chapter 24

When Huang Mao took people to the driver’s house to make trouble, the video sent by Zhuo Feng on the Internet was discovered by netizens, and it quickly became a popular video. The previous incident was not too long ago, and many people still remember Zhuo Feng’s name. No one thought that the news revealed this time was so exciting. The scum Zhuo Yichen turned out to be Zhuo Feng’s half-brother!

Even more exciting news is that Madam Zhuo was actually a mistress before, and she killed the original wife. Now, she was still paying someone to exterminate Zhuo Feng! Father Zhuo’s performance in the video was even more spurned. Even a tiger wouldn’t kill its own cub, but he let this mistress kill his own son. He only thought about the reputation of his family and company, and helped the woman to finish the job, and doesn’t have any intent to acknowledge his son at all. He was simply the scummiest of scum. It’s no wonder that such a couple could give birth to a son like Zhuo Yichen. There was nothing good in their family!

After this video spread, many people started following up on Zhuo Feng’s accident, and the major news networks forwarded the report. Zhuo Feng once again became a popular figure, while the Zhuo family had become a presence that everyone detested. Soon after, netizens bonded together to boycott all Zhuo’s products.

Things escalated quickly, and soon, Father Zhuo’s secretary reported to him on the news. Father Zhuo never imagined that everyone would find out about his dirty laundry before he could cover it up, and the seriousness of the matter was far beyond his control. If there was no good explanation this time, the company’s stock would definitely plummet!

Father Zhuo called home and asked angrily, “Why is there a video of our conversation? Who recorded the video? How are you running the house? How can someone record us secretly?”

“No, I don’t know. Obviously, I sent away the servants when we talked. There was no one else in the villa. I really don’t know…”

This ignorance of his wife made Father Zhuo even more angry. He hung up the phone before convening an emergency meeting to get the public relations department to solve the problem. The public relations department was in a very difficult position as the video did them a hard one. Even if the stolen video couldn’t be presented as evidence, netizens have seen the truth of the matter. Unless they could provide some other statement that could reverse this matter and make it out to be a misunderstanding, the public relations department had no hope at all. It requires at least Zhuo Feng to come forward and explain things to make it even slightly convincing.

After listening to the analysis, Father Zhuo pinched his eyebrows and said in a deep voice, “I’ll find him. You all should instead prepare to issue a joint statement when he agrees to come forward.”

As the news on the Internet continued to fester, Father Zhuo didn’t dare to delay. He immediately drove to find Zhuo Feng and asked him to talk in a private room of a teahouse. Su Yuanyuan followed and ran into the private room before they arrived and hid herself behind the sofa. She once again turned on the camera to record their conversation, but this time it aimed the camera at Father Zhuo and only recorded Zhuo Feng’s back.

Father Zhuo examined his son in front of him and sighed, “It’s been over 10 years… I didn’t expect you to have grown so big. When the orphanage caught fire, I thought you were gone, so I didn’t bring you home for so many years. You wouldn’t blame Dad, would you?”

Zhuo Feng spoke with a straight face, “I am an orphan and I have no father.”

Father Zhuo sighed and repented, “I did something wrong at the beginning, but I really didn’t want to leave you. I was just afraid that I was too busy with the business and you would be wronged at home. I put you in an orphanage to protect you. I planned to take you home after business was stable. I was saddened for a long time, knowing that you died in the fire. Fortunately, you are blessed and lucky. It gives me a chance to make it up to you. Youlin, come home with Dad. You will be the young master of the Zhuo family in the future. After graduation, you can help me in the company. We, father and son, will work together to make the company bigger.”

Zhuo Feng shook his head and refused without hesitation, “You are Zhuo Yichen’s father, not mine. I already know what happened in those days. Since you abandoned your wife and child and watched that woman provoke my mother to kill herself, I will never acknowledge you. I watched the video on the Internet. I don’t think anyone wants a father like you. Madam Zhuo instructed the truck driver to hit me, and I will pursue it to the end. Please don’t harass me again in the future. Otherwise, I will call the police.”

Zhuo Feng got up to leave. Father Zhuo immediately grabbed him, his face contorted. “Youlin, you should know that you have nothing now. Even if you are admitted to the best university, you will have to struggle in the society in the future, and you may not be able to achieve anything. If you promise to help me solve this problem, you will be the young master of the Zhuo family. I will transfer 5% of the shares to you. Even if you do nothing, you can live comfortably for the rest of your life.”

Zhuo Feng looked at him and smiled sarcastically, “Oh? How do you intend for me to resolve this matter?”

“This is simple. You just need to make a statement on the Internet. Make up a story saying that you have nothing to do with me, and that the accident was also just a coincidence, explaining how everything was a misunderstanding. Leave the rest to me, and I’ll soon have this thing behind us. As long as you promise to mediate with the police, you wouldn’t only get compensation, but I will also give you 500,000 yuan in cash immediately. What do you think?”

“That is impossible. Madam Zhuo wants to kill me. I will never solve it in private, and I believe the law will give me justice. ” Zhuo Feng’s face was cold as he pushed Father Zhuo away and took big strides out the door.

“Zhuo Feng! Are you really going against me? You should know that I could make it impossible for you to stay around here by lifting a finger! Do you want to ruin your future?”

“You can’t move me emotionally, so you’re finally threatening me?” Zhuo Feng turned his head and spoke coldly, “Unfortunately, I don’t intend to cooperate with you. You can tell Madam Zhuo to wait for prison!”

Father Zhuo was infuriated. “Don’t be ignorant! She just saw that you studied well and didn’t want you to get ahead. She told the man to hurt you and had no intention of killing you. Besides, you are unharmed, so why do you have to cling to this matter? You don’t even want to have a good future in order to get revenge? Zhuo Feng, as long as you agree to my conditions, I will make you the Zhuo family young master in the name of adoption after the matter passes. You should consider the stakes clearly.”

Zhuo Feng looked at Su Yuanyuan behind the sofa and made sure it had been recorded. He said, “I have nothing to say to you. Don’t contact me again.” After saying that, he quickly left. This time, however hard Father Zhuo called him, he didn’t stop.

After Father Zhuo violently vented his anger, he left. Su Yuanyuan ran to meet with Zhuo Feng with the recorded video. and smiled. “It’s really easy to get him. He still wants to clear his name? Let him completely fall into the mud this time!”

Zhuo Feng smiled, rubbed her little head, and uploaded the video on his mobile phone to the Internet. Father Zhuo’s shamelessness had once again refreshed people’s three views. Especially the change of face when bullying and coercing others, he was simply a textbook level scum! Zhuo’s stock officially began to fall. This time, the public relations department couldn’t think of any ideas. If the boss dug his own grave, what could they do?

Father Zhuo immediately contacted the police to sue the person who uploaded the video for invasion of privacy. He suspected that it was Zhuo Feng who led him to speak and recorded it, but the monitoring in the teahouse showed that Zhuo Feng didn’t do anything unusual from beginning to end, so it was impossible for him to secretly put a camera to record and then take it away. The matter was completely unsolvable, just like his quarrel with Madam Zhuo. The internal surveillance showed no one at all, but their video was still posted online without warning. Even if the police were called, they could only say that they would investigate and couldn’t stop the incident from getting worse.

The online crusade against him was overwhelming, even worse than the original crusade against Zhuo Yichen. It left Father Zhuo anxious and for the first time, he was unsure of how to solve this problem. At this time, the driver’s wife suddenly called the police, saying that Zhuo Yichen kidnapped her son, threatened her, and wounded her face!

When the police arrived, the driver’s child was safe, which was why the driver’s wife dared to call the police. After knowing the whole story, even the police had to say that Zhuo Yichen was unlucky. Huang Mao, after getting the order from Zhuo Yichen, brought people to the driver’s house to vandalize and threaten them to not say anything. Seeing that they didn’t look like people that could keep quiet, they seized the driver’s son and threatened to abuse him.

Who knew that before he could do so, the previous smashed rack in the living room suddenly fell. Huang Mao was pierced in the eye, leaving him screaming and fumbling in pain. The driver’s wife snatched her son back, but cut her face in the process of struggling with Huang Mao. Immediately after, the driver’s parents called the police. They were extremely resentful of the Zhuo family’s approach, especially when the driver’s wife was disfigured, her future pretty much ruined. How could she be willing to help the Zhuo family hide it now? Even her husband was resentful, and if she hadn’t agreed with him on doing this kind of shady business, would she have become like this? This was simply retribution, but why should it be on her?

The driver’s wife then testified that her husband was instructed by Madam Zhuo to hit Zhuo Feng, and gave a clear account of the incident. Huang Mao, however, didn’t expect the threat to involve murder. Thus, he immediately sold Zhuo Yichen out, trying to distance himself from them. He said that he only helped him to scare people, and he had nothing to do with the murder attempt.

With this, the driver who suffered in the police station also confessed the truth. He did this kind of thing in order to let his family live a good life. However, his wife was now disfigured and his son was almost abused. Will ruthless people like the Zhuo family kill his whole family in the future? Under fear and resentment, he confessed to the police, and gave a full account of the instructions he received from Madam Zhuo, and even provided the evidence he secretly left behind.

By now, there was all kinds of witness and physical evidence proving that Madam Zhuo instructed others to intentionally hurt Zhuo Feng, enough to conclude investigations. The police immediately arrested Madam Zhuo to trial for murder, and at the same time arrested Zhuo Yichen, who instructed others to intimidate people, for reeducation through labor for at least 3 months. Although Father Zhuo didn’t commit a direct crime and wasn’t arrested, his reputation plummeted, and many partners proposed to terminate their contracts with the Zhuo company. The company’s shares plunged, and even his staff resigned in large numbers. It can be said that he was besieged on all sides and there was no way out.

Fang Linlin pulled some strings behind the scenes too. Several major banks blacklisted Father Zhuo at the same time, and it was impossible for the company to get a loan. As a result, Zhuo’s capital turnover crisis occurred, which forced Father Zhuo to cut his losses and accept this reality by drastically downsizing his industry.

After Madam Zhuo was sentenced to 3 years in prison, Zhuo Feng returned to the town where he was born with Su Yuanyuan. Dressed in black, he paid homage to his mother, putting a bunch of chrysanthemums in front of the tombstone as he looked at the photo on the tombstone, and kept silent for a long time. He whispered, “I will get back all the grievances you have suffered. This is just the beginning.”