"Grandpa, what you said is really interesting. What kind of big fish am I? Why would Kamiya Yoshihisa bother to catch me? If he's going to catch a fish, he should catch a big fish like you!"

Gongsun Gui shamelessly flattered the old man, finding it incomprehensible. Although Kamiya Yoshihisa's business was not as large as the Gongsun family's, it was still quite substantial. Why should he bother to curry favor with a powerless nobody like him?

"Smack!"

Another cloth shoe was thrown over, landing on the other side of Gongsun Gui's face. Now, both sides of his face were symmetrical.

"Even a pig is smarter than you. They were trying to hook our entire Gongsun family. You... you almost killed our whole family. I'll shoot you dead!"

Gong Yi grew increasingly enraged as he cursed, pulling the safety catch and pointing the dark muzzle of his gun at Gongsun Gui. A cold glint flashed in his eyes, and Gongsun Gui was first startled, then his legs went weak, and he involuntarily collapsed to the ground.

"Great-Grandpa... I... what did I do wrong? I just wanted to expand the family business. Please talk this out, don't use guns... My grandfather's leg wasn't healed even when he died!"

Gongsun Gui was sweating profusely, his heart pounding. He couldn't figure out what was wrong with the old man. Right now, saving his own life was the most important thing. He didn't want to die a mindless death and become a wronged ghost.

Gong Yi's hand trembled as he thought of his eldest son, whose leg he had broken. Years ago, when he discovered Gong Zhu's accident, he hated his wife and three sons for being so cruel. In a fit of anger, he broke his eldest son's right leg. Because they had been adrift at sea for more than a month, and conditions on the ship were poor—not to mention medicine, even drinking water was not guaranteed—his eldest son's leg was not treated in time and was left crippled until his death.

This matter was a thorn in Gong Yi's heart. The eldest brother was weak-willed and obedient to his mother. In fact, the eldest brother and Gong Zhu had a good relationship. He treated Gong Zhu like a daughter. Therefore, the eldest brother was willing to take a beating from him and had his leg broken without complaint. However, because of Gong Zhu's disappearance, the eldest brother was depressed and could not get over the knot in his heart for decades. In the end, he passed away before him!

Gong Yi felt a pang of sorrow. His wife was gone, his eldest son was gone, and his second and third sons were hiding in the countryside raising cattle and sheep. He hadn't seen them for several years, and perhaps their next meeting would be their last. His family was torn apart, all because of that scoundrel!

"Do you know why your grandfather was so melancholy his whole life? Why I broke his leg? It's all because of that scoundrel. He's the one who made our Gongsun family unable to return home, forced to cower in a foreign land..."

Gong Yi raised his gun again, his eyes blazing with fury. Gongsun Gui, however, was completely baffled, as he knew nothing of what had happened forty-eight years ago.

"Which scoundrel? Can you explain yourself clearly? What exactly happened?"

Gongsun Yu explained the Gong family's past to him, "Kamiya Yoshihisa is our family's enemy. His real name is Hosokawa Chie. He deliberately concealed his identity to get close to you, and he definitely didn't have good intentions!"

"Why would he be named Hosokawa Tomoe? What is his relationship with the Hosokawa family?" Gongsun Gui couldn't believe it.

He had known Chika for over five years, yet he had no idea that Chika was using a false identity and had such a deep connection with the Gongsun family. He had even eaten several meals at the Kamiya residence. If Kamiya Yoshihisa had poisoned the food, wouldn't he...

Gongsun Gui broke out in a cold sweat, feeling extremely frightened.

"It's the Hosokawa family you're thinking of, but the Hosokawa family has intense internal conflicts. Ten years ago, it reached a fever pitch, and the family split into two factions. One faction was the warlike faction led by Kamiya Yoshihisa, and the other was the anti-war faction, which strongly opposed Kamiya Yoshihisa and removed him from the position of head of the family. The one who succeeded him was Kamiya Yoshihisa's cousin, Hosokawa Satoshi." The person explaining was Inukai Yoshi, who spoke fluently.