Chapter 177

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Protagonist:

Shen Yao

Tsk tsk tsk

Although the final ending was Gu Xuan Yu relying on herself to successfully turn danger into safety, the various hardships she experienced along the way still made Gu Xuan Yu angry enough to be spitting mad.

Perhaps it was a matter of self-esteem, but Gu Xuan Yu didn't complain to Shen Yao and Gu Jingrun after returning home either; she bore it all herself, actively digesting it internally.

To tell the truth, Shen Yao still felt quite a bit of heartache for her eldest child; nowadays the chaotic situation inside the Gu Group has already improved who knows how much compared to earlier years, but the Gu Group's enterprise core remains unchanged.

The seemingly resolved contradictions have merely been weakened rather than thoroughly disappearing.

For the eldest child to smoothly take over the Gu Group's enterprise, there is still much grinding to be done.

"How come I feel like you're enjoying the spectacle? Aren't you afraid our son will suffer a loss?"

Gu Jingrun held Shen Yao, the two people lying on the bed with bodies pressed close, gazes intertwining.

An old married couple, yet still sticky like before, is also because both sides' feelings are stable enough.

Gu Jingrun wasn't Shen Yao's best choice, but he indeed was Shen Yao's most suitable choice.

Decades of day-after-day companionship, time is sufficient to prove Shen Yao's decision correct.

Burying her head in Gu Jingrun's embrace, Shen Yao set aside her domineering air at the company; now she was more like a little girl who liked gentle soft words and acting spoiled, "Without experiencing wind and rain how can one see a rainbow; our son isn't as fragile as imagined, the Gu Group's storms are also the necessary nutrients pushing him to constantly grow."

At Perfect Group Gu Xuan Yu would have it smoother, one could even say it would come naturally without effort.

But this isn't what Gu Xuan Yu wants, nor is it what Shen Yao is willing to see.

If one lacks sharp judgment and foresight, only thinking of maintaining the status quo, then Perfect Group would also slowly step onto the retreat route of other collapsed companies.

Shen Yao likes obtaining system rewards, but this doesn't mean she has no expectations or cultivation for the children she painstakingly gave birth to.

Being able to keep living in the task world, and even if she herself leaves it won't lower the children's living standard — this has always been the point Shen Yao pursues.

Prosperity inevitably declining belongs to the instinctive cycle of things, and is also a shackle of restrictions that is very difficult to break.

Shen Yao only wishes this cycle could come a bit later; this is her selfish desire.

"We have three children in total; Xuan Yu is steady, Xuan Xu is lively, Xuan Yan is quiet."

Although the three children's dispositions differ, they are all filled with ambition toward external things.

Shen Yao embraced Gu Jingrun's neck and lightly exhaled, "The future belongs to them; they should take the initiative to create it."

As parents, Shen Yao and Gu Jingrun can actually provide very little help.

Some things still need them to walk out on their own; relying on parents stretching out hands to hold them up, in the end still falls a bit short of meaning.

Gu Jingrun patted Shen Yao's back, softly soothing her not to think too much.

"Do one's utmost, leave the rest to destiny. Xuan Yu and the others' starting point has already surpassed the vast majority of people," if even that doesn't work, then there truly is no way.

The couple huddled together talking about the family's children, time passed very quickly; the original younger generation had already become the backbone, the originally ignorant children had become the younger generation, personnel turnover, yet the battlefield faced remains unchanged.

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"Slap"

A crisp slap echoed through the entire empty room; Gu Jingxing pointed at Gu Xuan An, trembling all over with rage.

"You, you really are my good son!" To actually be willing to strike such a ruthless blow against him.

Hahahaha, he Gu Jingxing truly gave birth to a cursed spawn; had he known earlier, he never should have married Jiang Peiyi back then.

Eyes slowly turning bloodshot, Gu Jingxing looked at the defiant Gu Xuan An, finally shifting his gaze onto the already frightened-stupid Jiang Peiyi.

"Didn't want a divorce? Divorce then; I'll have a lawyer come draft an agreement."

As if unloading most of the strength from his chest, Gu Jingxing turned and left.

Jiang Peiyi reacted, wanting to chase after him to refuse this divorce proposal.

Divorce right now is not cost-effective for her; there are still Xuan An and Xuan Ning — leaving the Gu Family's title, life would only visibly have no way out.

No, impossible!

"Mom! He's already said it like this, what else do you have to endure.

Let's leave the Gu Family together, leave him, the three of us can also live very well."

Gu Xuan An truly hates the Gu Family, has since childhood, the loathing deepening year by year.

Jiang Peiyi: ……

Jiang Peiyi stared blankly at her own son, opening her mouth to persuade him not to be impulsive.

Gu Xuan An is no longer a child; he has even entered Gu Electronics to work, and holds management of his own enterprise.

All of this is based on him being Gu Jingxing's son, Gu Mengyan's grandson.

If this layer of halo falls away, Jiang Peiyi doesn't even dare imagine what would happen.

After living so many years like this, Jiang Peiyi long ago lost that spirited drive of the past.

But Gu Xuan An doesn't understand; Gu Xuan An's current hatred toward the Gu Family and Gu Jingxing can be called irreconcilable.

Jiang Peiyi can't reason with her own son, can only try to stabilize Gu Jingxing.

Pity Gu Jingxing also isn't that ignorant heaven's-proud-son of the past anymore.

Years of tempering and beatings have made Gu Jingxing understand he is no longer what he once was; it's just regret coming too late, he can only continue muddling along.

"Sign; don't make me speak too bluntly — you and I both know perfectly well how Gu Xuan An came to be.

Not bringing it up back then was my problem, but you also never realized your own identity and reached out to sabotage everything belonging to me.

Since Gu Xuan An and Gu Xuan Ning are so capable, change your surnames to Jiang.

I also want to see, once separated from the Gu Family, just how you'll manage to live."

Gu Jingxing felt he must have gone mad, disregarding the consequences this would produce, wanting only to vent all the stifled depression in his heart.

Jiang Peiyi, hearing Gu Jingxing's words, was struck as if by a bolt from the blue.

So he knew everything, knew it all; all these years she had been nothing but a joke.

Crying and laughing, she signed the divorce agreement; Jiang Peiyi took Gu Xuan An and Gu Xuan Ning away from the Old House, and boarded a plane to leave Yingzhong.

Gu Jingxing became a truly solitary man, mocked endlessly by Gu Jingzhi hiding in the dark.

The two of them nowadays in the Gu Family could be called half a catty versus eight taels — both were people without a future.

But Gu Jingzhi was luckier than Gu Jingxing in that the Su Family where Su Yingying belonged was developing well.

His three children with Su Yingying, no matter how great or small their achievements, would have someone to back them up.

"Tsk tsk, Eldest Young Master, this is the consequence of being the center of attention since childhood; you don't look much stronger than me."

People only feel satisfaction when they see other people's difficulties.

Life is bitter, so one needs other people's sweetness all the more.

Gu Jingxing rolled his eyes at Gu Jingzhi, "You and I still need to compare high and low in this aspect; what is there to be smug about."

Company affairs they can no longer get a hand in; Father simply doesn't give them the slightest opportunity.

Gu Jingzhi laughed even more rampantly, "Because I've waited for this day for too long."

Perhaps this is the restlessness of the unattainable; the conflict between Gu Jingxing and Gu Jingzhi, I fear, won't be eased even in the next life.

Such a major incident occurring at the Old House, Shen Yao and Gu Jingrun also received the news at the first moment.

Shen Yao was astonished at Gu Jingxing's self-abandonment; it seems he really cannot be propped up.

Gu Jingrun shrugged his shoulders, thinking to himself that Eldest Young Master's situation could be described as falling from heaven into hell.

Originally Gu Jingxing was not a person who could keep himself steady; it was merely limited by his birth time, letting Gu Jingxing obtain treatment others did not have.

Now Gu Mengyan has taken back all the privileges, putting several people on the same starting line, and Gu Jingxing's shortcomings are exposed without remainder.

"But this way, Xuan Yu's competitive pressure is reduced by quite a lot."

Excluding Eldest Young Master's side, there remain Second Young Master and Fourth Young Master, plus one paternal cousin.

However Second Uncle and Father are on bad terms; the paternal cousin can only get Qin Family industries, holding only equity usable for dividends; calculating carefully, Xuan Yu's future is even brighter than his own as the father.

Shen Yao:...

"How come General Manager Gu is still eating his own son's vinegar? The sour smell has already drifted far; even I can smell it."

Gu Jingrun spread his hands helplessly, "There's a bit of that; this child's luck is really good."

Gu Mengyan's age grows; Gu Jingrun's four brothers each have their own bad habits; the younger generation growing up is just right.

Shen Yao covered her mouth and snickered, thinking that at any time there is no lack of lucky people; the key is still whether one can seize it.

Seize it and rise step by step to high office; fail to seize it and fall halfway.

No one should blame anyone; these are all possibilities that require relying on oneself to have.

Gu Xuan Yu, praised for good luck by Father and Mother, did not think himself lucky at all; he merely felt his paternal cousins all had issues.

Perfectly fine, what are they making a fuss about? Is it that daily arranged affairs are not many? Or that the internal scheming is too little? Gu Xuan Yu now was tired to the point of just wanting to go back and sleep head-down, completely without the mood to cause trouble.

It's a pity Gu Xuan Yu doesn't want to cause trouble, but that doesn't mean others are willing to skip over him.

See, obviously tampered documents were delivered to Gu Xuan Yu for approval.

Gu Xuan Yu's head was full of question marks; does he really look that much like a sucker?

He, inwardly powerless to complain, pinched the documents, turned his head, and found his superior — none other than his own paternal grandfather Gu Mengyan; the big boy Gu Xuan Yu's expression was wronged.

Gu Mengyan:...

Gu Mengyan reached out and pressed his own temples, signaling Gu Xuan Yu to speak directly if he had something to say.

"Grandfather, I feel Gu Electronics' people can be cleaned out another batch.

The current peaceful life has long made them lose their former sensitivity and slickness," simply unqualified.

What Gu Xuan Yu can see, Gu Mengyan naturally already perceived long ago.

He raised his head, sharp eyes sweeping over the ramrod-straight Gu Xuan Yu, smiling as he handed this matter to the other party.

"Since it's something you don't agree with, you going to do it is most reasonable.

Let loose your hands and feet; Grandfather believes in your ability."

Gu Xuan Yu:...

Gu Xuan Yu entered in a towering rage, came out with a face full of bewilderment.

Hah? That's it, handed to myself? This easily?

Touching his chin, Gu Xuan Yu returned to the office feeling uneasy, decisively called Father and Mother each for consultation.

As Gu Jingrun who had experience doing this sort of thing early on, he advised him to let go and do it; this might also be one aspect of Gu Mengyan's assessment.

Shen Yao's words were even more direct, "What are you afraid of? Now that Gu Xuan An is gone, in Gu Electronics besides you there is no one else.

Your grandfather's arrangement is certainly sudden, but this is equally an opportunity.

Seize it well, don't let your grandfather down."

Gu Electronics today is the industry after being dismembered; Gu Mengyan holds absolute control.

As long as Gu Xuan Yu performs not too badly, Gu Mengyan's choice of heir will certainly be him.

This differs slightly from Gu Mengqing's jumping about before, because Gu Mengqing's branch was kicked out.

Some words need not be said too much to already be clear; Shen Yao hung up the phone.

Gu Xuan Yu, having obtained Father and Mother's support, whether psychologically or physically was greatly encouraged.

Trying his best to steady himself, Gu Xuan Yu began cleaning out the internal worms of the family enterprise from small to large.

One by one, people who had no use and would even harm the enterprise were kicked out; Gu Xuan Yu was like a machine constantly repairing and perfecting itself, always able to catch errors on certain parts, thereby strengthening and perfecting.