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Mu Nannan sent Jian Yu a WeChat message: 【I'm sorry】
Jian Yu only replied with two words: "It's nothing."
Mu Nannan, [How about we go to the art exhibition tomorrow?]
Jian Yu chose to go along with the maid's explanation, saying, "No, I'm out of town."
Mu Nannan bit her lower lip and asked nervously, "When are you coming back?"
【uncertain. 】
The word "uncertain" deeply stung Mu Nannan's eyes.
Jian Yu is clearly at home, but now she says she's unsure.
She was angry.
Her mother said some unpleasant things several times, which finally annoyed her.
Mu Nannan held her phone and began to sob softly.
While Mu's mother was still arguing with Mu's father on the phone, she vaguely heard crying. She quietly walked to the door of Mu Nannan's bedroom and, after confirming that the crying was coming from inside, she hung up the phone.
She didn't think she had done anything wrong, but Mu Nannan's crying told her that she seemed to have really made a mistake.
In the evening, Jian Yu went to the villa next door with Huo Tingzhen for dinner.
Just as the food was set out, Old Mrs. Huo brought in the Huang family of three.
The Huang couple looked somewhat haggard, and upon seeing Huo Tingzhen, they instinctively gave each other a fawning smile.
Huang Ruo was in a good mood, but her face darkened when she saw Jian Yu.
"Tingzhen, where's your brother? Didn't the secretary say he went home?"
Huo Tingzhen glanced at the light outside the French windows. When had his brother come back so early?
They're probably still working overtime at the company.
"What do you want with my brother? My brother isn't like you, always having nothing better to do than speed and run red lights."
Huang Ruo's face turned bluish-purple with anger.
Considering that Old Madam Huo was present, she didn't retort, but instead expressed concern, "It's dinnertime now, and Brother Qizhen should eat too. If he's not home, his secretary should arrange dinner for him, otherwise what if he gets stomach problems from hunger?"
Grandma Huo was quite satisfied with Huang Ruo's explanation.
"We need to make sure Qizhen eats on time."
"The secretary will arrange it."
Huo Tingzhen pulled Grandma Huo to sit down, "Grandma, sit down and let's eat!"
Grandma Huo glanced at Jian Yu and asked, "Does Jian Yu often come here to eat?"
Jian Yu said, "Occasionally."
The Huo siblings are both too busy and rarely seen. The reason Huo Tingzhen is home today is because there was a data error in the originally planned schedule, and the arrangements have been changed at the last minute.
Occasionally, Mrs. Huo could accept it.
Huang Ruo couldn't stand it even occasionally. She was still angry about the drunk driving and running a red light last time, and all she could think about was causing trouble for Jian Yu. "I heard that Yu's Enterprise went bankrupt. Is that true?"
After these words were spoken, an eerie silence fell over the dinner table.
Huang Ruo was unaware and continued talking.
"Your family is bankrupt. In order to live a better life in the future, you have to desperately cling to the Huo family now."
Jian Yu remained completely unaffected, and even thoughtfully explained to Huang Ruo, "Yu's Enterprises has vast assets and is involved in many industries. Some of its assets were acquired by other companies, and the remaining portion filed for bankruptcy."
Huang Ruo laughed and said, "Is there a difference? Anyway, your family has nothing left."
Jian Yu nodded, "That's true."
"..." Not seeing Jian Yu's distress, Huang Ruo persisted, "Your family went bankrupt, how are you feeling right now?"
Jian Yu looked at her with a hint of expectation in his eyes, "I don't have a deep relationship with my family, so I can't really feel the pain. But you, once Huangxi Group is acquired or goes bankrupt, you'll understand how it feels. I hope you can tell me then, so I can experience it too."
Apart from Huo Tingzhen, everyone at the table had a drastic change in expression.
Huang Ruo slammed her hand on the table and stood up. "What did you say? You dare to curse my family's company?"
"How can it be a curse? Isn't this the truth? Financial news reports that Huangxi Group is in a major crisis, and several companies are eyeing it and formulating acquisition plans."
"..." Huang Ruo, didn't your great-aunt inject another sum of money to help their company through the crisis?
How could it go bankrupt?
"You've come here today hoping that Mr. Huo can continue to help on behalf of the Huo family conglomerate, haven't you?"
Grandma Huo slammed down her chopsticks.
There's too much to say in this concise text.
Huo Tingzhen glanced at it and spoke first before Old Madam Huo could.
"The board of directors has made a decision to refuse to inject capital into Huangxi Group."
"Which of those old fogies on the board is a good person?"
“There were already people who were dissatisfied with my brother and were secretly bribing people on the board of directors to cause trouble for him. Even if my brother wanted to help now, he couldn’t.”
Grandma Huo, “…”
The people Huo Tingzhen mentioned who were causing trouble for Huo Qizhen were none other than Huo An and his son Huo Yunzhen, a fact that Old Madam Huo was well aware of.
Mrs. Huang said, "How could we not help? Your brother is the chairman of the board!"
Huang Ling nodded in agreement, "Exactly, how could that be?"
“Although my brother is the chairman, he can’t go against the board of directors, can he? After all, if the board is unhappy, they will try to trip him up. My brother is all alone; he doesn’t have three heads and six arms. How can he withstand those underhanded attacks?”
Mrs. Huang's lips twitched. "It can't be that bad, can it?"
Huang also said that Huo Qizhen was very capable and had the board members completely under his control.
How could we be so passive?
Old Mrs. Huo knew perfectly well that the reason why the board members dared to go against Huo Qizhen was the result of her deliberate leniency.
Huo Tingzhen sighed, "Oh...right, my dad and that other guy are also on the side of the board of directors, refusing to let the company invest in Huangxi Group. My brother retorted, but my dad wouldn't let it go and even wanted to join forces with the board of directors to take the opportunity to replace my brother and put Huo Yunzhen in charge."
That person is Huo Yunzhen.
Upon hearing this, the Huang family of three almost slammed their fists on the table and stood up.
Huo Yunzhen was actually going to use their family as a favor in order to win over the board members.
Huang Ruo was furious. When Huo Qizhen was injured in a car accident, Huo Yunzhen was in high spirits and, with Huo An's help, took control of the company.
Her parents even considered getting her engaged to Huo Yunzhen.
She firmly refused.
She was right; Huo Yunzhen was an ingrate, completely disregarding how many good things his father had said for him in front of Old Madam Huo.
Old Mrs. Huo regretted promoting Huo Yunzhen too much in the past, giving him the opportunity to win over the board of directors, which has now made it difficult for him to inject capital into Huangxi Group.
"I will transfer Huo Yunzhen out of headquarters and prevent him from having too much contact with the board members."
Old Mrs. Huo really went to great lengths for her nephew, Huang Ling.
Jian Yu couldn't help but feel sorry for the Huo siblings. Old Mrs. Huo's love for them was not unconditional.
Huo Tingzhen's lips curled into a sneer. "The board of directors has already made its decision. Even if Grandma transfers Huo Yunzhen now, it won't make a difference. Huangxi Group has already lost nearly 10 billion yuan of company funds, and the board of directors will absolutely not change its mind."
Upon hearing once again that no further investment was possible, the Huang family of three turned their anger on Huo Yunzhen.
"Aunt, Yunzhen has gone too far."
Huang Ling was furious and started complaining to Old Mrs. Huo. Some time ago, Old Mrs. Huo offered to stop trying to matchmake Huang Ruo and Huo Qizhen in exchange for Huo Qizhen's help. At the time, their family reluctantly agreed to this condition.
Huang Ruo made a big fuss about this for a long time.
If Huo Yunzhen hadn't interfered, Huo Qizhen might have already convinced the board to inject capital.
The Huang family of three now feels that they have lost both their money and their loved ones.
He neither saved the company nor got Huo Qizhen as his son-in-law.
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