After the fact, some astute members of the upper echelons also realized something; it seemed that the storm which had captured countless attentions was likely a continuation of the last financial summit!
Yet, the Five Great Families were indeed the Five Great Families. Business wasn't their everything. Even if they lost a third of their assets, or in some cases even half, they still remained towering figures, looked up to by countless people!
Similarly, there was still no family or consortium that could stand shoulder to shoulder with them!
But this did not mean that the incident did not affect the major families. On the contrary, its impact on them was significant and far-reaching!
Beyond the huge financial losses, the most notable aspect was their growing dread of that young man with the special identity!
They all knew that the young man, the same little boy they had all known years ago, was the core figure behind this bout of the business war.
Their fear of him stemmed mainly from two aspects. One was his purpose, which they all clearly understood, knowing why he had returned.
The other, more important aspect, was the means and power the young man had displayed, which far exceeded their expectations!
Whether it was the Martial Arts Cultivation he had demonstrated at the financial summit or the recent tumultuous business war, both were the case!
Although this time it was Lin Ruoxue's Belle Group and Su Jin's Jinsheng Group that had made the move, they all knew that these two groups alone could not have taken things this far.
It was highly likely that this young man was the one pushing the waves behind the scenes!
Every one of those old foxes had investigated his past but came up with nothing significant, just an exceedingly ordinary file.
Yet, it was this very ordinary file that made them feel deeply the young man's extraordinary nature!
For them, the best course of action would, of course, be to completely erase this young man.
In doing so, all their worries would vanish...
However, this young man was after all tied to a major incident from the past, an incident that had weighed on their minds for nearly twenty years and had not been forgotten, so no one would take the lead lightly.
They did not need to think to know that the Situ Family, which had been the most humiliated at the financial summit, must have made a move but failed, making the others even more cautious...
After all, a top-level Martial Arts expert was the most scarce and valuable resource for each family, far more important than those core assets!
Moreover, perhaps they wouldn't even need to act themselves; someone else might take care of it for them!
If those people made a move, no matter how powerful or heaven-defying the young man was,
he might have to stop here...
Since laying the cards on the table, Lin Ruoxue had also moved back to Rainbow Mansion from the Amethyst Hotel because there was no need for secrecy anymore, and many matters required the cooperation of the whole company.
Naturally, the people she had transferred from the Jianghai headquarters also returned to work at the company in Rainbow Mansion.
To tell the truth, at first, the people of the Belle Group were completely shocked!
In their view, going to war with the Five Great Families, targeting their core industries no less, was akin to seeking death!
Nonetheless, they dared not disregard Lin Ruoxue's orders, so with trepidation, they began to act according to her plans.
Yet, deep down, they all believed the Belle Group was doomed, was this not a case of a snake swallowing an elephant?
Luckily, Lin Ruoxue told them that they would be acting in concert with the Jinsheng Group, which prevented them from falling into despair!
A few who were particularly worried even approached Su Chen and asked him to urge Lin Ruoxue to reconsider her impulsive actions.
What they didn't know was that the person who truly wanted to move against the Five Great Families was none other than Su Chen himself!
As time went by day after day, the people of the Belle Group were surprised to find that they had played the Five Great Families into a corner!
One by one, they went from being languid at the beginning to being full of fighting spirit later on!
When the final results came out, everyone in the Belle Group was completely shocked!
The glorious achievements they had made were completely unimaginable beforehand!
Everyone was extremely excited, because whether the Belle Group was strong or not was closely related to every one of them!
Their admiration and awe for Lin Ruoxue soared to an unprecedented height!
However, the real key figure in this matter, Su Chen, seemed to be acting as if nothing had happened, continuing to eat, drink, and cultivate as usual, as if these affairs were of no concern to him at all.
Regarding this outcome, he also appeared very calm.
Because the outcome was never what he cared about, what he cared about was what this matter would lead to.
This was what he truly looked forward to and cared about!
As long as what was behind the Five Great Families had not surfaced, Su Chen always felt somewhat uneasy, as people always do about the unknown, and Su Chen was no exception!
If that thing behind the scenes emerged, no matter how powerful it was, Su Chen felt he had enough courage to face it!
He did not know whether this corporate battle would bring the secret of the Five Great Families to the surface, all he could do was wait...
If it did not work, he had subsequent plans, action after action, until he cornered those major families so they could no longer stand up!
There was another matter these days that made him anxious; Du Hanbing had not returned!
He had a bad feeling about it, but missions of the Eighth Brigade were strictly confidential, and there was no way to contact them while they were away.
He could only pray in secret, hoping he was just being overly anxious...
That day, as usual, he finished work, bought groceries, and went home to cook.
Although the corporate battle had ended, the industries they had acquired still needed to be integrated, so Lin Ruoxue continued to be busy during this time.
It was almost nine o'clock in the evening when Lin Ruoxue returned, and then the two of them had dinner together and rested...
The two of them now truly felt like an old married couple, even though they had not been real husband and wife for very long.
The next morning when the sunlight came in, both of them woke up.
"Husband, good morning,"
Lin Ruoxue said languidly.
"It's Sunday today, are you still going to the company?"
"With so much to do, how could I not go?"
Lin Ruoxue grabbed one of Su Chen's arms and rested her head on it, finding it more comfortable than a pillow...
Su Chen, seeing her somewhat haggard face, couldn't help but sigh with resignation. Although there was a more abundant supply of True Yuan here, it still couldn't make up for all the hard work she was doing!
Moreover, she was only being nourished by the external benefits of True Yuan and was not able to convert the True Yuan into her body.
Su Chen then asked Lin Ruoxue to sleep for a while longer while he went downstairs to make breakfast...