Chapter 8

Xu Yinyin was still in a trance until she sat on the black gold carved wood chair.

How did she go from being an unknown person who only cared about watching the show to being a target that everyone was eyeing?

[Grandpa, are you trying to lift me up or harm me? ]

[You said you are so rich, so what if you raise one more piece of crap for me? Don’t be so stingy, wuwu QAQ.]

The old man's hand almost couldn't hold the kettle steady while he was pouring tea.

How come his little granddaughter is so adorable? It can be said that she has no ambition at all.

If he had heard this when he was young, he would have chased the person away, but now, he just felt that such quality was too precious.

"Yinyin, don't be nervous. Grandpa just wants to have a good talk with you. I brought you to the study to avoid being disturbed by others."

The old man tried to slow down his tone as much as possible, fearing that his long-accumulated aura would scare her.

"Grandpa, you're worrying. I'm not nervous. You're so friendly and not scary at all." Xu Yinyin started to flatter him.

"That's good." The old man motioned for her to drink tea. "This tea is very fragrant. It's no worse than the milk tea you young people drink."

Xu Yinyin quickly picked up the teacup with both hands, took a sip, and said honestly: "Actually, I'm not very good at tasting tea. It tastes the same to me. Please don't think I'm chewing a peony."

The old man laughed out loud, "How could that be? My granddaughter is so cute and humorous. I love her so much."

Xu Yinyin smiled in surprise, "Grandpa, you are too kind. I grew up wild in an orphanage. I am lacking in many areas and I still need to learn."

"Speaking of humor, Grandpa is the best. You just joked about arranging for me to go to the company for training, which scared me enough. With my education, there is no way I can make a fool of myself in the company, haha."

Xu Yinyin started to play dumb, trying to get away with it.

"Grandpa is not joking. Grandpa is serious."

“······”I don’t want to listen, I don’t want to listen!

"Education is nothing compared to blood ties. If you care so much about it, I will donate to a prestigious foreign university tomorrow and buy you a shiny academic degree to save your face."

“······”Xu Yinyin was completely stunned.

[Ah? Can you really do whatever you want if you have money? Where is the morality, where is the bottom line, where is the address of the school! ]

The old man suppressed his laughter and continued, "Yinyin, regardless of education and qualifications, as long as you are a descendant of our Xu family, you will inevitably inherit the family tradition. Others want it but cannot. It's a bit hurtful that you refuse to accept it even though your grandfather has offered it to you."

Xu Yinyin was so shocked that her mouth twitched: [No, you can also turn the tables on me. I am wrong for not coveting your family business? ]

[Grandpa, you may be getting old and confused. As people get older, they get more and more worried about their children and grandchildren coveting their family inheritance. Why do you trust me so much? Where is your suspicion? ]

"Well, Grandpa, it's not that I don't want it, it's just that I'm limited in my ability. Aren't you afraid that I'll squander the family fortune? Besides, there are so many capable heirs in the family, it doesn't matter whether I'm here or not, just treat me like air."

If the other person was not an elder, she would have almost said, "You treat me like a piece of shit, just let it go!"

"Of course you won't know if you have the ability until you try out for a company. Don't underestimate yourself."

What else can Xu Yinyin say? !

The old man sighed deeply and said, "Don't blame me for being so self-willed. It's just that my body is getting worse day by day. I'm really afraid that one day I'll die like this, leaving behind a lot of regrets and unable to be reborn. Cough, cough..."

Xu Hongshan suddenly covered his mouth with a handkerchief and started coughing. His face became a little weird due to the force, and the blue veins on his forehead trembled with the force of his cough, which made people feel distressed.

Xu Yinyin hurriedly stood up to comfort the old man and said anxiously, "I'll call a doctor for you."

[Wuwuwu, please don't let anything happen to you at this time. You called me here to talk alone, and now I am being watched covetously. If anything happens to you, I will definitely be regarded as a shameless regicide and usurper, and I won't be able to explain myself!]

The old man glanced at his granddaughter's shaking legs and still felt that he was not in place. He coughed and waved his hands, saying intermittently: "No, it's okay, grandpa won't die for the time being, because grandpa sees hope again."

After he finished speaking, he raised his eyes and looked at her hopefully.

“······”No, I don’t want to be your hope!

The next second, the old man secretly squeezed the white handkerchief, and then took it away from his lips.

Xu Yinyin caught a glimpse of the glaring scarlet color.

"!!!! You are coughing up blood!" she exclaimed.

"Hush!" The old man raised his finger and said, "Don't tell anyone else. This is a secret between us."

“······”No, I don’t want to know such secrets.

[The more secrets you know, the faster you die, okay? Grandpa, you are really trying to trick me, aren’t you? :)]

"Yinyin, please just help Grandpa. Grandpa really has no one he can trust. Just think of it as helping an old man who is dying and try to work in the company, okay?"

"Ah, this--" Xu Yinyin was extremely confused.

She seemed to see the dying old emperor, desperately wanting someone to inherit his will, yet helpless.

But, she really just wants to be a salted fish and doesn't want to be forced into palace fighting!

In a flash, she thought of someone.

"Grandpa, I remember that my cousin is about to graduate from high school. Since you can help me buy a diploma from a prestigious foreign university, you can also buy one for my cousin. Otherwise, let him go to the company in advance?"

[Damn it, the second aunt just kept showing off her son's presence, why didn't I think of it, yes! ]

Xu Hongshan, who was suddenly caught in a trap: "..."

Damn it, how could I forget about this!

Xu Hongshan desperately mobilized his brain cells. After a moment, he looked at Xu Yinyin hesitantly and said with an extremely lonely expression: "You may not know that Ah Yao has always wanted to sever ties with his family because he doesn't want my success to overshadow his own brilliance. He can't go to the company."

[Shrimp! Is my cousin so rebellious? He wants to rely on his own strength instead of the life he was born in Rome! ]

[Tsk, it's obvious that he has never been through the beatings of society, and has never experienced the hardships of life! ]

[Damn it! Another day when I want to fight a willful rich second generation]

The old man continued to add: "Ah! It seems that I am destined to bear endless pain and regret before I die. Forget it, if you don't want to, I won't force you."

The old man walked slowly to the floor-to-ceiling window and looked up at the dark night sky.

The moonlight hangs alone, and against the backdrop of the deep and boundless sky, it looks even more lonely and desolate.

"Outsiders only see the Xu family's global arrogance, but how many people know how hard it was for me to start my own business? It's hard for others to start a business, but it's hard for me to keep it going. If I'm destined to have nothing, then don't let me have everything from the beginning."

Xu Yinyin's conscience was tortured by her old man's hidden resentment.

[Wow, am I being too heartless? Grandpa is already so helpless, can't I just agree to his small request? ]

[But once you agree, you will be drawn into the vortex of power struggle among the wealthy families, and you will never be able to escape unscathed.]

Xu Yinyin quietly looked at the old man's back. The figure that was just tall and heroic now looked like a weathered tree. The hunched body was full of desolation and helplessness.

[How did things turn out like this? You can’t be so torturous. How can you force a salted fish to stand up? Ugh~]

The old man listened to her thoughts quietly, without any guilt for selling out and cheating others. What he had was only the determination and confidence that came from thousands of strategic plans.

If Xu Yinyin could hear what the old man was thinking, she would definitely say, with your kind intentions, how could you raise three pieces of waste? Tsk!

After five minutes of silence, Xu Yinyin resigned herself to her fate and said, "I'll go, Grandpa, please don't be sad, okay?"

Xu Yinyin silently spit on her own conscience.

The old man pretended to shake and turned around with difficulty. His eyes, which were usually shrewd, were actually filled with a thin layer of tears.

Xu Yinyin's eyes widened in fear.

[Grandpa, are you so moved that you're crying? No way, I feel even more guilty when you say this! ]

She walked quickly toward him, pulling out a tissue.

When he raised his head again, tears silently slid down his old cheeks and hit Xu Yinyin's conscience hard.

Xu Yinyin's hands trembled slightly as she wiped her tears.

It seems like she has seen too many scenes that she shouldn't have seen today. If this happened in a palace drama, it would be a very stupid move!

Can you bear to see the weakness of an emperor? Are you going to die?

"Grandpa, don't worry, I will train well. I will do my best to do whatever Aunt arranges and will never cause you any trouble."

"Yinyin, you really are not forcing yourself to do this because you sympathize with Grandpa. Grandpa doesn't want to use morality to hold you hostage."

Xu Yinyin smiled bitterly and said, "No, no, absolutely not. I did it voluntarily."

[You cried in front of me, how could I refuse? It's not moral kidnapping, but my conscience must be condemning you! ]

[You should be thankful that I am easy to tie up - no, easy to talk to. Otherwise, if I pretend to be dead, no one can persuade me! ]

The old man patted her shoulder with satisfaction and said, "Thank you, Yinyin, thank you for helping me so much."

Xu Yinyin tried hard to adapt to society and thought she could rest easy as the daughter of a wealthy family, but she did not expect that she still had to work!

Hey~~