Chapter 20: Night Before the Divorce the Villainous Family Can Hear My Thoughts!
Chapter 20: Huo Xingjian Apologizes
He couldn't hear the voice of the system, only Shen Cheng's inner thoughts.
Clearly, all of Shen Cheng's foresight abilities came from this system. This was what Shen Cheng referred to as her "golden finger."
Now, he already knew that the male lead was Huo Xinglang.
Huo Xingjian truly hadn't expected that Huo Xinglang would be the male lead, the one Li Qingxue liked. Moreover, he was his father Huo Yunshan's illegitimate son.
"Very well! Since that's the case, I won’t hold it against him anymore."
He couldn't just sit by and do nothing after learning the true nature of the situation, letting his family be harmed.
[What? Huo Xinglang is at the hospital right now, accompanying Li Qingxue?!]
[Dog system, what kind of new gossip is this?]
Shen Cheng was dissatisfied.
[Huh? Huo Xinglang is subtly guiding Li Qingxue to win Huo Xingjian's heart?]
[Wait, what is Huo Xinglang up to? Doesn't he like Li Qingxue? Why is he pushing Li Qingxue toward Huo Xingjian?]
[Haha? At this point, Huo Xinglang hasn't fallen for Li Qingxue? For him, Li Qingxue is just a pawn, a piece to trap Huo Xingjian! He wants to use Li Qingxue to monitor Huo Xingjian and then slowly take control of the company.]
[After all, the company isn’t named Huo’s, it's Wen’s! Huo Yunshan is just a "phoenix man," he owes everything to the Wen family!)]
[Li Qingxue loves Huo Xinglang so much that she’ll definitely agree. Plus, she wants to see how much Huo Xinglang cares for her. So, she deliberately maintains various ambiguous relationships with Huo Xingjian, eventually agreeing to be his girlfriend.]
[This is all to make Huo Xinglang jealous and force him to take her away from Huo Xingjian.]
[She's managed to do it, but poor Grandpa has become the sacrificial victim in their emotional drama.]
Huo Xingjian tightened his grip on the steering wheel, the veins on the back of his hand standing out. His eyes, fixed ahead, were icy and cold.
After a long while, he managed to suppress the anger boiling inside him.
He took out his Bluetooth headset, put it on, and dialed a number.
"Xinglang, where are you?"
[Xinglang? Huo Xinglang?]
Shen Cheng turned to look at him, confusion written all over her face.
[What is he doing calling Huo Xinglang now? Has he gone mad?]
[Oh, he's not mad! He just doesn't know Huo Xinglang’s true identity. After all, in his mind, Huo Xinglang is a good friend, an older brother!]
[Ugh, Huo Xingjian, this dog man! He's always so shrewd, but when it comes to Li Qingxue, he's a complete fool!]
Huo Xingjian turned his head and gave her a deep, meaningful glance.
On the other end of the phone, Huo Xinglang said something.
Huo Xingjian smiled faintly, his expression inscrutable. He spoke slowly, "Come to Wenhua Garden, there’s something work-related I want to discuss with you."
"My mom had a car accident and is injured. I won’t be returning to the company today. But this is urgent and important. I need you to come over, so we can talk in person."
"Oh, and Auntie is back with me. She'll be staying at my place for a while to take care of my mom."
"Alright, I’ll be waiting for you in the study. Please bring the documents for Rongjingyuan from my office. I have a video conference in an hour, so come over quickly."
Without giving Huo Xinglang a chance to respond, he hung up the phone.
[Rongjingyuan? Isn’t this the project that will face a quality issue in a month? Oh, right! There will be an accident where a worker falls from a tower crane and dies on-site.]
[Huo Xingjian never imagined that this worker’s death was orchestrated by Huo Yunshan and Huo Xinglang, father and son. The aim was to cancel this project.]
[Huo Xingjian has invested a lot of time and effort into this project. But because of this worker’s death, it was put on hold.]
[Then, it was discovered that the materials used in the project were subpar, and the construction team had used defective goods. The halt to this project caused a massive loss to the Wen family.]
[Huo Xingjian was questioned and doubted by the company’s shareholders. Some shareholders, bribed by Huo Yunshan and Huo Xinglang, even threatened to force Huo Xingjian to step down as CEO and find someone else to take his place.]
[Huo Yunshan and Huo Xinglang, pretending to comfort Huo Xingjian, worked hard behind the scenes, smoothing things over, offering compensation, and changing the construction team.]
[In the end, they managed to get the project back, but it turned out the land wasn’t suitable for high-rise buildings.]
[Huo Xinglang proposed turning it into a wetland park, which would give him a chance to shine in the company and improve his relationship with government officials.]
[It seems that Huo Xingjian gave Huo Xinglang the opportunity to make a move when he asked him to bring the documents.]
[Huo Xingjian, you really dug your own grave!]
Huo Xingjian furrowed his brows. He hadn’t expected that his father was one of the people trying to sabotage him.
"Hey, why have you stopped the car?" Shen Cheng asked, confused, as she looked at him.
"I'm just waiting for a moment. I need to send a message to Zhang Hui to get some work documents," Huo Xingjian explained with rare patience.
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Shen Cheng didn’t argue. She never interfered with his work matters.
Two minutes later, Huo Xingjian had finished dealing with things and restarted the car.
He glanced at her. "About what happened before, my handling was wrong."
"Huh? What?" Shen Cheng looked confused, not understanding what he meant.
His finger lightly tapped the steering wheel, seemingly deep in thought.
After a moment, he spoke again in a low voice, "From now on, I’ll keep a good distance from them."
"What? Who? What distance?" Shen Cheng was even more confused now.
"The Li sisters," he explained, "The reason I cared about Li Qingxue was because..."
"President Huo!" She interrupted him, shrugging nonchalantly, "You don’t need to explain to me. Who you like is your business."
"I’m sorry for all the trouble and inconvenience I’ve caused you these years. Now that Miss Li is awake, you should treat her well. She’ll be moved by your sincerity."
"As for me! I’ve suddenly realized that forced fruit isn’t sweet. So, I’m willing to step back and make way for you. When would you be free? We can go and get the divorce certificate?"
"If you think the amount of money I mentioned before is too much, we can discuss it again."
"Screech!"
Huo Xingjian slammed the brakes hard, turning to glare at her with eyes burning red. "Are you really in such a hurry to get a divorce?"
Shen Cheng smiled gently. "Isn’t it unfair to Miss Li? We can't let her become the one everyone criticizes as the mistress. President Huo, since you like her, then... um..."
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