Qiao An smiled and said, “Brother Xiaoran has no intention of interfering in the fight for the Li family’s assets. This is a wise choice. Of course, I have to respect him.”

Old Master Li raised the thick pile of property information and said, “Qiao An, do you think that our Li family has reached the end of the line and so you look down on our Li family’s meager assets? You should look at this first.”

Old Master Li handed the information in his hand to Qiao An. Qiao An took it and flipped through the information. She was surprised to see that among the family’s assets, there were overseas properties and other than the pharmaceutical company, there was also the Soaring Cloud Group, a large company that Old Master Li had invested in years ago.

No rich family could compare to him. The Huo family was probably only on par with it.

It was indeed a well-known company with a hundred years of history.

Qiao An was a little shocked. Master Li hid his abilities well. Even his children probably didn’t know about these businesses.

Master Li looked into Qiao An’s eyes. He had been in the business world for many years and had seen many greedy people. However, when Qiao An saw these rich assets, there was only surprise and shock in her eyes. There was no trace of greed and surprise.

Qiao An returned the information to the old man and said in confusion, “I didn’t expect the Li family to have such a strong family background. I don’t understand why Old Master Li didn’t use them to save the Li family’s precarious pharmaceutical group.”

Old Master Li smiled. “You’re so smart. You must know the reason. Why don’t you guess?”

Qiao An thought about it for a while. Then it dawned on her.

“Is it because of Brother Xiaoran?”

Old Master Li nodded. “A few years ago, Xiaoran’s Angel Group had just embarked on the road. If I inject a large amount of funds into the Li family’s pharmaceutical group, even if his brothers are useless, Xiaoran won’t have a chance of winning.”

Qiao An said, “You seemed to be suppressing him, but you’re actually helping him.”

“Since ancient times, people have died for wealth, and birds have died for food. If I want to protect Xiaoran’s life, I can only let him live in the shadows. However, he’s Ping’er’s child. How can I bear to let him live in the shadows for the rest of his life? When he’s powerful enough to protect himself, I’ll be at ease and hand over the huge family business to him.” Master Li said, “Now, I think the time has come.”

Qiao An said emotionally, “You watched as the brothers hurt each other and as the Angel Group annexed the Li family’s pharmaceutical company. On the surface, you cut off contact with Brother Xiaoran, but you actually hope that his brothers won’t choose to turn against him because of jealousy…”

Old Master Li said, “You’re smart.”

Qiao An did not expect Old Master Li to be so scheming, nor did she expect him to be so attentive to Huo Xiaoran.

“Does Brother Xiaoran know your good intentions?” Qiao An said.

Old Master Li said, “He doesn’t need to know.”

Qiao An looked at the heavy will. Master Li had handed all his undisclosed assets to Huo Xiaoran.

The public assets were all distributed to the other children of the Li family.

Qiao An was in a difficult position. After thinking about it, she rejected Old Master Li. “Brother Xiaoran asked me to reject your gift. He said that he would make me live better than the others through self-reliance. I believe him.”

Old Master Li said helplessly, “Qiao An, you have to understand that if you reject these assets, Huo Xiaoran might not be able to escape unscathed.”

Qiao An was slightly stunned. She asked Master Li in detail, “I want to ask you, how are you going to distribute these assets?”

Old Master Li said, “90% will be given to the heir of our Li family to protect the status of the Li family’s pharmaceutical group. The other 10% will be used to ensure a reasonable quality of life for the other descendants.”

Qiao An was shocked.

She had already guessed that Li Zecheng was Old Master Li’s ideal successor. All these years, Old Master Li had been troubled by his marriage. It could be seen that he regarded him differently.

If the Li family’s assets were all given to Li Zecheng, Li Zecheng’s wealth would be several times that of Huo Xiaoran’s. If he wanted to deal with Huo Xiaoran, wouldn’t it be effortless?

Qiao An didn’t want Huo Xiaoran to be so passive.

Old Master Li knew that she was smart. “How is it? An’an, have you considered it?”

Qiao An grimaced. “You’re putting me in a difficult position.”

Old Master Li smiled meaningfully.

Qiao An composed herself. “Brother Xiaoran can accept the Li family’s assets. However, please forgive my greed. I hope you can give all these overseas assets and the invisible assets that have been transferred to Brother Xiaoran without revealing anything.”

Old Master Li nodded. “Don’t worry. This asset will never be leaked and will not bring unnecessary trouble to Xiaoran.”

Qiao An was silent for a moment. “I’ll try to lobby Brother Xiaoran about this.”

“I know. An’an made things difficult for you.”

When An’an came out of Old Master Li’s study, all the eyes downstairs were fixed on her. They all wanted to get some information from Qiao An’s expression.

Huo Xiaoran originally thought that Qiao An would be able to come out easily. After all, if he gave up the Li family’s assets, Qiao An would be able to stay out of it, and she wouldn’t be worried.

Unexpectedly, seeing Qiao An’s serious and worried expression, Huo Xiaoran immediately felt uneasy.

He walked up to Qiao An and asked quietly, “Did that old man give you a hard time?”

Qiao An looked at him but kept quiet about the property. “By the way, Brother Xiaoran, the children should be out of school. Are we too late to get home and pick them up?”

Huo Xiaoran said, “Grandpa and Grandma have already picked them up. They’ll stay at Grandpa and Grandma’s house for dinner tonight. Don’t worry.”

Qiao An heaved a sigh of relief.

At this moment, Li Tingting ran over and asked Qiao An excitedly, “An’an, what did my father say to you?”

Knowing she couldn’t hide it, Qiao An said frankly, “The distribution of property.”

“What did my father say?” Li Tingting asked excitedly.

Qiao An looked at Li Tingting. Li Tingting was Old Master Li’s only daughter. She couldn’t beat her brothers and wasn’t Madam’s biological daughter. After her biological mother died, Old Master Li brought her home. Although Madam had raised her, she had never been close to her.

If she understood that she had no backing, she should not have revealed her ambition to fight for the family assets.

After all, Old Master Li was right. Humans died for wealth, and birds died for food.

With such a huge family fortune, there would probably be a fight for survival.

“Your father said that everyone is his descendant, but he wants to protect the Li family’s pharmaceutical company, so he really doesn’t know how to choose.”

Li Tingting continued to ask, “So, Dad’s will hasn’t been decided yet?”