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Chapter 569: Chapter 569: Everyone Dies Once, No Need to be Too Sad
Xiang Tao was seething with anger, his heart even more so in desperate disarray.
He didn’t have the energy to deal with Xiang Ze anymore, the top priority was the Xiang Group.
Xiang Tao casually said, “Let him go, I won’t be coming home these next few days, you all take care of the house.”
He hung up the call and began arranging the affairs of the group, calling major clients to maintain relations and soothe their emotions, and informed the media that a press conference would be held tomorrow to clarify rumors circulating online.
His phone did not stop ringing all night.
Bad news kept coming from the company, and the shareholders demanded explanations from him.
Xiang Tao was exhausted both physically and mentally.
What crushed him were the collection calls from the bank; the loan amounts for big corporations were astounding. Under normal operations, this loan could generate profits far greater than the bank interest.
But now, the Xiang Group was barely managing on its own.
Xiang Tao realized something extremely dangerous and terrifying.
The cash flow of the Xiang Group… had broken!
Xiang Tao called everyone he could throughout the night, only to be met with perfunctory responses.
In the end, he took Xiang Mingzhu with him.
And knelt in front of the Lu Family’s gate at the Banshan Qiushui Villa Area.
With such a huge financial loophole, only Lu Bannong could fill it.
This was the last hope for the Xiang Group!
…
Inside the Lu family’s living room.
Lu Yingxue gently sipped from a white coffee cup and looked towards Lu Bannong on the other side of the sofa, saying, “Father, they have been kneeling for over an hour now.”
Lu Bannong flipped through a medical book, utterly unconcerned, and said, “Even kneeling for a lifetime would be futile.”
Lu Yingxue put down her coffee cup, gently wiped her lips with a tissue, and said, “The Old Master told me to visit the Zhong Family today, as I could observe Mr. Huang’s Gold Needle Technique. Also, a woman associated with Lingxiao is pregnant outside. The Old Master indicated that if I can’t get pregnant by the end of the year, Zhong Yi might lose his position as the heir.”
Lu Bannong paused, closing the medical book, “How could such a big change occur?”
“Maybe… Zhong Yi offended the Old Master somehow. We’ve always believed that Zhong Yi would be the next heir of the Zhong Family, who knew.”
“Then your belly needs to impress. The Old Master of the Zhong Family has expressed more than once his wish to hold his great-great-grandchildren, which old person doesn’t love children. If it can become a case of five generations under one roof, it would indeed be a pleasant tale.”
“I understand,”
Lu Yingxue said softly, “I will get pregnant.”
Getting pregnant after the engagement could also hasten Zhong Yi to officially register and become the legitimate Young Madam Zhong.
Lu Yingxue’s expression was cold; such actions by the Old Master made her more certain of the reprehensible things Zhong Yi had done.
The woman he loves is Qiao Xi!
Yet, there were still many doubts she could not understand.
Thus, she did not confess her speculations to Lu Bannong, waiting to reveal them once everything had been verified.
“Don’t be late, go to the Zhong Family early. Cheng Han’s disciple is also there, learn a few moves while Mr. Huang Bingyi is teaching her. With the Old Master there, Huang Bingyi won’t dare to say much.”
“Alright.”
Lu Yingxue stood up, retreated to her room to apply a fresh and elegant makeup, and then dressed in a light-colored dress before heading out.
It was only when she stepped out of the villa that she realized it had started drizzling.
Autumn had arrived.
An autumn rain brings the cool.
A servant brought her a thin coat to don, and carefully held the umbrella for her.
Lu Yingxue, clutching her coat, glanced gracefully towards the kneeling Xiang Mingzhu and Xiang Tao.
Both were drenched by the rain, looking very miserable.
“Cousin.”
Xiang Tao called out, “Could you ask uncle to invest in Xiang Group to stabilize the public’s sentiment. The press conference is at ten in the morning, if uncle is willing to solve the urgent needs of Xiang Group, I must…”
Lu Yingxue stopped in her tracks: “Cousin, it’s too late. Only after Xie Xubai gained fifteen percent of the shares in Xiang Group did you realize. How many efforts he has made behind you, you have no clue.”
So, it’s too late.
It can’t be saved.
Lu Family cannot be dragged down.
The funds thrown in now might just be wasted, it’s better to take this opportunity to share in the spoils. When the giant shark falls, the school of fish swarms up, and whatever meat they can snatch is all profit.
“Cousin, just give up and cut the losses earlier.”
Xiang Tao’s eyes were bloodshot and distressed: “Xiang Group is father’s life work, he died and I need to preserve it for him!”
“Uncle’s passing was expected; he exhausted himself daily cleaning up your messes. With his naturally short temper, no treatment from my father could change his bad temper. Recently being constantly sent to the hospital due to angers, it was all foreshadowed. Everyone dies someday, don’t be too saddened.”
Lu Yingxue said in a light, dismissive tone, incredibly apathetic.
Xiang Tao stared at her as if meeting this so-called compassionate cousin for the first time in the entirety of Imperial Capital.
“Cousin, staring at me like this is useless. The real instigator of all this is kneeling right at your side.” Lu Yingxue shifted her high heels, standing above Xiang Mingzhu imperiously.
Her tone was calm yet laced with mockery.
“If not for her, I wouldn’t have lost the title of leader at the Gold Needle Techniques contest. The Xiang Family wouldn’t have fallen to such a state; one could say she single-handedly brought the downfall of Xiang Family and uncle’s death.”
Lu Yingxue always bore a grudge.
“Xiang Mingzhu, you are a murderer who killed your own father.” Lu Yingxue bent down and grabbed Xiang Mingzhu by the chin, forcing her to look up.
Xiang Mingzhu, biting her lip, was forced to look up; the drizzling rain made it almost impossible to see the expression on Lu Yingxue’s face.
She just heard her say.
“Next month on the eighth, I am getting engaged to Zhong Yi. The Old Master wants Zhong Yi and I to have a child before the end of the year, and I’m sure Zhong Yi will be quite enthusiastic about it. Even if Xiang Family has fallen, out of cousinly kindness, I will still send you an invitation.”
Lu Yingxue knew exactly what words would hurt Xiang Mingzhu the most, relentlessly jabbing at her weak spot.
“You… Lu Yingxue you bitch! You are a bitch!”
The servants of Lu Family stopped Xiang Mingzhu and directly pushed her to the ground.
Lu Yingxue sneered coldly, the pain she had endured, she was going to make Xiang Mingzhu experience it all!
Fool!
Always spoiling the good moments!
“Xiang Mingzhu, I don’t have time to waste with you. I must now go to Zhong Family, spend more time building a relationship with Zhong Yi. No matter if what happened between you two was true or false, he merely used you.”
Lu Yingxue slowly walked to the car and got in.
“Lu Yingxue!”
Xiang Mingzhu, pressed to the ground by Lu Family’s servants, screamed Lu Yingxue’s name with her heart tearing rage and hate!
She knew from today on, the gap between her and Lu Yingxue would only grow wider, moving further and further away from Zhong Yi.
All her pride and vain glories disintegrated.
Gone without a trace!
“Lu Yingxue!”
She cried her voice hoarse, as the rain continuously beat down on her cheeks. She would not give up this hatred, the hatred of being Lu Yingxue’s stepping stone and a laughingstock for over twenty years!
As long as she lived, she would never forget!
Kneeling by her side, Xiang Tao slowly closed his eyes, feeling utterly desolate inside.
Xiang Family, was beyond help!
He slowly rose with sore stiff knees, falling again into the rainwater.
Getting up and falling again and again, he staggered away.
…
Inside the living room of the Old Master of Zhong Family’s house, the atmosphere was abnormal.
It seemed lively, yet concealed confrontations loomed.
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