Albert roared sharply and stopped Zena, "Do you think you can help us?"
Zena stood with her back to Albert. She did not say a word, but she was lack of confidence in heart.
"Albert..." Jodie hesitated for a moment, "Why don't we let Zena have a try?"
"Alas!" Albert sighed heavily, "It's useless."
After that, he closed his eyes and then smiled disconsolately, "It won't work. I have talked to James."
Jodie was stunned and gave a wry smile, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Zena turned around quickly, "Dad!"
Albert reached out his hand to motion to them not to speak. After a while, he looked at Jodie, "You asked me the reason I don't stay in the company to deal with the things. It's because I went to find James."
Thinking about what James said to him, he smiled bitterly again. He was like a dumb person who had taken a dose of bitter medicine. He suffered humiliation, but he couldn't say it.
No matter how disappointed he was in Zena, what could he do except for scolding her and beating her? Even if he scolded her and beat her, would it work?
Jodie asked in a hurry, "Well... what did he say?"
"Just like Wang Company, Meng Company will be shut down. So, it's no use struggling. It's better to... save our strength. Anyway, the result will be the same..."
When Jodie heard this, her mind went blank for a short period of time. If it weren't for the fact that she was sitting on the bed, she might have fallen to the ground.
"Does this mean that... our company... will definitely go bankrupt?"
Albert nodded blandly.
Jodie opened her eyes wide. She could not accept the fact and almost fainted. Her heart ached so much that she could not bear it.
"Dad! You... are lying, aren't you?"
Albert seemed to have used up all his strength. At this time, he said weakly, "I wish I could be lying."
Zena took two steps back, "I..."
"Albert..." Jodie said as she held onto Albert's arm tightly, "Are we going to give up just like this? It was not easy for us to set up Meng
Company back then. Can you really... bear to lose it?"
"Albert, if we can't persuade James, why don't we go to Lu Family?" Jodie sniffed. "Let's go find John and Lydia. I don't believe they will let James do whatever he wants."
"It's useless. Do you know why James dares to aim at us like this?" Albert shook his head, "Just now, James said that John agreed with him. So... what can we do even if we go there? It won't work. On the contrary, it will disgrace us more, though... now we're ashamed enough." "Dad, I'm sorry..." Zena clenched her fists, but she couldn't stop trembling, "I'm really sorry. I... didn't expect that my willfulness would..."
"Alas! Stop it." Albert glanced at Zena, "You... just leave."
"Albert?"
"James said that he wanted Zena to leave."
"What?" Zena let out a cry of surprise.
She rushed forward, "Dad, where do you want me to go?"
In Lu Mansion.
It was already afternoon.
After James said that they were going to hold a wedding, Lydia asked Auntie Chang to take care of Elizabeth at home, while she went out with John, saying that she was going to prepare for the wedding.
Elizabeth stayed in the bedroom alone, leaning against the head of the bed and playing with the new mobile phone which Lydia bought for her. Lydia even applied for a new phone card considerately for her.
James had just bought her a new mobile phone a few days ago, but she changed it soon.
In the past, when she lived alone, if she changed her phones so frequently, she couldn't even afford to use an obsolescent phone.
She inserted the phone card, turned on the phone and looked at the wallpaper on the screen. She always felt that she couldn't get used to it. There was a photo of her and James on her previous phone, but... she couldn't find that photo anymore.
The photo was very meaningful to her, and she had got used to seeing it every day. At this time, she really felt somewhat unaccustomed.
Staring at the screen in a daze, she decided to ask James if he had the photo when he came back. If he kept it, he could send it to her. After all, it was the first photo of them.
When she was about to contact Evelyn on Twitter, her phone rang. Seeing the caller ID, she smiled.
She answered it, "Hello?"
"Hello? Elizabeth! I finally get through to you! Where have you been? I went to the hospital to find you, but you were not here, and I couldn't even get through to you. Today, I called you again, but you didn't answer my phone call until now!"
Hearing Evelyn speak in a worried tone, Elizabeth said with a smile, "Evelyn..."
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