Inheritance of Two Trillion

Chapter 825: Chapter 825: The Dust Settles

”Mr. Chen, I’m asking you, come on, speak up, I want to hear too!” Bai Xiaosheng said with a smile, raising his voice, ”You mentioned that reckless scammer, that bad guy who deceived everyone—who is he? Do I know him?”

Chen Jiutian’s eyes widened in fright as he stared straight at Bai Xiaosheng.

He opened his mouth but couldn’t utter a word.

”I guess that person over there has swindled the general managers of twenty-four top-tier conglomerates in your group.”

”Not only deceiving them but also using all kinds of tricks and schemes to drag them into corruption and fraud, right?”

”However, the people under you were forced into corruption, yet they could pull back from the brink, worry not about their futures, and bravely come forward to denounce and expose, showing a heart of utter sincerity, which is admirable and commendable! All thanks to Mr. Chen’s excellent leadership!”

”Mr. Chen Jiutian, you even used your brother as bait, all in the name of public duty, which is admirable!” Bai Xiaosheng said with a smile.

Chen Jiutian’s eyes suddenly contracted—how did Bai Xiaosheng know there were twenty-four companies involved!

This number couldn’t possibly be a guess!

In the current situation, no one present showed any surprise or shock on their faces, but their eyes gleamed with mockery.

Watching him, like a monkey jumping around in a performance.

This could only mean one thing!

He was betrayed!

Documents scattered from Chen Jiutian’s hands as he angrily looked towards Zheng Honghu on stage.

Zheng Honghu was smiling at him, his eyes full of admiration and approval, seemingly praising silently, his acting was good.

”Zheng Honghu, you bastard, you deceived me!” Chen Jiutian roared in anger, pointing at Zheng Honghu and addressing Mr. Xiahou Qi, ”Mr. President, Elder Xia, this guy was the one who directed me to act this out, it was him, he tricked me! And Bai Xiaosheng too, they were in it together, they both deceived me!”

Chen Jiutian felt incredibly wronged, filled with anger.

He had trusted Zheng Honghu so much, yet Zheng Honghu had deceived and betrayed him!

Zheng Honghu listened with a grin, as if Chen Jiutian was complimenting him.

”Watch your tone, Chen Jiutian!” Mr. Xiahou Qi said sternly.

”Elder Xia, hear me out, it was all Zheng Honghu’s deception, he made me say those things. You’ve reprimanded him publicly multiple times, you know his character, right!” Chen Jiutian said urgently.

At this moment, he was like a headless fly, unable to find any direction or logic.

Only thinking about whom he could bite, making someone else the scapegoat.

Mr. Xiahou Qi looked at him deeply, then surveyed the audience.

”I believe by now, everyone must understand. Great Official Zheng Honghu, for today, has made many sacrifices. Here, I want to vindicate him, he is a man of integrity and deserving of respect, I, on behalf of the Office, thank him!”

Downstage, Bai Xiaosheng, with a smile, led the applause.

And then, the applause erupted.

Chen Jiutian looked dazedly at this scene.

Praising Zheng Honghu, praising his ’many sacrifices’ for today?!

It’s all fake! All of it! Zheng has never been targeted by Mr. Xiahou Qi!

This has all been a play, performed for... me!

Suddenly, Chen Jiutian felt a chill, a bone-deep chill that made his heart quiver, and his body tremble.

Zheng Honghu knew too many of his secrets.

Chen Jiutian struggled to furrow his brows, starting to think.

Since when did he trust Zheng Honghu, a man he wasn’t very close to, so completely!

Chen Jiutian recollected everything.

It started with cooperation, born from ”fellow sufferers,” later having Bai Xiaosheng as a common enemy, fueled by mutual revenge, until Chen Jiuzheng met with trouble, and he was blackmailed, thus he decided to retaliate and recognize Zheng Honghu.

What about the Hedong Province industry leaders having leverage over Zheng Honghu, as well as having a hold on Zheng Honghu!

It was all a trap!

No wonder I was able to find Zheng’s weak spots so easily at the beginning!

Looking back, everything was traceable!

Chen Jiutian had understood now, but it was too late.

Step by step, his intelligence seemed to have deserted him as he fell into the other party’s plot.

Both Zheng and Bai were in it together!

Only I was a complete fool, manipulated thoroughly.

The mastermind behind the scenes? He exists! It’s none other than Mr. Xiahou Qi of the Greater China Region!

Only he could arrange everything! To set me up! Chen Jiutian had an epiphany, fully awakening without a doubt.

”All of you are framing me, none of you are good!” In his despair, Chen Jiutian threw down what he held in his hands and angrily pointed at Xiahou Qi, at Zheng Honghu, at Bai Xiaosheng, yelling, ”I will report to the highest level of the corporation, I will accuse you! I want to...”

Yes, Zheng Honghu had looked at the documents, but he hadn’t taken them away!

That, Chen Jiutian remembered clearly!

Just relying on what Zheng Honghu verbally recounted, what does that matter to anyone who heard it if you can’t bring out the evidence!

Facing Chen Jiutian’s hysteria, everyone else seemed unusually quiet.

The crazier a person acts, the more it shows his inner powerlessness.

Everyone knew this.

”Chen Jiutian, any struggle is futile, I have photographed all that evidence, before you arrived, we all had already seen it! Thank you for trusting me,” said Zheng Honghu.

Chen Jiutian looked at Zheng Honghu with a mix of shock and anger.

I had shown him those private documents involving my assets, yet I hadn’t let him take them away, only to find out Zheng Honghu had secretly recorded them.

That kind of high-definition secret recording equipment, the affairs department had it, but I had forgotten!

”No wonder, when you were looking at the documents, so thoroughly, so slowly, you even, you...” Chen Jiutian felt like he was about to vomit blood.

Now there was undeniable evidence! Who should he appeal to, who could he accuse?

If the matter even reached the highest level of the corporation, it was he who was the problem and should be dealt with!

Realizing this, Chen Jiutian’s face turned ashen.

”Mr. Chen Jiutian, aren’t you curious why we all gathered here today, why everyone is here, for what kind of meeting?” Bai Xiaosheng suddenly asked.

This question made Chen Jiutian turn towards Bai Xiaosheng, his eyes wide and questioning.

”Today’s meeting is for you! We’ve already concluded the hearing for the first half. At this point, if you have nothing to say, we can finish here!” Bai Xiaosheng said calmly.

Chen Jiutian’s eyes widened, but not out of surprise, rather a realization of ”so that’s it.”

Possibly, Zheng Honghu had painstakingly arranged this counterattack, partly to extract evidence, and partly to give him the illusion he could turn the tables to lure him into a trap instead of fleeing!

With the content and amount of his embezzlement and corruption, he was likely facing at least ten years of imprisonment.

Chen Jiutian was not ignorant of the law, on the contrary, he understood it.

”Do you have anything else to say?” Xiahou Qi looked at him, asking calmly.

Everyone was watching him.

Chen Jiutian felt a wave of weakness throughout his body, and under everyone’s gaze, he actually fell to the ground, his expression indescribably desperate and forlorn.

”I am finished.”

These were the last words Chen Jiutian said, only three words.

Incredibly concise, yet more telling than a thousand words.