He Chuyan's loud voice attracted quite a few people nearby. Seeing this, Ye Yanxi quickly covered her mouth. "Sister, keep your voice down."
He Chuyan was still in shock and couldn't accept this fact for a while. She stood there, stunned and speechless.
She angrily pointed in the direction where Huo Lin had left. "Xixi, tell me, how could such a domineering and unreasonable old woman be Xiao Yu's mother? And she's so arrogant. I thought she'd at least be as polite and humble as Xiao Yu. But in the end... It's so infuriating."
It had to be said that He Chuyan was completely right.
However, among the high - class ladies like Huo Lin who always held themselves high, she had rarely seen any who could get along well with ordinary people.
Among the people she knew, there were Mrs. He and Mrs. Chu...
Just as she was thinking this, as if sharing a mental connection, He Chuyan said, "I thought Xiao Yu's parents would at least be gentle, dignified, and polite. I didn't expect there to be someone as extreme as Chu Beize's mother. Now it seems that Chu Beize's mother must have been taught by this old woman. As the mother, so the daughter."
He Chuyan kept complaining non - stop, and Ye Yanxi could only listen beside her.
Later, Ye Yanxi went to the restroom. Just then, He Chuyan's phone rang. She picked it up and saw that it was Xiao Yu calling. She frowned. Originally, she wanted to wait for Ye Yanxi to come out and give the phone to her directly.
In the end, she still answered the call.
When Ye Yanxi came out, He Chuyan had just hung up the phone, and her face seemed quite happy.
"What's going on? Who called you just now? You look so happy."
He Chuyan raised her eyebrows and pretended to be nonchalant. "It's just some work - related matters in the company. They said I completed my performance ahead of schedule this month, so they're going to give me a bonus."
"That's great! Congratulations!" Ye Yanxi said with a smile as she pulled He Chuyan. Then the two of them continued shopping in the mall. The previous commotion was finally over.
On this side, He Zhenhua hadn't returned to the company yet when he received a call from Xiao Yu. So he made an appointment with Xiao Yu to meet at a high - class coffee shop on the way.
He Zhenhua had been waiting for a long time when Xiao Yu finally arrived. Xiao Yu asked the waiter for a cup of coffee and then sat down on the sofa.
After sitting down, both of them knew what was going on in their hearts, but on the surface, they still politely exchanged a few words, although they both really didn't want to see each other.
In the private room of the coffee shop, only Xiao Yu and He Zhenhua were left. After the waiter went out, He Zhenhua got straight to the point. "Mr. Xiao called me out specially. It can't just be for a cup of coffee, right?"
"Of course not!" Xiao Yu leaned back on the sofa calmly. His deep, black eyes were unfathomable. He curled his lips. "However, even if I didn't call Mr. He... Mr. He would still want to see me, right?"
He Zhenhua frowned. "Did Xiaoxi call you?"
"She didn't call. It's just that..." A sharp glint flashed in Xiao Yu's eyes. "It's not difficult for me to find out anything. And at this critical moment, it seems that your elder brother will be on trial in court tomorrow, right?"
"I have to thank Mr. Xiao for this."
"You can't say that." Xiao Yu slightly curled his lips. "Your elder brother had already paved his own way. I just... lit a fire."
But this fire had burned He Zhenxing to the point where he had no chance of making a comeback.
"Did Mr. Xiao come here just to talk about this?" He Zhenhua tightened his lips. "Or are you just here to show off your victory?"
"I'm not that heartless. Moreover, I, Xiao Yu, always judge things on their merits."
"What are your conditions, Mr. Xiao?" He Zhenhua squinted his eyes and asked straightforwardly.
As businessmen, they both knew what the other was up to. Xiao Yu had called him out for a face - to - face meeting, presumably to put forward some conditions. In the business world, whether they were friends or enemies, it was all about interests first, and only then could the relationship be stable.
"Conditions?" Xiao Yu sneered. "Does Mr. He think that I came out to see you this time just to put forward conditions?"
"Then what else could it be?" He Zhenhua's eyes darkened slightly. "What on earth do you want to do to let my elder brother go?"
Xiao Yu lowered his eyes and smiled. Every word he said was full of sarcasm. "Does Mr. He think that I will let him go? Not to mention anything else, just based on the crimes He Zhenxing committed, I'm afraid even a commoner like me is powerless. You think too highly of me."
"Then why did you ask me to come here?" He Zhenhua looked puzzled.
"Don't be impatient, Mr. He." Xiao Yu stared at him with a smile. "I really came here today to talk to you about something, and it's also related to your elder brother, but it's another matter."
"What's the matter?" No matter how hard He Zhenhua tried to read Xiao Yu's expression, he couldn't figure out what he was up to.
He considered himself a shrewd person, but Xiao Yu's mind was obviously deeper and more difficult to understand. Sometimes he simply couldn't figure out his temperament.
"I heard that your elder brother took a bullet for you twenty years ago, right?" Xiao Yu took a sip of his coffee and asked calmly.
This incident was deeply engraved in He Zhenhua's memory. It was because of this that he had indulged He Zhenxing for many years and always cleaned up his messes.
"What do you mean by suddenly bringing this up, Mr. Xiao?"
"I heard that more than twenty years ago, when Mr. He had just taken over the He Group, you didn't let your elder brother participate in any business of the company at first. But after that incident, you gave him some important projects to handle, right?"
"Since Mr. Xiao knows all about it so clearly, why bother asking me?"
Hearing this, Xiao Yu slowly took out a document from the folder he carried with him and handed it to He Zhenhua. "I found a good thing a few days ago. Mr. He might as well take a look."
He Zhenhua glanced at the document, then took it suspiciously and opened it. Xiao Yu continued, "This document was given to me by Black Hawk a few days ago. It was also more than twenty years ago. When the Black Hawk Gang was just established, the first business he took was this one."
As he was speaking, He Zhenhua had already started reading. But when he reached the end, his eyes suddenly turned cold, as if he had seen something unbelievable.
Inside the document were a few yellowed pieces of paper, including a receipt and a contract.
Both the contract and the receipt were hand - written. Although the handwriting was a bit blurry, it was still recognizable. There were also the signatures of the two parties at the bottom, all dated more than twenty years ago.
The general content of the contract was that someone had commissioned the Black Hawk Gang to kidnap He Zhenhua, the president of the He Group. Half of the deposit was paid first, and the rest would be paid after the task was completed.
The signature clearly read... He Zhenxing.
The two of them had grown up together, and He Zhenhua could almost recognize He Zhenxing's handwriting at a glance.
There was obvious shock in his eyes. After a while, seeing that He Zhenhua was silent, Xiao Yu reminded him, "There's more on the next page, Mr. He."
He Zhenhua subconsciously followed Xiao Yu's words and turned to the next page.
The content on this page was also a receipt, all written by He Zhenxing. It was the other part of the money paid to Black Hawk. The general content was that since he hadn't completed the task, the amount of money was reduced by 10%. At the bottom was Black Hawk's signature.
He Zhenhua's hand holding the document couldn't stop trembling. He just couldn't believe it.
"What do you mean by showing this to me, Mr. Xiao?" His voice trembled with excitement, although his facial expression remained unchanged. "I don't know where you got this document from. Are you trying to drive a wedge between my elder brother and me on purpose? Isn't it a bit too despicable of you, Mr. Xiao?"
Hearing this, Xiao Yu chuckled. "Mr. He has misunderstood me. I can't make something so realistic. As for whether it's true or not, Mr. He knows better than me by a hundred times. If you insist on misunderstanding me, then I have nothing to say."
He Zhenhua tremblingly put the document on the table, his tone cold. "If you just wanted me to see this, Mr. Xiao, then I'm afraid you'll be disappointed."
"The reason I showed you these things is not whether you believe them or not. I just wanted you to take a look. As for whether you have an idea in your mind, I don't really care." Xiao Yu spread his hands.
"Well, Mr. Xiao is really considerate."
"Oh, by the way, there are two more documents for Mr. He to take a look at. One is also from more than twenty years ago, and the other is from sixteen years ago."
He Zhenhua had lost all interest. He pushed the documents back without even glancing at them.
"The things you showed me, Mr. Xiao, must not be anything good."
Xiao Yu smiled, looking innocent. "Don't you really want to take a look, Mr. He? That's really a pity... One day, Mr. He will surely regret it!"
He Zhenhua remained unmoved and was determined not to look at those documents.
"I won't repeat myself for the third time."
But how could Xiao Yu give up? Since he had brought the documents, could He Zhenhua really choose not to look?
Xiao Yu calmly opened the documents and placed them in the middle of the table. "This is the information about the day Xiaoxi went missing. Mr. He should have a very deep memory of that time."
The day Ye Yanxi went missing more than twenty years ago?
When Xiao Yu brought up this incident, He Zhenhua wavered again. He couldn't help but shift his gaze to the documents spread out in front of him.