Ch. 281..285: Mr CEO Ex-wife Escapes Again Chapter 281-285
Chapter 281: Farewell City Y.
By the time Yin Hehe turned off the lights that night, she no longer expected the man to come over.
It was too late, and according to the pattern of the past few days, he generally wouldn’t come anymore.
Yin Hehe covered herself with the quilt, ready to sleep.
But just as she was about to drift off to sleep, suddenly someone gently tapped the window glass from outside.
“Who’s there?” she immediately opened her eyes in the darkness.
However, as soon as she turned her head to look, she saw a familiar silhouette already opening the window and climbing in from outside.
Yin Hehe: “…”
What kind of habit was this? Instead of using the front door, he seemed to prefer climbing up the water pipes in the dead of night.
Yin Hehe quickly threw off the quilt and got out of bed.
“Why did you climb in from here again? You could have called a nurse to open the door for you from outside.”
She walked over to the windowsill and helped the man who was about to jump down.
The man finally entered the hospital room.
“Mrs. Sheng, don’t you think this way is very romantic? It’s like young people in love,” he said.
“…”
Yin Hehe was at a loss for words.
Was this romantic?
Didn’t it seem more like sneaking around? Also, what ‘young people’? Were they old now?
Yin Hehe didn’t want to continue this subject, she turned and turned on the light in the ward, then poured a glass of water for the man.
“Have you eaten?”
It was the same question again.
The man who had just sat down, who had already eaten before coming, suddenly raised his eyebrows.
“Not yet, do you have anything to eat here?” he asked with a teasing smile at the woman.
The result was, she, with a slight awkwardness flashing across her pretty face as she looked down, turned and got some buns from the cabinet under the water dispenser.
“Just these.”
“…”
Sheng Siyuan laughed.
Having these in the middle of the night clearly meant they were prepared for him.
Sheng Siyuan started gnawing on a bun while the woman beside him quietly passed him a box of milk.
“Why did you come so late today? I thought… you wouldn’t come today.”
“Yeah.”
The man had a bit of trouble swallowing the mouthful of bun.
“I have to go on a business trip tomorrow, and I probably won’t be able to come for several days, so I wanted to see you while I still had time tonight,” he said after taking a sip of milk.
Yin Hehe immediately looked at him, “Another business trip? Has the company been that busy lately?”
She was somewhat unhappy.
Not because the man wouldn’t be able to see her for a few days, but because she was concerned about his well-being.
Wasn’t he extremely busy just last week? He hadn’t come for many days as well.
But the man nodded, “Yeah, after the shareholder incident, the company has just started to improve recently, so I need to seize the opportunity.”
“…Alright then.”
Having heard his reasons, Yin Hehe felt it pointless to continue her complaints.
“Then go to sleep early, you have a trip tomorrow,” Yin Hehe went to get his clothes.
It was somewhat amusing when you thought about it; this was clearly a hospital room, but ever since this man stubbornly moved in,
all of his personal belongings, including his clothes, were readily available in the ward.
Soon, the man went to the restroom.
Yin Hehe heard the sound of water splashing inside and wanted to pack his luggage for the business trip for him.
However, when she opened the closet, she found there wasn’t much to pack.
After all, his belongings weren’t here.
“Wife, did you run out of shampoo?”
Suddenly, the man in the restroom shouted.
“I’ll get a new one for you,” Yin Hehe quickly took a new bottle of shampoo from beneath the cabinet.
After knocking on the door, it didn’t take long before the restroom door opened, and amidst the mist, Yin Hehe saw a naked man appear before her.
!!!!
Yin Hehe was completely stunned.
“Staring at your husband with such lustful eyes, do you want to come in and shower together?”
The man let her watch openly, and seeing that her eyes were still fixed on a certain part of him, a wicked smile crossed his lips, as he actually reached out naked and propped himself on the doorway of the restroom, inviting her in.
Yin Hehe finally snapped out of her trance.
In an instant, her fair little face flushed red with blood; she wished she could immediately find a hole to crawl into.
“Are you sick? What’s there to wash?”
In her panic, she threw the bottle of shampoo into the restroom and ran, covering her face.
Shameless!
This damned thing.
Yin Hehe burrowed into the bed, covering her face, and didn’t dare to show it for a long time.
Later, it was the man who finished showering and, bringing with him a cloud of steam and the pleasant scent of shower gel, entered her cocoon.
“Mmm…”
Suddenly enveloped by those wet, large hands, Yin Hehe trembled again.
“Wife, you smell so good.” The man sensed her sensitivity, and his hot breath grew even closer.
Good smell?
Where did she smell good? Clearly, it was he who had just finished showering and smelled even better.
Yin Hehe wanted to argue, but in just a moment, she already felt him pressing close to her.
And what was extremely outrageous was!!!
He was still wearing nothing at all…
Yin Hehe felt like she was going to go crazy.
She didn’t dare to move at all; all her blood rushed to the top of her head, and her face in the darkness turned as red as a drop of blood.
They had never been so openly intimate before.
Even though this wasn’t the first time with him, her traditionally-minded self still felt like she was losing all face.
Later, how she was turned around by this man and deeply kissed by him,
Yin Hehe no longer remembered.
All she knew was that night, on that tiny hospital bed, they were entwined to the extreme. If the man hadn’t been considerate of her not having recovered yet, he would have likely not let her go the entire night.
Yin Hehe eventually fell asleep exhausted in the man’s arms.
The next morning, as the sky barely brightened, the man opened his eyes on the hospital bed.
“Hmm?”
She felt his movement.
The woman still sweetly asleep in his embrace showed some dissatisfaction with a slight move, seemingly in protest.
The man immediately dared not move.
He lowered his head and, in that faint light, quietly gazed at the woman.
Such a beautiful face.
This woman, having shed all her defences and emotions, was no longer her usual cool and composed self but had a charming naivety to her eyebrows and eyes, just like their Little Bun at home.
So this was her true face.
Suddenly, the man’s heart clenched as if gripped tightly. Holding the woman in his arms, he kissed her forehead and didn’t let go for a long time.
“I’m sorry, Hehe. Even though I know all your previous strength and independence were forced upon you, this time, I still have to cold-heartedly entrust the heavy responsibilities of our home to you again. To keep this home from being eaten away, I have no choice.”
He closed his eyes, and in that moment, his shoulders began to tremble.
Yes, he had no choice.
If Xiahou Maolin was determined to erase his illegitimate son from the world, then his only option was to fight!
If he won, their family could be reunited in a big happy circle.
But if he lost, at least he would have protected his loved ones and secured Shengshi Group.
The man, with bloodshot eyes, finally gently put the woman down.
As he got up, perhaps it was the sudden loss of his warmth, the woman who hadn’t yet awakened made a displeased noise in the covers.
Seeing this, he bent down and took another light sniff at her forehead.
“I’m leaving, sleep well…”
“Hmm.”
She, groggy, actually agreed.
Only then did the man leave the hospital room looking back step by step…
Chapter 282: Counterkill Chongzhou.
As Sheng Siyuan rode the helicopter circling above this city, his mind was still fixed on the scene of farewell in Y City not long ago.
He was thinking, if he couldn’t make it back this time, how would that woman react upon waking up?
Would she heed his words and take good care of the home?
“President, we have arrived, but we can’t land. This city has long been under Xiahou Yi’s radar control. If we force our way in, we will be shot down,”
Xu Guannan walked over, reminding the man who was still lost in thought.
Upon hearing this, the man finally snapped out of his reverie and turned his attention to the matter at hand.
Ever since Xiahou Yi came to Chongzhou, the city had indeed become an impenetrable fortress. The last time he came, he took a commercial flight.
And, Shengshi’s old master was there to pave the way for him.
But if it were a private plane or helicopter, entering this city at will was not so simple.
“Then let’s land outside the defense line and switch to another mode of transportation to enter,”
he ordered as he flipped through the map book in his hand.
Xu Guannan nodded in agreement.
Soon, the helicopter landed fifty kilometers outside of the city.
“President, where do you think Chu Fengcheng will make his move against you? Is he really planning a direct approach to Chihai?”
As the two of them drove towards Chongzhou City Area, the highly alert Xu Guannan asked from the front.
Sheng Siyuan scoffed from the backseat, “Of course. If I went to Chihai, Chu Fengcheng, as the top man in the capital, would have every reason to have the military here take action against me, with the goal of protecting Xiahou Yi!”
“…”
For a long time, Xu Guannan upfront couldn’t utter half a word.
The military, that’s a formidable entity.
Yet the man behind seemed to regard it as nothing, still maintaining a calm and composed demeanor.
“Don’t worry. We are not going for a head-on collision. As long as we play our part well, that will be enough,”
he reassured.
“Yes!” Xu Guannan immediately understood.
Forty minutes later, the black Maybach finally entered the Chongzhou City Area, and as soon as they did, they could feel being watched.
“President, someone is tailing us,” Xu Guannan, with his keen senses, immediately warned.
The man in the back turned to glance behind them.
Indeed, a silver Audi car was following them at close range, trailing by just tens of meters.
“Head to the hotel,” he instructed with a hint of mockery at the corner of his mouth, as he looked away.
The vehicle then headed towards the direction of a five-star hotel under the Shengshi flagship in the city area.
A few minutes later, Chu Fengcheng, who had been waiting for any movement, received the news, and his eyes lit up.
“Good, it’s nice that he has come!”
He exhaled a long breath of relief.
Chu Feng’e, seeing this, quickly approached her brother in a worried manner.
“Brother, so next we just wait for him to seek out our grandfather before making our move?”
“Of course!” Chu Fengcheng readily admitted.
“Chihai is Xiahou Yi’s private domain, teeming with radars and military defenses. As soon as Sheng Siyuan steps into that area, I’ll give the command and nobody will know it was my doing.”
He proudly spilled the details of his foolproof plan.
This scheme was indeed flawless, as the defenses at Chihai were not just manual, but also involved high-tech like radar, automatically targeting intruders.
The moment an intruder was detected, the sniper bullets would fire automatically!
Chu Feng’e hopped up in excitement, thinking that they had finally rid themselves of that mongrel.
Chu Feng’e turned around and returned to her own room.
Half an hour later, Chu Fengcheng received another message, saying that Sheng Siyuan had already left the hotel.
“What are we waiting for then? Quickly send someone over!”
Upon hearing this, Chu Fengcheng immediately had his subordinates follow, preparing to act in Chihai.
Everything was ready; only the east wind was missing!
Chu Fengcheng sat in the hotel, sipping red wine and waiting.
But half an hour later, when the people he had sent out phoned in, they delivered to him news as shocking as a thunderclap from a clear sky.
“Sir, we’ve taken out the target, but… but…”
“But what?” Chu Fengcheng lost his patience upon hearing this, and urged them on with a raised voice immediately.
The person on the phone shivered, and after a long pause, he finally spat out a name: “The person hit wasn’t Sheng Siyuan, but… Xiahou Maolin!”
“What did you say?”
It was like a thunderbolt out of the blue.
Chu Fengcheng immediately stood up, and the wine glass in his hand fell to the ground, breaking in half.
“Xiahou Maolin? How is that possible?” he asked, both shocked and angry.
However, not long after, the person on the phone sent over a photo; it indeed showed Xiahou Maolin being hit and collapsing on a speedboat.
“How could this happen? Why is it Xiahou Maolin? And where did Sheng Siyuan go?”
He roared furiously.
“What’s the matter? Is Mr. Chu looking for me?” A warm, smiling male voice suddenly came from outside the room.
Chu Fengcheng looked up sharply, and saw a young man with handsome features and an even more elegant and distinguished air walk in.
Sheng Siyuan, he had actually come before him.
“You—”
“Mr. Chu, I wouldn’t have thought that someone as esteemed as you would resort to murder,”
Sheng Siyuan walked in and casually took a seat in front of this man, crossing his legs and asking leisurely.
Chu Fengcheng’s complexion instantly turned several shades paler.
“How… how did you escape? And how did Xiahou Maolin end up as your scapegoat?”
“Quite simple,” the man said, spreading his hands while sitting in the chair.
“Xiahou Maolin had been in Chongzhou for a while, just waiting for your knife to kill me. So, I found him first, tied him up in a hotel, and when you were about to kill me, I had someone send him to the muzzle of your gun, allowing you to personally exact this revenge.”
“…”
“Mr. Chu, am I not kind to you?”
At the end, the man even asked this, his expression as if he were waiting for praise from the most powerful man in the capital.
Chu Fengcheng exploded.
Looking at this man, in that instant, he seemed to see a devil incarnate—seething with rage and a spine-chilling terror creeping up from behind.
This was a madman!
He thought his nephew, Chu Yan, who had been traumatized seven years ago, was already insane enough.
But now it seemed that the truly fearsome people were of this kind.
Because, the moment you provoke them, before you even realize what is happening, they’ve already killed you!
“Sheng Siyuan, you… you just killed Xiahou Maolin, you killed your father. Aren’t you afraid that your grandfather Xiahou Yi will hold you accountable? This is his territory!”
At his wit’s end, Chu Fengcheng could only spit out this harsh sentence.
But the result, as soon as the words left his mouth, was the sound of the man’s cold laughter: “If I were afraid, I wouldn’t have come here.”
“You!”
Chu Fengcheng had no words left in return.
Chapter 283: The Fall
Two hours later, inside the hotel.
Xiahou Yi finally arrived, seething with murderous intent.
Sheng Siyuan heard it, but he stayed in Chu Fengcheng’s room without moving; instead, he got up and poured himself a glass of red wine, drinking it nonchalantly.
"All of you, get out!"
When Xiahou Yi entered, he saw the people in the room and burst out in a furious shout, his entire being emanating deadly seriousness.
At the sound of his roar, Chu Fengcheng obediently rolled out.
The others did the same.
In the room, only Sheng Siyuan and this old man were left.
Technically, this was their second meeting, but who could have imagined that in just one short month, their relationship would undergo such an earth-shattering change.
"You want to kill me, don’t you?" Sheng Siyuan felt the oppressive aura of death looming over him from behind.
He turned around and put down the wine glass in his hand.
"Draw your gun," he said, looking calmly at the elder.
And then, in the blink of an eye, this man, who held the highest power in the modern world, really drew his gun and pulled the trigger at Sheng Siyuan.
"Bang!"
Sheng Siyuan clutched his profusely bleeding shoulder and staggered to his knees on the ground.
"You abomination, I should never have saved you back then. If you had died earlier, none of today’s tragedy would have happened!"
Xiahou Yi’s eyes were bloodshot with rage, the killing intent on him so heavy it seemed as if he wanted to blow the young man in front of him to bits right away.
Sheng Siyuan’s vision had already started to blur.
But upon hearing these words, his pale face immediately lifted, and his eyes widened slightly.
"What did you say? You... saved me?"
"Otherwise, do you think you’d still be alive in this world? Let me tell you, no matter how many faults Xiahou Maolin may have, since his son saved you, you had no right to kill him!"
The elderly gentleman’s rage exploded once more with a thunderous roar.
Sheng Siyuan opened his mouth and, after a long moment, he managed to defend himself, "But... it was he who tried to kill me first."
"What did you say?" The old man actually didn’t believe it, "He wanted to kill you?"
"Yes, he found out I was his illegitimate son and feared the scandal would be exposed. So, he deliberately leaked this information to his wife, Chu Feng’e, who then colluded with her brother, Chu Fengcheng, to make a move on me!"
"Today’s trap was their doing. If I hadn’t taken Xiahou Maolin as a hostage and used him as my decoy, I’d be the one dead today!"
The more Sheng Siyuan spoke, the more agitated he became until, at last, the heavily wounded man, clutching his wound, was yelling at the elder, his neck veins bulging with the strain.
Yes, why should he bear the blame?
He was clearly the victim!
Finally, the room fell silent.
The elder who held the highest power stood there, staring intensely at Sheng Siyuan. His chest heaved violently.
Like a fierce beast taking a temporary respite.
"Drip, drip, drip..."
Warm liquid kept dripping from Sheng Siyuan’s shoulder.
He was starting to feel cold, and his vision was darkening.
But still, he was holding on, waiting for the elder to sort things out, a glimmer of hope in his eyes.
However, minutes passed, and he saw the old man’s demeanor revert to cold indifference.
"Even so, did you need to be so harsh on him? With your intelligence, you know he could never actually kill you!"
"???"
The hope in Sheng Siyuan’s eyes slowly extinguished.
He looked at the old man, and as the warmth in his chest also dropped to freezing point, his blood-drained lips could only curl into a deep sneer.
"So, my high IQ is also a sin?"
"..."
"Xiahou Yi, if you want to kill me to avenge your son, then just do it directly, no need to find so many excuses."
He knelt on the ground, his body drenched in blood, and closed his eyes.
Xiahou Yi: "..."
The veins on his forehead burst out in anger, and just as he was about to say something, the closed door was suddenly kicked open.
"Sheng Siyuan, you killed my dad, killed my brother, and took away my girlfriend, I’m going to kill you!"
"Bang!"
A bullet shot past from behind Xiahou Yi.
Xiahou Yi didn’t even have time to react when he saw the young man kneeling in front of him collapse to the ground.
And from his chest, new wounds gushed out fresh blood.
"Xiahou Yan, you beast!"
Having lost all reason, Xiahou Yi raised his gun and fired a bullet at Chu Yan without hesitation.
A bullet penetrated Chu Yan’s head.
The Chu siblings, who had rushed over upon hearing the news, were left in complete shock.
But Xiahou Yi suddenly seemed to have gone blind. After he ended his grandson’s life with his own hands, he tossed aside the gun and hurriedly approached the lying Sheng Siyuan.
"A Yuan..."
He "thud" knelt down beside him.
Unfortunately, Sheng Siyuan could no longer answer him.
He slightly turned his head, trying to see who it was or to see who was the one calling him "A Yuan."
But as soon as he moved, a gush of blood spurted from his mouth.
Xiahou Yi became even more frantic. Throughout his life, he had never bowed to anything, yet at this moment, as fear climbed up his chest, he trembled as he reached out to Sheng Siyuan.
He was as helpless as a child.
"I was wrong, Father will not punish you anymore, just be well... okay?"
"..."
For a long time, the room was as if struck by lightning, everyone inside was unresponsive.
Even Xu Guannan, who had rushed over, halted in his tracks when he heard those words.
Father...
"Old Master, the hospital just sent news, the Master... has been resuscitated..."
The old butler who had always followed Xiahou Yi also rushed in. Seeing the scene before him, he was dumbstruck, and the last few words came out awkwardly.
So in the end, this man had lost.
Xiahou Maolin hadn’t died.
Chu Fengcheng was unharmed except for Chu Yan.
And this Chu Yan should actually have died seven years ago. He lived so many years in place of his brother; he had gotten his due.
Xu Guannan, overwhelmed with grief and anger, cared nothing for his own life as he tried to take back the body of his master.
"Xiahou Yi, what right do you have to take him away? He didn’t consume a single grain of rice or a sip of water from the Xiahou family, yet in the end, you kill him. What right do you have to take him away?" he roared, his voice hoarse with rage. If it weren’t for the military personnel who rushed in and restrained him, he would have fought to the death to take back the body.
Unfortunately, in the face of absolute power and authority, he couldn’t do anything about it.
"The reason is... I am his biological father, and after he dies, he can only be buried in the Xiahou family’s cemetery!"
When Xiahou Yi took Sheng Siyuan’s lifeless body away, he left Xu Guannan with only that sentence.
Afterwards, they left Xu Guannan behind and departed. By the time Xu Guannan, with blood-red eyes, chased after them, they were already gone.
Chapter 284 She’s Still Waiting for Him to Return
"Sheng Siyuan!"
Yin Hehe was startled awake by a nightmare, and it was already light outside.
She suddenly sat up from the hospital bed, her head drenched in cold sweat as if she had been fished out of water.
"You’re awake?"
The nurse happened to be in the ward at that time. Seeing this, she walked over with concern.
Yin Hehe clutched at her chest, and it took her a long time to recover.
"Mhm, what time is it now?"
"It’s almost nine o’clock. Your husband instructed us to let you sleep in, so we didn’t disturb you."
There was a teasing tone in the nurse’s voice as she said this.
Upon hearing this, Yin Hehe finally remembered the events of the previous night, her cheeks turning red, and the panic deep within her completely soothed.
"I’m sorry for the trouble," she quickly climbed out of bed and said with her head down.
The nurse smiled.
"No problem, we’re all envious of you for having such a good husband. Gentle and wealthy, and he loves you so much."
The nurse’s face was full of envy.
Yin Hehe felt even more embarrassed.
However, when she went into the restroom, her heart was still very sweet.
That day, she was in an exceptionally good mood. After her treatment, despite feeling very tired, she still ate up all the food the nurse had brought her.
Dr. Qin saw it and praised her.
"That’s right, this is how you should be, Xiaoyin. If you keep this up, your time at the Drug Rehabilitation Center will be shortened even further."
"Mhm," Yin Hehe was extremely happy.
When it was time to sleep at night, she turned off the lights early, hugging the pillow that seemed to still carry the man’s scent, and soon drifted into sleep.
She indeed needed to take good care of her body.
Eat well, drink well, and rest well; that way, she could leave soon and help alleviate her man’s worries.
Three days later, it finally reached the weekend.
"Xiaoyin, your husband is coming over today, right? Then how about we skip your treatment this afternoon and give you two some time to go out?"
Dr. Qin was a very reasonable person, and seeing that the weekend had arrived, she came over to Yin Hehe with a beaming smile and said.
Yin Hehe was, of course, thrilled.
"Good, then... thank you, Dr. Qin." She expressed her thanks somewhat shyly.
Dr. Qin smiled and walked away.
That afternoon, after finishing her treatment and taking a short rest, Yin Hehe changed out of her hospital gown in her room.
She changed her clothes first so that when the man arrived, they wouldn’t have to waste time on that.
Yin Hehe sat in front of the small table, waiting.
But on that day, she waited from afternoon until dusk fell and still did not see the familiar figure come in.
Could he still be on a business trip?
Yin Hehe’s brows furrowed slightly.
As she looked at the darkening night outside, she couldn’t help it and took out her phone.
[Husband, have you finished work?]
She mustered the courage to send the message.
She was a very considerate person; if someone didn’t contact her first, she would never take the initiative to reach out, so as not to upset the other person.
Perhaps, this was also related to her strong-willed nature.
However, to her disappointment, she didn’t receive a reply for a long time after sending the message.
What’s going on?
At this hour, even if he was on a business trip, he should be resting by now.
Yin Hehe was a bit dissatisfied. Without hesitation, she picked up her phone and dialed out.
"Hello, is this the wife?"
Finally, the call was answered this time.
But it wasn’t the man; it was his secretary, Chen Xiaosen.
Yin Hehe was stunned for a moment before she finally asked, "Secretary Chen, how come you’re answering the phone? Where’s your CEO?"
"He, uh..." Chen Xiaosen was a bit hesitant on the phone.
"Madam, the CEO is... still busy. Otherwise, I’ll have him call you back later, okay?"
"...Okay."
Once Yin Hehe heard this, she didn’t ask anything else.
After hanging up, she placed her phone on the small table. Not having eaten yet, she picked up her chopsticks, ready to finish her meal before returning any calls.
And indeed, just as she had finished eating, the phone rang again.
"Hello, husband?" She joyfully picked up her phone, calling out the endearing term as soon as she began.
"...Hehe, it’s me."
To her great surprise, the voice coming through the phone still wasn’t that man’s.
Instead, it had turned into an old man’s voice.
Yin Hehe was momentarily stunned; upon realizing who it was, her face flushed with embarrassment.
"Dad, it’s... it’s you."
"Mhm," the old man nodded on the other end of the phone.
"It’s like this, that rascal has been inside and hasn’t come out. Chen Xiaosen said you called, so I’m calling you back."
The old man cleared his throat twice before continuing.
That busy?
Yin Hehe immediately asked, "What kind of business is he dealing with? Why is he still so busy after returning to the company?"
"Actually, there’s been a bit of trouble with a project," the old man sighed.
"It’s that highway construction contracted by the urban development company; remember it was halted for a while? There’s an issue with the concrete pouring, and they’re still negotiating."
The old man didn’t hide anything and explained in detail over the phone.
The urban development company took on official projects. It was normal to have stringent requirements. Moreover, last month, a complication had indeed occurred due to Jian Zhongzhou’s scheming.
Yin Hehe no longer doubted the situation.
"Well then, tell him to take his time and communicate with them calmly," she said.
As Yin Hehe hung up the phone, she considerately added that piece of advice.
Upon hearing this, the old man suddenly seemed to choke up a bit on the phone.
"Alright, by the way, how are you feeling? Any progress in your recovery recently? You should be coming out soon, right?"
"Soon," Yin Hehe immediately replied cheerfully.
"Dr. Qin came to see me today and said that at this rate, I should be able to return home by the end of the month."
"That’s wonderful!"
With that one sentence, the old man on the other end of the line seemed to relax all at once, exhaling a deep breath.
Yin Hehe could almost hear the "thump" of him falling into his chair from her side.
"Dad?"
"It’s okay, girl. Take good care of yourself. Once Ayuan is less busy, he’ll come see you," the old man reassured her after adjusting his breathing a few times.
Yin Hehe obediently nodded.
After hanging up the call, the gloominess in her heart dissipated, and she neatly tidied up before going to bed to rest.
It seemed that there were so many issues remaining at the company.
It appeared that she needed to get better quickly.
Yin Hehe fell asleep.
But what she didn’t know was that in Jiangbei, just after she hung up the phone, the old man who had collapsed into the chair was so stricken with grief that he didn’t even notice the phone falling to the ground.
"Old Master, you... You need to take care of your health. Right now, both the company and the family rely on you. If you were to fall as well..."
Chen Xiaosen, standing by his side with tears welling up in his eyes, was nearly choking up and couldn’t speak.
Yes, at this time, anyone could fall.
But the old master couldn’t.
Three days ago, nobody expected that a shocking piece of terrible news would arrive from Chongzhou. The man who was supposed to be there for business negotiations had died there!
Chapter 285 He Will Always Be Named Sheng!
And this event was completely unforeseen for the company and the Sheng Family!
The old man collapsed onto the chair, taking a long time to recover, but his aged face remained ashen.
"Is there any news about Xu Guannan now?"
He asked in a hoarse voice.
Chen Xiaosen shook his head, "Not yet, I’ve had people searching in the capital, but there’s been no trace of him."
Hearing this, the old man’s expression darkened further as he bowed his head.
Xu Guannan was the person who had brought them the news three days ago, but after saying he would go to the capital to bring back Sheng Siyuan’s body, he had disappeared without a trace.
Could he too have perished at the hands of that family?
Sheng Zhong sat in the chair, his calloused hands gripping the cane so tightly that veins bulged.
"First, stabilize the company’s situation and make sure this news doesn’t leak. Tell the public that he is overseas on business."
"Yes!"
"Also, Hehe will be discharged at the end of the month. Before that, make sure she knows nothing of what’s happening here so as not to affect her treatment."
Suppressing the immense sorrow in his heart, the old master calmly repeated these instructions.
Chen Xiaosen nodded immediately.
Of course, the president’s death couldn’t be made public, or it would throw the company into chaos.
Yet at a time like this, this man, nearing his seventies, could still maintain his composure to instruct him on these matters, showing how strong he truly was.
It’s important to note that besides bringing back the news of the president’s death, Xu Guannan had also delivered to this old man a bolt from the blue: he was not his son!
"Old master, it’s getting late; let me take you back now," Chen Xiaosen said, pained at the sight of the old master who seemed to have aged ten years in an instant, and moved to escort him downstairs.
But the old man gestured with his hand.
"There’s still work unfinished; wait until I’ve dealt with it," he said, using his cane to shakily return to his desk.
Seeing this, Chen Xiaosen had no choice but to stay in the office with him.
In the current situation, he felt he must not leave the old man’s side, as he did not know when he might collapse.
Moreover, he had a growing suspicion that the old master’s calmness over the past few days was highly unusual, beginning when his son’s death was confirmed in Chongzhou, he showed an extraordinary level of composure.
Does he not feel hatred?
Why hadn’t he thought of going to the capital to confront Xiahou Yi?
Chen Xiaosen sat down on the sofa and began working on the documents on the coffee table.
"Ding..."
Suddenly, the phone chimed.
He immediately picked it up and saw a message from Yin Beixiao.
"Chen Xiaosen, has Xu Guannan returned yet?"
"Not yet," Chen Xiaosen quickly replied to the message.
Upon hearing this, Yin Beixiao, who was at that moment downstairs in the building, felt a surge of rage blaze up from his chest.
"Xiahou Yi killed him too?"
"..."
Chen Xiaosen’s face paled instantly, not daring to respond to that.
"Fine, then I’ll make a trip to the capital myself. I want to see what Xiahou Yi is really made of! Just because he has a bit of power, he dares to murder innocents to this extent!" Yin Beixiao’s furious message came through, causing Chen Xiaosen to stand up abruptly.
"What’s wrong?"
The old master, who was busy at his desk, noticed the commotion and looked up, his aging eyes focusing on his secretary.
Upon seeing this, Chen Xiaosen hastily said, "That’s... Yin Beixiao is planning to go to the capital to find Xiahou Yi!"
"What?" As soon as these words came out, the old master threw down his pen on the spot.
"This is absurd, hurry up, call him, I want to talk to him."
He was so anxious he came out from behind his office desk.
Chen Xiaosen immediately dialed Yin Beixiao’s number, fortunately, at that time, Yin Beixiao hadn’t left yet.
"Hello?" As soon as the call connected, Yin Beixiao answered with raging anger.
"It’s me, Beixiao, come up first, I have something to talk to you about."
The old man said calmly.
Yin Beixiao: "..."
Twenty minutes later, Chen Xiaosen went out to open the door, and Yin Beixiao walked in.
"Take a seat, Xiaosen, go and pour Beixiao a cup of tea."
The old man had been waiting for him for twenty minutes, and when he finally saw him come up, he politely pointed to the couch before joining him there.
Yin Beixiao had no choice but to follow suit.
"What do you want to talk to me about? He’s dead, I know you’re not in a position to go after that old beast right now, don’t worry, I’ll bring your son’s corpse back for you!"
Yin Beixiao, who was the type to speak his mind, couldn’t wait to say this as soon as he sat down.
The old man looked at him with a hint of grateful smile.
"Thank you," he said, "but you’re not the right person to go there, and even if you went, you couldn’t bring my son back!"
He poured him a cup of tea, his expression remaining very calm.
Yin Beixiao instantly frowned deeply: "Are you doubting my ability? Let me tell you, I was special forces in the military, how could I not manage to retrieve a corpse?"
He was very angry, on the verge of slamming the table.
But the old man was still utterly composed, seeing his anger, he reached out to pat his shoulder, indicating he didn’t mean it in that way.
"Beixiao, I know you’re capable, but have you thought about it? You have the Yin Family behind you, what would they do if you offended Xiahou Yi?"
"..."
"Moreover, my son has had an accident, I don’t want anything else to happen to you, otherwise, what about Hehe, and your three nephews? Have you thought about what they will do in the future?"
The old man mercilessly laid out these harsh realities in front of the man.
Yes, going into a den of tigers alone is easy enough, but what about the consequences?
If he too were gone, what would the remaining people do? Those orphans and widows...
Yin Beixiao clenched his fists, finally saying no more.
Upon seeing this, Sheng Zhong got up and walked over to the floor-to-ceiling window, leaning on his cane, he gazed down at the myriad of lights below.
"Don’t worry, my son, naturally, I will personally bring him back. I have raised him for nearly thirty years, his whole life he is Sheng Zhong’s son!"
"..."
Yin Beixiao slowly turned his head to look, and in that moment, as he watched the stooped silhouette of the old man, it felt as if something got stuck in his throat.
He was so choked up he couldn’t make a sound.
"But he is Xiahou Yi." In the end, that was all he could remind him.
However, as soon as the words were out, he saw the old man looking outside, a thick sneer spreading at the corner of his mouth.
"So what if he is? That son he once dared not acknowledge, dared not want, now that I have brought him up, educated him, he thinks he can do as he pleases?"
"That’s impossible!"
At the edge of the old man’s lips, each word was enunciated with a pause.
His tone was calm.
But from the moment he spoke those words, Yin Beixiao could distinctly feel a change in the atmosphere of the office.
It was as if the end of days was upon them, the air filled with a terrible murderous intent that could destroy heavens and earth!
Right, he had forgotten that although Sheng Siyuan wasn’t his biological child,
it was he who had raised him!
Sheng Zhong’s ruthlessness was already well known thirty years ago!