Chapter 614: Poisoning Discovered
Liu Ma's cries and begging for mercy stopped abruptly. She looked at the two men in horror, and her body shook even more violently.
“No…don’t…”
The bodyguards ignored her pleas and, one on each side, lifted her up from the ground and dragged her out like a dead dog.
Liu Ma's desperate screams and struggles echoed in the corridor, but were quickly blocked out by the closed door.
There was deathly silence in the room.
Chi Wenyan retracted his cold gaze and looked down at Ji Wan in his arms. The frost in his eyes instantly melted into a pool of tenderness. "Are you scared?"
Ji Wan shook her head and leaned against his chest, listening to his steady and powerful heartbeat. Her restless heart gradually settled. She raised her eyes and looked at Su Jiujiu, whose face was distorted by fear and hatred.
"What are you going to do with her?"
"What's the point of keeping a chess piece that wants to kill you?" Chi Wenyan's voice was cold, as if he was talking about an insignificant item.
Su Jiujiu, who was lying on the bed, heard this and struggled to sit up, shouting hoarsely, "Don't kill me! Chi Wenyan, Ji Wan! That bitch Zhao Xiyue wants me dead, and you're going to let her have her way? Keep me here, I can be a witness against her! I know all the disgusting things she did!"
There was crazy hatred burning in her eyes, and the strong desire to survive made her temporarily forget her fear of Chi Wenyan.
Chi Wenyan's thin lips curled up in a cruel arc. He didn't even bother to look at her again. He just took out his cell phone and dialed a number.
The moment the phone was connected, he only said five words.
"The Zhao family should disappear."
A respectful yet cold response came from the other end of the line: "Yes, sir."
At the same time, in the president's office on the top floor of the Zhao Group building, Zhao's father was anxiously answering one call after another.
"What? Our biggest project was unilaterally terminated by our partner? And they're still paying the penalty?"
"The stock price hit the lower limit within fifteen minutes?!"
"People from the tax bureau and the industry and commerce bureau suddenly came to conduct a joint inspection?!"
The bad news was like thunder, making Father Zhao dizzy and dazed. He angrily swept all the documents on his desk to the floor and roared at the subordinate on the other end of the phone: "Investigate! Investigate immediately! Who is this blind bastard who dares to touch our Zhao family!"
Just as he finished speaking, the door of his office was flung open and his most trusted assistant rushed in, his face pale as a thread.
"Zhao... Mr. Zhao! This is bad! All our bank accounts have been frozen! Our overseas assets have also been frozen..."
"Enough!" Father Zhao's eyes were red, and he smashed the phone against the wall, breaking it into pieces.
He slumped in his chair, all the strength drained from him. This wasn't just any ordinary business competition; it was a long-planned, thunderous stranglehold! The opponent's strength was so formidable that he had no chance of resistance!
Who is it? Who did he offend?
Just when he was puzzled, his personal cell phone rang. The caller ID showed that it was a big shot whom he dared not offend easily.
He hurriedly answered the phone, his voice trembling with flattery: "Mr. Wang, how come you have time..."
"Zhao Dehai! Is your daughter crazy?" An angry roar came from the other end of the phone, making Zhao's father's ears buzz. "Who did she touch? Don't you have any idea? Is the master of the Chi family something your Zhao family can afford to offend?!"
"Chi...Chi Wenyan?" Father Zhao's mind buzzed, and everything went blank in an instant, and his hands and feet became cold.
That name is like a mountain pressing down on the entire upper class. Just mentioning it is enough to suffocate people.
"I'm warning you, don't implicate us! Take care of yourself!" After saying that, the other party hung up the phone without mercy.
Father Zhao held the phone in his hand, stunned for a while, and then a surge of anger and fear swept over him.
He stood up suddenly, rushed out of the office like crazy and went straight home.
Kicking open Zhao Xiyue's door, he saw his daughter sitting by the window, staring blankly out the window, with a hint of satisfaction on her face that her plan had succeeded.
“Bang!”
A loud slap hit Zhao Xiyue's face hard, knocking her unconscious.
"Dad! Why did you hit me!" Zhao Xiyue covered her burning face and looked at her furious father in disbelief.
"I hit you? I wish I could beat you to death, you evil creature!" Father Zhao's eyes were bloodshot, like a beast cornered. "You went to provoke Chi Wenyan? Do you want our entire Zhao family to be buried with you?"
Zhao Xiyue's face turned pale, and her lips trembled: "I... I didn't... I just wanted to..."
"You just wanted to kill that woman named Su Jiujiu and silence her, right?" Father Zhao grabbed her hair and pulled her up from the ground, his face grim. "You thought you did it perfectly? You did it on Chi Wenyan's territory! You pushed all of us into the fire pit!"
He dragged Zhao Xiyue out with amazing strength.
"Follow me! Now! Go to the Chi family immediately! Kneel down! Kowtow! Beg him to spare our lives!"
A hysterical farce was taking place in the hall of the Zhao family villa.
"Dad! Let me go! Are you crazy?" Zhao Xiyue struggled desperately, her sharp nails leaving bloody marks on her father's arm, but he seemed not to feel the pain. His hands like iron clamps tightly grasped her hair and dragged her towards the door.
Despair and fear made her blurt out: "You're going to send me to kneel before others just for the sake of the company? I'm your own daughter! You coward! You're a piece of shit!"
"Shut up!" Father Zhao slapped her again, causing blood to flow from the corner of her mouth, and she fell against the expensive entrance cabinet next to her.
"How dare you say that? If it weren't for you, this evil creature, how could the Zhao family have reached this point today! Even if I beat you to death today, it would be better than being killed by you!"
The madness in his eyes chilled Zhao Xiyue's heart. She had never seen her father lose his composure like this before. It was the look of a desperate beast.
At this moment, there was a loud "bang" and the heavy carved wooden door of the villa was kicked open from the outside!
Several uniformed policemen with stern expressions filed in. The captain in the lead had an eagle-like gaze, scanning the disheveled father and daughter in the hall.
Zhao's father's movements came to a sudden halt, his hand still frozen in mid-air as he dragged his daughter. He thought these people were also here to seize the assets, and the last glimmer of hope in his heart was completely extinguished.
However, the leading captain did not look at him, but instead fixed his gaze on Zhao Xiyue, whose hair was disheveled and face was covered in tears. His voice was cold and without a trace of warmth:
"Zhao Xiyue?"
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