Chapter 702 Joining the Melee
Even though Xia Wanwan was usually very dignified and virtuous, she still broke down when she heard outsiders mocking her like that. Without thinking, she stood up from the sofa, trembling.
The maid rushed over to help her up, saying, "Miss Wanwan, don't go out. Don't get angry with those people outside. They don't know anything, they just talk nonsense. Don't pay attention to them."
"Listen to what they're saying!" Xia Wanwan said angrily.
The maid said, "Don't pay any attention to them. They don't know anything. Let Madam handle it. Miss, please don't go out."
"Didn't you hear what they were saying?" Xia Wanwan questioned.
The maid lowered her head and said, "Let them say what they want."
Xia Wanwan was still feeling sad.
Xia Luoluo said, "Sister, you'd better not go out. What they said isn't wrong. Xia Ningxi did marry Huo Nanxiao first, and they haven't divorced yet. Huo Shao has already declared that he wants to marry you. This is something that the whole capital city knows. Why do you need to explain?"
"Even so, things aren't as bad as they make them out to be." Xia Wanwan believes she is the victim; she didn't gain anything from the beginning.
But just because Xia Wanwan didn't benefit doesn't mean her family didn't.
Everything the Xia family owns today was given to them by the Huo family.
Xia Luoluo walked to Xia Wanwan's side and carefully supported her frail body: "Sister, what's the use of explaining? In the eyes of outsiders, you are the third party who broke up their family. You are the superfluous person. Old Master Huo doesn't like you. He only needs to say one sentence to the outside world, and everyone in the entire capital city will look down on you."
"If I were you, you would just have to accept it. Who told you not to do what we said and get rid of Xia Ningxi and her family sooner? There wouldn't be so much trouble then."
To put it bluntly, it's all because Xia Wanwan wasn't decisive enough. If she had made thorough preparations from the beginning and driven Xia Ningxi out of the capital, there wouldn't have been so many troubles.
Xia Luoluo is just standing by and watching the show. Since she can't gain anything from it anyway, she might as well ignore it and let Xia Wanwan bear everything, so she can reap the benefits from behind the scenes.
Xia Wanwan became the target of public condemnation.
Zhou Fenglin's verbal battle with the crowd outside the door ended in failure, and in a fit of anger, he cursed the Huo family as ingrates.
This scene was captured on camera by everyone present, and Huo Xiuyuan quickly received the news.
That evening, Zhang Linhai arrived at the Xia family home, followed by a group of debt collectors, all pressuring Xia Wenhe and Zhou Fenglin to repay the money.
This completely baffled the couple.
"Pay back the money? Pay back what money? I don't owe you any money!" Zhou Fenglin didn't even know when he had started owing money.
Zhang Linhai said, "Madam Zhou has probably forgotten that she swindled a lot of money by using the Huo family's name. If you obediently repay the money with interest now, everything will be fine. If you don't repay the money, don't blame them for demolishing your house."
Zhou Fenglin said, "Nonsense, I don't owe them anything!"
Upon hearing this, the group of people behind Zhang Hailin immediately erupted in anger.
Over the years, the Xia family has often flaunted their relationship with the Huo family. This month alone, the couple swindled a lot of investors by using the Huo family's name. Now that they refuse to repay the money, they have angered everyone!
Before Xia Wenhe and Zhou Fenglin could react, they were already pinned to the ground.
Zhang Linhai jumped to the side to watch the show, and the surrounding media were also stunned. They never expected such a thing to happen. One by one, they picked up their cameras and started snapping away.
Xia Wanwan and Xia Luoluo, who were inside the house, were surprised to hear their parents' screams. They rushed out to check and found that the two of them had been beaten to the ground.
"Help! Someone, save her!" Xia Wanwan hurriedly pleaded with the servants for help.
The servants rushed forward to protect Zhou Fenglin and Xia Wenhe, but they didn't expect that the group of debt collectors would also attack them.
The scene was chaotic, and Xia Wanwan and Xia Luoluo were forced to join the melee, only to be attacked by everyone at once.
The reporters who were watching froze in their cameras when they saw this scene; they realized that this was not something they could be watching.
They all looked at Zhang Linhai and whispered, "Can this be released?"
Zhang Linhai shrugged indifferently: "Paying back debts is a matter of course. You all know how to pay it off."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Zhang Hailin glanced at the enormous Xia family villa and the Xia family members who were surrounded and beaten, snorted coldly, and got into his car.
When they returned to the Huo family home, the lights were still on.
Huo Nanxiao was guarding the archives on the first floor and hadn't slept.
Seeing Zhang Linhai go straight upstairs after returning, Huo Nanxiao knew that he had come back to report on the situation.
"Stop." Huo Nanxiao called out to him.
Zhang Linhai stopped in his tracks: "Young Master Huo, is there something you need?"
"What's the situation with the Xia family?" Huo Nanxiao asked.
Zhang Linhai said, "Young Master Huo can investigate himself if he wants to know, but the master doesn't like anyone pleading for the Xia family, so you'd better not meddle."
"Is she... alright?" Huo Nanxiao asked after a long pause.
Zhang Linhai said, "You know the master's temper. If he takes action, how could Xia Wanwan be alright? But don't worry, young master, we didn't kill Xia Wanwan. As long as her family behaves themselves, they can still live their lives. However, I don't think they have any intention of obeying. If you really care about them, young master, don't get involved. Once you get involved, things will become quite troublesome."
The warning ended, and Zhang Linhai took the elevator upstairs.
Huo Xiuyuan hadn't slept at all and was still in the study, doing who knows what.
"Master, the matter has been resolved," Zhang Linhai reported.
Huo Xiuyuan said, "Hmm, well done."
"Judging from the Xia family's attitude, they don't seem to want to keep quiet. I've already made arrangements with the media; the Xia family will be on the front page tomorrow morning, utterly disgraced." Zhang Linhai paused here, "The Xia family has done a huge disservice to the Huo family; they've also said many offensive things to the patriarch..."
Huo Xiuyuan snorted coldly, not caring at all: "A bunch of clowns, no need to pay them any mind."
"Okay." Zhang Linhai was about to leave.
Huo Xiuyuan stopped him: "Wait. Go and pick out all the famous luxury homes in the capital recently, and choose one for the young mistress. She doesn't have a suitable place to live in the capital. Choose the one with the best location and the most expensive for her."
Qu Huilan hesitated for a moment: "I'm afraid one house isn't enough. We should at least give our daughter-in-law a large estate."
Huo Xiuyuan shook his head: "She has to go to work, so living in the manor is not practical. Xia Wanwan was quite comfortable living in Qinyuan before, so we can just transfer Qinyuan to the young mistress's name."
“Master, I’m afraid Young Master Huo won’t agree to this,” Zhang Linhai said cautiously. “After all, it’s the place Young Master Huo chose for Xia Wanwan.”
Huo Xiuyuan sneered: "Just ask him for it. If he dares to disagree, I'll tear down the Xia family."
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