After dinner, Qin Zhen followed her eldest daughter into the house, hoping to find an excuse to chat with her and strengthen their bond, but Qin Suisui flatly refused.

"Dad, I'm a little tired today and I want to rest early."

Qin Zhen scratched his head and gave an awkward smile.

"Alright, we can chat anytime, Sui Sui. You should go to sleep early. Your Aunt Wang and I still have some dishes to prepare."

My father announced a few weeks ago that we would be spending Chinese New Year at his house this year. The ingredients for tomorrow's lunch are almost ready, but there are still some scallions, ginger, garlic and other seasonings that haven't been washed yet.

Sigh~

He couldn't help but sigh. He wasn't unaware of his eldest daughter's attitude towards him; it was cold and distant, barely better than that of a stranger.

"Those ideas back then were too radical!"

He channeled all his hidden resentment towards Jiang Hui onto Sui Sui. Only when a person reaches his age does he reflect on the mistakes he has made.

Qin Zhen would occasionally think of Jiang Hui, but he couldn't remember her face or even when he had started to harbor resentment towards her.

Is Jiang Hui the group's annual outstanding employee? Or when the group's head office visits and the leader introduces him, he is always referred to as Jiang Hui's husband?

He was unwilling to accept this situation, so he secretly studied advanced technologies from home and abroad. He hoped that one day when people introduced him, they would say that he was Chief Engineer Qin Zhen, not someone's husband.

When Jiang Hui perished in the fire while trying to save state-owned assets, he felt not only grief and indignation but also resentment. He knew that from that day on, in the leadership of the group company, he would always be Jiang Hui's husband, not Qin Zhen, the engineer of the Nanshi branch of the oil company!

He walked into the kitchen looking dejected.

Wang Fang was peeling garlic when she looked up and saw his expression, and couldn't help but scoff.

"What, did you run into a wall again?"

"What's it to you? No matter what, she's my daughter."

Qin Zhen frowned and glared at Wang Fang, his resentment towards her growing stronger.

After getting over that hurdle in his heart, he couldn't understand why he had chosen such a useless woman back then.

Even if I don't have a job, I should at least be a good wife and mother. Who knew that people would become more and more mean as they get older.

"Yes, your own daughter, who is not close to you at all!"

Wang Fang threw the garlic cloves in her hand into the vegetable basket, got up and went to the sink to wash the freshly washed garlic and green onions.

Qin Suisui was unaware of the dispute between the two in the kitchen. After washing up, she dialed Huo Zhongyuan's number, but he was always on another call. After a few attempts, she gave up.

I felt a vague unease, as if something had happened to Senior Brother Huo.

At this moment, Huo Zhongyuan sat indifferently on a chair in the corridor of Taipei City Hospital. After dealing with everything, it was already past midnight. He opened his phone and saw several canceled calls in the message. He couldn't help but frown, suppressing the urge to call and hear the other party's voice. Instead, he sent an apologetic message.

He leaned back naturally, and from a distance, his posture was as upright as a pine tree, and his temperament was handsome and strong.

Jiang Yuan observed this and secretly compared it to his own son. It was indeed much better than the one at home, no wonder the old man was so unwilling.

He walked up to him, bent down and whispered, "Mr. Huo, the eldest master has woken up and wants to see you!"

"Um!"

Huo Zhongyuan slowly stood up, glanced at Jiang Yuan, and Jiang Yuan immediately snapped out of his daze.

"Mr. Huo, please come with me."

He led the way, pushing open the door to the VIP ward.

A crowd had already gathered in the ward, and upon hearing the sound, everyone stared at the man following behind Jiang Yuan.

If Huo Zhongyuan were just an ordinary person, he would probably be trembling with fear in the face of those fierce eyes. Unfortunately, after experiencing the storms and hurricanes in the Huating financial circle, he could completely ignore these gazes.

He stood in front of the hospital bed, looking down at the elderly man who had just regained consciousness after surgery, his expression completely calm.

"Zhongyuan, come here, get closer to Grandpa."

The old man on the bed spoke in a hoarse, rough voice, almost inaudible.

Huo Zhongyuan noticed the angry but speechless expressions on everyone's faces out of the corner of his eye, and walked over with interest.

"Speak!"

His expression remained indifferent throughout.

Huo Jing twitched the corners of his mouth and said with a wry smile, "Zhongyuan, Grandpa's health is sometimes good and sometimes bad. Grandpa left all the things that were originally meant for your father to you. Don't be angry with your father."

"Dad, what are you saying? What do you mean by giving him everything that was given to me?"

The middle-aged man standing behind Huo Zhongyuan finally broke his silence and asked, his face flushed.

"Yeah, Dad, what did Jiakai and I do wrong? Why are you talking about us like this? Besides, we still have Zhongmou and Xinxin, aren't you going to think about them?"

Su Chun was so angry she almost cursed out loud. That old bastard, he tricked her like this before he died, trying to bypass Jia Kai and leave all the inheritance to that bastard outside.

"Shut up, all of you!"

Huo Jing was panting heavily, his fingers trembling with anger. He glanced at his eldest grandson and saw that Zhong Yuan's expression remained indifferent and unclear. He closed his eyes briefly, then opened them to look at his eldest son.

"Leave it to you, and then let the Kaiyue Group decline under your leadership?"

He spoke with difficulty, and after he finished, he was panting heavily.

"Dad! How can you talk like that?"

Huo Jiakai was embarrassed and angry after being publicly humiliated.

"Shut up!"

"Sir, please calm down!"

Jiang Yuan quickly stepped forward, picked up the oxygen, and gave Huo Jing a few breaths. After Huo Jing stabilized, Jiang Yuan turned to look at Huo Jiakai.

"Sir, the eldest master has finally woken up. You can wait until he recovers before making any decisions."

He certainly admired Huo Zhongyuan, but he wasn't as close to the child he had watched grow up. Was this the time to be angry?

Once the eldest son's health improves, the son and his children will take good care of him at his bedside. Would the eldest son then favor his grandson who was raised outside the family?

"Me~"

Before Huo Jiakai could finish speaking, he was stopped by Jiang Yuanshi's look, and could only shut his mouth in disgust and stand aside without saying a word.

"Jiakai, why aren't you saying anything?"

Seeing that Huo Jiakai remained silent, Su Chun walked over to him, tugged at his sleeve, and complained softly.

"Is the old man really going to leave all the family property to this bastard?"

"Shut up! What bastard? That's my son!"

Although Huo Jiakai didn't have much affection for Huo Zhongyuan, he couldn't bear to hear such a filthy word from other people.

"snort!"

Su Chun pursed her lips and stopped talking.

Huo Zhongyuan didn't want to pay attention to the farce unfolding before him. He was there today because the old man lying in the hospital bed had helped him during his most difficult time. Regardless of whether they were related by blood, help was help, and he was grateful for that. As for inheriting any family business, he had no interest whatsoever.