Transmigrated as My Best Friend's Ex

106. Trading the Throne for the Antidote

Translator: Guy Gone Bad

In Leiluo Kingdom.

“Nancheng Lie turned you down?!! How is that possible? Isn’t he a secret admirer of Han Mingxu?” Frise’s face dropped to the floor.

Keqi sneered, “You should be responsible for it.”

“What do you mean by that?”

“Auntie, you asked Li Qinghao to get close to me so as to create a piece of evidence to prove that he and I were lovers. Li Qinghao did what you asked, and he attracted the attention of Nancheng Lie. He became interested in Li Qinghao. Knowing that it’s impossible for him to be with me, Nancheng Lie turned his attention to Li Qinghao completely. Auntie, I have to say you are really an excellent matchmaker.” Keqi shifted the blame onto Frise.

Frise couldn’t believe what Keqi said, but her men, who were keeping watch on Li Qinghao, had said that Li Qinghao had a close relationship with Nancheng Lie. It proved that what Keqi said was true.

“That’s not bad at all.” Frise regained her dignified manner. “I have the final one third of the antidote to TRKS. I can directly threaten Nancheng Lie with Li Qinghao’s life.”

“Auntie, don’t be stupid.” Keqi looked at Frise with disdain. Most of the time she was smart. She racked her brain to win the throne. But sometimes she was stupid.

“What do you mean?” Frise squinted at Keqi. She felt annoyed when she saw a glint of mockery in Keqi’s eyes.

“Nancheng Group is an enterprise of high position in the world. It has invested in most of developed countries. No government dares to offend the Nancheng family. If you threaten Nancheng Lie with Li Qinghao’s life, it will cause much more trouble to Leiluo Kingdom. Even if you give him the last third of antidote and he continues investing in the theme park, he will attack Leiluo Kingdom economically as soon as Li Qinghao recovers.” Keqi’s flat voice was like a bomb exploding in Frise’s heart.

What Keqi said was right. If Leiluo Kingdom set itself against Nancheng Group, would other countries support Leiluo Kingdom or Nancheng Group?

Needless to say, they would surely support Nancheng Group, based on the principle of priority to interests.

“Auntie, I have an idea.” Keqi’s attitude toward Frise suddenly changed from disdain to respect. Frise was instantly on the alert. She composed herself and pondered. Nancheng Lie’s attitude toward Li Qinghao was still a mystery. She was willing to listen to Keqi’s opinions.

“Say it.” She restored her dignified manner and looked like an elegant woman. She was beautiful and smart, but unfortunately, she was born in a wrong family.

“I want to trade the throne for the last third of antidote. Auntie, you can raise funds for the theme park easily as long as you ascend to the throne.”

What Keqi said sounded very seductive. Frise always wanted the throne. Now that Keqi expressed that he was willing to hand the throne over to her, she had no reason to refuse it. But she couldn’t understand what was on his mind. He really didn’t care about the throne? Or he did all this for Li Qinghao? Frise curved her lips into an ambiguous smile and said in a teasing tone, “You are so nice to Li Qinghao. Han Mingxu and Nancheng Lie are good friends. I’m looking forward to see you two fall out and become enemies because of a man.”

“To be honest, I really like him.” Keqi admitted his affection for Li Qinghao. “I’m not a threat to you. First, I don’t want to be king. Second, if I want to be with him, I can’t continue to be king. Third, I want to go to China and compete fairly with Nancheng Lie,” Keqi said, with a smile on his face.

Frise carefully watched every detail of his expression. His eyes were sincere, and his smile gave a glow of happiness, which couldn’t be understood by Frise. She was always working hard for the advancement of the status of women of Leiluo Kingdom, and never fell in love with anyone. But she had seen the same happiness and tenderness in her elder brother’s eyes that year when he looked at his woman.

Frise blurted out, “You are really a lovestruck type, just like your father.”

Hearing this, Keqi’s face clouded over. Noticing that Keqi was unhappy, Frise immediately changed the subject, “How are you going to pass on the throne to me?”

“Auntie, you want to spread a rumor that I’m gay, right? Although Qinghao is not here, I can cook up a romance with another man to prove that I’m gay. But…”  Keqi looked Frise in the eye and said word by word, “You have to give me the last third of antidote first.”

Frise refused point-blank, “No pain, no gain. You need to show your good faith first.”

“I’m now in Leiluo Kingdom, surrounded by your people. Auntie, don’t tell me you are afraid that I’ll run away,” Keqi said ironically.

Frise pondered for a while and agreed, “Okay, I trust you this time. If you dare to break your word, I’ll make your life miserable!”

Keqi shrugged, as if to say, “I don’t care.”

Frise carried the rest of antidote with her. She took the antidote out from inside her watch, handed it to him and said, “Here you are.”

Keqi took it from Frise, his hand trembling slightly as if an unbearable weight was place on his hand, but in fact, it was very light.

‘Qinghao, I’ll bring the rest of antidote to you personally.

Are you willing to give me a chance?’ Keqi thought.

At Li’s residence.

Mr. Li paced back and forth across the living room. Mrs. Li could not resist asking, “What bothers you so much? We are family. You can tell me. Maybe I can give you some advice.”

“You?” Mr. Li glanced at Mrs. Li. He refused to discuss with Mrs. Li, not because he looked down upon Mrs. Li, but because he didn’t think it necessary for a man to discuss his career problems with his woman. “You can go to a SPA or go shopping. I’ll discuss it with our son.”

With that, Mr. Li went upstairs to his study.

“Why can’t you stay here and phone our son?” Mrs. Li mumbled. She knew the reason her husband went to the study to phone their son was because he wanted to hide something from her. Mrs. Li didn’t follow her husband upstairs. Sometimes women needed to tolerate the male chauvinist attitude of men.

Li Qinghao was sleeping when his phone rang. So, Nancheng Lie answered the phone.

Before Nancheng Lie could speak, Mr. Li said, “Qinghao, I have something important to discuss with you.”

Nancheng Lie replied, “This is Nancheng Lie speaking. Uncle, Qing Hao stayed up late last night to read business plans of Nancheng Group with me. He is tired and is now sleeping.” Nancheng Lie saw no need to tell Mr. Li what had happened between him and Li Qinghao.

“Ah?”

Mr. Li did a double-take when he heard what Nancheng said, but soon he came back to his senses and replied, “Well, I’ll call him later.”

“Wait a minute, Uncle. If you have something very important to talk to Qinghao, I can go and wake him up.” Nancheng Lie heard the eagerness in Mr. Li’s voice and guessed that he must have urgent business.

“Not very important. I just wanted to discuss something about my company with him.” Since Nancheng Lie brought it up on his own initiative, Mr. Li thought he could discuss with Nancheng Lie. After all, some days ago his son had advised him to give up the cooperation with Wilbert on the phone, and at that time, his son had stayed in Nancheng’s car. So, Mr. Li thought that Nancheng Lie should know it.

What was more, as the general manager of Nancheng Group, Nancheng Lie was experienced. If Nancheng could give him some advice or exchange experience with him, maybe it would help the Han family build a good relationship with the Nancheng family.

Mr. Li was a shrewd businessman. He knew what to do.

“Has Qinghao ever mentioned to you that Mr. Dom wants to cooperate with my company, Young Master Nancheng?” Although Nancheng Lie called him ‘Uncle’, Mr. Li still thought he should address Nancheng Lie respectfully as Young Master Nancheng.

Nancheng Lie heard the politeness in Mr. Li’s voice, but he didn’t point it out . “Yes, I have. I remember Qinghao advised you to give up the cooperation with Wilbert. What’s wrong, Uncle? Are you in trouble? Or is Wilbert making things difficult for you?”

“No, I just don’t know what to do, because when I was about to inform Wilbert of my decision of giving up the cooperation with him, he called me and asked me to go to his hotel to discuss the details of the contract.” After all, it was a pretty big deal. To be honest, Mr. Li was unwilling to give it up.

Nancheng Lie knew what Mr. Li was thinking. After all, no one was willing to give up such a good chance to earn more money. “Uncle, Qinghao must have thought it over before he made such a decision. He’ll inherit your company in the future. This is the first decision he made as the heir. Uncle, you don’t want to disappoint Qinghao, do you?

As the heir of a company, he needs support and encouragement. This is his first decision. If you interfered, he would never have a chance to learn from his mistakes or to be more confident. It doesn’t matter whether his decision is right or wrong. If he’s right, he will be more confident and it will do good to your company. We both know a CEO of a company should be capable and experienced.

Even if he’s wrong, it will be a good thing for Qinghao. He can learn from his mistakes, and in the future, he will be more cautious about making a decision. In a word, Uncle, he will grow into a better heir as long as you don’t interfere with his decision.”

After hanging up, Mr. Li was still thinking about what Nancheng Lie said about Li Qinghao. ‘It’s wise for Qinghao to keep a good relationship with Young Master Nancheng. He can learn a lot from Young Master Nancheng,’ Mr. Li thought to himself.

Mr.  Li thought very highly of Nancheng Lie, but he didn’t know that Nancheng Lie was just like an obedient and tame beast in front of his son.