Chapter 697: Putting A Stop To The Rumours

In fact, the Elder’s illness was also one of Bai Jingrou’s schemes.

The Elder had the habit of lighting an incense before he slept. Thus, she hypnotised Deng Cui, the maid who was in charge of cleaning the Elder’s room, into tampering with the incense. The fragrance of the tampered incense was meant to cause the Elder to suffer a heart attack.

Bai Jingrou suddenly realised that she hadn’t seen Deng Cui around in the mansion today. Could it be that she had already been found?

But that didn’t matter. Even if Deng Cui confessed to her crimes, she would not be able to state Bai Jingrou’s involvement in this matter.

At this moment, the Long Group’s Director, Long Jingyuan, approached them with a walking stick in his hands. He spoke up with a voice that had gone slightly hoa.r.s.e with his age. “Xinxin, ah. Grandfather Long is a little late.”

Fang Xinxin rushed to support him. “Grandfather Long, it’s alright. As long as you’re here.”

A reporter noticed Fang Xinxin taking the initiative to support Long Jingyuan. He rushed to take photos of the scene.

“I should have come earlier.” Long Jingyuan sighed. “I wasn’t feeling too well so I took some time to rest before leaving. My body is old and unreliable now!”

“Grandfather Long, you will definitely live till a hundred.” She wasn’t sure why, but she found that she had a soft spot for the elderly before her.

Bai Jingrou rushed to stand up from the guest sitting area. She pushed Fang Xinxin away from Long Jingyuan’s side and replaced her to support Elder Long. “Grandfather, you’re here. Why didn’t you tell me that you were feeling unwell?”

Long Jingyuan noticed Bai Jingrou’s movements. However, he a.s.sumed that she was feeling jealous and did not say anything about it. “I’m much better after resting for a while.”

Fang Xinxin was unaffected by this. She turned to leave.

At this moment, Long Jingyuan brought out an envelope and handed it to Fang Xinxin. “Xinxin, ah. This is the wedding gift Grandfather Long has prepared for you.”

Fang Xinxin received it with some confusion. The envelope seemed to contain a doc.u.ment?

Bai Jingrou had a sense of foreboding. Still, she maintained a smile to ask. “Grandfather, what did you prepare for Fang… for Cousin-in-law? It seems so mysterious wrapped in an envelope.”

“That’s right. I’ve never seen a wedding gift wrapped in a doc.u.ment envelope.” The other guests were also curious.

“It’s ten percent of the Long Group’s shares,” Long Jingyuan responded.

Following his words, all the guests were in an uproar.

The reporters also rushed to capture this scene.

Bai Jingrou turned as pale as a sheet of paper. She questioned him with some anger. “Grandfather, I am your granddaughter. How could you give the shares away to an outsider!”

Fang Xinxin was also taken aback. At the moment, the Long Group had a net worth of ten billion dollars. Ten percent of their shares was equivalent to a billion dollars. Why was Director Long giving her such a heavy gift!

Even Bai Qinghao, Bai Hong and Ye Yunzhi were extremely surprised.

A reporter asked him. “Miss Bai Jingrou is right. Ten percent of the Long Group’s shares is worth up to a billion dollars. Director Long, do you have any reasons for doing so?”

Long Jingyuan responded. “Everyone, I’m sure you must know that I do not have any male heirs. Before finding Jingrou, the Long family only had an old man like me left. As the Long Group did not have any heirs, I even once considered donating the Long family’s inheritance to a charity organisation after I died. Although I’ve now found my granddaughter, Jingrou, money is no longer an important matter to me. I feel very close to Fang Xinxin. When I’m with her, I always feel like I’m with my family. I already have one foot in the grave. Since I felt the urge to give her the shares, I decided to go ahead and simply do it.”