201 — The Idiot Might Have Had Good Reason

She knew the company of course, but she didn't get what it had to do with them.

"This is?"

Planning not to miss her reaction, he stared at her as he said "Actually I wanted to give this to you after our wedding, but I decided to get rid of all secrets between us. So here it is: I own CM Luxuries."

Pei Yueran: "?"

She was naturally astounded. "I'm not sure I understand you." Then a beat later, she said incredulously, "Wait, you mean you own the entire company? That luxurious hotel chain?

Li Chuanmo for once, looked sheepish. "Yeah. It was originally a declining guest house in City M, but with a good location, so Father acquired it many years ago, eventually giving it to me after I finished my MBA as a graduation gift.

"I refurbished it, expanded the scope of operations and eventually built branches in other cities when business became good."

"So that's what you meant when you said you had some influence in the hotel industry." Pei Yueran said in realization. He was really modest.

"You could say that. We're working on expanding further, though we're currently more focused on making the existing ones live up to the brand name."

"Amazing. You're really amazing, Chuan. This is indeed a staggering surprise."

Li Chuanmo finally let out a smile after noticing she didn't seem angry. "Thanks for the compliment Wife. But that's not the surprise. Look closely."

Pei Yueran looked at him suspiciously before turning her attention to the document stack again.

Tucked in after the initial documents was a share transfer document, along with forms that stated he was transferring half of his shares to her.

"You mean —?" Pei Yueran fell silent because she didn't even know what to say.

Li Chuanmo gladly helped her out, "I mean what I have is yours and vice versa. I want you to come aboard."

Looking at her expression and those luscious lips that was gearing up to say something he was sure he would not like, he raised his hands slightly, "Hold on Ran, don't be in a hurry to reject me. Listen first to what I have to say."

Indeed, Pei Yueran, who was just about to refuse, paused. "We're both business people. You know how it is, in order to poach a highly competent employee, it is very common to give shares in order to win them over.

"Think of these shares as CM Luxuries' sincerity. I represent the company when I say we want to have you onboard."

Li Chuanmo's sincere expression caused Pei Yueran's heart to waver. Indeed he was right, it wasn't unusual at all. But about poaching, did that mean he wanted her to stop working at the Li Conglomerate?

Then she quickly caught herself. She almost fell for his bullsh*tting. Obviously, his actual intention was just to gift her shares.

Li Chuanmo, who was enjoying the interplay of emotions running across her face, knew the exact moment she realized he just made up a casual excuse. He sighed inwardly.

His wife was just too smart.

"Tell me Chuan, what's the real reason you're giving me this?"

Seeing her seriousness, he decided to be upfront as well.

"I love you."

Under Pei Yueran's eyes that had softened, he continued, "Because I love you, even gifting you the entire company is not a big deal. I can give you my life, much less a company. But seriously, I also want us to be a solid team, leaning on each other and making monumental achievements together. Doesn't that sound tempting?"

Pei Yueran was clearly wavering, her brown eyes lidded as she gave it a serious thought. Seeing that she had almost been won over, Li Chuanmo put in the last nail.

"And Wife, won't you help your husband? CM Luxuries needs your smarts and business acumen to ascend to new heights. You don't even need to work in the company, just your inputs from time to time will be worth it."

Even if she didn't ever come to work, it was of no consequence. He really just wanted her to have it as part of her assets, not make her overwork.

Pei Yueran finally replied, "Can you give me some time to think about this?"

Li Chuanmo's eyes brightened. "Sure, take all the time you need." At least she didn't reject it outrightly. Smiling, he held out his arms to her. Pei Yueran walked into them willingly, with a smile of her own.

She didn't want to say thank you as that sounded so transactional, so she just hugged him tightly. And he, feeling a similar surge of emotions, hugged her right back.

Moments passed with them oblivious to the outside world, wrapped in each other's arms.

"You know, there's something else you need to know, but it's not my place to tell." It was Li Chuanmo that spoke.

Hearing this, Pei Yueran loosened her hold and looked up at him, "And what's that?"

"It has to do with Gao Tinghua. He will be in the best position to tell you."

Pei Yueran began to vibrate at the mention of that name. "Don't even mention him to me. If I see him near me again, I can't guarantee I won't do something drastic. Infact, I just might take you up on that offer of choking him and getting a million dollars."

The way her eyes almost glowed showed off the extent of her wrath.

Li Chuanmo was torn between laughter and anger. Laughter because the lady in his arms really seemed capable of murder right now, and anger because he felt like doing the same thing anytime he recalled what Gao Tinghua did.

Pei Yueran was still speaking, "I haven't even told you what he did to me sometime ago. He—"

She was about to pause in embarrassment, but Li Chuanmo stopped her first, "I know what the idiot did."

Pei Yueran widened her eyes. "You do?"

Li Chuanmo nodded. "I can't believe I'm saying this, but the idiot kind of had a reason to do that. It might make sense to meet up with him and see if you would find that reason worthwhile."

Pei Yueran couldn't believe her ears. Li Chuanmo was telling her to meet up with their sworn enemy? Really?

What reason could be so important?