The Counterattack of a Wealthy Family's Substitute

Yao Yingyue's expression was mocking, her lips curled into a sneer. She seemed about to say something, but then stopped herself. She glanced coldly at Xu Xinya and left on her own.

He Qinfang rushed back from outside anxiously. When she saw Xu Xinya, she hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Ya Ya, tell your mother honestly, is it true that something like this happened at the company?"

She harbored a侥幸心理 (a sense of侥幸, a feeling of getting away with it), thinking that she was just reported by someone.

The Xu Group has been doing very well in recent years, so how could it be involved in tax evasion?

Xu Xinya glanced at her sideways. "It's true."

Since taking over, He Qinfang has lived the life of a wealthy wife and knows very little about the company's situation. Xu Xinya only discovered the company's financial problems after she graduated from abroad and joined the company.

The losses from the previous two years had been almost fully recovered, but Xu Hengyuan was ambitious and wanted to get involved in every industry, so he lost money again. Hengyuan Group appeared successful on the surface, but in reality, it was already heavily indebted.

He Qinfang was shocked and let go of his hand. She was a little dazed and staggered back a few steps.

Xu Xinya quickly grabbed her to prevent her from falling.

Even though she had mentally prepared herself, He Qinfang still couldn't take it.

Xu Xinya didn't speak. Xu Hengyuan made her marry Xiang Rui so that after the Xiang family invested, they could use that money to cover up the previous tax issues.

The wedding was canceled because Yao Yingxi reported him for tax issues.

Meanwhile, at the apartment.

Yao Yingxi was about to go to the nearby supermarket to buy groceries when Xi Yuanchen came out of his study after finishing some business. Seeing her dressed neatly, he asked, "Where are you going?"

"Go to the supermarket to buy groceries."

“I’ll go with you.” Xi Yuanchen said, already walking to the entrance to change his shoes.

"..." Yao Ying was a little surprised that he wanted to go to the supermarket with her, but she wisely didn't say anything.

When Xi Yuanchen and Yao Yingxi came out of the apartment, they saw Xu Hengyuan being stopped by bodyguards outside the gate of the community. Yao Yingxi was not very surprised.

Xu Hengyuan, his eyes bloodshot and his expression grim, began to curse at the security guard. Another security guard standing nearby saw Yao Yingxi and immediately called out to her, "Miss Yao, this man says he wants to see you."

Yao Yingxi smiled at the security guards and said, "Thank you for your help," before squinting at Xu Hengyuan.

Xu Hengyuan tried to rush to Yao Yingxi's side, but was pulled back by the security guards. He gritted his teeth and said, "Yao Yingxi!"

"Hmm?" Yao Yingxi stood next to Xi Yuanchen and smiled. "Chairman Xu, the game has only just begun, and you can't even handle it already?"

From the day she submitted her application, Yao Yingxi knew that Xu Hengyuan couldn't wait to come and find her.

I saw her today, and she was happy. A kind of...excitement, like a leopard biting into its prey's vein.

"Yao Yingxi, you unfilial son!"

"Unfilial son?" Yao Yingxi sneered, "Have you ever had a daughter like me, Xu Hengyuan? I'm just returning the pain you inflicted on me."

Is this the kind of thing a father would do—attempt to kill her three or four times? All she wanted now was for him to watch the thing he cared about most slowly disappear.

Xu Hengyuan was so angry that his whole body trembled, and his hands were itching to strike.

Xi Yuanchen glanced at him coldly. His heart skipped a beat, and his clenched fist slowly relaxed.

Yao Yingxi didn't say anything more, but turned her head to look at Xi Yuanchen and called out, "Mr. Xi."

Xi Yuanchen hummed in agreement, took Yao Yingxi's hand, and the two left.

For several days in a row, Xu Hengyuan suffered greatly.

The stock price is still falling, and the police are investigating.

He sat behind his desk, looking exhausted and with an unshaven beard.

Suddenly, he stood up from behind his desk, and Xiao Li entered at the same time.

"Chairman."

"Reserve a private room."

Xiao Li didn't ask any questions and walked out while making a phone call.

Xu Hengyuan sat in the car, making a phone call, but no one answered the phone after it rang several times.

"You can ignore my calls, but let's see how long you can keep hiding from me."

As he spoke, Xu Hengyuan pressed his phone to send messages to other people's numbers.

Soon after, a bunch of calls came in.

"Xu Hengyuan, what do you mean?"

The person on the phone gritted their teeth. Xu Hengyuan's lips curled up, and a sharp glint flashed in his eyes. "What did Director Fang say?"

"Stop playing dumb with me, what exactly do you want?"

Xu Hengyuan said casually, "It's not a big deal. The Xu family has run into these problems, and I'd like Director Fang to suppress them."

"impossible."

Director Fang on the phone refused without hesitation. The matter had escalated so badly; if he helped Xu Hengyuan again, he would definitely be investigated.

"Director Fang, you'd better think this through carefully. What do you think if I hand over those documents?"

"Xu Hengyuan, you are despicable. Don't forget that bribing me is also illegal."

Xu Hengyuan said casually, "It doesn't matter. Anyway, I'll go to jail if the Xu family finds out."

“But you, Director Fang, are different. You have a bright future ahead of you. It’s really not worth it to end up in jail like this.”

He spoke slowly, but his voice was chillingly cold, sending shivers down one's spine.

"Xu Hengyuan, you're ruthless."

Xu Hengyuan continued, "Director Fang, have you thought it through? Will you help or not?"

The following morning, the charitable deeds done by the chairman of the Xu Group over the years were widely circulated by pyramid scheme accounts, and public opinion was manipulated.

Several college students who claimed to have been sponsored by Xu Hengyuan spoke out.

“I don’t believe Chairman Xu would do such a thing. He has been doing charity work all these years and has also privately sponsored our college education.”

"This must be a frame-up by someone with ulterior motives."

"Chairman Xu has a happy and fulfilling family life, so why would he do such things? He must have been framed by someone with ulterior motives."

For a time, the Xu Group's stock price slowly rose.

Yao Yingxi sat in front of her computer and sneered as she saw those on the internet criticizing Xu Hengyuan.

She picked up her phone and sent a message.

Xi Yuanchen walked to her side and noticed that her computer screen showed information about Xu Hengyuan. He then went to the wine cabinet and poured himself a glass of wine.

"What are you planning to do? Just leave it like this?"

Yao Yingxi snapped out of her daze, saw Xi Yuanchen pause for a few seconds, then asked with a cold look, "How is that possible?"

Her tone of voice and demeanor were becoming more and more like Xi Yuanchen's, making Xi Yuanchen momentarily dazed.

Xi Yuanchen was about to ask another question when he saw a video appear on the computer screen.

Yao Yingxi also saw it and clicked on it.

The video begins to move and play.

The person in the video is Zhou Qianqian, whom Yao Yingxi just sent a message to.

At this moment, she was covered in wounds, her eyes were filled with tears, and she looked haggard. She cried out, "Xu Hengyuan is a bastard. He used the pretense of sponsoring me to threaten me. He said if I became his mistress, he would... he would stop sponsoring me. I was forced to agree."

"Now, I hate myself so much. If I had been more principled and learned more back then, I wouldn't be in this situation today, having been Xu Hengyuan's mistress for so many years."

“He’s a beast in human clothing, not at all as kind as he seems. I’ve followed him for nearly ten years, and he’ll beat me up whenever he drinks.”

The video continued, and Yao Yingxi closed her laptop with a smile on her face.

At the same time, the video was released and was forwarded over 100 million times.

Later, someone revealed that the college students who claimed to be sponsored by Xu Hengyuan were just passersby whom Xu Hengyuan had bribed. It was also revealed that the stories about Xu Hengyuan doing charity work were just a self-directed and self-acted performance by marketing accounts.

Those were all things from a few years ago. The Xu Group hasn't done any good deeds in recent years; they've only attended events.

In an instant, the Xu Group's stock plummeted to its lowest point, like a rollercoaster ride.

Xu Hengyuan, who was sitting in his office, was so angry that he was trembling all over and throwing everything in the office.

The tax issues had been suppressed, and he hadn't expected that just as Xu's shares were about to return to normal, the problem arose with Zhou Qianqian.

When did this woman collude with Yao Yingxi?

He's not stupid. Zhou Qianqian has been with him for so many years, she wouldn't come out to testify against him for no reason unless someone bribed her.