EBE Chapter 335 A Vicious Nature
Chapter 335 A Vicious Nature
Her voice choked with sobs, "To be honest, it's all my fault. I liked Han Xi, and even though I knew he didn't like me, I still wouldn't give up and insisted on competing. I was the one who switched the building materials. I know I was wrong, I..."
"Qianrui, you're so confused!"
Han Guodong was exasperated. "Although you and Xiu Jin grew up together, there's no such thing as first come, first served when it comes to liking someone. Xiu Jin's heart isn't with you, so you should let it go. What did you get in the end by using all these tricks?!"
Sheng Qianrui sobbed, her eyes red, "I know, I know everything, but my heart is beyond my control. I don't know why I've become like this..."
"Let bygones be bygones. Relationships between young people are always complicated and it's hard to tell right from wrong. But how could you dare to tamper with the building materials!"
"I......."
Han Guodong's face was grim. "Do you know that using substandard materials can lead to a matter of life and death? This isn't just a momentary lapse of judgment; it's an act of inherent malice!"
This is a very serious statement.
For a moment, Sheng Qianrui even forgot to cry.
Du's head was hanging low, her hair hanging messily on the side of her face. All that could be felt was that she was trembling all over, but no one could see the expression on her face.
Sheng Jinghui couldn't bear to see his daughter like this, so he took the blame again. "Uncle Han, it's all my fault. I really know I was wrong, but you also know that Shengshi is my father's life's work. If it's ruined in my hands, how can I face my father in the afterlife?"
Seeing that Han Guodong remained unmoved with a straight face, Sheng Jinghui also knelt down, "Uncle Han, please help your nephew one more time!"
"Get up." Han Guodong frowned. "What kind of behavior is this?"
Sheng Jinghui remained unmoved.
Han Guodong looked at Sheng Qianrui and said, "Quickly help your father up."
With red eyes, Sheng Qianrui looked at Han Guodong and then at her own father, but did not immediately go to help him up.
Han Guodong said with a stern face, "If you don't get up, both of you are out!"
Upon hearing this, Sheng Qianrui quickly helped her father up, and the two of them got up from the ground one after the other.
After sitting down again, Sheng Jinghui looked ten years older and said in a low voice, "Uncle Han, for my father's sake, could you...?"
Han Guodong finally released his teacup, his aged eyes sharp as an eagle's: "Jinghui, your father saved me on the battlefield back then, and I've remembered that kindness my whole life. These past few years, Shengshi has suffered consecutive losses; you should know how many times I've helped you behind Xiujin's back."
He paused, then continued, "But the business world is like a battlefield. This time, you and your daughter really went too far. You angered Xiu Jin, who is now the head of the Han family, so his decisions are the Han family's decisions."
"..."
"You can leave now, I can't help you."
When the Sheng family father and daughter emerged from the old house looking disheveled, Han Xi also received the news.
Han Xi's Office
Lin Mo hurriedly pushed open the door and entered: "Boss, the Sheng family father and daughter have gone to the old house."
Han Xi paused slightly as he signed his name.
old house.
"Li Duo, what do you think the human heart is made of?" Han Guodong put down his teacup, looking in the direction the Sheng family father and daughter had left, his voice tinged with helplessness.
Li Duo stood ramrod straight and, upon hearing this, replied in a serious tone, "Reporting to the commander, people's hearts are made of flesh."
"is it?"
Han Guodong remained silent for a long time, then murmured, "Then why can't it ever be filled?"
......
Less than half an hour after the Sheng family father and daughter left, a car slowly drove into the gate.
After a moment, a tall, slender figure stepped out of the car and walked slowly toward them.
Han Guodong remained seated in his chair, watching his grandson, who was dressed in a sharp suit, approach and finally stop in front of him. A glimmer of hope returned to his gloomy face.
"You know, don't you? The Sheng family father and daughter came to see me just now."
Han Xi pulled out the chair opposite the old man and sat down, his back still straight as a pine tree despite leaning against the backrest: "Grandpa, do you think I should let them go?"
The old man gave an irrelevant answer: "Back in the day, on the battlefield, his father took a bullet for me."
He sighed. "I have to repay this favor."
The old man was ultimately soft-hearted.
It is said that the debts of gratitude are the hardest to repay. If possible, the old man would rather have been shot dead by the enemy on the battlefield than sign this debt that he could never repay!
The grandfather and grandson sat quietly for a long time. As the sun began to set, Han Xi finally pushed back his chair and got up.
"It's getting cold, Grandpa should go back to his room soon."
After saying that, he turned around and prepared to leave.
But then came the old man's aged voice from behind, "What do you plan to do?"
"..." Han Xi could hear the tension in the old man's voice.
He remained motionless, his back turned and silent, his handsome face hidden in the afterglow of the setting sun. After a long while, he spoke in a deep voice, "I can retain the Sheng family's 10% stake in the Taihu Bay project, but they must exchange it for 5% of Shengshi Group's shares. Also, Sheng Qianrui is not allowed to interfere in any of Shengshi Group's business."
"..." Han Guodong breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that this was the biggest concession his grandson had ever made.
"Do as you say."
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Shengshi Group.
Sheng Jinghui and his daughter had just returned to the company looking disheveled and hadn't even figured out how to explain things to the company's shareholders when they received a call from the Han family.
"Ten percent?!"
Sheng Jinghui looked astonished. "They want us to give up five percent of our shares in exchange?!"
Seeing his assistant's tense expression, Sheng Jinghui finally lost his temper and grabbed the teacup beside him, smashing it forcefully.
Bang!
The teacup shattered with a crash, knocking over ornaments on a nearby shelf, creating several loud noises in quick succession.
The assistant who relayed Han's phone call trembled with fear and huddled to the side, too scared to utter a sound.
"What does Han Xi take our Sheng family for? Beggars who come when summoned and leave when dismissed?!"
Sheng Jinghui had rarely not been this angry.
As the patriarch of the Sheng family and chairman of Shengshi Group, although the company's business has been stagnant, his reputation means that very few things can truly anger him.
But this time, Sheng Jinghui was really pushed to the limit!
"A mere young punk has taken charge of the Han family for a few years and really thinks he's something! He wants shares in our Shengshi Group? He's dreaming!"
Sheng Jinghui's eyes flashed with ferocity, "If Han Xi doesn't give our Shengshi a way out, then we might as well fight to the death!"
Sheng Qianrui stared at the project change notification she had just received on her phone, her nails digging deeply into her palms: "Han Xi... is he really that cold-blooded..."
"Qianrui, he's no longer the kid he used to be. He's ruthless and doesn't even respect his own father. And Sun Zhixin, we haven't heard a word from him yet. He must have been behind this!"
Sheng Jinghui paced anxiously: "We absolutely cannot give him the shares. With Han Xi's methods, five percent of the shares is just a brick he can use to open the door to Shengshi. Once it's in his hands, it won't be long before we can't even keep Shengshi!"
How could Sheng Qianrui not know these things?
but.......
"Given the current situation, what can we do if we don't agree to his demands?"