This had nothing to do with her; she hadn't done anything.
But besides her, who else would target them?
Xia Wantang instinctively thought of Ling Yuchen.
His words at the restaurant surfaced in her mind: he said he could help her, asking what she wanted to do?
She quickly dismissed the idea. Although she had spent a night with Ling Yuchen, he had no reason to go to such lengths for her.
If not Ling Yuchen, then it must be Xuanxuan?
Besides these two, she genuinely couldn't think of anyone else.
"What's wrong? Are your parents threatening you again?"
Wen Xuanxuan couldn't sit still any longer. Seeing Xia Wantang hadn't returned for so long, she hurried out to check on her.
Xia Wantang shook her head and said, "It's nothing. Let's go, we'll go watch a movie first."
Suppressing the questions in her heart, Xia Wantang pretended to be unconcerned.
Wen Xuanxuan refused to let it go. She grabbed Xia Wantang's hand and said angrily, "If there's something wrong, tell me. Don't you consider me your best friend?
You didn't even tell me your family went bankrupt. If you had, none of this would have happened."
Although she wouldn't help the Xia family, at least she wouldn't let Xia Wantang get hurt.
"It's not that serious. I'll tell you, okay?"
She truly didn't want to trouble Wen Xuanxuan. She knew the character of those people in the Xia family; once they latched onto you, it would be difficult to break free.
Xia Linfeng had indeed suggested she ask Wen Xuanxuan for help, but she had refused.
Perhaps seeing her outright refusal, he had assumed she would never seek Wen Xuanxuan's assistance and hadn't mentioned it again.
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Neither of them was in the mood for a movie anymore, so they went to the living room to sit down.
Xia Wantang told Wen Xuanxuan what had just happened.
Wen Xuanxuan immediately clapped her hands and exclaimed with satisfaction, "Serves them right! They deserve to go to jail for their wicked schemes. It's true retribution."
Xia Wantang smiled without speaking, but she had a rough idea. It seemed this matter had little to do with Wen Xuanxuan.
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After the call was hung up, Xia Wanfu was furious. When she tried to call again, the number was no longer reachable.
Only now did she realize she had no leverage over Xia Wantang at all.
She couldn't rely on Xia Wantang, and Xia Yichen was a good-for-nothing. She had to find a way herself.
She took out her phone, scrolled through her contacts, and called a few friends she usually got along with.
She wouldn't have asked if it weren't absolutely necessary.
She associated with friends from similar backgrounds; their families were all comparable to hers.
She knew in her heart that making these calls might not do much good, but it was a last resort.
One of the calls was to Su Yihan, whose family owned a designer shoe factory.
The call was quickly connected, and Xia Wanfu immediately pleaded, "Yihan, my parents have been arrested and taken to the police station. Do you have any way to help me?"
Su Yihan vaguely replied, "What can I do about this? You know, my family just runs a shoe factory, and we don't make as much as your family.
Ah, I can't talk anymore, my dad is calling me. I have to hang up."
After the call ended, even though she had anticipated the outcome, Xia Wanfu still felt extremely unhappy.
They were so nice to her usually, but when it mattered, they ran faster than rabbits.
Suppressing her anger, she called another sister named Wu Jiajia.
Her family owned a successful chain of food companies, and their business was thriving and expanding.
On the other end of the phone came labored breathing and fragmented speech: "Hello... Wan... Wanfu, what do you need?"
This peculiar voice made Xia Wanfu feel a bit awkward, and her face flushed, but she still shamelessly said:
"My parents have been arrested and taken to the police station, and our company is about to go bankrupt. Can you help me think of a way?"
A deeply suppressed voice came from the other end of the line, saying, "Okay, wait a moment."
After that, the call was hung up.
Xia Wanfu sighed, not holding out much hope.
She continued calling others, but as soon as they heard her situation, none were willing to help.
With no other options, she had to look through her contacts for other people.
Besides her close friends, there were also a few men who had pursued her.
Some of them came from well-off families, and she wouldn't have approached them if it weren't a desperate situation.
The situation was urgent now, so she couldn't afford to be so picky.
The calls were answered quickly, but as soon as she stated her intentions, they would quickly brush her off. No one was willing to help her.
Overwhelmed by helplessness, Xia Wanfu threw her phone onto the sofa, her head aching.
Her gaze fell upon Xia Yichen, who was sitting there blankly, not thinking of any solutions.
Xia Wanfu's anger flared instantly. She cursed, "Look at you! No wonder Dad calls you useless. You only know how to play games and can't even think of a solution."
"If you're so capable, what solution have you come up with?" Xia Yichen glared at Xia Wanfu and shouted, "You've made a whole round of calls, and still, no one is willing to talk to you. It's like you're so capable.
You're not even as good as Xia Wantang. Xia Wantang could sleep with someone and still salvage the company's interests!"
"You... are you even human?"
Xia Wanfu was so angry she started crying. Although she hadn't found anyone to help, she had at least tried, only to be spoken to like this.
Xia Yichen had just said it casually, but as the words left his mouth, an idea flashed in his mind.
He said, "Sister, although we can't save Mom and Dad, we must at least preserve the company. Why don't we ask Uncle Du..."
Looking at the way Xia Yichen was staring at her, Xia Wanfu had a bad feeling.
As expected, in the next second, she heard Xia Yichen say, "Go sleep with Uncle Du, and we can save the company. As long as the company is saved, I'll give you half of the shares."
Xia Wanfu trembled with rage, clenching her fists tightly. She gritted her teeth and said, "You can forget about that. I'd rather die, be a street beggar, starve to death, or freeze to death than do that."
Xia Yichen's smile gradually disappeared, his expression turning grim. His fierce eyes seemed as if he wanted to devour someone.
"I came up with a solution and you don't agree, but you call me useless if I don't. What exactly do you want?"
Xia Wanfu's heart pounded. A sliver of fear slowly spread in her heart.
The person before her reminded her of that day many years ago.
Xia Yichen's madness was etched into her memory.
Xia Yichen roared ferociously, "Speak! What do you want!"
He hated being called useless the most!
Xia Wanfu dared not say a word, sitting there motionless. She deeply regretted her actions.
She regretted provoking Xia Yichen, igniting his rage.
Just as the atmosphere between them was about to explode, the phone rang.
Xia Wanfu clutched it like a lifeline, quickly taking out her phone to check.
The call was from Wu Jiajia. She hurriedly pressed the answer button, her voice trembling.
"Hello, Jiajia."
While answering the phone, she kept observing Xia Yichen's expression. Seeing that he had returned to his expressionless state, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.