Chapter 123 Su Qiao'er questions, "Is the child in her belly yours?"

Mrs. Zheng returned to the Hospital ward in a daze. Seeing the expression on Mrs. Zheng's face, Zheng Tian had already guessed it in his heart.

"Zheng Jie is the person in control behind those internet companies."

The moment these words were spoken, Zheng Tian's face was filled with disbelief.

"How is that possible? It's only been a few years; how could he have established so many leading enterprises?"

Although Zheng Tian was a good-for-nothing, he had been in this circle for some time, and after returning to the country, he had also served as the president of Zheng Group for a month. He was familiar with the company's major shareholders, and he knew very clearly how powerful these companies were; each one had a net profit of over 100 billion a year, and that was for the smallest company.

Now his mother was actually telling him that the person behind these companies was Zheng Jie. If the other party really owned these companies, then why would he still be eyeing Zheng Group with hostility?

Zheng Tian's remark was a bit too foolish; who would ever complain about having too many assets? Regardless, Zheng Group contained too much of Zheng Jie's hard work. Most importantly, the company's market value exceeded 2.5 trillion. Once these projects were officially implemented, assuming no accidents, the market value should reach 4 trillion, making it the company with the highest market value in the world.

"And..."

Mrs. Zheng could only tell him everything she knew. When Zheng Tian heard the ins and outs of these events, his face was filled with disbelief because he hadn't expected someone to be able to plan to such an extent. From beginning to end, everything was within his calculations; even the divorce was in his best interest.

"Does the Su Family know about this?"

"How could they possibly know? If the Su Family had known about this, would they have ended up in this state?"

"I'm asking if they know now?"

"They don't know about this. The lawyer only told me what to do now. Your father's guess was actually right. No wonder those companies were determined to support Zheng Jie back then. No matter what benefits we offered, they directly rejected every exchange. The boss was Zheng Jie himself; it would be a miracle if they had agreed to us."

Mrs. Zheng's tone was full of helplessness when she spoke; after all, you can't expect someone to fight against themselves.

Zheng Tian clenched his fists at this moment, not knowing what to do. After learning about this, they didn't have many options left.

"Mom, do you think it would be useful if we sued Zheng Jie for infringing on the group's legal interests during his tenure as group president?"

Mrs. Zheng shook her head. Putting that aside, would it even count as an unlawful infringement? Even if it were considered an unlawful infringement, would the court actually rule in our favor? Of course not, because Zheng Jie's personal influence was too great now. In many cases, he could solve the trouble with just a single word.

"How could that be possible? His control over the situation now far exceeds our imagination. These enterprises, combined with his bottomless connections and the people in those core positions, are already his. In this situation, whether we confront him openly or secretly, it's futile. Instead, it might provoke him, and that would be his greatest retaliation."

Mrs. Zheng could clearly see the situation now. No matter what ideas they had, it wouldn't make any difference. If you come at him openly, he will deal with you openly; if you try to be underhanded, he will deal with you underhandedly. No matter what, the end result would remain unchanged.

"If that's the case, we just have to swallow this bitter pill?"

Zheng Tian naturally wasn't willing to accept such a thing; after all, he harbored nothing but hatred for Zheng Jie.

"Son, take my advice. Things are fine as they are now. If we keep fighting internally like this, I'm afraid we won't even be able to keep the last of our assets. Why bother?"

Mrs. Zheng was truly afraid now. She thought of her husband locked up in Prison. Just a few months ago, he was still so high and mighty, but now he had become a prisoner. This was all his doing. Under these circumstances, Mrs. Zheng didn't even consider any so-called revenge. If she had that time, she felt it would be better to go to a temple and pray for the wicked to get their due.

"I know."

After hearing his mother's words, Zheng Tian sighed. Just at this moment, Zheng Tian suddenly thought of something. He felt he could spread this news, at the very least to disgust Zheng Jie.

If Zheng Jie knew about this idea, he would definitely be speechless, because he wouldn't understand how the other party thought this would disgust him.

However, it was precisely because the other party had no brains at all that Zheng Jie's offensive was so smooth. If an opponent with even a little bit of intelligence had appeared, Zheng Jie wouldn't have been as smooth as he was now.

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Su Family.

After coming out of Prison, Su Qiaoer had been staying at home and hadn't gone anywhere. Mainly, she really wasn't in the mood, so her main job every day was lying at home. She wasn't as busy as she used to be as the chairwoman of Su Group; the current Su Qiaoer was all about lying flat and giving up.

If the family's funds were still relatively abundant, perhaps Su Qiaoer might have chosen to open another company herself. But the family's funds were limited, and if the company failed, the family would truly be destitute. Su Qiaoer wouldn't put herself in such danger, so she simply lay flat at home. Anyway, with so much money, no matter what, it was impossible to spend it all, so why bother struggling?

Just at this moment, Father Su suddenly walked in from outside the door.

"Su Qiaoer, there was news in the circle just now."

"What news?"

The Su Family's reputation in the circle was now slightly better than the Zheng Family's. After all, most of the blame for the past grievances was borne by the Zheng Family, so the Su Family still had some connections in the circle.

"Do you know about Zheng Group, and how many shareholders it has from internet enterprises?"

"Of course I know. If it weren't for these companies choosing to support Zheng Jie, I'm afraid Zheng Group would still be under the control of the Zheng Family. But it was precisely because of the support of these companies that Zheng Jie successfully took the position of chairman of Zheng Group. What's wrong? Why bring this up all of a sudden today?"

"Because there was news just now saying that the person in control behind these companies is actually Zheng Jie himself. He is the absolute boss of these companies, and his shareholding ratio has reached a staggering 50% or more."

These companies were indeed founded by Zheng Jie himself, but at that time he didn't have much capital, so in that situation, he certainly needed to introduce more capital. Therefore, these companies still had some other shareholders, but more than 50% of the company's shares were concentrated in Zheng Jie's hands, which was equivalent to saying that he held absolute control over these companies.

"What? Let me see."

After hearing this, Su Qiaoer was slightly stunned. She couldn't accept such a thing because if this were proven to be true, then it was very likely that the other party had already started planning to control Zheng Group long before she had even chosen to divorce. Even the 10% of shares from the final divorce had long been something he was determined to get.

Seeing all these various pieces of news, the expression on Su Qiaoer's face was ugly.

"Was that financial crisis at Zheng Group also planned by him?"

"Looking at it now, that is indeed the case. Because after that financial crisis, Zheng Jie's faction had obtained over 30% of the shares. And before you divorced, he had obtained shares from other shareholders. If you add the 10% of shares the Zheng Family gave him when you divorced, that adds up to over 50%. Everything lines up. It was because of these 50% of shares that he forcefully convened a shareholders' meeting and seized the position of chairman of Zheng Group into his own hands."

"Su Qiaoer, I feel that over the past few years, Zheng Jie must have been hiding his true self. Perhaps the version of him you knew wasn't the real him at all."

After hearing this, Su Qiaoer sat up from the bed all of a sudden and walked outside.

"Where are you going?"

"I'm going to the Hospital. I think that Hospital is suspicious. Why did Zheng Jie keep running to that Hospital during that time? There must be many things unknown to others inside that Hospital, and I must figure it out."

Su Qiaoer's emotions were running high at this point. She had thought they were doing well in the past and that he would tell her about many things, but looking at it now, she felt her idea was completely wrong.

Because during the five years they were married, she hadn't known anything about these companies at all. This showed that Zheng Jie had been hiding many things from her.

She wanted to know what kind of secrets were hidden inside that Hospital and why he always appeared there.

At this point, she had basically concluded that the so-called important person in the Hospital must be Zheng Jie, and that floor, the ward where people weren't allowed to go, must have been arranged by Zheng Jie.

Su Qiaoer drove her car to the Hospital parking lot. She got out of the car and walked straight toward that ward. The moment she opened the elevator, she walked straight inside, but at that moment, two bodyguards in suits suddenly blocked her. When she saw these two bodyguards, Su Qiaoer frowned because she recognized them—they were Zheng Jie's bodyguards.

"Miss Su, I don't know why you've come here at this time. The Chairman said that no one is allowed to enter here, so we hope you can leave. Otherwise, don't blame us for being impolite."

When she heard this, the expression on Su Qiaoer's face was ugly. In the past, these people wouldn't have dared to speak to her like this.

"Is Zheng Jie here? Tell him to get out here!"

"Whether the Chairman is here or not has nothing to do with you. I will reiterate: if you want to be thrown out by us, you can continue like this. But out of consideration for your dignity, I think you can choose to leave on your own."

This was already a threat; if she didn't leave, they would throw her out directly.

Meanwhile, Xia Wanqing heard the noise outside, frowned, and opened the door to go outside.

Su Qiaoer saw a woman at first glance, and this woman had a big belly, looking like she was four to five months pregnant. When she saw this scene, Su Qiaoer suddenly felt her blood pressure rising.

Especially when she saw that big belly, she realized what all of this was about. Why Zheng Jie cared so much about this place, and even arranged his two most trusted bodyguards to be here—all of this must be because of this woman. No, to be precise, it should be the child in this woman's belly.

"Miss Xia."

After seeing Xia Wanqing come out, the two bodyguards frowned.

"Miss Su?"

Xia Wanqing hadn't expected that Su Qiaoer would actually come here.

Before, she had only heard this name in news media or in Zheng Jie's words, but now they were meeting in real life. Su Qiaoer looked at the woman in front of her, her face cold as ice.

"Is the child in your belly Zheng Jie's?"

After hearing this, Xia Wanqing was silent for a while. She didn't know whether she should admit it or deny it. Just as she was hesitating, a voice came over.

"It is mine, so does Miss Su have any other questions?"

The person speaking was Zheng Jie. When she saw Zheng Jie arrive, Su Qiaoer clenched her fists.

"I thought you would actually come here. Don't you need to give me an explanation? We only divorced a few months ago, so what's with the child in her belly? Had you two already hooked up before we divorced? Zheng Jie, look at me and give me a reasonable explanation."

Zheng Jie looked at Xia Wanqing, and then turned his head to look at Su Qiaoer in front of him.

"Why do I need to explain?"

"Everything is just as you see it. Just like your cheating, we have also been together for a long time."

Su Qiaoer reached out her hand, wanting to slap Zheng Jie's face. When they saw this scene, the two bodyguards directly blocked her.

"Scum."

"If someone else called me that, I would think it was justified. But if it's you, you really don't seem to have the qualification to do so. Essentially, what we did is the same. By calling me that, aren't you just calling yourself that too? Scum."

These two words were Zheng Jie's retort.

"Throw Miss Su out; don't disturb Miss Xia's rest."

After saying this, Zheng Jie walked toward Xia Wanqing.

Only, on the way over, voices kept coming from behind...

"Beast."

"You are just a hypocrite."

"..."