Chapter 7: Discovering Loopholes, Changing the Terms!

Meng Yitong sat up on the bed, feeling confused, until she heard Lawyer Zhou explaining the contract. That’s when she realized she was about to get a big payout.

Her smile, which had almost formed, faded again when she remembered the tragic death of the original owner

.Furthermore, the old man’s willingness to offer 5% of the shares comes with the condition that she withdraws the lawsuit.

“You all leave for a while; I’ll try to convince her.”

Su Mei noticed that Meng Yitong was upset and hurriedly asked everyone to leave.

“The reason why your grandfather is being so generous this time is because he hopes we won’t keep pressing this matter. And even if we don’t withdraw the lawsuit, the most we can do is lock him up for ten days or half a month. There’s no need to let our pride and money get in the way.”

Meng Yitong smiled self-mockingly upon hearing this. Indeed, she had been fixating on something. Who but her could know that Old Third Meng killed someone, rather than accidentally injuring them?

Taking a deep breath, Meng Yitong said, “Let them come in.”

After Meng Ershan entered, she smiled and asked, “Have you thought it through?”

On the surface, she truly seemed like a kind and approachable elder!

“I agree to withdraw the lawsuit, but I have one condition: the beneficiary of the annual 5 million yuan fund dividend must be changed to Meng Yuanliang,” Meng Yitong said, her face serious.

“Oh, so after a fall, you’ve suddenly grown up! Now you’re thinking of being kind to your little brother, huh? But if you give it to him, then you’ll have nothing left, right?” Meng Ershan paused, then smiled casually.

If the original Meng Yitong had the same temper, she might have been embarrassed by Meng Ershan’s teasing.

But Meng Yitong studied law, and though she was only an intern lawyer before her transmigration, she had seen plenty of contract clauses like this.

So, when the lawyer handed her the contract earlier, she just flipped through it briefly and saw that the Meng family’s fund only distributed dividends to unmarried children in the family.

This meant that if she were the beneficiary, once she got married, she would no longer receive the dividends. According to the marriage agreement between Old Master Meng and the Qin family, Meng Yitong would marry in just over a month. At that point, she would be entitled to only around 400,000 yuan. If the paperwork were delayed, she might end up with nothing.

But giving it to Meng Yuanliang was different. He was only 18, far from marriage. Once he married and had children, his children could continue to receive dividends according to this standard.

That’s why Meng Ershan was so unwilling to let her change the beneficiary.

After waiting for a long time without hearing Meng Yitong change her mind, Meng Ershan reluctantly agreed, in order to get her son out as soon as possible.

“Lawyer Zhou, please re-draft the contract according to her request.”

After that, Meng Ershan sat to one side and started scrolling through her phone. From the speed at which she was scrolling, it was clear she was very unsettled.

Initially, she and her husband had only wanted to settle this matter with a small amount of money. The idea of increasing Meng Yitong’s family fund dividends was just a gesture to make it sound nice, but they never intended to actually spend that money.

And the two villas at Lakeview Villa weren’t worth much. Lakeview Villa was a high-end residential area developed by her brother ten years ago.

But because of changes in the city’s planning, the originally planned commercial developments were canceled, and Lakeview Villa was completely abandoned.

Now, not only had Old Master Meng promised to give away a large sum, but this little girl was going to take a big cut too. How could she remain calm?

“Sis, I’m here.” Not long after Lawyer Zhou printed the new contract, Meng Yuanliang arrived, excited.

“Sign it,” Meng Yitong said, carefully reviewing the contract again. After confirming there were no issues, she handed it to Meng Yuanliang.

Meng Ershan no longer had the mood to pretend, and after Meng Yuanliang signed, she led Lawyer Zhou out.

“Isn’t this a bit much? Just changing the beneficiary makes her this angry!” Meng Yuanliang muttered, watching Meng Ershan storm off.

“Do you not know what just happened?”

Meng Yitong then explained what had occurred earlier.

“No way, that’s so underhanded! It’s not even her money; why would she be so scheming about it?” Meng Yuanliang said, indignantly.

“Why isn’t it her money? In your second uncle and second aunt’s eyes, the whole Meng family belongs to them.” Su Mei was disgusted.

She had originally thought that the second couple’s generosity might be a sign of them backing down, but it turned out that from the very beginning, they were scheming against their family.

If it weren’t for Yi Yi being clever and discovering this in time, they would have had no place to cry afterward.

Thinking of this, Su Mei quickly asked her daughter, “By the way, Yi Yi, how did you find out?”

No wonder she was curious. Her daughter not only looked like her dad but also had his brains.

Ahem, to put it bluntly, she was just a pretty face with no substance; otherwise, she wouldn’t have been bullied so much by the second house.