Ch. 276..280: Mr CEO Ex-wife Escapes Again Chapter 276-280
Chapter 276: There’s Always Someone Who Dislikes Him “Secretary Chen, I got the information. It was our top leader who signed off on the decision not to release the goods!”
Chen Xiaosen had waited for about twenty minutes, only to receive such news.
“What do you mean? There’s nothing wrong with our goods. Why won’t your leader let them through?”
“Secretary Chen, I really don’t know why you’re asking me this. How dare a minor director like me question the leader’s decision?”
Following this, the customs director hung up the phone.
Chen Xiaosen was so angry that he threw his phone as well.
But this wasn’t the worst of it. By three o’clock in the afternoon, as usual, the finance department would need to start filing taxes.
But suddenly, the newly appointed financial director also showed up.
“Secretary Chen, we just went to file taxes, and the tax bureau said there was a problem with our tax affairs, demanding to examine our accounts for the past ten years.”
“What did you say?”
Chen Xiaosen’s face completely changed.
Examining ten years of accounts, for a multinational corporation like theirs, how long would that take?
Moreover, if they found any irregularities, the company would surely face astronomical fines.
Chen Xiaosen couldn’t handle it on his own, so he immediately called Sheng Siyuan.
As it happened, Sheng Siyuan had also just arrived downstairs at the company.
“First, let’s head to the tax bureau.”
Receiving the call, Sheng Siyuan directed Xu Guannan to detour to the tax office as soon as they reached the company’s entrance, his handsome face clouding over.
Soon, outside the tax bureau.
“President Sheng, our director is not here, please come again another day.”
Unexpectedly, at the entrance of the tax bureau, the security guards who used to greet Sheng Siyuan’s car as if they were fawning over him now stood in his way.
This time, they were actually trying to stop him.
Xu Guannan came to a halt, rolled down the window, and gave the security guard a fiercely sharp glare.
“Dare to say that again?”
“X… Xu Team Leader, our director really isn’t here, I’m not lying to you,” the security guard stammered, nearly losing his footing in fear.
But he still insisted that the head of the tax bureau wasn’t in.
Sitting in the car, Sheng Siyuan’s handsome eyebrows were knitted tightly, and the chill emanating from him was ferociously intimidating in that instant.
“President, this…”
“Let’s go back. He’s probably deliberately avoiding me,” conceded Sheng Siyuan, uttering the words with restrained coolness.
The black Bentley made its way back to the mansion.
Back at the office, as soon as Sheng Siyuan walked in, the senior executives from the eighth floor came seeking him out one after the other.
“President Sheng, what is going on exactly? How did our marketing department get kicked out of the bidding project?”
“President Sheng, and our production department—after so many years without any inspections, why did the environmental bureau suddenly come today? They claimed our environmental standards are not up to par?”
“…”
A dozen people stood in front of Sheng Siyuan’s office desk, causing the veins on his forehead to throb visibly.
What was this new trouble?
The company had just settled down, so it was implausible for all departments to suddenly encounter problems. There must be some new turmoil brewing behind the scenes, right?
The man, exceptionally astute, quickly realized this.
“What is Tang up to these days?”
After sending the senior executives away, he sat at his desk in contemplation for a moment before suddenly raising his head to ask Xu Guannan.
Xu Guannan was startled: “Are you talking about Tang Wanlin?”
Tang Wanlin was the current person in charge of Jiangbei City.
Sheng Siyuan nodded, “Make a call and find out if anyone upstairs has taken a dislike to me, Sheng Siyuan, recently.”
“Sure!”
Xu Guannan immediately took out his phone.
Finally, after the call connected, they learned of some reasons.
“President Sheng, I don’t know what’s going on either. The documents being issued now are all aimed at suppressing Shengshi. I’m puzzled as well – didn’t you just resolve a crisis? How could you have stirred up such big trouble again? Who have you provoked this time?”
Tang Wanlin said on the phone with a palpable sense of dread.
As his words ended, the office fell silent, the atmosphere seeming to freeze over in an instant.
The chill was so intense it made Xu Guannan’s scalp tingle.
Who could they have provoked?
Lately, Shengshi had been following the rules strictly, and Sheng Siyuan even more so was just taking care of his wife.
Who could he have offended?
Sheng Siyuan hung up the phone, leaned his head back slightly against the chair, and stared ahead. In that moment, a flicker of weariness and hostility flashed through his deep, bottomless eyes, his entire expression cold.
He was truly sick of this. How many times had it been now?
He never thought that he as the president of a huge empire would be harassed like this.
Why?
Because he was too law-abiding?
His eyes shrouded in extreme cold, the air of murderous intent burst forth from him.
“President?”
“Make a call to Customs, and if my Sheng Siyuan’s goods can’t get out today, I’ll make sure the entire Customs office shuts down for good!”
“…”
“And tell the Tax Bureau, if they want to investigate Shengshi Group, that’s fine, but first return all the taxes I, Sheng Siyuan, have paid over the past decade. Then we can check everything down to the last detail!”
He spoke deliberately, one word at a time.
His sharp, clearly defined profile epitomized the disdain of one who held power, as though the people he was speaking of were mere ants beneath his feet.
With a flick of his finger, he could easily crush them all.
And that was indeed the case; the entire Jiangbei depended on Shengshi Group for its livelihood. Customs had been established here because of Shengshi Group’s massive maritime operations, and the Tax Bureau was even more dependent.
Over the years, relying on Shengshi Group, it had climbed to one of the top positions in the capital.
Xu Guannan made the call.
Soon, the heads of the two agencies, who had been refusing to meet or contact him just before, took the initiative to call him.
“President Sheng, let’s talk this over. We don’t want it this way either but… there’s pressure from above.”
The head of Customs said on the phone, sweating profusely.
Upon hearing this, Sheng Siyuan let out a cold laugh on the spot, “Which ‘above’? Provincial City?”
Customs Officer: “No… No, it wasn’t. The call I received at noon came from the capital.”
It was actually from the capital!
This revelation caused Sheng Siyuan’s brows to finally furrow.
Suddenly, he thought of Xiahou Yi and his expression changed while sitting in the office.
Xu Guannan: “If it’s Xiahou Yi, could it be because of the last time he helped and didn’t get what he wanted?”
“…”
The man’s face turned even uglier.
If one-fourth of Shengshi Group wasn’t enough to satisfy that man’s appetite, he truly didn’t know what more he could give him.
Sheng Siyuan left the company and made a special trip back to the old family home.
It seemed he had recently taken to going home to consult with his father whenever he encountered a problem.
“No way, Xiahou Yi holds the number one position in power – would he really be so greedy?”
As expected, the elder Mr. Sheng also found it hard to believe upon hearing this.
Sheng Siyuan fell into deep thought.
If not Xiahou Yi, then who could it be?
Chapter 277 Eagerly Waiting for Him to Come “I should make another trip to Chongzhou and find out exactly what Xiahai Yi needs?”
In the end, Sheng Siyuan made such a decision.
Hearing this, the elder Mr. Sheng nodded as well.
“Right, ask for clarification, so that he stops bothering us. The Xiaho Family holds high authority, and if they truly don’t want us to live well, we won’t be able to survive under their thumb.”
The old man looked up at the twilight sky which had already begun to dim with the setting sun and sighed helplessly.
This was the nature of power and influence.
Though the Sheng Family had wealth to rival nations, in the face of heavy authority, they could only bow their heads.
The elder looked at his son.
However, he noticed his expression was rather indifferent, as if going to Chongzhou was just a small matter of asking a question.
As for the rest.
He didn’t take it seriously at all.
Elder Mr. Sheng: “…”
How had this damned boy developed such a fearless nature? He was nothing like his old man in this respect.
“Then I will leave shortly, keep an eye on the company for me.”
“Fine, I’ve got it.” Old Mr. Sheng waved his hand, indicating that his son needn’t worry.
Sheng Siyuan then turned and walked towards the door.
“Wait a minute!”
All of a sudden, as the old man watched his son’s retreating figure, a sense of unease rose in his heart.
Sheng Siyuan heard him and stopped, turning back to look at him.
“Is there something else?” he asked with a trace of impatience in his voice, which was accentuated by the lingering sunset.
Using his cane, Elder Mr. Sheng slowly walked up to him.
“I heard that last night in Y city, you injured Xiahou Yi’s grandson because of Hehe. Could that be the reason he’s now taking his anger out on you?”
“…”
The man stood silent.
It wasn’t until this reminder that he finally recalled the incident involving Xiahou Maolin in Y city the previous night.
“What is it? Did you remember something?” Seeing that he suddenly fell silent, the old man quickly pressed for an answer.
Sheng Siyuan’s gaze shifted slightly, his distant thoughts returning to the moment.
“Nothing much,” he replied blandly.
“You make a good point, I’ll think it over.” He accepted his father’s suggestion.
The elder immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
“Yes, if it’s really because of that, and if he wants to take his anger out on us, then just endure it, since you’ve already resolved the issue today.”
“Mhm.”
The man standing at the doorway nodded again.
“I’ll head over to Y city first. Hehe is alone there; Dad, I won’t be at home in Shengfei Bay, so please look after the children for me.”
He looked at the old man, and for the first time, his attitude was very accommodating, even calling him “Dad” warmly.
The Elder’s face immediately lit up with a smile.
“No worries, go. The home is under my watch.”
“Mhm!”
Subsequently, the man finally left the family estate.
That night, Sheng Siyuan flew to Y city.
Upon receiving this news, the Chu Family in the capital, was furious. A glass was smashed to the ground, and Chu Feng’e’s brows furrowed in rage!
“This bastard, the bait has been laid to such an extent, and he still didn’t bite, didn’t go to Chongzhou!”
“Don’t worry, if he was so easy to trap, he wouldn’t be Sheng Siyuan.”
Chu Fengcheng, witnessing her fury, poured her a glass of water and nonchalantly added.
The features of these two people were a bit similar, however, when it came to personality, Chu Fengcheng, being the younger brother in the dragon-phoenix twins, was much more composed.
Chu Feng’e took a sip of water, finally calming down a bit.
“So what do we do now? News from Jiangbei says that the customs and tax authority simply can’t suppress this bastard. If we want to set him up again, we have to start from Provincial City.
This will definitely alarm Xiahou Maolin. If he finds out I’m harming his illegitimate son, he’ll never let me off.”
When Chu Feng’e mentioned this person, her lingering anger gave way to a hint of fear.
There was no helping it, although Xiahou Maolin was her husband.
But this man was now the head of the Xiaho Family, and what’s more, Chu Feng’e was about to harm his illegitimate son.
Chu Feng’e dared not even imagine it.
But seeing her frightened look, Chu Fengcheng’s eyebrows knitted together, showing a look of disappointment with her.
“What are you afraid of? The one who did wrong is Xiahou Maolin, not you. Even if he found out, what can he do to you?”
“It’s not like that!” Chu Feng’e immediately denied.
“That’s still his illegitimate son. You don’t know, ever since… Xiuxiu died, and now with Chu Yan always looking so sickly, Xiahou Maolin has never liked him. If he discovers that Sheng Siyuan was originally his son, and that I had him killed, he…”
The rest of her words trailed off, fear blanching her face a pale white.
Seeing this, Chu Fengcheng finally dropped the subject as well.
Because that was indeed the least leverage their Chu Family had over the Xiahou Family.
Back then, when his nephew Xiahou Xiu was still healthy, he, Chu Fengcheng, used to walk into the Xiahou house with his back especially straight.
But now, Xiuxiu was gone, and Chu Yan had taken his place.
Frankly, he didn’t even want to go there anymore because every time he did, he was afraid he would slip up and let the Xiahou Family discover this secret.
“Alright, you don’t have to worry. This Sheng Siyuan is a smart man. Today’s commotion in Jiangbei didn’t lure him out, but with his shrewdness, he must be having doubts already.”
“What do you mean?”
“If we just give him a little nudge, he will still think that this matter is related to Xiahou Yi. When he goes to Chongzhou next time, we’ll make our move. As long as he dies in Chongzhou, Xiahou Yi will never suspect us!”
The current top authority of the capital said this with utmost confidence.
Because only he knew very well that ever since Xiahou Yi retired and went to Chongzhou, the sea area around those islands that one needs to cross to get there has been under such tight security that it could be said to be even stricter than the military forts of the capital!
So, if Sheng Siyuan were to go there without notifying Xiahou Yi, it would be very normal for him to die in the sea.
Upon hearing this, Chu Feng’e finally took a deep breath of relief.
“Okay, then we’ll do as you say. I must kill this bastard, and dig out the heart in his chest that belonged to Xiuxiu, to transplant it into my Yan’er!”
This woman, as she spoke, ground her teeth with a grating sound.
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City Y.
When Sheng Siyuan arrived at the Drug Rehabilitation Center looking travel-worn, the lights inside had gone out.
Seeing this, he couldn’t help feeling a bit disappointed.
This woman, was she really not waiting for him?
He stood at the door with a gloomy face, hesitating whether to climb in through the water pipe outside the ward again?
But just at that moment, a slender figure in a patient’s gown ran out from the inside.
“Husband, you’re here?”
It turned out to be Yin Hehe, who was waiting for him.
The man then stood in the dim light and hooked his lip, revealing a satisfied smile.
“Mhm, you didn’t sleep?” he asked as he walked over and reached out to pull the woman into his embrace.
The woman’s face flushed.
“No, didn’t you say you were coming? I sneaked here several times, but the nurses wouldn’t let me out.”
Yin Hehe replied with her ears tinged red, listening to the strong heartbeat in the man’s chest as she spoke.
Being considerate of him, not wanting him to come, was true.
But the joy of seeing him, impossible to hide, was also true…
Chapter 278: So Small It Only Fits You and Me That night, Sheng Siyuan again slept in this hospital room, and the duty nurse had grown accustomed to the sight.
“How’s the company doing recently?”
In the still of the night, the two squeezed into the small hospital bed, so close they could only embrace each other.
To alleviate the awkwardness, Yin Hehe asked the question while in this man’s arms.
In the darkness, the man closed his eyes wearily, smelling the faint fragrance of the woman’s hair in his embrace, he showed a satisfied expression.
“It’s fine,” he said lightly.
Yin Hehe, hearing this, didn’t know what else to talk about. Later, she fell asleep sweetly in the warm embrace of this man.
An unprecedented comfort.
Of course, with her favorite scent and a sense of security, she slept very well.
A good night’s sleep.
The next morning, when she awoke, she found the man’s figure still in the ward, and she was instantly elated.
“You haven’t left?”
“Mm, I’ll leave after you finish your morning treatment.”
Sheng Siyuan approached slowly and deliberately, his gaze so tender it seemed as if it could drown someone in it.
Plainly speaking, he was just worried and wanted to make sure personally that there was nothing wrong with the medication this time.
Yin Hehe felt unreasonably warm inside early in the morning.
“Okay, then I’ll get up first, and then go have breakfast.”
She climbed out of bed and quickly ran into the washroom.
The man watched her indulgently from behind, turned to get her coat, but saw the screen of the phone he had placed on the table light up.
[President, Xiahou Maolin’s whereabouts that day have been fully investigated. It seems he came to the capital on purpose, and moreover, after seeing you, he left again.]
The message was from Xu Guannan.
He came specifically to see him?
Seeing the message, Sheng Siyuan’s lips curled in a sneer, “I’m so honored? Are you sure he didn’t come for his son?”
“No, he never went to the research institute!”
Xu Guannan sent another message.
Seeing this, the man put his hands in his pockets, his gaze fixed outside, eventually as if it was enveloped by a layer of frost, appearing full of a penetrating coldness.
He was certain he didn’t believe what Xiahou Maolin said the night before.
Yet, this person actually made a special trip to Y City to see him, which could not help but raise his suspicions.
“Xu Guannan, I need you to check something for me.”
“Tell me…” Xu Guannan immediately waited for instructions.
However, he could have never anticipated that, after pondering for a moment, this man would give him a task that left him dumbstruck.
“Look into my mother’s life in the capital before she got married. Remember, I want every person she was close to thoroughly checked out!”
The man commanded with gritted teeth and a chilling tone.
That tone, as if when he said these words, one could hear the suppressed humiliation, making his voice unusually deep and harsh.
Xu Guannan was inwardly shocked.
Why on earth check the old lady’s past? She’s no longer among the living.
But in the end, he didn’t ask anything and just agreed to the task.
Sheng Siyuan turned off his phone.
Just then, Yin Hehe came out of the washroom. Seeing him, she immediately came over.
“Alright, let’s go have breakfast,” she said, looking up at him with her amber eyes shining like stars.
Sheng Siyuan’s lips curved up inexplicably.
“Okay.”
He draped the coat he had picked out over her shoulders, and within moments, they held hands and went out.
The breakfast at the Drug Rehabilitation Center was quite rich in the morning, featuring local specialties as well as many tastes from the south.
Yin Hehe led the man to the food service area.
“Husband, what do you want to eat? How about a bowl of eight-treasure porridge? Then I’ll fry some dumplings for you. You have a weak stomach, so eating these won’t hurt it.”
Yin Hehe made decisions for the man by herself while looking at the wide array of options inside.
The man at her side had a slight raise in his eyes.
He found that he liked this feeling of being arranged by her, from daily meals to clothing and dressing. Everything was organized for him, and that’s when he felt most comfortable.
The two of them brought their breakfast back to the table.
“The dumplings are a bit hot. Have some porridge first to cool them down.”
As they began to eat, Yin Hehe saw the golden dumplings in front of the man and again tenderly reminded him.
The man obediently followed her advice.
The soft and sweet porridge warmed his stomach and indeed made him feel much more comfortable.
“You should get good treatment here for the time being. Dr. Qin said that if you actively participate, it will speed up your recovery. So, try not to go out wandering around.”
After he finished his bowl of porridge, he pondered for a moment before speaking.
Upon hearing this, Yin Hehe laughed, “Where could I go? How could I leave if you don’t come?”
“That’s true…” As the man said this, his heart also settled.
Not long after, the two had finished their breakfast and returned to the ward, where the nurse brought in the medicine.
“Go wait outside. I’ll be just outside,” said Yin Hehe, as she saw that the treatment was about to begin, and subconsciously tightened her grip on her hand, turning to the man to keep him from following her in.
Reverting to the original treatment method naturally meant the original pain.
But the man refused.
“It’s okay, I’ll be right here with you,” he said, taking her icy cold hands into his firm grip and leading her inside.
That morning, Yin Hehe finally let the man see what she was like during an episode: her pain, scratching, twitching…
She was entirely without her usual calm and graceful demeanor.
Yet, from start to finish, the man never let go of her. He held her tightly in his arms, even as she bit his hand hard enough to draw blood during her torment.
He never loosened his grip.
“Mr. Sheng, are you alright?”
As things finally calmed down, the nurse opened the door and saw the man’s blood-covered hand. She promptly expressed her concern.
Sheng Siyuan shook his head.
“I’m fine. Check on how she’s doing,” he said as he let go of the woman in his arms and rose from the bed.
The nurse promptly went over to Yin Hehe, who had passed out from exhaustion.
Actually, the situation had already improved considerably.
Being able to endure it by herself in such a short amount of time indicated that the addiction inside her wasn’t as severe.
“Mr. Sheng, don’t worry, she’s just fainted from exhaustion. Let me take you to get your wound dressed,” the nurse suggested after checking Yin Hehe and finding no issues, still showing concern for the man.
But the man still did not move.
He casually grabbed some gauze from the nurse’s tray and wrapped up his wound, then his gaze fell back onto the pale face of the woman on the bed.
“In the next few days, please watch over my wife carefully, especially make sure she doesn’t go out. Also, if any strangers come looking for her, remember to call me immediately. Don’t let them in!” Sheng Siyuan instructed the nurse gravely as he stood in front of the hospital bed.
Nurse: “…”
Here… who else could possibly come looking for her?
Chapter 279: Who is the Bastard? A week later, Yin Hehe’s condition had significantly improved.
“Xiaoyin, let’s go for a blood test and see how you’re doing today?”
Dr. Qin was also very happy. She came early in the morning and called for Yin Hehe to get a blood test.
Yin Hehe obediently went.
When she arrived at the blood draw room, Yin Hehe habitually stretched out her arm, but as the nurse tied the rubber band around her arm, she suddenly felt something was different.
“You—” She turned her head to look at the nurse taking her blood.
“Don’t move!”
With just that sentence, she froze as if she had been struck by a pressure point, completely immobilized.
Chu Yan?
Why would he be here?
Her complexion changed, and she tried to pull her hand back, but it was already firmly held down by the person wearing a mask.
“Don’t worry, I won’t hurt you. I came here today because I want to tell you about something quite amusing.”
Chu Yan, disguised as a nurse, started talking about his topic while casually handling the needle.
And at that moment, Yin Hehe realized they were alone in the blood draw room.
“What exactly do you want to do? When did you come back here? Weren’t you taken away?”
She asked in both shock and anger.
Indeed, this person had been dismissed from the research institute after the last incident and taken away to the capital. Unexpectedly, he had returned so soon.
“Yin Hehe, you’re really naive. Who do you think I am? The real capital, do you think there’s a place that can hold me?”
“…”
“Don’t change the subject. I came here today to tell you a piece of gossip.”
After skillfully inserting the needle into Yin Hehe’s vein, he resumed the initial topic.
And his expression looked just like he was about to share some gossip with Yin Hehe.
Yin Hehe could only endure it.
“Do you know what I heard my mom plotting with my uncle when I returned this time?”
“…”
“They were scheming how to kill my dad’s illegitimate child, my goodness, I was scared to death when I heard it!”
He described the situation with vivid expressions while patting his chest as if he was truly shocked.
Yin Hehe’s eyes twitched involuntarily.
Was he really mentally unstable? How could he seem so abnormal?
“Chu Yan, you really should take your medication!” she struggled again.
Fortunately, after the blood was drawn, he didn’t hold her down anymore.
However, as she stood up, he asked from behind, “Aren’t you curious who this illegitimate child is?”
“…”
Yin Hehe didn’t want to pay attention at all!
What did his father’s illegitimate child have to do with her? Besides, who knew what this lunatic was talking about?
Yin Hehe walked towards the door…
“He is Sheng Siyuan!” Suddenly, the maniac behind her blurted out a name!
“Yin Hehe, you wouldn’t have guessed, right? Sheng Siyuan is actually my half-brother from the same father. Hahahahaha…”
He laughed loudly.
And that laughter finally alerted the nurses and doctors outside, and they all rushed in.
“Xiahou Xiu? My god, how could he be here?”
“Quick! Catch him!”
In a matter of seconds, the blood draw room descended into chaos, everyone pouncing towards this lunatic.
Yin Hehe didn’t move.
Not until Dr. Qin came over, grabbed her, and asked, “Xiaoyin, are you okay? What did he do to you again?”
She asked urgently.
Yin Hehe finally came to her senses, “No…nothing.”
She responded to the doctor, but when she looked back at the madman, she saw that he had been dragged away by the security of the Drug Rehabilitation Center, hysterically screaming in their grasp.
“This is karma, hahaha… karma, he will eventually die at the hands of the Xiahou Family!”
“!!!!!”
Yin Hehe broke free from the doctor and rushed to the lunatic.
“What do you mean exactly? Explain yourself—how could he become your brother?”
She grabbed his arm forcefully and demanded loudly.
Hearing this, the madman, who was firmly held by the security guards, laughed even harder.
“Don’t you know yet? Of course, it’s because his mother shamelessly seduced my dad to give birth to him, just wait. My uncle has already made his move, this time he will definitely be left without a place to be buried!”
He laughed maniacally.
Yin Hehe swayed, and for a moment, all color drained from her face, and she staggered several steps.
“Xiaoyin, are you okay?” Doctor Qin hurried over to support her when he saw this.
But he discovered that in just a short while, this woman’s body had become shockingly cold.
Her body was trembling even more.
Yin Hehe was helped into the ward, and for a long time, she lay on the hospital bed unable to calm down.
Was this true or false?
Why had she never heard that man mention this?
She forced herself to stay calm and began to recall every visit from the man over the past week.
Yet, even after careful thought, she found nothing out of the ordinary.
Because every time he came, he was very relaxed and always greeted her with a smile. What could go wrong?
If there really was a problem, it must be that he hadn’t come every day in the last few days.
Yin Hehe suddenly got up from the hospital bed.
“Nurse Zhang, may I make a phone call?” She rushed to the door of the ward, opened it, and walked towards the nursing station outside.
The nurse was startled.
“Make a phone call? You’re in this state, and you still want to make a call?”
“Please…” Her eyes were already red.
Seeing this, the nurse recalled the scene with the madman and could only sigh before taking out her cell phone.
Yin Hehe immediately took it and dialed the number.
“Beep…beep beep…”
The wait for the call to connect was long and torturous.
Thankfully, after more than ten seconds, the other side picked up.
“Hello, Mrs. Sheng, calling so early?”
The familiar man’s voice came from the phone with a teasing tone, almost making Yin Hehe cry.
“Mhm!”
She steadied her emotions and nodded on her end.
“It’s nothing… just wanted to ask, were you busy with something yesterday since you didn’t come?”
For the first time ever, she asked him why he hadn’t come the day before.
The man was taken aback for a moment, “Yesterday? Yes, I met with some important clients. What’s up? After just one day, Mrs. Sheng is already missing her husband?”
He still spoke jokingly, his tone slightly playful.
Upon hearing this, Yin Hehe quickly felt a blush spread across her face, and her heart settled down.
The ease with which he spoke to her on the phone…
Proved that the madman was really just an escapee from the mental hospital.
Yin Hehe hung up the phone, feeling reassured.
However, what she didn’t know was that as soon as she hung up, the phone on the man’s end fell out of his limp palm onto the table.
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…