Chapter 701: Heavenly Appearance
There was silence on the other side for a few seconds before Xiao Muzhen's slightly trembling voice came over.
"You mean... Yiyi has fallen into Tang Ruxing's hands?"
"Um."
Xiao Muzhen smiled bitterly and then hung up the phone.
At this moment, she was full of regret. If she had persuaded Huo Yiyi more that day, or if she had discovered in time that Huo Yiyi was just perfunctorily trying to please her, perhaps this incident would not have happened.
But now, she could only watch Tang Ruxing effortlessly snatch the Huo Group from Huo Yunting, and she could do nothing.
This feeling of powerlessness is terrible.
"Zhenzhen, let's go. It will take several hours to get to Zheng Chuan's hometown from here."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Zhuan was shocked to see Xiao Muzhen's red eyes.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Xiao Muzhen shook his head and said, "It's okay, let's go."
On the way there, Xiao Muzhen looked like he was worried about something.
Xiao Zhuan hesitated for a long time, but couldn't help but speak: "Zhenzhen, what's wrong with you? Did something happen?"
"No, I'm just a little tired lately."
Seeing that she looked a little tired, Xiao Zhuan patted her head and said, "You have worked really hard during this period. When the crisis of Xiao Corporation is over, you can go out and play for a while and have a good rest."
"Um."
When the two rushed to Zheng Chuan's hometown, they found that his door was closed and it didn't look like anyone was there.
After waiting at the door for a while, a passing villager saw them, looked at them for a while and said, "The Zheng family has gone back to visit relatives. They won't be back for at least half a month. There's no point in you waiting here."
Hearing this, Xiao Muzhen quickly asked, "Sister, do you know where their mother's family is?"
The aunt shook her head and said, "I don't know."
"You and the Zheng family are from the same village. Do you know much about the Zheng family? For example, did they suddenly become prosperous a few years ago?"
"How did you know?!" The aunt's eyes were full of surprise, and then she frowned. "But the Zheng family's eldest son works in Beijing and earns an extremely high salary. The Zheng family has gradually become prosperous since his eldest son went to work in Beijing."
Xiao Muzhen nodded, "Yes, indeed. Zheng Chuan used to work as a purchasing manager in the company, with an annual salary of 200,000 to 300,000 yuan."
"Wow! There are so many! The Zheng family used to be notoriously poor in the village, but later on they became the richest family in the village. Look at this three-story Western-style house! It was all built when Zheng Chuan was working in Beijing!"
As the aunt spoke, her eyes were filled with envy and jealousy.
"It must cost a lot of money to build a house like this, right?"
"Of course!" The aunt didn't realize Xiao Muzhen was trying to trick her. She said excitedly, "It's at least 500,000 or 600,000 yuan. I heard that their family also bought an apartment in Beijing. It was Zheng Chuan's mother who accidentally let it slip. Later, when I asked her again, she said I misheard. She must be afraid that I would borrow money from his family!"
"But... Zheng Chuan was unlucky. He died in an accident not long after the house was built."
"Indeed...Auntie, thank you for telling me so much. If the Zheng family comes back, please contact me. Here is my contact information."
Xiao Muzhen handed her a business card. Seeing that the other party was looking at the jade bracelet on his hand when he took the business card, he took off the jade bracelet and handed it to her.
"This is a thank you gift."
Seeing Xiao Muzhen was going to give her the jade bracelet, the woman was startled and quickly took a few steps back. "No, no, I'm in the countryside every day, doing farm work every day. I don't need such a precious thing. I'll call you when the Zheng family comes back."
Seeing that the other party really didn't want it, Xiao Muzhen didn't insist. It might be more practical for her to thank her with money when the time comes.
"Okay, thank you, big sister."
"No thanks, no thanks! You city people are always polite."
After saying goodbye to the aunt, the two left.
On the way back, Xiao Muzhen and Xiao Zhuan both looked a little solemn.
"Third brother, Haoyu should still have Zheng Chuan's family information. Ask someone to check if the Zheng family has any registered house in Beijing."
If Zheng Chuan really embezzled the money for buying construction materials, he would never put the house under his name, as it would be too easy to be found.
"Um."
As soon as he returned to the company, Xiao Zhuan received a call from his subordinates.
I don't know what the other party said, but his face became extremely ugly.
"Zhenzhen, I found out that Zheng Chuan's brother owns a villa with a market value of approximately 30 million."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Muzhen's face became extremely ugly. It was almost certain that there must be something wrong with the houses in Chunjiang Huacheng, and the Xiao family... would face a devastating blow!
"Let's not tell Dad about this for now... He hasn't recovered yet..."
Xiao Zhuan was silent for a few seconds, then whispered, "I guess we can't keep it a secret for long."
"We'll find another chance to talk to him after he's discharged from the hospital."
"Well, let's go upstairs first."
The two went directly to Xun Zi's office and told her what they had found out.
After listening, Xun Zi sighed, "Actually, I had a premonition a long time ago."
"Mom, the most important thing now is how to make amends."
Xun Zi looked at Xiao Muzhen and nodded, saying, "You're right. Let's check Xiao's current liquidity first. With over 3,000 owners, I'm afraid even if Xiao gave up everything, it wouldn't be able to compensate them."
"I still have a little money here. If it's not enough by then, I can make up for it first."
Compared to the compensation, what hurt Xiao Muzhen the most was that those families had lived in a toxic house for so long.
"Just keep your money. You have older brothers, your father and I. It's not your turn to pay."
Xiao Muzhen didn't insist on this matter. If the money really wasn't enough, she could just take it out later.
Xiao Zhuan looked at Xun Zi and said in a deep voice, "Mom, the compensation is for later. What I'm worried about now is how we are going to tell Dad about this... He's not in good health right now..."
"Don't worry about that. I'll talk to your dad and he'll accept it."
"Um."
Even if you can't accept it, you must force yourself to accept it.
After all, if it weren't for Xiao's poor supervision, this wouldn't have happened, and Xiao also has an unshirkable responsibility.
"Okay, you're all tired today, go and rest. I need to think carefully about what to do next."
The two returned to their workstations, and Xiao Muzhen stared at the documents on the table in a daze.
Suddenly, the phone in the bag rang.
Seeing that it was Shi Yiheng, Xiao Muzhen hesitated for a while, but still chose to answer the call.
"Hello?"
"Zhenzhen, I can walk for half an hour today. Although it's still a bit difficult, Master Yun said that in half a month at most, I'll be fully recovered!"
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