Chapter 38 Divorced
"Mom..." Father Pei looked embarrassed.
"How dare you not care?" Grandma Pei's voice suddenly rose, "You are the eldest son! You have been taking care of your younger brother since he was a child. This time it's your turn to help him..."
"But mom, this incident is too big to handle..."
"No buts!" Grandma Pei was so excited that she was shaking all over. "Have you forgotten who always gave in to you when you were little? Now that he's in trouble, you actually want to give up and leave him alone. As a mother, I've loved you in vain!"
Father Pei wanted to say something, but Grandma Pei suddenly fell to her knees and said:
"Boss, if you don't care about your brother, I will kneel here until I die! You have been my proudest son since you were young, you have a promising future in school, and now you are the chairman of the board. But your brother is no match for you in everything, he finally has a position in the company, and you just watch him die when something like this happened."
"Grandma!" Pei Song couldn't bear it any longer, "This isn't just 'something happened', this is a crime!"
"Shut up!" Grandma Pei was furious. "This is the elders' business, you have no right to speak."
The next morning, when Pei's father was about to go to the company, a prosecutor called and said, "Hello, Chairman Pei, we have opened an investigation into Pei Cheng's suspected occupational embezzlement. Please come to the procuratorate at 2 pm to assist in the investigation."
Father Pei hung up the phone, his hands shaking slightly.
"What's wrong?" Grandma Pei had been observing his expression from the side.
"The procuratorate...has filed a case."
Grandma Pei slumped down on the sofa: "It's over, it's over, what should I do? Boss, you have to think of a solution! Ask for favors, find connections... This case must not be filed!"
"Mom, I can't help Pei Cheng this time..." Pei's father looked tired.
"How dare you say you don't care," Grandma Pei screamed, "I'm going to die right here! Let the whole world know that you, as the eldest brother, watched your brother go to jail without helping him!"
However, this time, all the networks failed. Within two days, Uncle Pei and his two brothers-in-law were taken away for investigation.
Someone was secretly pushing this case, and a detailed package of materials had been placed on the prosecutor's desk, listing in detail everything they had done over the years.
No matter how much Grandma Pei cried, she could no longer stop the judicial process this time.
…
In SNK's tea room, there were sounds of unbridled laughter and chatter.
"The Pei family is really exciting this time." Liu Yan's voice came, "Not only did my uncle embezzle tens of millions, he even had an illegitimate child outside. Tsk tsk, the chairman of the Pei Group actually helped his brother raise his son, how cowardly is that?"
"Who says it's not true?" Li Ming echoed, "They usually look righteous, but they do shameful things behind the scenes. Family businesses like this are all glamorous on the surface, but they are very dirty in private."
"So," Liu Yan lowered his voice, his tone becoming more and more harsh, "some people, no matter how much they pretend, can't cover up their inherent bad nature."
Pei Song couldn't bear it any longer and kicked open the door of the tea room.
Before Liu Yan could react, Pei Song pushed him against the wall.
The brute force was so great that Liu Yan's back hit the wall with a loud bang.
"Say that again?" Pei Song raised his fist, anger flashing in his eyes.
"Pei Song, calm down!" Li Ming hurriedly went to pull him.
"Don't stop him, let him fight! See what this Young Master Pei is going to do!" Although Liu Yan was restrained, he was still unforgiving in his words.
"Stop it!" Zhou Feng's voice exploded at the door.
He strode in and grabbed Pei Song's arm: "Pei Song, calm down."
The tea room suddenly became quiet.
Zhou Feng looked around, his eyes lingering on Liu Yan and Li Ming's faces: "Making fun of your colleagues' family affairs is extremely unprofessional."
Liu Yan and Li Ming lowered their heads in embarrassment and dared not speak any more.
"What are you still doing here? Have you finished the work in your hands?"
After the others left, Zhou Feng let go of Pei Song's hand and said in a softer tone: "I understand how you feel, but taking action in the company is not the way to solve the problem."
He looked at Pei Song's still angry eyes and patted his shoulder: "When someone gossips behind your back, the best response is not to use fists, but to prove yourself with strength."
In the following days, Pei Song devoted all his energy to the finishing work of the Jin Shangxuan project.
He has done an unprecedented systematic review of everything from brand stories, business philosophy to operational details.
The improvement plan for the core formula alone took up nearly a hundred pages. He even designed a "rebirth plan for old brands" that perfectly combined Jin Shangxuan's decades of business wisdom with modern management concepts.
He also predicted the market trends for the next three years and proposed a development path of "Chinese cuisine becoming more refined, younger and more international".
It not only formulated a detailed development blueprint for Jin Shang Xuan, but also provided a replicable sample for the upgrading of the entire Chinese food industry.
Zhou Feng read the thick plan page by page, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.
"This is no longer a simple project summary," Zhou Feng said sincerely, "This is an innovative solution that can change the entire industry. Pei Song, your professionalism far exceeds my expectations."
He closed the file and said thoughtfully, "By the way, the company is going to launch the 'Future Hotel' project next quarter. Find out more about it when you have time."
Pei Song was stunned for a moment: "Future Hotel"
"Well, this is SNK's key project in the Asia-Pacific region." Zhou Feng said, "We'll talk about it in detail after we finish this."
…
After Pei Cheng and his two brothers-in-law got into trouble, Aunt Pei immediately moved back to her parents' home.
"Mom, please don't come." Aunt Pei stood in the yard of her parents' house and looked at Grandma Pei coldly, "You are not welcome in our home."
"I just want to see my little grandson..." Grandma Pei said while choking.
"What are you looking at?" The mother from my aunt's family rushed out, "My daughter marrying your son is a shame to our family! Now, corruption and illegitimate children have all been exposed, and my two sons have been implicated. From today on, no one from the Pei family will ever step into my house!"
"You can't do this, let me see my grandson..."
"That's my grandson. He has nothing to do with your Pei family!" The young aunt pushed Grandma Pei away and said, "Get lost!"
Grandma Pei staggered back a few steps, looked at the closed door, tears streaming down her face.
The little grandson who I held in my arms since childhood, now I can’t even see him.
Grandma Pei went to the high-speed rail station in a rage, and Pei's father and mother came to stop her.
"Mom, let's go home." Father Pei wanted to help her.
"No!" Grandma Pei shook off her son's hand, "I want to go back home! I can't stay here for even a minute!"
Pei's father and mother couldn't persuade her, so they had to let her go back to her hometown.
The old house in the countryside is still there, but the neighbors' attitude towards her has changed.
"Hey, isn't this the old lady from the Pei family?" The neighbor aunt said sarcastically, "I heard that your youngest son has done a lot of good things in the company?"
Grandma Pei hid at home and dared not go out. She could only watch people coming and going outside through the window every day.
That afternoon, she heard a few old ladies chatting at the door.
"Do you know? Zhang Yumei is divorced."
"Zhang Yumei? Is she the one who dated Pei's eldest son?"
"Yes, if it weren't for Old Madam Pei's insistence on breaking them up, the Pei family wouldn't be in such a miserable state now."
"Who said it wasn't? Zhang Yumei's father is now a big shot in the province. If the eldest son of the Pei family had married her..."