But Lu Qingyun only said this one sentence and then said nothing more. Lu Qingzhi scratched his head, eager for Lu Qingyun to reveal more information, but Lu Qingyun refused firmly. "I'll tell you when I'm sure. The Wen family has been looking for their little princess for so many years. They can't bear another disappointment."
That made sense. Lu Qingzhi said, "Remember to tell me. I don't want to be the last one to know again."
"Okay." Lu Qingyun readily agreed.
After Lu Qingyun and Lu Qingzhi left, Luo Yingying and Yan Yan chatted with Zhu Shuangyao for a while. Zhu Shuangyao was still ill and didn't have much energy. After just a few words, she showed signs of fatigue. Seeing this, Luo Yingying told her to have a good rest. After watching her fall asleep, they left with Yan Yan.
On the other hand, the battle between Huo Qizheng and the Gong family was in full swing, and he was ready to wrap it up.
However, this was not a good time to end it. He received a call at this moment. The young man on the other end of the line disagreed. "Mr. Huo, this is not a good time to wrap it up. Why are you being so impatient for quick success?"
Huo Qizheng's eyes darkened slightly. "We are just in a cooperative relationship, Mr. Jin. If you trust me, just let me do it. If you don't, you can find other partners."
Mr. Jin was almost infuriated by his arrogance. Fortunately, he was young enough; otherwise, he might have to take a quick - acting heart - saving pill.
Things had reached this stage, and everyone was deeply mired. They couldn't pull out. Moreover, if they missed this opportunity, it would be hard to say if there would be such a good chance again. So they simply couldn't abandon Huo Qizheng.
Huo Qizheng knew this well, which was why he spoke so impolitely. More importantly, anyone who tried to stop him from destroying the Gong family was his enemy!
"… Why are you speaking so impolitely today? Have you been stimulated?" Mr. Jin had dealt with Huo Qizheng a lot. Usually, Huo Qizheng was very polite and well - behaved. He was never this arrogant.
Huo Qizheng's face was clouded with anger. "Go and check what Gong Wushang did yesterday. Then come back and tell me if I should act like this. Okay, I'm busy. I'll hang up. Bye."
Before Mr. Jin could reply, Huo Qizheng hung up the phone.
Right after that, Huo Qizheng's phone rang one after another. It turned out to be a WeChat group called "The Team to Overthrow the Gong Family".
Yesterday, when Shen Jun and the others learned that Gong Wushang had targeted Zhu Shuangyao, they were furious. Although they were either heirs who hadn't taken over power or children in their families who wouldn't inherit the family business, except for Luo Yingying, both Shen Jun and Wen Meng had considerable capital. Although Luo Yingying had no capital, Yan Yan was the third young master and had even handed over his assets to participate in the battle between the Huo family and the Gong family.
Huo Qizheng was very good at making the most of the existing resources. Once Shen Jun and Wen Meng expressed their willingness to take action, Huo Qizheng promised that he would never let others know they were involved. After all, the Shen and Wen families didn't really want to confront the Gong family. Unless they betrayed their families, they represented the Shen and Wen families. Huo Qizheng's promise gave them a sense of security.
So they started to act against the Gong family! They were both very efficient and had already completed the tasks assigned by Huo Qizheng. Huo Qizheng gave them new instructions. Although this was not a good time to end it, he would make it suitable.
However, Huo Qizheng didn't know that besides his people, there was another person also frantically undermining the Gong family.
After hanging up the phone, Mr. Jin quickly ordered people to investigate what Gong Wushang had done yesterday. The investigation results came back quickly. When Mr. Jin saw them, he realized that Gong Wushang had almost hurt Huo Qizheng's wife. Huo Qizheng loved his lover so much. No wonder he was going crazy. The scariest thing was not a crazy person but a rational and calm crazy person.
Gong Wushang also felt Huo Qizheng's strength for the first time. In just one afternoon, the Gong family's business almost collapsed across the board. Before, they had planned to short the stock price of the Huo family, but some mysterious person had suddenly raised the stock price at all costs, making their plan fall through completely.
As soon as the stock market opened today, they started to suppress the stock price of the Gong family. In just one afternoon, several suppliers of the Gong family had terminated their contracts. Although Gong Wushang didn't care about these small companies, their actions had put the Gong family's capital chain in jeopardy.
The Gong family had wanted to seek help from the AN Group, but the AN Group was also in trouble because they had been targeted by the SY Group. The SY Group was eyeing them covetously, and the AN Group simply couldn't spare any effort to help the Gong family.
The Gong family was now fighting alone, which made Gong Wushang extremely worried. Mr. and Mrs. Gong had originally been on vacation abroad. After hearing the news, they bought the fastest flight back. They swallowed their pride and went to beg those companies that had terminated their contracts one by one, but they found that those people all avoided them.
An executive of a company who had a good relationship with Mr. Gong couldn't bear to see an old man like him begging everywhere. He just sent someone to deliver a message. "It's not that we don't want to help you. It's your son who is being relentless. He wanted to replace us even before we terminated the contract."
Mr. Gong had no idea about this. These were companies they had cooperated with for many years, and they had a good reputation in the industry. Why would Wushang want to replace them?
But now that he had the answer, Mr. Gong stopped begging and went back to scold Gong Wushang. A look of contempt flashed across Gong Wushang's face as he told Mr. Gong his plan. "I did plan to replace those companies. The cost of their materials is too high. We clearly have a way to reduce the cost. Why not use it?"
Mr. Gong was frustrated. "You could have done it secretly. Why did you have to be so blatant! Now look, they turned against us first and caused us harm!"
"I'm not stupid! How could I give others a chance to catch me? Someone must be deliberately causing trouble!" Gong Wushang frowned tightly. After a moment of thought, he knew who was behind this. It could only be Huo Qizheng.
Before Mrs. Gong came back to take care of her husband and children, she was a spoiled young lady raised for the purpose of an arranged marriage. She was at a loss in the face of the current precarious capital chain situation. Unless new funds were injected, they would soon face bankruptcy.
Mrs. Gong called her family, but Mr. Gong didn't allow her to spread the news. The Gong family was in a bad situation now. If the news that their capital chain was about to break got out, it would only attract a group of vultures waiting to devour them. So Mrs. Gong only got five million from her family.
Mr. Gong never placed his hopes on Mrs. Gong. What good was a spoiled young lady? If it weren't for her beauty and good family background, Mr. Gong would never have married her. Now he just hoped she wouldn't cause any more trouble. But Mrs. Gong didn't want to face bankruptcy either, as it meant that all her wealth and luxury would disappear. This was something she simply couldn't tolerate.
After much thought, she really came up with a last - ditch solution. "I remember... we had a marriage contract with the Xu family when we were kids?"
The Xu family?
Mr. Gong's eyes lit up. They did have a marriage contract with the Xu family, but neither side had mentioned it after they grew up. Especially after Gong Wushang came back from abroad and continuously expanded the Gong family's business, the Gong family had been on the rise, and the gap between them and the Xu family had gradually widened. Since Gong Wushang had clearly stated that he wouldn't marry the Xu family's daughter, this matter had been left unresolved.
But now was a good opportunity. The Gong family had always had the upper hand in the battle with the Huo family. Before the Gong family's crisis was exposed, they could go to the Xu family and renew the marriage contract. Then they could tell them about a project and ask them to invest. Wouldn't the Gong family's crisis be solved smoothly?
Mr. Gong hugged Mrs. Gong tightly. "Rourou, you did a great job!"
A shy smile appeared on Mrs. Gong's still - charming face.
While the Gong family was in a state of desperation, Huo Qizheng had already left work on time and gone to the hospital. He had planned everything, and as long as he followed the plan, the Gong family would obediently hand over their company tomorrow. Even if the Gong family didn't want to, the shareholders would also undermine the Gong family. No one would want to go down with a broken company.
He parked his car in front of a dessert shop and got out to buy Zhu Shuangyao's favorite blueberry tarts. While waiting, a clear and charming voice came from behind him. "Mr. Huo, it really is you."
Huo Qizheng frowned and then relaxed. A beautiful woman walked from behind him to his side. He smelled a faint, sickly - sweet smell on her, like the smell of the strongest perfume that had gone bad.
She had dressed up on purpose today and unconsciously leaned towards Huo Qizheng. "I didn't expect that the president would like such sweet desserts. It's so different from your usual image."
He said indifferently, "Well, my wife likes them. She's been sick recently, and her mouth feels tasteless. She's really fond of these."
Liu Yunge was silenced by this answer, but she was not discouraged. "Your wife must be a very lovely person. I wonder if I have the honor to visit her with you, Mr. President?"
Huo Qizheng glanced at her. "No."
Liu Yunge's smile froze, but she was persistent. The president had hidden his girlfriend so well that no one knew her identity. But the system said she did exist. She must see who this person was who could bewitch this S - level man.
But Huo Qizheng had transferred her to a lower - level institution, leaving her with no chance to see him again. If she couldn't succeed today, she didn't know how long she would have to wait for the next opportunity.
"Mr. Huo... I..."
"Here's your blueberry tarts. That'll be 14 yuan."
Huo Qizheng paid the money and took the blueberry tarts. He said coldly, "The performance reports you've submitted recently are not good. I hope you'll work harder."