Gong Chengjue shook his head. "Which one is Grandpa asking about? I really don't know."
"The one who was with Miss Su tonight. The one who stood up for Miss Su." Old Master Gong looked intently at Gong Chengjue.
In his opinion, that person might be Su Ziqing's suitor?
If so, will there still be dramatic incidents of two men fighting over one woman?
Old Master Gong's thoughts are quite profound.
Gong Chengjue looked at Old Master Gong, trying to guess the meaning behind his words. "Grandpa doesn't have confidence in his grandson?"
"...Chengjue, you must not act on emotion," said Old Master Gong.
"Grandpa, our betting agreement is still in effect." He had spent a whole year trying to get the family's approval.
Grandpa Gong simply looked at him and asked, "Even if Miss Su has a complicated background, you still want to continue?"
This time, the complexity that Old Master Gong mentioned was not the kind of complexity involving the Su family in City A, but rather the relationship between Su Ziqing and that Mr. Feng.
"Yes," Gong Chengjue answered with certainty.
"As the eldest son of the Gong family, how can you treat your marriage so lightly?" Gong Changzhou was furious, feeling a sense of disappointment and frustration.
However, Gong Chengjue only lightly remarked to him, "Father likes to worry so much, he could actually worry about Chengkun, after all, he's not much different from me in age."
"you……"
"Alright." Old Master Gong also had several children. Although his fingers were long and thick, he felt that his eldest son was really biased to an extreme degree.
"I will personally handle Chengjue's marriage." With one sentence, Old Master Gong ended Gong Changzhou's education.
Gong Changzhou felt that it was a joke for him to sit here and wait for Gong Chengjue to return.
Unfortunately, the family was on the verge of falling apart, and as the eldest son, he didn't gain any advantage. So now, he had no choice but to go along with Old Master Gong.
If he doesn't cultivate some goodwill, the men below won't show any mercy in bringing him down.
Of all the members of the Gong family, Old Master Gong treated Gong Chengjue the most specially.
The more displeased Gong Changzhou was with Gong Chengjue, the more affectionate the old master Gong seemed to be towards him.
Upon hearing the old man say that he would handle Gong Chengjue's marriage, Gong Changzhou, as the father, could say nothing more.
Moreover, the old man had already discussed the bet with him.
At the time, he was thinking of seeing the outcome of the power struggle between the families over the year before deciding whether he should intervene.
Who would have thought that another unexpected event would occur?
"It's late. You have a business trip abroad tomorrow, so go ahead and get busy," Old Master Gong said to Gong Changzhou.
Gong Changzhou nodded.
He glared at Gong Chengjue, "Don't upset the old man."
Gong Chengjue remained silent.
In his eyes, he was utterly worthless.
After Gong Changzhou left, Old Master Gong stood up and asked Gong Chengjue to go for a walk in the garden with him.
"Grandpa, it's late and chilly, why don't you stay out?" Gong Chengjue disagreed with the old man's current whims.
"If you have any complaints, just take them out on your grandson," Gong Chengjue said weakly.
Although he was occasionally stubborn and disobedient, he mostly went along with the old man's wishes.
"If you had shown even the slightest weakness towards your father, your relationship wouldn't have deteriorated to this point..." Old Master Gong didn't finish his sentence.
Anyway, we both understand.
Gong Chengjue slightly twitched the corner of his mouth, did not refute, and only responded with a not-so-sincere "Yes".
“Every time I talk to you, you either agree with something you don’t mean or you stay silent.” Old Master Gong glanced at him. “You two are father and son. Anyone who didn’t know better would think you were adopted.”
Gong Chengjue did not respond to these words.
A father and son are related, but for some people, it might be better if they weren't.
"Don't blame your father." As Old Master Gong grew older, he liked to reminisce about the past. "Your name was given to you by your father."
Inheriting a title—what is a title, and what does it represent? It's all so obvious…
Gong Chengjue didn't want to continue the conversation, so he changed the subject, "Grandpa, let me take you back to your room to rest."
"What rest? You haven't told us who this Mr. Feng is, nor have you told us the reason for tonight's attack." Old Master Gong glared and puffed out his beard. "Speak."
"grandfather……"
"Um?!"
“I’ve looked into who Feng Xixuan is, but all I found is that he has a businessman’s identity and some noble blood. But as you know, nobles abroad also pay attention to bloodlines. This guy with the surname Feng doesn’t look like a pure nobleman. His mother must be an ordinary person. I can’t find any more information than that.”
"As for today's attack, I guess it must be because some person of status was carrying some secrets."
This attack seemed more like a warning than a specific attack.
"If Mr. Feng is just an ordinary nobleman and merchant, then how did he manage to get Chief Su to apologize and send him away?" Old Master Gong didn't believe Feng Xixuan was ordinary at all.
Gong Chengjue remained silent.
"Why don't you ask Miss Su?" Gong Chengjue reminded him.
Gong Chengjue: "..."
"Since he's with Miss Su, Miss Su should know something about it, right?"
She won't say.
Of course, Gong Chengjue couldn't say these words.
"Or is it that Miss Su has some secret with that Mr. Feng, including the reason she appeared by your side..." Old Master Gong thought even further ahead, and even imagined a whole possible scenario in his mind.
Gong Chengjue: "...Grandpa, you're overthinking it." His encounter with Su Ziqing was an accident.
"Don't blame me for overthinking. The Gong family has made quite a few enemies, and it's hard to guarantee that someone won't set a trap for them later."
“I know,” Gong Chengjue hummed in agreement.
"That Chief Su is too arrogant. He actually embarrassed you in front of everyone. Does he really think our Gong family is easy to bully?" Old Master Gong suddenly changed the subject.
Gong Chengjue simply smiled and said, "Chief Su must be too spoiled by his daughter."
"snort."
Gong Chengjue escorted the old man back to his room to rest, but instead of going to his own room, he drove away directly.
………………………
When Su Ziqing woke up, she reached for her phone and saw an unread WeChat message.
She assumed it was sent by Gong Chengjue last night, so she didn't check the time and just clicked on it.
However……
Upon seeing the information above, she opened her eyes wide, which had been drooping slightly, and sat up from her warm bed.
It was a message sent to her by someone in the company, and the message said: "President Su's secretary jumped off a building in the company."
Logically, Su Ziqing should have been confused, since there were so many employees in the company and she didn't know who was who. However, upon seeing the words "President Su's secretary," the image of that girl immediately came to mind.
The secretary who made her coffee, the secretary who secretly cried in the restroom...
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