SWNOVELXO Chapter 56 - 56: Settling Past Humiliations One by One!
Chapter 56: Chapter 56: Settling Past Humiliations One by One!
“””
Huo Beiting stood there, stunned, his brain short-circuiting.
Huo Xingzhou handed the invitation to Qiao Xi at his side, “Read it.”
Qiao Xi stepped forward and took the invitation.
Her lips were pursed, her pretty face cold as frost.
Her gaze fell on the microphone in Huo Beiting’s hand, and she forcefully snatched it away.
“Hello.”
She tested the microphone’s volume, her soft voice filling the entire banquet hall, yet no one could manage a laugh at that moment.
Qiao Xi, looking at the invitation with Huo Beiting’s handwritten flattery, read it out loud.
“Respected founder of Tianyuan Group, I cordially invite you to join my grandfather’s 70th birthday celebration.”
“Shut up! Don’t read any more!” Huo Beiting’s face turned pale.
He wanted to go forward and grab the microphone, but driver Old Chen kicked him away.
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With a calm voice, Qiao Xi’s words became clearer, “I’ve long admired you and await your esteemed presence. I hope you will not hesitate to enlighten us. I look forward to a pleasant and in-depth exchange with you.”
She looked up at Huo Beiting, whose expression was fierce, and read the last line word by word, “Your follower, Huo Beiting.”
She enunciated clearly, her voice ringing crisp.
Making sure everyone could hear her.
Qiao Xi’s voice was like a drop of water splashing into a pan of oil, causing an uproar.
Some people were confused, while others were beginning to catch on.
Huo Beiting felt a pain in his heart and lungs, on the verge of madness, “Impossible! This is absolutely impossible! Where did you steal this invitation from?”
He didn’t believe it!
“Did all the security guards die? Get them out of here!” Wang Fengxian screamed.
“That won’t do, that won’t do!” Jin Kai shouted repeatedly.
He straightened his clothes and tie, a sycophantic look on his face. In front of everyone, he trotted deferentially over to Huo Xingzhou and said, “President Huo, you’ve arrived.”
Turning to the guests, Jin Kai raised his voice, “Allow me to introduce President Huo, the founder of Tianyuan Group and my immediate superior. Young Master Huo, haven’t you always admired our Tianyuan Group’s CEO?”
A buzz filled everyone’s ears.
Huo Xingzhou was actually the founder of Tianyuan Group!
People at the scene were feeling shock, surprise, and regret to varying degrees.
The Su Family and He Family looked ashen-faced, fear written all over them, while only Young Master Sun was ecstatic, unable to stop slapping his thigh!
Huo Beiting was completely rigid, as if struck on the head and dizzy.
Wang Fengxian and Huo Jianjun had confused expressions and pale faces.
How could Huo Xingzhou, that cripple, be the CEO of Tianyuan Group!
The Huo Family’s old master stared straight at Huo Xingzhou, with a surge of a fishy sweetness in his throat, full of the taste of blood.
“Very good! Excellent!”
Huo Weiguo, leaning on his cane, was outraged to the extreme yet eerily calm.
“Huo Xingzhou, you truly are my good grandson. Is this why you wanted to leave the Huo Family?” he asked, gasping heavily, barely able to stand.
He didn’t want the Huo Family to take any credit!
Huo Xingzhou looked at him indifferently and said, “You taught me since I was young to repay evil with kindness, but how should one repay kindness? Do I need to publicly recount what the main house has done?”
“You… you…”
Huo Weiguo stepped down the stairs, stumbled, and almost fell.
“Grandpa!”
“Dad!”
Huo Weiguo waved his hand, “Don’t help me.”
He walked slowly to Huo Xingzhou and said, “Is this your plan?”
Huo Xingzhou’s lips curled into a mocking smile, “I never had any plan, I was just forced by you into a corner, step by step.”
Huo Weiguo looked at him deeply and said, “I admit it, you’ve won. I know what you want, and I’ll grant it to you!”
He patted Huo Jianjun’s hand and said, “Go, bring me that ‘Share Transfer Agreement’.”
“Dad!”
“””
Huo Jianjun watched him resentfully.
“Hurry up!” Huo Weiguo bellowed angrily.
Reluctantly grinding his teeth, Huo Jianjun brought the “Share Transfer Agreement,” which he had yet to sign, before the old man.
Huo Weiguo took it over and presented it to Huo Xingzhou, “Whether you believe it or not, everything Grandfather has done is for the sake of the entire Huo Family! I did not anticipate the car accident.”
He began to play the emotional card, “I can decide to give you 30% of the shares, and also allow you to re-enter the Huo Family genealogy. Xingzhou, as long as you can ensure that everything you do is in the Huo Family’s interest.”
He was filled with such regret that it was almost killing him, if only he had known…
But the old man had always been stubborn and just couldn’t utter the words “regret.”
Huo Xingzhou glanced indifferently at the “Share Transfer Agreement” without saying a word.
Instead, it was Huo Beiting who became agitated.
“I disagree!”
Huo Beiting snatched the “Share Transfer Agreement” and tore it to shreds; the pieces fluttered down.
His eyes bloodshot with fury, he roared, “Grandfather, you said the Huo Corporation was mine, that even if Huo Xingzhou were outstanding, he could only work for me! I’m your most beloved grandson!”
He shrieked hysterically, “How could you hand over the Huo Family to Huo Xingzhou!”
Huo Beiting’s hair was disheveled, gone was his cultured image.
His words tore away the veil of decency.
Many people looked at the Huo family patriarch with curiosity, unable to comprehend why he would pass over a genius grandson in favor of the mediocre Huo Beiting!
Such a biased and foolish old man, confusing the fake for the real!
“You… shut up!” Huo Weiguo was so angry that he shook, his face turning ashen.
Huo Xingzhou half-lowered his eyes, the corners of his mouth turning up sarcastically, “So it seems that in your heart, I’ve always been nothing but an employee for Huo Beiting.”
He had thought there was at least some familial affection from the old man towards him.
“It’s just as well.” He raised his head to look at the Huo Family’s main branch, “I didn’t come here today to celebrate, but to inform you. As the second largest shareholder of the Huo Corporation, I will be initiating a shareholders’ meeting. I hope you will attend on time.”
Finally, he addressed the Huo family patriarch calmly, “Grandfather, I’ll call you that one last time. What I want, I will take with my own hands, without your charity.”
As his words fell,
Huo Weiguo suddenly spat out a mouthful of bright red blood and collapsed straight down.
“Ambulance!”
“Dad! Wake up!”
The scene suddenly erupted into chaos, the main branch of the Huo family hurriedly carrying the fainted patriarch out of the banquet hall.
Fearing he would die on his seventieth birthday celebration.
The remaining people all looked toward Huo Xingzhou, who remained as calm as ever.
His cunning was almost diabolical!
Such a devious tactic!
Not sure who started it, someone took out a stack of business cards!
“President Huo, this is my card, I’m from Huaxin Construction Company…”
“President Huo, is there a chance for our companies to collaborate? I am…”
“Xingzhou, I am your mother’s distant cousin, you can call me cousin. Our families shouldn’t cut off relations.”
“…”
Those bold enough swarmed around Huo Xingzhou, bending over to introduce themselves, spewing sweet words that cost nothing.
Huo Xingzhou, once reviled as the cripple abandoned by the Huo Family, suddenly turned into the prized catch of Haicheng!
Even Qiao Xi couldn’t block their enthusiasm.
Her face reddened as she listened to their exaggerated praises of her and Huo Xingzhou, which were just too much.
Suddenly, she caught a glimpse of Huo Sijiao and Du Juan, a couple standing at the entrance to the banquet hall.
She reached out and poked Huo Xingzhou’s shoulder, “Mr. Huo, Jiaojiao is here. Shall we go home?”
Huo Xingzhou turned his head to look, then said softly, “Qiao Xi, there are still some accounts that haven’t been settled. Jin Kai, begin clearing the room!”
“Right away!”
Jin Kai quickly took out a list that had been printed well in advance from his suit pocket.
He said cheerfully, “Could everyone please make some space for our President Huo, many thanks! We have some private matters to attend to next.”