Chapter 206: One-Character Master
Huo Yunting subconsciously glanced at Chi Muzhen's door, then turned around and walked quickly into the study.
"How is he now?"
"I heard the recovery wasn't ideal. Also... there's one more thing."
Huo Yunting's eyes turned cold, "Speak."
"We've got news about Wang Dan's family. Our people tracked them down in Country Y, but when they found them, Wang Dan's parents were already dead, and Wang Dan's whereabouts are unknown."
"Has the identity of the person who helped them escape the country been ascertained?"
"Not yet... the clue is broken..."
Huo Yunting frowned and said coldly: "Keep investigating, we must find out who is behind this!"
After hanging up the phone, Huo Yunting stared at the phone for a while and dialed another number.
"Mr. Huo, why are you calling me so late? Is there something wrong?"
Huo Yunting's expression was icy as he spoke word by word, "Boss Shi, I can agree to the condition you mentioned earlier, but the condition is that Shi Yiheng will never appear in front of my wife again!"
Shi Xingguo was silent for a few seconds, then smiled and said, "Mr. Huo, it's a pleasure to work with you."
"Boss Shi, I hope you can keep your word, otherwise don't blame me for being disrespectful."
"Mr. Huo, don't worry. Yiheng is my son and the heir of the Shi family. I won't let him do anything to destroy other people's families."
Huo Yunting didn't say anything else and hung up the phone.
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was Chi's house celebrating the day for Chi Xiaoyu.
The Chi family booked the entire third floor of Chengdu's largest riverside hotel and invited almost everyone from Chengdu's upper class.
Chi Muzhen didn't plan to come at first, but Chen Tian wanted to attend, so she pestered her for a few days. She was so annoyed that she had to agree.
When she and Huo Yunting walked into the banquet hall, there were already many guests inside.
The Chi family was entertaining guests. When they saw Huo Yunting and Chi Muzhen, they immediately walked towards them quickly.
Although Old Mrs. Chi and Old Mr. Chi were old, they still had a flattering smile on their faces when they saw Huo Yunting.
"Mr. Huo, Mu Zhen, you're here? Come and sit over here."
Old Mrs. Chi was incredibly enthusiastic towards Chi Muzhen, and the smile on her face was more sincere than ever before.
Chi Muzhen had a calm expression, with no emotion in her eyes.
As soon as they sat down, Mrs. Chi said with a smile: "Mu Zhen, are you tired from work recently? If you are too tired, come back to the Chi family. We can support you!"
Chi Muzhen just listened to Mrs. Chi's polite words.
"Not tired. By the way, where's my cousin? Aren't we celebrating for her today?"
When talking about Chi Xiaoyu, Mrs. Chi's face was full of pride and joy from the bottom of her heart. She said softly, "She and a few friends are still on the fifth floor putting on makeup. She will be down soon."
Chi Muzhen nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
The two of them didn't have much to say, and gradually fell silent.
Old Madam Chi glanced at Huo Yunting, who was sitting next to Chi Muzhen with a cold expression, and said in a flattering tone, "Mr. Huo, you don't have to sit here with us. There are many businessmen who have cooperated with the Huo family attending the banquet today. You should have more topics to talk about with them."
Huo Yunting nodded slightly, "Okay."
He looked at Chi Muzhen and whispered, "I'll go first. Call me if you need anything."
"good."
As soon as Huo Yunting walked into the crowd, someone came to talk to him, and there was more than one person.
Huo's is the largest enterprise in Rongcheng, and Huo Yunting is the president of Huo's. Naturally, he is the focus of the crowd wherever he goes.
"Mu Zhen, before you said you wanted to divorce Mr. Huo, I really thought you had no feelings for each other anymore, so I ignored it. But now that you're back together, remarriage should be put on the agenda."
Hearing this, Chi Muzhen couldn't help but frowned, "Grandma, this is a matter between him and me, we will make the decision ourselves."
Mrs. Chi's eyes flashed with displeasure. "I'm doing this for your own good. Mr. Huo likes you now, so of course he'll listen to you. But if he falls in love with someone else someday, you'll get nothing."
After a few seconds of silence, Chi Muzhen slowly said, "I'm not with him for anything."
"Even if you don't want anything from him, you still have to think about the Chi family. Only when the Chi family rises up will you have more say in front of him."
After all, it's all for the benefit of the Chi family.
Chi Muzhen found it a little funny. When she was of no use to them, the Chi family avoided her like the plague. When she was of use to them, the Chi family wanted her to die for them and gain benefits for them.
From beginning to end, she was just a chess piece that was used when useful and discarded when useless.
She looked up at Old Lady Chi and said word by word, "Grandma, don't worry about it. The good or bad of the Chi family has nothing to do with me. To the Chi family, I am not your family, and the same is true for me. I don't need the Chi family to support me, and I will not seek benefits for the Chi family."
Old Mrs. Chi's expression changed and her voice became a little cold.
"Mu Zhen, when you really have a conflict with Huo Yunting, you will know how important it is to have a mother's family as a backing!"
"The Chi family will never be my backer. It never was, and it never will be in the future."
Seeing that Chi Muzhen refused to listen, Mrs. Chi's expression turned completely cold.
"Since you said that, I have nothing more to say. I just hope you won't regret it in the future."
Chi Muzhen stood up and said calmly, "You still have guests to entertain, so I'll excuse myself first."
Because the company has been busy lately, Chi Xuan worked overtime until after seven in the evening before rushing over.
Old Mrs. Chi was already very dissatisfied with her because of the previous plagiarism incident, and her expression immediately darkened when she saw her coming so late.
"Your cousin has such an important matter, and you're still so late, are you doing it on purpose?!"
Chi Xuan frowned and said, "Grandma, the company has been busy lately, so I rushed over as soon as I finished."
Mrs. Chi said angrily, "Alright, find a place to sit down. Isn't this embarrassing enough?!"
Chi Xuan lowered her eyes and unconsciously clenched her hands at her sides.
In the past, Mrs. Chi treated her very well, but now, just because of a plagiarism incident, her attitude towards her is completely different from before.
Thinking of this, Chi Xuan felt a surge of dissatisfaction and anger in her heart.
Walking to sit next to Xu Rou, Chi Xuan bit her lower lip tightly to resist the urge to leave.
However, when the guests saw her, they began to whisper.
"I didn't expect Chi Xuan to actually come to the party. If I were her, I would probably hide at home for half a year without daring to go out."
"As long as you're thick-skinned, there's nothing you can't do. They even plagiarized other companies' designs and shamelessly sued them for plagiarism. Attending a banquet is a piece of cake."
"I've never seen anything like this in all my life. If I were a member of the Chi family, I would never let her see anyone because it's too embarrassing."
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The mocking and contemptuous voices around her almost made Chi Xuan lose her mind. She stood up suddenly, immediately attracting the attention of everyone around her.
Xu Rou quickly pulled her back and shook her head at her, her eyes full of forbearance.
If they make a scene at the banquet today, there will be no place for them and their daughter to stay in the Chi family anymore, and Old Madam Chi will definitely not let them off easily.
Chi Xuan took a deep breath, lowered her eyes and said, "Mom, I'm going to the bathroom."
Hearing this, Xu Rou finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Okay, go quickly and come back soon."
Old Mrs. Chi on the side had an ugly look on her face, and she really felt a little regretful in her heart. She shouldn't have let Chi Xuan attend the banquet.
Everything that happened at the main table was seen by the people nearby.
Shen Tian raised an eyebrow, "Because of the plagiarism incident, Chi Xuan's life doesn't seem to be going well now."
Chi Muzhen looked indifferent, "It's her own choice whether to live a good life or not."
If Chi Xuan had been quiet and not made trouble from the beginning, things wouldn't have ended up like this.
Shen Tian smiled, "That's right."
Chi Xuan washed her face in the bathroom and just walked out of the bathroom when she met Chi Xiaoyu.
Chi Xiaoyu's lips curled up into a meaningful smile. She hadn't forgotten that at her grandfather's birthday party, Chi Xuan took advantage of her to play a video showing Chi Muzhen and a male model in a nightclub feeding each other fruit.
Today, it's time for her revenge!
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