"Grandpa!" Gu Mingyin's eyes were red. "Are you going to be so biased?"

"Mingyin!" Gong Changzhou scolded his wife.

Gu Mingyin, however, looked ready to explode, "Isn't that right? Things have come to this, are we still going to try and smooth things over? What more does my Chengkun want?!"

Gong Chengjue raised an eyebrow. "What does Aunt Ming mean by this?"

"For the sake of saving face, I let you register under my name and say that I gave birth to you. I have nothing to say if you don't acknowledge me as your mother. But Chengkun is your younger brother. How could you do this to him?"

Gong Chengjue: "..." He just returned from abroad, what did he do?

"Enough," Old Master Gong snapped, then looked at Gong Chengjue. "Come in with me."

Gong Chengjue followed the old man into the study.

The study door closed, and a moment later, the sound of a glass shattering could be heard from inside.

Even those in the living room who were some distance away could hear it clearly.

The cup clearly shattered upon hitting a door, and if one were to connect the dots, it wouldn't be hard to guess that the old man was trying to teach Gong Chengjue a lesson...

The truth about what happened in the study is...

Grandpa Gong did indeed smash the cup in anger, but he didn't smash it at Gong Chengjue.

He looked at Gong Chengjue, shook his head, and seemed very disappointed. "Since you did it, why didn't you clean up the mess?"

Gong Chengjue didn't argue, but lowered his eyes and said, "I don't understand what Grandpa is talking about."

"You don't understand? Chengkun was injured in Las Vegas. Do you understand now?!" Old Master Gong laughed angrily.

The Gong family's business is enormous. Las Vegas is a world-renowned gambling city and a highly profitable business. The Gong family is certainly involved, but they do not do so openly.

Meanwhile, Gong Chengkun was sent by his family to investigate the situation of the casino company. It was rumored that someone had embezzled a huge sum of money, causing the company's accounts to not match up...

This is a perfectly normal business practice; every adult child in the Gong family has this opportunity to learn.

However……

Gong Chengjue gave a slight twitch at the corner of his mouth. "Are you injured? Grandpa knows I went abroad on a business trip on the first day of the new year and just got back. He really didn't know Chengkun was injured."

“He is the younger brother!” Old Master Gong looked at Gong Chengjue.

Gong Chengjue understood, and chuckled twice, "Grandpa's blaming me for not visiting him? Then I'll go see him now..."

As he was about to turn around and open the door, Old Master Gong stopped him, saying, "Are you still going to play dumb?"

"Grandpa, please speak frankly." Gong Chengjue stopped in his tracks.

"Did you do it?" That was all the old man Gong asked.

Gong Chengjue had his back to him. "No."

"Chengjue!!" Old Master Gong pursed his lips. "Then what are you doing in the gambling city?"

Gong Chengjue chuckled softly, "Grandpa, since when do I have to report my whereabouts to my family?"

"I went to Las Vegas to gamble, of course," he said casually.

"But someone saw you with the gambling king!!" Old Master Gong continued, "And not long after, Chengkun was beaten by the gambling king's men."

"What does this have to do with me?" Gong Chengjue turned to look at Grandpa Gong. Seeing the seriousness on the old man's face, Gong Chengjue pursed his lips. "Grandpa thinks I did it?"

Not only did he think so, but his whole family thought so too.

Gong Chengjue didn't care what anyone in the Gong family thought, but what Old Master Gong thought...

Grandpa Gong remained silent.

Gong Chengjue then said, "If I told Grandpa that I went to Las Vegas because Gong Chengkun took something he shouldn't have and mortgaged it to the gambling king, and that's why I agreed to the gambling king's offer, would Grandpa believe me?"

After all, he was his most favored and beloved grandson, so of course Old Master Gong wanted to believe him.

However, the Gong family is no ordinary family. Their enormous wealth has not yet been divided up, and the heir has not yet been determined. Everything is vulnerable in the face of wealth.

Seeing the way Old Master Gong looked, Gong Chengjue knew that he didn't quite believe it.

“Since Grandpa doesn’t believe it, he can go and investigate.” Gong Chengjue lowered his eyes. “If there’s nothing else, I’ll be going now.”

Gong Chengjue walked out of the study, hoping to see the rest of the Gong family who were being disliked by the old man, but he didn't see the scene he wanted.

Instead, just like every time before, nothing happened...

Gu Mingyin bit her lip and started making a scene at Gong Changzhou, "He did such a thing, Changzhou, aren't you going to do anything about it?"

Gong Chengjue looked at Gu Mingyin and said sarcastically, "Aunt Ming, are you no longer going to be a 'virtuous wife and loving mother'?"

Gu Mingyin laughed, a laugh tinged with sadness, "Even if I treat you like my own child, do you treat me like your own child? Just because Chengkun is the biggest threat to you, you treat Chengkun like that..."

Those who didn't know the situation thought Gong Chengkun was going to die.

Gong Chengjue really couldn't be bothered to stay in this house any longer.

As he was about to leave, Gong Changzhou called him back, "Did you do this?"

"Does it matter whether it is or not? Don't you all think I did it?" Gong Chengjue sneered, as if to say whatever they wanted.

The rest of the Gong family had no intention of speaking up for Gong Chengjue. What a joke! The eldest branch of the family was making a scene, just as they wanted.

This isn't ancient times anymore, where platoon leaders had an advantage; whoever was capable could get promoted.

Gong Chengjue and Gong Chengkun have been blocking their way quite a bit.

The old man dotes on Gong Chengjue the most. If you're not careful and offend the old man, everyone will suffer. But if their family starts making trouble, then we'll just enjoy watching the show.

“Chengkun is younger than you, so what’s it to you? You’re already on the board of directors of Xinji Group, isn’t that enough?” Gu Mingyin said accusingly.

Gong Chengjue retorted, "If you want Gong Chengkun to join the board of directors, you should ask Grandpa's opinion."

"When did I say I wanted Chengkun to join the board of directors?" Gu Mingyin retorted.

"Oh, so you don't want to?" Gong Chengjue retorted sarcastically.

Gu Mingyin: "..." That's not what she was talking about, okay?

"That's enough." Old Master Gong stepped out. "Disperse."

Even if everyone wanted to watch the spectacle, they had no choice but to leave now.

Gu Mingyin suddenly knelt down, "Grandpa, do you spoil him like this?"

Grandpa Gong gave Gong Chengjue a deep look, pursed his lips, and said, "Once Chengkun is well, let him join the board of directors of Xinji Group."

"Grandpa... what?" Gu Mingyin was about to wail a few more times, but she was stunned when she heard this sudden news.

Do you think everyone else is stupid? After wailing all night, what's the real purpose behind acting like a 'good mother'?

First, remove Gong Chengjue from the board of directors, or have the old man punish him.

Second, let Gong Chengkun join the board of directors as well.

You can choose one of the two; you won't lose out on either.

I just didn't expect that the old man would still choose number two. Does he really love Gong Chengjue that much? Even after all this, he's still protecting him.

"That's the end of today's matter. No one is allowed to stir up trouble!" Old Master Gong looked at Gong Changzhou, "Keep everyone quiet, and don't let anyone know that Chengkun is injured."