DLWAV CH13

However, Zhong Chi did not believe that Ao Ruize’s success was simply due to luck.

Mainly because that day, when Ao Ruize was at his home, standing there with a smile in his eyes, his top two shirt buttons still undone, the words he spoke were meant to comfort him, but the confidence and sharpness radiating from within him were almost impossible to conceal.

—At the very least, this sharpness and confidence were definitely not something a rich playboy who could only rely on his father and adopted brother could possess.

A bit dazzling!

It was just that no one believed Zhong Chi’s words.

Including his close friend.

【…Wait a minute.】

His friend said: 【Aren’t you in contact with Lin Gaolang right now? Why is every other sentence about Xiao Ruize lately?】

Zhong Chi: “…”

Perhaps because Lin Gaolang had been too busy recently, and they hadn’t really been in touch.

Zhong Chi defended himself internally.

However, Lin Gaolang and the others didn’t think this way.

“Xiao Ruize—”

Veins bulged on Lin Gaolang’s forehead.

He never expected that the one who ruined their good plan would be Xiao Ruize, whom they had never taken seriously.

But this wasn’t the main point. The main point was that if the Xiao Corporation had just gone bankrupt like that, he wouldn’t have much to say.

Because if that were the case, when others talked about this matter, they would at most say he had bad luck. After all, no one expected that the seemingly flourishing Xiao family had such a huge landmine buried underneath, and coincidentally, this landmine was detonated at this very moment.

But all of this turned out to be the Xiao family’s scheme—

He originally thought he could easily crush the Xiao family and defeat Old Master Xiao—but the result was that he lost, utterly defeated!

But these things were no longer important.

The most important thing now was—

“Under no circumstances can anyone know that I am the mastermind behind this.”

Because the more than 4 billion he lost, apart from the billion-plus from himself and the Sun family, the remaining 3 billion was borrowed from the Zhong and Chi families using shares.

If this matter got out, he would become a laughingstock in high society.

Most importantly, Old Master Lin and Lin Hongshen had always been eyeing his position as the heir of the Lin family. If they knew he lost so much money this time and secretly acquired so many shares of the Lin Group, they would definitely seize the opportunity to attack him, and then he would truly be finished.

The people who cooperated with him likely wouldn’t spread this news.

Because such a huge failure also concerned their reputation.

And then there was Le Zhan.

Thinking of this, Lin Gaolang’s eyes instantly became even redder.

His mind was filled with only one thought: if Le Zhan hadn’t produced that document, how could he have put all his eggs in one basket, trying to swallow the Xiao Corporation, and ended up like this.

Lin Gaolang gritted his teeth: “Le Zhan should have been sent to Country Y by now. Don’t send him to Laoshen Manor; send him directly to the mines to dig ore.”

Sun Xuebo was startled.

Sending a young master from a wealthy family to dig in mines was even crueler than sending him directly to his death.

But thinking about the billions they lost, Sun Xuebo immediately said: “Yes.”

—Because everyone’s attention had been focused on the Xiao Corporation recently, Le Zhan’s disappearance didn’t cause much of a stir.

Sun Xuebo left quickly.

Lin Gaolang tried to comfort himself.

It was just over 4 billion, right?

He was still young, and he was more talented. Sooner or later, he could earn 40 billion, or even 400 billion.

As long as he could smoothly get through this hurdle.

No, he would definitely get through this hurdle smoothly.

Because to avoid unnecessary trouble, especially not to attract the attention of the Lin family, he had used other people’s hands when doing those things, so it was impossible for anyone to know he was the mastermind behind this, right?

As for the money owed to the Zhong and Chi families, at worst, he would sell part of the Lin Group shares first, repay a portion, and repay the rest slowly.

Lin Gaolang’s mood slowly calmed down.

On the other side, Ao Ruize finally finished playing ball.

After parting ways with his scoundrel friends, he went straight home.

Only unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the door, he saw Old Master Xiao and others sitting on the sofa. Even the butler was sitting opposite, looking at him quietly.

The next second, Old Master Xiao’s resentful voice rang out: “You’re back!”

Following that, Xiao Ruicheng’s voice also sounded: “Did you have fun?”

Then Xiao Yangxi, trying hard to keep a straight face: “Uncle, you went too far.”

“Didn’t even take me when you went out to play.”

The butler nodded… The butler decisively took the mood-ruining Xiao Yangxi away.

Ao Ruize: “…”

They were here to confront him!

But Ao Ruize was righteous and confident. He raised an eyebrow: “I didn’t hide it from you. Didn’t I tell you from the start? That note was the best evidence. You were the ones who didn’t take it seriously.”

Old Master Xiao and others: “…”

Ao Ruize, a habitual offender who tricked kids out of their pocket money, dared to blame them for not taking his words seriously?

Ao Ruize: “Besides, if you knew about this in advance, when the crisis hit, even if your acting skills were superb, your reactions definitely wouldn’t have been as authentic as they were. What if you gave the game away, and the mastermind found out and didn’t fall for the trap?”

Then how could they use this incident to root out the traitors in the Xiao Corporation?

Old Master Xiao: “…”

Although what Ao Ruize said seemed to make some sense.

But—

“Have you ever thought that I’m old? What if because of this, I accidentally couldn’t catch my breath and kicked the bucket?”

“Oh.”

Ao Ruize said: “Who was the person who ran to the neighbor Liu family’s house at the end of last month, argued with their parrot for a full two hours, and made it so angry it didn’t eat for another day?”

Old Master Xiao: “…”

Old Master Xiao’s face instantly couldn’t hold on, and he wanted to grab Ao Ruize and beat him up even more.

But was this the point?

The point was that since this guy could know about this in advance and prepare for it, it at least showed that he was far from as unreliable as he appeared—

As if guessing what Old Master Xiao was thinking, Ao Ruize said: “Oh, that’s because I originally just wanted to be a idle rich second generation waiting to die, occasionally mooching off the old.”

Of course, another reason was that he didn’t want to go bald early in middle age like Xiao Ruicheng and Lin Gaolang.

But this wasn’t suitable to say out loud, after all, Xiao Ruicheng was still sitting nearby.

Old Master Xiao: “…”

So Ao Ruize was admitting that he had been hiding his capabilities before.

Old Master Xiao immediately turned his thoughts into reality.

He grabbed the tissue box beside him and threw it at Ao Ruize: “So if the Xiao family hadn’t gotten into trouble, you really planned to be a wastrel for life?”

Ao Ruize dodged keenly: “That’s not it.”

“Because even after this happened, I still plan to continue being a wastrel for life.”

Old Master Xiao: “…”

Old Master Xiao looked left and right, then took off the shoe on his foot and threw it at Ao Ruize.

“You bastard, useless thing.”

Ao Ruize ran decisively.

While running, he didn’t forget to say: “But don’t worry, I’ve changed my mind now. In the future, I will be a self-reliant idle rich second generation waiting to die.”

Only then did Xiao Ruicheng and the others react. He immediately stepped forward to stop Old Master Xiao.

But before he could grab Old Master Xiao’s hand, Old Master Xiao had already put his hand down.

Xiao Ruicheng: “Dad?”

Looking at Ao Ruize’s retreating figure, Old Master Xiao was silent for a while before saying: “Forget it, let him be.”

Everyone has their own aspirations, and one shouldn’t force things.

Moreover, his initial expectation for Xiao Ruize was just hoping he could live happily all his life.

Most importantly, if it weren’t for this bastard this time, the Xiao family would have been finished long ago—

So he really didn’t have the confidence to beat him.

And the most important thing now wasn’t this, but that although they won this battle, the masterminds were still fine.

Xiao Ruicheng said: “So this matter, is it really like Little Brother said, done by Lin Gaolang and Le Zhan?”

Lin Gaolang was one thing.

But Le Zhan was someone he had always treated like a biological younger brother!

Old Master Xiao looked at the pitch-black sky outside the house and said in a deep voice: “Whether it is or not, we’ll know if we try.”

The next day, an article titled ‘Deep Dive into the Inside Story of the Xiao Corporation Crisis’ appeared on the homepages of major news websites.

The crowd of netizens eating melons was already extremely dissatisfied with the fact that the incident involving Hai Run Auto under the Xiao Corporation was quickly suppressed, feeling that the Hai City Government and Hai City University had been PR’d by the black-hearted capitalist Xiao Corporation to endorse them.

So as soon as they saw this article, they clicked on it without hesitation.

Then they were dumbfounded.

And then, they happily started eating melons, and incidentally pushed Xiao Corporation’s stock to the daily limit again.

【I was saying, Xiao Corporation’s debt ratio was obviously very low, and their financial report this quarter was also very beautiful. Why did the three major banks rush to recall loans to Xiao Corporation as soon as something happened? Turns out the ones truly bought off by black-hearted capitalists were the three major banks.】

【To be precise, it’s the Qian City branches of the three major banks. Our Hai City branches won’t take this blame.】

【The Wu Province head office won’t take this blame either.】

【So the whole story is, someone wanted to screw the Xiao Corporation and even bought off the three major banks in Qian City. But they didn’t expect that although the Xiao Corporation had no money, the Xiao family had plenty.】

【Coincidentally, an unlucky car owner in Hai City had an unlucky car accident. The Xiao family decided to beat them at their own game. Plus, not knowing if the Qian City Government was involved in this, they simply approached the neighboring Hai City.】

【The Hai City Government thought, isn’t this a pie falling from the sky? So they happily put on a good show of brake failure with the Xiao family.】

【In the end, Hai City got Xiao Corporation’s Hai Run Auto, about to take away 3% of Qian City’s GDP. The people of Hai City got thousands of jobs. The Xiao family got 64% of Xiao Corporation’s shares. Once Xiao Corporation’s stock returns to normal, their assets will nearly double. Although the sand sculpture netizens were played around, they got fresh hot melons to eat, a win—】

【A world where only the Qian City Government and the three major banks are hurt is born!】

【After all, we still don’t know who the mastermind is.】

【So how do the Qian City Government and the three major banks plan to deal with those derelict executives @QianCityGovernment @BankofChina @…】

【@QianCityGovernment @BankofChina @…】

【@QianCityGovernment @BankofChina @…】

…

Seeing this, Lin Gaolang’s eyes were splitting with rage.

No need to guess to know whose handiwork this was.

Now everyone knew the truth of the matter. With just this move, the shadow of brake failure covering the Xiao Corporation was completely dispelled.

Most importantly, under the pressure of public opinion, the Qian City Government and the three major banks would definitely punish the people they bribed.

With no way out, there was no guarantee those people wouldn’t give him up.

No, he had to do something to appease those people.

At this time, what else could appease them besides money?

But where did he have that much money now?

Wait, he still had Zhong Chi—

Thinking of this, Lin Gaolang couldn’t wait to take out his phone.

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