Having just finished eating, the Xia family members, who had been completely relaxed, immediately became extremely vigilant and sat up straight.

Only Xia Zicheng was still clutching his stomach, slumped in the chair without any regard for his image.

The rest of the Xia family were too preoccupied to pay him any attention at this point.

Huo Beixiao's gaze swept over the Xia family members, and he said indifferently, "You should know that when your patriarch used that money to cooperate with me, it was an investment."

Since it's an investment, there's always risk; you might make money, but you might also lose money. Whether you sue me in court or put up a banner in front of my company, you have no grounds for argument.

As soon as Huo Beixiao said this, the Xia family members looked at him with obvious more vigilance and anger.

Xia Ruisong, in particular, was still holding the notebook in his hand from which Xia Tingchen had just registered the Xia family's demands.

He had originally negotiated with Huo Beixiao point by point based on the terms in the document.

Although they all knew that Huo Beixiao couldn't agree to everything, every extra thing Huo Beixiao agreed to meant an extra profit for them.

But Huo Beixiao's current demeanor clearly showed that he had no intention of letting them make any demands, which made him so angry that his hand holding the notebook trembled slightly.

At this moment, he suddenly stood up, slammed his hand on the conference table, and said, "Huo Beixiao, stop with the empty words. We're all business people."

My father has a billion dollars, not ten dollars. You think we'd believe you if you said you'd lost it all?

"Let me tell you, today you either return the money the old man owed us, or you do exactly what our family demands are listed here. Otherwise, we will absolutely not let this go!"

"Yes, we will absolutely not let this go!" Xia Ruizhe immediately chimed in, "If we don't have a good time, you won't have one either!"

At this moment, Huo Beixiao picked up the notebook that Xia Ruisong had pushed in front of him and glanced at it.

After reading it, he slightly curled the corners of his lips and simply put the notebook aside.

He said in a calm tone, "I'm giving you two choices. One, we continue this stalemate. If you want to hire a lawyer and sue me, go ahead. If you want to put up banners outside my company, go ahead. Let's see if I can have a good time when you're not doing well."

Second, I will arrange jobs for you. The salary won't make you rich, but it will be enough to cover your basic needs.

"Huo Beixiao, you..."

The Xia family members were all indignant when they heard Huo Beixiao's words.

Xia Ruisong, representing the Xia family, was so angry that his face turned ashen and his lips trembled slightly.

But Huo Beixiao didn't intend to waste any more words with them. He stood up and said, "Think it over carefully yourselves. If you can figure it out today, then think it over here and give me your answer before you leave."

If you can't figure it out today, go home and think it over tonight. Give me your answer tomorrow.

If you don't come to see me by tomorrow, I will assume you chose option one.

After saying that, Huo Beixiao left the conference room.

As soon as he left, the meeting room erupted in chaos.

Xia Ruibo slammed his hand on the conference table. "What kind of attitude is Huo Beixiao? If he hadn't swindled our old man out of his money, would he have been able to gain a foothold in Haicheng and have such a large business?"

Everything he has now is from sucking our family's blood; what right does he have to speak to us in such a condescending tone?

Xia Tingchen pressed his father down again and said, "Dad, please don't get agitated. We know what you're saying, but we can't produce any evidence, the law doesn't support us, and there's no point in saying anything now."

Upon hearing his son's words, Xia Ruibo slumped down in his chair, looking dejected.

Xia Tingchen remained calm; this outcome was actually within his expectations.

After all, they had no evidence to begin with. Whether they sued Huo Beixiao or acted like scoundrels, it was all just making trouble.

Huo Beixiao agreed to talk to them mostly because of his grandfather.

At this moment, he looked at Xia Ruisong and asked, "Uncle, what are you thinking?"

"Sigh—" Xia Ruisong sighed heavily and remained silent for a while before speaking, "My idea is to have Huo Beixiao arrange jobs for us, preferably in his company."

Tingchen, what do you think?

Xia Tingchen nodded. "That's what I think too."

"You want me to work for him? No way, absolutely not! You have no backbone to be dogs for someone who has seized our family's property, so you go be dogs, but don't take me with you!"

Xia Zicheng looked indignant.

Although Xia Ruizhe was uneducated and incompetent for the first half of his life, he had at least received a good education.

He can still distinguish between what is important and what is urgent in this situation.

As soon as his son opened his mouth, he glared sternly at Xia Zicheng, "Shut up! Listen to what your uncle and second brother have to say!"

No matter how reckless Xia Zicheng is, he still has some manners.

He was scolded by his father and immediately became a little timid. Even though he was full of resentment, he shrank his neck and dared not speak.

Xia Tingchen continued, "If we work for Huo Beixiao's company, we can not only solve our current food and clothing problems, but we will also have a better chance of finding evidence that Huo Beixiao cheated Grandpa out of money."

When Xia Tingchen said the first half of his sentence, the Xia family members still had some disdain in their eyes.

After all, people of their background are inherently arrogant. Even though they can't afford meat anymore, they still look down on people who only know how to struggle for basic necessities every day.

But when they heard the second half of Xia Tingchen's sentence, almost everyone's eyes lit up.

Yes, the only way they could find evidence and get back the old man's 1 billion yuan was by infiltrating Huo Beixiao's company. How come they didn't think of that!

With Xia Tingchen's reminder, the rest of the Xia family members agreed to accept the jobs that Huo Beixiao would arrange for them.

Meanwhile, after returning to his office, Huo Beixiao called Yang Qiaoqiao.

When Yang Qiaoqiao received the call from the transfer desk and learned that the caller was Huo Beixiao, she immediately asked, "Is everything arranged?"

She actually knew about the Xia family causing trouble at Huo Beixiao's company today.

Zhou Yang happened to see it when he went to the Friendship Building to run some business today. After returning to the factory, he told her about it.

After hearing about it, she came to find Grandpa Xia and Grandma Xia.

Yang Qiaoqiao did not hide from Xia Yuntao and Wang Shuyi what the Xia family had done.

Because Xia Yuntao and Wang Shuyi are both people who have experienced many ups and downs, telling them the whole truth about what the Xia family has done will not upset them, but will help them better understand each member of the Xia family.

Moreover, through her understanding of the Xia family over this period of time, Yang Qiaoqiao actually felt that the Xia family members were not as bad as Xia Yuntao and Wang Shuyi thought.

She even felt that the Xia family members actually had many advantages that others did not.

So, after hearing from Zhou Yang about the Xia family causing trouble at Huo Beixiao's company, she contacted Huo Beixiao.