Chapter 68: He Left Me a Vast Amount of Money

"Following the accident, his will automatically took effect."

"Now, please sign these documents, and I will expedite the remaining procedures."

Fearing that her tears might stain the papers, Qiao Xu quickly closed the folder.

The lawyer and Song Jia exchanged a glance, then tacitly stood up and left the conference room, leaving Qiao Xu alone with a stack of documents.

Shares, trust funds, his villa, his cars, the residential complex where Qiao Xu currently lived, her apartment, his apartment—everything, absolutely everything, he had left to her.

Qiao Xu pushed the documents away and slumped numbly across the table.

During this period, she would wake up in a panic every single night, then hurriedly drive down to the riverbank and sit there until dawn.

In the nights without him, she didn't even dare to sleep.

She was waiting, waiting for the day when a stranger's call would come through, saying, "Qiaoqiao, come take me home."

Yet, everyone said he was dead.

She wouldn't be able to wait for him anymore, would she?

Hearing the sound of weeping, Song Jia made a phone call to He Yanxun.

Xu Su'an was gone, and the only people capable of comforting Qiao Xu were Xu Su'an's childhood friends.

He Yanxun and Si Shen were practically inseparable; wherever He Yanxun was, the Fifth Young Master Si was bound to appear.

When they pushed the door open and entered, Qiao Xu raised a hand to wipe her eyes.

"Attorney Zhong—"

"Qiao Xu, just sign it."

He Yanxun pulled out the chair beside her and sat down, picking up the inventory list to browse through it.

"Even if you don't sign, these things belong to you anyway. So, to make things easier for the lawyer, just sign."

Looking at He Yanxun, Qiao Xu voiced the question weighing on her mind.

"If I sign, will the shares Uncle Xu left to Xu Su'an be safe from being stolen by others?"

"Mhm, whether you sign or not, they belong to you."

He Yanxun handed the fountain pen on the table to Qiao Xu. "These shares carry absolute voting power within the Xu Corporation."

Qiao Xu called the lawyer back in, signed her name on all the documents, and then asked, "Attorney Zhong, can I transfer these shares to someone else, or have someone manage them?"

She knew her own capabilities; these assets were completely useless in her hands.

After inspecting all the documents, Attorney Zhong replied, "Certainly, they are entirely yours. You even have the right to sell them at a low price if you wish."

Qiao Xu stood up and hesitantly asked, "President Si, could I transfer the shares of the Xu Corporation to you?"

"Ah-su wanted to take back the company left to him by Uncle Xu, and I hope I can help him."

"As long as the control of the Xu Corporation doesn't end up in the hands of Xu Shiran and her mother."

"If all else fails, let it be ruined. He wouldn't want what belongs to him to fall into other people's hands."

Si Shen remained silent for a moment. "There's no need to transfer them to me. You only need to sign a document granting me the full authorization to handle all decisions regarding the Xu Corporation."

Qiao Xu shook her head. "No, I want to give them to you."

"If these shares stay with me, Xu Shiran and her mother will definitely come to trouble me. President Si, I beg you, I implore you, guard it for him, all right?"

She pointed to the documents on the desk. "And these too—if you need them, you can take them all away."

The lawyer retrieved a share transfer agreement from his briefcase.

After a long while, Qiao Xu sat at the desk, looking at the stack of documents with complex emotions.

Such a fool.

Two months later, Qiao Xu officially resigned from Xuxing.

She was now a shareholder of Xuxing, yet she remained solely his executive assistant.

Inside the Licheng Airport, Ye Yurou embraced her tightly. "Do you really have to go?"

"Yes, I want to go and see the place where he spent four years."

In less than three months, Qiao Xu had grown so thin she was practically skin and bones.

All the weight she had gained from being constantly fed by Xu Su'an was completely gone.

"Cousin-in-law, in the future, I must trouble you and my cousin to visit my mother often."

Qiao Xu patted Ye Yurou on the back.

Meng Zhe reached out and pulled Qiao Xu into his embrace, tilting his head back to force the tears welling in his eyes to recede.

"Take good care of yourself abroad. If you're short on money, tell your brother, and I'll wire it to you."

"Xiaoxu, Auntie will be taken care of by me and my parents. Your brother promises you."

Meng Zhe had witnessed Qiao Xu's pain over these past months, feeling a deep ache in his heart yet powerless to change anything.

When she said she wanted to go to the United States, Meng Zhe didn't hesitate for a single second; he booked her plane ticket and rented an apartment through a friend.

Qiao Xu smiled faintly—the first genuine smile on her face in over eighty days.

"Brother, I have money."

"He left me... a lot, a lot of money."

He Yanxun appeared with an expression that suggested Si Shen owed him eighty billion.

"With your abysmal sense of direction, I'm genuinely terrified you'll get yourself lost in Los Angeles."

Accustomed to his sarcastic demeanor, Qiao Xu replied, "I've already planned my itinerary in advance. Besides, I'm not even taking much luggage."

"He Yanxun, thank you."

"Oh, come on. That jerk Xu Su'an never once said a single 'thank you' to me, so what is this supposed to be?"

"I've already notified Joy. He'll wait for you at the airport when you arrive."

"Qiao Xu, he and I are brothers who grew up wearing the same pair of pants. Since he's gone, I have to take good care of you in his place."

"If you need anything while you're in the US, just call anytime. The Fifth Young Master Si may lack other skills, but my connections are endless."

Si Shen smiled helplessly. "Mhm, call whenever you need anything, regardless of the time difference."

Qiao Xu nodded. "Thank you both."

Qiao Xu wiped away Ye Yurou's tears. "When you and my brother get married, I will definitely come back."

"It's a deal, then. You have to come back and be my bridesmaid."