Fu Jingheng and Xie Fang left first.
After all, it's a family matter of the Qin family, and not exactly something to be proud of. They could have just stood by and watched when it happened so suddenly, but it's not appropriate to keep it going now.
Qin Sheng didn't want to go at first, but when she looked up she saw the boy's tense back. She hesitated for a moment, but still followed him.
As Qin Sheng walked out of the main villa, she slowed her pace. Only when Qin Zhao, who was lagging behind, caught up did she hand over the thermos cup in her hand.
Qin Zhao blinked, and after a while, slowly took it.
Qin Sheng said casually, "The milk tea that Aunt Li makes isn't as good as the ones outside, but it's still alright."
Qin Zhao tightened his grip on the thermos, and after a moment, he moved his lips and said, "Thank you."
His speech was still extremely stiff, so low that it was almost inaudible, with his head bowed, revealing the top of his head with two cowlicks.
Qin Sheng smiled faintly, responded softly, and then strode to catch up with her parents.
Qin Zhao kept his head down, and his steps didn't seem to change much, but he never distanced himself from the person in front of him.
*
Qin Zheng and his family ate before leaving the house, and it was already past six o'clock when they arrived at the old couple's residence.
Qin Yu had rested for an afternoon and felt much better, but when he saw Qin Hao walking in with his wife, daughter, and Zeng Man, his temples started throbbing again.
Twenty years earlier, when Qin Zheng and Qin Hao were only in their twenties, Qin Yu always felt that although his eldest son was not as good as Qin Zheng in many ways, he was honest and reliable. Over the years, apart from the disagreement and dispute with them over the matter of marrying Hu Mengling, he had done a good job in everything else.
But he didn't know when it started, but he changed without him noticing. Honesty turned into cunning, and steadfastness turned into vainness and greed. He fought for power and profit, and compared himself to Qin Zheng in every way.
Especially during this period, he didn't even know how to evaluate the outrageous things he had done!
Before one problem could be solved, another equally troublesome one appeared. Qin Yu felt that if things continued like this, he wouldn't just have to worry about having another stroke and dying; he would simply lose several years of his lifespan from anger!
So he slammed the documents he had on hand onto the coffee table and said calmly, "Let's split up."
Qin Hao and Hu Mengling were completely stunned by the old man's divine move, and all the words they had prepared were stuck in their throats.
The two exchanged a glance and immediately picked up the documents on the table to read them.
Upon seeing this, his expression completely changed!
Qin Hao couldn't believe it and suddenly looked up at Qin Yu: "Dad!"
Qin Yu said calmly, "No need to call me. I've already given you everything you deserved, and even more. What else could you possibly be dissatisfied with?"
Qin Hao almost burst out laughing.
He actually asked him if there was anything else he was dissatisfied with?!
It's still Guangda and Boguan companies, still the Qin family's old residence and riverside villa, the only change is that Qin's 3% share has been increased to 6%, and yet his father actually asked him if there was anything he was dissatisfied with?!
Years of pent-up resentment and jealousy finally erupted. Qin Hao raised his hand and tore the agreement in his hand to shreds: "I refuse to accept this!"
"We're both your sons, and I'm the eldest. Why should the entire Qin family be handed over to Qin Zheng while I only get 6% of the shares and two small companies!"
"Even if we only count by the number of people, there are three people with the surname Qin in our main branch. On average, there shouldn't be so few people!"
Qin Hao was filled with disappointment and sadness: "Dad, you're being way too biased!"
Qin Yu was also heartbroken and disappointed, but he didn't show it. He simply said, "Do you think I'm being biased?"
Qin Hao: "Isn't that right?"
Qin Yu nodded: "I am indeed biased, and I have always been biased, but my bias is not towards Qin Zheng, but towards you, Qin Hao!"
He picked up another document from beside him and slammed it down in front of Qin Hao: "Look for yourself!"
Qin Hao's expression changed, and it took him a while to pick up the documents and read them page by page. The more he read, the uglier his expression became, until finally, the muscles in his cheeks trembled: "How... how is this possible?"
Qin Yu snorted coldly: "Why is it impossible?"
"Thirty years ago, our Qin family was just a small, marginal family among the elite families of Ancheng. Don't you remember when the Qin family began to rise to prominence, when it gradually surpassed other families to become the number one family in Ancheng?!"
"It was after A-Zheng took over the Qin family!"
"To put it bluntly, the Qin family business as it is today was almost entirely built up by A-Zheng. Don't even mention you, even your mother and I wouldn't have a chance!"
"Guangda and Boguan were the two largest companies in our Qin family before Azheng took over the Qin family. Over the years, under Azheng's leadership, these two companies have grown more than tenfold, and their annual profits have exceeded 100 million. With all this, you still think I'm not giving you enough?"
"And the Qin family's old mansion, the riverside villa—these were the Qin family's initial assets before A-Zheng took over the Qin family business. I've given them all to you. What more could you possibly want?!"
Qin Hao's hands were shaking.
Over the years, every time he entered Qin's Group, the employees would respectfully bow to him and call him "President Qin".
President Qin, the same title as Qin Zheng.
From initial discomfort to later taking it for granted.
Gradually, he began to truly believe that he was the president of Qin's Group, a President Qin with the same status as Qin Zheng, and that Qin's Group was an asset jointly owned by him and Qin Zheng.
So he began to form cliques, to fight for power and profit, and to scheme and plot, all so that he could compete with Qin Zheng for the position of Qin family heir when the family property was divided in the future.
Unexpectedly, the Qin family was no longer the Qin family.
Qin Hao stared in disbelief at the shareholding distribution chart in his hand, which showed the percentages as follows: [Qin Zheng 52%, Qin Yu 20%, Jin Quan 8%, Ruan Haiyan 6%, Shi Baoguo 5%, Xu Guomin 3%, Qin Hao 3%, Xu Yong'an 2%, Jiang Yunlong 1%].
"But...but even so...your shares..."
Qin Yu glanced at him and said, "Have you forgotten where you got your original 3% stake?"
Qin Hao trembled all over before he realized what was happening.
The 3% stake he held was originally transferred to him by Qin Yu the year Yan Yan was born.
In other words, including the 3% that is now going to be given to him, all of this 6% is actually given to him by Qin Yu...
Qin Hao's hands were trembling as he held the documents.
What he thought he deserved, what he thought he earned through his own efforts, actually had nothing to do with him. So what was the point of his efforts over the past ten years?
Is this a joke?
Qin Yu spoke up again: "In fact, since the Qin family was founded, I have only had 6% of the shares. The remaining 17% were transferred to me by A-Zheng over the past ten years or so. Now it's just returning them to him."
"Now, do you still think I'm biased?"
Qin Hao was struck dumb.
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