Chapter 31: CH 31

Pretending to not care, Xiao Yixiu waved his hand nonchalantly, “Don’t bother elder brother for such a small matter. I’m still the second son of the Xiao family, my name should still have some weight. I’ll talk to him later, so don’t worry him now.”

Zi Bo nodded reluctantly, “Okay then, I’ll make an appointment with Madam Meng so that you two can talk in person.”

“Perfect!”

“I’ll be leaving then if there’s nothing else you needed?”

“Go.”

Zi Bo left, and the heavy mahogany door slowly closed behind him. Xiao Yixiu’s face, which was calm and composed just seconds ago, twisted into a ferocious snarl.

“Bang!” Throwing the coffee cup he had left conveniently on his desk, Xiao Yixiu clenched his fists as he roared angrily in the soundproof office, “How dare he look down on me!? Zi Bo is just a dog for Xiao Ying and he dares to talk so much in front of me?? He dares to refuse my words?! Xiao Ying, Xiao Ying, this is all because of you! You snatched away my father, drove away my father, and pushed me away from my rightful spot in the family!! I should have been the dignified and respected young master of the Xiao family! How dare you do this?! Just wait! Wait for me!!!”

Once he had finished venting his tired emotions, Xiao Yixiu rubbed his face irritably and opened the bottom drawer of his desk to reveal stacks of miscellaneous papers. He quickly threw them to the side as he pulled at the bottom of the drawer, exposing a hidden compartment with a small mobile phone resting inside. Entering a string of numbers, he unlocked it and went straight to the phone interface.

There was a sound of beeping as the number he dialed tried to connect, and once the phone was picked up, Mo Heng’s voice sounded through the other side in a hushed whisper, “I’m in class right now, talk quickly and I’ll listen.”

Xiao Yixiu didn’t waste time and went straight to the point, “Tomorrow I will be meeting with the Meng family to talk about the joint construction of the Jiangjing villa area. Once I find out about the more detailed situation, I will send you more information. I want you to ask your father to send someone to discuss with the Meng family instead and offer better incentives than the Xiao family’s.”

“I can do that, but….are you sure this will have any impact on Xiao Ying? This doesn’t feel like a very hard problem for him to solve?”

Squeezing the pen he was holding until it began to creak under the strain bending it, Xiao Yixiu said, “The small bits I can afford to mess with will eventually add up. Although I might not be able to defeat him at once, I can still help him leave a wonderful image of incompetence on my father and the rest of the board of directors.” Xiao Yixiu was quiet before confessing, “This is all I can do for the time being but my mother is trying to help me get involved with her family as well. Once I have, there will be many more places to move from, but don’t forget what you promised me. I’ll be holding you to it.”

Looking at the professor, who had turned his back to write seriously on the blackboard as he lectured, Mo Heng got up and walked out of the classroom. “My father is very optimistic about your cooperation with us, so as long as you keep your side of the deal, we will certainly uphold ours. As long as you hand the three percent of shares over once you have taken down your brother, my father and I will support you fully in your fight for the inheritance rights.” Mo Heng may have been smiling on the surface as he whispered sugar-coated words, but in his heart, he despised this behavior of relying on others for power. Xiao Yixiu couldn’t do anything on his own, so why should he take the power that belonged to Xiao Ying? It was a pity that his mother had already taken action to support him else; this conversation would never have had to happen.

Xiao Yixiu sneered at this not so concealed threat, “I’ve already signed the contract with your father, are you still afraid I’ll go back on my word?”

Mo Heng laughed and said, “Of course not; I believe in you; it was just small talk. I didn’t mean anything.” As he said that, he didn’t take it seriously in his heart; even if Xiao Yixiu didn’t fulfill his promise, it didn’t matter to him. Once he had taken over the company, it wouldn’t be hard to overthrow such an idiot.

There was a moment of silence between them before Xiao Yixiu broke it, “I’ve always wanted to ask you a question.”

“Yes?”

“Why did you suddenly decide to cooperate with me?”

“Isn’t it obvious?”

Xiao Yixiu laughed sarcastically, “Yeah, it should be. Once you get the shares from me you’ll gain plenty of rewards, but is that the only reason?”

Mo Heng chuckled, “Heh– everyone gets what they need, so it’s fine, isn’t it?” You want the inheritance of the Xiao family, and I want Xiao Ying to understand that as long as I want to, I can destroy his life. As long as he understands that Mo Jingxuan is just good-looking trash and I’m the only one he can rely on, I’ll be happy.

Xiao Yixiu raised the corner of his mouth, “Is that so? Then I wish us the best!”

“Happy cooperation.”

A week later—

In the simple and serious hall, the host of the auction types the last company name on his computer, though on the screen it was self-evident who has the highest bidding price.

Adjusting the microphone in front of him, the host announced, “The winner of the bid for the Xinghu Road Section of Jinzhou’s New Economic Zone is Huanlong Real Estate; a subsidiary of the Xiao’s!”

The audience applauded with everyone in satisfaction.

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“Happy cooperation!” The general manager of Jin Yu Electronics stood up, holding the contract that had just been signed as he held Zi Bo’s hand.

Zi Bo smiled, “Happy cooperation!”

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On the stage, “The winner of the bid for Hannan County is a subsidiary of the Xiao’s, and the quality is real estate!”

In the audience, Zi Bo nodded; this was as expected.

In less than two months, Zi Bo had snatched away all the land and investments that the Mo’s wanted.

And the cooperation between the Xiao’s and the Meng’s eventually turned into a cooperation between the Mo’s and the Meng’s.

Liang Liang sneaked into Xiao Yixiu’s office while Xiao Yixiu was out for lunch and quickly copied some information from his computer and took back the button-sized bug that had been pasted under the desk.

As he left the room, Liang Liang called Xiao Ying.

Xiao’s headquarters——

“Wait a minute,” Mo Jingxuan interrupted the video call he was having with an engineer as he picked up his phone. Seeing that the caller was Liang Liang, he continued, “I’ll call you back in a bit, I need to take this.” He hung up the video call as he called out, “Baby! There’s a call from Liang Liang, come here!”

Xiao Ying was in the office kitchen making some hot medicinal food for the two of them; they were both so busy these days that they had been cooking and making their meals themselves at the office. This was especially for Mo Jingxuan; he had been sleeping for so many years that he couldn’t miss meals without severe consequences following.

Xiao Ying took this information to heart, and the office constantly smelled like medicine now. Mo Jingxuan was even scared that his barely existent abdominal muscles would turn soft with how padded the meals he was eating were.

“You answer first, I need to finish boiling this!”

Mo Jingxuan smiled helplessly and answered the phone, “What’s going on?”

“Eh~” Liang Liang was a little confused, “Boss?”

“He’s busy, talk to me instead.”

“That’s fine, I’ll call back when he’s free.” Liang Liang was about to hang up.

Mo Jingxuan raised his eyebrows; this man was quite cautious, Xiao Ying had quite a good eye for people.

Without embarrassing him, Mo Jingxuan got up and walked over to Xiao Ying, “Okay, you hold on. I’ll let him tell you instead.”

“Ah, okay.” Liang Liang was surprised; it seemed that this man had a very close relationship with his cold-faced boss~

Hugging Xiao Ying from behind, Mo Jingxuan held the phone to the man’s ear and said, “Here, he wants to talk to you.”

Xiao Ying turned his head to kiss Mo Jingxuan and talked towards the phone, “Treat him the same as me in the future.”

After confirming the boss’s voice, Liang Liang replied solemnly, “Yes boss!”

“It’s finished?” Xiao Ying continued to ask.

“Yes, I already collected the things. By the way, I also copied some of the information on his private embezzlement of funds from the branch while I was in the office.”

“Very good! Keep it with you for a week and then copy it to hand out for the company’s board of directors. Make sure you send it to everyone, including yourself and my father, from a secure account.”

“Will do. There is one more thing I want to report to you, Xiao Yixiu’s mother should have connected with a shareholder from headquarters. “

“Do you know who it is?”

“I don’t know, maybe he was afraid someone would overhear but Xiao Yixiu was generally more cautious when on calls. I was only able to get the general idea of things, but I made sure to record them all.”

“Alright, send me the information and continue to follow the plan.”

“Yes boss!” Liang Liang waited for the busy signal from the other end and hung up.

Mo Jingxuan frowned, “A member of the board of directors? It seems that Zhao Lingjun wants to get Xiao Yixiu more involved….” The same thing had happened in his previous life, but in this life, Xiao Yao not only hadn’t gone crazy, but he also had already divorced her. Xiao Ying had been groomed to inherit the company, and Xiao Yixiu had been brushed to the side all throughout this life. There was no bargaining chip left that she could use to get on the board and gain influence.

Xiao Ying rubbed his head, “Don’t worry about this, I’ll have someone follow her.”

“You still have such a talent in the company?” Mo Jingxuan was surprised by the absolute range of Xiao Ying’s subordinates.

Xiao Ying laughed at him teasingly, “You’re thinking too much, I’ll hire someone from outside.”

Mo Jingxuan nodded, “Leave this to me then, I know someone who can help.”

Xiao Ying shook his head, “You just need to stay by my side and fatten yourself up, let me do all the work.”

“He’s just a walk away, you can even come with me. He’s from the army and is very good at tracking and anti tracking, you can definitely use him!”

Seeing his insistence, Xiao Ying could only nod, “Okay, but you need to rest for today. I’ll go with you to see him tomorrow.”

“Fine.” Mo Jingxuan compromised.

On the top floor of the Mo’s company building——

“What did you say?!! Say it again!” Mo Zhenhao looked angrily at the person standing across the desk with his head bowed.

The man trembled as he wished he could bury his head directly underground as he mumbled, “Han–Hannan was also captured by the Xiao family.”

Mo Zhenhao was so angry that he threw the papers in his hand at the person in front of him, “How long has it been?! He is the Xiao family–cough! Cough! Cough!” Mo Zhenhao was so angry that he got stuck in a coughing fit halfway through his words. Those lands being stolen were all his time-consuming work. The plans he had drawn up for them, the time he spent on site examining them, even the cooperations with others for the projects they had decided on. But everything was for nothing once the Xiao family had acted.