Yao Yao had no interest in negotiating with Jiao Yin.
She wanted Jiao Yin eliminated even more than Bai Zi Yan did!
Someone who practiced dark arts, forcing her to sleep like a frog squatting, actually had the audacity to think about vying for the position of the third-generation leader of Long Xu for her future son. It was preposterous.
However.
Yao Yao was also acutely aware of how crucial it was to defect Jiao Yin, President Jiao San, to their side.
It was an absolute case of "we gain, they lose."
Not only could Jiao Yin eliminate the hidden dangers in Dong Tu and help Dark Blade deal with Dark Web Five, but she could also lead her subordinates to assist Li Qian Fan in conquering overseas territories.
And the price Li Qian Fan had to pay was merely to have her squawk a few times and bear him a son.
To put it bluntly.
Jiao Yin's demand was a classic case of a political marriage of convenience!
The crucial point was that Jiao Yin had other options besides this.
That was to withdraw from Dong Tu, hide elsewhere, and continue to serve Dark Web; or, at the very least, she could give up the Dong Tu market and develop elsewhere.
From the perspective of Dong Tu's interests, anyone would have to carefully consider and decide that a marriage with Jiao Yin was essential.
Li Qian Fan, having seen through this, entrusted the crucial negotiation to Yao Yao.
Yao Yao was filled with reluctance.
But what happened when Li Qian Fan personally bestowed upon her the position of the Third Commander?
Yao Yao was stunned for a moment, then her excited little face flushed red, almost forgetting which way was north.
The Third Commander—
What a sacred and coveted position that was!
Even though there were only five and a half people in this household (the one in Mao Mao's belly only counted as half), as long as she became the Third Commander, second only to Su Nan Yin: "Hmph, the Second Commander is only a tiny bit higher than the Third Commander! From now on, the Second Commander definitely can't casually beat up the Third Commander anymore."
"Alright, don't worry."
Yao Yao immediately rolled up her sleeves and nodded vigorously at Li Qian Fan's retreating back: "I will definitely complete the mission that the Great Commander, you, have assigned me."
Alas.
Poor Sister Yao Yao, so grateful for helping the scoundrel play the villain.
Where was her former coldness that sent shivers down Li Qian Fan's spine when he thought of it?
It could only be said that this thing called love was simply too corrosive.
"If I had known Yao Yao was so naive, I would have been an idiot to fear her before."
Li Qian Fan shook his head and arrived at the underground palace.
After soaking in the hot spring for over ten minutes and changing into a snow-white bathrobe, he sat by the bedside table and called Deputy Manager Su.
But his call was hung up.
Li Qian Fan assumed that Deputy Manager Su was in a meeting or something and couldn't take the call.
But soon, a video call came through.
Deputy Manager Su was using every opportunity she could to create a starkly polarized image in front of Li Qian Fan.
After all, the more proper a woman appeared, the more a man would want to make her indecent.
This was why almost all men would painstakingly advise prostitutes to reform but were enthusiastic about luring virtuous women astray.
Yesterday.
Deputy Manager Su wore a small white suit.
Today.
She wore a small black suit, a dark blue oversized lapel shirt, still with a bare face and a single stroke of crimson lipstick.
Her sacred and inviolable composure: "Is there something?"
Li Qian Fan nodded: "There is something very important, and I need to report it to you in a timely manner. Just as I expected, Bai Zi Yan made a move on Jiao Yin last night at midnight."
He recounted, in the most concise terms, how he had saved Jiao Yin in time last night, hoping she would mend her ways, but she had proposed using marriage instead.
He didn't feel any shame about the effort it took for him to make President Jiao San kneel and squawk.
Nor did he look down on her because Jiao San made this request.
Everyone—
Whether man or woman, had the right to strive for a better life for themselves!
Especially when Jiao Yin's life was in constant danger of being extinguished.
After Li Qian Fan finished speaking, Su Nan Yin's eyebrows remained tightly furrowed, and she remained silent.
Li Qian Fan knew she was rapidly analyzing all the pros and cons of a political marriage between him and Jiao Yin.
Li Qian Fan, who hadn't slept much last night, was waiting with his eyes closed, about to drift off when Su Nan Yin finally spoke slowly: "I agree to the marriage."
Her answer did not surprise Li Qian Fan.
Su Nan Yin added: "But if I'm not mistaken, when Jiao Yin negotiates with Yao Yao, she will specifically make a demand to prevent you from abandoning her after you've used her."
Li Qian Fan asked: "What demand?"
Su Nan Yin replied: "Her most urgent demand will naturally be to conceive your child right now."
Li Qian Fan shook his head: "Impossible. If she gets pregnant and then disappears, what then? So, until she has completely reformed all her subordinates in Dong Tu, I won't be able to fulfill her wish."
"She will definitely realize that you won't agree to this. After all, we also have to guard against the possibility that if she becomes pregnant with the offspring of Original 209, she might become insane and use this child as a test subject to further improve 209."
Su Nan Yin placed the phone on the phone stand.
She walked around the table, arms crossed, her head slightly lowered, swaying her hips as she paced back and forth in front of the desk: "Therefore, I judge that she will settle for the next best thing. She will demand to know one of your secrets that no one else knows. If you abandon her, she will use this secret to cause you the greatest loss."
Watching her sway back and forth, Li Qian Fan nodded.
What Su Nan Yin had analyzed.
He had already thought of it while soaking in the hot springs.
With the rapid replication of 209, Li Qian Fan's current thinking speed was much faster than before.
Li Qian Fan, having thought of these things, still called Su Nan Yin.
Besides having to report, it was also to confirm whether his analysis was correct.
It was very correct.
Li Qian Fan asked: "I don't really have any secrets. How about I tell her the secret of 'Four Phoenixes Circling the Beam'? That secret is false anyway."
"No."
Su Nan Yin shook her head: "Although the so-called 'Four Phoenixes Circling the Beam' is purely the selfish act of a certain man, it concerns Long Xu, Mr. Zhao, and even the Shen family of Si Jiu, and many other parties. If she finds out, she might have ulterior motives and stir up unnecessary trouble."
"Makes sense."
Li Qian Fan nodded: "How about telling her Bai Zi Yan's secret?"
Su Nan Yin immediately reprimanded him coldly: "Is your brain filled with water? Can Bai Zi Yan's secret make you dare not easily abandon her?"
Li Qian Fan chuckled sheepishly.
He had just said it casually.
How could he possibly tell Jiao Yin Bai Zi Yan's secret?
If Jiao Yin knew that Bai Zi Yan was the mysterious person trying to kill her, Jiao Yin would eliminate her as quickly as possible!
Without the threat of Bai Zi Yan, how could President Jiao San be willing to be a subordinate to Mr. Qian Fan!?
Therefore, Bai Zi Yan must stay alive.
Bai Zi Yan would be used to balance Jiao Yin, and Chu Ya Zhi would be used to balance Bai Zi Yan. Chu Ya Zhi was the master's most loyal servant, and Li Qian Fan stood at the top of the food chain.
Yes.
This feeling was simply too good.
It was just that Deputy Manager Su's scolding manner when she was in work mode was irritating.
It made one want to pin her down on the table and give her a good spanking.
Forget it.
A magnanimous person doesn't hold grudges against a petty person.
Li Qian Fan generously forgave Deputy Manager Su's arrogance.
Su Nan Yin stopped walking and said indifferently: "Tell her Ru Hua's secret."
What?
Li Qian Fan froze.
Only two people in the world knew the secret of Ru Hua and Nen Cao.
This was Li Qian Fan's most secret of secrets!
How could he easily tell it to others?
Besides.
Even if Jiao Yin knew Ru Hua's secret, what then?
Who didn't know about the scandal between a certain empress and a certain young hunk?
This was a biggest secret that was not a secret.
"Let her participate in the evening chat group with Nen Cao and Ru Hua."
Su Nan Yin explained: "This way, she will gain an unspeakable sense of security. And what we pay is merely the price of shame."
Li Qian Fan remained silent.
"I have something to tell you."
Su Nan Yin changed the subject: "Yesterday evening, Luo Hua Yin of the War Demon Hall attempted to abduct Chong Chong."
What!?
Li Qian Fan was greatly shocked and hurriedly asked: "How is Chong Chong now? Is she alright? Why didn't you tell me last night?"
Li Qian Fan's instinctive reaction showed that he truly loved Chong Chong.
Su Nan Yin pursed her lips and said softly: "Chong Chong is fine. Because just as Luo Hua Yin was about to abduct Chong Chong, Li Nan Fang appeared in time and drove her away. Moreover, he inflicted some damage on her, so she probably won't dare to show her face for a while."
What she said was told to her by Li Nan Fang and Chong Chong last night.
Both Li Nan Fang and Chong Chong didn't want anyone to know that she was the most dangerous person in the Su family!
And they were certain that, given Luo Hua Yin's personality, she would only avoid Chong Chong in the future and would never tell anyone that she was a wolf in sheep's clothing.
In fact, it was so.
After confirming that Chong Chong was fine, Li Qian Fan breathed a sigh of relief.
He urged Su Nan Yin: "Anything else? If not, I'll call Chong Chong right away."
"No."
Deputy Manager Su said grumpily and hung up the video call.
Li Qian Fan's mind was full of Chong Chong's image, which made her very unhappy.
Even though she knew she shouldn't be like this.
She still couldn't control herself—
Everything was as Su Nan Yin had analyzed.
After Jiao Yin and Yao Yao finished their negotiations, she did indeed propose the demand to know a big secret of Li Qian Fan's to ensure her absolute safety.
To prevent Li Qian Fan from abandoning her after the fact.
Yao Yao promised that only when Jiao Yin had "harmlessly reformed" all her subordinates would her wish to have a son be fulfilled.
"Sigh. Fine. Tonight, I will let you know a secret."
Li Qian Fan sighed and said: "We will rest at Flowing Water Pavilion tonight and set off for Shanghai tomorrow morning."
Yao Yao immediately pressed: "Can I know that secret?"
Li Qian Fan said seriously: "No."
"If you don't, then don't."
Yao Yao pouted coquettishly: "I don't even care to know. Hmph."
Since Li Qian Fan refused to let her know the secret, Sister Yao Yao, displeased, drove to find Bai Zi Yan alone after dark.
After all, that little lesbian was a member of the Bai Du Bird.
Yao Yao had a deep comradeship in arms with her.
She might as well ask Bai Zi Yan if she was interested in joining Dark Web.
At night.
On the chaise lounge by the hot spring.
Jiao Yin, suppressing the urgency to know what the secret was, like a dutiful wife, gently scratched Li Qian Fan's back.
After a day of rest, President Jiao San's spirit and complexion were much better than this morning.
At least—
She didn't need someone to carry her to the restroom.
Li Qian Fan lay on his side, browsing news about the sinking of the Han River, his mood visibly uneasy.
After all, letting President Jiao San know Ru Hua's secret and participate in it seemed too preposterous.
Alas.
It was truly difficult to be a good man!
Ding dong.
Ru Hua sent a message: "Invite her to the group."
At this moment.
It was exactly ten o'clock in the evening!