Chapter 37: Chapter 37 She is Destined to Bring Prosperity to Her Husband

    “They’ve dug something up!”

    “It looks like a tomb!”

    The crowd buzzed with voices.

    Huo’s patriarch squeezed into the crowd with his walking stick. As the excavator beside the foundation stone dug down, shards of pottery scattered everywhere, revealing an entrance to a tomb.

    Huo Beiting went pale, his whole body weakened, “Grandfather, there’s been a big problem!”

    ...

    A tomb on this plot of land!

    Patriarch Huo’s face turned ashen, “Didn’t you do a cultural relics survey before development?”

    Huo Beiting stammered, unable to speak.

    To get the construction started quickly and slap Huo Xingzhou in the face, he had greased the palms of the approval department. He used connections and got an express pass.

    Who would have thought that there would be a tomb under the land in the Western Suburbs?

    “Fool! Fool!” Patriarch Huo was so angry his face turned red, and he hit Beiting hard with his walking stick.

    “Grandfather, what should we do?” Huo Beiting was almost crying.

    The Huo patriarch took a deep breath, “Jianjun, immediately seal off the news. Fengxian, tell the guests present that if they can keep it a secret, our Huo family will reward them handsomely.”

    This was to block the chorus of whispers.

    Young Master Sun grinned in the crowd, boasting, “This plot of land used to be our Sun family’s ancestral home! Our ancestor said a princess was buried here. I didn’t think the rumor was true.”

    Patriarch Huo glared fiercely at him, “Don’t spout nonsense, Young Master Sun. There’s no princess’s tomb here, just a common graveyard.”

    Young Master Sun stuck out his tongue slightly.

    “Patriarch, people from the Bureau of Cultural Heritage are here!”

    “So many people, with professional equipment! They say they received a tip-off that there’s a Princess’s Tomb here! Our Huo’s are conducting illegal construction!”

    This was a trap with foresight!

    In a place like Haicheng, someone dared to make a move against the Huo’s!

    Patriarch Huo was so furious that he turned purple and fainted.

    “Dad!”

    “Grandfather!”

    “Call an ambulance, quickly.”

    The site turned chaotic, with the Bureau of Cultural Heritage systematically sealing the area and surveying the soil. Huo’s construction team was forced to leave the site.

    A grand foundation-laying ceremony ended abruptly.

    Everyone shook their heads in disbelief.

    “This project was supposed to be a sure win. How did a tomb suddenly pop up? I was planning to ride on the Huo’s coattails, but now I’m just relieved.”

    “It seems that every step was within Tianyuan Group’s calculations. I heard a rumor that Huo Beiting bet 20% of the Huo shares that he would successfully develop the Future City project and in exchange, he would get shares of Tianyuan Group.”

    “Could it be that Tianyuan Group knew all along that there was a tomb here?”

    “I, for one, am bound to make a spectacular comeback!” He decided to give it a try whenever he had the chance.

    Huo Xingzhou’s expression instantly turned cold.

    “Don’t be jealous, Huo Er,” Young Master Sun boldly patted his shoulder, “There’s plenty of time, you’ll get better too.”

    After speaking, he left with a raised eyebrow and a triumphant breath.

    Qiao Xi and Huo Xingzhou looked at each other, and she said with a guilty conscience, “I told him to drink it once a day, it’s slow to take effect.”

    Who would have known he’d treat it as a meal and drink it three times daily!

    With an overflow of energy and blood, wouldn’t that have side effects in the short term?

    That’s what happens when you nourish without moderation!

    “Mr. Huo, did I... ruin your plans?” As soon as Sun Weimeng’s health improved, it was impossible to keep it a secret any longer.

    Stifling his anger, Huo Xingzhou said coolly, “It’s fine, I’ll handle it.”

    Sun Weimeng was seeking death.

    “Oh.”

    Qiao Xi sneakily glanced at him.

    Men compare themselves in that respect, had he lost to Sun Weimeng and that’s why he was angry?

    “Let’s go home, things are chaotic lately.”

    With such a big incident at the Huo Family, Huo Beiting’s temper was bound to cause him to look for a scapegoat.

    He cautioned again, “Be careful when you go to work, I might have to go out tonight.”

    “Okay, I’ll keep the herbal medicine warm.”

    Qiao Xi quickly added, “I didn’t add any other ingredients.”

    The corners of Huo Xingzhou’s mouth turned up slightly, “I didn’t ask anything.”

    Qiao Xi’s palms felt warm as she followed behind him with her head lowered.

    ...

    Municipal People’s Hospital.

    Old Master Huo clutched his chest, lying on the hospital bed. Wang Fengxian hurriedly brought over a cup of warm water, attending to him as he took his blood pressure medication.

    Huo Jianjun and Huo Beiting stood by uneasily.

    After swallowing the medicine, the old master glared at them and scolded, “Eager for quick success! Gambling with Huo’s shares, truly reckless!”

    “Grandfather, I know I was wrong. No one expected an absolutely safe project to run into trouble,” Huo Beiting’s head had been filled with fame and fortune.

    He was bent on proving he was better than Huo Xingzhou!

    “You fell for someone else’s scheme! All of this is part of Tianyuan Group’s conspiracy; the Huo Family has become their stepping stone into Haicheng.”

    It pained the elder like a knife, those were 20% of the shares!

    Given away for nothing!

    Wastrels!

    “Grandfather, perhaps... perhaps I still have a way,” Huo Beiting said through his tears, as if grasping at the last straw.