Xu Chen had been watching Shen Yueran's shameless performance with a complicated expression. Then he turned to look at Huo Chengye.
And froze.
His boss was actually smiling.
Xu Chen stood there in shock, feeling as if the world had turned upside down. He stared at Huo Chengye's face again, just to make sure his eyes were not deceiving him.
So you really do know how to smile…
On the other side, the man who had been acting as the cameraman inside the club and sending everything live to Huo Chengye also had a complicated expression on his face.
He held the phone carefully while staring at the messy scene around him.
A good club had been turned into a complete asylum by these people.
He silently made a decision in his heart.
Later, he would definitely warn all his close brothers to avoid this place.
If they valued their lives, they should not casually step into a club under Mingxiao Hall's control ever again.
Meanwhile, Liang Zhen was already working on the aftermath.
The chaos had settled, but the scene left behind was miserable enough to make anyone's head ache. Blood stained the floor. Broken glass was everywhere. A few overturned tables still lay where they had fallen. Groans of pain rose now and then from the injured men who had not yet been moved.
Liang Zhen's face had an irritated expression as he gave one order after another.
"Carry the injured to the hospital first."
"Move the ones with broken limbs carefully."
"Get those people out of here."
"Hurry up."
The Mingxiao men immediately followed his orders and began clearing the place.
Liang Zhen did not stop for even a moment.
Only after arranging everything and making sure the worst of the mess was under control did he finally turn and walk toward Shen Yueran and report everything.
But before he could even open his mouth, Shen Yueran looked at him and waved her hand in annoyance.
"What are you doing?"
Her tone was full of displeasure.
"Don't tell me anything from now on."
Liang Zhen stopped.
Shen Yueran leaned back lazily, her expression filled with grievance and irritation, as though she were the one who had suffered a great injustice tonight.
"This Mingxiao Hall is yours now. You don't have to report me anything. Handle everything yourself"
She did not even give him the chance to reply.
With one sentence, she directly threw the whole thing at him and then impatiently shooed him away as though he were some fly making noise near her ear.
Liang Zhen stood there silently with an aggrieved expression as Shen Yueran got up and walked away.
Liang Zhen looked at her disappearing figure and felt another wave of irritation rise in his chest.
Once again, she had caused all the trouble and dumped all the work on him and he could only resign himself to fate.
What else could he do?
On the other side, Huo Chengye sat quietly in front of the screen, watching the live scene until the end.
From Shen Yueran's shameless acting, to Liang Zhen cleaning up after her, to the final moment she simply walked off and left everything behind—he watched it all.
Then, without a word, he saved the recording.
Not just saved it.
He placed it into his private folder.
Huo Chengye finally looked up.
His cold gaze landed on Xu Chen, who had still not managed to completely hide the strange expression on his face.
"What are you staring at?"
Xu Chen immediately came back to his senses.
He straightened up at once and lowered his head.
"Nothing, Boss."
Huo Chengye simply shifted his gaze back to the screen before speaking.
"Put aside all the work you have right now."
Xu Chen instantly focused.
"I have a very important task for you right now."
His mind instantly began to run through possibilities.
But what he did not expect was that Huo Chengye's next sentence would shock him once again.
Huo Chengye raised a hand and pointed at Shen Yueran's image frozen on the screen.
"Gather every piece of information about this person."
"Her likes. Her dislikes. Everything about her."
"I need it on my desk immediately."
Xu Chen looked at the screen, then at Huo Chengye, then back at the screen again.
For a moment, he truly could not understand what he was hearing.
It sounded even more serious than some company acquisitions. Xu Chen could not stop himself from speaking.
"Boss…"
Huo Chengye glanced at him.
Xu Chen hesitated, but still forced himself to continue.
"Why are we investigating this person"
The words had barely fallen when Huo Chengye's face turned a little colder.
The air around him immediately dropped by several degrees.
Xu Chen felt his scalp tighten.
Huo Chengye looked at him and asked flatly, "Do I need to explain every one of my decisions to you?"
Xu Chen's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately apologized and said
"This job will be finished according to your wishes."
Only then did Huo Chengye withdraw his gaze.
Xu Chen let out a sigh of relief inside, but his mind had already become even more restless.
Xu Chen quietly suppressed all the strange thoughts in his head.
But one more thought soon rose again.
Should he tell the Old Madam about all this?
If the old madam found out that Huo Chengye had smiled while watching a woman and then ordered a full investigation into her likes and dislikes, what would her reaction even be?
Xu Chen truly did not know.
He thought about it for a while, then decisively rejected the idea.
No.
He would wait for now. He would watch how this developed first.
After that, if necessary, he could report it to the old madam later.
That was safer.
After the night passed, morning arrived quickly.
And with the arrival of morning, a huge commotion broke out inside the Huo Family.
The news spread fast.
Young Master Huo Shenkai from the second branch had been attacked at a club and was now seriously hospitalized.
And the moment the news reached every one, the entire Huo Family was thrown into turmoil.
As for who had attacked him, that was still under questioning and investigation.
Everyone who had been present at the club last night was being questioned one by one.
No one dared treat it lightly.
Within the Huo Family, the same thought appeared in everyone's minds.
Who could possibly have the guts to attack the Huo Family?
That was not just beating a young master in a fit of anger.
That was slapping the Huo Family's face directly.
It was provocation.
It was humiliation.
And it was something the Huo Family would never ignore.
Inside the huge family estate, servants walked more carefully than usual. The younger generation did not dare speak too loudly. The elders' expressions were ugly. Even the air in the mansion carried a heavy pressure.
Everyone knew this was not a small matter.
Someone had crossed a line.
The only question now was—
who exactly had done it?