Chapter 115
After the start of the four-year-old classic race, Lin Jianquan can be said to have won many battles and was invincible all the way. Among the participating horses in this year's Hong Kong Derby, he was ranked among the top.
At the same time, the Meng family's White Ear Dede and Wandering Desert, and the Ning family's Lucky Horse also won in the race. What surprised Ye Tianhui the most was the Indian horse owner's warhorse Mcgaffick.
In fact, there has always been a lack of famous racing horses from all over the world in major Hong Kong races. Most of them have a lot of tracks and backgrounds, so that in the past years of the Derby, the number of local racing horses winning the championship is very small.
This year, the Meng family, the Ning family, and the Ye family all invested heavily in this Derby, determined to fight to the death with the foreign racers. From the perspective of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, they naturally wanted to encourage more and let the local Hong Kong racers win honors.
Because of Lin Jianquan's outstanding performance on the field, the chairman of the Jockey Club Lu specially called Ye Tianhui over that day, asked about the situation on the field, and also expressed his high hopes. After that, he mentioned that he wanted to invite Mr. Ye to play golf.
Ye Tianhui naturally said that he would convey it on his behalf.
After leaving Chairman Lu, Ye Tianhui returned home to visit Mr. Ye and mentioned Chairman Lu's invitation to play golf.
Although the quarrel between the grandfather and grandson over the second wife's matter had caused some estrangement, and Ye Lixuan was away from home, he began to feel guilty, but he could not help but feel depressed over time.
This time Ye Tianhui came to invite him, and he sighed, "You are now strong enough, I can't control you, and you don't need to ask me to go out to meet people."
Ye Tianhui smiled when she heard it: "Grandpa, It's pointless for you to say such a whimpering thing. Look at me, I'm racking my brains and dealing with people everywhere. Who am I doing this for? Isn't it for our Ye family? When it comes to the critical moment, Chairman Lu wants to win us over, and in the end, won't he ask you to suppress it?"
But Grandpa Ye said, "I'm old now, and now I feel that doing anything is meaningless."
Ye Tianhui: "Grandpa, I think your body is weak. Very strong, it is no problem to live another 10,000 years."
Old Master Ye blew his beard and glared: "Nonsense, I am still a turtle, how can I live 10,000 years?" Ye
Tianhui smiled: "Aren't you just pretending to be sick at home? The power of our Ye family is still in your hands in the end. I am just a flag in the open, charging into the enemy's camp and eliminating dissidents for you."
Old Master Ye paused and looked at Ye Tianhui.
Ye Tianhui: "Isn't it? You have lived for such an old age and have seen all kinds of storms. I will give you this, can you really lie there and not move?"
Old Master Ye was silent immediately.
He was silent for a long while before he said, "Tianhui, you can't say that, right?"
Ye Tianhui: "Oh, then what should I say?"
Old Master Ye sighed, "I am indeed old, and the younger generation will always be able to push the older generation forward. Since you want to do something, I will give you some space. Who will own the Ye family sooner or later? It will naturally be the capable ones who will take charge. I also hope to give you more space so that I won't hinder you."
After hearing this, Ye Tianhui spoke frankly, "You are just testing me now, but do you think I can see through your mind? How much can you test me?"
Old Master Ye smiled bitterly: "Who else can we have in our Ye family besides you? If I hand over the Ye family to you, I have nothing to worry about, but -"
He shook his head and said helplessly: "My palms and backs are all flesh and blood, Wen Yong, and Wen Jing, they are also my descendants. If you fight against each other, won't you become a joke in Hong Kong?"
Ye Tianhui naturally understood what Old Master Ye was thinking: "Grandpa, if I have any intentions for you, there are some things I don't need to reveal. I just need to act out a play, and I can't fool you?"
Old Master Ye was a little annoyed when he heard this.
Ye Tianhui squatted down and looked at him at eye level.
She looked into his experienced eyes: "I can make a stunning debut at the racecourse and make the whole of Hong Kong dazzled by me, so I can naturally play tricks and hide it from you perfectly."
Old Master Ye looked at his granddaughter in front of him.
Her eyes were bright and open, reminding him of the stars in the night sky, clean and transparent.
He nodded and agreed: "Indeed, if you want, you can do it."
He has been changing his opinion of this granddaughter and constantly improving his evaluation, but now he finds that he can improve a little more.
She can always be more wonderful than he thinks.
Ye Tianhui held the old man's hand, which had become withered and worn out that year, and said, "Grandpa, you should know that my father is angry with you, and my aunt hates you too. The reason they hate you is because they love you so much. You are their father, and they have expectations of you, so they hate you so much."
Old Man Ye was stunned for a moment, and then a deep sadness appeared in his eyes.
His hands were shaking: "They are disappointed in me, their mother is disappointed in me too...but what did I do wrong, wasn't I always thinking about them?"
Ye Tianhui sighed: "It doesn't really matter who was right and who was wrong in the past. It can only be said that you look at the problem from different angles. Grandpa, you are a generation of heroes, you can sacrifice everything for the family business, but my dad is a flesh and blood body, compared to the family interests, he may value feelings more, there is nothing right or wrong."
Old Man Ye smiled bitterly: "You are right, there is nothing right or wrong."
Ye Tianhui: "I know that for Grandpa, you are old, you are willing to let go of the Ye family and hand it over to me, you also believe that the Ye family can be developed in my hands, right?"
Old Man Ye nodded: "Yes."
Ye Tianhui: "But you are worried "These are your children and grandchildren, they are the blood of the Ye family, you are afraid that I will raise the sickle against them."
Old Master Ye looked up, his eyes full of sorrow: "I raise my children and grandchildren like wolves, hoping that they can achieve success in the business world, instead of fighting each other and fighting for the benefit."
Ye Tianhui: "Then I can tell you that I won't."
Old Master Ye's sad eyes gradually showed a sharp look. Light, his eyes fell on Ye Tianhui's face: "You won't?"
Ye Tianhui: "Based on what I have experienced, based on the ability of my fiance now, I just want to, today Ye Wenyong is already a dead man, you are also a dead man, I will not squat here, and tell you these things in my heart."
After the second wife's incident came out, Ye Lizhen was exiled overseas, and Ye Wenyong and others were naturally in an awkward situation.
They were careful everywhere and also observed Ye Tianhui's intentions, but Ye Tianhui did not kill them all, and still treated them as usual, and they slowly calmed down.
As long as they are smart and can understand that everyone is a community of interests, she will give them opportunities if they want to do things. If they are cautious or even have second thoughts because of the second wife's affairs, she will never tolerate them and will send them away directly.
The Ye family has some industries all over the world. Those industries naturally have no future, but they can still support a few brothers and sisters, so they can be sent away directly.
Now that she has Ye Yibai and Gu Shizhang to support her, and she has her own business these days, it is easy for her to control the situation of the Ye family.
Obviously, Master Ye also knows these things. He looked at Ye Tianhui silently for a long time.
Finally, he sighed: "You are right."
He closed his eyes: "I am old, I am really old, you tell me, what do you want me to do, I will do it."
He could not see it more clearly now, the Ye family is lucky and unfortunate to have a granddaughter like Ye Tianhui.
But since it has been acquired, it is better to think of the good.
The Ye family is in her hands, let her struggle, after all, she will do better than other children and grandchildren.
Ye Tianhui: "Grandpa, it is good that you can think clearly, you are the backbone of the Ye family, with you, those brothers and sisters can be more peaceful."
And her position in the Ye family is more legitimate.
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The relationship between Ye Tianhui and the old man has been resolved. The old man clearly wants to support Ye Tianhui, so everyone can see that the Ye family wants Ye Tianhui to take over.
Although Ye Tianhui is good enough, it is unexpected that the old man, who has always valued boys over girls, chose such a female successor.
But no matter what, the old man's move has stopped the public from talking, and everyone in the Ye family is finally relieved.
Things at home have finally settled down, and Ye Tianhui has also put more thought into the horse farm.
One day, Ye Tianhui just came out of the horse farm and saw Meng Yinian.
As soon as she came out, his eyes shot over, obviously waiting for her.
In fact, Ye Tianhui estimated that it was about time, and they should find out the truth. She
stepped forward and said with a smile: "Yinian, why don't you go into the horse farm? What are you doing here?"
Meng Yinian looked at her smile and suddenly said: "I found that you look pretty when you smile."
Ye Tianhui: "..."
Meng Yinian: "Since I met you, I have never seen you smile so beautifully at me. Now I finally see it, and I understand. Are you so happy only when you see others having fun?"
Ye Tianhui raised her eyebrows slightly: "Goodbye."
She turned around and left.
Seeing this, Meng Yinian stepped forward and stopped her: "Miss, wait a minute, let's talk it out."
Ye Tianhui smiled very reservedly: "What can we talk about? You see, you and my boyfriend have been friends for many years. You just praised me so much for my good looks. What if he misunderstood and thought you were teasing me? What should I do?"
She seemed to be very helpless and said: "Shi Zhang is very jealous. If I talk to other men, he will definitely be angry!"
Meng Yinian's eyes were particularly helpless when he heard this. What kind of words are these? Can Gu Shi Zhang control her?
In his opinion, Gu Shi Zhang simply indulged her to the point of lawlessness!
He sighed and said helplessly: "Miss, please stop making trouble. Can we talk seriously? I really want to talk to you alone."
Ye Tianhui: "Okay, there is a cafe in front. Please buy me some coffee."
Meng Yinian nodded hurriedly.
After a while, the two of them went to the cafe in front and sat down. Ye Tianhui said: "What's the matter?"
Meng Yinian looked at her nonchalant look and smiled bitterly: "You knew it a long time ago, right? Lin Jianquan is my dad's child."
Ye Tianhui listened and corrected: "You can't say that. I didn't know anything in advance. It's just that in a previous competition, I found something strange about Jianquan's mother. After that, she reacted wrongly, as if she was stimulated, so I went to check."
Meng Yinian nodded: " I understand what you mean, and thank you for giving us this reminder, so that we know the situation, otherwise we would have been kept in the dark."
He sighed when he mentioned this: "My dad handled this matter back then. I was young and abroad, and my grandfather was also recuperating in Europe. As for other uncles, they didn't intervene in this matter. My dad firmly believed that it was not his child, so naturally no one would think too much about it. We were not familiar with the mother and son of the Lin family at that time, so--"
He raised his hand and said , "I'm not familiar with the mother and son of the Lin family, so--" He raised his hand, rubbed his face, and said bitterly: "Actually, now that I think about it, I may have seen him when I was a child. It should be when I was fourteen or fifteen years old and returned to China. I happened to see his mother bringing him to our house. It seemed that she wanted to meet my father. However, my father seemed to be very disgusted. He didn't even meet him and directly asked people to drive him out. He told us that those people kept pestering us just to get money. I was young at the time, and I had my own studies, so I didn't think much about it and left in a hurry. "
He sighed, "Now I have checked his experiences over the years. It has not been easy for them as mother and son. He himself was a loser and suffered a lot before he got to where he is today. Now I can't help but feel a little regretful. If I had spent more time to understand these things a little bit, maybe things would be different. No matter what, he is my brother. I can at least provide him with some help so that he doesn't have to work so hard. "
Ye Tianhui listened and could imagine the scene back then.
This was Lin Jianquan's unbearable situation. His mother took him to a desperate situation. Maybe she had no food to eat and was starving to death. She went to beg for mercy from others, but was kicked out. At this time, Meng Yinian, who was still a handsome young man, walked out of the house, dignified, fashionable and stylish.
If there is even a hint of darkness in human nature, people will feel sad and think that there are many injustices in this world.
Meng Yinian continued, "But I also understand that now the matter has long passed. He has made it through and has become a person that our Meng family has to consider and study. If I go over and say that I want him to return to the Meng family to recognize his ancestors, he will definitely disdain it."
Ye Tianhui was very satisfied to appreciate Meng Yinian's helplessness and said, "You see, you also think very clearly. He can get to where he is today not because of my promotion, nor the opportunity given by anyone, but because of his own efforts. With the needle in the bag, he will eventually show his brilliance. In fact, no matter where he goes, he will shine. Such a person must have a pride that is different from ordinary people. How can he be summoned and dismissed by you?"
Meng Yinian looked at Ye Tianhui: "I understand what you mean, and I don't want to force it, but Miss Ye, I came to you today to ask for something."
Ye Tianhui: "Oh?"
Meng Yinian: "We have held a family meeting. My grandfather and my father hope that he and his mother will change their minds and let him return to his roots. After all, he is the blood of our Meng family. We don't want him to be wandering outside. But this is not something that can be done overnight. So I have an unkind request about Jianquan."
Ye Tianhui listened with a sarcastic tone: "Oh, the blood of your Meng family cannot be wandering outside. Did you think you were a dog picking up garbage outside before?"
Meng Yinian smiled bitterly: "I know this is our Meng family's fault. Now that things have come to this, we will accept whatever you say."
Ye Tianhui: "Okay, tell me your unkind request."
Meng Yinian: "I want Jianquan's contract. You make an offer. As long as you can offer, I can accept it."
Upon hearing this, Ye Tianhui looked at Meng Yinian in surprise: "What are you thinking about? The competition is about to start. This is my ace warrior. You actually want to spend money to buy him away?"
She couldn't help laughing: "Young Master Meng, we have known each other for a while. Can we give each other a bit of face? Since you know that this is an unreasonable request, why did you still ask? Do you think I can agree to it?"
Meng Yinian became more and more helpless as he listened. He always knew that Ye Tianhui spoke harshly, but he didn't expect her to be so direct. She was simply a quick knife and could cut people into pieces in a few strokes.
He smiled bitterly and said, "I understand what you mean, so what I want to say is that I hope you can transfer the contract to me, but in the next few years, let him still work under you, is that okay?"
After hearing this, Ye Tianhui understood, "To put it bluntly, it's still about face. The face of your Meng family does not allow your bloodline to work under me."
Meng Yinian: "You can think so."
Ye Tianhui: "But did he agree? Did he agree to recognize his ancestors?
Meng Yinian suddenly looked helpless.
Ye Tianhui naturally saw it. She looked at Meng Yinian and sighed, "Before we continue this topic, let me tell you how I got to know him."
Meng Yinian nodded: "Okay. "
Ye Tianhui mentioned it to Meng Yinian, the eyes full of desire behind the two trash cans, the two pieces of wife cakes, the skinny bug crawling desperately on the horse's back in the pouring rain, and the one who almost died in the frightened horse.
Finally, Ye Tianhui said: "It has not been easy for him to come this far. We are poor friends, so if he wants to recognize his ancestors, but his identity is blemish because of the contract with me, then I can indeed terminate the contract, cancel the contract and set him free, so that he can be a carefree rich young master."
She spread her hands and said innocently: "But the problem is that he doesn't want to recognize his ancestors now. If not, why did you come to me to talk about this? Is there any meaning? What is the relationship between him and you? In fact, he doesn't admit his relationship with you at all, so what qualifications do you have to ask me to transfer the contract to you? Am I the kind of person who sells out my subordinates casually? "
Meng Yinian was speechless for a
moment. After a while, he said, "He and his mother are very stubborn. No matter how we persuade them, they don't agree."
Ye Tianhui said, "Then you think of a solution. You have to know that fifteen years ago, a weak woman had nowhere to go. She stood up in the pain of humiliation, spitting and being abandoned by her lover and gave birth to him. You didn't recognize him, but humiliated her instead; twelve years ago, they were desperate, and his mother brought the young him to beg at your door, hoping for your charity, but you still didn't recognize him. "
Meng Yinian looked ashamed.
What Ye Tianhui said was the truth, and it was his dad who did it, he could not refute it.
Ye Tianhui laughed sarcastically: "Fifteen years later, he became famous in the racecourse, and you want to recognize him and want him to return to the Meng family. How can his mother be willing? How can it be possible if you don't show a little sincerity at this time?"
Meng Yinian was puzzled: "Sincerity?"
Ye Tianhui: "Why do you want to recognize him? Do you want him to race for you? Do you want to pick a ready-made peach?"
Meng Yinian said: "It's not because of this. I also said that even if he recognizes his ancestors and even if I get the contract, he can still continue to race for you. We just hope that the descendants of the Meng family can recognize their ancestors. "
Ye Tianhui smiled and said, "Don't be so generous, as if I have to beg you to let him continue to race for me. You have to understand--"
She looked at him indifferently: "Now, if I let him continue to race, he has to continue to race. If I let him stay in the stable and do nothing, he will do nothing. I have a 30-year contract, and his future and fate are in my hands. Now you are asking me to give up some of my rights. I will leave this here. Even if I go to the old man of your Meng family, it is still the same. I will say so. "
Meng Yinian took a deep breath.
He always knew that Ye Tianhui was not someone to be trifled with, and now he found out even more that this person was not to be trifled with. He
also understood, of course, that as Ye Tianhui's most beloved general, it was obviously impossible for her to hide Lin Jianquan. She just wanted to tell the Meng family that I am holding the heirs of your Meng family in my hands, and you have to listen to me.
He looked at Ye Tianhui somewhat powerlessly: "Okay, you tell me what I should do now, I will listen to you, okay?"
Ye Tianhui hesitated for a moment and asked: "Then what do you mean? If he doesn't recognize his ancestors, you will not recognize him as a relative, and will completely treat him as a stranger?"
Meng Yinian shook his head: "No, no matter what, we will recognize him, this is what the old people in our family said. "
Ye Tianhui: "Isn't that enough? Since you treat him as a relative regardless of whether he recognizes his ancestry or not, you should behave like a relative should at this time."
Meng Yinian was at a loss.
Ye Tianhui: "Do I need to tell you anything else? Hurry up and give him money, houses and land. Although your Meng family has suffered a big setback in the site selection for the racecourse, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. You are very rich. You can't tell me that you are so stingy that you can only give him something if he recognizes his ancestry. If he doesn't recognize his ancestry, you won't give him money?"
Meng Yinian listened and suddenly realized: "What you said does have a solution. "
Ye Tianhui: "The authorities are confused, you should hurry up and do it, you see you have such a good brother, shouldn't you be proud? Don't care about other things at this time, give as much money as you can, maybe one day he will be moved. After you give him money, don't ask him to recognize his ancestry right away, that would become a transaction, understand?"
Meng Yinian took a deep breath and nodded: "You make sense, I understand."