Chapter 124 As for whether they can survive, that depends on their fate.
Long-forgotten memories.
With the change of shareholding.
It's being brought to the forefront once again.
Xie Zhongguo stopped drinking his tea and slowly lifted his eyelids.
Even though he was old and his face was lined with wrinkles, his dignified presence remained undiminished.
"Lanzhi, let's not talk about this anymore."
His tone was unreadable, and he put down his teacup without changing his expression.
The finest Da Hong Pao tea has a deep brown color and a strong aroma.
But Xie Zhongguo suddenly lost interest in tasting it.
Xie Lanzhi walked to the desk: "Dad, I didn't want to bring this up either, but how can I sit still when you change the shares again? You've been out of the CEO position for too long and you're no longer aware of the situation outside. Do you know that Ah Shen has been making frequent moves recently, trying to get closer to the board of directors and shareholders? As for his purpose, I'm sure you know very well."
“Dad, some things really are hereditary. Xie Zhonghuai was treacherous and didn’t know his place. He tried to usurp power and ended up reaping the consequences. His son is just like him, inheriting his wolfish ambitions clearly. He wants to take over the Xie family business.”
Xie Zhongguo's mother once had a personal maid named A Xiang. After she married into the Xie family, A Xiang was taken as a concubine.
Madam Xie was well-educated, kind-hearted, and knew that women had no voice in those days. She knew that Ah Xiang had no choice, so she never made things difficult for Ah Xiang.
Ah Xiang also dutifully stayed in the inner quarters.
But the son she gave birth to was a dishonest child.
On the surface, he presented himself as indifferent to worldly affairs and showed no concern for power or status in response to Old Master Xie's arrangements.
Secretly, however, he was forming cliques and cultivating his own interests, constantly trying to win over the collateral branches of his family, and taking steady steps toward becoming the president of the group.
After his scheme was exposed, he fled in terror overnight.
Perhaps this was his destiny; he was involved in a car accident along the way, and he and his wife were burned to death in the fire.
She left behind twin sons.
That day, in the Xie family's ancestral hall, which had stood for hundreds of years, the old clan patriarch sat at the head of the table.
Even Xie Zhongguo's father could only sit in the lower position.
Obey the clan chief's orders.
Xie Zhonghuai's misdeeds came to light, but his death could not erase his mistakes. He used any means to climb the social ladder, which was a disgrace to the Xie family, which had always adhered to traditional etiquette.
The old clan chief's stern face showed no trace of pity.
He glanced at the two crying infants and ordered them to be given to a family in the countryside.
Whether they survive or not depends on their fate.
Xie Zhongguo couldn't bear it, so he secretly gave the rural couple some money, asking them to treat the two children well.
But two months later.
He received another call from the couple, only to be told that one of their children had died, and the remaining child was also suffering from severe pneumonia and was barely clinging to life.
They were powerless to help.
Despite his family's objections, Xie Zhongguo took the dying Xie Shen back to the Xie family and cared for him meticulously.
Xie Shen is out of danger, but his physical condition is not very good.
He knew that if he gave the child away again, there would be no way for him to survive, so after discussing it with his wife, he raised the child under his own name.
He became his eldest son.
Upon hearing his daughter's words, Xie Zhongguo's expression turned serious: "Lanzhi, where did you hear this news from?"
Xie Lanzhi: "Dad, someone saw Ah Shen and Xie Jin getting along very closely in private."
Xie Zhongguo frowned.
At this moment.
There was a knock on the door.
"Dad," Xie Shen said from outside.
Xie Zhongguo glanced at Xie Lanzhi, then composed himself.
"Come in."
Xie Shen pushed open the door and came in upon hearing this.
Seeing his elder sister was not surprising; he had known about Xie Lanzhi's return to China before.
His demeanor always gives people a serious impression, as if his unsmiling nature has long been his characteristic.
He smiled faintly: "Big sister, it's been a long time."
Xie Lanzhi immediately changed her expression, stepped forward, and said with a smile, "Ah Shen, it's been half a year since we last saw each other. I brought Yueyue a gift when I returned to China this time. Please take it back to her later."
Xie Shen: "Then I'll thank Yueyue's aunt on her behalf."
With two buzzes, Xie Zhongguo's cell phone, which was on the table, rang.
The two stopped talking and looked at their father.
Xie Zhongguo waved his hand: "You guys keep talking, don't worry about me."
Xie Lanzhi looked away and pretended to be angry as she glanced at Xie Shen: "If you keep being so polite to me, I'm going to get angry."
Xie Shen glanced at his father out of the corner of his eye, who was staring at his phone screen.
Then he casually looked away.
"Understood, eldest sister."
The two talked for a while.
Xie Zhongguo put down his phone.
Xie Shen looked at the old man and casually asked, "Dad, it's almost dinner time, who's texting you now?"
Xie Zhongguo's expression remained unchanged: "The old man I knew from the chess club lost to me last time. He's not satisfied and insists on playing another game with me tomorrow, determined to win back his losses."
The old man is lying without batting an eye.
The phone clearly showed a photo of Su Niannian standing in the yard, watering the saplings.
But he mistakenly called a pretty young girl an old man.
He's been unable to visit his granddaughter these past few days, and he's almost suffered internal injuries from being so frustrated.
Daughter-in-law Lin Wan could also use the excuse of being close friends with Rong Qin to go to the Gu family home and chat with Rong Qin.
But how could an eighty-year-old man claim to be Rong Qin's close confidante?
So he could only bribe that kid surnamed Gu to take pictures of his granddaughter from time to time so that he could feast his eyes on her.
Xie Shen nodded, then paused, as if he had suddenly remembered something.
"Dad, I need to make a phone call, but I left my phone in the car. I'd like to borrow your phone."
Xie Lanzhi didn't think much of it and casually took out her phone from her handbag.
It was handed to him.
"Shen, use your older sister's."
Xie Shen remained unfazed: "Big sister, your phone is always set to Portuguese, I can't understand it either."
Just as Xie Lanzhi was about to say, "Help Xie Shen switch back to Chinese,"
Xie Zhongguo said, "It's okay, use mine."
"Thank you, Dad." Xie Shen walked over and was about to take the phone when he heard the sound of the battery running out.
Xie Zhongguo remained calm, opened his desk drawer, and took out a cell phone.
"Dad, we have a spare, let's use this one."
As he spoke, he handed it to Xie Shen.
Xie Shen's brows furrowed almost imperceptibly, but the frown vanished in an instant.
So fast that no one could catch it.
He instantly reverted to his usual self, took the phone, and held it in his palm.
"Thank you, Dad."
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As evening approached and the sun set, the sky outside was slowly turning dark.
Gao Xiu, holding the documents, pushed open the door and walked into the president's office.
Gu Yuheng stopped writing, his slender fingers holding a fountain pen. He picked up the pen cap from the side and closed the pen.
He casually leaned back in his chair, relaxing his stiff shoulders and neck, and then looked at Gao Xiu as he entered.
"President Gu, this is a document sent by Shen Li." Gao Xiu held the document in his hand.
As he spoke, he respectfully placed it on the desk in front of Gu Yuheng.
Gu Yuheng glanced at it and said, "Okay, you can go home now."
After Gao Xiu left, he picked up the document and was about to open it when...
My phone suddenly rang, and the ringtone was the Digimon theme song.
Gao Xiu, who had just stepped outside the door, stiffened.
My hand, which was closing the door, almost got its fingers caught in the crack.
In his mind, President Gu was furious. Had he been possessed? He didn't even have a childhood. What was Digimon? Did he even know?
Why set this ringtone? It ruins his aloof image!
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