Chapter 192 Rich Family
Shocked by the content of this report that was so brilliantly written, Su Yun put down the newspaper in a daze: Good fellow, if the system hadn't confirmed that she was a pure Chinese, she would have been led astray by this article...
The Mei sisters, who were also reading the newspaper, looked at Su Yun cautiously and actually began to silently recall the face of Gambling King He in their hearts.
The Ho family belongs to the Ho Tung family, one of the four major families in Hong Kong during the British colonial era. Although Sir Ho Tung was born in Guangdong through his maternal lineage, his biological father was a Dutch Jew, so his face is a typical Eurasian appearance.
Driven by genetic factors, among the dozen or so brothers and sisters of King Ho's generation, who have multinational ancestry, there is naturally a differentiation in appearance towards white and yellow people. In terms of appearance when he was young, King Ho was more of a white person.
From the perspective of blood mixing, the first wife of King Ho is of Portuguese descent, so the children of the first wife basically have a Westernized appearance, a typical example being the eldest son and daughter, who have almost completely Westernized faces.
On the contrary, because the other three families are all Chinese, the appearance of the children born later on has basically tended to look like Chinese. Starting from the eldest child in the second family, He Pingsi, and below, the deep features of mixed-race children can basically no longer be seen.
Although Su Yun's heterochromatic eyes are said to be caused by a special disease in the eye area, her facial features and contours are harmonious and perfect, deeper than those of an oriental face, yet softer than those of a western face. It is logical for the media to speculate that she is mixed-race and suspected to be from the He family.
"Don't listen to what these newspapers and magazines say. Even if I'm really the heirloom of a wealthy family, I don't need to go back to them based on my ability." Su Yun put down the newspaper and said while drinking porridge, "What kind of family can abandon me, my mother and my sister?"
"Or maybe they were separated because of an accident?" The Mei sisters are still young. Compared with the darkness of human nature, they should believe that there is always a good side in the world.
"Unless it was an accident like he went to sell salted duck eggs, how is it possible that he hasn't come back for all these years?" Su Yun glanced at the black-and-white photo of Su Qing and the tablet of Su Yin on the altar. She was so dissatisfied that she even used the term "went to sell salted duck eggs".
The saying "someone has gone to sell salted duck eggs" means that this person has died.
Things like this where a man met in a foreign country, fell in love with each other, got married secretly, and then ran away irresponsibly after getting the woman pregnant were not uncommon in that era.
Grandma Su never spoke about these past events, so Su Yun naturally came up with the most common and reasonable explanation.
"Then let's quickly put these things away so that grandma won't see them." After hearing Su Yun's explanation, the Mei sisters hurriedly put away the newspapers and magazines: Although Grandma Su didn't know many words, these newspapers and magazines would also photoshop the pictures and design the dialogues, often with a few big heads of people and a dialogue bubble, making it look like a four-frame comic strip.
For example, the photos in their hands are photoshopped with a bunch of close-up photos: Ho Gambling King’s photo has the caption “Rumor has it that I have another illegitimate child”, Su Yun’s photo has the caption “No wonder I have been so amazing since I was a kid, it turns out it might be genetic”, and Ho Ping-si’s photo has the caption “We have lived together for a few years, so we are a family?!” and so on…
"No need to collect it. I'll tell my mother-in-law after she finishes watering the flowers." Su Yun waved her hands: Instead of hiding this kind of thing, it is better to say it openly. If it is made clear, it will not easily cause misunderstandings, and it will also allow everyone to be mentally prepared to deal with the follow-up.
She is not the second generation who wins by genetics as the media says, but a 1.0 who was born out of nowhere and was favored by the system's golden fingers and the knowledge of later generations!
Having made up her mind to explain things clearly to Grandma Su, Su Yun did what she said and immediately told Grandma Su, who came into the house from the garden after watering the flowers, about the matter.
Listening to Su Yun's words, Grandma Su's expression changed from doubt to relaxation. Finally, when she heard Su Yun say, "The grace of raising a child is greater than the grace of giving birth to a child. All my relatives are in this family," she couldn't help but hugged Su Yun and said, "Hey, grandma's love for you is not in vain..."
After sighing while hugging Su Yun, Grandma Su sat on the sofa and briefly told Su Yun about Su Qing's past: It was exactly as Su Yun guessed. Su Qing met a foreign Chinese when she went to Singapore for further studies. The two of them were alone in a foreign country and felt sorry for each other, and then they secretly decided to spend their lives together, but the man ran away irresponsibly.
“When I got the news and rushed to Singapore, Ah Qing was already in poor spirits. Yinyin was born prematurely due to the shock and her eyes could not open wide…” Thinking of her daughter Su Qing and granddaughter Su Yin, Grandma Su was still filled with sadness.
But she had seen them in the group photo on the bedside table. The irresponsible man was obviously Chinese, and Su Yin also had black hair and black eyes when she was still alive...
That is to say, Su Yun was picked up from outside and raised as her own child by Su Qing when she was mentally unstable after her child died of illness. As she grew older, purple hues gradually appeared in her eyes, and she looked more like a child mixed with foreign blood rather than authentic Chinese blood.
Grandma Su was also worried whether the child's biological parents had foreign ancestry or whether one of them was directly from a foreign ethnic group. It was not until she found an opportunity to take the child to the hospital for a check-up that she found out that it was a relatively rare eye disease that caused Su Yun's eyes to have a different color than ordinary people.
But no matter what, Su Yun is her daughter's last wish and her spiritual support. No matter who it is, no one can take this child away!
After watching her three children, who looked relieved, go to work at the TV station and secretly apologizing to Su Yun in her heart, Grandma Su finally concealed the truth once again.
Unlike Grandma Su who was full of thoughts at home, over at the He family in Macau, He Pingsi's face changed drastically when she suddenly saw a pile of newspapers and magazines that published this news while having breakfast.
"What's going on? This shouldn't be like this..." He Pingsi's biological mother, Lan Qiying, who was also the second wife of the He family, also changed her expression after hearing the news in the newspaper.
The name Su Yun is definitely not unfamiliar to the second branch of the He family.
Before He Pingsi and Su Yun became college roommates, Lan Qiying had always used He Pingsi as an example of "other people's children" used by their second wife because she was only two years older than Su Yun.
When Lan Qiying was only in her teens, she had already come to the side of gambling king He with her superb dancing skills and cautious and thoughtful way of doing things. This means that most of the power and wealth she currently possesses were obtained by seizing opportunities and working hard. Therefore, it is natural for her to set the same strict requirements for her own children from an early age.
As the eldest daughter, He Pingsi had to be controlled by her mother's high-pressure policies during her growing up period, while at the same time helping her mother to be one of the high-pressure ones for her younger siblings. The two pressures and the hardships she went through finally made her the most beloved daughter of gambling king He.
Although in reality, He Pingsi is still not as respected as the adult eldest son of the first wife, He Youkang, but as the daughter of the second wife, she is basically on par with the daughter of the first wife.
This definitely consumed a lot of energy - not only the open and secret struggles within the family, but also the need to carve out a place for himself among his peers with the evil Su Yun. It is conceivable that He Pingsi really tried his best at the beginning.
At the beginning, He Pingsi pushed herself to skip grades like ripening crops, in order to gradually distance herself from Su Yun, who was focusing on developing in the entertainment industry at that time, and no longer be compared with her by her family, especially by her own mother.
As a result, Su Yun unexpectedly retired from the entertainment industry, and then became the youngest college student in Hong Kong who skipped a grade. Not only did she attend the same university as her, but her major was also the most famous computer science major in the university.
Although the business management major that He Pingsi studied is also one of St. Clair's famous majors, due to its proximity to Silicon Valley, St. Clair has always been most famous for its computer-related majors.
Unlike her biological mother who wanted to snatch everything from her, He Pingsi, who went to college, specifically emphasized that St. Clair had a rule that freshmen must live in the school dormitory. As a result, she successfully got rid of the nanny and bodyguards arranged by her biological mother to take care of and monitor her. In this way, she had the opportunity to pursue the rare freedom of "a general is not subject to the orders of the king when he is away from home."
It was also because she could make her own decisions while studying abroad that He Pingsi was able to abandon Su Yun's secret rivalry and sincerely make friends with this good friend.
After she had established a good relationship with Su Yun, she would tell the story when she went home on vacation. Lan Qiying and the He family would have no choice but to accept the outcome of "one less enemy and one more friend".
He Pingsi, who had already begun to develop her own wings, could not help but be excited every time she thought of this matter. She was the first time she could really make a choice and made a successful choice.
Thinking of this, He Pingsi comforted Lan Qiying with soft words, and then assured her: she would go to the He family mansion in a while to inquire about the real situation.
Except for the eldest wife of the He family, the other three wives did not actually live in the He family mansion. Instead, they lived in large houses elsewhere with their children, appearing to be at peace with each other.
Because Lan Qiying had to maintain her gentle and considerate image with gambling king He, she certainly couldn't do something like being jealous over some news that she didn't know whether it was true or not; and as the favored eldest daughter of the second wife, He Pingsi needed to be tactful and take on this responsibility.
He Pingsi asked the driver to drive her to the gate of the He family mansion, then got out of the car and pressed the doorbell. Then, after the servant opened the door, she walked into the He family mansion almost quietly.
Taking a quick glance into the hall, He Pingsi did not find He Yongxin, but instead saw her half-siblings sitting around a tea table and talking.
"Pingsi is here?" The extremely beautiful eldest sister He Chaoying glanced at her and waved to her calmly, "Come and sit down - you are here for the news in the newspapers and magazines, too, right?"
He Pingsi responded softly, then walked over to the sofa and sat down obediently.
The two eldest children of the first wife, He Youkang and He Chaoying, have already married and started their own families. However, as a son, He Youkang lives in the He family mansion with his wife and children. After He Chaoying married, she rarely came back because of the rules of her husband's family. She came home this time because the news was too shocking.
"You don't have to worry about anything. I have already checked privately. Su Yun should not be a member of our family." Seeing He Pingsi sit down, He Youkang briefly announced the results of his investigation to these brothers and sisters.
"Then why does Dad allow these newspapers and magazines to write nonsense?" He Chaohong couldn't help asking.
Given the influence of the He family in Hong Kong and Macau, even if they cannot suppress all the media, they can at least suppress the vast majority - in this case, as for those few media that really don't give them face, it doesn't make much sense whether they report it or not.
"My dad and I have been developing other businesses recently, so many people have opinions about us." Since everyone present was his family, He Youkang did not hide it. "Once those people can't compete with us, they will want to do something to our He family secretly..."
"Everyone should be as careful as possible during this period. Pingsi, you'd better go back to school as soon as possible. They don't dare to extend their hands too far in the United States."
After hearing He Youkang's instructions, He Pingsi thanked his elder brother and then slowed down. He couldn't help but ask another question: "What about Su Yun..."
"On the surface, there must always be some targets to attract fire." He Youkang looked at his half-sister who had been calm and composed since childhood with some doubt, "Pingsi, I know you and Su Yun are good friends, but sometimes you still need to make choices when doing things."
After knowing the reason why her father and elder brother looked at Su Yun differently, He Pingsi opened her mouth but in the end she did not continue to express her true thoughts.
In fact, she had vaguely guessed He Yongxin and He Youkang's recent determination to develop other industries, but she didn't know that they would cross the line so aggressively that it would involve a step that would require vigilance regarding personal safety issues.
However, are those experienced thieves really so easy to be deceived?
Even if Su Yun is really a member of the He family, compared to the other children of the fourth room who can be seen in public, an "illegitimate daughter" who is given special attention because of a guilty conscience can only deceive those little thieves who don't have much experience in the underworld, right?
If one really wants to deal with the He family, apart from He Yongxin, the head of the family, there is actually only one most important target who can immediately destroy the He family's expansion and development plans.
Before leaving, He Pingsi couldn't help but quietly turned back and glanced at He Youkang, who still looked confident.
But just like she didn't speak up for Su Yun before, she didn't tell He Youkang to be careful - because she knew that even if she said this guess, no one would listen to her advice.
Her eldest brother was too similar to her father, from appearance to personality: once they had made up their minds, no one could persuade them to change their minds.
However, He Pingsi at that time could not have predicted that the heaviest fall for the He father and son would be this reckless crossing of the line, which would lead to a joint revenge.