Chapter 845 - We’ve All Belittled the Little Lass from the Wen Family

On the following day, several media agencies published reports about the Xiao Family and Jiang Family colluding with each other to make use of Yang Ziyu to ruin the Ai Shang product launch. They even attached photos of Jiang Shaofeng and Xiao Zhiyuan having some drinks together, sparking an uproar amongst the readers.

Just as everyone thought that the Wen Family would be defeated in the battle, there was a sudden twist of fate and the Jiang Family pulled out of the acquirement plan, causing the Xiao Corporation to suffer a major loss. Subsequently, the Wen Corporation invested in Ai Shang Group and made it part of the corporation.

Ever since then, the Jiang Family became a second-class family!

The Xiao Family had also suffered the same fate.

Wen Haowen was surrounded by a bunch of reporters at the lobby of the Wen Corporation office tower. When they asked about his opinion towards the matter, he simply answered with a sullen expression, “The Wen Family’s authority is not to be challenged!”

On that very same day. The Xiao Corporation’s stock prices began to plunge by a sudden 30% and they were still continuing to decline.

Xiao Zhiyuan took a deep breath, though he was still unable to curb his frustration. “Father, it was negligence on my part this time. I actually allowed the reporters to sneak up on me and snap photos of me and Jiang Shaofeng having some drinks. As a result, it proved that Jiang Shaofeng and I really colluded to go against the Wen Family. It gave them the chance to retaliate.”

After all… everyone in the upper-class society was well aware that the Jiang and Xiao Families had fallen out with each other ever since the Xiao Family failed in acquiring Ai Shang Group. Now that Xiao Zhiyuan was photographed being together with Jiang Shaofeng, it was apparent that they were in cahoots with each other.

“Zhiyuan, you’ve really been too careless this time. Do you know why the Jiang Family wanted to borrow money from you?” Old Mr. Xiao had known long ago that Xiao Zhiyuan and Jiang Shaofeng had gotten close again. He did not approve of their behavior of colluding together to deal with the Wen Family. However, he did not know how scheming Wen Xinya actually was, so much that she had managed to ruin their plan.

Old Mr. Xiao shook his head and said, “Five days ago, it was verified that there are safety issues with the Jiang Family’s food products and they’re facing a major financial issue. That’s why he decided to seek help from you.”

Old Mr. Xiao nodded with a sullen expression.

Old Mr. Xiao shook his head and said, “Zhiyuan, you still haven’t gotten the clearer picture yet. Wen Haowen is overtly ambitious yet incompetent. How could he possibly be that shrewd and scheming? That little lass from the Wen Family was the one who plotted this right from the start. We’ve all belittled her.”

Ever since Yang Ziyu caused a stir in the Wen Corporation and Wen Xinya intervened to solve the issue, the Jiang Family was then plagued with the food safety issues and they sought help from the Xiao Family. The media then reported it. It was apparent that Wen Xinya was the one behind it all.

Xiao Zhiyuan clenched his fists tightly together, finding it unacceptable to have lost to the greenhorn Wen Xinya time and time again. He sneered. “I was wondering why Old Mr. Wen would rather sacrifice his family’s reputation than give up his insistence on searching for that gangster who led a wandering life for fifteen years. He even helped her improve her reputation. It turns out that old fogy found out how scheming she can be.”

Old Mr. Xiao nodded and said, “Wen Zhihang has always been mercenary. We should have realized earlier that he decided to acknowledge her simply because she’s really something.”

Although he had already guessed that Wen Xinya was the one behind their failure to acquire Ai Shang Group, he still felt that Old Mr. Wen was involved.

Boiling with fury, Xiao Zhiyuan said, “Father, the Wen Family is too powerful for us. There are lots of rumors that are disadvantageous to us circulating on the internet. There’s no way we can stop them at all.”

Old Mr. Xiao fiddled with the red chess piece in his hand and asked, “How did the board meeting go?”

As happy as a lark, Xiao Zhiyuan said, “Father, I won’t have to worry now that you’re intervening.”