Chapter 53: Imprisoned With A Clang

ack figure, his sharp eyes suddenly noticed her hands trembling slightly. In an instant, he understood that this brat was merely putting on a bold front and pretending to be calm in front of him.After...Chapter 53: Imprisoned

The nature of humans is insatiable; the more one understands the importance of wealth and power, and experiences the joy that comes with it, the more they want to obtain even more.

Xue Liping, who lived in a cloud-like existence every day, felt somewhat anxious when she couldn't sleep at night about whether her pleasant dreams would last long.

Although she and her daughter now held top positions within Hongyuan Group, these positions were not theirs by right but given to them by Li An. Her stubborn and headstrong daughter was unwilling to return to the Li family; who knew if the ruthless Li An would turn a cold shoulder once he realized this

Relying on anyone else wasn't as reliable as relying on oneself. Xue Liping had vaguely known earlier about Yan Luoxi's intention of working at Hongyuan Group, which was to gain some benefits there. However, due to the established system and rules within Hongyuan Group, her daughter found it difficult to find a way in.

Even though her daughter couldn't figure out how to proceed, this didn't mean that Xue Liping herself had no ideas. Her daughter lacked experience in managing companies; over these years, Xue Liping had been honing her skills every day by engaging in intellectual battles with Sun Zhijun, thus accumulating a wealth of experience.

Xue Liping talked to her daughter several times and explained that being an executive assistant was not practical. She suggested moving her daughter to the finance department. Yan Luoxi felt that her mother's idea aligned well with hers but was hesitant due to the potential trouble it might cause, thus she didn't immediately agree.

Yan Luoxi privately communicated with Xue Liping and advised her not to rush into action upon transferring; instead, observe the situation first. If there were no loopholes to exploit, they would maintain their current lifestyle.

Xue Liping assured Yan Luoxi confidently that she would be fine as she had been working in Sun Zhijun's company for over a decade and was well-versed in such matters.

Yan Luoxi found the constant harassment from Li An at home unbearable. If she and her mother were financially secure, they could travel around the world with the young lady. To escape from Li An, Yan Luoxi didn't go through Zhang Yingda but instead adjusted Xue Liping's position to manage the company's finance.

Upon hearing this news, Zhang Yingda came to Yan Luoxi's office. Though he did not directly question her decision in his words, a hint of dissatisfaction was evident on his face.

By this time, Yan Luoxi didn't care whether Zhang Yingda was willing or not; she only wanted money. So despite Zhang Yingda's displeasure at her actions, she insisted on placing her mother in a key position within Hongyuan Group’s finance department.

After taking over the finances of Hongyuan Group, Xue Liping spent three days thoroughly studying its financial status but found no loopholes to exploit. She felt somewhat discouraged by this discovery.

Just when Xue Liping was feeling frustrated with the tight security around Hongyuan Group’s finances, a former close friend called her and invited her for dinner.

Xue Liping, who was having some troubles at that moment, accepted the invitation from this friend to clear her mind while they had dinner together.

The friend's surname was Xu; she had reserved a seat in one of the city’s most expensive Western restaurants. When Xue Liping arrived, seeing her friend dressed fashionably and carrying an exclusive designer bag worth tens of thousands of yuan, she couldn't help but feel slightly surprised.

Xue Liping knew this Xu sister well. She used to be a minor celebrity who had fallen in love with a popular singer. After giving birth to his son, the singer moved on and started dating another woman.

When Xu sister was heartbroken and depressed, a wealthy businessman took an interest in her and she willingly became his mistress after shedding her past life of showbiz.

Unfortunately, this rich man died unexpectedly in a car accident. Since he didn't leave behind a will, all his assets were inherited by his legal wife. Apart from a house, a car, and some jewelry, Xu sister had very little of value left to her name.

Xu sister, relying on her remaining beauty, quickly married an elderly man who owned a taxi company; however, this elderly man was certainly not the type to buy expensive designer bags for her.

"Xu sister, did you win the lottery How can you afford such extravagant purchases" Xue Liping took the limited edition Hermès bag from Xu sister's hand and looked at it with care.

“Oh no, I’m making more money than if I had won the lottery!” With a rosy complexion, Xu sister handed over the menu to Xue Liping. "Here, Liping, my fortune has turned now. You can order whatever you want!"

"Ms. Xu, what exactly have you been doing to make money" Sch麗萍 curiously looked at her wealthy friend out of the blue.

"I've been making money from trading futures recently. My son graduated from university and his company has inside information; every time we trade based on this info, we only earn and don't lose. We've made a lot of profit," Ms. Xu's face lit up as she spoke about her gains in the futures market.

"Really Your son really does have insider information" Sch麗萍 knew that if one could obtain inside information for trading futures, it would be incredibly profitable.

"Yes, yes...," Ms. Xu held onto Sch麗萍's hand and began to chat in detail.

After having lunch with Ms. Xu, Sch麗萍 suddenly saw a glimmer of hope in her life; she didn't have to scheme to become a parasite within the Hongyuan Group anymore—she was going to follow Ms. Xu into trading futures.

Sch麗萍 wasn't foolish and didn't immediately invest all her money. Instead, she started by putting some of her own funds into buying futures. After several trades, she indeed found that it was a profitable venture, so she began to increase her investment.

After making several more profits, Sch麗萍 became greedy; the amount of money she had wasn't much—only a few million yuan combined. With such small investments, the returns were naturally limited.

As the financial director of the Hongyun Group, she couldn't help but eye the tens of millions of yuan in working capital listed on her company's accounts; investing one million could only earn hundreds of thousands, whereas if she invested ten million, she could quickly earn several million!

This wasn't about stealing a million from the company—she merely intended to use it temporarily.

After making up her mind, Sch麗萍 secretly transferred ten million yuan from the Hongyuan Group's accounts to trade futures. Soon enough, she made money again and within days had earned over one million yuan.

Holding onto her hard-earned cash, Sch麗萍 became bolder; gritting her teeth, she transferred thirty million yuan from the company’s finances to trade futures this time. However, her profits were slow in coming back.

Xue Liping was truly worried; three million yuan had been embezzled. As she struggled to deal with this problem, one of the company's shareholders came to inspect the financial records. Xue Liping hurriedly called Yan Luoxi and ordered her to prevent the inspection, but the shareholders of Hongyuan Group had the right to check the accounts at any time, so Yan Luoxi couldn't stop them.

The shareholder quickly found that three million yuan used by Xue Liping for futures trading was unaccounted for. He then called together other shareholders.

In theory, if Xue Liping could immediately return the misappropriated funds, this issue could be settled privately. However, Xue Liping had put everything she owned on the line in this venture.

Xue Liping hadn't expected that Aunt Xu's son’s inside information would lose its accuracy. Over these two days, the market situation changed too quickly for her to add more margin funds; she was forced out of the market. The three million yuan Xue Liping had embezzled, along with her own six hundred thousand yuan, resulted in a loss leaving her with only seven hundred thousand yuan remaining.

Xue Liping, as the finance director, actually used her position to illegally embezzle the company's huge sum of three million yuan for personal gain. The nature of this act was extremely serious. When Yan Luoxi learned about it, some shareholders had already reported Xue Liping to the police, and she was taken away by them.

When Yan Luoxi heard about this incident, she was utterly shocked, almost unable to believe that her mother could have embezzled three million yuan from Hongyuan Group!!!

Hastily, she sought out the company's dedicated lawyer for advice.

The lawyer informed Yan Luoxi that Xue Liping’s actions were extremely serious. Embezzling a large amount of funds from her unit and having previously embezzled funds several times on her own initiative before this incident could constitute the crime of misappropriating funds, which would be punishable under the criminal law.

"Is there any way to save my mother Can she avoid being sentenced" Yan Luoxi was so anxious that tears streamed down her face. Even though Xue Liping had abandoned her before, she was still her mother!

"Economic cases are never absolute," the lawyer comforted Yan Luoxi. "If Miss Yan can manage to return this three million yuan and have a good discussion with other shareholders of the company, maybe you can choose to settle privately, thus avoiding criminal responsibility for Ms. Xue."ly ignored Li An's cold treatment and put away his silly grin, greeting Li Yi with great respect. Even though Li Yi was about the same age as him, he inexplicably felt nervous whenever he saw Li Yi an...