During that period, Fang Xu, who had just had a date interrupted by Xiao Yu, was in a very bad mood and extremely jealous.
It was obvious. Xiao Yu had asked him to prepare a red envelope and said that Ye Yanxi was pregnant. Wasn't it clear?
It seemed that their wedding news would come soon.
But what about him? He was still all alone until now. He finally managed to have a date, but Xiao Yu had broken up his budding romance. He was so resentful and angry.
However angry he was inside, he still had to put on a smiling face and congratulate Xiao Yu. "Congratulations, President."
"Thank you."
Seeing the irresistible smile on Xiao Yu's face, Fang Xu felt extremely depressed. Why was he so unlucky?
Taking advantage of the fact that Xiao Yu seemed to be in a good mood, Fang Xu finally couldn't help but want to complain to Xiao Yu about the last time he had interrupted his date, hoping to make him realize his unkind behavior. But just as he was about to speak, Xiao Yu's phone happened to ring at that moment.
Poor Fang Xu had to suppress the surging anger within him forcefully. With full of unwillingness, he left the office.
After Fang Xu closed the door, Xiao Yu then answered the phone.
"Hello..." It was Huo Lin calling.
As soon as Xiao Yu answered, Huo Lin on the other end angrily complained, "Xiaoyu, I'm asking you, what's going on with Lao Zhang? He was doing well at the headquarters. Why did you transfer him to South Africa?"
"Uncle Zhang is also a senior figure in the company. He is familiar with the company's operations. He can better display his abilities at the branch." Xiao Yu said with a cold smile on his lips.
But Huo Lin was so angry that she was trembling. "You're just exiling him!"
"Did Uncle Zhang tell you that?" Xiao Yu still spoke in a calm tone. "But when I announced this decision at that time, Uncle Zhang didn't show the slightest bit of reluctance."
"Lao Zhang didn't tell me!" Huo Lin caught her breath and then continued, "I called him and only then did I know that you had transferred him to South Africa."
"You never used to interfere in the company's affairs. Why are you suddenly concerned about the company now? What's the reason?"
"The Xiao Group belongs to the Xiao family. Don't I even have the right to ask?"
The point wasn't whether to ask or not, but why it was now. After going to see Ye Yanxi, she suddenly intervened in the company's affairs...
Xiao Yu didn't beat around the bush with her. He simply said directly, "Did you go to see Xiaoxi today?"
Huo Lin gave a soft "hmm", and then her emotions became excited. "No wonder they say a beautiful woman is a curse. It hasn't even been long, and she's already called you to complain. Did she say that I went to her place to cause trouble today, scold her or beat her?"
"Xiaoxi naturally won't say such things. If I want to know, nothing can be hidden from me."
"Then what do you mean now?" Huo Lin was dissatisfied. "Do you still want to blame me for going to see her?"
"If you went to visit her, I naturally have no objections. I would even welcome it." As Xiao Yu was speaking, his tone suddenly changed. "Why did you agree to marry the old man back then?"
"What kind of question is that?"
"I'm afraid it was for the money." Xiao Yu pointed out bluntly without any courtesy.
"You're talking nonsense!" Huo Lin got anxious. "I didn't marry for the money."
"Do you still want to say it was for love? Do you love the old man?" Xiao Yu sneered. "Not only do I not believe it, maybe... the old man himself wouldn't believe it either."
Xiao Zhenwei and Huo Lin had always been estranged from each other. After they got married, the couple spent even less time together. That's why the ages of their three children were quite different. If it weren't for the fact that they had married into a prominent family that attached great importance to having descendants.
According to Huo Lin's personality, she would never have given birth one after another.
After the birth of their first daughter, Huo Lin still had the patience to take care of the child. But after the second daughter was born, she basically left the child alone and rarely took care of her herself.
Until the birth of the third child, Xiao Yu.
This last child was also a kind of fulfillment of her duty. As the mistress of the Xiao family, she naturally didn't lack money. After that, she began to travel and squander around the world.
Unless Xiao Zhenwei thought she had been away for too long and it was improper, and froze all her cards, she would never come back obediently.
However, after staying for a while, she would leave home again.
Therefore, Xiao Yu had very few memories of his mother since childhood. Xiao Zhenwei had been strictly educating him since he was a child, and his studies were very heavy. Most of the time, Xiao Yu was doing his homework with a tutor, while Xiao Zhenwei was dealing with the company's affairs and they rarely saw each other.
Regarding family affection, Xiao Yu only knew that Xiao Zhenwei was his father and there were photos of his father and mother at home. At that time, Xiao Yu could only force himself to study constantly to forget other things. But no matter what, he was still young after all. Learning knowledge that didn't match his age, he also hoped to get a word of affirmation or praise from his father.
However, he was disappointed again and again. Especially... after that incident, he was completely disappointed in Xiao Zhenwei.
For him, while other children had a happy and carefree childhood, he had never experienced it. He was even like an orphan.
In the final analysis, the Xiao family just needed an heir, and no one really cared about his well - being.
Therefore, he had lived in the heartless and cold Xiao family for more than a decade until he met Ye Yanxi seventeen years ago.
Memories were always like an unbreakable thread, winding around people and trapping them in it. He finally came back to his senses from the memories.
Facing Xiao Yu's questioning, Huo Lin couldn't say a single word. Seeing this, Xiao Yu sneered. "So, you don't really love the old man, but why did you marry him back then? As far as I know, you had a fiancé when you married into the Xiao family, but it was found out that you were pregnant with the old man's child. It was eldest sister... right?"
"Where did you hear about these things?" Huo Lin paused. "Who has been gossiping in your ear? There's no such thing at all."
"Really? But you gave birth to eldest sister just a few months after you got married to the old man. Can this be fake?"
Huo Lin gasped for breath, and her face turned pale with anger. She was clearly talking to Xiao Yu about Ye Yanxi, but Xiao Yu always brought up the old things.
"Those past things are already old history. Why do you bring them up? Whether you admit it or not, I'm your biological mother. You were born by me, and we're closely connected. You can't deny this."
After all the talk, they were back to the original point. Xiao Yu had lost his patience.
He said in a calm tone, "Now the company is going to be re - adjusted. Some old employees with outdated and rigid thinking in the company are no longer suitable for the company's current development. If you're calling to ask me to transfer Uncle Zhang back, I'll tell you clearly that it's impossible!"
"They've been fighting with your father all the way. Isn't it a bit ungrateful of you to treat them like this?"
"What the company needs are people who can bring benefits, while those useless old people will only hinder the company's development." Xiao Yu sneered and continued, "I don't mind showing you a piece of information if you want to know what Uncle Zhang and the others do in the office every day. If those people were really working hard for the company, I wouldn't even bother to deal with them."
Back then, the reason why Uncle Zhang was so obedient and took the transfer order to South Africa was because Xiao Yu had shown them this piece of information. Naturally, they felt guilty.
"But you can't be so heartless."
"If I were really heartless, I would have kicked them out of the company long ago. Now... I've already done my best. At least I haven't done something like using money to harm their children." Xiao Yu said meaningfully.
On the other end of the phone, Huo Lin's face changed drastically. She knew what Xiao Yu was referring to.
"Xiaoyu, I know you're still angry about that incident, but I did all that for your own good." Huo Lin softened her tone and tried to persuade him. "A woman like Ye Yanxi just wants to marry into a wealthy family through her child. In the end, it's all for the money."
"For my own good?" Xiao Yu curled his lips mockingly. "If it was really for my own good, you shouldn't have used money to force Xiaoxi to leave me, and you shouldn't have made her abort my child. If it was for my own good, you shouldn't have repeatedly questioned me and crossed my bottom - line because of the transfer of the old employees in the company."
Seeing that Xiao Yu was determined, Huo Lin simply hardened her heart. "No matter what you say, I will never agree to Ye Yanxi marrying into the Xiao family, and I will never agree to you being with that woman."
"I don't need you to decide who I'm with." Xiao Yu said in a cold tone. "You'd better give up the idea of having me marry those women you've arranged for me."
"You..." Huo Lin's voice trembled. "Do you want to piss me off to death?"
"Don't worry. You're the most afraid of death. Back then, you could calmly let more than a dozen innocent people die for you in order to survive. I don't think you'll live a bad life." After that, Xiao Yu added another sentence. "Also, you don't need to interfere in the company's affairs in the future. I know what to do. And you'd better not go to see Xiaoxi either."
"Are you ordering me?"
Xiao Yu said unhurriedly, "If mom doesn't want your accounts to be frozen and your visa applications to be rejected, then do as you like."
"You dare to threaten me!" Huo Lin roared angrily. "Xiaoyu, don't forget that I'm your mother."
"Just because you're my mother, I've tolerated you again and again. And mom should be very clear about what happened to those who once crossed my bottom - line. I've said what I need to say in advance."
After saying that, Xiao Yu directly hung up the phone.
On the other end, Huo Lin was so angry that she almost threw her phone.
This was her own son! For a woman, he actually dared to oppose her and threaten her everywhere.
It was obvious how much he cared about Ye Yanxi.
The more so, the more she couldn't let Ye Yanxi marry into the Xiao family. Although she had no feelings for Xiao Zhenwei back then, her family was also from a prominent family. It was a well - matched marriage.
Even if Xiao Yu threatened her, she couldn't let Xiao Yu marry a woman with no background, which would ruin the reputation of the Xiao family.
Now there was no one on her side in the Xiao Group. If she wanted to deal with Ye Yanxi, she had to find another way.
Huo Lin thought for a while and suddenly remembered that Ye Yanxi had a father who seemed to run a small company. If something happened to her father, would she still be so calm?
Ye Yanxi's father seemed to run an advertising company. If something happened to the company and they were in urgent need of money, would Ye Yanxi be eager for that money?
Since there was no opportunity, she would create one for her to accept.
Xiao Yu was eager to see Ye Yanxi, so he left the office before it was time to get off work. This made those employees who were going to ask him to sign documents frown.
If Xiao Yu didn't sign, their work wouldn't be considered completed, and their salaries would be deducted.
However, President Xiao didn't care about these things.
When Xiao Yu was on his way to the hospital excitedly, his phone rang. It was Jiang Ye.
Xiao Yu frowned and answered the phone.
As soon as the call was connected, Jiang Ye's excited and over - joyed voice came through, almost bursting his eardrum. "My nephew - in - law!"
Hearing this address, Xiao Yu frowned even more.
"You've got the wrong number." Xiao Yu said coldly and was about to hang up the phone.
Jiang Ye on the other end quickly stopped him. "Don't hang up. I'm calling to inquire about my niece. Is she with you now?"
"Just get to the point!"
Jiang Ye was taken aback. "What's your attitude? I heard that Xiaoxi is pregnant. Is that true?"
"So what if she is?" It seemed that Jiang Ye had probably learned this news from Chen Moshu. Otherwise, he hadn't even announced it yet. Where could Jiang Ye have heard it from?
"Then it means I'm going to be a great - uncle. Hehe." Jiang Ye gave a rather lewd laugh, and then his tone returned to normal. "Now that Xiaoxi is pregnant, should you start preparing for the wedding? Let me tell you, Xiaoxi is my niece. You have to treat her well..."
"Great - uncle?" Xiao Yu sneered and interrupted him. "Xiaoxi already has a child, but you're still single. Aren't you ashamed to claim to be a great - uncle?"
"..."
Jiang Ye was hurt again. "I'm at least Xiaoxi's uncle. By the way, you haven't even called me uncle yet."
As soon as this matter was mentioned, Jiang Ye was as excited as if he had taken a stimulant. As long as Xiao Yu called him uncle, he wouldn't resist no matter how much Xiao Yu mocked him.
But Xiao Yu simply hung up his phone.
On the way, the car made a U - turn and drove into the deepening twilight, but not in the direction of the hospital.