Zhang Xiuya's sobbing became louder and louder. Song Guochao was about to say yes, but the words stopped coming out of his mouth.
Song Xuanhe finally calmed down at this time. He said expressionlessly: "Father, didn't you just say that it's up to mother to deal with it? Why are you silent now?"
Song Guochao was very concerned about his reputation. He hated his youngest son who always contradicted him and showed him no respect. When he heard his son's questioning, his expression, which had just been pleading, suddenly changed and he could not hide his anger: "I am talking to your mother, how can you interrupt me? Have you forgotten the manners I taught you?"
"Heh." Song Xuanhe sneered. His calm face no longer showed the sadness of the blow he had just received. It became extremely cold. "Grandpa only taught me how to treat people. Mother also taught me to distinguish right from wrong. I don't know what my father taught me? To have a mistress and a third party, and to allow the third party to come to our house and ruin the reputation and word of mouth that the Song family has accumulated for decades?"
"You!" Song Guochao's face turned blue with anger at his cold and disdainful words. However, what made him even angrier was that he could not refute. He did indeed not teach Song Xuanhe, and he did allow the woman he kept outside to come to his house. But even so, a son should not blame his father for his mistakes, and how could a son teach his father a lesson!
"This is a matter between adults, there is no reason for you to interfere." Li Nian'an patted Song Xuanhe with a light force that was almost imperceptible. She scolded him at any time in her words, but there was no blame in her tone. She glanced at Song Guochao lightly: "I am too lazy to deal with this woman. Dad is right. There is no need for me to care about anything with her."
Song Guochao's eyes lit up, but Li Xiuya next to him clenched her hands into her palms.
"I just want to get what my two sons deserve." Li Nian'an turned to look at Song Yansong and said, "Dad, Xuanlin and Xuanhe grew up under your care. They are also the only grandchildren you acknowledge. This is known to outsiders and the family. But now that something like this has happened, they will have to endure the criticism of others when they go out. As a mother, I absolutely cannot bear to see my sons suffer."
Song Yansong looked at him with scrutiny, and seeing that Li Nian'an was deeply affectionate, he nodded slightly.
"I know what you're thinking now. You just want to test them both." Li Nian'an sighed, "I know my own sons well. Xuanlin is steady and ambitious. He is more suitable to take over the group. Xuanhe is a little jumpy, but also very smart. However, he still likes to play, so I hope father can make a decision as soon as possible."
Upon hearing this, Song Xuanlin looked up at his mother who was speaking and his brother whose expression did not change at all when he heard this.
Song Yan pursed his lips tightly. He now knew what Li Nian'an was thinking. He originally wanted to choose one of his two grandsons to inherit the family business, but he would definitely not be happy if he was asked to give up power immediately.
It's just that Li Nian'an has a sister who married into the Rogle family. Even though it's only a side branch, it's enough to make them wary and cautious. What's more, the Song family is in the wrong now. If they don't agree, the matter will only develop in a worse direction.
Song Yansong glared at Song Guochao fiercely and said in a deep voice: "What do you mean?"
"Xuanhe." Li Nian'an turned to look at Song Xuanhe and said, "Tell mom the truth now, do you have the intention to take over the Song family?"
"No." Song Xuanhe answered quickly. If he spoke a step slower, the responsibility would be on him. "It would be fine for me to be the general manager."
The corners of Song Xuanlin's mouth slowly relaxed. He usually felt a little disappointed with his naughty brother, but now when he heard him say this, he felt relieved.
"Dad." Li Nian'an said, "I hope you can promote Xuanlin to the position of president. You are still the chairman of the company, but I hope Xuanlin can truly participate in the management from now on."
Song Yansong looked at her in silence for a long time before asking, "Where's Xuanhe?"
"I will give all the shares of Song Corporation that I own to Xuanhe." Li Nian'an said, "I just hope that Xuanlin can protect Xuanhe in the future and let him live happily."
"Your shares?" Song Guochao shouted, "You're crazy! Your shares are our joint shares! How can we let you make the decision alone?"
Li Nian'an ignored Song Guochao and said, "When the family property is divided, Xuanhe's share will not exceed 50% of Xuanlin's, but I hope you will agree to one condition of mine."
Song Yansong looked serious: "You say."
"Xuanhe is erratic and not very sensible." Li Nian'an said, "I hope he can grow up sooner, but I also hope he can be happy, so I hope daddy will promise me that if he really gets into trouble one day, as long as it's not murder or arson, the Song family will definitely protect him!"
Song Xuanhe looked up suddenly. The surprise on his face didn't need to be acted at all, it was so real.
Was Song's mother's words just out of love for her son, because she understood him and was preparing for a rainy day, or was it because she knew something? This plot has never been written in the book, and he doesn't know whether this has happened to the original owner. He speculates that it is very likely not. After all, Zhang Xiu Ya came to him because of his instigation, and this incident did not happen in the original owner's life trajectory.
However, Song Xuanhe was not sure whether it was a good thing or a bad thing for his mother to ask for such a promise on his behalf.
Fortunately, everyone present was extremely surprised by Li Nian'an's words, so Song Xuanhe's expression at this time did not seem abrupt.
"Xuanhe is also my grandson." Compared to his daughter-in-law Li Nian'an, Song Yansong loved the little grandson he personally raised much more. So when he heard her say that, the depression in his heart also dissipated a lot. He said: "I promise you, as long as he doesn't do anything murderous or arson, I will do my best to protect him!"
After getting the promise, Li Nian'an's expression finally relaxed. She grabbed Song Xuanhe's hand and put it together with Song Xuanlin's, and said with a smile: "You two are brothers. You must help each other in the future. Xuanlin, take good care of Xuanhe, and Xuanhe can't be so ignorant anymore."
Song Xuanlin looked at Song Xuanhe, whose face was still full of surprise, and thought of the unclear dispute between his parents. He nodded seriously and said, "I will take good care of him."
Li Nian'an laughed and said, "That's good."
Even though Song Guochao cried and yelled, Song Yansong agreed to all of Li Nian'an's requests. He immediately summoned a lawyer, changed the will in public, and then notified the board of directors to hold a meeting on Monday. At that time, he would instruct them on Song Xuanlin's transfer and Song Xuanhe's transfer of shares. Finally, he ordered Song Guochao to send Zhang Xiuya out through the back door so as not to embarrass the Song family.
The farce was finally resolved, and the Song residence returned to its former tranquility.
Li Nian'an hadn't seen Song Xuanhe for a long time, so naturally he hoped that he could stay at home with him more. So when he heard that he was planning to go home and stay for a while, he swept away his previous indifference and smiled brightly. He ordered the servants to prepare his favorite dishes at noon, but then he was afraid that he was tired or sad, so he asked him to go back to his room to rest.
Song Xuanhe followed Li Nian'an's words and returned to his room. After closing the door, the pretended disappointment with his father on his face disappeared, and he slowly frowned.
[Ergou, do you think there was a scene in the previous plot where Li Nian'an helped his son get shares and asked Song Yansong to protect him? 】
Although he asked the question, Song Xuanhe actually had the answer in his heart.
【No. 】The system answered firmly: [If this incident happened, although it has little to do with the protagonist, it involves the protagonist's revenge branch. The book will definitely mention that the Song family did not fulfill their promise, even if it is just a sentence, but it is not in the book. 】
【Um. 】Even after confirming the answer in his heart, Song Xuanhe still couldn't muster up interest.
Seeing Song Xuanhe lying on the bed without saying anything, the system couldn't help but ask curiously: [Are you unhappy? Is it because you miss Xiao Yuanmu or because of what happened just now? 】
How could I possibly think of Xiao Yuanmu? Song Xuanhe hung one leg on the edge of the bed, swaying aimlessly. After thinking for a while, he spoke: [Song Xuanhe has a good mother. 】
After saying this, Song Xuanhe closed his eyes and stopped talking. The system sensed his extremely complicated emotions and stopped talking either.
From the time he came into this book until now, the only person Song Xuanhe cares about in this world is Xiao Yuanmu, but he has no choice because he has to follow the plot, so he has to pay attention to Xiao Yuanmu's condition at all times.
However, just now I saw that Li Nian'an was in contrast to her previous behavior. She was like a lioness protecting her cub. Under such a huge blow, she was still able to respond one sentence at a time, and every word was precious, to plan the greatest benefit for her children. It can be said that she was amazing.
Li Nian'an reminded him of his mother.
At that time, my mother's face had turned pale, but she still held on to her last breath and waited for my grandfather and the lawyer in the hospital. She remained calm and composed, and used the greatest interests and emotional appeals to persuade my grandfather, ensuring that he grew up safely in the Song family, which was full of intrigue and complicated people.
He remembered that when his grandfather and the lawyer left, his mother gently stroked his face and said something so long that it was hard for her to catch her breath: "My baby, no matter where you are, remember that mommy and daddy love you. The only hope mommy and daddy have for you is to be a person who is worthy of his conscience and is free and happy. Remember, mommy and daddy are always watching over you in heaven."
He was already seven years old, and he was no longer the child who believed that people would turn into stars after death. But even so, whenever he was sad, he would still look up at the sky. He believed that his parents who loved him so much would definitely want him to believe that someone loved him, even if that person was out of reach.
After coming to this world, even looking up at the stars has become a luxury for him.
It was no longer a world like this. His parents naturally couldn't see him, and he couldn't deceive himself anymore by telling himself that there was someone in heaven who loved him and he was not alone.
However, today, Li Nian'an's love for Song Xuanhe shocked him, but also made him feel a strange warmth.
Perhaps it was the remnant of the original owner's emotions, or perhaps it was just the emotional fluctuations that were easy to occur in response to a certain scene, but the bitterness and touching feeling at that moment could not be faked no matter what.
He would no longer be able to use the Song family with a clear conscience, and Li Nian'an would suffer a miserable fate in his later years.
September is almost over, Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and it is also the season for eating crabs.
Song Xuanhe had not contacted Xiao Yuanmu for more than ten days. Because of his deliberate avoidance, there was no chance for Xiao Yuanmu on the 27th floor and Xiao Yuanmu on the 16th floor to meet at all.
For Song Xuanhe, these ten days were almost like a vacation. Song Guochao was directly stripped of his shares and real power by Song Yansong. When he was seen in the company, he would look at him coldly, but he did not dare to blame or scold him at every turn like before. He was tough on the outside but weak on the inside, and had almost no fighting power.
Song Guochao's combat effectiveness approaching zero was not only due to the share changes and Song Xuanlin's transfer that were known only to a few senior executives, but also because the fact that Zhang Xiuya had forced her way to his house was leaked by someone with ulterior motives.
The day after Zhang Xiu-ya was sent away by Song Guochao, entertainment newspapers published intimate photos of Song Guochao and Zhang Xiu-ya, and also posted photos of her entering the Song family with a haughty look and then coming out of the back door in a dejected manner on the Internet.
In the Internet age, what is least lacking is various entertainment news and gossip, and what is most lacking is also these news and gossip.
As long as the melon is sweet, no one will complain about having too little.
What's more, the gossip that broke out this time was about the top wealthy family, the Song family. The Internet's first-line spectators were simply having a carnival, with one topic after another popping up, from a 2,000-word article on a certain forum that detailed the touching love story of Song Guochao and Zhang Xiuya, from their love in their youth to their current desire to break free from the shackles of time, to the endless revelations about Zhang Xiuya on online blogs, which made the Song family's public relations department remove the hot searches and delete the posts, regretting that they only had two hands.
Fortunately, although this kind of gossip interests ordinary people, it did not cause much damage to the Song family's stock market.
So although Song Yansong was furious, he still remained rational, until - Zhang Xiuya's pregnancy was revealed.
The Song family was in chaos that day. The strong and healthy Song Yansong grabbed a stool and threw it at Song Guochao, almost breaking his head and making him bleed. In the end, Li Nian'an winked at Song Xuanhe and Song Xuanlin to hold him back, thus saving Song Guochao from a bloody disaster.
However, Zhang Xiuya's pregnancy is a confirmed fact, and Song Guochao's relationship with her has been clearly exposed, so she cannot deny it at all. Song Guochao can't say that it is not his child, right? Wouldn't that be even worse than now?
A man making a mistake that all men in the world make is not the same level of humiliation as a man having a prairie on his head.
Song Guochao refused to issue a statement saying that it was not his child, so Zhang Xiuya was forced by people sent by Song Yansong to have an abortion. Having a child in old age is a happy thing, and he was not close to his two previous sons. Song Guochao was even more loving to this son who was not yet formed.
However, between having a son he had never even met and being ridiculed for the rest of his life, Song Guochao still chose himself.
Zhang Xiuya had dared to come to the Song family because she was pregnant with the Song family's grandson. Now that the Song family had cut off all her hopes, she was not too sad. After all, Song Guochao's attitude had already made her feel cold. So the day after the abortion, she took the Song family's money and left the capital, leaving behind Song Guochao who hated her for not understanding her.
His fame and fortune were all gone, and even his first love left him. Song Guochao seemed to have aged ten years overnight and no longer had the energy to teach his son a lesson.
When Song Xuanhe went downstairs, he saw Song Guochao eating breakfast. He didn't even look at him and just ate by himself. No one else at the table said a word.
Today is the weekend, and Song Xuanhe received a call early in the morning. It was a friend of the original owner, asking him to go out for crabs.
Song Xuanhe thought about it and found that this friend had no plot at all, and was not even that important in the original owner's memory, so he agreed.
The place to eat crabs was in the suburbs, in a stilt house on an artificial lake. When Song Xuanhe arrived, the person who had invited him had been sitting there for a while.
"Song Er." The man waved his hand to let him see the location.
Song Xuanhe walked over to sit opposite him and said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to come back. I heard that you are having a great time in Southern Province."
"That's enough." Qian Ping smiled and said, "If my father hadn't taken office there, I wouldn't want to be separated from you brothers. I didn't expect to have crabs to eat, so I hurried back."
"Then why don't you go to Jiang City." After resting for more than ten days, Song Xuanhe's smile was more relaxed than before. His lazy brows made the waiter who brought the crabs blush.
Qian Ping caught a crab with its legs removed, cracked open the shell and said, "I heard that you found true love recently. I didn't believe it at first, but who knew that what Nanzi and the others said was true? Later I asked Linzi, and he admitted it to me. If my dad hadn't been busy at the time, I would have come back to see how stunning the man who could make you so obsessed really is."
Song Xuanhe had just taken a spoonful of crab roe when he heard Qian Ping's words and his eyebrows jumped. He asked, "You came back just for this?"
"That's not the case. This is the biggest reason." Qian Ping was obviously very excited. He said, "Where is the person? Call him over to eat together and let the brothers see him."
"What's the point of you looking at it?" Song Xuanhe ate the crab roe slowly and said, "It's not yours even if you look at it."
Qian Ping was stunned for a moment, then he laughed a few times and said, "I was a little skeptical before, but now I really believe that you were trapped by a man. I originally just wanted to get some information, but now I am really curious."
"What's the man's name?" Qian Ping frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "I remember he has the same last name as Lin Zi. His name is Xiao what? Xiao what wood? Xiao Yuanmu? Xiao Yuanmu?"
Song Xuanhe couldn't help but sneered: "I'm still Xiao Jiro."
"Call her over." Qian Ping looked expectant. "I heard from Nan Zi that she looks like a fairy, prettier than the stars in their company. It's ok to let my brothers open their eyes."
"No." Song Xuanhe refused without hesitation.
Are you kidding? It's a rare opportunity for him to relax for such a while. He doesn't have to be on edge every day following the plot with Xiao Yuanmu. Now they call him over to interrupt his vacation. He is not stupid.
"What's wrong with meeting him?" Seeing that he still refused, Qian Ping couldn't help but frowned and said, "You have a beautiful girl in your house. You won't be happy if someone looks at you even once."
Song Xuanhe didn't want to continue this topic with him, so he just hummed perfunctorily and said, "I just like him too much, and I don't want you to look at him like a monkey, okay? Just eat crabs, why are you talking so much?"
Qian Ping was not angry when he heard this. Instead, he opened his eyes wide in shock. "Fuck, no way, you've not only found someone serious, you've really fallen in love with him or her and can't help yourself."
"Right, right, right." If Song Xuanhe knew that a character outside the plot could talk so much nonsense, he would definitely not run out to eat crabs just because he was greedy. However, there was no turning back now. He didn't want him to keep talking about this topic, so he could only find an excuse and said, "Don't mention him. I had a fight with him recently and haven't seen him for a long time. Can we just eat crabs quietly?"
"How can that be possible!" Qian Ping frowned and said, "You lovers quarreled and you can just stop seeing each other. Since you like her, you should be more accommodating. How can you reconcile without seeing each other?"
"He didn't want to see me, not me." In order to shut Qian Ping up, Song Xuanhe had no choice but to keep up the lie and said, "We need some time to calm down now. I don't want to mention him now."
Qian Ping then shut his mouth, looked at Song Xuanhe hesitantly, and said nothing more.
The two of them ate two crabs quietly before Qian Ping spoke again, "Actually, I came back for another thing this time."
Song Xuanhe raised his eyebrows. Although he was not very interested, he would listen as long as Xiao Yuanmu was not mentioned.
"Did you know about Wei Chen's medical robot?" Qian Ping asked.
"Know."
"I heard that he hasn't found a partner yet." Qian Ping's expression became serious and he said, "I want to give it a try."
Song Xuanhe didn't comment, just nodded lightly.
"I moved out of the compound when I was in junior high school, and later followed my dad to the Southern Province. Although we played together when we were young, it's not easy to find a way to contact Wei Chen now. I heard that he rejected several people, and I don't know what his requirements are."
"I heard from Zhou Nan that he wants someone who can participate in the experiment." Song Xuanhe raised his eyes and said, "And someone who can provide a lot of information."
Qian Ping was just complaining casually, but he didn't expect Song Xuanhe to actually know something. He knew the former, but he had never heard of the latter. He couldn't help but ask, "What information?"
"It's about medicine." Song Xuanhe didn't want to get involved in this kind of thing, so he said vaguely: "You'd better start with experiments. Information is not that easy to get."
Qian Ping nodded in distress, sighed and stopped thinking about it. He took a sip of tea and was about to say something else when he heard a laugh coming from the next room through the bamboo curtain. "Xiao Yuanmu, are you finally full?"
Song Xuanhe was shocked, and Qian Ping was even more stunned. He frowned and thought for a few seconds, then widened his eyes and said, "Isn't Xiao Yuanmu the name of your boyfriend? This name is not common. Could he be across the street?"
As soon as Qian Ping finished speaking, the voice from the other side answered his doubts.
The voice just now was smiling: "Since people have guessed you and want to see you so much, let's go over and take a look."
As Qian Ping stood up, Song Xuanhe finally remembered who the familiar voice belonged to.
——Wei Chen.
The two protagonists who were at the center of the topic just now were sitting opposite me and listened to every word they said.
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