While her little buns were busy making friends, spending time with their classmates, Tang Moyu buried herself in the company's operating data of the past five years to this day. She rubbed her temples, leaned her back against her chair and shut her eyes close. She wasn't looking forward to seeing her 'mother' today for the shareholders' meeting. She wasn't really fond of family conflicts and confrontations.

  It was obvious that her mother wanted to contradict everything she had planned for Tang Enterprise and would occasionally question her choices over the deals and contracts the company had sealed under her management.

  According to her sources, her mother had sought a headhunting company to look for an appropriate personnel that could replace Tang Moyu as the CEO of Tang Enterprise. The empress could only laugh at her mother's failed attempt as it wouldn't be easy to oust her, given how much profit she was bringing to the company since she took over the management.

  Tang Moyu then opened her eyes and looked at the doc.u.ments in front of her with a frown. Feng Tianyi's words resounded in her mind.

  "You can leave Tang Enterprise anytime you want, Moyu. With Xiao Xing in your hands, you would be known as the Queen of Diamonds. Tang Enterprise? What's that? They are nothing without you, Moyu. The company would have long been gone if you didn't interfere with their business. You've already proven yourself enough."

  The empress pulled herself back on her feet and wanted to light a cigarette, but she was reminded that Cheng Ning had accidentally thrown away her pack last week, so there was nothing for her to use. She looked at the cityscape scenery from her office's floor-to-ceiling window. The scenery wasn't as good as what she used to have at Feng Conglomerate and it couldn't offer her any peace as she looked at it.

  What Feng Tianyi said was right. There's no need for her to stay in this company, but she couldn't just hand over her hard work to her 'mother' and the Zhang family who intend to suck the company's resources dry.

  Tang Moyu considered her options, before picking up her intercom to call her assistant.

  "Cheng Ning, could you please bring me all the contracts we have with our investors?" She told her assistant.

  She crossed her arms over her c.h.e.s.t and leaned against her desk as she waited for her assistant's return. She had to make sure that the clauses in the contracts were in her favor. Ousting her from the management would mean the investors would have a free will to cancel their contract with the Tang Enterprise, should the empress be removed as the officer-in-charge.

  Her phone rang, taking her attention back in reality. She picked up the phone and saw it was Xu Wenyang who was calling her.

  "What is it?" She asked without any greeting.

  "Nothing. I just heard that you would have a shareholders' meeting today. Want some help?" Xu Wenyang offered.

  "No, thanks. Nothing I can't deal with." The empress declined his offer at once. It wasn't the right time yet.

  "I see, but I have news for you. A few little birds told me that someone would be there, uninvited." She heard Xu Wenyang say with amus.e.m.e.nt on the other end of the line.

  When the empress didn't reply, he let out a chuckle.

  "What? You aren't curious? I thought Qian said you don't like surprises, so I'm already spoiling it for you."

  "Then who is it?" Tang Moyu's eyes squinted as she looked at the numbers on the doc.u.ment she picked up from the table.

  "Feng Tianhua. Apparently, your dear cousin Tang Zhelan decided to sell all her shares to him. The little birds told me that Feng Tianhua was the one who sought her first."

  Feng Tianhua? Tang Moyu's face darkened at that. Why would Feng Tianhua want to poke his nose in the Tang family's business? Didn't he say he had an entire company to run without her?

  The empress didn't like that the man was trying to get back into her life. Wasn't he the one who cut their ties and wronged her? What was he up to?

  "Is that so?" She answered back nonchalantly. If Feng Tianhua was on the same side with her mother then…


  "That's why I called. You have already considered your resignation, right? But I know you. You won't easily hand over Tang Enterprise without gaining anything in return." Xu Wenyang said.

  As a businessman himself, how can he not know what the empress was thinking? Tang Moyu could leave the Tang Enterprise at her will, but if she does, she would have to destroy everything she built for the past nine months, leaving the company to crumble on its own. However, he also knew that it wouldn't be that easy. It would literally mean that she would be watching all her hard work go down the drain.

  "I'm ready to pull out my investment, just say a word. After all, you've managed to fulfill the part of our deal and tripled my money. If you and Feng Tianyi are still looking for investors for Xiao Xing, send the proposal to my assistant anytime and I'll gladly look over it."

  Tang Moyu scoffed before her eyes turned to look at the door when Cheng Ning opened it.

  "I hope you understand that Xiao Xing is still in its starting phase. I cannot guarantee anything yet, Mr. Xu. You would lose money if Tianyi and I failed."

  It was Xu Wenyang's turn to laugh at her.

  "Ah, Miss Tang. That's quite impossible. Do you mean to say the empress of the business world AND the devil couldn't do it? I highly doubt that, Tang Moyu. And in case you are forgetting, most of my fortune came from high yield investments and I don't gamble money that I mind losing."

  "Fine, but I'm not the person in charge right now. Go and talk to Tianyi."