze and compare the data, ultimately revealing the truth of the car accident.

It turned out that the signal interference came from a drone sample Meng Siyun carried. The sample was a new product from a drone company recently acquired by the Meng family. After the accident, the sample was taken by Meng Sien for R&D purposes. Even if it hadn’t been taken away, the signal band was covered up.

In Meng Siyun’s original memory, the event ended there. Afterwards, Meng Sien took over the Haimeng project and the drone company smoothly, and engineer Peng became Meng Sien’s trusted aide, rising rapidly.

This time, because Meng Feixuan traveled back into Meng Siyun’s body and took over the group again, Meng Sien was resentful and instructed engineer Peng to sabotage the drone show.

Meng Sien had never cared about disabled Meng Siyun, thinking that as long as he messed up the Haimeng opening, he could coerce the shareholders with his father to force Meng Siyun out.

Once Meng Siyun officially left, the Haimeng mall and drone company would be Meng Sien’s, and he could protect engineer Peng, clearing him of responsibility for the opening accident.

Meng Sien never expected Meng Siyun, with Xie Ran’s help, would brilliantly solve the drone accident and gain more capital, causing engineer Peng to be fired.

But the most crucial thing was that they all failed to realize that this carefully orchestrated accident left deadly evidence in the form of the signal band.

The drone accident and Meng Siyun’s car accident seemed unrelated, and most people wouldn’t think to compare their signal bands.

But Xie Ran was not ordinary, he intercepted both signals and analyzed them, confirming the technical methods of interference were almost identical.

Engineer Peng lost his job as he was not protected as originally agreed. Meng Sien had to pay him more to keep him quiet. Although they were careful, Xie Ran had already traced them, and the transactions were recorded.

Xie Ran narrated the facts without emotion, calmly presenting the evidence. Meng Yuguan and his son felt unprecedented fear, breaking out in cold sweat uncontrollably.

When Xie Ran finished, Meng Yuguan looked at the evidence, his legs giving way. He staggered and sat down heavily in his chair.

The next second, he screamed “Ah!” and bounced off the chair, falling forward onto the ground with a thud.

“Didn’t you see?” Meng Feixuan cursed. His right leg, supported by a brace, was still suspended in mid-air. He had kicked Meng Yuguan.

Only then did everyone notice that from earlier until now, Meng Feixuan had been standing on Meng Yuguan’s chair, though he had changed his posture slightly, resting his elbow on his raised thigh and supporting his cheek with his hand, listening attentively to Xie Ran.

Everyone: “……”

Someone couldn’t help twitching their mouth and joked: “Young Master Meng, doesn’t your leg go numb?”

Meng Feixuan glanced sideways, displeased: “Think carefully about what you just said.”

That person: “…!” Damn, he forgot that Meng Feixuan’s legs were disabled, so they wouldn’t go numb naturally.

Others were speechless, even somewhat understanding that person.

It was simply that Meng Feixuan was so vigorous and even kicked Meng Yuguan, it was really hard to associate his legs with disability.

Meng Yucheng had just learned the truth and was full of mixed grief and anger, furious that Meng Yuguan and his son would harm family for power and wealth, and deeply saddened for Meng Siyun’s plight.

Meng Siyun had been his pride, noble and proud, with a bright future, but lost his legs and a glorious future because of family betrayal.

The more Meng Yucheng thought about it, the heavier his mood became. Just as he was overwhelmed with grief, he saw his persecuted son kick Meng Yuguan away.

His posture was extremely arrogant.

Meng Yucheng: “……”

Now, he felt no emotion at all.

His emotions rose and fell in a moment, the intense feelings disappeared instantly, leaving him feeling uplifted. He even became cold toward Meng Yuguan and his son.

Meng Yucheng held his forehead and instructed his secretary: “Call the police and notify the lawyers to prepare for litigation. Everything must follow the proper procedures.”

Meng Yuguan and Meng Sien were shocked and exclaimed: “Big brother, you can’t do this!”

Meng Yucheng looked at them coldly: “If you want to plead, go to Siyun. He will decide how to handle this.”

Meng Yuguan and Meng Sien’s faces turned pale as they slowly looked at Meng Feixuan.

Meng Feixuan smiled wickedly and rubbed his hands like a fly: “Let me see, what’s the maximum sentence you can get?”

Meng Yuguan and Meng Sien: “……”

Meng Yuguan and Meng Sien conspired with engineer Peng to cause the car accident intending to murder Meng Siyun, sabotaged the Haimeng drone performance, and colluded with Dr. Yang to steal drone company technology secrets—each offense was a shocking challenge to the law. The Meng Yuguan faction was overwhelmed and no one dared to defend them.

Attempting to kill Meng Siyun completely broke Meng Yucheng’s bottom line. He dismissed Meng Yuguan’s family’s pleas and left everything to Meng Feixuan.

Meng Feixuan had no feelings for Meng Yuguan and charged him with every possible crime. If the law allowed, he might have added even more.

Because of this, Meng Yuguan’s family dared not plead for him, as every plea only made Meng Feixuan increase Meng Yuguan’s prison term.

That was not all—Meng Feixuan also sent shareholders his medical records daily with the postscript: [Look, this is what Meng Yuguan did.]

Holding the moral high ground firmly, no one dared to say otherwise.

Though the Meng family scandal was huge, the stock price was not severely affected. With the Meng Yuguan faction crushed, internal family struggles finally ended. Meng Yucheng took the opportunity to purge internal issues.

Afterwards, the board unanimously voted to appoint Meng Siyun as the new CEO.

With news of Meng Siyun’s appointment came announcements of the latest drone R&D achievements by Meng Group.

The new drone system solved major current industry problems and was epoch-making.

On the day of the announcement, Meng Group’s stock price hit the daily limit, and the drone company’s valuation soared past 100 billion.

Meng Group’s news occupied finance headlines for days. For investors, the most attention was on a somewhat unfamiliar name mentioned in the news.

Xie Ran, the patent holder of the drone system, and Meng Group’s recent equity change announcement showed Xie Ran became the drone company’s second-largest shareholder, holding 20% of shares, second only to Meng Siyun. He also held 2% of Meng Group shares, with assets exceeding 24 billion, becoming a new superstar in the capital circle.

Meng Group’s offer stunned the entire industry, but those familiar with the market knew the deal was very favorable. Without Xie Ran, the drone company couldn’t have reached that valuation. The shares they gave up secured a ticket to the next industry boom.

For Xie Ran, this was just the beginning. As the drone company grew, its valuation and his patent income would keep rising.

News of the boardroom showdown between Dr. Yang and Xie Ran spread quickly. Dr. Yang, a well-known industry figure, was now convicted with Meng Yuguan, drawing pity and mockery that his involvement had led to Xie Ran’s stock shares being raised from 10% to 20%, plus group shares.

But insiders knew the truth: the initial offer was based on early tech from Xie Ran and did not include costs for later patents. After Xie Ran upgraded the tech with new algorithms and language, Meng Group had to pay more for usage rights.

Dr. Yang’s presence only sped up the process.

The shares in Meng Group given to Xie Ran came because Xie Ran obtained concrete evidence of Meng Yuguan and his son’s murder attempt. They had to give up many shares for reduced sentences. These shares were redistributed by the group and partly gifted to Xie Ran under Meng Yucheng’s orders.

So, strictly speaking, Xie Ran’s real gain from the confrontation was the group shares.

Of course, most outsiders did not care about the details and enjoyed spreading dramatic urban legends.

After the Meng news broke, the Ying family also felt the impact.

Ying’s mother saw the financial headlines about Xie Ran, especially his net worth, and was nearly incredulous. She asked Ying Casey sharply: “Casey, is the news true? Does Xie Ran really have hundreds of billions?”

According to the reports, Xie Ran’s wealth would keep growing, surpassing the entire Ying family alone.

Ying Casey, hungover since the day he faked suicide trying to win back Xie Ran but failed, had a splitting headache and snapped irritably at his mother: “What does how much he has to do with you? Didn’t you look down on him?”

“I never looked down on him,” Mother Ying mumbled: “If you had told me earlier he was this capable, how could I have misunderstood him…”

She thought for a moment and then coaxed: “You were with him for a long time, right? He can’t have forgotten all that… Why don’t you try contacting him?”

“Heh.” Ying Kaixi’s bloodshot eyes glared at her. His regret and rage were almost tangible: “Why don’t you try contacting him yourself? See how Meng Siyun deals with you…”

If there were even the slightest chance, Ying Kaixi would never have given up on Xie Ran. But he had gone as far as pretending suicide, only to receive a cold reply: a photo of Meng Siyun helping Xie Ran adjust his tie in the office.

Ying Kaixi remembered how Xie Ran used to be mistreated by his mother. He once warned that if he ever reached his limit, he might really end the relationship.

At the time, Ying Kaixi had thought he was joking. Xie Ran had always compromised for him—how could he possibly leave?

But it turned out that once Xie Ran made up his mind to leave, he could be more ruthless than anyone.

“Xiao Ran…” Ying Kaixi felt his headache worsen. He grew more resentful of his mother and yelled: “It’s all your fault! If it weren’t for you, Xiao Ran and I wouldn’t have ended up like this—”

“How was I supposed to know…” Mother Ying could only drop the topic. She had to—just hearing Meng Siyun’s name made her cower. But her regret grew deeper. She should’ve known. For someone like Meng Siyun to take an interest in Xie Ran, Xie Ran must have been extraordinary.

Mother Ying beat her chest in regret. Afterward, whenever she attended high-society gatherings, she always tried to bring up Ying Kaixi and Xie Ran’s past relationship. But she could never say much—just vague things like: “Xie Ran is so talented, Kaixi must have been amazing to date someone like him.”

The other rich ladies found it amusing but didn’t expose her. Still, every time Mother Ying appeared, the air seemed to fill with barely contained laughter.