Chapter 585 Despicable and Shameless
"You won't let me pass even if it means death? Fine, then you all die!"
Upon hearing this, Huo Xin's eyes turned frantic. With a wave of his hand, he roared, "Charge through them!"
Boom!
The engine roared like a wild beast's cry!
The next moment, the earth trembled as the excavators slowly advanced.
Watching the excavators approaching with overwhelming momentum, the Huo family members, who had been so resolute moments before, couldn't help but change color. They squeezed their eyes shut tightly.
They knew what awaited them, but they absolutely could not retreat!
The Huo family would never yield! This was the last vestige of their backbone after all these years!
Unyielding spirit!
As the excavators were about to arrive, to crush the flesh and blood of the Huo family, many closed their eyes.
But at the critical moment, suddenly, the excavators stopped abruptly...
"What's going on?"
Seeing the excavators suddenly halt, everyone was stunned. The Huo family members opened their eyes, filled with confusion.
Huo Xin shouted towards the excavator cabin, "Get moving! Don't you want your wages?"
Before his words could even finish, the excavators roared to life again. However, only one excavator moved, and it was the one behind Huo Xin.
The Huo family's faces contorted. They had thought the excavator drivers had stopped because they were afraid of causing fatalities, but it was clear they had overestimated them.
However, what happened next shocked everyone. That single excavator began to crush Huo Xin!
"What the hell... you son of a bitch..."
Huo Xin's eyes widened in disbelief as he roared in fury, "Stop! Stop immediately!"
But the excavator remained unmoved, continuing to charge towards Huo Xin.
Huo Xin couldn't care about anything else and turned to run!
He tripped and fell several times, but the excavator behind him kept pace, no matter how fast or slow Huo Xin ran, it stayed right on his heels.
The excavator's massive front shovel was like the Grim Reaper's scythe, filling Huo Xin with terror!
Huo Xin ran desperately, panting like an ox, his tongue hanging out, exhausted like a dead dog, yet he couldn't shake off the excavator. Finally, with no strength left, he collapsed onto the ground.
At that moment, the excavator caught up. Its digging arm was raised high, then suddenly bent, and the digging bucket swung down towards Huo Xin's head.
If that hit a person, it would surely pulp them!
"Ah—"
Huo Xin screamed in terror, raising his arms to protect his head.
One second, two seconds...
But the digging bucket didn't fall!
Huo Xin slowly opened his eyes and saw the digging bucket stopped just above his head. He breathed a sigh of relief, dropped his arms, and slumped back onto the ground.
He gasped for air.
At that moment, the excavator door opened, and a young man jumped out, a cigarette dangling from his lips, looking at Huo Xin mockingly. "Oh? Why aren't you running anymore?"
"It's you? How did you get into the excavator?"
Huo Xin's eyes widened in surprise as he looked at the young man.
The person in the excavator wasn't their driver; it was Chen Xuan!
"What about it being me? Weren't you so tough? Weren't you going to crush your own clansmen with an excavator?"
Chen Xuan kicked Huo Xin, who was like scum, to the ground.
Huo Xin scrambled up, his pants soaked, and said furiously, "How dare you hit me... What does this have to do with you? This is our Huo family's business! You outsiders have no right to interfere!"
"I have no right to interfere?" Chen Xuan smirked.
"Yes!"
Huo Xin gritted his teeth.
"Who said Mr. Chen has no right to interfere?"
Before the words could even register, a teeth-gritting voice was heard.
Huo Zhengfeng and Huo Yuhao rushed out from the crowd, their gazes so cold they looked like they could tear Huo Xin to shreds.
Upon seeing Huo Zhengfeng, Huo Xin's face changed instantly.
"Is that enough for this time?" Chen Xuan chuckled.
Huo Zhengfeng and Huo Yuhao quickly thanked Chen Xuan, "Thank you, Mr. Chen, for your timely intervention. Otherwise, our Huo family would have suffered a fatality!"
Chen Xuan waved his hand and said lightly, "It was just a small gesture. I couldn't just stand by and watch someone get hurt for no reason."
He was a doctor, possessing the virtue of saving lives.
Naturally, he wouldn't stand by and watch someone suffer unjustly.
"Uncle..." Huo Xin swallowed hard, forcing the words out through his teeth.
Huo Zhengfeng was the head of the Huo family.
He was still somewhat intimidated.
"Slap!"
Huo Zhengfeng slapped Huo Xin across the face and cursed, "I am not your uncle! How dare you do something so wicked! Your entire family is hereby removed from the family tree! All assets under your family's name are confiscated!"
Huo Xin's legs went weak, and he knelt on the ground.
He had lost everything. What was the difference between him and a stray dog?
"Uncle, I was wrong, I had no choice, I owe a huge debt..." Huo Xin pleaded.
But Huo Yuhao kicked him away, scolding, "No matter how much you owe, it doesn't give you the right to destroy the Huo family's ancestral hall!"
Huo Xin was struck as if by lightning.
He thought he was finished, but then he saw Tang Chen and shouted desperately, "Young Master Tang! Help me!"
"Patriarch Huo, although Huo Xin is a member of your Huo family, he is currently under my protection. It's not right for you to bully him like this."
Tang Chen walked over. He glanced at Huo Xin with disgust but still spoke.
He wouldn't normally bother with such a stray dog, but since he was still useful, he had to protect him!
Huo Zhengfeng gritted his teeth and said, "Bully him? If anyone is bullying, it's you! You razed my Huo family's ancestral hall without the consent of my Huo family. How do you propose we settle this debt?"
This guy was clearly twisting the facts.
Tang Chen smiled slightly and said, "This is my territory. If I want to demolish it, I will! What, do I need to ask you?"
"Your territory?" The Huo family members were taken aback.
Tang Chen's lips curved into a wicked smile. "Patriarch Huo, have you forgotten that you sold it to me?"
The Huo family members exchanged glances, and Huo Zhengfeng looked utterly bewildered.
Huo Zhengfeng scoffed, "What nonsense are you talking about? When did I ever sell it to you?"
Tang Chen smiled sinisterly and, with full confidence, pulled a contract from his briefcase and threw it at Huo Zhengfeng.
Huo Zhengfeng quickly opened it!
It was the transfer contract for the land of the Huo family's ancestral hall, with Huo Zhengfeng's personal signature at the bottom.
Huo Zhengfeng was struck as if by lightning. He had never remembered signing such a document.
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Tang Chen said playfully, "Does your Huo family not recognize the debt? It's all in black and white, clearly stated!"
"Dad, this is your signature. What's going on?" Huo Yuhao couldn't help but ask.
Huo Zhengfeng shook his head, "I never signed this document."
"Could you have signed the wrong thing?" Huo Yuhao's expression was strange as he whispered a reminder.
At this, Huo Zhengfeng froze. He suddenly seemed to realize something, and then his anger erupted.
He turned and lunged at Huo Xin, who had just gotten up, and began raining blows down on him.
Huo Yuhao's eyes widened. He had never seen Huo Zhengfeng so irrational. He quickly stepped in to stop his father, asking, "Dad, if you hit him anymore, you'll kill him. What exactly happened?"
Huo Yuhao wouldn't shed a single tear if Huo Xin died, but in modern society, murder meant paying with one's life. He didn't want Huo Zhengfeng to be buried with this scumbag.
"What else could it be, it's all this guy's fault!"
Huo Zhengfeng glared angrily at the bruised and swollen Huo Xin.
It turned out that not long ago, Huo Xin had approached Huo Zhengfeng, wanting to invest in a small business. Lacking funds, he asked Huo Zhengfeng to guarantee a loan of a million, not a large sum. Since Huo Xin was Huo Zhengfeng's nephew and was now expelled from the family, Huo Zhengfeng felt pity and agreed to help.
But he never expected that this Huo Xin would have inserted this document among the others.
"My father even guaranteed for you, and you still did this! Shameless!"
Huo Yuhao, knowing the full story, no longer cared about life and death and kicked Huo Xin in the face.