Chapter 292: All the Goods Were Lost

Yao Yao's voice was small, but everyone in the surrounding circle heard it.

Several adults looked at each other, not knowing how to answer.

Xi Xi, who is action‑oriented, grabbed Yao Yao's hand and said, "From now on it'll be like today; each of us will stay with brother Yao Yao."

Perhaps because they've spent so much time with Yao Yao, even when talking to Xi Xi they sound a bit more mature.

Watching her own little rascal grow up, Lu Xiwán couldn't be happier.

Fu Sijue, seeing this, also tightly grasped Lu Xiwán's hand, squeezing it until it ached slightly.

"I'll stay with you too," Fu Sijue whispered softly, and Lu Xiwán's face flushed red.

She pushed Fu Sijue outward a bit, "Who said you have to stay?"

They were carefree in the Vacation Villa, while Fu Zhuo was outside not idle at all.

He tirelessly visited every notable person in Haicheng one by one, and within just a few days managed to become a familiar face there.

As a result, many learned that Fu Zhuo had already taken over the Fu Clan on his behalf.

The onlookers kept digging for clues over and over, then spreading the rumors further through their own analysis.

The rumors grew more and more absurd.

By the time Xie Zian realized something was wrong and came knocking, Fu Sijue and Lu Xiwán were sitting together fishing.

The two of them were relaxed, completely indifferent to the chaos outside.

"Shen Shu didn't tell you the news outside? While you were away, Fu Zhuo tried to claim the Fu Clan for himself, and you really didn't care at all?"

He said whether Fu Sijue felt any pain or not, even an outsider like Xie Zian felt uncomfortable.

"It's not time to settle accounts yet."

Fu Sijue seemed much calmer, casually tossed that line to Xie Zian, then continued to focus on fishing.

"Fu Zhuo has already started carving up the company's projects; can you even tolerate that?"

He has even begun, overtly and covertly, to marginalize Xie Zian within the company.

If this continues, the Fu Clan will soon become defunct.

"You're still too young, restless; why not stay here with us for a few days and not be in such a hurry?"

Lu Xiwán's face remained calm.

The Four Absolutes would never fight an unprepared battle, so she wasn't worried at all that Fu Zhuo might pull tricks outside.

Xie Zian, seeing this stance, gave up trying to persuade the two of them.

"Do whatever you want here, the Fu Clan isn't my family's property anyway; can you keep Fu Zhuo in check? My Design Department is turning into his domain!"

Xie Zian didn't want to follow his family's arrangements, so after drifting as a senior executive in the family business, he ended up joining the Fu Clan.

Originally it was also because of his long friendship with Fu Sijue, plus Fu Sijue gave him the greatest freedom in the Design Department.

Everything had been fine, but ever since Fu Zhuo took the stage, everything changed.

Xie Zian, fuming, worried he couldn't find anyone to vent his frustration, simply plopped onto the stool beside him.

"Everyone's taste is different; it's one thing that Fu Zhuo doesn't like my drafts, but he also says our Design Department is now a bunch of deadweights, that under your protection we can't even produce a good design, and forces us to compare with the rival."

He already disliked being restrained, and Fu Zhuo's indiscriminate slander made Xie Zian's teeth ache with hatred.

"In life, who never encounters setbacks?" Lu Xiwán replied in a nonchalant tone.