152 Negotiations
The couple exchanged a puzzled look. "What does this have to do with Wanwan?"
Mrs. Chi also said, "Mr. Huo, you don't need to worry about these things. Since we want to find our biological daughter, we will definitely treat her well."
Huo Yanxi frowned: "Does Madam Chi mean that you're taking your biological daughter back, but your adopted daughter will still have to live with you?"
Mrs. Chi was somewhat embarrassed. "Mr. Huo, after all, we've raised Wanwan for over 20 years. We develop feelings for even a dog, let alone a person."
"If I told you that she had nearly killed your own daughters multiple times, would you still think that way?" Huo Yanxi frowned.
If these parents are brainless and want to protect their adopted daughter, then he wouldn't let Manman recognize them.
He didn't want to upset her.
Madam Chi stared at him in astonishment. "How could this be? How could Wanwan know our biological daughter?"
Huo Yanxi looked at her calmly and said, "Why don't you finish reading the other investigation report first?"
He was already very impatient.
He even regretted his hasty decision to bring them over; he should have been more cautious.
Mrs. Chi was about to say something when Chairman Chi pulled her aside, saying, "Let's finish reading the investigation report first."
Chairman Chi had clearly sensed that Huo Yanxi had lost trust in them.
From his perspective, he believed that Huo Yanxi had no need to find someone to impersonate their biological daughter in order to deceive them.
The Huo Group is now number one in the world, and Huo Yanxi is the world's richest man. He doesn't care about the Chi family's money.
The reason he cares so much about his biological daughter is that she might be someone he knows, or even someone he cares about.
Without understanding the situation, they are more likely to make mistakes by saying too much. They would be better off reading the investigation report first.
Madam Chi opened her mouth, but then noticed Huo Yanxi's indifferent expression, so she lowered her eyes and looked at the investigation report with her husband.
The investigation report shows that more than 20 years ago, Mrs. Chi and her maid gave birth to a baby girl at the same time.
In order to give her daughter the life of a rich young lady, the maid secretly switched the two children and then threatened her mother with her life to force her to take the children to live in seclusion in a small fishing village.
Twenty-one years later, Chi Wanwan came to the small fishing village and set fire to it, intending to burn their biological daughter to death. Their daughter was saved by a dog and has been missing ever since.
Not long ago, their biological daughter became Huo Yanxi's family tutor. Chi Wanwan, fearing her existence, sent people to kidnap her and her son, intending to send them to northern Myanmar to be killed and silenced.
After reading the investigation report, Chairman Chi and his wife turned pale.
Mr. Chi's lips trembled as he cursed at Mrs. Chi, "Look at the daughter you raised, how could she be so vicious?"
Over the years, they have poured their best resources into her, striving to support her.
She even arranged a marriage with the Huo family, but instead of being grateful for their efforts, she tried to kill their biological daughter.
Tears streamed down Madam Chi's face. "How was I supposed to know she would harm our own daughter?"
This child has disappointed them greatly.
Chairman Chi slammed the file shut. "What you should be saying is, when did she find out she wasn't our biological daughter?"
She was willing to go to the small fishing village to eliminate any potential threats, which means she must have known all along that she wasn't their biological daughter.
Mrs. Chi finally realized what was happening, and she began to sob, "We...we were the last to know. We're so sorry to that child."
As parents, how could they not be heartbroken to find out their children had been switched at the last minute?
Chairman Chi looked up at Huo Yanxi and said, "President Huo, I'm sorry to have made you laugh."
Huo Yanxi had been observing the couple in front of him.
For five years, he had been hated by his birth mother and knew what a person's true nature was like and what their pretense was like.
Mr. Chi's reaction was within his expectations; men are generally more reserved in expressing their emotions.
Madam Chi does have some sincerity, but this sincerity still needs to be tested.
“This is your family matter, and I shouldn’t interfere, but I happen to know where your biological daughter is, so I hope Chairman Chi won’t blame me for meddling.”
Chairman Chi hurriedly said, "Not at all, we've been sending people to look for it all this time."
In fact, they simply handed the matter over to a private investigator.
Mrs. Chi said, "Mr. Huo, could you tell me where my daughter is?"
After Madam Chi discovered that Chi Wanwan was an imposter, she sent people to look for her, but the news disappeared without a trace.
Huo Yanxi said, "Okay, but I have one condition."
Chairman Chi hurriedly asked, "What are the conditions?"
“Send Chi Wanwan abroad and never allow her to set foot in Hong Kong again.”
Chairman Chi and Mrs. Chi exchanged a glance.
Mrs. Chi still had a hint of reluctance in her eyes. "Mr. Huo, Wanwan was raised by my own hands. Even if she didn't give birth to me, she still deserves my gratitude for raising her."
"So you plan to take your biological daughter back, and then let her watch you feel sorry for your adopted daughter and cause her distress?"
“That’s not what I meant. I meant that she could move out; she doesn’t necessarily have to be sent abroad.” Madam Chi was still very reluctant.
After all, that was the child she had doted on since childhood, and she had poured her heart and soul into it.
Even though she has become vicious now, she believes it's because she's insecure and afraid that if her biological daughter comes back, they won't love her anymore.
Huo Yanxi's expression suddenly turned cold. "It seems you do care more about your adopted daughter. In that case, you don't need to know your biological daughter's name or where she is."
Chairman Chi glared at Mrs. Chi and hurriedly said, "President Huo, my wife is being unreasonable, but I assure you, as long as you tell us where she is, we will definitely send Wanwan abroad as you request."
Huo Yanxi seemed dissatisfied with his answer, "Come find me again after you send Chi Wanwan abroad."
Chairman Chi and Mrs. Chi: "..."
Before they could say anything more, Huo Yanxi had already stood up and asked his second secretary to come in and see the guests out.
The two exchanged a glance, knowing that if Huo Yanxi refused to speak, they had no way to force him to.
When Xie Yaoyao returned home from get off work, she found that her home had changed drastically.
When she entered her home using her fingerprint, she saw that the old sofa had been replaced with a cream-colored lambskin sofa, and she even wondered if she had entered the wrong house.
She exited, had her fingerprint scanned again, and heard the AI say, "Welcome home."
She was starting to question the meaning of life.
The shoe cabinet has been replaced, and the rug in front of it has also been replaced with an Italian hand-woven rug.
The smell of money is everywhere here.
What surprised her even more was that the entire wall where the TV was located had disappeared.
Her living room was twice as big as the one next door, and it was connected to the one next door.
Just then, Huo Yanxi came out of the study next door, wearing a silk nightgown, looking ascetic and noble.
Xie Yaoyao glared at him. "President Huo, did you do this?"
She couldn't think of any other factor besides Huo Yanxi's financial power that could transform this house in just one afternoon.
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