At the door, Sheng Xiao and Mu Qiqi saw Third Brother and his wife.
“Go in. Grandpa is inside. Eighth Brother, Grandpa cannot take any more stress, so mind your language when you speak to him.”
“Then I shall not go in.” Mu Qiqi looked at Sheng Xiao. “If the patient’s condition worsens because of me, I will become a sinner.”
“Take care of Qi’er,” Sheng Xiao told Third Brother and his wife.
Sheng Bowen was amused by his words. He pointed at the door, signaling Sheng Xiao to enter. He thought that Sheng Xiao’s little treasure was of the same kind of people like Gu Ziling who he could not mess with. They even brought Xu Che along with them.
Sheng Xiao pushed open the door and walked toward Grandpa Sheng. Under the light, Sheng Xiao’s figure made people feel suffocated. He had become calmer and more mature.
“You wanted to see me?”
Grandpa Sheng looked at his grandson. His hands trembled uncontrollably. “When you handed everything over to Second Brother, did you ever think that this would happen? Eighth Brother, don’t you feel that you have entrusted everything to the wrong person?”
“Isn’t it normal to fail in an investment?”
“But this never happened when you were in Huang Yao.” Grandpa Sheng looked at Sheng Xiao with fiery eyes.
“Don’t you feel that it is because of your capriciousness that Sheng Kai changed? You were already like that when I was in Huang Yao. One day it’s heaven and hell the next. Second Brother knows he is not as strong as me, so what could he do to safeguard his position as the Crown Prince? Naturally, he would have to remove all the dissidents because he felt insecure and unsafe. You will use the people who are useful to you and abandon those who are not, like old shoes. Since he is very aware of this, he would definitely not be able to tolerate the existence of Third Brother. When people are on edge, their minds will sometimes go crazy. Have you ever thought about these before?”
Sheng Xiao sat on the sofa beside the bed, looking rather noble.
“If you don’t let go of your hands, Huang Yao will forever be at war.”
“Fratricidal fighting will only harm the company.”
“Are you really not coming back?” Grandpa Sheng looked at Sheng Xiao hopefully. “At least, help Huang Yao go through this difficult time.”
“There will be someone who knows how to solve the problem of Huang Yao. If you are willing to trust Third Brother a little bit more, he will be able to give you a satisfactory answer.
“As for me, I’m walking a different way. We don’t walk the same path,” Sheng Xiao told Grandpa Sheng straightforwardly.
“I feel that my body is getting worse and worse,” Grandpa Sheng said, defeated. He had never sounded so desperate before. “Huang Yao has been around since a long time ago. I don’t want it to be destroyed in my hands. I will not pick on Mu Qiqi anymore, and I don’t expect you to come back. I have just one request. I hope you can promise me.”
“Say it first.”
“If Huang Yao deteriorates to the extent of being unrepairable in the hands of Second Brother, I beg you to use your power to acquire Huang Yao. At the very least, I wish to keep what our ancestors left us. Otherwise, I do not know how I could ever face them when I die.”
“If it has got the value for me to do so, I will consider it,” Sheng Xiao answered.
“Now that you have said that, I can die peacefully.”
It took only a short ten minutes for Sheng Xiao to come out of Grandpa Sheng’s room, which was about the same time span as Gu Ziling took to get rid of Xu Che.
“You are the honorable CEO of Zhongteng who rarely cares about the Sheng family. But when Grandpa falls sick, you immediately rush to the hospital. You are so filial. Why? Are you also thinking about his legacy?”
“I find that you always like to act aggressively and bluff every time I see you.” Mu Qiqi refuted those words. “Are you really that scared that we will come back and snatch it from you? Or do you know in your heart that the contract with Tiffany & Co. will eventually force Second Brother to step down and you will have nothing?”
“Since you have everything already, why are you coming to hex Grandpa?”
“Did you see it with your own eyes or hear it with your own ears that we did that? Your skill in slandering people is excellent. But if Grandpa wants to consider Sheng Xiao as his successor, I will be glad to accept that. After all, who will hate money? Don’t you think so, Second Sister-in-law? More importantly, if Grandpa really decides to give Xiaoxiao a portion, there is nothing you can do even if you protest it strongly. If you have the guts, come and fight with Zhongteng then.”
Gu Ziling was so angry that her eyes turned red. However, she was helpless. “You are bullying me just because my man is not by my side now.”
“So what?”
Having said that, Mu Qiqi looked at Sheng Xiao. “Send me to the forensics laboratory. Helping the professor to investigate the case is much better than being here. I don’t want to waste my energy here.”
Sheng Xiao calmly draped his arm around Mu Qiqi’s shoulders. “Xu Che, let’s go.”
Then, the trio left the hospital. They disappeared from the corridor swiftly. However, the fire in Gu Ziling’s heart was still burning fiercely.
“How can you do this, Third Brother? Huang Yao is having external and internal troubles now and still you get the enemy of the Sheng family here. Have you been colluding with Sheng Xiao since long ago to seek Grandpa’s inheritance?”
Seeing that Gu Ziling was acting like a crazy woman, throwing a tantrum at the entrance of the ward, unlike her old graceful ladylike self, Third Brother said, “I really want to say this. It’s not like you can win everything just because you are the loudest.”
As he was about to enter the ward, her hands blocked his way.
“Before your Second Brother is back, we don’t need you to take care of Grandpa here.”
Sheng Bowen was about to fight back when Grandpa Sheng appeared at the door. He said to Gu Ziling directly, “You can go back. I’m fine with having just Third Brother and his wife here.”
“Grandpa, please don’t be tricked by Sheng Xiao and Third Brother’s words…”
Before Gu Ziling could finish her sentence, Grandpa Sheng gave her a slap on the face. “I’m not dead yet but you are already talking about my legacy!”
“Grandpa…”
“Get lost.” Grandpa Sheng pulled Third Brother and his wife into the ward and banged the door shut.”
Seeing this, Third Brother quickly held Grandpa Sheng. “Grandpa, please take care of your body.”
“People always say that if you are ill for too long, your children will become less dutiful. I haven’t even been ill for too long and she is already thinking about my inheritance.” Grandpa Sheng smirked. “I don’t believe for one second that Second Brother does not know that Gu Ziling is saying those words. They must have planned it.”
“Grandpa.”
“Eighth Brother told me to trust you more. Third Brother, tell me honestly. Do you have a plan to solve this problem?”
Third Brother glanced at Hu Ran before finally telling Grandpa Sheng his plan. “Tiffany is a very complicated family. After the passing of the old chairman, his two sons and three daughters were involved in the fight for the position as the next chairperson. Among them, the most capable one is the eldest son. However, because he is not a pureblood, he was rejected by the other members of the family. That’s why he lost to his younger brother.”