Chapter 20: Sowing Discord

Sheng Yukai was brought back. Once he entered the main hall, he protested indignantly: "Grandfather, you are being too unreasonable. What is wrong with me taking a girl out to dinner? Is it worth you sending people to find me again and again?"

"You useless thing, do you still not know where you went wrong even now?"

The old man was already very angry. Seeing that Sheng Yukai not only refused to admit his mistake but also appeared indignant, he became even angrier!

"Kneel."

Sheng Yukai did not kneel. He stiffened his neck and tried to reason with the old man: "I did nothing wrong, I will not kneel."

"You must give me a reasonable explanation for today's events, otherwise I will not accept this."

The old man was so angry he laughed: "Fine, you want an explanation, right? Very well, I will give you one right now."

"The company's stock has fallen for three consecutive days, assets have shrunk significantly, and shareholders and investors are in a collective panic. You didn't think of a way to recoup the losses, nor did you report it. That is the first point."

"At a time like this, you go out on a date with a girl? There are so many girls in Jiangzhou; you could have dated anyone, yet you specifically chose to date Shi Yuke. That is the second point."

"Now, what else do you have to say?"

The old man had good intentions. He thought that if he broke it down and explained it bit by bit to his grandson, Sheng Yukai would understand his painstaking efforts, but that was not the case!

Sheng Hanyu was even more indignant: "I only hold a nominal position in the company and don't have a single share. You should know in your heart why I don't put my heart into it."

"We are both grandsons of the Sheng Family, yet you are so unfairly biased. You give all the benefits to Sheng Hanyu, and all that's left for me are the scraps others don't want... What is wrong with me dating Shi Yuke? I am an unmarried man and she is an unmarried woman; our dating is open and aboveboard..."

The more Sheng Yukai spoke, the more worked up he became. Bai Xue also stood up from the sofa to stand with her son, chiming in to help him, indirectly accusing the old man of being biased and favoring Sheng Hanyu.

Sheng Jiang and his wife sat on the sofa, not daring to make a sound. Sheng Jiang looked at his father cautiously, while the old man stared with a livid face only at the mother and son standing there.

He didn't even glance at him out of the corner of his eye, so his hanging heart settled slightly.

Wang Yingzhi had similar thoughts to her husband; they felt that their sister-in-law and nephew made sense.

The fact that Sheng Hanyu did nothing but occupied half of the company's shares for free was brought up by Sheng Hai and Bai Xue whenever they had the chance. The two of them had been brainwashed by this ideology for so long that guilt was almost carved into their bones!

"Big brother, why don't you come out and say something."

The performance of the eldest couple was not taken to heart by the old man, but it did not escape Sheng Hai's eyes at all.

As a grown man, it was inappropriate for him to stand with his wife and son to oppose the old man at this time, so he adopted a circuitous tactic.

"Ah, what should I say? I, I listen to Father." Although Sheng Jiang was cowardly, he was not stupid; he knew this was not something he could handle, so he simply pushed it all away.

The old man couldn't be bothered to care about the performance of his two sons.

He said to Sheng Yukai: "Fine, since you think I am biased, then hand over the company. Starting tomorrow, the General Manager will be replaced. You will receive a monthly allowance of fifty thousand, and you won't need to interfere with company affairs anymore..."

"Replace with whom?"

Sheng Yukai was distracted. The Sheng Family was a Clan enterprise, and the old man had never trusted outsiders; this was also the reason why he felt so secure and fearless.

"Replace with me. Do you have an objection?" A response suddenly came from the doorway. Sheng Yukai didn't need to turn around to know who it was.

"Thump—"

He knelt straight down before the old man, immediately apologizing and begging for mercy: "Grandfather, I was wrong, I know I was wrong. I will change immediately. Please promise to give me one more chance; I will go to the company right now to recoup the losses..."

The old man ignored him and instead said to the doorway: "Hanyu, do you agree?"

In the last two years, the old man had tried several times to let Sheng Hanyu return to take over the company again, but he had been rejected every time.

The old man had a condition: if the company was taken back from Sheng Yukai and handed to Sheng Hanyu, he had to guarantee that he would let bygones be bygones regarding the past, and the two brothers had to live in peace.

Sheng Yukai had rejected it without even thinking. His original intention in founding Dingsheng was to prove that he had the ability to bring down Sheng Yukai even without the backing of the Sheng Family.

For five years, this was the first time Sheng Hanyu had stepped into the Sheng Family gates. The expressions of Sheng Hai and his wife changed immediately, but hindered by the old man's presence, the two dared not say anything.

"Grandfather, let's talk in the Study."

"Good, let's go to the Study."

The old man personally supported his eldest grandson, not allowing anyone to follow, and the two went to the Study.

As soon as the Study door closed, Bai Xue's face changed immediately. She rushed aggressively in front of Sheng Jiang and his wife and questioned them: "Look at the good son you raised! For so many years, he has eaten our food and drunk our drink. We provided for him, and we ended up raising an enemy, didn't we?"

"When a brother is in trouble, it's one thing not to help, but to specifically kick him when he's down and stab him in the chest? He hasn't stepped through this gate in five years, and now he comes back to seize power?"

The more Bai Xue spoke, the more furious she became, loudly accusing the two. Sheng Jiang and his wife did not dare to utter a sound, just like children who had made a mistake, not even having the courage to look their sister-in-law in the eye.

Sheng Hai watched coldly from the sidelines, neither stopping his wife nor adding fuel to the fire.

Bai Xue dragged Wang Yingzhi up from the sofa as if dragging a dog and ordered: "You go to the Study now, go immediately! Slap your son twice and ask him if his conscience was eaten by a dog? What kind of family is it that doesn't help but only tears things down?"

"Sister-in-law, please calm down..."

Wang Yingzhi cowered behind her husband. She did not dare to talk back to her sister-in-law, let alone go to the Study!

If it were normal times, Sheng Yukai wouldn't care how his mother bullied his aunt; he was used to it anyway. But this time, he stopped her: "Alright, stop making a mess."

Only then did Bai Xue let go.

He was agitated, his eyes fixed on the door of the Study, thinking of a countermeasure.

If Sheng Hanyu hadn't walked through the Sheng Family gates today, he wouldn't have been afraid of anything!

But he had come in, and not only had he come in, he seemed to have agreed to take over the company. Only then did Sheng Yukai begin to feel afraid.

If Xiazi agreed to take over the company, then he wouldn't be able to get a single bit of benefit in the future. Although he was blind, being blind didn't mean his brain was damaged... Sheng Yukai regretted it so much now.

He regretted why he hadn't been ruthless enough to just kill him back then, leaving himself with such a big problem now.

The Study door finally opened. Sheng Hanyu walked out, supported by a bodyguard. He passed through the main hall and left as if no one else was there, not even hearing his mother when she came to his side to speak to him!

"He just left like that?"

Bai Xue started clamoring again, but this time it was to stand up for Wang Yingzhi: "Sister-in-law, you are too easygoing! Is he still your son? He doesn't even make a phone call home, and when he finally comes back, he doesn't even greet you?"

"Ignoring us is one thing; we, as his uncle and aunt, are incompetent and not worth respecting. But you and big brother are his biological parents. Not even respecting your own biological parents, he is worse than a pig or a dog..."

"Ahem!"

The sound of the old man clearing his throat rang out from the stairs. Bai Xue immediately fell silent and changed the subject: "I'll go to the kitchen to see if the rock sugar and pear soup I'm stewing for Father is ready." After saying this, she twisted her waist and prepared to leave.

The old man said to Sheng Yukai: "Go to the company and pack up. Tomorrow at ten in the morning, be at the company on time to hand over to your big brother."