"What's wrong?"

Huo Jiaxi didn't understand why her mother was so agitated, but she still zoomed in on the fraudster's photo.

Huo Li stared at the person on the phone, so shocked that she began to tremble.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible."

Huo Li couldn't believe she'd been scammed; she couldn't possibly be that unlucky.

Huo Li picked up her phone and tried to call It, but the call wouldn't go through.

Huo Li then called the person in charge overseas, but couldn't get through to either of them.

All the people Huo Li knew and contacted abroad, none of their contact information could be reached.

Huo Jiaxi asked worriedly, "Mom, what's wrong?"

Huo Li grabbed Huo Jiaxi's arm tightly. "Call the police. Take me to the police station now."

"Okay, okay, I'll take you there now."

Huo Jiaxi was also frightened by her mother's frantic behavior. She immediately grabbed the car keys and drove her mother to the police station.

Throughout the journey, Huo Li frantically made phone calls, desperately hoping that she was just overthinking things.

Huo Li is a businesswoman after all. Once she returned to China, she couldn't get through to anyone by phone. How could such a coincidence happen?

The fraudster who fled abroad was the mine owner that Huo Li had met.

Huo Li called the professionals she had found in China and asked them to come to the police station together, because she had been scammed.

When Huo Jiaxi arrived at the police station, after listening to her mother's explanation to the police, she felt as if the sky had fallen.

All the people in charge that Huo Li had contacted arrived at the scene. After they gave their explanations, the police officers' expressions also became somewhat solemn.

"This has become a transnational case, and you know nothing about this group of people. You should be prepared."

Huo Li cried out frantically, "What does that mean? Does it mean I can't get my money back?"

“These people are all veterans. Your money probably went straight to the casino.”

Huo Li's face turned ashen, and his whole body began to tremble.

Seeing this, Huo Jiaxi immediately helped her up, "Mom, are you alright?"

Huo Li fainted in Huo Jiaxi's arms. Huo Jiaxi immediately shouted for help, and the group struggled to get Huo Li to the hospital.

As for Huo Li's large sum of money, it naturally went through a lot of gambling.

Pei Zhi didn't touch the money; it was in an overseas account.

Pei Zhi was also generous, giving Yi Te 3 billion in one go.

Huo Jiayuan was the last to find out that Huo Li had been deceived.

Feeling somewhat frustrated, Huo Jiayuan went skiing abroad with his friends.

As soon as Huo Jiayuan landed, he received a call from his grandfather. Before Huo Jiayuan could say anything, his grandfather scolded him and told him to go to the hospital.

Huo Jiayuan only just learned that such a big thing had happened in his family.

Huo Li lay in the hospital room, looking half-dead, and Huo Jiaxi wasn't much better off; she had lost ten pounds in just a few days.

The old man had aged considerably, and Huo Jiayuan almost hesitated to go into the ward when he arrived at the door.

"Jiayuan, close the door to the ward."

Jia Yuan glanced at his father, who gave him a look, and Jia Yuan obediently closed the door.

"Now that the Huo family is all here, Huo Li, tell me honestly how much money you were swindled out of."

"Not counting the transactions, the amount of money involved in the deal is 18 billion according to the contract."

Huo Jiayuan had already inquired about some information on his way here.

Knowing that his aunt had been scammed, Huo Jiayuan's eyes widened when he heard the specific amount.

Even though Huo Jiayuan knew his family was wealthy, he couldn't even imagine such a large sum as 18 billion.

The old man angrily rebuked, "You're really going to drive me crazy! 18 billion! You're moving such a huge sum of money, and you didn't even think to discuss it with me?"

Huo Li lowered her head; at that moment, she had been completely bewitched.

Huo Li knew that if her father found out, he would definitely not agree.

Just like Pei Zhi said, men are all suspicious people.

Huo Li thought it was better to avoid trouble and just wait for things to go smoothly so her father could praise her.

But who could have known that it was all a huge scam from the very beginning?

Where did you get so much money?

Huo Li confessed that he had mortgaged the shares to the bank.

Old Master Huo pressed further, "You used all your shares to take out a loan of 18 billion?"

Huo Li hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

She still didn't reveal that she had sold those plots of land to Pei Zhi.

Otherwise, if the old man found out, she would be so angry that he would die.

The old man sat in his chair and pondered for a moment.

"Pawning shares to banks is not a long-term solution; the daily interest is substantial."

"The Huo family is all here. Everyone should take stock of their valuables and pay off the bank loan first."

Upon hearing this, Huo Jiayuan raised an eyebrow. He finally understood why his grandfather had called him over.

So, they've called him in to fill the hole?

Huo Jiaxi was the first to speak out, "The company's shares cannot be touched, but the real estate I own, if added up, should amount to about one billion."

Huo Jiaxi had received many good things from the old man before, and most of the money came from there.

After Huo Jiaxi finished speaking, she and the old man both took a liking to Huo Jiayuan and his son.

Mr. Huo could only say, "Dad, you know that I don't have much on my own these past years. The only thing I have is the shares, which were given to me by you."

"Even if I sell all the houses under my name, I still won't be able to raise 100 million."

Mr. Huo was a marginal figure in the Huo family. Although he worked in a company, it was a leisurely position.

Years ago, after Huo's father divorced, he brought Huo Jiayuan home.

The old man arranged for Mr. Huo to go on a blind date, but Mr. Huo strongly refused. After Mr. Huo lost his usefulness to the Huo family, he naturally lost his status.

Old Master Huo snorted, but did not make things difficult for Huo's father.

Huo Jiayuan felt that everyone's eyes were on him.

Huo Jiayuan was about to make a sarcastic remark when he said that dividing the property back then was like giving money to a beggar, and that was enough.

Now that something's happened, why are they asking him to pay back the money?

Huo's father tugged at Huo Jiayuan's sleeve without making a sound and shook his head slightly, clearly indicating that Huo Jiayuan should not cause trouble.

Huo Jiayuan had no choice but to say, "When I got married, my grandfather gave me some assets, and with all the things he's given me over the years, I estimate they could be sold for three or four hundred million."

Huo Jiayuan was too lazy to argue. He thought to himself that he could just return everything the Huo family had given him over the years.

Huo Jiaxi interjected first, "The car that President Pei gave you, if you just sell that car, you'll have someone willing to pay a hundred million."

Huo Jiayuan was shocked by Huo Jiaxi's shamelessness.

"Also, President Pei is giving you four percent of the company's shares. If you sell those shares, you can get at least 3.4 billion."

Huo Jiayuan instinctively stood up to retort, "Stop talking nonsense, it's not true!"