Xiao Linran covered his face and collapsed to the ground, shrinking back and not daring to look at his father.
Although he had long surpassed his father in physical strength, the bloodline suppression brought by his genes still made him dare not fight back.
"You still dare to ask why?" Xiao Zhengyan kicked him to the ground, then kicked him twice hard in the ribs. Xiao Linran cowered on the ground, as obedient as a little rabbit.
"I already know that you sent people to Jingchen's place! Did you think you were hiding it well?" Xiao Zhengyan rolled his eyes. Xiao Linran's little tricks were no match for him.
Did he think that sending his trusted confidant to City A would solve everything? Little did he know that all of the Xiao family's helicopters were equipped with a recorder that recorded every place the helicopter went.
Xiao Linran was startled. Sure enough, the old man had already discovered this matter.
"You actually dared to lie to me!" Xiao Zhengyan became more and more furious. How could he have given birth to such a stupid son? It was bad enough that he was dishonest, but now that he had been exposed, he still dared to lie to him.
"Idiot!" Xiao Zhengyan cursed angrily.
"I'm warning you! If you dare to lay a hand on Jing Chen again, don't blame me for being impolite!"
"You're incompetent and jealous of others. If you continue like this, even without Jing Chen, I wouldn't hand the Xiao family over to you. I'd rather give the position of family head to a collateral branch of the Xiao family than let you destroy the entire family."
"Father, why? Do you look down on me that much? Over the years, when have I ever not obeyed you?" This sentence successfully ignited the grievances that Xiao Linran had suppressed for many years.
"Compliant and obedient? Ha! It's more like outwardly complying but inwardly resisting!" Xiao Zhengyan sneered.
"Don't think I don't know how much you pulled behind the scenes regarding your older brother's affair!"
Xiao Linran felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave. So his father had known all along. What should he do now? Given how much his father valued his elder brother, was he going to kill him?
"You killed your elder brother because of jealousy, do you think I didn't know?" For so many years, the father and son had kept this a secret, and neither of them had ever brought it up.
"It was about my brother. I didn't mean to!" Xiao Linran explained weakly. He had been afraid of his strict father since he was a child, and even though he was grown up now, he still couldn't help but feel fear.
In fact, his original intention was simply to incite conflict between his elder brother and the Xiao family, so that his elder brother would stop returning to the Xiao family and competing with him.
But who would have thought that my older brother would be so despondent as to jump off a building and commit suicide?
However, his elder brother's death suited him just as well.
"Over the years, how many things have I entrusted to you? And how many of them have you accomplished well!" Xiao Zhengyan stood by the window with his hands behind his back, his expression uncertain.
After Lin Zhong's death, whether he liked it or not, Lin Ran was the first in line to inherit the position of head of the Xiao family.
Over the years, he had tried to cultivate him, but unfortunately, Xiao Linran was simply too unpromising.
Although he was quite clever, he was inept at handling daily affairs, dragging his feet, lacking foresight, and not ruthless enough when he needed to be, but usually very tyrannical and impatient, which caused his subordinates to complain.
Xiao Linran simply couldn't be the head of the Xiao family.
"Father, I was wrong, I was really wrong! Please give me another chance, I will definitely do well!" Xiao Linran crawled over and hugged Xiao Zhengyan's leg.
"Sigh!" Xiao Zhengyan sighed deeply. This was the first time he had shown his emotions in front of Xiao Linran.
He admitted that he no longer loved his son Xiao Linran, but he was still his child after all.
"Father, I know I was wrong! I will definitely improve in the future!" Xiao Linran pleaded, willing to do anything to keep his position as head of the family.
"Improvement? Ha, what's the use of improvement? It's like a leopard can't change its spots."
"If you want to improve, then you should solve the problems of the next generation first!" Xiao Zhengyan said sarcastically.
That's right! Xiao Linran still doesn't have children! This is something that others have been criticizing about him.
"How long has it been since you and Yan Hua last saw each other?" Xiao Zhengyan questioned.
"I saw her not long ago!" Xiao Linran stammered. He couldn't help but feel nauseous at the thought of Zhang Yanhua's haggard, resentful appearance, but he was afraid that if he didn't answer well, he would get another beating.
"When was 'a while ago'? A week ago, half a month ago, or several months ago? Could it be that we only met once during the Chinese New Year?"
"No!" He saw her last Mid-Autumn Festival, and of course, he couldn't admit it in front of Xiao Zhengyan.
"You and Yanhua haven't seen each other for so long, how could you possibly have a child?" Xiao Zhengyan earnestly advised.
Upon hearing this, Xiao Linran nearly got goosebumps. Zhang Yanhua was almost menopausal, and she was still having a baby?! Was he mistaken?
Even if Zhang Yanhua could have children, he wouldn't want to touch her.
Every time he saw Zhang Yanhua, she would chatter on and on with a sharp tongue and meanness. He felt disgusted just looking at her, let alone sharing a bed with her.
Zhang Yanhua was arranged for him by his father. Apart from her family background being of equal social standing, she had a round face and was also burly.
From the day they met on their blind date, Xiao Linran never took a liking to her, but he couldn't resist. From the day they got married, he had refused to go back.
Moreover, that wretched woman thinks she's something special because she was born to the first wife, and she always acts superior to him.
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