Zou Minchen, who was washing dishes in the kitchen, saw this and came over wearing an apron: "Going back to the Xiao family? I'll go with you."
"No need." Qingyun refused his suggestion. Now that the Xiao family had such a thing happen, if Zou Minchen went there, Xiao's father would have nowhere to put his face.
After a moment's thought, Zou Minchen knew that Xiao Chengzhe's good deed had been discovered by Xiao's father, but he was still not at ease. He put his arm around Qingyun and rubbed against his neck: "Your brother has some ulterior motives. Do you want me to help you get rid of him? You know I'm worried about you."
"No, I'll handle it myself, and there won't be any danger." Qingyun chuckled. Xiao Chengzhe had been quite quiet lately and hadn't been causing any trouble around Qingyun.
In the end, Qingyun went to the Xiao family alone.
Xiao's father and Xiao Chengzhe sat facing each other. Xiao Chengzhe looked unusually dejected, with dark circles under his eyes and lifeless gaze, as if Xiao Chengnuo's matter had really dealt him a heavy blow.
Xiao's father had gray hair and looked more than ten years older.
“I never expected you to do something like this.” Mr. Xiao wiped his face, his voice hoarse. “I can’t understand why you would illegally seize Xiao’s property. This is our own family business! You’re pushing Xiao’s into a fire pit! What if the higher-ups come to investigate…”
Xiao Chengzhe chuckled upon hearing this: "Your own property? That's your family's property. If I want it, of course I have to take it by force."
These words stunned Mr. Xiao. He hadn't expected that Xiao Chengzhe, who had lived in the Xiao family for over twenty years, would say such a thing. He had treated Xiao Chengzhe even better than his own son, to the point that Mr. Xiao had almost forgotten the fact that Xiao Chengzhe was adopted.
“You don’t need to fight for it. He was planning to hand over the Xiao family business to you anyway,” Qingyun said to Xiao Chengzhe as she walked in.
Xiao's mother, who had been standing by and watching coldly, came forward and hung up Qingyun's coat. Xiao's father was clearly not expecting Qingyun to come and looked at Xiao's mother with slight shock.
"Why are you looking at me like that? The Xiao family has lost so much money. If I don't call my son here, am I just waiting to go bankrupt?" Xiao's mother glanced at him and said in a cold tone.
Before Xiao's father could speak, Xiao Chengzhe became agitated by Qingyun's words: "He would hand over the Xiao family business to me? Isn't that because you already have Ruixin and don't need the Xiao family business at all?!"
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