After explaining everything that needed to be explained, Qi Jing asked the two to leave first. He stood in front of the wall and looked at the portraits. It turned out that eight hundred years had really passed.
Looking at Qi Si's portrait, Qi Jing forced a smile. "Xuanxun, you want to ask me why I let these two compete for the head of the family, right?"
"Qi Shuo is indeed not suitable. The ancestor told him about the immortality thing, and he was afraid that it would lead to something."
Qi Jun believed in Qi Jing, but he couldn't help but worry. Qi Jing's identity was too special, and members of the Qi family had coveted him in the past.
"So I not only put the mother-child worm in their body, I also put a curse on them." Qi Jing hooked the jade pendant hanging around his neck, "The curse has been in place since they put it on. They can't tell anyone my secret. When I take back the amulet, their memories of me will naturally disappear. There will be no danger."
Qi Jun nodded, "It's just Qi Shuo, the ancestors shouldn't let him take over Qi Mo's affairs in the company."
"Qi Shuo is too ambitious. If we don't give him any chance, he will do anything to ruin his life. Besides, Qi Shuo does have the ability to support the family."
Qi Jing tilted his head and raised his hand to touch Qi Si's face in the portrait. "I calculated that their true love will appear within these three months. Let's see how they decide. If someone takes the initiative to give up, that would be great. If not, I can only make my own choice."
Qi Jun said no more and stood in the ancestral hall with Qi Jing for a while until Qi Mo came over and said that Shen Anwen wanted to see Qi Jing.
Qi Jing then remembered that Shen Minglin was still in pain. He quickly said hello to Qi Jun and went to find Wu Han. By now, Qi Xiuyun should have recognized Wu Han as her relative. Whether they were no longer related or returned to their original position depended on Wu Han's own thoughts.
When someone knocked on the door and came in, Qi Xiuyun was obviously crying, her eyes were red, and the look she gave Wu Han was full of love and guilt.
Wu Han didn't dislike this grandmother, but he really couldn't get close to her, so he could only sit aside and remain silent.
Qi Jing came in, rejected Qi Xiuyun's unspoken thanks, and asked Wu Han bluntly, "It's been a few days, you should have made a decision. Are you going to stay at the Qi family or return to the Shen family?"
Wu Han didn't know much about the other members of the Shen family. She had never even met anyone except Shen Minglin and Shen Mingzhu.
In addition, what Qi Mo showed her was that it was not that the Shen family abandoned her, but someone deliberately planned to exchange her with Shen Mingzhu.
In the past seventeen years, she had never felt any family affection before returning to the Qi family. In addition, Qi Xiuyun had held her hand with such care before, she wanted to give it a try and see what the Shen family would do after knowing the truth.
"Can I meet everyone in the Shen family?"
Wu Han asked, today is the day when the Qi family selects the head of the family, only the blood of the Qi family can come, and Madam Shen is not here.
Qi Jing nodded, "This is what we should do. You can make some preparations. I'll go tell Qi Mo."
"Thanks."
Wu Han was sincerely grateful to Qi Jing for finding her and bringing her home. Even if she no longer had any connection with the Shen family, as long as the Qi family could support her studies, her life would be good. At least she wouldn't be trapped in the hell of the Wu family forever, never seeing the light and unable to escape.
After getting Wu Han's answer, Qi Jing left the room. Before he could speak, he heard Qi Mo's voice, "Mrs. Shen has arrived."
"How do you know what I'm going to say? Could it be that you've also learned fortune-telling?"
Qi Jing felt strange, or maybe Qi Mo was too smart to guess it.
"The fact that my aunt has been inside all this time means that she is moved." Qi Mo stood in front of Qi Jing, "Besides, Shen Minglin has experienced such a big thing, it is impossible for Madam Shen not to come."
Qi Jing shrugged, "Well, you're too smart."
Qi Mo remained silent. He stared into Qi Jing's eyes for a long time before speaking, "Why did you let Qi Shuo take over the entire company?"
"Are you jealous? Or are you not convinced by my arrangement?" Qi Jing asked back. In his opinion, Qi Mo did not have much voluntary thoughts about the position of head of the family, but it was a shackle that had been placed on him since childhood.
In other words, if he gave the position of head of the Qi family to someone else, as long as Qi Mo agreed and felt at ease with it, Qi Mo would definitely withdraw immediately.
Qi Mo explained, "The Qi family currently has a wide range of businesses. According to the Qi family's rules, each family member can only enter their own field. Now Qi Shuo and I have taken over from our fathers. Let Qi Shuo take over my work. Do you know the consequences?"
"I know." Qi Jing knew very well that he was not a fool. Of course he thought of and saw all this. "Qi Mo, you have to understand one thing: the more conceited a person is, the less likely he is to see his own shortcomings. If you tell him openly that you are too cruel and unsuitable, it will only force him to take risky measures.
If he wants it, I'll give it to him. Whether he can do it depends on whether he has the ability to do it. If he's just taking care of your work, he does have the capital to compete with you for the position of head of the family. If he takes advantage of the opportunity to do something, I will naturally make my own judgment.
Qi Mo fell silent. Now he finally understood Qi Jing's intention, but he still reminded him, "Qi Shuo is not as simple as you think."
"Perhaps you think too little of me." Qi Jing raised the corner of his mouth. "Although I don't understand the rules of business in this world, the Qi family has been doing business for five hundred years. I have seen more competition than you imagine. Otherwise, why do you think such a family with hundreds of years of history has only so many descendants now?
Many people have tried to seize power, but none have succeeded so far. To be frank, if I wanted to kill any of you, not only the government but even the Xuanmen wouldn't be able to find out."
Qi Mo fell silent again. He thought he was too naive, even though Qi Jing acted very ignorant, like a young boy who knew nothing about the world.
But Qi Jing is the ancestor of the Qi family who has lived for eight hundred years. Not to mention other things, the twenty years he followed Qi Jun were also the most turbulent years in the country. How could Qi Jing be an innocent person?
Qi Jing patted Qi Mo's shoulder, said nothing more, and went downstairs.
In addition to the ancestral home, the Qi family manor also has several houses, including the family's ancestral hall, servants' and bodyguards' rooms, and a villa specifically for entertaining guests.
The old house and ancestral hall are at the back. Only family members and close relatives can come here. Other outsiders are received and accommodated in the villas in the front.
After the Shen family’s commotion, they can only stay in the villa in front of the manor.
When Qi Jing entered the living room, it was even more lively than when he went downstairs in the morning. Qi Jing saw several unfamiliar faces, who should be the wives of the Qi brothers and the husbands of the two married daughters.
Today is the day to select the head of the family, so these people are temporarily arranged to wait here, but the situation of Shen Anwen's family is obviously different.
Shen Anwen is the son of Qi Xiuyun. Although his surname is not Qi, he is also the blood of the Qi family. The same is true for the six brothers and sisters of the Shen family.
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