Chapter 1042: Everything Settles

Huo Shen and Huo Chuan walked out of the Great Wilderness Group building looking defeated.

Huo Chuan stopped and turned to look at the building, which seemed to scrape the sky, reluctant to move.

“Can’t let go? No need, even after selling our shares we have some savings, enough for a good life.”

Huo Shen spoke calmly as if all his fighting spirit had been exhausted, talking like an old man content in his twilight years.

“Dad, I’m not willing, I am absolutely not willing.”

Huo Chuan clenched his fists, speaking through gritted teeth, veins popping on his arms.

This building was supposed to be his, this company should’ve been inherited by him.

He returned from studying abroad, hoping to make a mark in his family’s company, to expand it.

But now.

The company no longer carries the Huo name.

They were kicked out.

It felt like falling from the clouds to the bottom valley overnight.

How could he accept such a huge disparity? “Even if you’re unwilling, you have to accept it. Dad’s a rogue and understands a crude principle. In the underworld, when you get hit, you must stand straight. Let’s go.”

Huo Shen looked at Huo Chuan and tugged at his sleeve.

He had already figured it out, or perhaps there was no way to understand it.

At his age, there was no longer the energy or momentum to make a comeback.

Huo Chuan followed Huo Shen away, but his clenched fists remained tightly balled, eyes filled with deep resentment.

Zhao Pin, Xu Shaochen.

Sooner or later, I will ensure you pay with your blood.

I’ll make your endings a thousand times worse than mine!

“Is it Huo Chuan?”

Suddenly, two police officers blocked their path, looking at Huo Chuan and asked.

“It’s me.”

Huo Chuan nodded, feeling uneasy, a leftover effect from being arrested in Jiangzhou.

He was a bit puzzled about why the police were looking for him.

“Please come with us regarding your case in Jiangzhou. The Jiangzhou prosecutor’s office does not recognize the local court’s ruling and has filed a second lawsuit with a higher-level Canglan Province court.”

The police officer took out a document and said expressionlessly.

Huo Chuan was struck as if by a thunderbolt, standing stiffly, mind blank.

“Take him away.”

The police officer didn’t care much, just following procedure.

“Xu Shaochen! Damn you! Damn you!”

Huo Chuan couldn’t suppress his anger, yelled curse loudly, cursing Xu Shaochen’s ancestors.

Huo Shen’s eyes were filled with murderous intent, directed at Xu Shaochen.

He now had no career and was about to lose his son, willing to stake his life to retaliate against Xu Shaochen.

He wanted Xu Shaochen to feel the loss of close relatives and despair.

“Is it Huo Shen?”

At this moment, another team of police officers approached.

Huo Shen shivered, a bad feeling rising in his heart: “It’s me.”

“We are from the city bureau. A suspect has named you involved in multiple assault and murder cases from eighteen years ago. Please assist in our investigation.”

The police officer showed his badge to Huo Shen and then took out handcuffs to arrest him.

Huo Shen stood frozen, then slowly reacted, almost forcing out two words through clenched teeth: “Zhao Pin.”

He suddenly turned to look at the Great Wilderness Group building, where Zhao Pin’s office was.

Zhao Pin, looking down from above, seemed to sense Huo Shen’s gaze, smiled, and waved.

He had no evidence of Huo Shen’s involvement in those cases.

But those who went in had it. After all, they were once Huo Shen’s most trusted subordinates.

Those people now have elderly mothers and children and are not the lone wolves they once were.

Faithfulness is one thing, but reality is more pressing.

Even the proudest can have their spine crushed over time by life and reality.

Zhao Pin had ways to make them speak, testifying that Huo Shen was the mastermind behind those cases.

Loyalty couldn’t defeat money, faith couldn’t overcome reality.

Watching Huo Shen and Huo Chuan being taken by the police.

Zhao Pin sent Xu Shaochen a text message.

Everything has settled.

…

Xu Shaochen was at home with three pregnant women when he received the text message. He glanced at it casually and tossed it aside.

He never kept trash in his mind.

Liu Ruxue, Liu Ruxu, and Lin Wanxue were reading parenting books.

“When do you plan to go back?”

Xu Shaochen gently touched Lin Wanxue’s slightly bulging belly and asked.

“Not going back, the company’s matters are settled. If anything urgent arises, I can handle it remotely. I’ll stay here to nurture the pregnancy.”

Lin Wanxue smiled sweetly. She once thought that she’d raise the child alone, only asking Xu Shaochen for a donor.

But later she felt it was unfair to her daughter, who deserved to bask in greater glory and Xu Shaochen’s paternal love.

That’s why she came to Jiangzhou.

“Great, then we can share some parenting insights.”

Liu Ruxue raised both hands and feet, expressing welcome.

“The baby isn’t born yet. What parenting insights do you have?”

Xu Shaochen looked at Liu Ruxue, speechless.

“Why not? Don’t you know, education begins with prenatal learning. We can’t let our children fall behind others.”

Liu Ruxue confidently said.

Xu Shaochen was at a loss for words: “I guess prenatal educators will be in demand soon.”

“Then why don’t you get a certificate? Maybe you won’t just do prenatal education, but also charm beautiful pregnant women.”

Liu Ruxu said teasingly.

Xu Shaochen quickly grinned and said, “What a joke, I’m not becoming a prenatal educator. That would be embarrassing.”

It’s said that women become temperamental and easily irritable when pregnant.

Liu Ruxu wholly embodied this.

However, Liu Ruxue and Lin Wanxue grew gentler, their maternal radiance blindingly evident.

“By the way, that secretary of yours is getting married. Why does the groom keep asking you questions?”

Suddenly remembering something, Liu Ruxue gazed at Xu Shaochen curiously.

As the wedding between his secretary Ye Ling and Lin Wei approached, Lin Wei visited more frequently.

“Ahem… maybe because Ye Ling is my secretary, so Lin Wei asks me things.”

Xu Shaochen coughed, speaking evasively.

He was essentially marrying for me in proxy.

He only had the marriage right, but the usage and ownership rights belonged to me.

Of course, Xu Shaochen would never say that.

“Really?”

Liu Ruxue was skeptical, as it sounded unconvincing.

“Of course, Lin Wei respects my status, worried that if anything’s amiss, the secretary would complain to me, so he asks about everything.”

Xu Shaochen nodded earnestly, secretly thinking to warn Lin Wei to visit less often.