Letting the wolf in

The Gu Lei Brothers had already eaten early and didn't want to disturb Chen Dong and Xia Xuehan's private time.

Ever since they escorted Liao Youkang to Dongsheng Security, the two brothers have been enjoying their daily training sessions with him, finding a lot more fun in their lives.

Poor Liao Youkang, though; he's taken quite a beating and is now completely submissive.

When Chen Dong arrived at Xia Xuehan's house, the mother and daughter were already waiting at the dining table, their chopsticks untouched.

"Sorry, Auntie, something came up at the company and delayed me. You must be starving. Let's eat quickly."

Chen Dong hurried to wash his hands. Here, he felt very much at home. Both Luo Qiyuan and Xia Xuehan looked at him with gentle and affectionate eyes, treating him like family.

"Dongzi, don't work too hard. You should take a break occasionally," Luo Qiyuan said, putting a large chicken leg on Chen Dong's plate.

"I see you've lost some weight recently. You must be overworking yourself."

"Okay, Auntie, I'll pay attention to my rest."

.....

But tonight, he was destined not to rest well.

He returned home at half past ten and was soaking in the bathtub when Su Yurou, that little enchantress, slipped in....

Everything was natural, everything was familiar.

When emotions run high, sometimes too many words aren't needed; what's more important are actual actions and genuine devotion....

While Chen Dong's side was a silent battle, a real fire broke out in a cinema in Jinghai.

At one in the morning, there were only a few people in the cinema.

Who knows which genius brought a lighter into the cinema and started smoking ten minutes before the movie ended? Anyway, there weren't many people watching the movie.

The burning tip of the cigarette accidentally fell onto a chair and caught fire three to five minutes after the movie ended.

Late at night, there were few staff members, and they were all sleepy-eyed. When they rushed over in a panic, they found the fire extinguisher wouldn't open. After a moment of chaos, the fire truck finally arrived....

A fire caused by a cigarette butt burned down nearly half of the cinema complex.

The fire department launched an investigation overnight, and what they found was shocking—

Anren Entertainment's cinema complex had serious fire safety hazards. An immediate order was issued, requiring all Anren Entertainment cinemas to suspend operations for rectification!

Shen Wanhua and Shen Xingyu, father and son, were woken up in the middle of the night, both with furrowed brows.

Their first reaction was that Chen Dong had plotted against them, but after the firefighters' inspection, they didn't even look for who dropped the cigarette butt; they only wanted to thoroughly investigate Anren Group's cinema complex's fire hazards.

What made them despair was that the events that followed truly showed the Shen Family what it meant for troubles to come in pairs!

Soon after daybreak, when the factory resumed normal operations, a chemical plant belonging to Anren Group surprisingly exploded.

Chen Dong also learned of this news immediately. At that time, he was driving to Xia Xuehan's house.

Heaven knows, he truly had no knowledge of this matter. In any case, he would never think of harming workers' lives; that would be a major illegal act.

This explosion resulted in 3 worker deaths, 14 injured workers, and the leakage of chemical substances, causing significant environmental pollution.

Shen Xingyu placed his hope on Gong Han, who then revealed a meaningful smile.

"Brother-in-law, as long as we become family, everything is negotiable."

Gong Han patted Shen Xingyu's shoulder,

"How about this, brother-in-law, you give me 10% of Anren Group's shares, and I'll have someone help you settle these two safety incidents. At least it won't implicate you too much. What do you think?"

"Pfft!" Shen Xingyu almost spat out a mouthful of 1982 vintage blood. He wanted both his person and shares; his calculations were so loud they could be heard all the way in the capital.

What is wolfish ambition? Perhaps it's nothing less than this!

....

Although Chen Dong did not plan the chemical plant explosion, since the incident had already occurred, he naturally wouldn't miss this opportunity. Otherwise, wouldn't those workers have sacrificed or been injured in vain?

Thus, under the arrangements of Meng Zhengkong and General Xu, the workers' families began to demand explanations, and a large group of reporters with microphones blocked Anren Group's office building....

Zhao Chang and Wu Youwei truly had a headache. The election was coming up soon, and Anren Group was really causing trouble. What was going on now?

All of Jinghai's attention was instantly drawn to the Shen Family, but Anren Group, the party involved, felt as if they had thorns in their backs and did not want this attention at all.

For a time, all the high-ranking officials of the Shen Family began to feel uneasy, and even Shen couldn't remain calm.

He always felt that a black hand behind the scenes was orchestrating all of this, as if ever since they officially went to war with Chen Dong, everything had been developing in an unpredictable direction.

But at present, how should they make a choice?

Should they change generals on the battlefield? That was a major military taboo.

.....

The various influential figures were all secretly evaluating Dongsheng Group. At this point, many people had already started to consider taking sides.

If they waited until Dongsheng Group completely suppressed Anren before showing goodwill, it would at most be adding flowers to brocade. But helping Dongsheng Group now might be sending charcoal in the snow.

However, on the other hand, does Dongsheng Group need help? It seems they haven't suffered any losses from beginning to end!

Chen Dong paid no attention to this. Under his arrangements, Xu Wanying had already arranged for various intermediaries to start contacting the Shen Family's shareholders.

He wanted to buy the shares on the stock market, and he also wanted the shares in the hands of those shareholders! In a word, he wanted to bottom-fish Anren Group.

A centipede dies but never falls, since it has come to this point, there is absolutely no reason to retreat.

This time, even if it doesn't completely bring down the Shen Family, it must at least severely wound them, causing them to lose the power to resist him from now on!

As for offending the Rockefeller Consortium because of this, Chen Dong had no qualms.

At worst, he just wouldn't go abroad. He'd wait until the overseas security agencies were established, then go out and have fun. At that time, they'd see who would harvest whom?

At half past nine, Chen Dong arrived at Shuxiang Mingdi, where Xia Xuehan lived. Luo Qiyuan was still busy at the shop.

Recently, the reputation of Qi Luo Chang has been growing louder and louder. Not only does it feature unique Hanfu, but it has also launched many fashionable women's and men's clothing. Luo Qiyuan's business here is also getting better and better.

Chen Dong was naturally happy to see this. Whether he made money or not was irrelevant; the main thing was that it gave him time alone with Xia Xuehan.

The Book of Songs says:

In the south are tall trees, by the Han are wandering maidens.

The tall trees are too high to rest under, and the beautiful maidens inspire love at first sight.....

At half past eleven, hearing the sound of the door opening, Xia Xuehan hurriedly got out of bed and quickly put on her clothes.

Chen Dong, however, was in no hurry. The door was locked from the inside anyway, and Luo Qiyuan wasn't a three-year-old child. How could she not know what two young people might be doing in a locked room in broad daylight?

After having lunch with Luo Qiyuan and her daughter, the weekend was nearing its end.

Xu Wanying called again,

"Boss, we've encountered a strong competitor while acquiring shares from the Shen Family's shareholders. The other party has the same idea as us."

"Oh, did you find out who it is?"

"We found out. It's the Gong Family, Gong Han!"

Holy cow, this is too dramatic. After all this time, the Shen Family thought they found a backer, but they never expected it was completely inviting a wolf into their home.

Chen Dong immediately connected this to the chemical plant incident. Everything was too coincidental, easily making people look at him and suspect that he was behind it all.