Supreme Heir Son-in-law

Wang Lishan said this with great bravado, as if he were about to unify the whole world.

His plan on that side seemed to be moving ahead in full swing, and there wasn’t much time left for Xu Ke.

Xu Ke stayed at the company for a while longer, but really couldn’t find any valuable clues, so he went home together with Wang Cuixia.

By this time, the old Mr. Xu and Xu Hua had already returned home; the two of them were in the study talking about the recent events.

When he saw Xu Ke come in, Xu Hua was the first to stand up.

"So, did you find any clues at the company? I was just discussing with your grandpa—this guy Wang Lishan doesn’t seem very well-behaved lately."

Hearing what Xu Hua said, Xu Ke was a little surprised.

Since when did his father start caring so much about what was going on in the company, and since when had he changed this much?

But after thinking about it a bit, Xu Ke felt that Xu Hua becoming like this now was actually pretty good.

Compared to before, when he didn’t care about anything, never asked, and stayed depressed all the time, at least now he seemed like a living, breathing person.

"Actually, I just went to the company with Mom, and we uncovered a lot of earth-shattering secrets in there. But from our point of view, these things were bound to come out sooner or later. It’s just that we haven’t gotten to the bottom of a lot of what’s behind all this."

"Earth-shattering secrets!" Xu Hua was especially interested in that.

Seeing everyone looking at him, Xu Ke told them exactly what had happened at the company.

He also specifically asked the old Mr. Xu if those three had ever done anything out of line in the past.

The answer he got, aside from what he already knew, offered no useful clues.

Xu Hua had never expected that, despite never meddling in the company, such a huge hole would show up there.

Even though he didn’t know that much about doing business, after being around it for so many years, there were plenty of things he did understand.

Those few old foxes had embezzled more than a billion from the company in one go; that was no small sum.

"I really didn’t expect those people to forget loyalty at the sight of profit. Think of how good my father was to them back then, and yet a bit of money like this was enough to buy them all off. If you ask me, Dad never should’ve taken them in. If he’d just left them to fend for themselves, we wouldn’t be in such a mess today."

Xu Hua deeply regretted not having advised the old Mr. Xu back then; now that such a huge disaster had been created, he felt he bore an inescapable responsibility.

"Xu Hua, you don’t need to blame yourself like this. This has nothing to do with you."

No one had ever anticipated that Zhang Qiang and the others would become what they were now.

Back then they were just kids, and I only took them in because I felt sorry for them, and because I really did need helpers at the time.

The fact that they made it this far shows these people really are capable. If they weren’t, the company would’ve eliminated them long ago—there’d have been no need for me to pity them.

The old Mr. Xu was right; the three of them, including Zhang Qiang, were extraordinarily capable. The fact that they could stand out in the company meant they had special skills.

Xu Ke also knew what things had been like back then; he’d heard the old Mr. Xu talk about it.

At first, Xu Ke didn’t think the three of them could stir up any big waves.

But now it was clear they had far exceeded his expectations; over the past few years, these three had clearly grown into colossal beings.

At this moment, Xiao Keyi suddenly walked in.

These past few days, he hadn’t taken a single step out of the house. Whenever he had nothing to do, he just watched TV from morning till night. It had messed up his sense of time so badly that he often had insomnia late at night and would sleep during the day.

"Why is it so lively in here? What’s everyone doing crowding into the study?" Xiao Keyi looked at everyone in surprise.

Xu Ke hadn’t seen Xiao Keyi for several days, and seeing his girlfriend now made him extremely happy.

"Keyi, how are you? Getting used to staying at home lately?"

"I’m fine. It’s just that since I haven’t been going out, my schedule’s a bit messed up. Look at these dark circles—I don’t even know what I look like anymore. I’m starting to wonder if you’ll stop liking me if this keeps up." As she spoke, Xiao Keyi looked at Xu Ke with a wounded expression.

Seeing Xiao Keyi like this, Xu Ke was delighted.

He loved it when his girlfriend acted this way toward him; it gave him a strong sense of accomplishment.

"Keyi, how could you think that? Things are special right now, so just stay at home for the time being. Once we’ve finished the investigation and there’s no danger, you can go out again. As for whether I like you or not, you already know the answer to that." As he said this, Xu Ke gave Wang Cuixia a meaningful look.

Seeing Xu Ke’s expression, Wang Cuixia immediately burst out laughing.

This kid really had a lot of tricks up his sleeve—he actually wanted her to speak up for him.

"Keyi, don’t listen to this brat Xu Ke talking nonsense. If he ever dares to dump you, I’ll be the first to object. I gave birth to him, and I can kick him out too. This kid’s gotten bold—he actually dares not to listen to his own mother."

With that, Wang Cuixia grabbed Xu Ke’s ear in one pinch.

Xu Ke had wanted Wang Cuixia to put in a good word for him, but he never expected his own mother to switch sides on the spot and start siding with Xiao Keyi.

When it came to his mother Wang Cuixia, Xu Ke was completely helpless.

"Mom, I was wrong, just please stop twisting my ear." Xu Ke was most afraid of having his ears twisted; the feeling made his whole body uncomfortable.

Seeing Xu Ke looking so pitiful, Xiao Keyi couldn’t help bursting out laughing to the side.

It was the first time she’d ever seen Xu Ke like this, and she found it very amusing.

"Auntie, can you teach me how to do that? Xu Ke bullies me all the time."

What Xiao Keyi said was like adding fuel to the fire; sure enough, once Wang Cuixia heard it, she only twisted harder.

"You little brat, you never learn the good stuff, only the bad. And you’re always bullying Keyi. Are you trying to ascend to heaven or what?"

Xu Ke never imagined his girlfriend would egg things on at a time like this; he could only look at them with a bitter expression.

"What did I do to deserve this today? I clearly didn’t do anything, so how can you all treat me like this?"

Xu Ke’s pitiful look made everyone present burst out laughing.

In the end, only after Xu Ke repeatedly promised did Wang Cuixia finally let go.

This time, the main reason Xiao Keyi had come over was to see Xu Ke; after all, not seeing him for a few days had left her missing him badly.

"Xu Ke, when can I go out? I’ve really had enough of staying at home. You’re busy with work all day long, and I’ve got nothing to do at all."

What Xiao Keyi really wanted was to help Xu Ke; she just always felt she didn’t have the ability and hadn’t had the chance.