Ling Yunfei sneered, "In the end, you're all a bunch of sycophants who fawn over the powerful and bully the weak. Before you retired, who the hell dared to treat me like this!"
"Who the hell are you talking to?"
Although Grandpa Ling doted on him, he always had the final say at home.
No one has ever dared to talk back to him like that!
"I'm asking you, why didn't you attend the last meeting organized by the Ministry of Construction? Where were you?"
"Busy, huh?" Ling Yunfei repeated.
"You bastard, stop trying to fool me!"
Grandpa Ling was so angry his hands were trembling. "People have been waiting for you at the construction site for more than two hours, and you haven't even shown up! What the hell are you busy with!"
As if he had thought of something, his expression suddenly turned grim.
"You bastard...you didn't go off to some girl's bed again, did you?"
Ling Yunfei's eyes flashed. "Dad, what are you saying? What do you mean by 'little girl'? That's really awful!"
Upon hearing this, Old Master Ling understood everything.
His hand trembled as he pointed at him, and his chest heaved violently.
"You really can't change your ways! You've completely disgraced the Ling family..."
Before he could finish speaking, Ling's mother interrupted him, "Alright, who would insult their son and end up insulting themselves in the process?"
With his mother backing him up, Ling Yunfei wasn't afraid at all. "Dad, don't listen to the nonsense people outside are talking about. I've been keeping a low profile enough lately."
However, Old Master Ling did not believe a word he said, and then launched into another scathing reprimand.
Ling's mother gradually sensed that something was amiss.
Although the old man usually treated his son with the same exasperation, he seemed unusually angry today.
What's wrong with you today?
Ling's mother put down her chopsticks and looked over. "If the project is lost, it's lost. Anyway, all the hard work will only earn that little salary."
"You don't stand up for your son, and you keep scolding him. What kind of father are you?"
Ling Yunfei was also somewhat puzzled by this.
That's always how I do things; what's there for the old man to be so surprised about?
Seeing the mother and son's self-righteous expressions, Old Master Ling couldn't help but sigh.
“I tolerated whatever you did before, but the Ling family is not what it used to be.”
"You should think carefully before you do anything. How many heads do you have on your neck?"
Ling Yunfei had heard these words countless times since he was a child.
"Okay, I understand."
Seeing that he still had the same carefree and perfunctory attitude as before, Old Master Ling bluntly stated his position.
"Especially the Huo family, from now on you stay away from them and don't provoke them, do you hear me?"
Times change.
In the past few years, the Huo family was at the height of its power and influence.
Now, however, it is truly at its zenith.
Huo's father now holds a stable position as the top leader of the military.
The fourth son of the Huo family is about to take another step up.
The Huo family's children also shone brightly in their respective fields, each more outstanding than the last.
It can be said that the Huo family, from top to bottom, is united as one.
Unlike my own family, the eldest son is a lecherous and dissolute man, the second son is mediocre and cowardly, and the younger ones are ignorant and unruly.
Thinking about all this, Old Master Ling sighed heavily again.
"What does this have to do with the Huo family?" Ling's mother still couldn't understand.
Old Master Ling was still angry, and upon hearing this, he snorted irritably.
"How would I know? Ask your good son yourself."
"Ask him if he's done something good again that has forced the Huo family to be wary of him!"
Ling Yunfei got angry as well, "What does this have to do with me?"
"How can it not concern you!"
The second son of the Ling family, who had been eating silently without saying a word, suddenly looked up, his tone clearly showing some dissatisfaction.
Because he has such a notorious older brother, his marriage has become a laughing stock in the entire compound.
Families with similar circumstances are unwilling to marry their daughters into the family.
He doesn't even want those with poor conditions.
Thinking about all this, Ling Lao Er said angrily, "If you hadn't gone too far before, the Huo family wouldn't be so wary of you."
"Are you guarding against me?"
"right!"
Ling Lao Er said, "There are rumors going around that you're eyeing someone else's daughter-in-law. If I were from the Huo family, I'd have to be careful too!"
Ling Yunfei seemed to have heard something funny and burst out laughing.
"Second brother, stop with your sarcastic remarks. Explain yourself clearly. What did I do that makes the Huo family wary of me?"
"Fine, I'll say it!"
The second son of the Ling family had been holding back for a long time. "If it weren't for the fact that you used to flirt with other people everywhere, and you couldn't wait to stick your eyes to any pretty girl you saw."
"How could the Huo family possibly send bodyguards every day to protect the third wife's daughter-in-law with cars?"
Although he had no evidence, the facts were undeniable.
"Why do you think you were dismissed for no reason? It's all because of your reputation, which is worse than a latrine!"
Ling Lao Er got more and more excited as he spoke, "People are afraid that you will ruin the Huo family's daughter-in-law, and they are even more afraid that you will ruin this project!"
To put it bluntly, they just don't trust you as a person!
Ling Yunfei finally understood the intricacies of the situation.
But he didn't even know if the other person was round or flat!
No, not exactly.
He suddenly remembered that he seemed to have seen this girl by the roadside more than a year ago.
He couldn't quite remember what it looked like anymore.
It's just an ordinary face.
He can't even compare to the most ordinary person around him.
Where did their family get the confidence to think they would be interested in a girl like that?
"So you mean the Huo family was behind this? Just because they thought I would harass their daughter-in-law?"
The second son of the Ling family didn't say it that way, but the general meaning was similar.
His silence was interpreted by Ling Yunfei as tacit agreement.
Ling Yunfei immediately sneered, "The Huo family really knows how to pat themselves on the back. With the looks of their third son's wife, I wouldn't want her even if she were offered to me!"
"How dare they think I would covet her?"
The living room fell silent instantly upon hearing this.
Everyone looked over in disbelief.
"Big brother, what...what are you saying?"
The second son of the Ling family was the first to react, but he looked at his eldest brother as if he were looking at an idiot.
Even Ling's mother, who had always unconditionally supported him, was so surprised by these words that she couldn't close her mouth.
This is his own son.
Otherwise, she would definitely say, "Go take a piss and look at yourself in the mirror! What a big mouth you have! Where do you get the confidence to call someone ugly!"
Ling's younger sister reacted quickly; she remembered that a newspaper had published a photo of Huo's third daughter-in-law some time ago.
Even though it's just a side profile, it's still breathtakingly beautiful.
After searching high and low, she actually found it.
"Brother, look—"
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