Chapter 477: Overwhelmed
Today, Gu Siqing and Han Zhengping are getting engaged, but Wang Yueju and Old Lady Xia are very busy because many people come to them to inquire about Gu Sanjing's marriage.
The four daughters of the Gu family are all outstanding. Now two of them are married and one is engaged, leaving only one, who is an Olympic champion. Naturally, many people are paying attention to her.
Those who were familiar with Wang Yueju came to ask her, and those who were not familiar with her went to ask Old Lady Xia. However, the answer they received was that Gu Sanjing was busy with training and had no time for dating.
Despite this, many people still promoted their own children, and Wang Yueju and Old Lady Xia just listened with a smile. It was not until the end of the banquet that they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Old Lady Xia knew that Gu Sanjing was in contact with Xu Yusen and had some knowledge of the Xu family's affairs, so she said to Wang Yueju: "There is no rush for Sanjing's marriage, we need to wait and see."
"I know," Wang Yueju said, "Sanjing still has to go to school after he retires. It will take many years, so there's plenty of time."
They say time is the test of all truth. Xu Yusen's true potential might not be revealed in one or two years, but it will take five or six years. The next Olympics are still two years away, and then university will take another four years, so that's six years in total.
Six years can always make you see a person clearly.
Old Mrs. Xia felt relieved when she heard her say this.
Here, after the banquet, Xu Likang stopped Xu Yusen at the bathroom door and said, "Let's talk."
Xu Yusen didn't hide his dislike for him at all and said impatiently, "No time."
"Your grandfather left a will before he died. Don't you want to know?" Xu Likang whispered to Xu Yusen. Now he had no choice but to use this to negotiate with him.
Xu Yusen walked forward without saying a word. He reached a private room and pushed the door open, followed closely by Xu Likang. The two sat opposite each other, Xu Likang leaning forward as if eager to have a long conversation. Xu Yusen, however, leaned back on the sofa, his arms folded across his chest, a clear sign of unwillingness to engage in further conversation.
"What will my grandfather leave behind? Do you think he won't tell me?" Xu Yusen looked at Xu Likang sarcastically.
Xu Likang was irritated by his gaze and asked, "Then why haven't you joined the company for all these years?"
Xu Yusen: "Isn't it you? You did a great job."
Xu Likang laughed, "You're treating me like an employee."
Xu Yusen didn't say anything, but that was what he meant. When his mother died, she held his grandfather's hand and said she wanted to give him all her company shares. So after his mother was buried, his grandfather had someone handle the share transfer procedures.
When his grandfather was seriously ill, he made a will, having a lawyer draft it in his presence. He left all his grandfather's assets, including his company shares, to him. Overall, he was the company's largest shareholder.
However, his grandfather also told him at the time that Xu Likang had business talent, and as long as he did not have another son, he would continue to be in charge of the company until he was able to take over.
In recent years, his own company has been running well, and the Xu family's business has also developed well under Xu Likang's leadership. There is no need for him to compete with him for power. It will be his sooner or later anyway, even if Xu Likang has another son.
"Aren't you afraid that I will turn the company into a shell company?" Xu Likang said angrily.
"Would you? The Xu family is the hard work of several generations of the Xu family. Do you dare?" Xu Yusen said lightly.
Xu Likang narrowed his eyes as he looked at Xu Yusen. This son had truly grown into a man of character, not even taking his father seriously. But it was undeniable that this son was truly outstanding. Few of the young talents in Hong Kong could match him.
Thinking of this, he laughed heartily, then he sighed and said, "I admit that I am somewhat attracted to women, but I never intended to harm your mother. That night was truly a misunderstanding."
“Bang!”
The sound of a cup falling to the ground silenced Xu Likang. Xu Yusen's eyes seemed to be blazing with anger. He stared at Xu Likang and said, "You have no right to mention my mother."
Xu Likang lowered his eyes and remained silent. He felt guilty towards his deceased wife. After all, she was his first woman, so his feelings towards her were naturally different from those towards other women.
After a long silence, he said, "Like you said, I don't dare to destroy Xu's, and neither do you. Xu's will be yours sooner or later. We can't always have such a strained relationship. Father and son are fighting together. The global economy has been doing well in recent years. Wouldn't it be better if you came to the company and we made it even stronger?"
"I don't plan to go back to Hong Kong." Xu Yusen looked down at his fingers. Once he arrived in Hong Kong, he would think of the past events that made him sad.
"You're not going to stay in the mainland, are you?" Xu Likang said with dissatisfaction. "There are indeed many untapped markets in the mainland, but the mainland is too poor and consumption can't keep up. Look at the Su family. They only came here to invest because the mainland government gave them so many preferential conditions. Besides, the Su family's main industries are not in the mainland."
"Don't worry about my business, just take care of your own." Be a good worker.
Seeing that he couldn't reach an agreement on returning to the company, Xu Likang changed the subject, saying, "Su Zhengping is even younger than you, and he's already engaged. I asked around, and they're talking about childhood sweethearts, but to put it bluntly, it's still an arranged marriage.
Although the Gu family is not conspicuous, Su Zhengping's fiancée has the Xia family behind her, and is also related to the Ye and Zhang families. You see, marriage is still very important. I have seen a few who are about your age, and they all have good family backgrounds. You can go back and pick one."
"No need!" Xu Yusen looked at Xu Likang sternly and said, "Don't worry about my business."
"If you don't let me take care of it, who else can?" Xu Likang had been holding back, but now he couldn't endure it anymore. He stood up, looked at Xu Yusen and said, "You just don't want to admit that I'm your father, and the only relative you have in this world now."
"I'd rather not have you as a relative," Xu Yusen said as he stood up and walked out. Xu Likang sat dejectedly on the sofa. He had never imagined that his son would hate him to this extent.
Xu Yusen left the room. Most of the people outside had left, including the Gu family. He said goodbye to Su Wenshan and drove home.
Seeing that he looked unhappy, Su Wenshan knew that he must have had an argument with Xu Likang. He found Xu Likang's room, sat down and said to him, "I saw Yusen left with a unhappy look on his face."
Xu Likang sighed deeply. "I asked him to return to the company, but he refused. I found him a few girls with comparable family backgrounds and told him to go back and pick one, but he just stood up and left."
When Su Wenshan heard that he wanted to introduce a girl to Xu Yusen, he thought for a moment and said, "The child is grown up now. We as parents can't interfere too much in their affairs, especially their love affairs. We have to let him find someone who is in love with him."
"For a family like ours, there's no such thing as mutual love. We'll just look for someone with a similar family background and someone we don't mind. Everything is based on profit. When we meet someone we like in the future, we'll just keep her outside," said Xu Likang.
Su Wenshan: ""
"Don't talk to me about we. I'm different from you. My lover and I are in love with each other." Su Wenshan didn't want to talk to him anymore.
"Yes, you are the only infatuated person like you in the whole Hong Kong." Xu Likang couldn't understand Su Wenshan. Even if he liked someone so much, he would get tired of him after a while.
Although Su Wenshan didn't want to say more to him, he thought Xu Yusen was a good person, so he advised him again: "The relationship between you and your son is not good to begin with, so don't make it worse because of these things."
Xu Likang sighed again, "He's developing in Kyoto. Please take care of him, Wenshan, and help me persuade him. The Xu family will be his from now on. It's not a good thing for him to stay away from home all the time."
Su Wenshan hummed in agreement. He knew Xu Yusen wasn't someone who acted on impulse, and even if his relationship with Xu Likang wasn't good, he wouldn't sacrifice his own interests.
He will definitely not give up what belongs to him.
Xu Yusen returned home and lay in bed thinking about all the things that had happened over the years. His mother's death, Xu Likang's constant affairs with other women, his grandfather's strict guidance and death...
Xu Likang said that these were his only family in the world, which was ridiculous. His only family in the world were the people he hated the most.
Lonely
He had long been accustomed to this feeling, but now he didn't want to be so lonely anymore.
Laughter could be heard again from next door, and he couldn't help but curl his lips. The Gu family was always full of joy...
At the Gu family's side, the family was sitting together chatting. Fatty Zhang was imitating adults' speech. Wang Yueju said that many people asked me about Sanjing's marriage today, and Fatty Zhang followed up with, "Kiss, kiss, kiss."
It made everyone laugh.
Wang Yueju held him in her arms and said with a smile, "Do you know what a kiss is?"
Zhang Pangpang pointed at Gu Erhui and said, "Daddy kisses you."
Although it was only three words, everyone understood what it meant and started laughing again. Gu Erhui blushed.
After laughing, Gu Siqing whispered to Gu Sanjing, "Have you met Xu Yusen's father?"
Gu Sanjing shook her head, and Gu Siqing whispered to her, "I saw him. He looks like a decent person. I guess he came here specifically to see Xu Yusen."
Thinking of what Xu Yusen said about his bad relationship with his father, Gu Sanjing felt that if he were at home now, he would definitely be very sad. So she said to Gu Siqing, "See if he is at home. If he is, let him come to our house to play."
Gu Siqing shrugged, indicating she didn't care. Gu Sanjing picked up the phone and dialed Xu Yusen's number. The call was connected shortly after, and she said, "You're home! What's going on? If you're not, come over to my house and play."
Xu Yusen naturally agreed immediately. After hanging up the phone, he tidied himself up in front of the mirror and went out to Gu's house.
Gu Jianguo and Wang Yueju didn't care about so many rules, so everyone chatted happily. Then Zhang Zijun suggested playing cards, and several people got together to play poker.
Xu Likang returned to Hong Kong the next day. Before leaving, he called Xu Yusen, but Xu Yusen did not answer.
In the blink of an eye, the New Year passed and Gu Siqing and Han Zhengping both started school. Han Zhengping returned to the United States, Gu Siqing returned to school, and Gu Sanjing returned to the team for training.
Gu Yimin and Ye Chi moved into the Gu family's house. She went to and from get off work with Gu Jianguo every day, and everyone was relieved.
Moreover, although Gu Yimin was pregnant with triplets, she did not have particularly severe morning sickness. She was just more picky about what she ate than before.
Seeing her like this, Wang Yueju breathed a sigh of relief. If she had three children and suffered severe morning sickness, she could imagine how painful it would be.
After the Chinese New Year, as soon as the court resumed work, it began to hear cases from the New Year. The case in which Gu Siqing sued the tabloid for infringement was about to go to trial.
Moreover, not only this case, but also a series of previous violations by this newspaper have been investigated by relevant departments.
At the same time, Xia Yi contacted those who had infringed upon his rights by this newspaper and asked them to sue the newspaper as well.
In this day and age, many people have a weak sense of law. Previously, this newspaper made up some news at random, involving certain actors or relatively well-known figures, and everyone just ignored it as if they were bitten by a dog.
Now that Gu Siqing has filed a lawsuit, and Xia Yi is representing the case for free, these people are cooperating well and are appealing against the newspaper together.
For a while, the newspaper was in a state of panic.
The newspaper's president is Zhu Yuelan, a 20-something who has just graduated from university. She founded the newspaper a year ago.
Although the circulation of her magazine was not particularly good this year, the sales were not bad because the content was eye-catching and risqué. Therefore, she made a lot of money this year.
Originally, she didn't care at all about publishing the story about Gu Siqing fighting in the street, because it was a trivial matter to her.
She once reported that a certain actress and an actor had checked into a hotel room, but of course this was just hearsay and had no factual basis. But the last point was that the two actors remained silent.
But she never expected that Gu Siqing would sue her for such a small matter. However, at first she was not afraid at all. She thought, if she wanted to sue, then she would sue. Litigation is a very troublesome matter. She didn't believe that Gu Siqing would keep bothering her for such a small matter.
But she never expected that Gu Siqing would join others in filing a lawsuit and report to the relevant authorities. When she received one court summons after another and received the investigation notice from the relevant authorities, she became anxious. She immediately contacted the people behind her to seek a solution.
The two met in a cafe. Zhu Yuelan was dressed in a youthful and beautiful manner. When she saw the person she was waiting for, she immediately stood up to greet him, "Teacher Wu, you are finally here."
The person who came was Wu Zhihe, and her daughter was Wu Qianyi. She had previously fallen in love with Han Zhengping and had gone to the Su family many times to inquire about his intentions, but was rejected every time.
"Teacher Wu, what should we do? I'm so anxious." Zhu Yuelan said in a sweet voice, with a look of grievance on her face, her fair little hand still holding Wu Zhihe's hand.
Wu Zhihe patted her hand and said gently, "Don't worry, it's not a big deal. The key to this matter is Gu Siqing. Go apologize to her, a sincere apology. As for the others who sued you, I'll have Wang Xuemin treat them to a meal and we won't pursue the matter."
Zhu Yuelan smiled when she heard this. Wang Xuemin was also an important figure in the cultural circle. Those who sued her, except Gu Siqing, were either actors or some minor writers. They would definitely give Wang Xuemin face.
"Thank you," Zhu Yuelan said, placing her hand on Wu Zhihe's thigh. Wu Zhihe laughed twice and said, "Wang Xuemin and I are not in a position to come forward to deal with Gu Siqing. You must apologize sincerely."
Zhu Yuelan nodded quickly.
: Two chapters merged into one
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