Chapter 81 - 81 We are husband and wife, entwined with intense emotion
Chapter 81: Chapter 81 We are husband and wife, entwined with intense emotion
“Embezzling public funds, transferring company projects, harming the interests of the company,” Huo Xingzhou looked at the father and son, “amounting to hundreds of millions. How many years in prison do you think you deserve?”
They had conspired to frame Qiao Xi and send her to jail.
Unexpectedly, they were about to taste prison food themselves.
Huo Beiting’s and Huo Jianjun’s faces turned pale, and their pupils constricted sharply!
“It’s fake; all of these are fake!” Huo Beiting shouted.
Huo Xingzhou’s expression was indifferent, his thin lips uttered cold words, “The evidence is irrefutable. You wanted to bleed the Huo Family dry and start anew!”
“Jin Kai, show them.”
“Okay.”
Jin Kai looked at them pityingly and tossed the documents in front of them.
Huo Beiting grabbed them and began to read, soon after, his demeanor collapsed.
Every transaction was recorded, and each bore Huo Jianjun’s signature.
It was real!
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Huo Jianjun clenched his teeth, his eyes filled with ferocity.
“All these were my doing; Beiting had nothing to do with it. Every single one, signed by my own hand; he was unaware!” Huo Jianjun was prepared to sacrifice the pawn to save the chesspiece.
He wanted to save his son.
“Dad…”
Huo Beiting stammered.
Such an amount would mean at least ten years’ sentence or more.
“As long as someone takes responsibility, that’s fine.”
Huo Xingzhou seemed to have already anticipated Huo Jianjun’s choice, except he had chosen a fool.
“Police are waiting downstairs. Would President Huo prefer to go by yourself, or should they come up to take you?” Huo Xingzhou sat in the dominant seat, speaking casually.
The pain gripped Huo Jianjun’s chest as he stood up, simmering with rage, “I’ll go by myself.”
“Dad!”
Huo Beiting chased after him, “Dad, we can pay back the money, to lessen the guilt.”
Huo Jianjun lowered his voice, “That 30% of the shares, never let it fall into Huo Xingzhou’s hands. Otherwise, our lineage will never have a chance to turn things around.”
“Without green hills, there will be no firewood.”
“Dad, Huo Xingzhou is too malicious!”
Huo Beiting was starting to feel fear, Huo Xingzhou’s tactics were devious and unexpected.
“Remember! The shares!”
Huo Jianjun didn’t have time to say more, and he was quickly taken away by the police.
Huo Beiting’s face twisted, leaning against the cold wall, filled with murderous hate.
Shares!
He remembered that word, directly going to the underground parking lot and driving back to the Huo family’s old mansion.
“Eldest Young Master…” The butler Azhong was holding a bowl of Medicinal Decoction, hesitating to speak.
Seeing the bowl of medicine, Huo Beiting struggled to say, “Give me the medicine; I’ll take it to Grandfather.”
He needed to get hold of the shares; the old man had to die.
Azhong’s eyes flickered and he placed the bowl in front of him, “Then I’ll trouble Eldest Young Master.”
Huo Beiting looked at the dark Medicinal Decoction, steeling his heart.
Don’t blame me, Grandfather.
…
Inside the Huo Family conference room.
After this farce.
The shareholders unanimously agreed to dismiss Huo Beiting and Huo Jianjun from their positions and also agreed to let Jin Kai take over as President of the Huo Family.
They had witnessed Huo Xingzhou’s swift and decisive actions and were thoroughly convinced.
“Well, that concludes today’s meeting; sorry for the trouble of coming here,” Jin Kai stood up, seeing the shareholders out.
He politely saw all the shareholders out before turning back to report to Huo Xingzhou, “President Huo, I have already called the Huo family’s old mansion to warn them.”
“Mhm.”
Huo Xingzhou responded apathetically, “You go and familiarize yourself with Huo Family’s operations.”
“Yes.”
Jin Kai was dizzy with the unexpected good fortune that had fallen into his lap; indeed, following President Huo paid off.
He walked out of the meeting room with a cheerful smile and thoughtfully closed the door behind him.
Inside the meeting room, it was very quiet.
Only Qiao Xi and Huo Xingzhou were left.
Qiao Xi turned her head and asked curiously, “Remind him of what?”
Huo Xingzhou’s hand rested on her chair, and with a gentle pull, the chair on wheels came close to him, bringing the two face-to-face, very close together.
“To remind him that there’s a white-eyed wolf in the family.”
Upon hearing this, Qiao Xi laughed out loud.
“White-eyed wolf… are you referring to Huo Beiting?”
“Mm.”
Huo Xingzhou’s gaze was deep, “Tonight, there might be a big move.”
“Mr. Huo, I feel like you have insight into everything, that everything is within your control.” Qiao Xi admired such a person, maybe because she was a bit slow.
Huo Xingzhou half-lowered his eyes and glanced at her.
His long index finger tapped the spot on her chest.
“I can’t read this heart.”
Qiao Xi quickly wrapped her arms around her chest, her eyes brimming with ripples, “Why are you touching me all of a sudden?”
Huo Xingzhou cleared his throat.
That place, he hadn’t only touched with his hands.
“Mr. Huo, you do have feelings for the Huo Family, don’t you?”
Qiao Xi looked deeply into his eyes as she spoke.
He could completely crush the Huo Family, but in the end, he chose to preserve it.
Huo Xingzhou’s appearance was refined, his voice slightly deep, “The seat you’re sitting on used to be mine. I had the utmost adoration and reverence for Grandpa… but he grew more and more wary of me. Here lie the traces of my journey. In the future, I will merge the Huo Family with Tianyuan Group, but as for the Huo Family… they better not think of getting involved.”
So he kicked out all the members of the Huo Family in advance.
Qiao Xi looked up to him speaking, did he realize that when alone, he still referred to the elderly Mr. Huo as “Grandpa”?
He was a man of deep affection.
She wanted to help him fulfill his desires.
“Mr. Huo, you are the most outstanding man I’ve ever met.”
Her almond-shaped eyes shone brightly, like the clear depths of a lake reflecting only his figure.
Huo Xingzhou stood up, his hands bracing on both sides of her chair, leaning over to look at her, “Little Divine Doctor, how many men have you met?”
“Quite a few.”
Qiao Xi started to count.
Those from the village, the school, and then the hospital.
“Just look at me, okay?”
Huo Xingzhou leaned in closer, his nose almost touching hers.
Qiao Xi plunged into the depths of his dark, profound eyes, and blurted out impulsively, “Okay.”
The man was pleased.
His thin lips gently landed on her red ones, and his murmur during their intimate embrace was low, “Little Divine Doctor, this is your painkiller for today.”
Warm, throbbing.
Her beautiful eyes were filled with wateriness.
The bright sunlight from the floor-to-ceiling windows swept over her delicate and lustrous neck, as the man bent down to kiss her lips, ears, and neck. With a slight tilt of her head, Qiao Xi could see their shadows intertwining on the ground, full of passion and sorrow.
She bit her lip, trying not to make a sound.
He seemed to enjoy kissing her neck very much.
She, too, couldn’t help wanting to be close to him.
“Mr. Huo… it will leave a mark,” she said in a soft voice, reminding him.
“We’re husband and wife.”
He didn’t listen.
Instead, he picked her up, cupped the back of her head, and deepened their kiss.
“The phone… the phone is ringing,” Qiao Xi’s voice was almost shaky.
There had been many unknown calls recently.
“I’ll answer it for you.”
Huo Xingzhou took out the phone from her pocket, saw an unsigned overseas call flash on the screen, and his eyes flickered.
Then he swiped the screen and answered the call.
But his thin lips settled mischievously on Qiao Xi’s earlobe, kissing her softly and deliberately.