Under Huo Linsheng's leadership over the years, the Huo Corporation has been booming.
It was the first time that its stock price had dropped so sharply.
Huo Zhen was furious when he saw the stock trend. Then he looked at Huo Xiao sitting beside him, still muttering about her embarrassing little affairs. The anger welled up in him, and he directly slapped her across the face.
"You even dared to embezzle the charity fund, Huo Xiao. I think you're really tired of living!" Huo Zhen gritted his teeth in anger.
Huo Xiao was his daughter. When the company investigated the responsibility later, since Huo Xiao had already left the company, wouldn't he have to take the blame?
Huo Zhen was so angry that he struck hard. The phone in Huo Xiao's hand flew out when she was hit. She was completely dazed at the moment, and her left cheek that had been slapped still tingled.
"Dad, you hit me?" Huo Xiao looked at Huo Zhen aggrievedly. "I'm already so miserable, and you still hit me? It was all Ling Nuan's doing. If you're angry, go after Ling Nuan. Why are you hitting me?"
Huo Zhen didn't consider himself a good person, but he was still shocked by Huo Xiao's self - righteous words.
"A fly doesn't bite an egg without a crack. If you hadn't done these things, could Ling Nuan have done this? You did something stupid and didn't clean up your mess properly, giving the handle to the other side. And you still blame the other side for dealing with you?" Huo Zhen scoffed. "You should be thankful that she was only targeting you."
Otherwise, regarding the matter of the Huo Corporation's charity fund, if someone made a big deal out of it and caught the Huo Corporation off guard, the stock price would have dropped even more sharply, and the market value evaporated by the company would have been immeasurable.
Hearing this, Huo Xiao burst into tears. "I've been hurt like this by her. There are all scolding and mocking me on the Internet. Dad, am I still your daughter? You don't even avenge me. Why are you even helping Ling Nuan scold me here!"
Looking at Huo Xiao like this, Huo Zhen was really furious.
But knowing that she was hopeless, he was too lazy to deal with her.
Getting angry with her and reminding her were all like playing the lute to a cow. It was just a waste of breath. It would be better to think of a way to get through the current difficult situation.
Qing Nuan had to be protected, and the matter of the Huo Corporation's charity fund also had to be resolved immediately. Otherwise, it would affect his position in the company in the future. As for Huo Xiao... Well, she did something stupid. What's wrong with being scolded a few times? Anyway, as time passed, netizens wouldn't hold on to her.
"Are you sure it was Ling Nuan?" Huo Zhen asked again.
He wasn't afraid of taking revenge on the wrong person. He was just afraid of wasting his time on the wrong person and thus missing the best opportunity to act.
Huo Xiao was very aggrieved, but when she heard Huo Zhen mention this, she became excited.
"The only one who has such a big grudge against me is her. And let's not talk about other things. The charity fund incident happened so many years ago. How could an outsider possibly find out? If it was old news, why was it only exposed now? It could only be Ling Nuan!"
Huo Xiao analyzed clearly. "She is the president's secretary now and is trusted by Uncle Xiao. She has taken over many important tasks. If she really wanted to investigate, it would be reasonable for her to find out about the charity fund incident from many years ago."
Huo Xiao was no longer in the company, so she didn't know enough about the company's situation. Obviously, Huo Zhen knew more.
For example, Ling Nuan had indeed been in charge of charity activities for a period of time. Once in charge of charity activities, she would naturally need to contact the charity fund department of the Huo Corporation. If she found some clues related to Huo Xiao at this time, it would make sense.
After being certain that it was Ling Nuan who had taken action, Huo Zhen thought much more far - reaching than Huo Xiao.
"Why didn't you tell me when Ling Nuan first joined the company?" Huo Zhen questioned Huo Xiao.
Huo Xiao replied, "I never thought at that time that she would really win Uncle Xiao's heart. Moreover, I also tried to drive her out of the company at that time. It just didn't succeed."
Saying this, Huo Xiao still felt aggrieved and thought she had done nothing wrong.
Huo Zhen felt his head start to buzz again.
"You don't think Ling Nuan joined the Huo Corporation just to get close to and seduce Huo Linsheng, do you?" Huo Zhen asked.
Huo Xiao retorted理所当然, "Otherwise, what?"
Huo Zhen: "?"
Huo Zhen was so angry that he laughed.
"Who is Huo Linsheng? Is Ling Nuan so confident that she can definitely win him over?" Huo Zhen rolled his eyes.
Just because Huo Linsheng was with Ling Nuan now didn't mean that Ling Nuan joined the company to seduce him. Whether she could win over Huo Linsheng was still unknown. But to join the Huo Corporation, as long as her working ability was up to par, with Ling Nuan's own skills, even if she wasn't Huo Linsheng's girlfriend, it wouldn't be difficult for her to get promoted.
As long as she spent time, she could get in touch with some key projects of the company.
Qing Nuan was her target, and she might need to spend some time on this. But after joining the Huo Corporation, it wouldn't be difficult for her to get in touch with the charity fund department of the Huo Corporation.
She joined the Huo Corporation not for Huo Linsheng, but for Huo Xiao's handle!
Then it was to ruin Qing Nuan's cooperation, and finally, to win over Huo Linsheng!
The current crisis made Huo Zhen see through Ling Nuan's goals. Looking at Huo Xiao again, well, she was still immersed in her messy love triangles and quadrangles.
Huo Zhen was too lazy to explain it to her. After sorting out the relationships among Ling Nuan, Huo Xiao, and Shen Shaoqing, a solution quickly came to his mind.
"Ling Nuan will only be a disadvantage to us in the company. We must get her out of the company as soon as possible." Huo Zhen said.
Hearing this, Huo Xiao immediately said, "Didn't I suggest to Grandpa before that Ling Nuan should go home? That was exactly what I had in mind. Who knew that Uncle Xiao would change his mind so quickly."
Huo Zhen laughed. "Then let Huo Linsheng be completely ruthless to Ling Nuan once." He looked at Huo Xiao and said, "You ask Shen Shaoqing to come over."
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Ling Nuan had thought about whether Huo Zhen would do something to deal with her after the incident happened.
But these things were inevitable, and she didn't intend to hide.
Her goal was to keep making moves.
After receiving Huo Zhen's instructions, Huo Xiao was going to find Shen Shaoqing. But just as she walked out of the company gate, several people suddenly jumped out. They were holding paint buckets in their hands. Before Huo Xiao could even react, they splashed all kinds of colored paint directly on her body.
It was colorful and extremely embarrassing.
"Ah!" Huo Xiao let out a scream.
The people who splashed the paint didn't leave. They shouted at Huo Xiao, "It's all because of you, this vicious woman. It's you who killed my daughter!"
"Murderer!"
"You deserve to die!"
Huo Xiao didn't recognize these people at all. She was so angry that she started cursing. She called the security guards to hold these people down and threatened to teach them a lesson.
Little did she know that this scene at the company gate was captured by the reporters who rushed over after hearing the news.
As a result, Huo Xiao was on the hot search again, ranking first in the social news.
When Ling Nuan saw the news about Huo Xiao on the Internet, she wasn't surprised at all. After all, it was she who had found the reporters, and it was also she who had spent some money to promote the news. As for what happened later, it was really because Huo Xiao had outraged the public and was scolded onto the hot search.
For Huo Xiao, being splashed with paint and being scolded by countless netizens must be very painful, right?
But this was not enough.
It was at this moment that Shen Shaoqing called. He used an unfamiliar number.
"Grandma's house." Afraid that Ling Nuan would hang up the phone, he threw out the bait right away.