"I'm sorry, President Huo already left . "
"He left?" Su Yu was doubtful, and the receptionist nodded . "Yes, he left after the afternoon meeting . He's probably at home, you can look for him there . "
"What a coward…" Su Yu clenched his fists; did Huo Siqian ignore his warnings about not hurting Huo Mian?
Him shamelessly setting GK up must've made Huo Mian more anxious than ever . Su Yu almost exploded with fury when he saw netizens cursing at Huo Mian on Weibo . He even registered a new account to defend her, but it was useless .
Public opinion obviously worked against Qin Chu and Huo Mian…
- Huo Siqian's private mansion -
Huo Siqian, wearing nothing but a robe, leaned nonchalantly against his poolside chair when his phone suddenly rang .
"What happened, who told you all to lower real estate prices? This is malicious competition!" Mayor Song demanded angrily .
"What's so bad about benefiting the people? Why would you be mad about that?"
"Stop trying to fool me . You're trying to drag Qin Chu down, aren't you?" Mayor Song had been a government official for years and therefore immediately realized who Huo Siqian was trying to deal with . Right now, Qin Chu was in an extremely awkward position… he was in deep trouble .
"Smart…" Huo Siqian admitted .
"Why would you do something like that? What did he ever do to you? I've known Qin Chu since he was a baby and I'm close friends with his dad, you shouldn't have done this to him . "
"You're hilarious… that's between you and him, what does any of that have to do with me?" Huo Siqian chuckled .
"I gave you that piece of land you wanted and Qin Chu didn't say anything… why would you set him up like this?"
"I'm sorry, Father-in-Law, I don't think you understand the situation . If Qin Chu didn't take the thing I treasured the most away from me, I wouldn't have done this to him . "
"What thing?" Mayor Song asked .
"You… should go ask him about it . Oh, if you persuade him to give it back to me, I can consider letting him off the hook…"
"You've got to be kidding me . Stop what you're doing right now, this is more than a personal grudge . You basically sank our city's real estate industry, everything's in turmoil right now…"
"You're the mayor, shouldn't that be your problem to deal with?" Huo Siqian sneered .
"Huo Siqian, you…"
Before Mayor Song finished his sentence, Huo Siqian hung up; right now, he didn't have the time to quibble with this old man .
Mayor Song wasn't in the city; he was anxious but couldn't do anything about it . Therefore, he decided to call Qin Chu, who had just finished up a meeting where they discussed possible countermeasures for tomorrow .
"Uncle Song?"
"Chu… are you busy?"
"Mhm, I just finished up a meeting . "
"I'm at a conference in F City and won't be back until the day afternoon tomorrow… I heard about what happened at home . Things are really serious, aren't they? I called Huo Siqian but he seems dead set on taking you down . "
"I know," Qin Chu replied calmly .
"Chu, what did you steal from Huo Siqian?"
"What?" Qin Chu frowned .
"When I called him, he said you stole something from him he really values . If it's not anything important, just give it back to him, will you? He sometimes acts like a crazy dog who does whatever he wants to do without thinking about others… you shouldn't attack him head-on . Always offend the gentleman, not the petty person . "
Qin Chu remained silent; he understood what Huo Siqian meant – the thing he values, he was referring to Mian, wasn't he?
Chapter end
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