Huo Ting preferred to ask a former friend to help find Xia Xueqing's location rather than directly ask the Xia family father and daughter. It's unclear what his true intentions were.
His friend is the son of the CEO of Jin's Technology Co., Ltd., who also studied abroad and is an alumnus of Huo Ting's school. The two are both geniuses and have a good relationship, maintaining contact privately over the years.
Jin Jiayu tried to tell him about the current situation of the Huo family, but before she could even begin, Huo Ting coldly said, "If you mention the Huo family again, I'll pretend I don't have you as a friend."
Jin Jiayu had a vague feeling that the Huo family was not in a good position, so he wanted to remind his friend. But seeing that his friend didn't care at all, he felt like he was worrying about something that wasn't his business. Moreover, Huo Ting actually threatened to break off their friendship, so he swallowed his other words.
After a two-second silence, Jin Jiayu subconsciously started a conversation in a humble manner: "The girl you asked me to find and you..."
Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask.
Even the best temper can't withstand such rudeness from the person who responds, especially since Jin Jiayu is a privileged individual who has always been pampered.
He covered the receiver, took a deep breath, and couldn't help but want to curse, but the other end had already impatiently hung up the call.
He opened the door to go out, but was suddenly startled. He stood still, looking at the tips of the shoes of the person who had been standing outside the door for who knows how long, and asked in a low voice, "Father, what are your orders?"
"Did that kid from the Huo family call you?"
"yes."
"What does he want with you?"
Jin Jiayu remained silent for a moment, but out of loyalty, she didn't say anything, instead subtly expressing her resistance: "It has nothing to do with the Huo family."
"Things have been acting strange lately, stay away from the Huo family."
Under his father's watchful gaze, Jin Jiayu stiffened his neck and said yes. But once the pair of leather shoes were out of sight, he raised his head and silently said no.
001 crunched on the virtual snacks, pointed at Jin Jiayu, and said to Di Xiu, "He looks like a dog."
Di Xiu: "...Don't swear."
"I didn't swear. Dogs are so cute and loyal, cheep cheep."
Di Xiu fell silent, then seemed to remember something and asked, "His father seems to be a former classmate of the original owner?"
"Yes, they are both top students from the School of Information Science and Technology at Capital University. They participated in a competition together once, but their relationship wasn't very good, to be precise, it was quite bad."
On the other side, Huo Ting bought a plane ticket to Country D, but he had no money in his pocket. The former heir of the Huo family, a business genius who made a net profit of one billion yuan a year, couldn't even afford a plane ticket worth 5,000 yuan. It was hard to believe.
He brazenly ordered Su Xiaoyue to buy the tickets, completely disregarding whether she had any money or not. After getting the tickets, he didn't care where she got the money from and bought two tickets, then headed straight to the airport empty-handed.
Su Xiaoyue followed, dragging her hastily packed small suitcase.
001 exclaimed in astonishment, "She...she still has connections with the Huo family?!"
Di Xiu took a moment out of his busy schedule to give him a strange look.
"The Huo family killed her sister."
"She probably doesn't know."
001 thought about it and realized it made sense, so she stopped making a fuss. Besides, all sorts of weirdos could exist in these timelines, so the grudge of killing her sister was nothing.
"Little Xiu Xiu, why won't you let me stop the male and female leads from meeting?"
"There's no need."
"Little Xiu Xiu, how long do you think it will take to bring down the Huo family? The Huo family and the male and female protagonists need to be defeated separately, otherwise, with those two protagonists' halo, it will be very troublesome to bring them down."
"Protagonist halo..." Di Xiu chewed on the word between his teeth, extracting the corresponding meaning from the information 001 had given him, and nodded thoughtfully.
So this strange power is called the protagonist's halo? I can observe it when I have time.
The male and female leads, plus a female supporting character, take the extreme tug-of-war of love and hate to an overseas location.
Unfortunately, D country values privacy, and surveillance is not as widespread as in China. Once these three people leave the house, they are often out of 001's sight, so he can only catch glimpses of their lives intermittently.
However, it's also clear that the development of the relationship between the male and female leads is quite complicated. Huo Ting clearly went to find Xia Xueqing, but he insisted on saying that he was looking for musical inspiration. Faced with her ardent longing and love, it's hard to know what he was thinking, but he never said a kind word and often made sarcastic and hurtful remarks.
But if you hurt someone's feelings, you'll feel uncomfortable yourself, and then you'll have to torment the two women around you. It's just insane.
Despite her seemingly schizophrenic state, Su Xiaoyue managed to discover signs of Huo Ting's infidelity. She would occasionally try to sabotage him, but this only turned into an assist, or perhaps sowed the seeds of future trouble.
001 is well-versed in all 108 methods of palace intrigue and domestic power struggles. Unable to tolerate Su Xiaoyue's despicable tactics, he secretly offers her advice, acting like a villainous boss dedicated to hindering the poignant love story of the male and female leads.
Emperor Xiu had no interest in the romance between the male and female protagonists, and was even allergic to it. He also turned a blind eye to 001's antics and let him do as he pleased.
...
At this time, a large-scale anti-corruption campaign was underway in China, dedicated to cracking down on corruption, bribery, dereliction of duty, and malfeasance among public officials. The campaign swept through the country from top to bottom. By the time the basic transportation infrastructure in the old city of J was completed, many people had already been removed from their posts in various places, including J and Shanghai.
The anti-corruption campaign will not end anytime soon; what has been uncovered so far are only those at the highest levels.
Those who had close ties with the fallen officials were investigated, with the wealthy and powerful Huo family being the first to be targeted.
Or to put it another way, all this turmoil was to sharpen the spear aimed at the Huo family.
Meanwhile, the five sons of the Huo family were already fighting fiercely, and the old master Huo was so angry that he was hospitalized. His health was not as good as before, and he was reconsidering the matter of succession. He asked someone to inquire about Huo Ting's current situation and asked the butler to make a phone call to try to bring him back.
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