Chapter 14 Chapter 14 Jumping off the building
The Si family had been passed down for generations, and naturally, there were many elderly people and relatives among the group's shareholders, resulting in complex relationships that were difficult to manage. It could be said that Si Guanqing's failure in his previous life was largely due to them.
"Your third uncle is a good person." Si Guanqing's voice sounded heavy.
The mahogany door of the study is very thick and has good sound insulation. Normally, if it is completely closed, people outside will definitely not be able to hear the conversation inside.
But I don't know who was so careless that the door was left a gap and not completely closed.
"When I first took control of the group, he helped me with many things and stood by me." Si Guanqing took a sip of tea. "This is to force him into a dead end."
"That was in the past. People change." Si Cheng's voice, though childish, was tinged with an icy chill that instilled fear. "He chose this fate himself. This time, he embezzled company funds to pay off his son's gambling debts. Next time, he'll betray the group for his son. Gamblers are hard to change. Furthermore, he's already caused nearly 200 million in losses, not to mention his son's failed project."
"If you let him go out of a moment of kindness, how will you recover if it causes greater damage in the future? And what if someone else does the same?"
Si Cheng stood facing the floor-to-ceiling window, and Si Guanqing sat on the sofa behind him with a distressed expression. It seemed that his son was the one giving orders.
"After all, he is an elder in the clan and has helped us a lot. Kicking him out like this will definitely make other relatives feel disheartened and dissatisfied. Your grandfather will not agree either." Si Guanqing said.
He was a kind and generous man, and his family's years of nurturing made him a qualified leader of a large family. However, such a person was only suitable for the group, and the group had been plagued by corruption after years of development and was in urgent need of reform.
It is not uncommon for some elderly people, in particular, to use group resources for personal gain.
"When you deal with company affairs, you shouldn't mix in personal emotions." Si Cheng turned and looked at his father.
"The group is now like a ship. People keep coming on board as it sails, but this won't work. When the ship can no longer expand, it must throw away some garbage to lighten the load. Otherwise, sooner or later, you will sink with them!"
For some reason, the last sentence made Si Guanqing feel as if he had woken up from a dream.
Not only him, but also the summer outside the door felt cold all over, because this third uncle was one of the people who joined forces with Ding Biao and betrayed the Si family in the previous life.
Seeing that Si Cheng was about to leave, Xia Ji hurriedly ran away to avoid him. The next few days were very quiet, and Ding Man even mistakenly thought he was sick.
Why is this? Could it be that Si Cheng was reborn so early? If he really was reborn so early, how could he still tolerate him?
Xia Ji ate his white rice silently. Ding Man gave him a cola chicken wing and said, "What are you thinking about? Why don't you eat properly?"
Because it was summer, Mr. Si came to the old house more often, often having dinner with them, and even cleaned up another room here.
But he happened to be away these days because of a party with old friends, so there were only four people at the dinner table.
"I want to do my homework." Xia Ji gnawed on a chicken wing. "Thank you, Godmother."
Si Cheng glanced at him when he heard that.
"If you don't understand something, just ask your brother. Sicheng, please teach your younger brother." Ding Man picked up a piece of food for Xia Ji with the serving chopsticks.
"Ah? No, no need. The teacher said that what you think out yourself will be more memorable." Xia Tian said hurriedly. He had not yet figured out how to face Si Cheng.
If he really has been reborn, has he already been exposed in front of him? If so, why did he still let Ding Man take him in?
Xia Tian was puzzled.
If he was reborn, given his hatred for Xia Tian, he should at least be left to fend for himself in Xia Tian. In any case, given Xu Suxin's control over and attitude towards Xia Tian, Xia Tian would definitely be ruined by her.
After dinner, Xia Ji retreated to his room. He was a little panicked, worried about what Si Cheng would do to him. He also recalled the fate of Si Cheng's enemies after his rebirth in the original book.
Who knew that Si Cheng would knock on his door on his own initiative, and without waiting for Xia Ji to speak, he opened the door and went in.
Xia Ji was sitting at the desk doing his homework, and Lily put a plate of fruit next to him.
"Didn't you say there were homework you didn't understand?" Si Cheng walked directly behind him.
"Ah? Oh." Xia Tian held up the math test paper and pointed at a random question, "Here."
Si Cheng picked up the test paper and raised an eyebrow, perhaps because the questions were too simple or something else, but he said nothing. After reading the questions, he returned the paper to Xia Tian, put one hand on the table, and with the other hand, he took a black pen from his pencil case and began to explain on the draft paper.
After a few minutes he asked, "Get it?"
Xia Tian didn't listen at all. He just stared at Si Cheng's face the whole time, his mind blank. "I understand."
"Then calculate it for me now." Si Cheng picked up the exercise book on the bookshelf and found a similar problem for Xia Ji to solve. "This is similar to that problem. Do it again."
In the summer, I picked up a pen and wrote down the solution process and the answer without much thinking.
He looked up at Sicheng, "Okay."
Si Cheng didn't say anything, but as if he had seen through his disguise, he raised his hand and flicked his forehead. The force was not strong, more like a kind of intimate punishment.
Just then, hurried footsteps were heard outside the door. The door was not closed, and they easily saw Si Guanqing and Ding Man passing by in the corridor.
"How could this happen? Guanlin seems to be still in the United States, right?" Ding Man asked anxiously as they walked. "Third Aunt passed away for so many years, and Third Uncle has no one around him."
"Okay, okay, stop asking. My head is about to explode." Si Guanqing said.
The two of them hurriedly got up and walked to the door of the room. Si Cheng asked, "Dad, Mom, what happened?"
"Your third uncle jumped from the building and is being treated in the hospital!"
Xia Tian’s mind buzzed - it made sense, in the original book, the third uncle was also forced to jump off the building by Si Cheng!
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