Mr. Bo, Madam Is Pregnant!
Chapter 217: Truly Ruthless

Chapter 217: Chapter 217: Truly Ruthless

Su Zhe stopped in his tracks, quietly observing Zhao Ying.

Seeing this caregiver, who once stayed by Su Lu’s side, appear here, Su Zhe’s gaze didn’t betray any disbelief. It wasn’t as if he had foreseen this, but he wasn’t particularly surprised either.

Zhao Ying smiled at him, "Mr. Su, it’s a pleasure to meet you."

Su Zhe let out a soft sigh, "You all really are..."

Hearing your words, I will assume you know who I am, so I won’t introduce myself," Zhao Ying’s smile grew wider.

"Ms. Zhao," Su Zhe called out. He had long noticed that Zhao Ying was no ordinary person, so after Su Lu was discharged from the hospital, he had conducted his own investigation.

Had he not investigated, it would have been fine, but the investigation revealed much more than he expected...

Zhao Ying, the head honcho of Beijing ZS Group, was not only a former daughter-in-law of the Shen Family, but also the daughter of the esteemed Zhao Family in Beijing. ZS was the company she had established after her divorce from the Shen family. In less than two decades, it had grown enormously.

However, she was very low-profile, rarely seen in public. Therefore, when ZS was mentioned, people typically thought of the high-ranking executives who often made public appearances, while Zhao Ying, the true boss, stayed discreetly in the background.

Apart from her business persona, she had another identity—Shen Xun’s mother.

Such a woman, who climbed to the peak of her life after her divorce, could certainly be considered a remarkable figure. Yet, here she was in Feng City, concealing her identity to be by Lulu’s side, acting as her caregiver, tending to her...

Su Zhe, of course, knew why.

This extraordinary woman had not wronged the Shen Family in marriage, nor had she failed to live up to the efforts she had put into her own career.

The only debt she had carried through her few decades of life was owed to her stolen daughter, Shen Qianqian.

Therefore, even if she was a significant business leader, her other identity would always be that of a simple mother.

As a mother, wanting to offer some compensation to the daughter she had missed all these years was entirely understandable.

So regardless of her high status, she was willing to disguise herself as a caregiver to be by her daughter’s side, to take good care of her diet and daily life, to look after her health.

Zhao Ying was more than willing.

"Leaving such a vast business like ZS behind, you say you’d just let it go and chase all the way here?" Su Zhe asked.

Zhao Ying smiled, "ZS won’t collapse without me, and it doesn’t hinder me from coming here. Just like your own enterprise isn’t small, yet you returned to the country, you came here without considering those matters, right?"

Zhao Ying was amiable towards Su Zhe. As she understood it, her daughter had led a hard life, suffering before she was adopted, and then not having an easy time in her adoptive family for all those years. The only person who was kind to her was the man in front of her, her elder brother.

So Zhao Ying held no hostility towards Su Zhe; in fact, she felt grateful.

Su Zhe remained silent, indeed, he had rushed here without a moment’s thought for anything else. Hearing that it was a malicious incident, an acid attack, Su Zhe himself had been somewhat terrified, and with Su Lu not answering her phone, he couldn’t wait a moment longer to get here. His own plane had been sent for maintenance.

In a hurry, he caught a ride on Jiang Su’s plane, coming over together with him.

Su Zhe knew that Zhao Ying’s influence was substantial; even ZS had a branch office here, so it was likely that Zhao Ying also had her own information network in this area.

Su Zhe asked, "What exactly happened this time? Everything was fine, so how did we come across such a malicious incident? I heard it was targeted at Bo Jingshen?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Ying let out a cold laugh, "They say it was an anti-fan, that it was targeted at someone with the surname Bo..."

When Su Zhe heard Zhao Ying start this way, he knew the situation was not simple, "But what’s the truth? You have your ways, right?"

The cold smile on Zhao Ying’s lips did not fade, "Where there’s money, there are ways. The cops here aren’t as tough to deal with as ours back home. It’s pretty easy to handle them here; offer enough money and they have plenty of methods. They can definitely extract the truth out of someone."

"So what is the truth?" Su Zhe, hearing her say this, guessed that she probably already knew the answer.

Zhao Ying’s eyes were very cold, as if the answer she knew made her very angry. The cold fury in her eyes seemed as though it was about to spill out.

"The truth is, some notorious old fox from Beijing interfered, wanting to target my daughter, my Qianqian." Zhao Ying’s voice was also very cold, "They’ve got some nerve. Although I’ve always heard that this old fox operates in filthy ways, I couldn’t imagine how dirty it actually was until it happened to me..."

Bribing someone to do such heinous acts in this country isn’t as severely punished as elsewhere; as long as no one is killed, and especially if the perpetrator has a diagnosis of depression, they wouldn’t face many years in prison.

They also promised this person that even if they did get a serious conviction, they would spend money to find a way to get them out, so they had to insist, had to bite down hard on the story that it was all for revenge because they couldn’t stand their idol retiring early and disappearing from the spotlight.

Honestly, since a promise was made to bail the person out, that person’s mouth was quite tight. They adamantly claimed it was for revenge. Even if their story had countless holes, they wouldn’t change their tune. For a while, it left everyone at a loss.

And the police in this country aren’t so stubborn; it was almost as if he would get off scot-free.

That was until Zhao Ying spent a great deal of money.

After accepting so many benefits from her, the police couldn’t possibly let this guy off the hook, and that meant brutal interrogation.

Quite brutal indeed...

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call it torture.

There is some truth to the saying: no matter how hard a mouth is, it can never be tougher than a fist.

Thus, after spending a great deal of money, Zhao Ying finally managed to pry open the person’s mouth, and what she got was this answer.

It was never targeted at Bo Jingshen in the first place; it was aimed at Su Lu right from the start.

Originally, they had planned to make a move earlier, when they were at the street stalls, but the employer felt that the scene at the stalls wasn’t impactful enough, not memorable enough.

So they switched to the entrance of the competition venue where there were more people, a bigger scene, and it was certainly more memorable.

"..." After listening to Zhao Ying’s narrative, Su Zhe’s brows knitted together, "Are they sick? How did Lulu ever offend him?!"

Zhao Ying’s voice was cool, showing none of the tenderness she displayed towards Su Lu. At this moment, she sounded entirely like the boss of ZS Group.

"I think I might know why. That old fox is alright in business, but as a person, as a father, he’s a mess, and in Beijing, it’s not a secret at all, it’s like a joke. It’s truly bad, but it’s also true, it’s ruthless," said Zhao Ying.

Su Zhe deeply agreed. Isn’t that ruthless? To pour sulfuric acid as a first move was as ruthless as it gets.

And isn’t it cleverly calculated? As long as they don’t claim a life, given the laws of this country, it wouldn’t be considered a particularly grave crime.

But it’s definitely enough to cause immense pain, even to wish for death...