Chapter 35

In fact, Zhai Yue, who was still working at the company, was not completely unaware of Zhai Zheng's actions! However, her resentment towards Zhai Yan had been there since her father brought the child home five years ago, and it had never faded! She could not possibly quarrel with her blood brother for the sake of an "outsider," let alone plead for Zhai Yan! If it were not for Zhai Yan's genuine abilities and Zhai Zheng's incompetence, she would never have recommended Zhai Yan as the new department manager!

Zhai Kuo, furious, rushed to the flustered Zhai Zheng and, filled with rage, slapped him hard! The loud slap not only vented Zhao Yuan's anger but also made Zhai Yue too shocked to stop her father, who was now glaring fiercely. He roared, "How much more chaos do you need to create before you come to your senses? How much more shame do you need to bring upon me before you wake up! My face is almost being trampled by everyone in Dongou!"

Blood trickled from the corner of Zhai Zheng's mouth, but he did not dare to face his father's fierce and distorted face. He only looked at the backs of Zhai Yan and Zhao Yuan with a more sinister expression. Seeing that Zhai Zheng was not speaking, Zhai Kuo grabbed his son's hair and, amidst Zhai Yue's pained cries, pulled him to his sister and pushed him over, roaring, "Apologize to your sister!"

Zhai Zheng sneered and coldly said, "Beat me to death! I won't apologize!"

Zhai Kuo slapped the back of Zhai Zheng's head again, "Apologize!"

"No! Never!" Zhai Zheng, with his hair in disarray, remained defiant!

Seeing that her father was about to hit him again, Zhai Yue, unable to bear it any longer, quickly blocked her father's hand, tears in her eyes, "Dad, don't hit him anymore!"

Turning back to plead with her sister, she saw the calm and stubborn look in Zhai Yan's eyes, a look that sent chills down her spine.

"Get out!" Zhai Kuo, like an angry lion, waved his arms and roared, veins bulging on his face. After Zhai Zheng left with a face full of resentment, he finally collapsed onto his eldest daughter's body, unable to support himself any longer.

If Song Chen were here, he would close his eyes and softly say one word: "Vicious cycle!"

The internal strife in the Zhai family finally entered its countdown, and Song Chen was anxious and helpless about it.

Leaning against the edge of the bed without a mattress, Song Chen fell into a reverie of the past.

Why did Song Chen care so much about Zhai Yan? Because after breaking up with Zhang Ruoxi in his previous life, the second person who made his heart flutter was Zhai Yan, who was a few years older than him.

They met at the Kaiyue Bar.

They shared similar experiences and had a sincere friendship, with Song Chen, as a man of character, feeling deep sorrow and sympathy for Zhai Yan's plight, and a deep, unspoken love that lingered in his heart.

In 1998 of his previous life, Song Chen joined Zhai Kuo Electronics, and the event that led to the Zhai family's full-scale internal strife had already occurred—Zhai Zheng, along with a gang of thugs, brutally beat Zhao Yuan on the street, causing her to be paralyzed from the waist down, and even poured concentrated sulfuric acid on her, resulting in 60% burns and third-degree injuries... After the incident, Zhai Kuo fainted and was hospitalized, and Zhai Zheng, as the mastermind, was arrested by the police. Zhai Yue had to step in temporarily to maintain the chaotic order of the company.

After Zhai Kuo was discharged from the hospital, he and his wife Shen Yun struggled to seek forgiveness from Zhao Yuan and Zhai Yan. For the first time, Shen Yun, as the legal wife, knelt by Zhao Yuan's bedside. Zhao Yuan, thinking that her daughter should not be enemies with her biological father, could only embrace Zhai Yan and cry, ultimately choosing to reconcile with Zhai Zheng and not sue him.

However, if the matter had ended there, it would not have led to Zhai Zheng's "exile," Zhai Yue's self-exile, and Zhai Yan's rise to power.

After Zhao Yuan and Shen Yun reconciled, the once cold "sister" relationship improved, and Shen Yun even allowed Zhao Yuan to move into the Zhai family home, where she would personally take care of her—this was approved by Zhai Kuo. After Zhai Zheng was relieved of all his duties by his father and temporarily replaced by his sister Zhai Yue, he was still seething with anger. When he heard that Zhai Yan had been drinking heavily at the Kaiyue Bar for several days, he became even more malicious and gathered a group of people to kidnap her when she was drunk and bring her to a thug's home...

This scandal, which shocked the nation, was only revealed after Song Chen left Zhai Kuo Electronics, but he knew about it beforehand because Zhai Yan had told him personally! At the time, she spoke about it with a calm and detached tone, as if it were not happening to her.

Later, Zhai Yan became the general manager of Zhai Kuo Electronics. Heartbroken, Zhai Kuo could not bear to send his son to prison but also did not want him to continue his reckless behavior, so he sent him to manage the branch in the capital. Later, Zhai Yue became the second-largest shareholder of Zhai Kuo Electronics, but she could not forgive her brother and did not want to face her sister, so she exiled herself to America!

Zhai Yan was not the third-largest shareholder; there were many uncles and her father's partners above her. However, with her father's support and her powerful position, she became the general manager of Zhai Kuo Electronics and began a major reform. Using unknown means, she established close relationships with domestic and international trust companies and commercial banks, securing crucial financing for Zhai Kuo Electronics. With their active mediation, she acquired a German white goods manufacturer that was in bankruptcy but had potential. Within two years, Zhai Kuo Electronics suddenly became a dark horse in the white goods industry, gaining the confidence to compete with major manufacturers like Haier.

During the day, she enjoyed the praise of others; at night, she became the most well-known courtesan in high society...

Two years later, with his health deteriorating, Zhai Kuo, despite the intense opposition of Zhai Yan and other relatives, recalled his only son, Zhai Zheng, to the headquarters and appointed him as the vice president and financial director of the company.

In 1995, taking advantage of her father Zhai Kuo's coma and severe illness, Zhai Yan, with the support of domestic trust companies, commercial banks, and foreign equity investment funds, launched a fatal blow against the Zhai family-controlled board! At the time, many of her uncles supported her.

If Zhai Kuo had not woken up and Zhai Zheng had not exercised the chairman's power on his behalf at the critical moment of the shareholders' meeting, the months-long battle for control of the Zhai Kuo Group would have ended with Zhai Yan defeating the then third-largest shareholder, Zhai Kuo's brother Zhai Yang. Perhaps Zhai Yan would have achieved her goals and fame; perhaps Song Chen's fate would have changed because of his relationship with Zhai Yan...

The essence of social progress has always been such: the victor becomes king, and the loser becomes a bandit! So "perhaps" is just "perhaps," and it is meaningless.

Zhai Yan chose to leave this place of heartache quietly, taking her mother, who had undergone skin graft surgery but still could not walk, to immigrate to Switzerland;

The goddess had the means and a way out, and even if she failed in the power struggle, she could still immigrate. But a nobody remained a nobody, unable to become a high-flying, rich, and handsome man! Thus, Song Chen, after several job changes, once again fell into a rut.

For some reason, Song Chen, who only smoked during business dinners in his previous life, wanted a cigarette now...

With less than a month left in 1997, he remembered that the incident where Zhai Zheng, along with a gang of thugs, poured sulfuric acid on Zhai Yan's biological mother, Zhao Yuan, happened this month, but he was not sure of the exact date.

However, considering that Zhai Yan was kidnapped while drunk on New Year's Eve, the incident must have occurred within the next half month!

Song Chen sighed bitterly. Even if he knew, what could he do? He could not stop what was about to happen! Because of Zhai Zheng's deep resentment towards Zhao Yuan and her daughter, and his reckless behavior, unless... Zhai Zheng left Dongou City!

But was that possible?

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