Young Master Is Being Jealous Again!
Chapter 552: Huo Family’s People Seem Gentle, but are actually Ruthless at Heart

Chapter 552: Chapter 552: Huo Family’s People Seem Gentle, but are actually Ruthless at Heart

The elder Mr. Huo also longed to know the truth.

The news that he had received from the Nangong family was that Huo Yunjiao had been alone in Nangong Chang’s room for nearly ten minutes.

During this brief period, Nangong Chang had been gravely wounded and was now barely hanging on.

Who else could be behind this deed but his seemingly mild-mannered grandson, who beneath the surface possessed the brutal methods of the Huo family.

The elder Mr. Huo remained silent for a while before saying, "Wait for Junxin to come back and ask him about the details, he is in the Cabinet now and can’t use his phone."

Huo Yirong responded with a sound, his mood gloomy.

Every time his younger brother fell ill, it meant his constitution was getting weaker.

"Knock, knock--"

Someone knocked on the door which hadn’t been closed.

Huo Yirong looked towards the direction of the bedroom door, seeing his subordinate standing there.

His subordinate hung his head: "Sir, Miss Su Jingshu is here to see you."

Huo Yirong frowned, his gaze darkened.

What good feelings could he have for the woman who had once cuckolded him.

"Why is she here?"

Subordinate: "Miss Su didn’t say, she only wanted to see you."

Huo Yirong was still on the phone with his grandfather.

The elder Mr. Huo on the other end also heard their conversation.

"Yirong, Jingshu is likely coming to discuss matters related to the Nangong Family, whether you see her or not is up to you."

The elder Mr. Huo hung up the phone after saying this.

Huo Yirong put away his cellphone, the corner of his lips rising into a sly, playful smirk, his long and narrow eyes filled with a sharp light.

He put down his mobile phone, stretched his torso and told the servant standing outside the door: "Since Miss Su is here to visit, then invite her in. I will only see her."

"Yes, sir."

The subordinate left, with his footsteps fading away.

Huo Yirong stood in his room with a snort.

There was no way a woman like Su Jingshu with any sense would come asking for his help for the sake of the Nangong family at a time like this.

He was curious to see just how desperate she was.

Downstairs.

Su Jingshu was standing in the grand hall of the Huo family.

She frowned, her face cold and her expression extremely earnest and distressed.

She had attempted to visit the Nangong family with her people but was stopped at the door by the hidden guards of the Huo family.

Just as she was preparing to barge through, Bei Jinzhou showed up at the scene.

He told her that relying solely on the Su family, she would be unable to rescue the Nangong family.

Su Jingshu refused to listen, yelling at Bei Jinzhou in a hysterical fury.

After venting her emotions, she regained her rationality.

The Huo family had launched a grade A operation against the Nangong family, and all the assets of the latter were being transferred, turning the family into a shell of its former self.

Despite being a centuries-old family, it was now on the brink of collapse.

With the methods of the Huo family, the downfall of any family was within the snap of their fingers.

Over these past years, it wasn’t that the Huo family couldn’t touch the Nangong family, they simply couldn’t be bothered.

The life and death of all the major families and aristocratic families of Capital City were held by the Huo family at their whim.

This time the Huo family had obviously decided to eliminate the Nangong family in earnest.

If she wanted to save the entire Nangong aristocratic family, this was simply just a vain hope.

Bei Jinzhou watched her calm down and suggested, if she wanted to save the Nangong family, she had to be prepared to see the Su family collapse together in Capital City.

If she only wanted to save Nangong Chang, she could try begging the Huo family for help.

After all, the Huo family held all the cards, the life or death of Nangong Chang depended on whether they would acquiesce.

Su Jingshu calmed her emotions and without lingering outside the Nangong family home, she turned around and headed straight to the Huo family.

Bei Jinzhou stood next to Su Jingshu as a servant coming down from upstairs appeared.

He whispered to Su Jingshu, "Miss, a man from the Huo family has come down."

Su Jingshu turned around, her eyes meeting the gaze of the Huo family servant who had just come downstairs.

"Miss Su, the second lord invites you."

The Huo family servant knew that the woman standing before him was once close to becoming their lord’s wife.

A pity she had ruined the arranged marriage between the two families with her actions.

Therefore this servant of the Huo family no longer held the respect for her that he once had.

Su Jingshu kept silent, following the servant upstairs.

Bei Jinzhou tried to follow, catching up with them.

The subordinate seeing this, spoke in a deep voice: "My lord has requested to see Miss Su alone."

Bei Jinzhou, upon hearing these words, looked at Su Jingshu with a worried expression.

She reassured him in a low voice, "I will go up by myself, nothing will happen."

She and Huo Yirong had not interacted much and knew that he had little interest in her.

Su Jingshu was also well aware of something else.

That Huo Yirong was unpredictable, obsessive, and cruel.

She was prepared to be troubled and possibly humiliated by him.

In the bedroom.

Huo Yirong sat on the sofa in his room, in a relaxed manner with his legs crossed.

Upon the table next to him were documents pertaining to the assets controlled by the Nangong family that were given by the Xiao family and which they had no choice but to accept.

He flipped through the files casually, he had to admit.

Over these years, the Nangong family has indeed proven to be quite ostentatious.

They practically monopolized several industries essential to daily life.

By recruiting skilled professionals, the Nangong family exerted dominance in certain technologies leading to monopoly within these industries.

With a strong technological advantage, they had monopolized the tobacco, aviation, and real estate sectors in this continental territory, even entering the medical industry.

Most of these businesses were privately held and not open for operation.

With the collapse of the Nangong family, the fruits of these industries and the professionals were all handed over to the Huo family by the Xiao family.

In fact, compared to what the Huo family currently possessed, these things were inadequate.

The Huo family didn’t engage in these industries before, not because they looked down on them, but because they saw no need to claim a piece of the pie.

Now that these tremendous assets were before him, Huo Yirong saw no reason to reject them.

In front of money, even the truth had to bow and kneel.

However, when power rises, money must retreat three steps.

This is the very reason why the Nangong family, even with all their wealth and assets surpassing other families and aristocracies, had always scrambled upwards by any means necessary.

Once sufficient wealth is accumulated, the pursuit of greater power begins.

"Knock, knock——"

The door was knocked on again.

Without lifting his head, Huo Yirong instructed, "Come in."

He knew it was the servant bringing in Su Jingshu.

Huo Yirong scanned through the annual report from the tobacco company controlled by the Nangong family as his eyes moved quickly over the lines.

The amounts mentioned in it were substantial, wealth beyond ordinary people’s wildest imaginations.

It was with this wealth that the Nangong family retained so many people to pledge allegiance to them.

The servant led Su Jingshu into the bedroom.

He bowed slightly to the handsome and thoughtful man sitting on the sofa.

"Second lord, Miss Su is here."

"I know, you may leave."

The tone of Huo Yirong was indifferent, devoid of any emotion.

"Yes——"

The servant turned and left the room, gently closing the door behind him.

Su Jingshu frowned, looking at the tightly closed door, her face showing a hint of surprise.

This behavior gave her an unusual feeling.

No matter how she looked at it, it seemed as if Huo Yirong wanted something to happen between them.

But she was well aware of this man’s distaste for her.

She dismissed the thoughts that were flooding her mind.

She turned to look at Huo Yirong seated on the sofa, who hadn’t lifted his head since she arrived.