Eighties Sweetheart Wife
Chapter 181 He Just Wants to Drive Me to My Death!_1

Chapter 181: Chapter 181 He Just Wants to Drive Me to My Death!_1

Shangguan Heng’s eyes flickered as he clutched his chest and said, "I’m older than both of you. Do you think I don’t yearn for it?"

Chairman Zhong sneered and said, "Could Xia Xindong have foreseen the future? Why has he suddenly started his research work now? Is it deliberate? Shangguan Heng, is there anything else you haven’t told us?"

Shangguan Heng’s brow furrowed as he slammed his hand on the table, "You’ve reminded me."

He then told them about how his sister was threatened by a seventeen-year-old girl, Song Yunuan, who was also Xia Xindong’s niece.

Shangguan Heng said, "I didn’t pay attention at first. It was just a seventeen-year-old girl, who might have found out by chance, but now it seems that there is something unusual about this matter."

The other two exchanged glances.

This situation was truly bizarre.

The more bizarre the matter, the more apprehensive they became. Should they let this person go or not?

The three of them sat in silence with somber expressions on their faces.

Whether bizarre or not, they weren’t too concerned about that.

What they were concerned about was the issue with the Tax Bureau.

This was not a gamble they dared to take.

Xia Bowen was not joking.

He would definitely make the call.

Once this call was made, everything would be ruined.

Only then did the three realize the severity of the issue.

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Exhausted, Xia Bowen walked out of his study and saw several people sitting on the sofa.

One was his eldest son, Xia Ming; another was Shangguan Wan; and there was also Xia Bowen’s third son, Xia Zhi, who was irresponsible and flippant, chatting incoherently.

Yet he was quite supportive of Shangguan Wan because he was going to Xiangjiang.

Also, sitting aside was Xia Bowen’s younger daughter, Xia Liying, who at twenty-two had just broken up with her boyfriend.

Her eyes were red and swollen from crying, clearly in need of comfort. Unexpectedly, upon returning home, she felt the household was also in disarray.

Even the nanny, Xiao Qin, was evasive with her gaze.

Xia Liying was even more upset.

Shangguan Yunqi suddenly stood up from the sofa, about to say something, when Xia Bowen said, "Shangguan Yunqi, come to my study."

Xia Ming exchanged glances with his brother and sister, and the living room became much quieter.

Xia Zhi spoke with indifference, "Little Sister Wan, my mom is just in a bad mood for a moment. Don’t you know how much she dotes on you?

She even went to Nanshan County Town to help you with matchmaking.

There might have been some setbacks just now, but once they’re over, your matters will definitely be sorted out."

Xia Liying snorted coldly, stamped her feet heavily, and then stomped upstairs.

Xia Ming frowned, wondering why things had felt so chaotic at home these past few days?

It was as if everything had been turned upside down.

Before he could say anything, he heard the sound of crashing from the study, followed by Shangguan Yunqi’s frenzied shrieking.

The study was very soundproof.

If such noises were audible in the living room, one could imagine how much force Shangguan Yunqi was using.

So Xia Ming rushed to knock on the door.

But no one opened it for him.

Then, Xia Zhi and Shangguan Wan, who were sitting on the sofa, also stood up in surprise.

Soon, the study door swung open.

A disheveled Shangguan Yunqi, upon seeing Xia Ming standing at the door, had tears streaming down her face.

She grabbed Xia Ming and said with a choke, "Xiao Ming, your dad, he wants to drive me to my death."

Xia Ming was very puzzled.

In other families, parents would fight vehemently when they were young, almost turning the house upside down, but as the parents aged and the children grew up, things would finally settle down.

Why did it seem like it was the opposite in his family?

His parents had just celebrated their sixtieth birthdays.

Since their birthdays were only three days apart, they celebrated together.

It was a beautiful story, how happy and joyful the whole family was at that time.

Xia Ming also felt very fortunate.

Because he lived in a family where his parents loved each other and were happy.

But how did everything suddenly change?

Yes, it changed after his mother suddenly went to Nanshan County Town.

But when he went to Nanshan County Town, from beginning to end, he never saw Zhu Feng appear, and he could tell that Xia Guilan and Xia Xinshan had no intention of recognizing their biological father.

So what was all this about?

Therefore, he said patiently, "Mom, what’s going on? Dad is so good to you, how can he bear to drive you to death?

You shouldn’t wrong him, some things you can’t just say without thinking, they hurt people’s feelings."

"No, your dad has changed now, for his own career and status, he does want to drive me to death!"

Xia Bowen, no longer as gentle as before, said gravely, "Let’s have a family meeting."

Shangguan Yunqi suddenly shrieked, "What family meeting, what do you mean? Xia Bowen, do you really want to drive me to death?"

Xia Bowen, holding back his anger, said, "Shangguan Yunqi, can’t you see that this is a dead end?"

Shangguan Yunqi suddenly turned around and lunged at him again, but this time, instead of clawing at Xia Bowen, she grasped his arms and suddenly pleaded in a soft voice, "Bowen, I know you’re the most powerful and smartest.

You must be able to find a way to break this situation and allow me to safely get out of it.

I don’t hold thoughts of revenge against anyone; I just hope we can safely get through this."

Before Xia Bowen could speak, Xia Ming couldn’t help saying, "Mom, that day I asked you, and you didn’t tell me the truth, what’s the deal with you going to Nanshan County Town?

Right, you and Song Yunuan seemed to be speaking in riddles, what were you talking about?

Were you really just looking at each other?

Dad, let’s have a family meeting, we all have the right to know the truth.

If someone intends to harm us, shouldn’t we be on guard?

Otherwise, we wouldn’t even know how we died."

Xia Bowen nodded and asked Xia Ming to call his brother Xia Sheng back home.

As it happened, the other two were also at home.

Shangguan Yunqi wanted to stop them, but Xia Bowen had to say, "This is a dead end, it’s not that I want to drive you to death, it’s that you have brought this upon yourself, the way I spoke earlier was the best way out."

For no apparent reason, Xia Ming’s heart sank.

In his eyes, his father was omnipotent, so how could he suddenly say that this was a dead end?

The Xia family sat together, including Shangguan Wan, and although Shangguan Yunqi wanted to feign death, everyone was waiting for her, so she had no choice but to sit down, though reluctantly.

So, holding back his rage, Xia Bowen spelled out word for word what had happened in 1950, including the threat that Song Yunuan, who had suddenly come to know the truth, posed to Shangguan Yunqi.

After hearing this, the others were somewhat dumbfounded, but Xia Liying, who had the most arrogant temper, very much like her mother, slammed the table and shouted shrilly, "A mere Song Yunuan, just some village tramp, who does she think she is? Shameless, how dare she threaten my mom. Watch me go to Nanshan County Town right now, if I don’t kill her, I’ll at least tear her mouth apart and pull her hair out.

Country girls like her, I’ve seen plenty. They just want to take advantage. Now she’s using this opportunity to try to come back to the Xia family; Dad, let me tell you, no way!"

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