Chapter 143


    Without bickering with May any further, X turned around and started walking upstairs.


    “X Quest, I won’t let you off the hook! Just you wait! Emily and I won’t be defeated by you this


    easily!” May murmured to herself in a murderous tone.


    After returning to her room, X poured herself a ss of red wine and began observing the snowy


    view outside from her balcony.


    Theyer of snow on the red plum tree seemed so thick that it might cause one of its branches to


    snap.


    Against the fully white surrounding, the slight dash of red appeared unusually striking.


    After taking a sip of the red wine, X could not help but think about Emily.


    This should have been the happiest moment in Emily’s life because it was the night of her wedding.


    However, this was perhaps the beginning of Emily’s nightmare.


    X had once experienced falling from the highest high to the lowest low. She knew all too well how


    painful it was.


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    When X thought of this, the painful memories began reying in her mind all over again.


    The expression on X’s face turned increasingly cold.


    She believed Tom Sullivan was in an equally disastrous situation.


    ***


    Meanwhile, in the Sullivan family’s house.


    “Tom Sullivan! Are you even a human being? For the sake of profits, you went as far as using


    expired ingredients and bribing the quality assurance staff. How did I teach you in the past? Didn’t I


    tell you that the most important part about producing consumer products is integrity? The matter of


    food safety is rted to the well-being of all citizens of the nation! The most important thing about


    running a business is to maintain our integrity. What have you done? You ignored everything I said!


    Now, you got us into a huge trouble! Because of you, the Sullivan family’s stock price has


    plummeted! Since the appearance of the negative media, we have lost billions of dors! What have


    I, Tony Sullivan, done to deserve a useless b*stard like you?!” Tony Sullivan pointed angrily at the


    stock pattern of the Sullivan Food Group in the phone on the coffee table. While he red coldly at


    Tom, who was now kneeling on the ground, he continued reprimanding him.


    Emily, Bailey, Mary, and Julian observed silently nearby.


    The living room felt so cold that each of them shivered.


    “Dad, I’m sorry,” Tom said in fright.


    Tom thought he had kept everything hidden from sight. He never expected what he did to be


    exposed like this. Although it was not his intention to earn profits at all costs, he truly wanted to


    prove himself too badly.


    Tom’s father always liked topare him to his older brother’s past performance. Tony was always


    saying how Tom’s older brother performed very well when he was the CEO and how he did a better


    job than Tom.


    Tom never felt good listening to these things.


    “Sorry? Do you think a simple sorry will solve everything that has happened? If we can’t get through


    this catastrophe, we’ll go bankrupt! We are receiving one bad news after another. Dragon Group


    had just informed us that they would like to withdraw their investments. Their decision to do so,


    coupled with the negative media we are facing now, has severely impacted ourpany. If what


    you did had not been exposed, we could still deal with Dragon Group’s withdrawal of investments.


    However, I’m afraid it won’t be that easy for us now,” Tony said with an increasingly cold facial


    expression. He wished he could kill Tom right now.


    Tony used to think of Tom as a capable person. In the end, he turned out to be a heartless and


    useless man.


    “I thought it would all go well. As long as we kept things hidden, nobody would find out. Moreover,


    my factory isn’t the only one that uses expired ingredients. Many other factories in the country are


    doing the same thing. Aren’t they all fine? I’ve been doing it for a year, and nothing has happened to


    anyone. To be honest, the food has gone through a high-temperature sterilization process. Even if


    there were bacteria in the ingredients, they would have been killed in the process. Although we


    used expired ingredients, most of the products meet the required standard during the quality


    checks,” Tom exined carefully.


    The more Tony listened to Tom’s exnations, the angrier he became. Finally, Tony could no longer


    hold back as he picked up a teacup and smashed it against Tom’s forehead.