Emperor Xiu unilaterally decided Xia Xueqing's life, which can be described as extremely domineering.
Zhou Lie and several servants were probably also bombarded with phone calls from Xia Xueqing. They came to cause trouble as soon as it was light. Di Xiu went to work as usual and found out that his driver was also one of the traitors. He felt a mix of emotions.
According to the information he had, although the original owner of Xia Hongfei was very serious and unsmiling in front of outsiders, and could be quite frightening when he got angry, he was never pretentious at home and treated the servants well.
Because the housekeeper and servants, like him, doted on his precious daughter, Xia Hongfei wouldn't make things difficult for them as long as it wasn't a matter of principle and they did their jobs well. In fact, because he felt they were also acting as his daughter's playmates, keeping her happy every day, he paid them wages far above market rates.
"I guess money really can't compare to sacred feelings," 001 sighed wistfully, gazing at the sky.
Di Xiu hired a lawyer, fired everyone in the villa, and asked his secretary to help him find a luxury apartment closer to the city government.
He's been incredibly busy lately, but he still managed to find time to eliminate any leverage Zhou Lie might have over the original owner of this body. Now that he's free of worries, he can finally get rid of him.
With the inner quarters peaceful, the school under construction, and roads being connected, Emperor Xiu briefly turned his attention to the Huo family.
Regardless of whether Huo Ting and the original owner had any grudges, or whether the mission required revenge against him and thus had to expose the forces behind him, from the perspective of interests alone, Emperor Xiu had to choose to deal with the Huo family. Therefore, he did not refute 001's baseless speculation.
The Huo family is such a behemoth, deeply rooted and extensive, that it is no easy task to uproot it. There is not even a force in the country that can rival it. For the Xia family, a local tyrant in a small place, to try to shake the Huo family group seems more like an ant trying to shake a tree.
But when this ant tries to shake the tree, countless other ants will surely follow, pushing down the tree that has monopolized too much sunlight and rain.
With 001 around, much information is no longer a secret. He is the world's most advanced artificial intelligence, possessing the best processor and also the best hacker.
Emperor Xiu was very interested in this method, but unfortunately he didn't have time to learn it for the time being.
The Huo family was like a dancer stripped of her layers of veils, utterly exposed to 001 and Di Xiu. Frankly, no one liked this, but Di Xiu understood that the world was becoming increasingly data-driven, and human privacy was gradually becoming a joke; some people simply had the ability to put on a few more layers of veils.
If the Huo family is capable of hiring assassins and stealing the hearts of living people, they must have done many other illegal and disorderly acts as well, but they just have the ability to cover them up.
A quick search reveals a whole host of clues.
Di Xiu pulled out one from the pile of braids and said, "Let's use this one first."
001 estimates that no one would dare to release negative news about the Huo family. Even if they did, they might not be able to release it, but it would definitely bring disaster upon them. So he chose to take matters into his own hands and not be afraid of his posts being deleted.
At eight o'clock in the morning, when office workers are rushing to work by bus or subway, they are bored and scroll through the news on their phones, looking at the gossip in the entertainment industry. Suddenly, a chorus of "ding-dong" sounds rang out in the carriage, and a message popped up on the top of each phone. A quick glance at it, and the four words "Huo's Group" were enough to wake people up.
In this world, some people may not know who the chairman is, but they certainly know the Huo Group. You can see the Huo Group logo everywhere you go, from food and drink to accommodation. If you go to school, you might even find a few honorary alumni working for the Huo Group. They mention it every year, as if working for a branch of the Huo Group is more glorious than being your own boss.
Even a scandal involving a branch of such a top-tier wealthy family would be enough to make headlines, let alone one with a headline that blatantly uses the name "Huo Group." The excitement of peeping into the private affairs of a wealthy family is overwhelming, and after a quick glance, the excitement turns into indignation.
Things that are connected to people's daily lives are more likely to resonate with them because they affect their own interests. The problem that Di Xiu picked on was that a factory in the Huo family that produced daily necessities was selling inferior goods as superior ones.
Thanks to the widespread use of surveillance, 001 can even post pictures as evidence.
As soon as the news broke, the Huo family immediately arranged for people to check the IP address, delete the message, and control public opinion. 001 resisted for half a minute before letting them delete it.
After tracing the IP address, it was discovered that it was located in the vast ocean, and there wasn't a single island within a hundred miles of that area on the map.
The head of the Huo family was Huo Ting's grandfather. He was getting old and his energy was waning. He wouldn't usually get involved in anything that wasn't a big deal, so such trivial matters wouldn't be reported to him. However, his five sons all knew about it.
There were five brothers, but four mothers, so their relationship was naturally not harmonious. Except for the eldest and second eldest brothers who shared the same mother, the others were born to the old man Huo's later wives.
The youngest son was in charge of daily necessities. His mother was Old Master Huo's current wife, and he was the youngest son born late in life. After Huo Ting's decline, he became the old man's favorite. When he made a mistake, the other four were naturally happy to kick him while he was down, especially the eldest son, Huo. However, they knew that this small matter wouldn't seriously damage him, so they didn't take the opportunity to start an infighting.
After mocking the youngest brother, Huo the Second said to the eldest brother, "Big brother, I think there's something fishy about this."
The eldest brother sneered, "Of course there's something fishy going on. Only that idiot youngest brother didn't notice. He's got so many hackers under his wing, and all he found was a ridiculously fake IP address. They're obviously just playing him for fools."
This troublemaker is clearly more formidable than before, and he's even proud of himself for defeating the enemy in less than a minute. How dare someone like the youngest son compare to his own son?
Thinking of Huo Ting, he couldn't help but get a headache again. There was no doubt that his son was outstanding, but now he was a waste. He would rather sing for a living than come back. It's just a woman, isn't it? He had told him that he could play around if he wanted, but he actually wanted to marry her.
Huo Laoda did not regret killing Su Xiaoxue, but only regretted that he killed her too late. A woman who tried to control Huo's eldest grandson and future head of the family deserved to die.
Thinking about how successful his youngest son had been over the past year, Huo Laoda became angrier and angrier. When he got home that night and saw his wife looking radiant and carrying lots of bags, he couldn't help but complain.
"You have so much time to fuss over your face, but you don't worry about your son. If he continues like this, will he still have a place in this family?"
Qiu Qiling rolled her eyes at him, instructed the maid to take the things to her room, and then said smugly, "Anyway, you won't find a more outstanding successor than my son."
Boss Huo: "..."
Huo the Elder lit a cigarette and thought sadly: Who can argue with that? Having witnessed Huo Ting's methods and abilities, even the old man didn't want to compromise anymore, otherwise the position of family head would already be his.
Sometimes, even he, as a father, couldn't help but feel jealous of his son.
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