In Claire’s newspaper, there is almost a whole page about one thing. It’s nothing else. It’s about Tracy.
Claire widens her eyes and stares at Leo and the newspaper. After a long time, she says in surprise, “Leo, is this a masterpiece of you and Conan?”
Leo has been looking at the documents. He doesn’t look up and just casually says, “you look surprised. Do you mean Wilson Group?”
Claire nods in silence.
Leo is still not surprised. He smiles and says, “this news was reported this morning. I thought you’d seen it.”
Claire frowns and still can’t believe it. “Did you and Conan really do it?”
“Otherwise?” Leo responds impatiently. Then he thinks about it carefully and says, “I don’t care about it at all. Conan did it. I just know the result.”
Claire reads the huge words in the newspaper again. Tracy, the daughter of Wilson Group, is suspected of fraud and has an affair with several men.
Claire knows it isn’t surprising because Tracy has done a lot of bad things. Conan can easily find the evidence and submit it to the newspaper.
But Claire didn’t expect Conan to bankrupt Tracy.
She takes a deep breath and says, “should we do this?”
Leo says casually, “don’t be too kind. Her scandal was indeed exposed by Conan and sent anonymously to the newspaper. Conan has not left any flaws from the beginning to the end.”
Claire is still worried. She thinks Conan has the ability to bankrupt Wilson Group. If people know about it, Conan will be the cruel little prince of business. He may cause a lot of trouble later.
Leo seems to know Claire’s concerns. He stops working and says seriously, “actually Conan and I just wanted to expose Tracy’s scandal. This woman’s scandal is too easy to find, because there are too many men who have an affair with her and it involves business and politics.”
Leo adds, “do you think the scandal can bankrupt Tracy?”
Tracy must have done a lot of bad things, so that’s why she has this ending.
Leo continues, “that’s not the point. The point is that after it was exposed, the police stepped in and found that Wilson Group was in contact with the underworld and had committed smuggling. She is to blame. It has nothing to do with us.”
Claire feels the same way.
Wilson Group is a big company. Once it has a crisis, it will face many attacks. Everyone wants to benefit from the collapsing building.
Howard Group was also faced with that kind of fatal crisis. Fortunately, it survived.
Claire sighs and thinks business is crueler than war.
Leo sees Claire’s worries and comforts her, “she deserves it. I just lit the fuse. Now a lot of people are going to punish her. We don’t have to do anything.”
Claire nods and continues to read the newspaper. She finds Tracy miserable, too.
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The readers' comments on the novel: Genius Son Sells his Mom to Dad
The storyline could have been better -- organization and cohesion of episodes could stand improvement, ending could have been more definitive resolving the many conflicts between the protagonists. Of course, the despicable treatment of Leo towards Claire initially, e.g., selling her off in an auction and giving her to the madam of the club as princess is inhuman and a violation to the wife's rights and honor. I was wondering why she did not leave after these maltreatments. Oh, well, the conclusion [if the narrative ends in Chapter 488] is quite disappointing and anti-climactic. Thank you just the same....
The end of the story is wanting, considering how the episodes build up to conflict after conflict and concluding in yet another conflict. But then c'est la vie! Thank you....