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But the host has been taken away, and the protagonist of the birthday party stood aside and kept crying. It can be seen that he has no intention of celebrating his birthday. How can the guests have fun again?
The fact that Miles Zhao was taken away was undoubtedly a major earthquake in the shopping malls of City C, which was bound to affect the entire business landscape. It was human instinct to seek profit and avoid harm. Few people wanted to be associated with a tycoon like Miles Zhao who was about to lose power, especially at this cusp.
Soon the guests began to leave one after another. Sophia Song did not have any displeasure on her face. Instead, she politely sent everyone out the door and apologized repeatedly.
The hall that was bustling just now was completely gone in an instant, and only the servants and the temporarily hired waiters were cleaning up the mess.
Hannah Zhao stood in front of the castle and felt that everything was as unreal as a dream. She was the little princess who was the focus of everyone's attention just now, but now she was abandoned by the whole world.
"Miss Zhao is so beautiful, even when she cries, she looks beautiful." A young waiter secretly raised his head and glanced at her, and whispered to his companion beside him.
"No matter how pretty she is, you can't dream of her..."
"That's not necessarily true. Miles Zhao was arrested, so she is a princess in distress. Mingzai could seize this opportunity and become a dark horse prince." Another waiter joined the discussion with a sly smile. They were just college students who came to work and study, and it was the first time they saw such gossip about wealthy families, and they were full of curiosity.
Sophia Song sent off the last guest and turned around to see her daughter in such a state of panic. Her heart suddenly ached. Was it because she had protected her daughter too well over the years? They were too confident that they could protect their daughter for a lifetime and were reluctant to let her suffer even the slightest grievance.
For the first time, she felt powerless. She didn't know why she always had a premonition that maybe they could no longer protect their precious daughter.
But if something really happened to them, how much of a blow would Hanru suffer? How would she live her life in the future? Her daughter was the softest existence in her heart. Just imagining the suffering she might suffer, she couldn't help but feel a sore nose.
"Hanru, you have to be strong." Sophia Song took her daughter's hand and returned to the room. Just like Hannah Zhao was still the little girl who loved her, the always cold and hard iron lady was full of mixed feelings.
She helped her daughter remove her makeup by herself, "You have to remember that mom and dad love you very much and want to do their best to protect you and prevent you from getting hurt. But there are many things in the world that are not subject to our will. No matter whether mom and dad can protect you from the wind and rain in the future, you have to be independent and strong..."
"Mom, what happened to dad? Those police said that he embezzled funds. Is it true? I don't believe it..." Hannah Zhao threw herself into Sophia Song's arms and broke down and cried.
Sophia Song stroked her hair quietly, and when her crying gradually subsided, she spoke, "It's not true, but things in the business world are too complicated. For the sake of profit, any shady hand can be used. You have a simple personality, but the business world is a big melting pot where you can't see your fingers. So you don't want to study finance and management, and you must study history. Mom and Dad have no objection. In fact, your personality is not suitable for taking over mom and dad's job. We would rather you live a peaceful and stable life, and it would be good to be a scholar in the future."
Sophia Song said lightly, but Hannah Zhao looked up sensitively, "Mom, are you blaming me?"
"Mom is not blaming you, but herself. If I could be a little harder-hearted in the past, maybe you wouldn't have to experience so much pain in the future, just like what happened tonight. Mom didn't expect you to be scared like that. If mom and dad are not with you in the future, what should you do?" Sophia Song said painfully.
"Mom, where are you going?" Hannah Zhao grabbed her mother's hand in panic, "Mom, don't leave me!"
"Mom won't leave you, but no one in this world can accompany you for a lifetime, no one can protect you for a lifetime, everything still depends on you, Mom only hates that she understands it too late." Sophia Song hugged her daughter tightly in her arms, "Zhao's internal struggle has been fierce in the past two years. Your uncle Martin Zhao has been competing with us for control of Zhao's. Not long ago, I found that Martin Zhao had falsified accounts and was worried that he had been transferring assets, but your father was too soft-hearted and could not make up his mind. I suspect that Martin Zhao's counterattack today is that he wants to throw this basin of dirty water on your father..."
"But that's my uncle!" Hannah Zhao looked at her incredulously. Martin Zhao watched her grow up and treated her well for so many years. As long as her cousin Sierra Zhao has it, she must have a share. She has a good relationship with her uncle's family. They are relatives with blood ties. How could they do such a thing?
"You have to remember that you can't trust anyone in the business world, including your friends, relatives, lovers, and even parents and children. How many people fail because of their momentary kindness? Your father is an example. It's too late to tell you this. You can't understand it at all. Your personality is not suitable for such intrigues." Sophia Song laughed self-deprecatingly, "Didn't you notice that Martin Zhao's family didn't come today?"
"Didn't they go to Hong Kong for shopping?"
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