"Smack!"
A loud slap rang out...
Jiang Huan covered his face and looked at his father in disbelief.
"Dad, you hit me?"
"You hit me for Qin Wan?"
Seeing Jiang Huan's foolish appearance, Jiang's father turned ashen with anger.
"That's exactly what I'm going to do!"
"I knew Qin Jiang wouldn't suddenly withdraw his investment and suspend the project. Turns out it was you who got me into this mess!"
As they were talking, Jiang's father raised his hand to hit Jiang Huan again, but Jiang's mother was quick enough to stop him.
“Ah Huan is immature, but you’ve already hit him. Now that things have come to this, the most important thing is to find a solution. Hitting him won’t solve anything.”
Jiang's mother shielded Jiang Huan behind her, glaring at Jiang's father with a look of displeasure.
"Withdraw investment?" Even without Su Yue present, Jiang Huan's rationality and intelligence remained intact.
In less than a second, Jiang Huan said dismissively, "So what if they withdraw their investment? It's not difficult for our Jiang family to find a partner investor for our projects."
"Besides, even without the Qin family, there are still the Lu and Su families in the four major families of the capital. If the Qin family withdraws their investment, so be it, Dad, why are you going to such lengths?"
Jiang Huan's rebuttal made his father even angrier.
He picked up the water glass on the table and smashed it hard at Jiang Huan.
At the critical moment, Jiang's mother pulled Jiang Huan aside, and the water cup was not hit.
"Bang."
The water glass smashed on the ground and shattered, which made Jiang's father even angrier.
"You idiot!"
"If you had any sense at all, things wouldn't have escalated to this point."
"What you can think of, I can't think of?"
"How could I not know about the tripartite balance of power among the four major families?"
"You don't like Qin Wan, fine. You don't want to marry her, fine. But you should have told me and your mother earlier! If we had been prepared, we wouldn't have been caught off guard by Qin Jiang."
Seeing his father's ashen face and hearing what he had just said, Jiang Huan finally realized what was happening.
"Dad, do you mean the Qin family's withdrawal of investment is more than just a simple matter?" Jiang Huan asked, his voice filled with doubt and uncertainty.
"Otherwise what?"
"Why would I be this angry just because of a withdrawal of investment?"
"That bastard Qin Jiang had secretly allied with the Lu and Su families long ago. Now, not only has he withdrawn his investment, but the Su and Lu families are also united with the Qin family and refuse to invest in this project."
Jiang's father grew angrier and angrier, and found Jiang Huan increasingly unpleasant to look at.
"If you had told me and your mother earlier, we could have been prepared and things wouldn't have come to this."
After understanding the stakes involved, Jiang Huan, though extremely displeased, did not argue or contradict his father any further.
He was indeed the one who caused this trouble.
He never expected Qin Wan to be so vicious; if she couldn't have him, she would destroy him!
The thought sent chills down Jiang Huan's spine.
"Jiang Huan, I'm telling you, prepare a gift right now and come with me to the Qin family tonight to apologize to Qin Wan!"
After a brief moment of anger, Jiang's father, driven by self-interest, quickly came up with a solution.
"Impossible!" Jiang Huan refused without even thinking.
"I like Su Yue, not Qin Wan!"
"No matter what, I will not marry Qin Wan."
"I will only marry Su Yue in this lifetime!"
看着突然恋爱脑的江焕，江父气得差点仰天倒，盛怒之下，他环顾四周一圈抄起他的高尔夫球杆就朝着江焕揍了过去。
Seeing this, Jiang's mother quickly stepped forward to stop Jiang's father, while shouting at Jiang Huan, "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and go back to your room."
Jiang Huan opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but after being glared at by his mother, he ultimately chose to remain silent.
After Jiang Huan left, Jiang's father noticeably loosened his grip on the golf club. Taking advantage of this, Jiang's mother snatched the club and threw it on the ground, glaring at Jiang's father with annoyance.
"Do you really think you're going to go that far?"
"He beat his own son to death for the sake of an outsider."
Upon hearing this, Jiang's father became furious, "Look at all the stupid things he's done!"
"The company has invested all its working capital in this project. If it is suspended and cannot continue, do you know how much money the company will lose and what kind of situation it will face?" Jiang's father roared angrily.
Jiang's mother knew the seriousness of the matter, but she still couldn't bear to blame Jiang Huan, after all, he was her precious son whom she had carried for ten months and risked her life to give birth to.
After giving birth to Jiang Huan, she suffered severe bleeding and almost died on the operating table.
Later, this left her with health problems, making it difficult for her to conceive in the future.
This is why, no matter what mistakes Jiang Huan made from childhood to adulthood, she always protected him.
"What's done is done. Even if you beat Ah Huan to death now, it won't change anything."
"Why don't we think of other ways to salvage this situation..." Jiang's mother said.
"Now, the only way is for him to go to Qin Wan's house to apologize and beg for her forgiveness."
"I've contacted both the Su and Lu families, but I don't know what benefits that bastard Qin Jiang promised them that made them stand on his side and share his hatred." The more Jiang's father thought about it, the angrier he became.
The capital city has always been dominated by four major families, with the Lu family being the most powerful and considered the head of the four.
The other three major families are subtly forming a united front to resist the Lu family's dominance, which is why Jiang Huan and Qin Wan are engaged.
The Qin and Su families are also related by marriage; Qin Wan's mother is the younger sister of the head of the Su family.
"Calm down first. If it really doesn't work, I'll go upstairs and talk to him, do some homework for him, and get him to come with us to the Qin family tomorrow to apologize to Qin Wan." After hesitating for a long time, Jiang's mother finally gave in.
Although she felt sorry for Jiang Huan and couldn't bear to see him grovel and apologize to Qin Wan.
But given the current situation, there is no other way.
"Hmm." Jiang's father gave a cold snort with an ugly expression, which was considered a reluctant agreement.
Jiang Huan's room on the third floor.
A knocking sound rang out on the door.
Jiang Huan knew that no one except his mother would look for him at this time, let alone knock on his door.
“I didn’t sleep,” Jiang Huan said.
Upon hearing this, Jiang's mother pushed open the door and entered. Seeing Jiang Huan sitting sullenly on the edge of the bed, Jiang's mother walked over and sat down beside him.
"Are you still angry with your dad?"
"No." Jiang Huan shook his head.
"This whole thing started because of me; I've dragged my family down with me. But I'm not willing to ruin my lifelong happiness for the sake of profit..."
As he spoke, Jiang Huan looked apologetically at his mother, "Mom, I truly love Yueyue and want to be with her for the rest of my life."
“I don’t love Qin Wan. Before I met Yueyue, I didn’t know what love was, so I didn’t refuse when you asked me to marry Qin Wan.”
"But things are different now. I met Yueyue, I tasted the sweetness of love, I can't let her go, and I can't possibly marry a woman I don't like."
"Mom, I can think of other ways to deal with the company issues. I'm on good terms with Su Ming, so if all else fails, I'll ask him for help..."
"I can go to the Lu family for help, but I absolutely cannot go to the Qin family or Qin Wan," Jiang Huan said stubbornly.
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