Chapter 45 She is the Great-Grandma!
With just one sentence, Shan Yixiao was rendered speechless.
"You're like a bottomless pit that can never be filled. You only know how to take, but you never think about giving back." Old Master Shan shook his head speechlessly.
"No, no, I..." Shan Yixiao wanted to say that he didn't, but the evidence was in Shan Xi's hands. No matter how shameless he was, he couldn't continue to lie when faced with the evidence.
Fine beads of sweat appeared on Shan Yixiao's forehead, and his eyes flickered uncertainly as he dared not meet the gazes of the crowd.
The Fourth Master's body trembled slightly as he looked at Shan Yixiao, his eyes filled with disappointment and heartache.
He never imagined that the son he had raised with such care would turn out like this.
Seeing everyone attacking Shan Yixiao, Shan Yurou quickly stood up to defend him, saying, "No, Brother Yixiao has actually done a lot for the Shan family. Sometimes when the Shan family auction house lacks auction items, it's all thanks to Brother Yixiao..."
When Shan Yurou remained silent, she was fine, but the moment she spoke, she immediately drew everyone's attention.
Sun-hee looked at her with some impatience: "You two really are birds of a feather."
"Our reputation for goodwill over the past thousand years is there for all to see. In the past, others have been begging us to cooperate; there has never been a precedent of us begging others to cooperate."
"Thanks to Shan Yixiao, we've offended all our partners, and you still have the nerve to stand here and claim credit for him?"
Shan Yurou's face turned deathly pale instantly, and her lips trembled uncontrollably: "How...how could this happen?"
The mere mention of this matter enraged Old Master Shan.
He slammed his hand on the table and roared, "How could I not?"
“My Shanjia Auction House has a distinguished reputation for a thousand years. Every auction of ours has been packed with people. But in less than two years under his management, it has become deserted and no one cares about it!”
"Now things are really messed up; we even have to beg others for cooperation. Take the Wu family for example; they used to give away their elixirs to us for free, but we didn't even want them!"
Upon hearing this, Shan Yurou's pupils dilated slightly, filled with shock.
She had never been involved in the family business, and only knew that the Shan family had a deep foundation, but she never expected that the Shan family had once been so glorious.
The fourth master, who had remained silent until now, stepped forward, his face full of remorse: "Brother, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have handed the auction house over to him."
He trusted his son too much, believing he could shoulder great responsibilities, but who knew he would...
"Shan Yixiao, you can leave on your own." The Fourth Master gave Shan Yixiao a deep look, his eyes filled with disappointment!
Shan Yixiao never expected that even his own father would side with Shan Xi. He laughed self-deprecatingly, "Fine! I'll wait and see, until you kneel down and beg me!"
When Shan Mingyuan saw Shan Yixiao leave, he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan: "Oh dear, how could you be so foolish!"
Shan Mingyuan dared not criticize Old Master Shan, so he turned his attention to Shanxi: "You really don't know what's important and you're talking nonsense! Do you know that Lin's Auction House has been trying to poach Shan Yixiao? If it weren't for Yu Rou and me patiently persuading him, he would have gone to Lin's Auction House long ago!"
"If he takes all our clients with him, how will our Shanjia Auction House continue to operate?"
Upon hearing this, Shanxi's eyes lit up immediately: "Shan Yixiao is going to the Lin family?"
"That's great! Go buy a string of firecrackers to set off right away."
Shan Mingyuan: "..."
It's best to sever ties with this rebellious daughter as soon as possible, lest she offends someone and everyone comes after him!
Soon, Shan Mingyuan chased after him.
The Fourth Master felt ashamed to face Old Master Shan. He bowed to Shanxi and the others, then turned around and slowly left.
In the setting sun, his shadow was elongated by the afterglow, making him appear particularly thin and desolate.
Watching the forlorn and desolate figure of the Fourth Master, Old Master Shan shook his head helplessly and sighed, "Alas..."
Not to mention the fourth brother, even the uncle who watched Shan Yixiao grow up felt heartbroken, let alone the fourth brother, who only had this one son...
Inside the room, the Fourth Master was alone. He slowly closed the door and shut himself in to reflect on his mistakes.
Outside the door, the fourth madam, like a mad lioness, relentlessly pounded on the door, the "bang bang bang" sound seeming to want to shatter it completely.
A torrent of vicious curses poured from her mouth like a flood, one after another, harsh and hurtful.
A servant who happened to be passing by saw this scene and shook his head before quickly fleeing the scene.
The fourth master inside the house seemed to be in another world, completely unaware of everything outside.
He sat quietly in the chair, his eyes empty and lost, until night fell and darkness completely enveloped the room. He remained motionless, like a statue.
The fourth wife must have been tired of scolding, because she left in a huff.
The next day, as the first rays of sunlight shone through the window onto the Fourth Master's face, he slowly opened his eyes.
Unlike his empty and decadent state last night, today he seemed reborn, his eyes sparkling with a radiant light.
As the father, he has to bear some of the blame for the trouble his son caused!
Soon, he summoned all the clerks and managers of the auction house.
However, as he flipped through the auction house's ledgers, the Fourth Master's heart grew colder and colder.
That unfilial son of his, how much money did he embezzle from the charity auction house?
No wonder those who have worked with Shanjia are unwilling to cooperate with Shanjia again. Every single thing Shan Yixiao has done is enough to plunge Shanjia Auction House into utter ruin!
The Fourth Master slowly closed his eyes. He couldn't imagine how Shanxi would cope with this mess she had taken over. She was only eighteen years old!
"Dismiss the staff below." The Fourth Master waved his hand weakly, indicating that all the existing staff of the Shan Family Auction House should be dismissed.
Those people were all Shan Yixiao's confidants. Now that the Shan family auction house is being reorganized, it is impossible to continue using those people.
Besides, those snobbish lackeys who look down on people and ruin the reputation of philanthropists are useless!
The steward was terrified that the Fourth Master wanted to fire him. He turned pale and hurriedly knelt down, pleading, "Fourth Master, please have mercy! I... I was just following the young master's orders. I didn't do anything wrong!"
"Go down," the Fourth Master said, unwilling to say more.
Seeing that pleading with the Fourth Master was hopeless, the steward, in a flash of inspiration, remembered the little girl who even the head of the family had to grovel to that day, and murmured, "That's it! Find that little girl, what... what was her name again? Great-Grandma! Yes, Great-Grandma!"
The steward stammered as he walked out, preparing to go to the Shan family's residence to beg Shan Xi for mercy.
"Wait! What did you just say? Great-Grandma?" The Fourth Master frowned and hurriedly called out to the steward.
The steward was taken aback, looked at the Fourth Master, and stammered, "Yes, when the head of the family came, he knelt down directly before her and called her 'Great-Grandma'."
He was puzzled at the time, wondering why the dignified head of the family would kneel down to a little girl.
But then I thought, maybe it's because the girl is of a higher generation?
Upon hearing this, the Fourth Master's pupils instantly contracted!
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