Chapter 280: Chapter 280: Breaking the Cauldrons and Sinking the Boats Chapter 280: Chapter 280: Breaking the Cauldrons and Sinking the Boats “President, does the wife already suspect this matter?”

Xu Guannan stood in front of the desk and, after witnessing this scene, his expression changed and he immediately asked.

The man leaned back in his chair, his pale face almost translucent, and his eyes slowly closed.

“Send a few more people to watch over her. Don’t let her know anything about what’s happening here before she recovers.”

“Yes!”

Xu Guannan nodded with a heavy heart.

“Then… what about the capital? Xiahou Maolin is now using Chu Fengcheng to deal with you, making it clear he wants to kill you with a borrowed knife. And Chu Fengcheng, kept in the dark, will surely get rid of you, the ‘bastard,’ for the sake of his sister, Chu Feng’e!”

He had no choice but to remind the man, his heart heavy as if weighed down by a boulder.

Chu Fengcheng!

Indeed, after a weeklong investigation, they finally identified the person behind the scenes.

But ironically, such a major figure was still just a tool in someone else’s hands.

“You’re right. My current situation with Xiahou Maolin is a matter of life and death for one of us!”

“So… what do you mean?”

Upon hearing this, Xu Guannan suddenly felt an ominous premonition rise within him.

“They want to kill me in Chongzhou, don’t they? Then let’s grant them their wish. I’ll go, and we’ll see who ends up dead in that sea: Me, Sheng Siyuan, or the two of them!”

As expected, the man’s last words were filled with a dense murderous intent behind his glasses.

Xu Guannan’s whole body tensed immediately.

It wasn’t fear.

It was that, as a battle loomed and as a retired soldier, he always had a reflexive sense of vigilance.

Xu Guannan left the office.

Not long after, the man inside also came out with car keys in hand.

“Chairman Sheng, are you clocking out? There are a few documents here that haven’t been signed yet.”

Chen Xiaosen, seeing this, immediately brought over some documents.

But the man glanced at them and then his gaze suddenly landed on Chen Xiaosen’s face: “Let’s do it tomorrow. I’m tired today.”

“…”

Chen Xiaosen stood there in a daze even after the man had left.

He remembered that he had never heard his boss admit to being tired before.

Sheng Siyuan returned to the old mansion.

The setting sun cast a solemn and serious air over the centennial old mansion in the late afternoon, especially in the dead of winter when the main gate was closed tight, it gave off an exceptionally desolate feeling.

“Bang, bang, bang!”

Sheng Siyuan knocked on the door displeasedly.

After a while, footsteps were heard from inside, and the butler of the old mansion came out.

“Young Master? Have you come over?” He was delighted and turned to shout back to the servant: “Go tell the master, the young master has come home.”

The servant quickly ran inside.

Soon, as Sheng Siyuan approached the front-yard garden, the old Mister Sheng came out leaning on his cane.

“What brings you here today? Isn’t the company keeping you busy?”

The old man couldn’t help but show the joy in his eyes.

However, as a father, he still asked sternly as a first question.

Sheng Siyuan raised his eyebrows nonchalantly, and with a hint of casualness, sat down on a Golden Phoebe chair in the yard, crossed his legs and lazily replied, “I’ve finished my work.”

The old man finally sat down beside him.

“If you’ve finished your work, why not go back over there? Aren’t those three little ones still waiting for you?”

As he had the tea brought over, he asked another question.

At this, the man who had finally taken the trouble to come over frowned slightly, clearly displeased with the line of questioning.

“Are you annoyed by my visit? You keep asking one thing after another. Don’t you want to cook my dinner?”

“…”

Finally, the old man with glaring eyes stopped speaking.

The relationship between this father and son had always been awkward, yet Sheng Siyuan remembered very clearly that before he went to his grandmother’s house in the imperial capital for treatment, he and the old man had gotten along quite well.

Back then, the old man would hold him and let him ride on his back as if he were riding a horse.

But now, every time they met, they would argue and contradict each other.

Sheng Siyuan picked up his tea and took a sip.

“Hand over your ID to me for a bit, the finance department said there are some documents that require your thing.”

He finally addressed the purpose of his visit.

The old gentleman, upon hearing this, showed no suspicions and waved at the butler behind him, who promptly went to retrieve it.

“By the way, how come I heard that there’s been a bit of trouble with our company in Chongzhou? Are we still doing business there?”

Despite spending every day in the old mansion, the old man’s ears were quite sharp.

Sheng Siyuan shrugged his shoulders, “Your son is so capable, his business is spread all over the country, isn’t that quite normal?”

The old gentleman: “…”

For the moment, he was rendered speechless by his rebellious son’s arrogant demeanor.

That brat, no matter how capable he is, isn’t he still a seed of mine, Sheng Zhong?

“So, are you going over there?”

“Mhm,” the man nodded in response.

One would assume that he, always unwilling to stay here for an extra minute, would leave after getting his ID.

However, the old man noticed that he was still there, drinking tea.

Cup after cup…

“What are you all standing around for? Go and start cooking!” the old man finally realized and immediately ordered the servants behind him, unable to hide his delight.

The young master is staying for a meal!!

Everyone was excited, and within a short while, the entire old mansion bustled with activity.

Sheng Siyuan just sat there, leisurely drinking tea, until his stomach was almost too full to take any more.

His gaze finally settled on the old man not far away as the darkness of night gradually thickened.

The man approaching seventy, his back more hunched than before, his silver hair striking against the night, but his features still betrayed his goodness and tolerance despite his age…

All at once, Sheng Siyuan’s eyes reddened.

“Dad, Hehe should be able to come out of the Drug Rehabilitation Center in a month or so, and then she will come to help out at the company,” he said.

“That’s great!”

The old man, busy directing the servants to set the dining table, turned around and immediately showed a very surprised expression.

“That’s wonderful news, the girl is smart and capable, and working for her own family’s company is of course best. But what position are you planning to give her?” he asked with concern.

Sheng Siyuan smiled, “She’ll definitely choose the Legal Department, but it’s all family, there’s no need to be confined to one place.”

“Mhm!” the old man nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, the man continued, “Also, the three kids, with Hehe recently not here and me frequently traveling to Y city, her friend Cai Mingyao plans to take the three of them to F country for a while, do you see any problem with that?”

“Just her alone?”

“Of course not, I’ll arrange for people to follow, and Meishan Qiandai will also be with her. Cen Bao and Youyou have grown up with them since they were little, and Sheng Xi is a bit unfamiliar, but after spending time with them recently, it should be fine.”

Sheng Siyuan explained patiently, just to reassure the old man.

Fortunately, after hearing this, the old man was hesitant at first but then remembered that he was too old to take care of three children by himself.

In the end, he agreed.

Seeing this, Sheng Siyuan also watched him in the night air, relieved as if a burden had been lifted.

Everything was arranged now, so he could devote himself fully to the upcoming battle. He was genuinely curious to see how someone who wanted to kill their own son would ultimately be outsmarted by that very son!

What would that scene look like?

And as the head of the Xiahou family, what would his reaction be upon witnessing this scene?

Sheng Siyuan suddenly looked forward to it…