Chapter 285 - 283: Those Two Are Having an Affair

"How much did you sell that data for?" Xu Yue asked angrily.

"Two million," Xu Feifan replied, his voice muffled and tinged with a hint of resentment.

"It’s just two million. That’s not exactly a massive sum, so what kind of impact could it really have on the company?"

Xu Yue laughed, but her smile carried a biting bitterness.

"For two million, you sold out the lifeblood of the entire company.

"Do you have any idea how much we have to pay in breach of contract penalties for taking the new product off the shelves this week? Do you know how much we’ll have to spend on public relations to salvage the brand’s reputation after the consumers caused a scene?"

Xu Feifan’s lips moved. He finally raised his head, his voice filled with the defensive anger of someone backed into a corner. "Do you think I wanted to sell it? You cut off my living expenses! I couldn’t even afford to play mahjong anymore. If I didn’t sell the data, was I supposed to just starve?

"Besides, Boss Cheng said he just wanted to look at our formula. Even if he really researched it, so what? We hold the core technology anyway. How was I supposed to know he would take the data and report us?"

"And you just believed whatever he said?" Xu Yue’s voice finally rose in pitch. "Xu Feifan, how old are you this year? You’re thirty-five! Yet you’re still being led around by the nose like a five-year-old?"

Xu Feifan choked on his words and lowered his head in silence. Watching this scene from the sidelines, Yang Xun gained a whole new understanding of the depths of Xu Feifan’s stupidity. For a mere two million, this idiot had completely sold out his own sister’s company. Yet, after everything, he still felt wronged and claimed his hand was forced. He was simply foolish beyond belief.

"Did you just say that the two million was given to you directly by Boss Cheng?" Yang Xun suddenly spoke up.

Xu Feifan froze for a moment before nodding. "He had someone hand me a bag of cash, right in the casino’s private room."

"Did he mention anything about tampering with the product?"

Xu Feifan frowned and thought for a moment. "No. He said he just wanted to look at the formula data. He didn’t say anything else."

Yang Xun looked at Xu Yue, and she immediately understood his implication. While Xu Feifan was stupid, he wasn’t stupid enough to poison his own well. After all, if the Xu Family collapsed, his dividends as the eldest son would vanish right along with it. The tampering with the product was highly likely orchestrated by Cheng Ye’s people after they got their hands on the data.

Xu Yue took a deep breath. She walked over to the altar, placed the three sticks of incense into the censer, and then turned back to look at Xu Feifan, who was still kneeling on the floor. "Come here and kowtow to Mom and Dad to admit your mistakes!"

She barked the order. Xu Feifan looked defiant, but he didn’t dare disobey. He reasoned that kneeling to his parents wasn’t anything to be ashamed of anyway.

Seeing him earnestly kowtowing, Xu Yue’s anger finally dissipated a fraction. The coldness in her voice faded slightly, though it was still far from warm. "I will pursue legal action against Cheng Ye for this matter. As for you selling the company’s core data, I won’t call the police. However, don’t even think about getting a single cent from the family for the next six months. If something like this ever happens again, I won’t hesitate to send you to prison."

Xu Feifan instantly grew anxious and scrambled up from the floor. "Then what am I supposed to eat?!"

"Earn it yourself," Xu Yue shot him a glance. "At your age, you should know that money doesn’t just grow on trees."

Fury burned within Xu Feifan. He turned his head and caught Yang Xun looking at him with mocking eyes, which immediately reminded him of the scene he had witnessed the other day. He abruptly snapped his gaze back to Xu Yue, his voice laced with a long-suppressed vindictiveness. "Xu Yue, do you have any idea what kind of ’good deeds’ your wonderful husband has been up to right here in this house?

"I’ll tell you the truth. The reason I sold the company’s data was to get back at you and Yang Xun!"

"What do you mean?" Xu Yue furrowed her brows, not understanding his words.

"I saw it with my own eyes the other day! Yang Xun was holding my wife. Those two are sleeping together!"

As soon as those words left his mouth, the air in the living room fell dead silent for a second.

Xu Yue’s gaze landed on Xu Feifan’s face, her expression unchanging. "Say that again."

"I said Yang Xun and Meng Qiaofei are having an affair!" It was as if Xu Feifan had found a pressure valve. His voice rose a few notches. "In the middle of the night, they were hugging each other in the reception room. Oh, the intimacy... Tsk, tsk! If you don’t believe me, ask him! Let’s see if he dares to admit it!"

Right as his voice fell, the sound of a heavy object hitting the floor came from the entryway. Everyone looked toward the noise and saw Meng Qiaofei standing in the doorway, her bag dropped on the ground.

"Yueyue, don’t listen to his nonsense! Yang Xun did hug me that day, but I was heartbroken because of your brother. Yang Xun was just comforting me," Meng Qiaofei hastily explained.

"Bullshit! You cheap slut, you’re seducing men right inside our own home! No wonder you wouldn’t let me touch you. It turns out you had your sights set on Yang Xun all along!

"How is he better than me? Is he better in bed? Does he make you feel better?!" Xu Feifan roared at the top of his lungs.

He figured that since his life was miserable, nobody else should get to live in peace either. It would be best if he could stir up enough trouble to force Yang Xun and Xu Yue into a divorce.

SLAP!

Meng Qiaofei charged forward and viciously slapped Xu Feifan across the face. She gritted her teeth and said, "Shut up! How do you even have the nerve to say such things?

"Even if I really did cheat on you, it would be your fault! You lack the basic responsibility a man should have. You spend every day drinking and playing around with all sorts of shady women on the outside! What gives you the right to touch me?

"I think you’re filthy! It has absolutely nothing to do with anyone else."

Xu Feifan clutched his swollen, aching cheek, his eyes full of disbelief. He looked at Xu Yue and bellowed, "Xu Yue, kick this pair of adulterous dogs out! Otherwise, the Xu Family’s estate might just get snatched away by the two of them!"

Xu Yue’s gaze settled on Xu Feifan’s face. She remained silent for a few seconds before finally speaking. "Get out."

Xu Feifan looked entirely smug and grinned cheekily. "Did you hear that? She’s telling you to leave! This is the Xu family’s villa, after all."

"I said I want you out. This family does not welcome you!" Xu Yue’s voice wasn’t loud, but her irrefutable tone left Xu Feifan standing there, dumbstruck.

"You’re telling me to leave?" he asked in utter disbelief, his face turning pale and then red. Finally, he gritted his teeth and spun around, striding toward the door. As he reached the entryway, he threw one last remark over his shoulder. "Fine! I’ll go. You don’t believe me now, but sooner or later, you’ll regret it!"

BANG. The heavy front door slammed shut.

With Xu Feifan gone, only Yang Xun, Xu Yue, and Meng Qiaofei remained in the living room. On the altar, the three half-burnt sticks of incense curled wisps of blue smoke into the air.

"Yueyue, I heard something happened with the company. How are things now?" Meng Qiaofei walked over, asking with a look of concern.

Xu Yue forced a tight smile. Still harboring pent-up frustration, she recounted everything that had happened that day.

"That bastard, how could he do such a thing!" Meng Qiaofei’s eyes reddened with anger as she held Xu Yue’s hands to comfort her.

"Actually, someone from Meiyan Biotechnology called me before. I don’t know where Cheng Ye heard that we were researching a new active ingredient, but he said he wanted to collaborate and purchase our cosmetic milk. Of course, I refused.

"I know Cheng Ye is definitely worried that once the Ninghua Cream hits the shelves, it will suppress Meiyan Biotechnology’s high-end products. That’s why he resorted to these underhanded tactics," Xu Yue said with a heavy sigh.