Meng Jingwei lowered her head and sipped her fragrant tea, reaching out to pick up a pastry from the table and taking a bite, pretending not to understand their conversation.
She popped the pink, petal-shaped pastry into her mouth. It was soft, chewy, and sweet, with a truly delightful taste.
She hadn't realized the desserts of the Hidden Tribe were so good.
"Miss Meng, He Xiaolan Ya must have told you a lot. You should understand that opposing me in the Hidden Tribe leads to no good end. Therefore, I can offer you two excellent choices."
After He Kaqing Tang finished speaking, He Ka Ling Chuan dutifully translated.
Meng Jingwei deliberately paused for a moment, cooperating with He Ka Ling Chuan's translation, so as not to let them discover she could understand the Hidden Tribe's language.
"I'm listening."
"Two choices. One, if you wish to stay in the Hidden Tribe, then cooperate with me, and I will grant you wealth and status. Two, I will give you a sum of money to help you leave the Hidden Tribe. It will be an amount you couldn't spend in three lifetimes."
He Kaqing Tang was very shrewd. Anything that could be solved with money, she was never stingy with.
"Quite tempting. So, how much money are you willing to give me?"
Meng Jingwei sat up straight, her star-struck eyes fixed on He Kaqing Tang, full of anticipation.
"Three hundred million."
He Kaqing Tang held up three fingers on her right hand, her expression one of generous giving.
Meng Jingwei, who was in the process of stuffing a pastry into her mouth, couldn't help but freeze, blinking her dewy almond eyes. "Three hundred million?"
She stifled a laugh and then looked at Han Jun Yan. "Didn't you tell her about my husband's assets? A mere three hundred million, what's the difference between that and sending away a beggar."
She truly wondered how foolish He Kaqing Tang considered her to state such an amount.
Han Jun Yan couldn't help but raise his hand to his forehead and spoke to He Kaqing Tang in the Hidden Tribe's language, "I mentioned his husband to you, Qing Muye, whose assets are in the hundreds of billions. He doesn't lack this amount at all. You're offering three hundred million, who are you looking down on?"
"Since he's so rich, she's even less in need of money. Safely sending her away from the Hidden Tribe is what she wants the most, isn't it?"
He Kaqing Tang retorted with a somber expression.
Her words were not without reason.
Han Jun Yan thought for a moment, then looked at Meng Jingwei. "Jingwei, things in the Hidden Tribe are not as simple as you imagine. Since the Hidden Lord has agreed to send you away from the Hidden Tribe, it's the best outcome. You must know, you still have two children, and they cannot do without you."
Appealing to emotions and reasoning.
He wanted to persuade Meng Jingwei.
But Meng Jingwei continued to lower her head and eat her dessert, her tongue restlessly licking her lips, with a hint of nonchalance.
After finishing the pastry in her hand, she then asked, "How much benefit did He Kaqing Tang give you to act as a persuader?"
"There are benefits, of course, I don't deny it. But Jingwei, you should believe in our relationship. Over the years, I've never intended to harm you, and letting you leave the Hidden Tribe is for your own good. You overestimate the power of the He Xiao clan; they are no match for the Hidden Lord. The situation you'll face is unimaginable."
Han Jun Yan patiently explained to Meng Jingwei.
He was speaking in Mandarin, which He Ka Ling Chuan could understand, but he did not translate, causing He Kaqing Tang to become a little anxious. "What is he saying?"
She asked her son.
He Ka Ling Chuan simply explained, "Han Jun Yan is acting as a persuader, trying to convince her to leave."
"I'll give you another ten billion at most. Leave the Hidden Tribe, and I'll guarantee your safety."
Compared to the potential unrest in the Hidden Tribe in the future, anything that could be settled with ten billion was not an issue.
He Kaqing Tang leaned back, her cold eyes sweeping over Meng Jingwei. "If you insist on staying in the Hidden Tribe, you will lose much more."