The Billionaire's Hidden Affection-Chapter 689 - 686: The Frankness of a Foot-Scratching Big Man 1_1

Wan Donglin was up all night. His computer remained on.

For several days straight, the entire market had experienced a huge shake-up, but it finally steadied by the end of the day. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Old Zhou also breathed a sigh of relief.

He knew that this terrifying escape had temporarily come to an end. At least, with his current run of good fortune, he definitely wouldn’t dare to act recklessly again.

He turned on his phone to find hundreds of unread messages on his messaging app.

"Big-toe picker, I miss you so much... Are you okay?"

"Please let me know something... even just a little bit... I beg you..."

"You, you bad guy, I won’t talk to you anymore..."

"I’ve decided, I’m going to find someone new, I don’t want you anymore..."

"I officially declare, I don’t want you anymore..."

All of these were concentrated in the first month. There were very few messages in the following two months.

Reading through them all, he couldn’t help but smile. But when he saw a picture of her with Li Zhen, he stopped smiling. That kid is an eyesore, a real eyesore. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

It wasn’t until early morning that there was a knock at the door. He was slightly surprised when he saw who appeared there.

"Ms. Liu, why the rush?"

Liu Daqing stood tall, but her face clearly showed signs of exhaustion. After all, she was approaching her seventies. Unless the matter was extremely serious, she wouldn’t have flown back by private jet. She inspected her son from head to toe, only slightly relaxing when she confirmed that he was whole and intact.

Wan Donglin quickly offered his mother a cup of black tea. I feel so guilty. If I hadn’t gotten myself into this mess, Mom wouldn’t have had to rush back like this.

"Before I came back, I saw Old Zhou first."

Wan Donglin wasn’t surprised.

"We had a one-hour meeting alone and spoke quite frankly."

This meeting was something Wan Donglin had secured over the past two or three months of his disappearance. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have even had the chance to meet.

"I made it clear to him that as long as he doesn’t continue, we will stop here. However, if he insists on continuing, then we’re ready for mutual destruction."

The data was already prepared, like a time bomb, ready to be made public at any time. If we’re going to die, we might as well all go down together.

"Mom, I could’ve handled the conversation with him. Why did you have to take the risk?"

Liu Daqing replied coldly, "What can he do to an old woman like me? He’s a smart man. Even if he managed to take me down, it wouldn’t do him any good. Besides, just like him, I’m halfway in the grave. What plans can he possibly have that I don’t know of? Why should I fear him?"

Wan Donglin sighed deeply. That’s just Lady Daqing’s style; she’s always been like this.

"A lot of unexpected things happened in these two months," Liu Daqing continued. "They seem unrelated on the surface, but in fact, a hidden hand connects them all. Old Zhou’s rush to make his moves was beyond our estimations.

"Initially, if he hadn’t bothered us, we would have turned a blind eye. But he’s far too intolerant of any dissent—it’s ’prosper those who follow me, perish those who oppose me’ with him.

"Donglin, even though you took such a risk, you’ve made a great contribution this time..."

Wan Donglin gave a wry smile. Being a fish on someone else’s chopping block was never his style. His philosophy was simple: live and let live, but anyone who harmed him would be eliminated.

"I originally thought you’d fled to Hawaii..."

He said calmly, "Actually, I’ve never left."