Chapter 56 - Shen Guiying.

When Chunlan woke up the next morning she screamed sonorously, her hands and legs destroying everything in their path alarming her family downstairs who were having breakfast. Her parents rushed in her room first, her father hugging her tightly successfully immobilizing her while her mother rushed to sit down beside her brushing her hair back. "Chunlan, what is wrong?"

"Turn on the lights! Turn it on! I can't see anything!" Chunlan repetitively screamed hysterically.

Her sisters had just arrived when they heard her words, sharing a worried look. Huizhong signaled a bodyguard forward and collected a syringe from him, soothing his daughter. "Okay we will turn on the lights, just breathe. Close your eyes and breathe."

Chunlan closed her eyes inhaling the morning air which eventually calmed her until she started to feel lightheaded. Huizhong saw his daughter go limp in his arms and immediately said. "Everyone, leave."

After ensuring he was alone, he made sure she was comfortable then shut the door lightly. Haifeng came to him, wrapping her arms around him as they walked down the stairs to his study discussing in low tones.

Haifeng looked devastated about the new condition of her daughter, her heart breaking at the thought of Chunlan staying blind forever. It was really too hard for her to imagine. "Chunlan has always been afraid of the dark. I am afraid this is difficult for her to accept."

Huizhong stroked his wife's back in thought. "Don't worry, I will not let our daughter suffer anymore."

Haifeng glanced at her husband. "Any news about Shen Ji?"

"Not yet. The last place she was seen was in Gran Chaco, Brazil. After that, she disappeared, leaving no trace behind."

"Then how do we find her?"

"Leave that to me." He spotted his personal bodyguard waiting for them in front of the study. "Yin Tao, what is it?"

"Madame Shen is waiting for you." He quickly bowed his head when he saw his boss' eyes darken in anger. "It is my fault, please punish me."

Haifeng saw the fingerprints on his cheek and knew that person could be only person who will dare do it so she held her husband's hand. "Let me accompany you. Yin Tao, you may leave." Seeing him not object, she followed him into his study.

A woman in a dark red suit sat on the chair smiling in a poised manner. She seemed to have notice another presence but did not bother to confirm it by turning around. Instead, she closed her purse and said. "Greetings, Eldest Brother."

Tang Huizhong grimaced as he sat across the beautiful woman, letting his wife sit on his leg. He looked at the woman opposite him who was the only female in his group, Shen Guiying. Shen Guiying was the undisputed leader in the jewellery sector of the country. Her influence stretched all over the mining industry, monopolizing all the metals and gems in the country.

"Why are you here?" He didn't even look at her but instead focused on playing with his wife's fingers.

Guiying seemed unfazed by his aloofness and gazed on his wife's fingers with complicated eyes. "We need to talk."

"Then talk."

Her facade crumbled slightly but she still struggled to proceed. "Wen Tianxiang's stupidity has caused a turbulence on the mining industry, making us lose more than 6.8 billion yuan this month. The President has placed indefinite export restrictions on gold and silver causing us to delay international orders. If this continues, we look continue to lose more money."

Huizhong finally placed his wife on a chair next to him before turning to face her with an indifferent aura. "Then meet with the Minister of Land and Resources. Why come to me?"

The woman fell silent, looking at him before leaning into the table to meet his eyes. "Da-ge, have the Shen family offended you?"

Huizhong's eyes creased into a smile, laughing at his crafty junior sister. He always felt goosebumps whenever she tried to act demure and never paid her any attention. He wondered why she insisted in doing it every time, causing her to lose face. "Did you do anything to offended me, mei-mei?"

Guiying played with the sapphire ring on her finger, hiding the cold, rancorous and calculating light under her coquettish and aggrieved appearance. "Eldest Brother, Shen family has nothing to do with the embezzlement by VK. We won't dare harm you."

"Really?Then why did you enter a stock war with them?" Tang Huizhong watched her lie through her teeth, swearing on her family's honor, then reminding him of their ties before pulling the killer move.

Giving him a restrained but teary look.

"Enough, let's forget about this matter. I will see what I can do about the matter." Huizhong was slightly amused that a proud and strong woman like her could go to this extent.

The situation must be dire.

He knew what Shen Guiying was capable of. She was a sly person who would never admit her faults in absence of sufficient evidence. If he insisted, he would look very heartless.

"Thank you, Eldest Brother. Then I won't delay you any further." She stood up abruptly with a straight face.

Huizhong hummed, bȧrėly acknowledging her departure until he heard the door close. He ignored his wife's glare to pour himself a drink. He finally couldn't take the drastic drop in temperature. "Don't look at me like that."

Haifeng gritted her teeth at his nonchalant attitude towards her displeasure. "Huizhong, don't make things hard for her."

"Wife, I am afraid that is impossible to do. She started this war."

"You have no intention to help her?"

"No." He dropped his glass, creating a loud thud in the tranquil atmosphere.

But Haifeng wasn't intimidated by this, in fact, she deliberately ignored his demeanour which portrayed a hint of impatience at the conversation they were having. "But the Shen family will suffer greatly, if this continues."

"Suffer?" Huizhong scoffed darkly.

The Shen women were known to do whatever it took to stay at the top, trying to overtake their male counterparts. If it were not for familial ties, he was sure that he would be the first person to die at the hands of Shen Guiying.

He had made his decision."Then so be it."

Shen Guiying who stayed to eavesdrop behind the closed doors was brimming with rage when she started walking. Her ȧssistant followed her with a worried face. "Madame, what do we do now?"

It was indeed a very precarious situation.

"I have always supported the Tang family and given them face in important matters. But now, we have offended them, they will not spare us this once?"

"We must deliver those silver by the end of the month, Madame." Her ȧssistant kindly reminded her, concealing her trembling anxiety from her voice at the perilous consequence looming over them.

"Since they won't help us, we will go to the only person that can suppress the President of this country."

Her ȧssistant's eyes widened. "You mean, we should meet that person......"

"As my Eldest Brother said, we Shen women will never be beneath men!" Shen Guiying tightened her fists with deadly resolution.