My villain wants to save himself, but the yandere heroine disagrees

Odysseus said coldly.

"So, in your mind, it doesn't matter who comes to power between me and Elsa. What's more important is who can stabilize the situation in the empire, right?"

"In your eyes, Father, we are nothing more than candidates for your successor. There is no family affection at all, right?"

"you……"

Odysseus watched Arthas' emotions gradually collapse and pointed at him angrily.

However, the next second, a feeling of powerlessness came over Odysseus' heart, his eyes went dark, and his body fell backwards instantly.

Arthas was also shocked when he saw the scene in front of him.

"Someone come! Father has fainted!"

In the palace, Arthas's heart-wrenching voice was heard.

……

When Elsa hurried back to the palace from the police station, Odysseus had already been carried to the bed.

The court physician's diagnosis was that he had fallen into a coma due to excessive stress, but no one knew when he would wake up or if he would have any sequelae.

Elsa walked into the bedroom and immediately saw Arthas kneeling beside Odysseus.

She came to her brother, and then asked anxiously: "Brother, what's going on with father?"

"Today, my father and I were discussing the progress of the case. When he heard the news that the key witness was missing, he immediately became angry. I tried to comfort him, but it didn't work..."

"really?"

Elsa asked confused.

But then he saw Arthas turned his head and looked at him.

At this time, Arthas' eyes were red and swollen, his pupils shrank slightly, and the expression on his face looked very creepy.

"Elsa, even you don't trust me, your brother?"

"No...no." Seeing this, Elsa quickly shook her head.

"It's just that my father is seriously ill in bed, so I asked subconsciously..."

"Now that I'm back, you can take a rest, brother."

"No." Arthas shook his head. "I want to stay with my father. I still have a lot to tell him."

When Elsa saw this scene, she had some doubts in her heart, but she still said worriedly: "Forget it, my brother, go back and have a good rest. When father wakes up, I will definitely come to inform you, how about it?"

"..." Arthas stopped talking.

Looking at Arthas's actions, Elsa was helpless. She came to the door and asked one of the guards.

"When the accident happened today, was it only my brother who was with my father?"

"Yes." A guard said affirmatively.

"How long has my brother been kneeling before our father?"

"About... three hours."

"..." Elsa heard this and said nothing, and walked straight back to the room.

Looking at her brother, she followed his example and knelt beside him.

Arthas heard the noise next to him and turned to look at Elsa, but he did not stop her.

"If you can't handle it, don't do it."

He gave Elsa a piece of advice and then continued to stay in front of Odysseus.

Seeing this, Elsa didn't say anything more.

A black cat was lying on the wall outside the bedroom. Feeling the sky getting darker, it yawned, then arched its back to stretch its muscles, and then jumped off the wall.

On the other side, Orson came to the Saint Laurent City headquarters of the Lison Chamber of Commerce alone.

A merger and acquisition ceremony will be held here today.

Chelinina's business war has finally come to an end.

The Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce is about to withdraw from the imperial stage and be merged into the Lison Chamber of Commerce.

Chapter 45: Things That Have to Be Done

The first floor of the Lison Chamber of Commerce has now been used as a banquet venue.

The chefs from several large restaurants in Saint Laurent City were all preparing meals in the kitchen, and those attending the banquet were all business celebrities from the empire.

However, ironically, the purpose of this banquet was to hold the funeral of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce, which was once the first chamber of commerce in the empire.

Yes, after fighting a trade war with the Lison Chamber of Commerce for more than half a year, Louis, the president of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce, has completely lost the ability to fight against the Lison Chamber of Commerce.

First, the branches of the major dukedoms collapsed and were acquired, and then the changes in the Naples region completely wiped out the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce's interests in Naples.

With Celinina being elected as a minister in the Duke of Napoli's cabinet, she has become quite successful in both politics and business, and is no longer comparable to the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce.

At this moment, all the celebrities participating in the exercise had smiles on their faces.

On the prairie, when a lion successfully hunts a bull and feasts on it, the surrounding jackals, hyenas and vultures rush over and share the remaining flesh and blood of the bull, leaving only a skeleton in the end.

The fall of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce is bound to mean a new beginning for the Empire's business community.

Big reshuffle.

The new chamber of commerce represented by the Lison Chamber of Commerce will replace the old chamber of commerce and redistribute the empire's market share.

In addition to distributing goods, the new chamber of commerce also has more control over the production of goods, so they can set prices more freely.

At the same time, the new chamber of commerce also developed a large number of other businesses and generated considerable revenue.

Just like this banquet, only the Lison Chamber of Commerce could declare its rise with such a grand gesture in the heart of the empire, the city of Saint Laurent.

At the same time, while the banquet hall on the first floor was bustling with people, the conference room on the second floor was completely silent.

Chelinina sat on one side of the negotiation table, and the only person accompanying her was Orson.

Opposite her were her father Louis and elder brother Mark.

Louis and Mark looked at the terms of the acquisition. Although the conditions were very harsh, they still left a considerable amount of cash to the two of them.

With this money, the two of them can live a rich life even if they do nothing for the rest of their lives.

Louis was old, so this clause was naturally not attractive to him, but it was undoubtedly very tempting to his son Mark.

The Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce is already in name only, and the revenue figures of its various businesses in the past month have been terrible.

In the eyes of others, the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce has nothing left except its fame.

In this case, instead of inheriting a heavily indebted chamber of commerce and spending his entire life paying off his father's debts, it would be better to sell the Lison Chamber of Commerce now and live a better life in the second half of his life.

Yes, it was Mark who initiated the acquisition.

Seeing that his son had lost confidence and even joined other managers to put pressure on him, Louis was forced to sit at the negotiation table.

"how?"

Chelinina said casually.

"I'm hosting a banquet downstairs today. If our negotiations go well, you two should be able to have a good meal downstairs."

When Mark heard this, he glanced at Louis beside him, and then whispered:

"Father, you are the president of the Chamber of Commerce. You should be the one discussing this matter with my younger sister."

Louis closed his eyes when he heard this.

All the past events appeared before his eyes.

From the first time Chelinina rebelled against him, to her later confrontation with him, and the subsequent business war.

Yes, she earned her first pot of gold by herself, but everything that came after that was the result of her hard work.

Regardless of whether Orson helps her or not, Louis believes that Chelinina will be able to defeat his Chamber of Commerce in the future.

After a long time, Louis opened his eyes and took a deep breath.

He looked at Mark beside him and said angrily:

"Mark, if you and your sister swap genders, I won't leave you a penny."

As he said this, he signed his name on the purchase contract, then stood up, walked to Chelinina, and handed it to her.

At this time, the identities of the two people, apart from their kinship, have undergone tremendous changes.

"Chelina, congratulations."

Louis said this with a forced smile.

"You successfully destroyed the foundation left by your grandfather and built your business empire on it."

"You are amazing, Chelinina. As a father, I am proud of you."

Although it sounds ironic, every word Louis says is sincere.

"Although I regret that I didn't realize who my successor was until the end, it doesn't matter. As long as the empire's commercial hegemony is still firmly in the hands of the Bonaventura family, I will feel at ease."

Chelinina took the contract from Louis, glanced at the contents, and nodded.

"In that case, let's tell the good news to the people below."

Celinina and Louis walked out, and at this moment, only Orson and Mark were left in the conference room.

"Haha... Duke Orson, long time no see. You are now the Duke of Naples."

Seeing that there were only two people left in the room, Mark wanted to take the initiative to build a good relationship with Orson.

"I was also born in Naples. Strictly speaking, I should be considered your subject."

Orson said nothing, looking at Mark playfully.

He wanted to see what else he could say.

Mark saw that Orson didn't reply to him, although he knew that he was trying to please the cold butt, he still

Is to continue chatting.

"Um... Duke Orson, I want to ask, what do you think of my younger sister? Of course, I know you have a fiancée, but you have helped my younger sister so much, it is impossible that you have no feelings for her..."

"Mr. Mark."

Orson finally spoke.

"What do you want after saying so much now?"

"Nothing... nothing, I just want to ask you something. If you find it inconvenient, Duke Orson, then I won't say it..."

"Not really."

Orson shook his head.

"You made a good impression on me, but your father made an even better impression on me."

As Orson said this, a happy expression suddenly appeared on Mark's face.

Sure enough, flattery is still useful.

But why did he say that his father left a better impression on him?

Could it be that although his father disliked Orson and Chelinina on the surface, he was actually secretly befriending them?

What? He thought his father was such an upright man, but at this point, shouldn’t he just admit defeat?

"Do you want to know the reason? I was deeply impressed by a sentence from your father, Mr. Louis who just left."

Mark was shocked when he heard this.

Could it be that my father has said some thought-provoking quotes?

"That time, I think you will definitely remember it if I tell you."

"Last year, at a banquet in Saint Laurent City, Mr. Louis invited Mr. Donny, the son of the Duke of Napoli at the time, to bring him together with Celinina. Do you remember this banquet?"