0042 Early Cold (1)
Sishifang.
I received four or five phone calls this morning alone.
Manager Qin replied into the microphone with a fawning smile, "Oh, yes, Mr. Guan had to go on a business trip at the last minute, there's really nothing we can do... We'll compensate you, sorry for taking up your time..."
After hanging up the phone, I let out a long sigh. There are really no easy rich people to deal with. These young masters and ladies even have to schedule their meals on a specific day and time, as if eating today's meal tomorrow would be a major taboo.
A sudden noise came from upstairs, startling Manager Qin, who tucked his bag under his arm and scurried away.
Guan Fei does indeed need to leave the city. He plans to bring his mother's ashes back to B City from Jiangnan. He must take good care of them and ensure that his deceased mother's body is not allowed to rest in peace.
Just before boarding, a phone call came in. Although it was very hot in the airport, the caller's few simple words made his blood run cold.
He practically drove a small Mercedes like a race car back to Shijibo, and then had someone push today's guests away.
After closing the door, he slapped Guan Kai hard across the face, leaving a red mark instantly.
"You bastard!"
Guan Kai knelt before the shrine, his back ramrod straight, his eyes filled with disdain and arrogance towards the person before him.
The moment he received Wan Qiqi's call, he knew something was wrong. Having grown up in a family with many rules and regulations, he knew best that a greeting from the other party could be a veiled warning.
He recalled that not long ago, the young master of the Wan family had come to visit Sishi Lane, which was also a demonstration to him.
If he was still unclear about the Wan family's intentions back then, he now has a pretty good idea of them.
But the more I guessed, the more alert I became, breaking out in a cold sweat.
Seven years ago, an accident brought the relationship between the Guan and Wan families to a freezing point. At that time, he was still young and almost thought that the Guan family name would disappear from B City. In the end, General Wan, out of consideration for their past relationship, did not want to pursue the matter and suppressed it.
The way to suppress it is simple: make the person who did wrong receive the punishment they deserve.
In that situation, what does "sacrificing" one person matter? The so-called face is not as important as the rise and fall of a family.
Besides, that person's surname wasn't even Guan...
Guan Fei looked at Guan Kai, his half-brother, who was kneeling on the ground.
Despite being related by blood, the two always acted like enemies whenever they met.
The person kneeling on the ground had strong features and a fierce look.
When I first met him, he was a child, but he was already ten years old.
He looked at the boy his father had brought, whose features resembled his own, and felt something inside him crumbling.
How can he accept this bloody truth?
At home, the mother, tormented by illness and barely recognizable, called out her father's name even as she nearly fainted from the pain. He stayed by her side, dialing his father's number again and again, only to be met with disappointing silence.
He thought that his father, who was too busy working in another city to come home, had simply started a new family somewhere they didn't know about and was living a happy life.
If the boy's mother hadn't been in a car accident and he hadn't been unable to support himself, he might have continued to cruelly keep it a secret.
But that's fine too; the best way for the cruel truth to exist is to be hidden forever.
But he still lifted the filthy curtain.
How could the timing be so perfect? On the very day his mother passed away, he brought home a ten-year-old boy.
The boy was well-fed, very tall, fair-skinned and handsome, with short, neat hair, and no trace of fear in his eyes as he stepped into unfamiliar territory and faced the unknown.
But now that he's an adult, he's like a madman with no manners who has wandered into a garden of sin.
He lunged forward and punched his father in the face without holding back, along with his deceased mother, before squatting on the ground and wailing.
Behind me, another pair of eyes, filled with a sense of inquiry, lurked in the shadows, scrutinizing the absurdity of the world like an outsider.
That was a child abandoned in the hospital whom Guan Fei's mother kindly adopted before her death.
His grandfather named him Guan Yue.
Guan Yue, Guan Yue, the mountains and passes are difficult to cross.
The name seemed unpredictable, as if it were some unsolvable destiny.
He didn't even want to see Guan Kai.
Guan Kai and Guan Yue, however, had somehow become inseparable, almost like... brothers.
Looking at the boy secretly teasing the other at the dining table and the silent grandfather, what else could he say?
The father ruined the reputation that the grandfather had built up over many years, but no one wants to put themselves and their family in such an embarrassing situation time and time again.
In this deep and complex capital city, scandals emerge one after another, yet each one is cleverly concealed.
As long as you maintain a shiny exterior, you won't encounter the pus hidden inside.
Grandpa tacitly approved of their existence, tacitly approved of their laughter and the continuation of their masked harmony, so he went further away and focused on doing his own thing.
But what kind of trouble can two young children cause?
He thought that by staying away, he could distance himself from these things, but blood ties could not be broken; he was always a member of the Guan family.
Seven years ago, when Guan Yue made a mistake, he, as the eldest grandson, was the first to step forward and deal with it. Seven years later, when Guan Kai got into trouble, he still had to step forward to clean up the mess for him.
He didn't have time to think about whether the "gate" he had painstakingly protected was worth it. His grandfather was a meritorious man who had lost an arm for the country, so how could he have raised one scoundrel after another!
It takes him the time it takes to drink a cup of tea to calm down.
He gritted his teeth and said, "You lawless wretch! Do you even know who you've messed with?!"
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