Huo Zhenting said, "I'm getting off. I have another meeting."
"I want my shares."
Huo Zhenting had already risen, but upon hearing that, he froze as though struck by lightning. After several seconds, he slowly turned around and looked at his daughter through the screen.
"What did you say?"
"You promised me that if I performed well, I could receive five percent of Huo Group's shares after I turned twenty."
Huo Zhenting smiled and sat back down.
"Wenting, you're still too young. Don't be so impatient."
"Other than my age, do you have any other excuses to fob me off with?"
Huo Zhenting's smile vanished. "Yes. According to the family agreement, you need to establish your own separate household before any shares can be allotted to you. You're still unmarried, so... you're still part of the Huo Family, merely one page under my household registration."
Huo Zhenting did not know how to soothe this intelligent, gifted, but somewhat aggressive daughter of his.
"Wenting, your father has the highest expectations for you..."
"Father, I've heard enough of that." Huo Wenting said, "You want to leave everything to my elder brother, don't you?"
"What did you say?"
"Because I'm a woman, right?"
Huo Zhenting finally lost his temper. "Huo Wenting! I knew you would think that way, but I've told you more than once that I'm not that narrow-minded. With a Huo Group this large, I can't possibly run it as a hereditary dynasty. Nor would I be so feudal and conservative as to favor sons over daughters. At Huo Group, the capable rise to the top. My word is my bond. But you still lack experience."
Huo Wenting lifted her chin and said with confidence, even arrogance, "I've never lost!"
Huo Zhenting said, "That is precisely why you cannot inherit those