Chapter 329: Chapter 0329: He Is Not Your Biological Son Chapter 329: Chapter 0329: He Is Not Your Biological Son Huo Tingxiao could no longer listen to Tang Xin’s words, his face as dark as ink.

He could tolerate others using maneuvers against him, but any dare to mess with Mu Lan was a challenge to his patience.

“Don’t tell her you called me, I will handle this,” he commanded.

With this assurance, Tang Xin wiped her tears away.

“Understood, brother-in-law. I assure you, I won’t let President Mu know,” she replied.

After hanging up the phone, Huo Tingxiao immediately arranged for He Yan to follow up on the logistics and investigate why the factory warehouse suddenly started leaking.

An incident at such a critical moment had to be the work of someone behind the scenes, and he had to root them out.

“Boss, you have dinner with Director Huo today, we should leave now,” his assistant reminded him.

Huo Tingxiao closed the document in his hand, his expression unreadable.

“Okay.”

…

Julin Pavilion
When Huo Tingxiao arrived, Huo Qidong was sitting in an official’s chair, skillfully brewing kung fu tea. He never knew Huo Qidong had such a hobby and skill, each movement proficient, filling the room with the aroma of tea.

“You’re here, take a seat,” Huo Qidong gestured.

Huo Qidong poured two cups of tea, handing one to Huo Tingxiao before taking his own.

Huo Tingxiao cautiously took a sip, his eyes suddenly darkened.

This was the tea Huo Shiwen had favored before his death.

“Did you ask to see me because you’ve decided on the collaboration?” Huo Tingxiao asked straightforwardly, not wanting to waste time.

Huo Qidong slightly curved his lips, completely at ease.

“Why so hasty? Weren’t you always calm before? Tingxiao, don’t you feel comfortable dealing in business with me?”

Huo Tingxiao faltered, an immediate wariness in his eyes.

“Director Huo jests, business is business, no matter with whom it’s conducted,” he replied.

Huo Qidong looked up, smiling as if looking at a child throwing a tantrum.

“Tingxiao, you’ll eventually have to get used to it.

I heard from Feng Lin that you’re planning to merge two lots for a project, demanding a sixty percent profit share?”

“I want seventy percent,” Huo Tingxiao interjected.

As soon as Huo Tingxiao finished speaking, Huo Qidong’s smile grew broader.

“Quite the appetite, can you handle it?”

“Whether I can handle it is my capability,” Huo Tingxiao retorted sharply.

“You still guard against me. I am your father, the bone is connected to the tendons. Does it need to be so estranged?” Huo Qidong remarked.

Huo Tingxiao scoffed lightly.

“A man who has never fulfilled his duties in thirty years counts as a father?

I don’t know what means you used to have the old man leave all shares to you, but don’t think you can deceive me with sentiments about kinship.

I never believed in blood relations,” Huo Tingxiao declared decisively, draining his tea.

Huo Qidong chuckled dismissively.

“Yet, whether you believe it or not, the blood of Huo Qidong runs in your bones, Tingxiao. You’re still young, there are many things in this world that aren’t as simple as you think.

Why do you think I left you alone for thirty years? Do you think I didn’t want a father-son bonding?

I couldn’t! Even now, I cannot. I’ve never lived for myself in this life; it’s always been for others.

You think I want to come back to Huo Corporation? Times have changed, now it’s your young people’s world, and here I am, an old man having to compete with you, which is exhausting.”

“Exhausting? I think you rather enjoy it. You’ve gone to great lengths to pave the way for Huo Tingyang at Huo Corporation,” Huo Tingxiao countered.

Huo Tingxiao’s every sentence was barbed, each word stabbing directly into Huo Qidong’s heart.

Huo Qidong wanted to speak then stopped, wanting to explain, then thought better of it.

“Tingyang’s matter is none of your concern, I will take care of it.”

“So, you knew.”

This affirmative made Huo Qidong’s face look even uglier, and after being silent for a while, he finally spoke.

“Some things don’t need to be delved into too deeply, they are just the outcome of weighing pros and cons.”

Weigh pros and cons? Huo Tingxiao sneered coldly.

“I really want to know what kind of pros and cons are these, the old man has passed away but that doesn’t mean people related to Huo’s should just scram.”

Huo Tingxiao’s assertiveness made Huo Qidong frown.

“I told you, he won’t bother you, can’t you just tolerate him?”

Tolerate? What gives him the right to be tolerated?

“Before my mother went to Canada, she wanted me to sign the documents to transfer all her stock options to me, but I refused.”

Huo Qidong was stunned.

“What did you say?”

“What, surprised?”

Huo Tingxiao’s laugh was even more sarcastic.

Huo Qidong shook his head in disbelief.

“I didn’t expect she would do that…”

“She also said a lot to me, regretting that she left me with the old man back then, saying I turned out this way because of it.

If I had been by her side earlier, our relationship as mother and son would have been closer, and my relationship with you wouldn’t be so tense.

She always wanted the family to be together, but she didn’t expect that the family would still fall apart.

Hearing all this, how do you feel? You neglect your own wife and children at home, change women one after another outside, even having a child to embarrass her, instead of apologizing to me, you should say sorry to those who truly deserve an apology.”

Huo Qidong’s face turned ashen, indeed, some things were his fault, but…
“That was the matter of my parents’ generation; you do not need to interfere, the matter between your mother and me is in the past.”

“Past? How is it past? Huo Tingyang is still swaggering around in Huo’s, and Xian Yaping is being addressed as Mrs. Huo everywhere.

You’re now telling me not to mind him, I don’t care about the matters between you and mother, because frankly, I have no emotional attachment to either of you.

However, I do respect my mother. You slapped her face, and now you’re also damaging my dignity.

You know very well whether Huo Tingyang should stay!”

Huo Qidong’s face was devoid of any smile, and he warned coldly:
“You can’t touch him, you want seventy percent of the profits, I can agree to that, only if you leave him be.”

Huo Tingxiao stared intently at Huo Qidong, he had thought through countless possibilities he might agree to, and many reasons why he might agree, but he never expected that he would agree because of Huo Tingyang.

How ironic, it’s simply the biggest joke.

“Love me, love my dog? You don’t love your wife but love your mistress?

To favor your wife and degrade your concubine to this extent, even ignoring your own child, and then you tell me that our bonds are unbreakable?

I am not angry because you ignore me, but because of your shamelessness.

I am really curious, is it because Xian Yaping looks a lot like your first love that you could go to such lengths?

You know full well that Huo Tingyang is not your biological son, yet you let him stay in Huo’s, even willing to give me seventy percent of the profits in exchange for his safety.

If Huo Tingyang knew, how touched he would be!”

Huo Qidong suddenly stood up, narrowing his eyes at Huo Tingxiao.

“What are you trying to do?”

Huo Tingxiao leaned back in his chair, looking relaxed as he watched him:
“Guess what? What do you think I will do?”