Madam Xia burst into tears upon hearing Nan Xiao's threat to bankrupt the Xia Corporation.
"Shut up!" Nan Xiao snapped, clearly annoyed.
Madam Xia immediately fell silent, startled.
Xia Chaoyang's eyes darted around. Nan Xiao, though ruthless, was filial. If he invoked Old Madam Nan, Nan Xiao wouldn't dare do anything to him.
"Mr. Nan, I can apologize, but please don't touch my company. I was also acting on behalf of Old Madam."
His mother was involved in this too!
Furious, Nan Xiao kicked him.
"Pfft!" Xia Chaoyang spat out blood, completely silenced.
Nan Xiao, suppressing his rage, spoke with icy calm, "You have two options: withdraw the case and apologize, or face the bankruptcy of your company and the shelving of Xia Qianqian!"
Xia Chaoyang's plump body trembled. This was naked blackmail. He dared not speak, still reliant on the Nan family for sustenance.
Nan Xiao shot him a cold glance. "Have you chosen?"
Xia Chaoyang clutched his chest, catching his breath. "Ch-chosen, I'll withdraw the case, I'll apologize."
Nan Xiao produced a check and threw it in front of him.
"This should be enough to buy you a new villa, but you won't be able to access this money until you apologize!"
Who couldn't throw money around?
Nan Xiao finished speaking and patted the shoulder of Captain Xiao, who was muttering "I saw nothing."
"Captain Xiao, Xia Chaoyang has withdrawn the case. You can leave."
Captain Xiao turned to Xia Chaoyang. "Mr. Xia, are you sure you want to withdraw the case?"
Xia Chaoyang glanced at the amount on the check and nodded vigorously. "Sure! Absolutely!"
After confirming, Captain Xiao bid Nan Xiao farewell and left.
Nan Xiao turned to Lan Mushang. "Sir, are you satisfied with my handling of this matter?"
As Nan Xiao looked at him, Lan Mushang felt a chill. He knew Nan Xiao was applying pressure.
However, this pressure meant nothing to him.
He met Nan Xiao's unfathomable gaze and curved his lips slightly. "I don't have the final say. You'll have to ask Xi'er."
Xi'er!
Such an intimate address!
Nan Xiao's facial muscles tightened as he strode out.
The Xia Chaoyang couple breathed a sigh of relief when Nan Xiao left.
However, as soon as they exhaled, before they could inhale their next breath, they froze, stunned into stillness.
What had they just seen?!
Few people in Huaguo could handle such things!
Lan Mushang savored their reactions with a satisfied smile as he left the Xia residence.
Behind him, Madam Xia's wails, like those of someone mourning a deceased mother, echoed.
Lan Mushang's lips curled into a bloodthirsty arc.
Cry!
Your days of crying have only just begun!
Nan Corporation Building.
Nan Xiao leaned against his office chair, a headache throbbing. Who was that man?
He was a living person, yet no information could be found on him.
He wondered how Xi Bao knew him.
That man was clearly an old fox. Xi Bao, so pure, could be sold and wouldn't even realize it.
"Beep... beep..."
Nan Xiao glanced at his phone. After a moment's hesitation, he pressed the answer button.
As soon as the call connected, Old Madam Nan's furious, trembling voice boomed.
"Nan Xiao, I heard that little slut went to Chaoyang's house to cause trouble, and you not only didn't stop her but made Chaoyang apologize to her. You're thirty years old, why are you still so unreasonable..."
Nan Xiao's displeasure at his mother calling Lan Yuxi "little slut" made him interrupt her. "Mom, Lan Yuxi has a name!"
"Heh... I truly have a good son! To argue with me for a bastard."
Nan Xiao closed his eyes. When he opened them, they were bloodshot. "She is not a bastard! Nor is she a little slut! Your grudges from a past life are for you to resolve. Why do you always take it out on her!"
"That lowly woman has no face to see me and is hiding. Her daughter and son-in-law are dead, so I can only seek retribution from her granddaughter!"
"I was going to let her off out of respect for you, but she did such shameless things to you. I can't tolerate it any longer!"
"I told Chaoyang to release that news. If you dare do anything to Chaoyang, I'll die for you to see!"
Listening to his mother's increasingly frantic ravings, the veins on Nan Xiao's forehead pulsed.
"Can you stop threatening me with death! No matter what you say this time, I will not compromise. Also, stop harming her. Even the people behind her are untouchable!"
After hanging up, an unprecedented sense of powerlessness surged through Nan Xiao.
From the moment Lan Yuxi entered the Nan family at the age of five, his mother's dislike was evident. But she had never told him the reason for her dislike.
If his father hadn't sensed something was wrong and mentioned the past on Lan Yuxi's eighteenth birthday, he would still be in the dark.
But today, her uncontrolled outburst indicated she was furious.
What if she tried to harm Lan Yuxi again...
Nan Xiao dared not think further. Because no matter how powerful Lan Yuxi and that man were, this was the capital. The forces of the Nan family and his maternal grandparents' families were deeply intertwined. And he couldn't protect her in person right now...
Nan Xiao glanced irritably at the expensive steel watch on his wrist. The hour deadline was approaching. Xia Chaoyang not only refused to apologize but also complained to his mother. He deserved ruin!
He composed himself, his expression less grim, before summoning Nan Xiangdong.
"Immediately cut off all of Xia Corporation's procurement channels."
"Terminate all cooperation with Xia Corporation."
"Immediately cancel the transfer check I gave to Xia Chaoyang."
"Also, prepare the house in Shengshi Jiangnan. I'm moving."
Nan Xiangdong stole a glance at him before speaking, "Xia Corporation's suppliers have already terminated their contracts with them an hour ago."
"Who did it?"
Nan Xiao regretted asking as soon as he did. Who else could it be? It must be that smiling tiger!
"Then handle the last three items first."
Nan Xiangdong acknowledged and left.
The hour deadline had passed. Xia Chaoyang had not appeared to apologize.
At precisely noon, ten major influencers simultaneously exposed scandals about Xia Corporation.
Concurrently, evidence of Xia Chaoyang's tax evasion, selling inferior products as superior, embezzlement of funds, illegal fundraising, contract fraud, and illegal operations were sent to the police station.
Lan Yuxi, slurping spicy hot pot, mumbled, "Brother, I thought the materials I found were comprehensive enough, but I didn't expect you to find so much too."
Lan Mushang raised an eyebrow slightly. "I hope this is enough to keep him in prison for life."
Lan Yuxi took a napkin and smiled as he wiped his lips. "I'll have someone send the evidence to the police."
Lan Mushang shook his head. "No need. Someone was faster than us."
Lan Yuxi was stunned for a moment, a name flashing through his mind.
"Nan Xiao?"
"Mm." Lan Mushang's eyes turned utterly cold. "But you don't need to thank him. He did this not for you, but to protect his mother."