Chapter 177: The Xiao family is finished

Hearing this, Xiao Hailong, who was kneeling on the ground and scared half to death, hurriedly cried out, "Grandma, tell the truth! Quickly tell Ye Chen the truth! Otherwise, I might lose my life, Grandma!"

Xiao Changqian was also afraid of the fire spreading to him, so he hurriedly pleaded, "Mom, just tell the truth."

Old Mrs. Xiao had already given up struggling. She sighed like a defeated rooster and said, "Ye Chen is right. I did come here this time to use a 'bitter flesh trick' to trick you into going back and to trick Churan into returning to the Xiao Group."

After speaking, Old Mrs. Xiao wanted to whitewash herself and blurted out, "But I..."

Ye Chen rudely interrupted her, "There are no 'buts.' You've finished speaking, you can go now."

Old Mrs. Xiao looked at him with venom and said, "You must let me finish. I also have my own difficulties..."

Ye Chen said coldly, "You have no difficulties, only bitter fruit! You planted the bitter fruit yourself, so you must eat it yourself!"

After speaking, Ye Chen added, "If you few are sensible, shut your mouths now, tuck your tails between your legs, and get far away. We'll pretend this never happened. Otherwise..."

Having said this, Ye Chen roared at Hong Wu on the phone, "Hong Wu, if you hear another old woman nagging here, immediately issue a gangland kill order for the father and son, Xiao Changqian and Xiao Hailong!"

Hong Wu blurted out, "Master Ye, rest assured. Hong Wu would never dare to disobey your orders!"

Old Mrs. Xiao was extremely dejected. She nodded to herself, completely accepting her defeat. She waved at the others and said powerlessly, "Let's go."

Xiao Changqian, Xiao Hailong, and Xiao Weiwei, who had been silent all along, hurriedly helped her up and quickly left the hospital room.

After they left, Xiao Changkun sighed heavily and said with great loneliness, "I thought my mom had finally come to her senses. I didn't expect it to be a scheme after all."

Ma Lan sighed, "If the Xiao Group collapses, our pension will have no source..."

Xiao Churan looked at Ye Chen and said softly, "Ye Chen, thank you. If you hadn't reminded me, I might have been fooled."

Ye Chen smiled slightly and said, "I'm your husband. Why are you being so polite with me?"

As he spoke, Ye Chen added, "For these few days, let Dad rest well in the hospital. I'll take care of him. You just focus on building up the company; you must not let the Xiao family look down on you!"

Xiao Churan nodded hurriedly and said earnestly, "I know! I will definitely give it my all!"

Returning home, Old Mrs. Xiao was in a trance, her mindset on the verge of collapse.

Who could have imagined that not long ago, she had held a grand banquet at a hotel and was at the peak of her glory because she had secured a partnership with the Emgrand Group?

Yet, in the blink of an eye, the Xiao family was now destitute and on the verge of bankruptcy.

The Emgrand Group had stopped the partnership and even blacklisted the Xiao Group. Now, the Xiao Group had lost all its partnerships, and the company had no income at all.

But at the same time, the company was facing massive capital expenditures.

For example, the rent for the group's office building, the salaries for everyone in the group, the construction fees for project contractors, and the material costs for suppliers.

Now, the Xiao Group was like a rice bag with a hole in it. There wasn't much rice to begin with, and it was pouring out rapidly. It was clear they couldn't hold on much longer.

What was even more infuriating was that her most beloved granddaughter, Xiao Weiwei, originally had a chance to marry the Wang family's young master, Wang Yunfei, but now, the Wang family was avoiding the Xiao family like the plague.

The Wang family, their last reliance, had also vanished into thin air.

Thinking of all this, Old Mrs. Xiao couldn't help but shed tears.

In the years since the Old Master passed away, she had held the reins of the family business, yet she never expected that she would manage the family enterprise to this state.

If this continued, not only would the group go completely bankrupt, but she would also face huge debts. By then, she was afraid she wouldn't even be able to keep this old villa.

And all of this stemmed from her own selfishness.

If it hadn't been for the desire to seize the villa the Wang family gave to Ye Chen, how would Xiao Changkun and Xiao Churan have broken ties with her?

If Xiao Churan hadn't left the Xiao Group, how could the Emgrand Group have turned against the Xiao Group?

Her eldest son, Xiao Changqian, was also on the verge of collapse at this moment.

The family business was in jeopardy, his daughter had lost her happiness, his son had no future, and he had been repeatedly humiliated by that loser Ye Chen...

He wanted to do something to reverse the decline, but he couldn't see a glimmer of hope.

Xiao Weiwei had been crying since they returned, crying heart-wrenchingly, which made him feel terrible inside as well.

He couldn't help but ask Old Mrs. Xiao, "Mom, is there no hope for the future of the Xiao family?"

Old Mrs. Xiao shed two lines of turbid tears and said painfully, "There's no way, Changqian. If the company doesn't declare bankruptcy soon, the subsequent debts will crush us to death..."

Xiao Changqian choked, "Mom, can you find some old friends and see if anyone can invest a sum of money into the Xiao Group to help us get through this crisis?"

"Invest?" Old Mrs. Xiao gave a bitter laugh. "Now that the Emgrand Group has blacklisted us, who would dare invest money in us? Those old friends from before are all hiding from me now, not even answering my calls. I've seen through it. In this world, where are there any friends? There is only profit!"

Xiao Hailong said in a muffled voice, "Grandma, if you say there are no friends, only profit, then why can that loser Ye Chen make friends with so many big shots, and why do those big shots give him so much face, calling him 'Master Ye' one after another? What profit can Ye Chen bring them?"

Old Mrs. Xiao sighed, "Don't look at Ye Chen as a penniless loser; he really has some ability to say what people want to hear. I heard that the reason those big shots are so polite to him is because he knows a bit of fortune-telling and physiognomy. I don't think that's any real skill at all; it's all just deception, no different from the old men telling fortunes under the trees on the roadside!"

Xiao Hailong asked puzzledly, "Then why do so many big shots believe him?"

Old Mrs. Xiao said, "They believe him because his flaws haven't been exposed yet. People like this are just like those Qigong masters and Tai Chi masters from back in the day—they are all very good at bluffing, fooling everyone. But when everyone finally comes to their senses, don't they all become scammers that everyone wants to beat up?"

Having said this, the old lady said with a cold expression, "In my opinion, it won't be long before Ye Chen's flaws are exposed. By then, when those big shots realize they've been played by him, they will definitely skin him alive and feed him to the dogs!"

Xiao Hailong said with anticipation, "I can't wait! I can't wait to see the miserable sight of Ye Chen being chopped up and fed to the dogs!"

Old Mrs. Xiao said with a face full of venom, "You will! Rest assured, that day will come!"