Duan Haoran lowered his head, his face expressionless. Only a hoarse voice could be heard from his mouth, "I'm sorry, Grandpa, it's my fault that I was useless and fell for someone else's trick. I promise you, this won't happen again next time. Please give me another chance."
"Brother, you are too careless. Do you know that our Duan family has become the laughing stock of the whole capital? If I go out now, I will be ridiculed by my friends because of you. You have caused great trouble to our Duan family this time, do you know that?" The speaker was Duan Haoran's half-brother Duan Haotian.
Duan Haotian looked at his brother kneeling on the ground with a gloating look on his face. Instead of sympathy, his eyes revealed a sense of excitement.
Duan Haoran continued to kneel without saying a word, and he did not respond to his brother who had just mentioned his pride.
Seeing that this illegitimate child dared to ignore him like this, Duan Haotian's eyes flashed with a vicious light as if he wanted to drink his blood.
At this moment, Old Master Duan, who was sitting in the middle of the sofa, spoke again, "Haoran, the trouble you've caused this time is not small. In our Duan family, there are rewards and punishments. Since you have made a mistake, you must accept the punishment."
As soon as he finished speaking, Mr. Duan glanced at his eldest son beside him.
Duan Hong saw his son kneeling on the ground, and looked towards Grandpa Duan with some embarrassment. He pleaded, "Dad, this is not Haoran's fault. He was also deceived. I think we should just leave it at that. Don't punish him, okay?"
Old Master Duan looked at his eldest son with disappointment in his eyes. In other families, the eldest sons would inherit the family, but his eldest son only knew how to eat, drink and have fun. Many years ago, he even gave birth to an illegitimate child for the Duan family.
Fortunately, this illegitimate son is quite capable and has managed to reach his current status. Otherwise, the Duan family would have lost all their reputation in Beijing.
"Shut up! You are the least qualified person to say these things in this family." Old Master Duan yelled at his eldest son angrily.
When Duan Hong saw the angry Old Man Duan, he was so scared that he dared not say a word. He had to obediently follow his father's instructions and take the stick at home.
Twenty minutes later, Duan Haoran's back was covered with shocking scars.
But he didn't say a word while being beaten.
His situation made Mr. Duan look at his eldest grandson in a different light.
After the punishment, Mr. Duan sat back on the sofa as if he was out of breath.
At this time, Liu Ruolan touched her biological son standing next to her with her hand, signaling him to do something.
When Duan Haotian received this hint from his mother, he immediately thought of what he should do.
So he quickly picked up a cup of tea from the table and handed it to Mr. Duan, saying with a concerned look on his face, "Grandpa, drink some tea to calm your breath."
Old Master Duan glanced at his grandson and said nothing much, but still reached out to take the cup of tea handed to him and took a sip.
After taking a sip of tea, Mr. Duan felt like he was alive again.
"Xu Shike, I never thought that the grandson of our Duan family would be in the hands of a man named Xu Shike." Old man Duan kept muttering this name.
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