This isn't Huang Meng's fault for betraying his mother…
It's because his well-preserved mother never even visited him after the incident.
Her eyes were filled with contempt, as if seeing a eunuch was disgusting.
And indeed, it was. What could be more disgusting than seeing a eunuch?
"Huang Yu controls the shipping company; they handle 80% of the shipping business. It's very difficult to get involved.
The ocean shipping industry is practically monopolized; it's hard to interfere."
Bai Qingyang sat across from Huang Meng, smoking a cigarette. Compared to Huang Meng, a fallen family scion, he controlled the Bai family's resources, making him a true playboy—no, he had transcended that, becoming a figure of considerable influence within the family, truly entering the inner circle.
Huang Meng no longer cared about the Huang family. People are selfish. Did the Huang family not know they would have been better off while the Huang family was still around?
Using the family's resources to live better.
No, they knew, more clearly than anyone else.
But people are selfish. By preserving the family, the family would indeed grow stronger.
However, whether these branches of the family would have a peaceful end was a pipe dream.
Given the abilities of Huang Yu and his son, sooner or later they would be swept out, becoming collateral branches, their lives spent working for the Huang family, their children serving the Huang family generation after generation.
This wasn't alarmist...
It was something that had already happened.
The other collateral branches couldn't resist because their voices carried little weight...
But the children of the Huang family patriarch were different. They were direct relatives, their words carried weight, and their opinions had value.
Sure enough, when the will appeared, all the direct relatives of the Huang family went mad.
Old Master Huang left all his shares to Huang Yu, giving him everything. Huang Yu's shares, combined with the connections Old Master Huang had cultivated for him, were enough to ensure the Huang family's stable progress, even potentially evolving into an aircraft carrier.
After hanging up the phone, Zhao An had been eavesdropping on Huang Meng and Bai Qingyang's conversation.
Their plan was to use Huang Meng's mother, Zhou Haiming, as a target to lure Zhao An into the Huang family's power struggle.
The Huang family had abandoned the shipping industry…
They owned numerous companies in other sectors: clothing, electronics factories, shares in large corporations, and the highly profitable real estate company, among others. While giving up these side businesses was painful, it wouldn't cripple them.
With the shipping industry, they could even monopolize cargo transportation from other overseas regions to the mainland; without intermediaries, it was difficult to clear customs.
His fingers rested on the sofa armrest…
Zhao An silently lit a cigarette.
Zhao An placed his thighs on the coffee table, and his cousin Jia Li obediently sat down, silently massaging his thighs.
Jia Li, having given birth, possessed a voluptuous, mature woman's charm.
Her plumpness didn't make her appear obese; rather, it possessed a voluptuous beauty—any more would have made her look heavier, she was perfectly proportioned.
His older cousin, Ding Meifeng, sat silently behind the sofa, massaging Zhao An's shoulders, unhooking his bra, and using her breasts to massage him.
She did the same thing in front of his aunts...
Everyone here was Zhao An's relative, and they all knew about their illicit relationships with him.
Zhao An dared to sleep with even his mother and grandmother, so why would he care about other people's opinions?
Life is short; enjoying it while you can is the right thing to do.
Zhao An smoked, exhaled smoke rings, flicked the ash, and took a vodka.
He smoked again, exhaling smoke rings in a cycle, silently contemplating things.
To be honest, he didn't want to get involved in the messy affairs of the four major families.
Because it was pointless.
If he wanted, he could actually start a new family.
But there was no need…
Being a leader and the person in charge is extremely tiring.
He didn't want to be that tired. His decision to hand over the company's business to Liu Tao showed he didn't want to waste his time on it.
Just from patent fees alone, he'd already made a fortune, more than he could ever spend in a lifetime.
Besides, with so many technological patents at his disposal, as long as he didn't do anything reckless, it was actually very difficult for him to die.
As for playing around with women, setting up a community to house mistresses, etc.
For a businessman, it was nothing. At most, he'd be criticized for his dissolute private life, especially since Zhao An wasn't married.
Even if he were married, his behavior wouldn't be illegal.
At most, he'd receive some moral condemnation. He wasn't stealing or robbing; it was difficult to criticize him.
Of course, one could use the news media to smear his reputation. Once someone's reputation is ruined, it affects everything they do.
But no one does that.
Doing so would create a deep-seated enmity.
Besides, even if they did, there would be an impact.
But it wouldn't be a big problem.
At most, it would just annoy people, but risking the benefit of being annoyed to provoke a terrifying man is simply not worth it.
Who knows, one day his whole family might disappear without anyone knowing who did it.
Therefore, Zhao An lives a carefree and comfortable life, for him.
Keeping a low profile and discreetly pursuing women is far more sophisticated than flaunting wealth and status.