Chapter x
Translator: Aafkee
Proofreader: Superclubs2
Instead of returning home after the banquet, Xia Hao went directly to the suite room of the hotel and called Su Weiyu over. Su Weiyu has an indifferent expression on his face as he follows him to his room. He then sits down on a recliner on the balcony and begins smoking.
Xia Hao pulls out his necktie around his collar and tosses the jacket he just took off randomly to the side before lying on the bed and letting out a long breath. He has been dealing with guests the whole night and his face feels almost stiff from all the smiling he has done.
His whole family was there and his parents were watching. Xia Hao initially wanted to spend the night with his official fiancee but in the end, she told him that she was not feeling well and went back right after the banquet, not even sparing him an extra glance.
Even if they went through plastic marriages such as this, they would still be living on with their own lives separate from each other.
Xia Hao does not want to spend time with this unsentimental woman in the first place, so he sent a message to Su Weiyu instead.
Xia Hao watches Su Weiyu, who’s on the balcony, and says, “I heard you went to look for Xiao Zhan at night. Why, what did you say to him?”
Su Weiyu answers without even turning his head, “I told him that I couldn’t forget him.”
Xia Hao sneered, “And?”
“And if he still wants me, I’ll go back to him.”
The corners of Xia Hao’s smile fall gradually. He stares at Su Weiyu, an icy hatred evident in his eyes. A second later, he laughs coldly, “And him? Did he even pay any attention to you?” An omega that I’ve slept with for six, seven years, he probably doesn’t even want you even if you offer yourself as a plaything for him.”
Su Weiyu puffs out a mouthful of smoke as he says unhurriedly, “You didn’t change a single bit even after so many years.”
Xia Hao asks icily, “What do you mean by that?”
“Yes, I’m a thick-skinned slut who wants to get back together with him in his eyes, but what about it? I’m willing.” Su Weiyu continues, “And what about you? How important do you think you are in Xiao Zhan’s eyes? In other people’s eyes? No wonder your dad insisted on you making friends with Xiao Zhan. It’s because he knows that his son is just too much of a trash that he probably can’t be helped by anyone else, that’s why he asked you to quickly find a role model and learn.”
Su Weiyu chuckles lightly, “Xia Hao, you need to understand that when others are smiling at you, they’re merely giving face to your dad. I would definitely regret having a son with your calibre. Why did you think I slept with you in the first place? That’s because I could already tell that I was no longer in Xiao Zhan’s heart. And since you were coming on to me anyway, I thought I would just use this as an excuse for myself. Did you think that I didn’t know how you went to Xiao Zhan the next day to tell him that I slept with you just to mock him for not being able to keep his own omega? Now that I think of it, I should have just remained thick-skinned and refused to leave him instead of looking for comfort from you.”
Xia Hao’s expression is scarily dark, the veins on his arms are clearly visible as he clenches his fists.
“If I’m to give my opinion, I’d say your fiancee is a smart person too. Although she does not have any choice but to get married to you, she at least knows how incapable you are and knows that there’s no need for her to be mindful of your mood.” Su Weiyu laughs mockingly, “I’m able to endure my disgust to continue keeping myself involved with you only because your family has helped my family a lot in recent years. But I’ve already cut ties with my dad now, so it’s the same whether or not I’m still in the Su family so I don’t have to be bothered with you anymore.”
Su Weiyu stands up and walks towards the side of the bed and flicks away the ash on his cigarette bud on the ashtray placed at the bedside table.
He bends his waist forward and exhales out his last puff of smoke on Xia Hao’s face, his gaze filled with pity, “Admit it, Xia Hao. You’re just incomparable to Xiao Zhan. You’re merely a dreg compared to Xiao Zhan. Putting aside your lack of insights in terms of running a business, even in bed…”
Xia Hao grabs the ashtray and swings it towards Su Weiyu’s forehead aggressively. Su Weiyu moves back a step to avoid but the corner of his forehead is still hit by the glass ashtray. The ashtray drops onto the floor as Su Weiyu staggers, the corner of his forehead becoming red and swollen in an instant.
Su Weiyu laughs in a low voice, his laughter filled with agony and a penetrating hint of mockery. It is difficult to tell whether he is mocking Xia Hao or himself.
In the end, he lifts his head and lets out a slow sigh. Expressionless, he says, “Farewell, Xia Hao. This will be the last time we meet.”
And with that, he turns around and leaves the room with no hesitation.
Xia Hao bellows and sweeps everything on the bedside table to the floor, his face almost turning black and purple from rage. He snarls a few times like a mad man as he loses self-control.
Xia Hao only returns to his home in the morning the next day on Monday.
Xia Yuanbo’s eldest daughter, Xia Xuanrou, and his son-in-law have been staying in Xia family’s house temporarily for the last couple of days. The couple is watching television with their daughter in the living room when Xia Hao returns.
Seeing that Xia Hao is finally back home, Xia Xuanrou calls out to him suddenly.
Xia Xuanrou stands up from the couch and says to Xia Hao, “Xiao-Hao, I have something I want to ask you.”
Xia Hao’s expression sinks, “What?”
Xia Xuanrou, “Did dad discuss anything related to the company with you recently?”
Xia Hao is not in a good mood because of the incident with Su Weiyu, he is currently in no mood to chat with this blood-related sister of his with whom he does not have close relations with. But seeing that his sister’s husband and daughter are here, it isn’t appropriate for Xia Hao to display his impatience too blatantly, “There’s no need to worry, I’ll know it if anything happens in the company.”
Xia Xuanrou turns her head and smiles as she speaks to her husband, “Hubby, why don’t you bring Jiajia back to the room first?”
After her husband holds their daughter’s hand and goes upstairs, Xia Xuanrou’s smile finally disappears. She straightens her expression and asks seriously, “Don’t you think dad has been a little strange recently?”
“How so?” Without the presence of outsiders, Xia Hao’s expression darkens completely, “What exactly are you trying to say?”
“I merely want to ask about dad’s and the company’s recent situation.” Xia Xuanrou creases her brows slightly, “Mum is a bit worried as well, saying that dad has had insomnia every now and then since last month, even mum has trouble sleeping because of him. He was not like this in the past and the only thing that can make him this worried is the company. That’s why I’m worried about whether something happened in the company…”
Xia Hao interrupts her, his mood sour, “Sis, let me put it out bluntly. I’m the general manager of the company, not you. Besides, you’ve already married into another family for so many years, all you need to do is to take good care of your husband and Jiajia, there is no need for you, Madam of the bank president, to worry about our company.”
Xia Xuanrou is momentarily stunned, a complicated yet dejected expression flashes across her face for a split second. She sits back down on the couch and waves her hand as she speaks quietly, “Go upstairs.”
The housekeeper happens to be coming downstairs when Xia Hao is going upstairs. Xia Hao suddenly recalls that Xiao Zhan said that his present will arrive today so he stops the housekeeper to ask, “Are there any packages sent here today?”
The housekeeper shakes her head. Xia Hao does not mind that much and turns around to return to his room.
The whole Xia family is here today. Xia Yuanbo did not go to the company either, so it is a rare opportunity for the whole family to be gathered together for a meal. Thankfully, the meal was not as cold and cheerless in the presence of a lively child. Even Xia Xuanrou is able to put aside her previous anxieties due to her daughter’s cheerfulness.
Xia Hao glances at his father but can not find any abnormalities regarding his mood at the moment. He thinks that perhaps, his mother and sister are merely overthinking, especially since they are omegas who are usually scrupulous and tend to overthink things.
Xia Yuanbo’s phone begins ringing halfway through the meal. He picks it up and his originally calm expression suddenly changes. His eyes are wide open, a hint of disbelief in his voice as he speaks, “0.1%?! Who’s name is it under now?!”
Xia Yuanbo’s eyes widen further half a second later as he mumbles, “Xiao Zhan? Why would he…”
Xia Hao lifts his head instantly upon hearing Xiao Zhan’s name, “Dad, what did you say?”
Xia Yuanbo speaks a few more sentences with a heavy expression before he hangs up. Xia Hao quickly asks his father what happened but Xia Yuanbo can not spare him any mind to answer his questions as he puts down his chopsticks and bowl and rushes upstairs.
Xia Hao lets out a “tsk” before putting his own chopsticks and bowl down and stands up, ignoring his mum’s questioning and hurries to the balcony to give his father’s secretary a call. However, the line is currently busy so Xia Hao can only hang up and call another chairman from the board of directors. This time, the call went through.
Xia Hao begins by asking about the 0.1% he vaguely heard from his father just now. The other party seems to be rather shocked as well, “We only got to know about this ten minutes ago as well. There was a 0.1% change in our company’s equity shares at about eleven this morning, that share is currently under Value Scan’s CEO, Xiao Zhan’s name.”
Xia Hao is stupefied and stunned for several seconds before he can react. The “present” Xiao Zhan mentioned last night is probably referring to his bulk purchase of Bo Da Materials’ stocks.
0.1%?! Xiao Zhan invested a hundred million in their family?!
There will be no doubts in Xia Hao’s heart if this was done by any other person.
But Xiao Zhan is different.
Even for Xiao Zhan, a hundred million is not a small sum. Xiao Zhan is definitely not the type to invest such a big sum of money so casually.
Why did Xiao Zhan decide to invest in their company in such a short time?
Xia Hao shouts, “Don’t tell me he’s trying to short-sell us?!”
“This…” The chairman on the other side of the line hesitates, “Director Xia, please stay calm, the board of directors will definitely consider this carefully. The identity of Value Scan’s CEO is very sensitive, the company will not announce this change in share externally. Regardless of investments or security loans, we’ll first see how CEO Xiao responds. There is a possibility that there are security loans if he lets them go quickly. The board of directors will pay close attention.”
Xia Hao only begins to calm down after hearing that. Indeed, Xiao Zhan’s identity is too sensitive, each and every single one of his actions can easily create a trend. Who knows how many individual shareholders and organisations in the market have been paying close attention to Value Scan.
If this news is to be leaked out, Bo Da’s stocks will show signs of dropping for certain even if Xiao Zhan does not have the intention to short-sell them.
Fortunately, although 0.1% is a high amount for an individual, it does not mean much to a huge number of individual shareholders in the market. It is also not considered a huge change in terms of shares so there is no need to announce it to the public.
Besides, so what if Xiao Zhan takes those as security loans? It has been smooth sailing for the company these two years. It is time for their company to rise steadily, their revenue clambering up and their business stable. Their stock prices seem to be optimal now, all the analysts and investors think highly of Bo Da Materials.
No matter how great Xiao Zhan is, there is no way he can just rely on his words alone without any concrete evidence to cause such a ruckus in the stock market.
Xia Hao laughs coldly and ends his call with the chairman.
Xiao Zhan currently holds a share that is worth almost a hundred million. Although, on one hand, Xia Hao is not willing that Xiao Zhan can earn money from his family’s stocks, he does hope that Xiao Zhan is making this investment because he has weighed the pros and cons, and recognises their company’s recent good results–
After all, Xiao Zhan is a man who belongs to the business world. And what is more important than profits in the business world?
Since the opportunity for making profits is already placed right there, only an idiot would give away the opportunity.
Since that’s the way it is, Xia Hao is determined to watch just what in the world is up in Xiao Zhan’s sleeves.
Definitivamente un bufón.
ReplyDeleteDe alguna manera sentí una tristeza llegar, de que la hermana del bufón parareciera mejor opción para ser presidenta de la empresa, pero fue dejada de lado por ser mujer y omega 😔