Chapter 39: Chapter 39 Pretending to be a Chaste and Fierce Woman

    The next day.

    A piece of gossip news topped the trending searches, “Huo Family’s eldest young master gets drunk and causes a commotion with a strip dance at a hotel, taken away by the police.”

    In the video, Huo Beiting was wanton and reckless, stripping naked in his drunken madness.

    In the end, a bystander called the police, and they took him away.

    After one night passed, it was Huo Jianjun himself who bailed him out, stinking to high heaven.

    Smack! Smack!

    ...

    Two slaps landed on his face.

    “Sober now?” Huo Jianjun had spent all night clearing up the mess, steadying the hearts of the Huo employees, and then put up pretenses saying Tianyuan was strong and would bring a brighter future to the Huo Family.

    The stock price had just stabilized this morning, and that 20% of shares seemed to be the only price to pay.

    He hadn’t expected his son to actually create a drunken scandal.

    “Dad, Jin Kai tricked me! He said after I drank those drinks, he would help me.” Huo Beiting was crying his eyes out, his clothes crumpled and a sour pickled vegetable scent wafting from his body.

    “He stripped me bare and threw me in the hotel lobby!”

    Huo Beiting, who cared deeply about his reputation, found this more unbearable than death.

    Smack!

    Another slap from Huo Jianjun: “Pull yourself together! History is written by the victors! In front of status and power, those rotten reputations mean shit!”

    Huo Beiting, sobbing convulsively, asked, “Then what should we do?”

    “Wait,” Huo Jianjun’s eyes were filled with gloom.

    “Wait for the old man’s 70th birthday, when he will hand over his 30% share to us. In the meantime, you better behave!”

    Huo Beiting nodded quickly, no longer displaying any arrogance.

    “Also... you’re to get the Su Family to come up with the funds to fill our deficit, on the condition that you marry Su Weiwei.” Huo Jianjun sneered, “Better yet, get her pregnant. Grandfather likes children.”

    All of this was just a bargaining chip.

    He had completely forgotten how he previously disparaged Su Weiwei at the hospital.

    “Sure, I will definitely make her pregnant, consider it a birthday gift for grandfather.” Huo Beiting perked up, a malicious scheme brewing in his heart.

    Like father, like son.

    “Have Zhuo Feng take a break for a while; your grandfather has become suspicious.”

    “But Huo Xingzhou...”

    “Living, he’s useless! Once we get our hands on those shares and control over the Huo Family’s voice, we’ll get rid of him completely!”

    Qiao Xi only felt the person behind her fall down, and when she turned her head, she saw a man in camouflage attire, tossing the stone he had been holding back to the flower bed by the roadside.

    “The Young Madam is frightened, leave this man to me. The young master is waiting for you in the car up ahead.”

    He expertly dragged the unconscious Chen Xu away.

    Qiao Xi quickly asked, “Where are you taking him?”

    “Of course, to the police station.”

    Turns out he’s a law-abiding good citizen, Qiao Xi breathed a sigh of relief.

    She hurried to the Rolls-Royce and got in the car. Only once inside did she feel a wave of fear, still shaken.

    “Mr. Huo, was that man sent by you to protect me?”

    The man with the indifferent expression looked at her pale face and said, “I was afraid you would get into trouble.” He had originally been guarding against retribution from Huo Beiting, but he hadn’t expected to need his precaution today.

    “Chen Xu said his family has gone bankrupt. Did you do it?”

    Her eyes clear, she looked at him and asked.

    “The several projects his family recently invested in, they all lost money, that’s why they went bankrupt.” He didn’t answer directly. Those projects were the ones he had Zhou Yu stuff into the Chen Family’s lap.

    If they weren’t greedy, they wouldn’t have gone bankrupt.

    There’s no such thing as a free lunch from heaven, but the Chen Family was greedy.

    “Hmm.”

    Qiao Xi responded gloomily.

    “What’s wrong?” the man asked.

    “I’m a bit tired, I feel like a lot happened today.” Qiao Xi said with a frown, “Grandmother wants to be discharged and return to the countryside, but I can’t bear to let her go. Yet she says there’s no one to talk to in the hospital, and she misses her friends back home.”

    “Are you worried that she will be threatened by the Su Family again if she goes back?”

    “Yes.”

    “I’ll hire a female bodyguard for her, someone who can protect her and take care of her daily life as well.” He thought things through thoroughly and came up with the best suggestion.

    “But this will increase your burden, Mr. Huo, I already owe you so much.”

    “Let it be owed for now. I will need your help in the future.”

    Huo Xingzhou didn’t use “employee benefits” to fob her off this time, “Qiao Xi, you are very valuable, don’t underestimate yourself.”

    “Okay.” Qiao Xi looked up at him earnestly, she remembered it all in her heart.

    Huo Xingzhou said indifferently, “Find a weekend to take her back home.”

    “Mm-hm.” Qiao Xi nodded obediently.

    Huo Xingzhou was about to say more when his phone vibrated. Seeing the number, his expression turned serious as he answered the call.

    Whatever was said on the other end of the phone, his face grew even colder.

    “Bring the man to the villa!” Huo Xingzhou’s voice was bone-chillingly cold.