Chapter 120 Third Master Uses a Borrowed Knife to Kill

Mrs. Xiang was half-supported and half-dragged away by the Xiang family's bodyguards, and her legs were weak when she walked.

All because the chairman called and berated her, "Do you know who you've offended? The eldest daughter of the Wen family, the matriarch of the Shao Group! You idiot, get the hell back here right now!"

Xiang Jingheng didn't sleep all night. When he returned to the Xiang Mansion after receiving a call from home, he saw his mother sobbing uncontrollably on the sofa. Half of her face was covered with handprints, and her nose was red.

His gaze turned cold. "Dad, you laid a hand on Mom again?"

"She deserves to be hit!"

Chairman Xiang's face turned ashen, and he glared fiercely at Mrs. Xiang. "If it weren't for the fact that she gave birth to you and your brother, and that she has worked hard all these years even if she hasn't made any great contributions, I would really want to divorce her!"

Mrs. Xiang trembled, and even her crying subsided considerably.

As the saying goes, "Strike the snake at its seven-inch mark," and now she's truly afraid.

Xiang Jingheng frowned. He knew his mother's mischievous nature, so he didn't speak up for her regardless. He just sat down on the sofa looking exhausted.

His own life was a mess, and he also had to deal with family matters; his temples were throbbing with pain.

Looking back, the happiest years of his life were when he married Yu Yan. Now that he thinks about it, it was because Yu Yan helped him with a lot of household chores and attracted most of the attention, which gave him a chance to catch his breath.

He felt suffocated in such a family, let alone Yu Yan, who was his wife.

Back then, she was willing to leave with nothing to divorce her husband and children, which shows that she had endured to the extreme, so no one can blame her.

Chairman Xiang was still berating Mrs. Xiang, "I told you long ago not to cause any more trouble for Yu Yan, but you wouldn't listen! Now look what's happened, you've offended not only the Yu family, but also the Shao family!"

Xiang Jingheng suddenly raised his head and looked at Xiang Tai.

"Mom, you went to see Yu Yan again?"

Mrs. Xiang dared not look her husband in the eye, and could only complain to her son, "I'm going to confront Yu Yan. She pushed Xiao Chu into the sea, and Xiao Chu almost died because of her. How can I not be angry? I'm going to break off relations with her on Xiao Chu's behalf."

"What?"

Xiang Jingheng stood up abruptly, the veins on his forehead throbbing even more violently, causing a sharp pain in his brain. "What exactly do you want to do!"

After being yelled at by her husband, she was then yelled at by her son. Mrs. Xiang felt extremely wronged. What did she do wrong?

Xiang Jingheng was so angry that his face turned pale.

"Do you have any evidence to prove that Xiao Chu was pushed into the sea by Yu Yan?"

Mrs. Xiang was taken aback, "But isn't everyone saying..."

"Can rumors be taken as truth?!"

Xiang Jingheng rudely interrupted his mother, "When I came back last night, I told Xiao Chu that Xiao Chu falling into the water had nothing to do with Yu Yan. On the contrary, Yu Yan jumped into the sea to save Xiao Chu and almost died. She's sick, and you went to the hospital to bully her! You'd rather believe rumors than what we say. You know in your heart whether you're trying to stand up for Xiao Chu or just looking for an excuse to vent your anger."

Xiang Tai was stunned, her face filled with shame and indignation. "How could you say that to me?"

Xiang Jingheng clenched his teeth. He had been angry about his mother being beaten, but now he felt that she hadn't been beaten enough.

They still show no remorse!

"Jingheng, what are you doing!"

Xiang Jinglan slept in until late morning, and when she went downstairs she heard them arguing. She quickly went to Xiang Tai's side to defend her mother and scold her younger brother.

"It's a fact that Xiao Chu fell into the water. If it wasn't Yu Yan who pushed her, then who else could it be?"

Xiang Jingheng was so angry that his face turned black.

He knew that his mother and sister were both unreasonable people, but only now did he truly understand the anger and despair Yu Yan felt when she faced such an unreasonable group of people at home.

It's a miracle that I didn't get sick from getting so angry.

"Are you all out of your minds? Why do you just rush up and bite Yu Yan without any regard for her safety?"

Even Chairman Xiang couldn't stand it anymore and slammed his fist on the coffee table in anger. "Xiao Chu is Yu Yan's own son. Why would she push Xiao Chu into the water? What good would it do her? Children don't understand, and neither do you?"

He pointed at Tai and said, "Even someone as brainless as you knows how to love their own child. Would Yu Yan harm her own son? Yu Yan would throw both of you into the sea but wouldn't throw Xiao Chu. It's obvious that someone framed her."

Mrs. Xiang was called a "pig brain," and she just pursed her lips, but her husband was in a fit of anger, and she wouldn't dare to argue back even if she had three times the courage.

Xiang Jinglan, who was also a bit of a idiot, thought about it and realized that it did make sense.

"It's fine if you go and cause trouble for Yu Yan, she's just a junior anyway, she can't do anything to you."

He said coldly to the chairman, "How dare you offend Madam Shao so recklessly! Is she someone you can afford to offend? Do you even know what kind of background the Wen family has? Do you still expect me to survive in China?"

He was so angry that he kept slamming his fist on the sofa armrest!

His words made the whole family's expressions solemn.

"Is it...is it that serious?" Mrs. Xiang started trembling, only then realizing that she seemed to have gotten herself into a big mess.

Xiang closed his eyes, feeling a headache coming on from anger.

He said to Xiang Jingheng, "Pack your things and come with me to the capital. We'll go to the Shao family now to apologize; perhaps there's still a glimmer of hope."

Otherwise, the Xiang family would truly be in danger.

Xiang Jingheng frowned slightly. "Dad, I can't leave right now."

The chairman raised an eyebrow and said, "What do you want? Put everything else aside, no matter how important it is!"

"I……"

Xiang Jingheng wanted to say that Yu Yan and Gan Xiaoxing's issues were still unresolved, but before he could speak, the phone rang first. It was the company's finance department calling.

They said the tax bureau people had arrived.

"Tax Bureau?"

Xiang Jingheng frowned, keenly sensing the impending storm.

Chairman Xiang's expression changed upon hearing this.

—

Xiangshi Technology has been targeted by the tax bureau.

For several days in a row, various projects were being investigated, causing considerable anxiety throughout the company, with the finance department particularly trembling with fear.

Soon the news spread, and Xiangshi Technology's stock, which had finally risen, plummeted again. Even though the public relations department kept clarifying that they were just cooperating with the investigation and that Xiangshi Technology's tax situation was absolutely fine, it was all in vain.

What's even more troublesome is that several cooperation projects that were initially finalized in the second half of next year have all been canceled by the other party for various reasons, and several partners who were supposed to cooperate at the end of this year have also been calling to inquire.

Xiang Jingheng was so busy that he couldn't care about anything else. His stomach problems flared up again, and he opened the drawer to look for the stomach medicine that Yu Yan had prepared for him before, only to find it empty.

His heart felt empty.

Because he knew in his heart that Yu Yan would not renew his loan.

He clutched his stomach, sweating profusely from the pain, and felt a dull ache deep in his heart.

So this is what heartbreak feels like?

Meanwhile, Shao Muyan had just come out of the laboratory when he received a call from the cruise ship's manager, who said that the surveillance footage had revealed a suspicious, limping figure at the time of the incident last night.

Shao Muyan opened the files in his email and saw footage from the surveillance camera showing a woman wearing a black trench coat and a hat, completely covering herself up.

She casually tossed something into the sea—a voice changer.

Shao Muyan's eyes darkened.

Hua Zhidao called to say that his men had found the bandits and asked Shao Muyan what his next move was.

"Just keep an eye on them, don't do anything else."

A sharp glint flashed in Shao Muyan's eyes. "Gan Xiaoxing hasn't paid the final payment yet, and they've lost another brother in jail. They'll definitely come after Gan Xiaoxing for the money and run away. They won't let her off easily."

"Okay, I understand."

Hua Zhidao hung up the phone. Song Cheng, wearing a white coat, stood next to the phone and smiled faintly, "Ayan is going to use someone else to do his dirty work."