367 No Medicine for Regre (2/2)

”What happened? Tell me!” Madam Wu didn't like his defeated look. A great sense of dread overwhelmed her.

”We're finished,” he told her.

”What do you mean?!”

”Jin Corporation announced that they would be partnering up with Long Industries on the business projects that we just terminated with them. And of course, Long Industries accepted their offer.” He sighed and hung his head low, holding it between his hands. ”I knew it. We have angered Sir Lu Jianhong and now he sent his Jin Corporation to replace our business. I bet he's also the one who told those companies who made offers to us to withdraw. We can anger anyone in this country's business world, but never Sir Lu Jianhong or Jin Liwei. They are too powerful for the likes of us.”

”Oh no! What are we going to do now?!”

They were interrupted by a frantic knock on the door.

”Who is it?! Go away!” Sir Wu roared.

”Father, it's me! Open up, please!” Wu Qianxi's upset voice called out from the other side of the door.

Madam Wu immediately hurried to open the door. As soon as it opened, Wu Qianxi leaped into her arms and sobbed hard.

”My dear Qianqian, what's wrong?! Tell Mother who made you cry like this?!”

She didn't answer but just cried harder.

It took a few minutes before the couple was able to calm their daughter down. Finally, she began to talk.

”I'm finished! I can't stay in this country anymore! All of my clients from my one-year waiting list have cancelled! Even the ones abroad! No one from Asia wants to work with me anymore! What am I going to do?! I abandoned my successful career in the U.S. just to start all over again here but everything went down the drain!”

Her parents were dismayed when they heard about what happened to her.

”Truly merciless. Sir Lu didn't even let our daughter escape from his wrath,” Sir Wu mumbled.

Wu Qianxi heard him. ”Sir Lu? You mean he did this to me?! This is all your fault! Why did you have to cut ties with the Longs?! Now you angered even Sir Lu Jianhong! You've just ruined your daughter's career!”

”Don't yell at your father!” Madam Wu scolded.

”You're also to blame! You're the one who flew into rage the most and insulted the Longs during the party! I hate both of you!”

Madam Wu slapped her daughter's face.

All of them were shocked at the crisp sound it made.

Wu Qianxi glared at her parents before running off. Within a couple of hours, she was already onboard a plane back to the U.S.

As for Sir Wu and Madam Wu, they were also considering running off to another country. Perhaps they would follow their daughter to the U.S. after she cooled her head.

The Wu family now realized that they had lost their place in the country's business world. If it was only against the Longs, they would already be planning revenge. This time, however, the opponent was too powerful.

The Wus might be greedy and ambitious, but they weren't insane. Going against Sir Lu Jianhong and Jin Corporation? It would be a social and economic suicide for them. There was no way that they would ever emerge victorious and unscathed.

Sir Wu sighed. ”I guess this is it.”

Madam Wu burst into tears.

If only they could go back in time and redo everything again, they wouldn't say the things they said nor act the way they acted. Unfortunately, life had no rewind button. There was no medicine for regret.