Although Ren Yijun wasn't particularly close to his eldest brother, he knew that Ren Yiyan was an upright man who was probably unaware of the feud between the Han and Ren families. Otherwise, he wouldn't have proposed selling the Ren family's house several times.
After Ren Yijun found Ren Yiyan, he told him what he had heard from Ren Yaoqi. Ren Yiyan was just as shocked as Ren Yijun, and he refused to believe it was true. He didn't want to believe that his respected grandfather and father would do such a thing.
Ren Yijun sneered, "I don't want to believe it either. If that's the case, let's go find father and ask him for clarification!"
As he spoke, Ren Yijun pulled Ren Yiyan towards their father's study. Ren Yijun had always been in poor health. Although he was not short, he was pale and thin. But now he was holding on to Ren Yiyan, a healthy man, and walking briskly.
Master Ren happened to be at home handling some official business that day, so the two brothers Ren Yijun and Ren Yiyan met him in the study.
Ren Yiyan, who was a bit indecisive, wanted to stop Ren Yijun before entering the study. He wanted to go back and think about it carefully, but Ren Yijun would not let him escape and directly pulled him in.
Ren Yijun drove out the servant boy, and then blurted out all the words he had been brewing all the way. At first, Ren Yiyan wanted to stop him, but later he fell silent.
Master Ren stared at his two sons, and after a while he found his voice: "Where did you hear this?"
Ren Yijun stared at him intently. "Don't worry about where you heard it from. Just tell us if it's true. Did you order this massive construction project today just to get that ill-gotten gains?"
Master Ren said angrily, "Don't talk nonsense!"
Ren Yijun noticed a hint of evasion in his father's eyes, and his heart sank. "You know whether I'm talking nonsense or not."
Master Ren felt a little uncomfortable and embarrassed when Ren Yijun looked at him like that. He put on a stern face and said, "The Ren family is in such a state now, and instead of thinking about how to help me revive the family, you blindly believe others' provocations and question your father. Who gave you the courage?"
Ren Yiyan lowered his head, but Ren Yijun said calmly, "I just want to know the truth! Father, as descendants of the Ren family, we have the right to know the truth. What did grandpa say to you before he died? Can you tell us?"
Ren Yiyan looked at Ren Yijun in surprise. He thought that with Ren Yijun's hot temper, he would quarrel with his father, because he could feel Ren Yijun's anger at the moment. He didn't expect that Ren Yijun was quite calm when he asked this question.
Master Ren looked at his son, whose tone was calm but whose demeanor was still aggressive, and felt angry and tired, with a hint of guilt hidden in his heart.
Master Ren couldn't help but think of what Master Ren had said to him, and how shocked he was when he first heard about this. But as the head of the Ren family, he couldn't just sit there and watch the Ren family fall. There were things he had to do.
So Master Ren gradually calmed down: "On the day of my death, I will naturally explain everything to you. Now, all of you, please leave my study. I still have a lot of things to deal with and I don't have time to accompany you to go crazy."
Ren Yijun shook his head, his eyes mocking and sad. "If you don't tell me, I can only take it as your tacit agreement."