When Du Guanglong came up, Gong Che had already gotten up and was about to leave.

He glanced at Du Guanglong thoughtfully for a few moments, then turned slightly to look at Huo Jingxi after walking to the door.

"I don't need to tell you what to do next, do I?"

Huo Jingxi closed one eye and snorted, "I don't need you to teach me what to do!"

He was so surprised!

In the years between the Huo family's downfall and his return to Fengcheng, he thought he had survived by sheer luck.

Unexpectedly, his brother had always been there to protect him from the wind and rain.

Lu Yi watched the two brothers bickering with envy, not noticing the strange expression on Du Guanglong's face.

Since Gong Che has joined the Huo family, Huo Xiao couldn't possibly be unaware of it.

Despite his illness, he sat in his wheelchair and instructed, "Old Hua, go and bring him over. I have something to discuss with him."

As soon as Butler Hua reached the door, he saw Gong Che striding in and opened the door to greet him.

"Mr. Gong, the master is waiting for you!"

Gong Che waved his hand, "I understand."

It was rare to see the young master with such a gentle expression. Butler Hua wanted to say a few words of advice, but then he remembered that the two were father and son, so he obediently kept his mouth shut.

"I'll go make you a pot of tea!"

...

The floor in Huo Xiao's study was warm from the underfloor heating.

As soon as Gong Che entered, he took off his coat.

Huo Xiao's scrutinizing gaze fell on his unbuttoned shirt. "Jing Xi is young after all; he can't compete with those people!"

“I know that Long’er and Jingxi are of one mind, but Long’er is not young anymore. What can he do alone abroad?”

"I had no choice but to ask you to step in, so don't take your anger out on Jingxi!"

He knew his son too well.

Back then, he insisted on entering politics, while Huo Xiao wanted to inherit the family business.

The heir of a large family may seem to be the most valued, but in reality, he is the least valued.

Because everyone has labeled him as the "heir," regardless of whether he wants it or not.

Gong Che and Huo Xiao had a major falling out, and Gong Che went so far as to run away from home and cut off all contact with his family.

It wasn't until he entered officialdom that he appeared before Huo Xiao with his head held high.

He told his father firmly that he had done what he wanted to do!

Not as a member of the Huo family, but as a member of the Gong family.

Huo Xiao's wife had already passed away at that time.

Heaven knows how complicated Huo Xiao's feelings were when he saw his son, full of pride, displaying his victory like a triumphant general.

From that day on, Gong Che never called him "Dad" again.

Now he is more muscular than before, and the upward curve of his eyes is steady and confident, exuding an aura of dominance.

Gong Che narrowed his eyes.

"Mr. Huo underestimates me. I'm not so bad as to mess with someone who's half-crippled!"

Huo Xiao's face twitched a few times.

He seriously doubted whether his son did it on purpose. He even suspected that when he rescued Huo Jingxi from those people, he was the one who used such ruthless methods.

“Che’er, he always acts impulsively, unlike you who thinks long-term. You should give him more guidance in the future.”

"It wasn't easy for the Huo family to reach its current size. He'll be in power sooner or later. Of course, if you want to come back, I suppose..."

Gong Che's eyes gradually darkened as he glanced at him a few times.

"Don't worry, I have no interest in the Huo family!"

"The reason I came to stop his actions so quickly is simply because of the unstable factor in the Lu family."

“Over the years, I have found accurate clues. Although Lu Zhengming did not directly harm the Huo family back then, he revealed our Huo family’s secrets to the Shen family!”

"Back then, I was just a lowly office secretary with no access to useful information, but things are different now. I can investigate whatever I want, and I must eliminate the Lu family!"

Huo Xiao thought he would say something disobedient to him, but he didn't expect him to bring up the past so directly.

He's getting old, and he doesn't care so much about old grudges anymore.

Aside from his two stubborn sons who he couldn't let go of, he was indifferent to any wealth or reputation.

Gong Che leaned back in his chair, curled his lips, and revealed a meaningful smile.

"You're getting old, but that doesn't mean those things are over!"

“The revenge you don’t want to take, I will take. Not for any other reason than that I grew up eating the Huo family’s food.”

"Mr. Huo, there's no need to thank me so quickly. No one can stop me from doing what I want to do, and no one can force me to do what I don't want to do!"

Gong Che should have been like Gu Huaibei, starting a family, getting married and having children, and then continuing his life on the wealth platform built by his family.

But he didn't want to be trapped in those social niceties for the rest of his life.

That was his first moment of enlightenment.

In my memory, the Huo family's door was rarely closed.

There are more people coming with big bags and small packages to try and build connections than ants busy moving house on a rainy day.

Once, when he was about to report on the company's situation to his father, he stood outside his father's study and suddenly heard his father speaking softly and humbly.

"Give me another half month, no, ten days will do... Within ten days, the Huo family will receive a final payment, and then I will make sure that every penny is paid in full!"

His father's back, as hunched as a mountain, was slightly bent. Through the crack in the door, he saw a face full of mockery.

That face was wide and fleshy, and behind his thick, bottle-bottomed eyes, a pair of beady green eyes were looking at the safe in the corner of the study.

He pointed at his father, and his body immediately trembled like a leaf.

That was the first time he had ever seen his father kneel down before someone.

"Secretary Wang, please be lenient, there's really nothing left in the safe..."

The man snorted and forcefully poked his father's forehead with his finger.

Gong Che forgot how long he cried that day, but the smug look on that person's face as he walked out of the study with his mother's only keepsake was deeply imprinted in his mind.

That night, he knelt before his mother's portrait and swore to trample that man over on his head.

A seed that inadvertently fell into his heart caused the once-honorable family heir to turn against his family and walk without looking back down a thorny path.

How did Wang Da get in?

Outsiders only know that he was greedy and offended the wrong people. No one knows that behind the Wang family's downfall, it was all Gong Che's doing.

Before the Huo family had much power, the Wang family, relying on their prestige with the Su family of Fengcheng, held absolute power in Fengcheng and did many deadly things against the Huo family.

They were as glorious as they were back then, and they are as destitute as they are now!

Huo Xiao naturally had no idea why his son had suddenly become rebellious and as raging as a lion.

He still believes that it was the Gong family who instigated him behind the scenes.

"Che'er, every time I see you, it will be the last time I see you. If you are unwilling to resolve the misunderstanding between us, father and son, I will not force you!"

"But you must promise me one thing: after I'm gone, take good care of Jingxi. He's your only family left in this world..."

Seeing the Huo family restored to its former glory, even surpassing its former glory, before his death, he had few regrets!

A layer of tears welled up in Huo Xiao's eyes.