"Don't think that just because I haven't been in Mo City all these years I don't know what you've been doing. I'm just too lazy to talk about it and I don't have time to deal with you!"

"Examine your own conscience. Have Nan Ting and his wife really treated you badly? I've heard that you've been a tyrant in the Gong family, and you've held power for so many years. You tell me you've been bullied? Tell me specifically how Nan Ting and his wife have bullied you!"

Upon hearing this, Old Madam Gong's face stiffened.

She hadn't expected Gong Beize to understand the current situation so well. For a moment, she found it even harder to understand Gong Beize, feeling that over the years, he had become increasingly unfathomable.

Gong Beize continued, "After all these years, you're still the same lowly, despicable person you always were. You know what you did to Lan'er back then. I didn't hold it against you only because you raised me. Otherwise, based on the harm you caused us, I could have made sure you died a horrible death!"

Upon hearing this, Madam Gong was immediately enraged.

"Beize, you actually want to kill me for that woman?! This is outrageous! Do you know that?! You will be punished!"

Gong Beize sneered, "If Lan'er weren't here, do you think I would let you go? I'd rather give you my life!"

Madam Gong looked at Gong Beize with resentment.

Gong Beize was completely unmoved by this. "If I were you, I would just do my job well and stop thinking about this and that all day long. Otherwise, I'll end up as a miserable old man all alone!"

Without even giving the old lady a glance, he turned and left.

As Madam Gong watched Gong Beize's departing figure, her eyes were already filled with venom.

In her anger, she pushed the porridge on the table to the ground, accidentally aggravating her wound and wincing in pain.

When Gong Beize arrived at the door, he saw Gong Nanting and his wife standing there, embracing each other. It seemed that Gong Nanting was comforting Ji Lei.

Hearing the noise, the two turned their heads to look.

Gong Nanting spoke first, "Brother, now that you're back, the Gong family is in your hands. Lei'er and I have endured this for fifteen years. From now on, we must live for ourselves."

Ji Lei stood aside without saying a word, clearly having been swayed by Gong Nanting's words.

After all, who wouldn't want a free life? Who wouldn't want to sleep until they naturally wake up, and not have anyone bossing them around?

That kind of life was what she had been looking forward to for so many years.

Gong Beize frowned, then said, "Go live the life you want."

Upon hearing this, Gong Nanting asked with some surprise, "Big brother, you agreed?"

Gong Beize asked in confusion, "Promise what?"

"Let's go back to the Gong family!"

“Who said I’m going back? I’ve finally reunited with Lan’er and my daughter. We need to live our own lives.”

Gong Nanting frowned upon hearing this and said, "Then Mom..."

"With so many servants in the Gong family, surely they can't take care of an old man?" Gong Beize questioned Gong Nanting.

Upon hearing this, Gong Nanting continued, "Normally, yes, but she's injured, and there's someone around her..."

"She only injured her arm; she can still take care of herself. Even if she couldn't, Aunt Rong would take good care of her," Gong Beize said with a serious expression.

If the other person hadn't been his mother, he wouldn't have wanted to talk to her at all.

Gong Nanting pondered for a moment and nodded.

“Okay, Lei’er and I will go back and pack up, and move out tomorrow. We’ll also bring Aunt Rong over; it’ll be good for her to take care of Mom.”

Gong Beize nodded. "Okay, go ahead."

Gong Nanting then pulled Ji Lei away.

Gong Beize returned to Ye Mohan's hospital room to take on the responsibility of accompanying him.

...

midnight.

When Ye Mohan woke up, she saw Gong Beize resting on the sofa. She frowned and suddenly remembered everything that happened before she fainted.

Seeing that Gong Beize was resting with his eyes closed on the sofa, but his brows were furrowed, Ye Mohan spoke up.

"dad."

There was no response.

Upon seeing this, Ye Mohan deliberately cleared his throat, which startled Gong Beize, who immediately looked in Ye Mohan's direction with concern.

"What's wrong? Where do you feel uncomfortable? I'll go call the doctor for you." He then walked to the bedside.

Ye Mohan was quite touched upon hearing this.

Although Gong Beize was often dissatisfied with him, he understood that it was because he loved Xue'er that he would nitpick at him.

Just like how he treated Nangong Ci.

"I'm fine, Dad. Everything's alright here, you should go back and rest."

He felt a little embarrassed to have his father-in-law take care of him.

Upon hearing this, Gong Beize felt somewhat relieved and immediately said, "How can that be? I promised Xiaoxue I would take good care of you. Don't worry about me, I'll just rest."

Upon hearing this, Ye Mohan frowned. "Xue'er knows about my injury?"

Gong Beize: "Yes, it was Xiaoxue who found you. But don't worry, Xue'er and the baby are fine. She insisted on staying with you, but I told her to go back and rest with Tinglan. After all, she's been working hard all day and is pregnant, so she needs to rest properly. Otherwise, I'm afraid her body won't be able to handle it."

Hearing Gong Beize's words, Ye Mohan felt somewhat relieved.

Thinking about how Jian Yixue had saved him once again, he felt increasingly guilty.

Could it be that Xue'er was reborn just to save him? Otherwise, how could it all be such a coincidence?

"Yes, it's good that she's alright." Ye Mohan felt relieved to hear that Jian Yixue and her son were safe.

As a man, Gong Beize naturally noticed that Ye Mohan's expression was off.

Suddenly remembering what he had said before, he felt a little embarrassed and spoke up.

"Mo Han, don't take what I said before to heart."

Upon hearing this, Ye Mohan didn't react for a moment and looked at Gong Beize in confusion, asking, "What?"

Gong Beize said, "It was just something I said in a moment of bluntness before. Actually, there's no need for two people to argue about who is better or more capable than whom."

The reason I said those things is because we just found Xiaoxue and wanted to keep her with us as much as possible. We wanted to make up for the time we missed. That's why, after learning about your situation, I said some things that weren't appropriate and didn't consider your feelings. I apologize to you for that.

Upon seeing this, Ye Mohan shook his head.

“I didn’t take it to heart; I understand how you feel.”

Now it was Gong Beize's turn to be puzzled. "You understand?"

Ye Mohan and Xue'er had just had a child, so how could they possibly empathize with each other?

Suddenly, a possibility occurred to him.

He immediately retorted angrily, "Ye Mohan, you wouldn't be having an illegitimate child with another woman, would you?"

Otherwise, how could one truly empathize?

Given Ye Mohan's age, it's not impossible.

Although the other party may be underage, a daughter will always make her father jealous at times.