"Stinky brat, how are you talking to your mother!"
After Old Master Fu roared, he immediately started coughing again.
Seeing this, Fu Zeming quickly put down the documents in his hand, walked over, and began to help the old master catch his breath.
"Get out of here. Don't touch me."
Old Master Fu gasped as he pushed his son's hand away.
"Zeming, let me tell you, if you dare to leave this company to your so - called eldest son..."
"Then Xia Sanghuan won't get a single cent from the Fu family!"
"Dad!"
Fu Zeming was annoyed by his father's unreasonable behavior.
"Now you know I'm your real father?"
"Zeming, let me tell you, as long as I'm still alive, you won't be in charge of the Fu family."
After saying that, Old Master Fu motioned for Old Madam Fu to help him up.
He leaned on his walking stick and walked step by step towards the door of the office.
As he walked, he turned back and shouted at his son.
"From this afternoon onwards, you'll arrange a management - level job for Xiaokai in the company."
"I'll send Xiaokai here later!"
After saying that, he walked away without looking back, not caring at all about how difficult his son was.
Fu Zeming watched the backs of his parents gradually disappear and couldn't help but feel a headache.
The main company of the Fu family was the backbone of the family. How could they let this good - for - nothing fourth son mess around?
Moreover, through this incident, he more or less understood what his parents meant.
In his parents' eyes, Fu Lingshi was just working for the Fu family for free.
No matter how well he did, he couldn't compare to Fu Kai, who had the blood of the Fu family in his veins.
In the end, the Fu family would still be inherited by Fu Kai. But he didn't have the same feudal ideas as his parents.
If the Fu family wanted to continue to be brilliant, it must have a qualified heir.
Moreover, Lingshi was the child he and Sang Sang had adopted together back then.
He sighed and decided to arrange a nominal position for Fu Kai first to appease his parents.
As for the rest, he would talk about it after attending the Xie family's dinner.
Actually, he didn't really need to go to this dinner because it was not hosted by the current head of the Xie family but his eldest son.
But since Huanhuan was going, he had no reason not to go.
After all, he could be regarded as a protective shield.
A shield that would make the Xie family dare not do anything to Huanhuan at will.
Although the Fu family hadn't announced that Huanhuan was back, with the means of the Xie family, they couldn't have not heard the news.
So their previous actions might have been on purpose.
Thinking of this, his expression became solemn.
In a few hours, the dinner would start.
After Xia Sanghuan reviewed the process one last time with the etiquette teacher hired by the Fu family for her, she plopped down on the yoga mat.
She let out a tired breath.
She didn't expect there to be so many complicated rules in the upper class.
Leng Wanqing, who had been observing her for several days, looked at her and said disdainfully with sarcasm.
"Some people seem powerful on the surface, but in fact, they're just ugly ducklings who don't know anything."
This sentence happened to be heard by Leng Chuanjin, who was walking downstairs.
He frowned and scolded her.
"Wanqing!"
Leng Wanqing quickly shrank her neck and fell silent.
Xia Sanghuan, who had been mocked by her, didn't seem to care.
While wiping the sweat off her neck with a towel, she was thinking about where to start the investigation tonight.
Just as she was deep in thought, a bottle of sports drink was handed to her.
Looking up, she saw a pair of well - defined hands.
Looking further up, it was Leng Chuanjin's cold face.
She took the drink awkwardly and said stiffly.
"Thank you."
After all, she and he were still in a cold - war period where they didn't talk to each other. This sudden concern caught her off guard.
She unscrewed the bottle cap and took a sip. It was peach - flavored.
Taking advantage of the moment when Leng Chuanjin came over to pick up the coffee cup, Leng Wanqing sidled up to him.
"Brother, let me go to the banquet and have some fun, okay?"
She looked at him pitifully.
"I'm so bored at home."
"No."
Leng Chuanjin wasn't moved by her coquetry at all. He refused her without even thinking.
Leng Wanqing's face immediately drooped.
"Why won't you let me go?"
"She can go!"
She pointed at Xia Sanghuan and gave her a discontented glance.
"Didn't you just hold a banquet a few days ago? Haven't you had enough fun?"
He reminded his sister coldly with a straight face.
"And you still haven't apologized to her."
His tone was flat, sounding cold.
Although Leng Wanqing was afraid, she still replied defiantly.
"Didn't you tell me not to apologize publicly in the social circle first?"
"Not apologizing publicly means you don't need to apologize?"
"Can't you just apologize privately?"
She was rendered speechless by her elder brother and stamped her foot angrily. Then she turned around and ran upstairs.
As she ran, she sulked and said.
"I won't go then. Brother is just being partial!"
However, in the face of his angry sister, Leng Chuanjin didn't even give her an extra look.
"You protect her really well."
Xia Sanghuan suddenly said.
Leng Chuanjin's hand that was pouring water paused.
"Why do you say so?"
"Because she doesn't know anything."
"Before, my elder sisters mentioned this dinner and they all seemed reluctant to go."
"Or rather, they seemed very dissatisfied with something at the banquet."
"But Miss Leng doesn't have such emotions."
"So she probably doesn't know about these family disputes."
Hearing her words, the man was silent for a moment.
"Yes."
"She doesn't need to know these things. Actually, someone else could also have this kind of treatment, but she just doesn't want it."
As he said this, he glanced at her imperceptibly.
However, the girl wasn't affected by his words.
She continued talking to herself.
"But birds will also grow their full feathers one day."
"If you never let her fly on her own, she'll never fully grow up."
After saying that, she got up from the yoga mat and was about to go back to her bedroom to change clothes.
Before leaving, she waved the sports drink at the man.
"It's delicious."
Then she turned around and left.
Let her fly on her own...?
Looking at the girl's back, Leng Chuanjin couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
Although Xia Sanghuan seemed to be talking about Leng Wanqing, her words were still hinting at him.
Was she telling him that she was already a bird with full feathers and no longer needed his protection?
He had to admit that the girl always refreshed his understanding of her at times.
She always showed him that she was stronger and braver than he thought.
He emptied the coffee in his cup and began to prepare things for the banquet.
Anyway, it wasn't the time to think about unnecessary things.
There was still a tough battle to fight tonight.