chapter 18 Cancel cooperation

"Find Grandpa, right, let's find Grandpa!"
Suddenly, amidst her tears, Camellia Tang grasped at a lifeline and pulled Ellison Jiang, crying, "Go find Grandpa, my Grandpa used to dote on me the most when I was a child. He won't expel me from the family. Please, go beg him, go beg Grandpa!"
She dragged Ellison Jiang along.
Seeing her tearful face, Ellison Jiang felt heartbroken. He reassured her, "Don't worry, I'll take you to the Tang family. We'll find your Grandpa."
"Yes, let's go." Camellia Tang nodded.
Camellia Tang had just started to recover from the emotional trauma inflicted by Olav Xiao's torment. Now, she had been expelled from her family, and her emotional state was on the verge of collapse. She naively believed that going to the Tang family villa and talking to her Grandpa would resolve everything.
However, Ellison Jiang had no choice but to stabilize Camellia Tang's emotions first.
He didn't want to shatter her hopes, so he took her to the Tang family villa.
They arrived at the Tang family villa quickly, and after Camellia Tang pressed the doorbell, she anxiously paced back and forth at the entrance.
Soon, the door opened.
The person who opened the door was Farad Tang, the son of Jayiay Tang.
As soon as he saw Camllia Tang at the door, he immediately yelled, "Camellia Tang, you jinx, you're not dead yet? What are you doing here?"
"Smack!"
Ellison Jiang slapped him without hesitation.
Camellia Tang's mother had scolded her, and it wasn't Ellison Jiang's place to interfere.
However, Farad Tang was different. His slap was powerful enough to turn Farad Tang's face red, make him spin in place, and land him flat on the ground, dazed and with a ringing in his ears.
After several seconds, Farad Tang finally reacted, climbed up from the ground, and pointed at Ellison Jiang while swearing angrily, "You, Ellison Jiang, how dare you hit me? I'll kill you!"
Farad Tang clenched his fist and seemed ready to fight Ellison Jiang.
"What's going on?"
Wearing a cyan robe and leaning on his walking stick, Fernan Tang approached and scolded, "You sound like a street ruffian. Have you all forgotten our family rules?"
Farad Tang looked helpless as he complained, "Grandpa, this guy hit me. This is the Tang family."
Meanwhile, Camellia Tang knelt down before her grandfather and pleaded, "Grandpa, please don't expel me from the family."
"Ill-mannered child."
Fernan Tang got angry when he saw Camellia Tang. After all, it was Camellia Tang who had nearly led to the destruction of the Tang family.
He raised his dragon-headed cane as if to strike her, but he eventually restrained himself.
He pointed outside the door and scolded, "Camellia Tang, you've already been expelled from the Tang family. You're no longer part of this family. Get out, and don't let me see you again."
Fernan Tang's words were like a bolt from the blue.
Camellia Tang sat motionless on the ground, tears welling up in her eyes.
Ellison Jiang helped the dazed Camellia Tang to her feet and, supporting her, began to leave.
Camellia Tang didn't know what to do, and as they left the Tang family villa, she looked at Ellison Jiang, her eyes filling with tears. Eventually, she couldn't hold back her sobs.
She felt like the unluckiest woman in the world.
Ellison Jiang held her and comforted her, saying, "Don't cry. If you want to return to the Tang family, let me handle it. I promise you that by nightfall, the Tang family will be begging you to come back."
"Ah, I'm so unlucky," Camellia Tang lamented with a mournful cry.
For ten years, she endured disdain and insults without shedding a tear.
But all the grievances welled up at this moment.
Ellison Jiang signaled to Lucas, who was waiting in the distance. Lucas understood the signal and brought the car closer.
Ellison Jiang helped the heartbroken Camellia Tang into the car. Instead of returning to Imperial Residence, he headed to Kowloon Street, to the Mortal Clinic. Camellia Tang was exhausted from crying and fell asleep as soon as she lay on the bed.
Ellison Jiang went outside and made a call to Luby Ye.
"Luby Ye, it's me."
"Ah, Dragon… Mr. Jiang," Luby Ye answered, trembling all over.
In recent days, the news of Olav Xiao's death had caused a sensation, and no one knew the identity of the man in the black mask, but Luby Ye knew—he was Ellison Jiang, the Black Dragon, the supreme commander of the southern wilderness.
Ellison Jiang asked, "How's the cooperation between Qian Jun and Tang family's Yong Le Company going?"
"Mr. Jiang, the cooperation is going very smoothly."
"Terminate the cooperation. Tell the Tang family that Qian Jun will only cooperate with Camellia Tang. Now that Camellia has been expelled from the Tang family, all cooperation with the Tang family is terminated. As for the rumors about your relationship with Camellia Tang in the outside world, you need to figure that out on your own. I don't want it to cause a storm in the city and bring trouble to Camellia."
"Yes, I'll arrange it immediately," Luby Ye said, taking a deep breath.
After hanging up the phone, he promptly gave instructions to the person in charge of contact with the Tang family to terminate all cooperation.
Meanwhile, at the Tang family.
Jayiay Tang, the current executive chairman of Tang family's Yong Le Company, rushed over, shouting, "Dad, something big has happened!"
Fernan Tang raised an eyebrow. "Jayiay Tang, you're already in your forties. How can you still be so reckless? With you like this, how can the Tang family be entrusted to you? How can the Tang family truly rise to the upper echelons of society?"
"Dad, I understand your scolding, but, Dad, Qian Jun Group has canceled its cooperation with us. They also said..."
At these words, Fernan Tang's body quivered, and he stood up abruptly. "What did you say?"
Jayiay Tang lacked confidence and spoke in a low voice. "Qian Jun Group canceled its cooperation with Yong Le Company. Dozens of large trucks have appeared at the Yong Le Company processing plant, and they are taking back the raw materials."
Fernan Tang's face turned pale, and beads of sweat the size of soybeans formed on his forehead.
The cooperation with Qian Jun Group was the best opportunity for the Tang family to rise. Now, Qian Jun Group had canceled its cooperation with Yong Le Company, which meant the Tang family had lost its chance to ascend to high society forever.
"What else did they say? Why are you hesitating?" He was so angry that he waved his dragon-headed cane.
Jayiay Tang continued, "Chairman Luby Ye of Qian Jun Group said they will only cooperate with Camellia Tang. They won't cooperate with Yong Le Company without her."
"Why are you all just standing there? Why aren't you hurrying to bring Camellia back? Go!" Fernan Tang raised his cane and aimed it at Jayiay Tang, Farad Tang, and the other Tang family members, hitting them.
The Tang family members scrambled to leave and began to search for Camellia Tang, calling her on the phone.
Kowloon Street.
Mortal Clinic.
Camellia Tang had already woken up. She sat on the bed, her head resting on her knees, arms hugging her legs, lost in thought.
Ellison Jiang sat beside her, trying to cheer her up with jokes, but she remained silent, not uttering a word.
At that moment, her phone rang.
She didn't answer it.
Ellison Jiang glanced at the caller ID and saw that it was Jayiay Tang calling. He immediately understood what was happening and hung up the call.
Right now, the one in a hurry wasn't Camellia Tang, but the Tang family.
"Who, who called?"
Camellia Tang turned to look at Ellison Jiang. Her eyes were red and swollen, with tears still glistening in her eye sockets. She seemed to have lost her usual vitality.
"It was Jayiay Tang who called."
"Oh."
Camellia Tang responded.
At this moment, her heart felt dead, and she seemed indifferent to everything.
"Camellia, do you really want to go back to the Tang family? They've treated you this way, and it might be better not to return," Ellison Jiang asked. Truth be told, he didn't want Camellia Tang to go back to the Tang family.
"Go back? Can I even go back?" Camellia Tang murmured, shaking her head weakly. She said helplessly, "I can't go back anymore. I'm a jinx who brought so much disaster to the Tang family. Grandfather has expelled me from the clan, and even my mom doesn't want me."
At this moment, Camellia Tang's phone rang again. Ellison Jiang took the phone and handed it to her, asking, "Do you want to answer it?"
Camellia Tang took the phone and answered the call.
She heard Jayiay Tang's anxious voice on the other end, "Camellia, where are you? Tell Uncle quickly. Uncle will personally come to pick you up and take you back to the family."
Camellia Tang's body trembled, and a glimmer of hope flashed in her desolate eyes. She quickly said, "I... I'm at the Mortal Clinic on Kowloon Street."
She became excited and threw herself into Ellison Jiang's arms, tears of joy streaming down her face as she cried, "Ellison, Uncle is coming to pick me up! I can go home! I can go home!"

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