Where did your manners go? You've interrupted me so many times!
Gong Chengjue hadn't expected Old Master Gong to say that so suddenly. He hadn't thought about how long he could keep it a secret; it was all a mix of truth and falsehood anyway. Besides, the old man had made a bet with him, hadn't he?
However, now, they've turned on each other in an instant.
The air seemed to freeze instantly.
Su Ziqing was slightly taken aback. What did the old man mean by that? Could it be that he really intended to...?
Grandpa Gong looked at the two of them, and his attitude calmed down.
One is an uncertain emotion that begins with a transaction, while the other is real property that one strives to acquire.
Is there any need to consider whether the cram school is light or heavy?
Su Ziqing looked at Gong Chengjue. She knew exactly what to choose if she were in his shoes. But what about him? What would he choose?
The old man said it was a dignified way for her to leave and asked her to speak, but... she also wanted to hear Gong Chengjue's answer.
The old man also looked at Gong Chengjue, seemingly quite confident.
"You can't have your cake and eat it too, let alone something like this," said Grandpa Gong.
Gong Chengjue and the old man stared at each other for a while, probably two minutes, before he gave his answer after much deliberation.
He looked at Su Ziqing.
She looked at him with her clear, bright eyes, as if she had guessed his answer and understood his choice.
But wasn't there even a tiny spark of hope in her eyes? A tiny spark of expectation, another tiny spark...
“Grandpa is right, you can’t have your cake and eat it too.” Gong Chengjue smiled gently. “That’s why I chose Ziqing.”
"What?"
"What?" Su Ziqing and the old man exclaimed in unison.
Is he crazy?
Old Master Gong's face darkened as he stared intently at him. "Chengjue, have you thought this through?"
"I……"
"No, he hasn't thought it through." Su Ziqing covered Gong Chengjue's mouth with her hand, then pulled him to the corner, with their backs to the old man, where the pillar conveniently blocked their view.
Su Ziqing asked with a serious expression, "Gong Chengjue, have you gone mad from the fever?"
Gong Chengjue's eyes were full of smiles, so gentle that Su Ziqing felt goosebumps.
"Are you really delirious from the fever?" She reached out to touch his forehead; the fever had subsided.
Gong Chengjue raised his hand, took her hand, and kissed her arm. "I chose you, aren't you happy?"
"Are you kidding me?" That enormous fortune isn't just a hundred or two hundred million; it's an fortune that can't be expressed in numbers.
Hasn't he always been in the midst of this struggle?
Does he realize that his current actions mean he has to give up?
Gong Chengjue also felt that he was quite crazy, but when he was really forced to make a choice, he found that he could actually... give up the property he had always wanted.
Perhaps it was Su Ziqing's statement that she was willing to give him all her money in an emergency that made him suddenly make a choice that defied the scales.
His eyes were filled with her reflection—her surprise, her eagerness…
"I'm not joking." And he knew his grandfather wasn't joking.
Looking at the unwavering seriousness in his eyes, Su Ziqing felt her head spinning, and could only manage to utter, "Gong Chengjue, are you stupid? With money, what woman can't you have..."
Moreover, they weren't exactly wildly popular.
We're all adults, and we're used to seeing couples break up and get back together in life. Is it really that big of a deal?
Does he realize how much he's sacrificing?
“I have money, and I want you too.” Gong Chengjue still looked at her tenderly.
He merely abandoned the Gong family; it doesn't mean he lost everything.
Furthermore, given time, he can still build an empire.
However, there was only one woman who moved his heart.
Su Ziqing laughed, almost to the point of tears, "I never thought I had such a femme fatale skill."
“You have it.” Gong Chengjue nodded, agreeing in a very accommodating manner.
Yes, she does.
“Well, maybe the old man is just testing the sincerity of our relationship,” she said optimistically.
Was he just saying it on purpose to test them?
Gong Chengjue smiled but remained silent.
No, he knew it wasn't.
The two walked back to the hospital bed. When Grandpa Gong looked at them, he noticed that their hands were clasped even tighter.
He frowned.
Could it be that Gong Chengjue is really going to give up?
So all those years of hard work have amounted to nothing? Does he even realize that?
"If I give up, does that mean I can make my own decisions about my marriage?" Gong Chengjue looked at Su Ziqing, then at Old Master Gong.
Su Ziqing was stunned for a moment. Wait, marriage?
She...she never said she wanted to get married, did she?
No way! She doesn't want to get married!
She just wants to be in a relationship! At most, she'll agree to an engagement or something.
But this doesn't seem like a good time to speak up.
Grandpa Gong chuckled softly, his face serious, but his eyes filled with disappointment. "Chengjue, you grew up by my side. I am very disappointed that you would make such a choice at a time like this."
“But perhaps this is the most comprehensive choice.” Gong Chengjue looked at the old man.
Grandpa Gong has five sons, each in charge of a different field, and their business empire is so vast that it is hard for others to imagine. However, such a family definitely needs a head of the family.
Gong Changzhou should have been the ultimate winner; normally, the disputes among them were only about the amount of money involved.
Now that Gong Changzhou is gone, things are different.
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