Chapter 147: Discovering a Shocking Secret

Hanging up the phone, he left his office and went to his father's office.

Sheng Hai had self-awareness and knew he wasn't cut out for business, so he let his eldest son be the Chairman while he only condescended to be the Vice Chairperson.

However, this Vice Chairperson position was just a title; he didn't really manage company affairs, only occasionally coming to the office to sit for a while.

"Bang—"

The first thing Sheng Yukai saw when he pushed the door open was the young, pretty female Secretary sitting on his father's lap, the two of them in the middle of a passionate kiss.

If this were any other time, he would have just pulled the door shut and left, perhaps even saying, "Sorry."

But the situation was urgent now, so Sheng Yukai said to the Secretary with a bad attitude: "Get out."

The young female Secretary was frightened out of her wits; she hurriedly covered her clothes and rushed out.

She ran so fast that she almost collided with Shi Yuke, who was carrying documents, in the hallway.

Shi Yuke asked: "What's wrong with you? What happened?"

She couldn't tell her what happened; it wasn't easy to put into words.

Although they were both secretaries, Shi Yuke was the Chairman's Wife, while she was only the Vice Chairperson's secretary and mistress, so she dared not offend Shi Yuke.

Therefore, she vaguely said: "It's nothing, the Chairman and Vice Chairperson have important matters to discuss and asked me to step out."

"Oh, go ahead then."

Shi Yuke was suspicious; she put the documents back in her office and went to the door of the Vice Chairperson's office to eavesdrop.

The father and son were arguing in the office; at first, Sheng Yukai accused Sheng Hai of not attending to proper business and only caring about his own romantic escapades.

Sheng Hai couldn't save face, so he scolded him to stop meddling in his business, claiming that although he usually didn't manage trivial matters, he had never been careless about any major ones.

The two went back and forth, and as they argued, they brought up the incident in the Study back then.

Shi Yuke happened to overhear this part.

Sheng Hai: "You brat, stop lecturing me with your high-minded principles here. If I hadn't covered it up for you back then, the single charge of causing Grandfather's death would have been enough for you to face a firing squad. Would it even be your turn to boss me around now?"

Sheng Yukai: "You're bringing this up again? Didn't we agree to let this matter rot in our stomachs and never mention it again? You're still bringing it up, still bringing it up? Anyway, if I die, you still have several other sons; they are all dying for me to step down so they can take my place..."

Shi Yuke was terrified; the thought of leaving Sheng Yukai had never been so strong.

Before, when he found other women, she was only heartbroken, but now that she learned the prestigious former Chairman of the Sheng Family had died at Sheng Yukai's hands, she began to feel lingering fear.

She was afraid that if he were unhappy one day, he would also strike at her.

If he could even kill his own grandfather and threaten his own father, what was there that he couldn't do?

Shi Yuke opened the video with trembling hands and secretly recorded everything inside through the crack in the door...

Sheng Family Mansion.

By the time the father and son returned home, their expressions were back to normal; the unpleasantness that occurred at the company had all been resolved at the company.

Bai Xue was dissatisfied: "Why are you only just back? Hurry and think of a way to handle this; I'm about to be angered to death."

Sheng Yukai had already explained to his father what had happened, and along the way, the two had already come up with a response strategy and reached an agreement!

Sheng Hai took out a check and handed it to his wife: "Send them this month's dividends and tell Wang Yingzhi to drop the lawsuit."

"Give her money? No way, that's giving her too much face. I won't give her a single cent; I'll go scold her and make her drop the lawsuit, and she'll have to do it." Bai Xue stuffed the check into her own pocket, not intending to share it with Wang Yingzhi.

Sheng Hai's face darkened, and he scolded: "You short-sighted woman, now is not the time to be stubborn. You should be happy if giving her the money can make Wang Yingzhi drop the lawsuit; I'm afraid she won't even want our money at all, and that's when real trouble arrives."

Bai Xue was unconvinced: "She dares? For so many years, hasn't it always been whatever I say goes? Wang Yingzhi doesn't even dare to breathe loudly..." Thinking of this, she became angry; such a spineless person was becoming increasingly disobedient now.

She still hadn't realized the seriousness of the situation; besides making Sheng Hai glare at her in anger, even Sheng Yukai couldn't watch anymore.

"Mom, just listen to Dad. Don't act on your own impulses; that routine of yours doesn't work anymore."

The father and son had been arguing fiercely just a moment ago, but now they stood on the same front.

Bai Xue didn't believe it; she called Wang Yingzhi and, after finding the phone was turned off, finally felt that what her son said seemed to make sense.

"She isn't answering my call."

Sheng Hai dialed Sheng Jiang's number, and it also showed the phone was turned off.

If one person's phone was off, it might be a dead battery, but with both of them off, it was clearly that they didn't want to be found.

"I'll go to the Apartment to look." Bai Xue couldn't sit still at home; she grabbed her coat, loudly told the driver to prepare the car, and went out.

Sheng Hai and his son were worried and followed; the three of them arrived at the new home Wang Yingzhi had moved into, but after pressing the doorbell for a long time, no one answered.

"It's over."

Sheng Hai leaned against the wall of the hallway, feeling cold all over.

"I'll go look at her parents' home; the monk may run, but the temple can't." Bai Xue still wouldn't give up and wanted to go to Wang Yingzhi's parents' home to look.

She had been to Wang Yingzhi's parents' home, and more than once.

"Mom, wait for me."

Sheng Yukai followed with a glimmer of hope, while Sheng Hai went home to wait.

One hour later.

The mother and son returned dejected; he didn't feel surprised at all: "Didn't find anyone, right? Just wait and see, tomorrow morning's financial daily headline will definitely be related to this matter."

Bai Xue had a belly full of fire she couldn't vent, so she could only curse at home!

Sheng Hai guessed right—the news really did report on the Sheng Family's first branch and second branch tearing each other apart over dividends and shares!

It was just that the speed of events was faster than he had anticipated, and it was more serious.

It didn't even take until the next day; two hours later.

Wang Yingzhi, whom they couldn't find anywhere, appeared on the television screen, crying and complaining with tears and snot.

She complained that Bai Xue had coerced her and her husband into cutting ties with their son, causing them to be separated from their own flesh and blood.

And on the day of the press conference, the couple originally didn't want to sign, but it was the second branch that coerced her to sign, and even forced her and her husband to draw up a will so that after they passed away, all assets would be inherited by Sheng Yukai, while their own biological son wouldn't get a single cent...

And from the day Bai Xue entered the family, the couple had been bullied by the second branch; the things she recounted, one after another, were simply unheard of.

The many onlookers were stunned; gossip is something everyone loves to hear, especially when it concerns the grievances of wealthy families.

Numerous bombshells were dropped one after another; at first, it was about the embezzlement of her shares and the withholding of dividends, but soon Wang Yingzhi began exposing "private matters."

All of them were related to the second branch of the family.

From Sheng Hai to Sheng Yukai, especially Sheng Hai keeping mistresses, a "third party," and illegitimate children outside!

These stories were more spectacular than the last; the onlookers listened with great relish, and the viewership ratings skyrocketed, quickly reaching an all-time high.

Although the content was exaggerated in some places, it was all based on facts, all true, and all verifiable; even if Sheng Hai wanted to accuse Wang Yingzhi of slander, he could not.

"Sheng Hai, I endured you for the sake of this family in the past, but look now, your scandals have been broadcast on television; if you don't draw a line between yourself and those flirts and bastards outside, the Sheng Family will be ruined by your hands." Bai Xue took the opportunity to demand he cut ties with all the women outside.

Sheng Hai called the television station to protest.

The station manager was very polite, offered a bunch of excuses, and "sincerely" apologized, but simply refused to cut the program!

The influence grew wider and wider; the streets of Jiangzhou were filled with people standing under the giant electronic billboards, pointing and whispering as they watched.

Good news does not leave the gate, but bad news travels a thousand miles.

The wise words of our ancestors were once again proven correct at this moment.

Before Wang Yingzhi's live broadcast on television had even ended, the phones of the three members of the Sheng Family were already ringing one after another.