Huo Zhixing frowned, feeling a moment of awkwardness.
Huo Zhixin is naive and has always been a well-behaved girl.
However, it is precisely these kinds of girls who are more likely to meet the wrong person.
He took a deep breath, feeling a bit of a headache, and after waiting quietly for a while, he drove back.
...
Su Chen had been waiting outside the private club in the central city for seven consecutive days.
He came every day, begging to see Huo Zhanhe, standing from seven in the morning until eight at night, but no matter how much he pleaded, the bodyguards outside remained expressionless.
Huo Zhanhe felt annoyed just hearing his name, let alone wanting to see him.
Just when Su Chen was about to despair, the butler came out to announce: "Mr. Su, the young master requests your presence."
Su Chen's eyes lit up, and he immediately ran inside as fast as he could.
A huge iron cage stood in the open space in the backyard of the club. Before Su Chen even got close, he could smell a rotten and foul odor in the air.
He was slightly taken aback, but he continued to walk in with a stiff upper lip, and suddenly saw that there were two vultures in the iron cage!
Huo Zhiyan was playing with her amber bracelet when she turned to look at him. The deep, sinister look in her eyes sent a jolt through him.
"Young...Young Master." Su Chen gave a forced smile.
The vulture flapped its wings twice and emitted a hoarse, unpleasant cry.
Su Chen turned pale with fright, froze on the spot, and dared not take another step forward.
Huo Zhiyan gave a strange smile, glanced at him a few times, and said coldly, "I heard that President Su has graced us with his presence and has been standing outside for several days?"
"Ha, these people are really bad at hospitality! They should at least have brought President Su in so he could see my two precious babies!"
As he spoke, he put on gloves, took two pieces of rotten flesh from the basket beside him, threw them into the cage, and the vulture flapped its wings and landed on the ground to peck at them.
Su Chen felt a chill run down his spine. He knew that rich people liked all sorts of novelties, such as raising lions, tigers, pythons, and leopards.
I never expected Huo Zhiyan to like raising these carrion-eating creatures!
"President Su," Huo Zhiyan finished feeding him, turned around and stared at him with a half-smile, "Just say what you want to say. Although my father isn't here, I'm all ears!"
"No, no, young master, you're joking." Su Chen said hurriedly.
There was no turning back now, so he had no choice but to grit his teeth and continue.
"It's like this... My company is currently experiencing cash flow problems, with a funding gap of 300 million yuan. It's been my second uncle supporting the company all along, but for some reason, the funds haven't arrived in the past two months..."
"Oh!" Huo Zhiyan drawled, "So you're here for money?"
Su Chen lowered his head humbly, his heart pounding.
“Three hundred million…” Huo Zhiyan clapped his hands, looked him up and down with a strange gaze, and suddenly let out a cold laugh.
"President Su, although my dad supports your company, you can't treat us like ATMs, can you?"
"This... we're truly at our wits' end. Young Master, if we can't fill this 300 million funding gap, the company will face bankruptcy, and..."
"If you want money, then offer something as collateral!"
Su Chen was taken aback.
Immediately afterwards, Huo Zhiyan lowered his voice and a sinister smile curled at the corner of his lips.
"Mr. Su, how much do you think your body is worth as collateral? My two darlings have never even tasted human flesh before!"
Su Chen opened his eyes wide, panicked, and his legs went weak, causing him to collapse to the ground.
Huo Zhiyan burst into laughter.
"This is fun! It's so much fun!"
"You surnamed Su, do you think my dad is a sucker?" Huo Zhiyan's expression suddenly turned sinister.
The bodyguards around him all drew their guns and pointed them at Su Chen's head. Su Chen let out a wail and knelt on the ground, kowtowing and begging for mercy.
"You bastard, don't think I don't know what you've been up to in Jiangzhou!"
"Didn't you already pledge your allegiance to Bai Jingyuan? What are you doing, acting like a lapdog in front of the Huo family!"
"No, no! Young Master, you must believe me. I was forced into this situation by Young Master Bai..."
"Then why don't you go ask him for the money!"
Su Chen looked pained, and large beads of sweat rolled down his temples.
He wanted to ask Bai Jingyuan for help, but the eldest son of the Bai family completely ignored him.
So he had no choice but to come to Huo Zhanhe.
Unexpectedly, Huo Zhanhe already knew that he had been captured by Bai Jingyuan and had worked for Bai Jingyuan, so he was wary of him and cut off his investment in his company.
The bank is pressing for repayment every day, and has even filed a lawsuit. Su Chen will soon be unable to hold on any longer.
Huo Zhiyan snorted coldly, picked up a piece of rotten flesh, and threw it hard at his face!
Su Chen forced himself to stand up from the ground, enduring the nauseating smell, and gritted his teeth.
He never thought of siding with Bai Jingyuan, nor did he ever think of being loyal to Huo Zhanhe.
He was just a pawn, surviving in the cracks, only wanting to use that company to gain some benefit for himself.
But now they can't even survive.
Su Chen bit his lip hard. Since he was already in a bad situation, he might as well go all the way and reveal all the secrets!
"Young Master!" he said, emphasizing each word, "Bai Jingyuan came to me for a reason..."
"Heh, the reason?" Huo Zhiyan glanced at him sideways. "Could it be that you still have some value in his eyes that he can exploit?!"
“Yes…” Su Chen looked at him, trembling all over, “because I know the whereabouts of Third Master Huo. The Third Young Master is not in England at all, but in Jiangzhou!”
"I told the Second Master about this a long time ago, but he didn't take it seriously!"
Huo Zhiyan was taken aback, then narrowed her eyes.
"After the plane crash, Huo Zhixing stayed in Jiangzhou to recuperate. For some reason, he took Gu Mang's identity and even got married..."
"Is everything you said true?" Huo Zhiyan suddenly grabbed his collar. "If you dare to tell a single lie, I'll throw you into a cage right now!"
"It's all true, it's true!" Su Chen's legs trembled. "I saw that woman wearing an emerald ring with my own eyes. The totem on the ring is the unique symbol of the Huo family. I can't be mistaken!"
"So Huo Zhixing really got married?" Huo Zhiyan felt this was incredibly good news, like a pie falling from the sky.
"Ha... He dares to go against Grandpa's wishes and marry any woman he wants?!"
"This... I'm afraid we still need to investigate," Su Chen said in a low voice. "After all, he's using Gu Mang's identity!"
"That's not difficult." Huo Zhiyan stroked his chin, pondered for a moment, and instructed his subordinates, "Contact Brother Shan immediately and ask him to come to Yangcheng if possible!"
“Young Master,” Su Chen scoffed, “the ‘Brother Shan’ you’re talking about, is it Lu Lishan?”
"What, you know each other?"
"He betrayed you long ago, and you still consider him one of your own?"
Huo Zhiyan looked at him incredulously.
Su Chen swallowed hard and continued, "I've been in Jiangzhou the whole time, so I saw it very clearly."
"Lu Lishan has already hooked up with Huo Zhixing; the two of them are in cahoots!"
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