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Chapter 57.2
Editor: Princess
With love nourishing him, Tang Zhou’s career also started getting back on track.
Even though he had left the Tang family, plenty of people in the industry still kept an eye on him.
Some people couldn’t help but talk shit, waiting to see him crash and burn, thinking he’d end up like a stray dog, but in the end, he actually built his company up.
Meanwhile, the Tang Group, after losing Tang Zhou and his trusted allies, sank right back into the same stagnant mess.
Even though Tang Tianyang had a marriage alliance with Du Ruoyu, tying the Tang family and the Du family together, both families were already past their prime, hence their forced alliance only slowed down the inevitable decline.
Without a capable leader, without anyone willing to make bold changes, all they could do was watch as their once-mighty ship got swallowed up by the tides of time.
Tang Tianyang had never been at the core of power. All he knew was that the Tang Group was a massive empire, and its wealth was more than enough for him to live comfortably for most of his life. What he didn’t realize was that once the Tang Group collapsed, all his so-called dreams would never come true.
Before, when Tang Zhou had fought tooth and nail to save the company, even lowering himself to be Fu Shen’s assistant to pay off debts—Tang Tianyang had seen it all and assumed running a company was easy.
But when he actually had to do it himself, he realized it was way harder than he thought.
The stubborn old geezers, the suffocating rules and the difficult business partners, they all slowly dragged him into a spiral of helpless self-doubt.
Watching the Tang Group fall apart right in front of him was unbearable.
He didn’t want to be the “ruler of a fallen kingdom”. He didn’t want to take responsibility.
No matter how many years passed, Tang Tianyang was still Tang Tianyang. His first instinct was always to run. Once he had milked all the benefits he could, he’d let the Tang Group rot without a second thought.
And Tang Zhou was just waiting to catch him slipping.
He’d thought that being a few years older in this world would make him smarter, but nope—same dumb mistakes, just a different setting.
Right when the financial crimes team received a report, a DNA test landed on Tang Zhihua’s desk, confirming the “biological relationship” between Tang Tianyang and Tang Zhen.
Tang Zhihua’s first reaction? Complete disbelief.
But it was too easy to verify, what’s more no one would dare use a fake report to stir up trouble.
So, he secretly ordered another test.
And sure enough, Tang Tianyang wasn’t Tang Zhen’s son!
The old man was so shaken that he ended up in the hospital.
And the first thing he said when he woke up was that he wanted to see Tang Zhou.
Uncle Fang reported dutifully, “Young Master Zhou isn’t in Jiang City. His phone is off, and we haven’t been able to reach him.”
Tang Zhihua: “….”
His tired, cloudy eyes blinked open as he asked weakly, “What did the investigation find?”
Seeing his hopeless expression, Uncle Fang’s eyes reddened as he replied, “That guy from Longxin Real Estate isn’t Tang Tianyang’s uncle, he’s his real father.”
Tang Zhihua nearly passed out again.
That massive hole Tang Zhen burned in the company’s finances was all because of that gambler “uncle”! If it weren’t for Tang Zhou’s skills, the Tang Group would’ve been dead long ago. Long gone!
Tang Zhihua was drowning in regret. Deep, soul-crushing regret!
Everything the Tang family built had ended up benefiting an outsider!
He snapped in fury, “Throw Tang Tianyang out immediately!”
Uncle Fang: “After you collapsed, the financial crimes team took Tang Tianyang in for questioning. They discovered he’d transferred a huge amount of the company’s assets overseas—”
“What?!” Tang Zhihua’s eyes nearly popped out. “Then what about the company…?”
Uncle Fang sighed, choosing silence over words.
The light in Tang Zhihua’s eyes dimmed instantly. Even without an answer, he already knew.
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The Tang Group’s downfall sent shockwaves through Jiang City’s business world.
All their past glory couldn’t light up the darkness ahead.
Tang Zhihua was, after all, just an old man now.
He had no way of saving a ship that had already sunk.
By the time Tang Zhou and Fu Shen returned from their island vacation, the Tang Group’s collapse was plain for all to see.
As for Tang Tianyang? He’d be spending the next few years in prison.
When Tang Zhen learned that Tang Tianyang wasn’t his real son, he kicked his mistress out, then drowned himself in alcohol and pleasure, only to be ridiculed by his so-called friends when he couldn’t even afford his drinks. In the end, he slunk back to his now-empty house in shame.
The Du family, caught in the Tang Group’s downfall, started crumbling as well. Even though Du Ruoyu broke off her engagement with Tang Tianyang hurriedly, the decline was irreversible.
Meanwhile, Tang Zhou’s company rose up as Jiang City’s new business dark horse.
When Uncle Fang called him, Tang Zhou felt nothing.
This time, he wouldn’t step in to save the Tang Group. Because in this world, the betrayals had already happened.
Snuggled up in Fu Shen’s arms, he tilted his head up and kissed his chin. “Want to meet the family?”
Fu Shen held him tight. “You’re not afraid that Old Master Tang might get too worked up?”
After all, Tang Zhou had been kicked out of the Tang family over a fake photo.
Tang Zhou chuckled. “You’re so great, what’s there to be mad about?”
Fu Shen silenced his mouth that was smeared with honey with a kiss, savoring every bit of sweetness.
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