Chapter 1040: Chapter 1040: Living Up to Yun Shan, Living Up to Hai Lan Chapter 1040: Chapter 1040: Living Up to Yun Shan, Living Up to Hai Lan If only he had comforted her sooner back then, telling her his thoughts, perhaps she wouldn’t have impulsively married someone else.

But she was already married, maybe there was no turning back now…

It was all because of him that Hai Lan was in this mess!

It was all his fault…

Wei Zhijie was overwhelmed with self-blame and pain throughout the journey, even imagining a bunch of scenarios where if Hai Lan ended up in a pitiful state, how he would come to her aid and support her.

He even had a thought.

If Hai Lan wasn’t doing well in the future, maybe, he could offer her a place to stay.

However, he couldn’t give her a proper status, because he would be marrying Yun Shan as his wife.

But by that time, Hai Lan might only need his comfort and help, and perhaps she wouldn’t care about status anymore.

Thinking about the future, where he could take care of both Yun Shan and Hai Lan for the rest of their lives, Wei Zhijie felt a surge of manly pride and sense of responsibility!

Yes, starting from now, he had to work hard for both sisters.

His responsibility had gotten even greater because he wanted to be fair to Yun Shan, fair to Hai Lan.

The more Wei Zhijie thought about it, the more passionate he became, and he even planned to start working tirelessly from the next day.

His plans were beautiful and he was highly motivated, but when he went to work at the company the next day, he was called into the office by Father Wei.

“Dad, what did you want to see me about?” Wei Zhijie pushed the door open to the CEO’s office, even thinking about how to convince his father to agree to his plans for expanding investments.

He had thought it over the night before and was confident that he could grow the company, even take it international.

If his father disagreed with him, he would tell him about his grand vision, confident that his talents would impress his father!

Wei Zhijie’s plans were indeed grand, but as soon as he entered, a stack of documents was suddenly thrown at his feet.

“Take a look at these contracts for yourself, is this the result of your efforts during this time?!” Father Wei stood up furiously, glaring at him sharply.

Wei Zhijie was startled, a little unclear about the situation.

“Dad, what happened, why are you so angry?”

“Look for yourself!” Father Wei pointed angrily at the documents on the floor.

Wei Zhijie picked them up, confused, and the more he looked through them, the uglier his expression became.

These were some contracts drawn up with customers who were in partnership with the Wei Family. But the contents of the contracts were wrong; normally, the Wei Family would share profits equally with other companies.

But this time, several partners had changed the profit distribution ratio. They all altered it to a seventy-thirty split.

The Wei Family would take thirty, they would take seventy!

They were taking a seventy percent share of the profits, wasn’t this an outright act of bullying, taking every advantage?

Moreover, these partners were those that Wei Zhijie recently had the most contact with.

Father Wei, worried they would choose not to cooperate with the Wei Family after the contracts expired, had asked Wei Zhijie to foster good relations with them and ensure their continued partnership.

Wei Zhijie had been interacting with them for some time, only to find they had agreed to continue the partnership, but now they demanded a seventy-thirty split!

Even a fool could see that these people had no intention of working with the Wei Family.

Wei Zhijie was extremely astonished, “How could this be?”

Father Wei scoffed coldly, “I would like to ask you the same question. Didn’t you say that you had taken care of everything? Is this the result of your handling? Is this what comes out of your daily socializing and networking?!”

Wei Zhijie’s expression turned sour, “This isn’t right, their attitude was clearly not like this!”