Chapter 399 - 398: Xia Zhengguang Seeks Confirmation from Xia Zhiyun

Yun Zijin didn’t know what Lu Yunque was thinking. She just assumed he was also interested in the audition, which was why he’d agreed to go with her.

But she never considered that for a young woman like her, appearing as an investor, she was like a piece of fresh meat thrown to a pack of dogs in the eyes of those male—and even female—stars. They would all be fighting to get a piece.

Yun Zijin didn’t think too much about it. Instead, she was quite curious about the audition and found herself looking forward to Sunday more and more.

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That morning, he had sought out Yun Zijin at Dijing University. From her, he’d confirmed that Situ Wenze was targeting the Xia Family because of him or Xia Zhiyun.

After returning to the Xia Family villa from Dijing University, Xia Zhengguang summoned Xia Zhiyun.

After being coerced and lured by Situ Wenze into selling all his shares of the Xia company, Xia Zhiyun now spent all day, every day, drinking.

Xia Zhengguang found him disgustingly slovenly, but right now, Xia Zhiyun was the only person he could ask.

"Drink, drink, drink! How are you not dead from all that drinking?! Get up! I have something to ask you!"

Xia Zhengguang replayed everything in his mind and, confirming that he had never done anything to offend the Situ Family, pinned the blame on Xia Zhiyun.

After all, Xia Zhiyun wasn’t at the company every second of the day. When he went out for business entertainment, he often got dead drunk.

Xia Zhengguang couldn’t help but suspect that Xia Zhiyun had accidentally offended someone from the Situ Family during one of his drunken stupors and simply didn’t remember it after sobering up.

Xia Zhiyun might not remember, but the Situ Family did, which was why they had dealt such a swift and severe blow to the Xia company.

"Dad... what is it?"

Xia Zhiyun sat in front of the sofa, still clutching a bottle. He’d had so much to drink that he reeked of alcohol.

"Think carefully. Did you offend someone from the Situ Family at some point? Otherwise, how could we suddenly be targeted by them!"

A major family like the Situs cared most about face. It was possible to offend them by accident at any time. But for them to wait this long to make a move made the whole situation seem very strange.

"How is that possible? How long has the Situ family even been in Hua Country? Back then, the Xia company was on the verge of collapse. I was either at the office or at home after work. Where would I have had the chance to offend anyone from the Situ family!"

Xia Zhiyun knew full well who he had offended.

Moreover, he considered himself to be in the right.

"Impossible. That damn girl Yun Zijin said she has no dealings with the Situ Family. She said the reason the Situ Family is targeting us is that *we* offended them..."

Xia Zhengguang didn’t think Yun Zijin would lie to him about something like this.

"You believe what Yun Zijin says? Dad, when did you get so naive?"

As Xia Zhiyun saw it, Yun Zijin couldn’t wait for the Xia company to go bankrupt. When Situ Wenze acquired the Xia company, Yun Zijin was probably cheering him on from the sidelines.

By now, Xia Zhiyun had pretty much figured it out: Yun Zijin truly had no intention of acknowledging Xia Zhengguang as her biological father.

Besides, the Xia company had already been renamed by Situ Wenze. It was now the Yun company.

Seeing the name ’Yun company’, Xia Zhiyun couldn’t help but let his mind wander.

After all, he had checked. Situ Wenze was still the largest shareholder in the Yun company, yet the company had been specifically renamed ’Yun’.

The surname ’Yun’ wasn’t unheard of, but it was definitely a very rare one.

And how could it be such a coincidence that it matched Yun Zijin’s surname?

Every time he thought about it, Xia Zhiyun felt like a complete idiot.

"What do you mean?"

Xia Zhengguang still didn’t know that Situ Wenze had renamed the Xia company to the Yun company. He thought that as long as he got the shares back, he could still make a comeback.

"Have you not been checking the business registration changes? The Xia company is now the Yun company!"

He didn’t know why Situ Wenze would agree to such a proposal, but the fact was right in front of him. He had to accept it.

The two of them, father and son, had been played for fools by Yun Zijin from start to finish!

"What did you say!"

Sure enough, upon hearing Xia Zhiyun’s words, Xia Zhengguang’s face filled with disbelief. The company he had fought for most of his life had been renamed by someone else, just like that!

"No, how could Yun Zijin do this?! She’s not the largest shareholder. It was renamed to the Yun company, and Situ Wenze didn’t have any objections?"

Just like Xia Zhiyun, Xia Zhengguang refused to believe that Yun Zijin hadn’t had a hand in this.

"This won’t do. I’m going to call her and ask her just what she’s trying to do!"

With that, Xia Zhengguang started to pull out his phone to call Yun Zijin. The look Xia Zhiyun gave his father was one you’d give an idiot.

’What terrible karma did I accumulate in my past life to be stuck with a father like this?’

’The truth is laid out so plainly, and he still thinks it’s fake?’

"Dad, snap out of it! The facts are right in front of you. Are you still clinging to the hope that Yun Zijin couldn’t possibly have done this?"

Xia Zhengguang slumped onto the sofa, defeated, his eyes dim and lifeless.

The reason he hadn’t checked the business registration information was that he kept thinking if he could just buy back the shares in time, the Xia company would still be the Xia company.

But he never imagined that Situ Wenze and Yun Zijin would be so ruthless.

"No, that’s not right. I’m Yun Zijin’s biological father. She can’t do this to me!"

After a brief moment of despair, Xia Zhengguang remembered that Yun Zijin was his biological daughter and suddenly got ready to stir up trouble again.

But Xia Zhiyun didn’t let him make the call, reaching out and snatching the phone from his hand.

"Dad, I think what you need right now is a good night’s sleep. Then you can think about what you want to do with your life.

"The price Situ Wenze paid for the shares wasn’t high, but as long as you don’t squander it, it’s enough to live on for the rest of your life."

The Xia company’s shares weren’t worth much on their own, but they held a large number of them. Selling them all in a package deal to Situ Wenze still netted them a considerable amount of money.

"How can you expect me to accept this! That was my life’s work, something I spent half a lifetime building! It’s gone, just like that! How can I accept it!"

Xia Zhengguang’s eyes were bulging slightly, and his mental state was clearly unstable.

Looking at Xia Zhengguang’s state, Xia Zhiyun sighed internally. ’If only he had known it would come to this.’

’If he had just treated Yun Zijin a little better back then, if he hadn’t tried to force her into a marriage alliance, maybe things wouldn’t have gotten to this point.’

"Stop thinking about the Xia company. You should just get some rest!"

Xia Zhiyun grabbed Xia Zhengguang, half-dragging and half-pulling him into his own room, and pushed him down onto the bed.

Because of the company’s situation, Xia Zhengguang hadn’t rested properly in days. The dark circles under his eyes nearly reached his chin.

"The Xia company... you have to get it back! Get it back!"

Xia Zhengguang suddenly looked up at Xia Zhiyun.

Xia Zhiyun fell silent. Judging from Situ Wenze’s and Yun Zijin’s attitudes, he didn’t think they would ever give him that chance.

"Okay. I’ll figure something out."

Xia Zhiyun only said what his father wanted to hear so that he would finally go to sleep.