Chapter 72: A Pitiful Father's Love

"What exactly are you trying to do?" The old man stared at Shi Yucheng, his presence imposing without anger.

Shi Yucheng did not believe Sheng Hanyu's words.

Just because he said it didn't matter, it didn't matter?

If it didn't matter, how could his wife and daughter secretly discuss a dowry behind his back!

They even mentioned the Sheng Family giving his daughter a family heirloom, as if the matter were already set in stone, just waiting for the boat to be built before telling him.

He had already sacrificed one daughter because of money; he could not watch another one be sacrificed.

He suddenly fell to his knees before the old man with a "thud": "Chairman, I beg you, I beg you, please do not agree to let Yuke marry the Eldest Young Master. My daughter has been spoiled by me since she was small; she doesn't understand etiquette and is not worthy of the Eldest Young Master's status..."

The more he spoke, the uglier the old man's expression became.

Shi Yucheng spoke nicely, but in reality, he was still looking down on his own eldest grandson!

Old people always think their own children are the best. Sheng Hanyu would absolutely not marry Shi Yuke; even if Shi Yucheng knelt on the ground and begged him, he would not agree to let his grandson marry her.

But now it was the other way around; Shi Yucheng was kneeling on the ground begging them not to marry!

It made it seem as if they were forcing a marriage.

"Shi Yucheng, what do you mean by this? You made such a big scene just to say this, hmm?" The old man rarely wore his emotions on his face, but now his face was full of anger.

The housekeeper knew this was not a place for her to interrupt, but she still couldn't help but say: "Wanting your eldest daughter to marry over was only decided privately by your wife and daughter-in-law; our Eldest Young Master had no knowledge of it at all."

The old man not only didn't blame the housekeeper for interrupting, but also chimed in: "Correct, Hanyu doesn't know. I did hear Wang Yingzhi mention this matter, but I didn't agree, nor did I tell Hanyu."

"Really?" Shi Yucheng stood up from the floor.

Perhaps because he had knelt for too long, his legs were numb when he stood up, and he nearly knelt back down.

The old man personally helped him up and had him sit beside him: "There must be a misunderstanding here. Do you want us to talk it out as a family, or go to the police station to talk?"

A sentence that was neither soft nor hard made Shi Yucheng's old face flush with shame; he now regretted being so rash!

He had been so rash as to call the police before investigating what was going on, and he hurriedly said: "We will talk it out ourselves, talking it out ourselves is fine." After saying this, he wanted to ask the police to leave.

Sheng Hanyu did not agree: "Since you came together, you will leave together. Housekeeper, take the two gentlemen to the small conference room to have some coffee."

"Yes."

"Gentlemen, please this way." The housekeeper agreed and took the police to the small conference room.

The old man frowned slightly; this kind of matter counted as a family scandal, and he did not want outsiders to know about it.

But since his eldest grandson had already decided, he did not object.

Upon second thought, the old man smoothed his brow; Hanyu did the right thing.

Although Shi Yucheng was impulsive, he was not a bad person. In a moment, once they talked it out, they could go out together and say it was a misunderstanding. It was better for Shi Yucheng to withdraw the report himself than to let others have half-baked information and guess wildly.

"Speak, what is going on?" The old man sat upright and asked Shi Yucheng.

He did not hide anything and told the whole story from the beginning: how he had accidentally heard the mother and daughter talking at home, during which they mentioned the "family heirloom" and that Shi Youxuan had already been murdered!

The housekeeper couldn't help but interrupt again: "Every time you come over, you say the Eldest Young Mistress was murdered by the Eldest Young Master; can you have some new material? I will go to the law firm tomorrow to sue you for defamation. It's too much; the Eldest Young Master is easygoing and doesn't hold it against you, but you can't go on endlessly..."

"Shut up."

Sheng Hanyu scolded the housekeeper; regarding the matter of Shi Youxuan, he had always felt he owed her.

Therefore, no matter how much Shi Yucheng caused a scene, as long as it involved Shi Youxuan, he would unconditionally tolerate it.

The old man said to the housekeeper: "You continue."

He knew that Shi Yucheng came to the villa to cause trouble, but every time he came to cause trouble, he said the fool had been murdered by his eldest grandson?

There was such a matter he didn't know about, and he certainly wouldn't allow such a thing to happen.

This was not as simple as smearing Sheng Hanyu's reputation; it involved defamation. If this matter spread, it would certainly have a very bad impact on the Sheng Family.

When it came to the reputation of the Sheng Family, the old man absolutely could not turn a blind eye.

The housekeeper had been holding it in for a long time, and now that the old man asked, she told the whole story from beginning to end!

Including how Sheng Yukai and Shi Yuke colluded, pushing from behind to incite Shi Yucheng to come here and cause trouble, every time causing a massive scene before leaving, and once even causing a scene all the way to the villa across the street...

The villa across the street was the Jian Family's territory; the Sheng Family had lost face in front of the Jian Family. The old man dug his nails into his flesh, and he didn't even feel the pain when he drew blood!

Shi Yucheng kept his head lowered, neither speaking nor defending himself.

There was nothing to defend; everything the housekeeper said was the truth!

The housekeeper finally finished speaking, without hiding anything or exaggerating.

"You call them immediately, tell them to roll over here right now—Wang Yingzhi, Sheng Yukai... not a single one can be missing!" The old man ordered the housekeeper.

After saying this, he said to Shi Yucheng: "And your wife and daughter, have them all come."

"Today, in front of everyone, we will make everything clear. Whoever is responsible will bear it. But one thing: after today, if anyone brings up old matters again, don't blame me for not remembering old ties and being impolite."

The old man's words had a double meaning, though right now it was mainly to warn Shi Yucheng.

He was too angry; he couldn't imagine that everyone had been hiding so many things from him all these days. If he hadn't been here today, he didn't know how much longer they would have continued to hide it from him!

The two were about to make their calls, but the old man stopped them: "Don't let them move; wait where they are. I will send a helicopter to pick them up."

He was not willing to wait even a moment longer; he wanted to resolve all the trouble immediately.

Late at night.

The Sheng Hanyu Villa was brightly lit, and the people from the Sheng Family and the Shi Family were all present.

The old man told Wang Yingzhi to go; she didn't dare to go alone, so she dragged her husband along.

Sheng Yukai arrived at the Sheng Hanyu Villa in the middle of the night; Bai Xue and Sheng Hai were worried and insisted on following, so they all came together.

When Jiang Yadan and Shi Yuke heard that the old man had asked them to come here, they thought the matter of the "substitute marriage" had been settled and arrived almost overjoyed.

It was only when they arrived and saw that Sheng Yukai was also there, and the atmosphere was not right, that they realized something was wrong.

These people all lowered their heads and said nothing, each harboring their own thoughts.

Although their thoughts were different, their goals were the same: thinking about how to distance themselves and splash dirty water on others.

The old man's gaze was like a torch; he scanned the room and said, "Eldest daughter-in-law, you speak first. What is this about an heirloom?"

Wang Yingzhi was slow-witted, so it was wise to use her as the initial breakthrough point.

Sure enough, Wang Yingzhi panicked and started making foolish moves: "Ah? What heirloom? I don't know anything about it..."

She wanted to wash her hands of the matter, pretending she knew nothing to muddle through.

But Jiang Yadan grew anxious; if she didn't admit it, wouldn't that make her daughter's position illegitimate?

She pulled her daughter's wrist over and displayed the Jade Bracelet on it: "Old man, is this what you are referring to? This is a token given to Yuke by her future mother-in-law. In the future, our families will be joined by marriage, and we will be one family..."

Everyone's gaze turned toward Wang Yingzhi in unison; now, even if she wanted to deny it, she couldn't.

"Don't look at me like that. I just think Yuke is a good child and quite a match for Hanyu. Anyway, since the fool... no, since Xuanxuan is lost, Hanyu can't remain a bachelor his whole life..."