Chapter 150: I Definitely Would Not Have Married You Then
Jiang Su read the invitation in his inbox several times.
No matter how he looked at it, he felt confused.
He took a screenshot of the email and sent it to Huo Qingyan: “Someone is impersonating your company to commit fraud.”
Huo Qingyan: “It’s not fraud.”
Jiang Su: “??”
Huo Qingyan: “I’ll explain when you get back.”
Jiang Su: “…”
Jiang Su’s travel plans ended right there.
He booked the earliest direct flight back to Qingyang that same day.
When he arrived at Qingyang International Airport, it was 11:00 AM.
As soon as he exited the airport, he saw Huo Qingyan.
Jiang Su marched over aggressively. “What on earth is going on?”
“This isn’t the place to talk.” Huo Qingyan looked around and reached out to help him with his luggage.
Jiang Su sneered, “Feeling guilty, are we? I insist on talking here.”
Seeing Huo Qingyan made him angry; this man’s habit of silently causing big trouble seemed impossible to change.
Despite his words, Jiang Su still lifted his foot to continue walking out, comfortably tossing his luggage to Huo Qingyan.
Huo Qingyan had driven himself over.
When they arrived at the garage, Jiang Su noticed that Huo Qingyan wasn’t driving the Rolls-Royce he usually drove, but had switched to a very low-key domestic car.
As Jiang Su got into the car, he mocked Huo Qingyan, “You caused such a huge stir yourself, yet you’re afraid of reporters finding you?”
Huo Qingyan’s habits and hobbies were very singular. If his previous Maybach hadn’t been wrecked by his second sister, he probably would have driven it for a lifetime.
The Rolls-Royce he switched to later had been driven for almost a year now, and the reporters following him recognized that car.
Recently, reporters had been watching closely. If he drove that car out, he would definitely be targeted.
Huo Qingyan turned to look at him, his gaze deep and quiet. “If you don’t mind, I’m not afraid either.”
Jiang Su was very popular now. If he was photographed with him, it would likely cause another uproar on the trending searches.
“Uh…” There was a slight awkwardness.
When awkward, change the subject.
“Speak. What’s going on?” Jiang Su crossed his arms and glanced at Huo Qingyan with a very aloof expression.
Huo Qingyan took a bulging kraft paper bag from the center console drawer and handed it to Jiang Su.
Jiang Su opened it to find a thick stack of documents inside.
The most conspicuous among them was a share transfer agreement.
Jiang Su understood that it must be because of this share transfer agreement that he had received the invitation to attend the Huo Group’s shareholder meeting.
Jiang Su flipped to the back and actually found his own signature.
The signature matched his handwriting exactly.
But he remembered very clearly that he had never signed such a thing.
Then there was only one possibility—
“You forged my handwriting?”
Huo Qingyan was driving, staring straight ahead. He paused as if just realizing, then the corners of his lips lifted slightly. “Look at the date.”
Jiang Su looked down at the date above. Upon looking, he discovered that the signing date on this document was actually more than three years ago.
More than three years ago…
He and Huo Qingyan were married for two years and had been divorced for over a year.
This document was signed before they got married.
Jiang Su remembered that a few days after Huo Qingyan successfully proposed, he brought a lawyer with many documents for him to sign.
For families like theirs, signing prenuptial agreements and the like when getting married was perfectly normal.
Plus, Jiang Su was immersed in the joy of getting married at the time, so he didn’t look at all and just signed directly.
But he never expected that Huo Qingyan had actually made him sign this kind of thing.
Jiang Su began to read carefully.
After a while, Huo Qingyan guessed that Jiang Su should have finished reading, so he turned to look at him.
But he found Jiang Su just staring blankly ahead, looking soulless.
Huo Qingyan called out to him, “Jiang Su?”
Jiang Su turned his head mechanically. “Fifty-five percent of the shares means the current Huo Group is mine to command, right?”
Huo Qingyan’s eyes held a smile. “Yes.”
Jiang Su hurriedly stuffed that burning hot share transfer agreement back. After stuffing it, he said with a serious expression, “If I had known three years ago that you were crazy to this extent, I definitely would not have married you then!”
At that time, he and Huo Qingyan weren’t married yet, and Huo Qingyan had transferred all the shares to him directly. He hadn’t mentioned this matter at all during the divorce.
In other words, all these years, Huo Qingyan had been working day and night for him.
Is this something a normal person would do?
The car stopped.
Jiang Su turned and saw they had arrived at the Qingyang Grand Hotel.
“Aside from these shares, I have nothing else.” He knew Jiang Su didn’t lack money, but he had nothing else he could give Jiang Su.
Hearing this, Jiang Su turned back, meeting Huo Qingyan’s pitch-black eyes.
Huo Qingyan did not hide anything, displaying his truest emotions to Jiang Su.
Those dark eyes were filled with complex emotions.
Fragility, helplessness, sincerity, and… inferiority.
In the days after the divorce, Huo Qingyan spent a lot of time examining himself.
He discovered that the first time he saw Jiang Su, he had a very clear thought in his heart—he must have Jiang Su.
Before his mother was imprisoned by Huo Zhenheng, she only entrusted him with one sentence: “You must protect yourself.”
When his grandfather gave him the shares before passing away, he entrusted him with the same words.
And Huo Zhenheng only wanted to control him.
No one had ever taught him how to love others; his bones were steeped in selfishness.
The more a person is like this, the more they want to get close to beautiful things.
The closer they get, the more they can see their own despicableness.
However, people who don’t know how to love others, even if they receive love from others, will only lose it in the end.
Jiang Su’s mind went blank for a moment.
His lips moved several times, but he didn’t know what to say.
After a long while, Jiang Su slowly asked, “Why do you have so many shares in your hands?”
“My grandfather recuperating abroad was just a guise. Huo Zhenheng drove him to his death to get the shares in his hands, but Grandfather made arrangements in advance and gave all the shares to me. Huo Zhenheng tried to take the shares from me…”
At this point, Huo Qingyan chuckled low. “It’s just that he was too arrogant and confident. I merely provoked him with a couple of sentences, saying he wanted to take the shares because he was afraid of me, and he actually stopped thinking about the shares in my hands.”
When Jiang Su learned about Huo Qingyan’s mother, he guessed that his grandfather must have already passed away.
Huo Qingyan spoke lightly, but Jiang Su could guess what the consequences of provoking Huo Zhenheng were.
Jiang Su felt inexplicably stifled in his heart. He lowered the car window halfway to get some air before continuing, “What about Bai Mu? What’s the deal with him?”
Huo Qingyan’s hands were still on the steering wheel. “He is indeed Huo Zhenheng’s illegitimate son. I gave him the twenty percent of shares Huo Zhenheng left after he died.”
Jiang Su emphasized his tone, “You know that’s not what I’m asking.”
Author’s Note: I’ll keep up the daily updates for now. I can’t guarantee double updates (I’m too useless QAQ), but I’ll add more when I have time. I thought I could finish it this month, but I overestimated myself. But looking at the plot, you guys also know it’s ending soon. Charge! —Goodnight—
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