Zhao Yuzhen was desperate to have a son.
"Uncle Cheng, tell me. I'll do whatever I can," she said earnestly to Cheng Han.
Cheng Han spoke, "After you get the health-preserving recipe, don't ever seek out Miss Qiao again. Consider it the end of your mother-daughter bond, severed completely."
"Alright."
Zhao Yuzhen agreed without hesitation.
Cheng Han looked at her cold, indifferent demeanor and felt even more repelled by her.
Cheng Han took out a pen and paper and wrote down the prescription for her.
Zhao Yuzhen clutched the prescription in her hand, as if she had just acquired a rare treasure.
"Thank you! Thank you!"
Zhao Yuzhen had prepared to kneel and bow three times, but she never expected to get the recipe so easily. With this recipe, she might be able to give birth to a son for the Su family.
When Su Weiwei gets married, the family fortune will belong to her and her son.
"Go ahead, remember what I said."
Cheng Han's voice was cold and filled with disdain.
Zhao Yuzhen was afraid he might change his mind, so she left immediately.
Aunt Qian, watching from the side, sighed with a mix of emotions, "Old Master Cheng, you're too kind."
Cheng Han explained, "She's Qiao Xi's mother. If she had to kneel and beg this time, what will happen next? What if she tries to commit suicide? Qiao Xi will always be harassed by her. It's better if I play the villain here."
"I didn't even know Young Madam was adopted. I don't think she and her daughter resemble each other at all," Aunt Qian remarked, disapproving of cold-hearted people like Zhao Yuzhen.
Cheng Han absentmindedly replied, "Maybe the daughter takes after her father."
Although he had never met Qiao Xi's father.
Huo Corporation Building.
Huo Corporation Shareholder Meeting.
The first meeting room was filled with shareholders, both big and small.
Huo Beiting and his father Huo Jianjun sat on either side at the head of the table, their faces dark.
The assistant whispered to Huo Beiting, "Young Master Huo, Tianyuan Group has arrived."
"I know."
As soon as he spoke, the door to the meeting room opened.
Huo Xingzhou and Qiao Xi walked in side by side, followed by Tianyuan Group's project manager, Jin Kai.
He wore a suit, tall and confident in his stride.
Jin Kai pulled out the chair at the front for Huo Xingzhou and placed another one beside for Qiao Xi.
"That seat is for Grandpa, you can't sit there!" Huo Beiting stood up, glaring angrily.
Huo Xingzhou calmly sat down, his lips curling into a cold smile, "The major shareholder is absent, and I hold 20% of the shares. I'm not allowed to sit here?"
"Sit, of course."
"President Huo can naturally sit there."
The smaller shareholders were quick to recognize that the Huo father and son had no real power.
The 30% shares were still in the hands of the old man, who had decided to pass them on to Huo Xingzhou during his 70th birthday celebration.
Even if the shares ended up with Huo Beiting, Huo Xingzhou's status as the founder of Tianyuan Group was untouchable.
Huo Xingzhou glanced indifferently at them, "But you two can't sit on either side. Jin Kai, please arrange seats for the two Huo executives at the back. This is a shareholders' meeting, what do you two think you're doing?"
"Alright," Jin Kai was more than happy to add fuel to the fire.
He went to Huo Beiting and his father and said, "Please, gentlemen. The people here have more actual power than you."
The executive president had no say in front of the shareholders.
"You..." Huo Beiting trembled with rage, veins bulging on his forehead.
Huo Jianjun grabbed his arm, quietly warning, "Calm down!"
"Dad! He's too arrogant!"
"Think of the 30% shares!" Once they got the shares, they would sit in the central position. Wouldn't Huo Xingzhou have to give up his seat then?
Huo Beiting stormed to the back, violently pulling out a chair, which screeched against the floor.
He sat down with a thud.
Huo Jianjun, more composed, maintained a steady expression.
Huo Xingzhou glanced at them indifferently, his right hand resting under the table, fingers gently brushing Qiao Xi's wrist.
Qiao Xi turned her head and gave him a soft glance, her heart fluttering.
"Huo Xingzhou, what do you intend to do by convening this shareholder meeting?" Huo Beiting gritted his teeth.
Yesterday, he made him kneel; today, he's holding a shareholder meeting.
It all seemed to be part of a scheme.
"I just want you to move," Huo Xingzhou said casually, "I've disliked you for a long time."
He spoke with haughty pride and complete indifference.
"Don't push me too far!" Huo Beiting warned.
"Is this too much? There's worse to come." Huo Xingzhou looked at Jin Kai, "Jin Kai, you take over the meeting."
Jin Kai eagerly stepped in, eager to please Huo Xingzhou.
He cleared his throat and said, "The purpose of today's shareholder meeting is to discuss changes in shareholder equity. Shareholders have the right to participate in major decisions and change management. President Huo proposes to remove the CEO and vice president of Huo Corporation."
Change the CEO of Huo Corporation?
No one expected Huo Xingzhou to target the Huo father and son first!
He aimed to kick them out of the management team!
"What right do you have to remove me? I was appointed by Grandpa as vice president! The largest shareholder is absent, what gives you the right to make this proposal?" Huo Beiting, unable to control himself, yelled as soon as he heard that his position was being threatened.
"Xingzhou, we are family. Why do you have to be so ruthless?" Huo Jianjun straightened up and said seriously.
Huo Beiting shouted, "I want to video call Grandpa! He should be here for this meeting!"
"Please."
Huo Xingzhou's demeanor remained aloof, with no warmth in his eyes.
Each share gives voting power, and the old man only held 30%, which wasn't enough for an absolute majority.
Moreover... he never fought a battle without preparation.
Huo Beiting immediately connected his computer to the screen and called his grandfather via video. The screen quickly displayed the old man's wrinkled face, looking pale and weak.
Huo Beiting exaggerated the situation, recounting the meeting details to him.
The old man looked at Huo Xingzhou and said, "Xingzhou, do you really have to go this far?"
Huo Xingzhou's eyes gleamed with sharp coldness as he replied, "Of course."
The old man sighed, "Then let's vote."
"Wait!"
Jin Kai smiled and said, "Before we vote, I want to show the shareholders a document. This is the result of my hard work for half a year."
He handed out a thick stack of materials.
Since the old man wasn't present, he thoughtfully sent an electronic version so he could see it clearly.
Jin Kai deliberately didn't give the documents to Huo Beiting and his father.
"This…"
The shareholders looked at the documents in their hands, stunned.
"Is this true? Ridiculous!"
Suddenly, the screen went black, and the camera from the old man's side shook, the phone dropping to the floor.
He had seen the document and actually fainted from shock. The meeting room could hear the chaotic sounds from the Huo family's old residence.
"Grandpa!"
"Grandpa, what happened!"
"Call a doctor!"
Huo Beiting and Huo Jianjun exchanged glances, both sensing a dangerous atmosphere.
What was written on that document?