"Lin Zhiyi! Watch your words!"
"The Gong Family’s business is vast. If he can be replaced, it only proves he’s incompetent!"
Old Mr. Gong spoke ruthlessly, looking at Lin Zhiyi with imnse hatred in his eyes.
He seed to be saying that the current situation was her doing! And she was also responsible for Gong Chen’s death!
Lin Zhiyi had always known the old man was hypocritical, but she didn’t expect his shalessness to have no bounds.
Then, the entire hall echoed with her mocking laughter.
"Old man, why use as an excuse? You don’t think everyone really sees you as just and honorable, do you?"
"In fact, you’re fickle and selfish, speaking of family reputation while being a man who can’t keep his lower half in check, objectifying won and exploiting them."
"You claim the big picture is most important, but your scales tilt towards your own interests. Once your interests are threatened, you eliminate them swiftly."
"You talk about familial bonds, yet since the Third Young Master’s accident, you’ve been busy for your so-called adopted son."
"You speak of capability, but who in this family is truly capable is clearer to them than you!"
She pointed at everyone present, taking a deep breath and staring at them.
"The Gong Family’s ancestral hall still hangs the family precepts."
"Righteousness first, loyalty, and justice."
"Are you all truly planning to betray and forsake for profit?"
The conference room fell silent, and the eyes on Lin Zhiyi now carried a newfound respect.
The old man frowned, angrily saying, "Throw her out!"
The guards standing by in the conference hall stepped forward.
Chen Jin imdiately stood by Lin Zhiyi, whispering, "Hold on for five more minutes."
Lin Zhiyi nodded, gripping the armrest tightly.
She knew well, once Gong Yao took that position, getting him down would be another pile of trouble.
At that mont, Gong Yao slowly approached her.
"Zhiyi, everyone here is the old man’s people, one Chen Jin can’t protect you."
"I don’t want to hurt you, just stand up."
Lin Zhiyi looked directly at him: "Manager Gong, you’ve forgotten again, call President Lin."
Gong Yao’s eyes turned dark.
"Fine. Then send President Lin out."
He stepped back, and the guards pressed forward.
Just as the confrontation was about to erupt, soone’s pen clattered to the ground.
Suddenly, Lin Zhiyi heard the sound of fists connecting with flesh beside her.
Her heart skipped a beat but she sat upright.
No one at the conference table reacted.
Because except for Lin Zhiyi, those who could sit at that table were no ordinary people.
Everyone was weighing in their hearts whether Lin Zhiyi or Gong Yao would win.
Monts later, despite being injured, Chen Jin stood back beside Lin Zhiyi, with more than a dozen guards lying at his feet.
Gong Yao’s eyes widened in shock: "Chen Jin, your skills... they’re that good!"
Chen Jin calmly retracted the single blade in his hand: "Average, not as good as the Third Young Master."
Gong Yao hesitated, sensing sothing was amiss.
But the situation had reached a point where he couldn’t back down.
He gritted his teeth and said, "Everyone outside, co in!"
There were noises from outside, but no one ca in.
Gong Yao imdiately realized sothing was wrong and instinctively looked at the old man.
The old man squinted, and even the wrinkles on his stern face seed sharper.
"Take her out."
He spoke with emphatic pauses.
Gong Yao nodded, glaring viciously at the guards who were trying to get back up.
The guards began using dirty tricks against Chen Jin.
Chen Jin was quickly caught off guard.
The next second, Gong Yao stood in front of Lin Zhiyi, grabbing her hand to lift her up.
Lin Zhiyi gritted her teeth, clutching the armrest tightly with her other hand.
In her mind, she counted down five minutes: ten, nine, eight...
Hold on!
But how could she match Gong Yao’s strength?
Before she could count to five, her whole body was flung out.
As she was about to crash into the conference room door, the door opened.
A hand supported her waist.
She silently counted at heart, one.
Lin Zhiyi looked up, facing two guards at the door, with the hand supporting her reaching out between them.
The next second, another hand shoved off the guards’ heads.
The two guards fell heavily as if they had lost consciousness, revealing the person behind them.
Gong Chen.
He steadied Lin Zhiyi, whispering, "Sit beside and wait for a mont."
Lin Zhiyi nodded.
Turning around, the somber shadow in Gong Chen’s eyes gradually enveloped his entire deanor.
He calmly walked in front of everyone, exuding an aura that seed to dominate everything.
Ignoring Gong Yao, Gong Chen directly took a seat.
No one dared to speak a word.
He twirled the ring on his finger, casting a cold glance at Gong Yao.
"You want to sit so badly? Why not just ask ?"
His narrowed eyes revealed strands of danger, churning with an imperceptible killing intent.
Gong Yao clenched his fist, retreating back to the old man’s side.
The old man looked at the unscathed Gong Chen, his breath catching, and imdiately put on the mantle of a father.
"Gong Chen! You’re being reckless! If you’re fine, why didn’t you co back?"
Gong Chen’s eyes were cold, showing a trace of disdain.
"The police asked you to verify the DNA, so why were you in a hurry to claim the body?"
"..."
The old man’s whiskers twitched, unable to utter a word for a long while.
Claiming the body in a hurry was, of course, to hold the funeral.
But how could he admit it?
He could never bow to his own son.
"You doubt ? I’m your father!" The old man slamd the table, angry, "But you! Missing for so many days, what have you been doing?"
Gong Chen frowned, asking in return: "What do you think?"
The answer was obvious, bringing it up now would certainly have issues.
The old man humd coldly, sweeping his gaze over everyone, finally fixing it on Gong Yao.
Gong Yao stepped forward, a sly look spilling from his shrewd eyes.
"Third Young Master, actually the old man hurriedly claid the body for your sake. So things are best kept in the dark, why bring them to light?"
"What things? Let hear them." Gong Chen asked coldly.
The old man sighed: "Father and son for so long, I don’t want to see you fall from grace, but you’re playing around with the entire Gong Group for a woman, then I have no choice but to act justly even against family."
The crowd was shocked by what they heard.
"Old man, what is so serious?" soone asked.
"Of course, sothing concerning the entire Gong Family."
The old man sat upright, eting Gong Chen’s gaze.
Between father and son, the past affections had long been exhausted.Now, in the old man’s eyes, there was only the ruthless intent to bring others to their knees.
Until this mont, Lin Zhiyi finally realized.
In fact, the old man might not have valued Gong Chen as a son that much.
Perhaps there were feelings, but not many.
When Gong Chen took over the Gong Group, a decision problem arose.
The ss needed soone to clean up, and it also needed soone to take the fall.
From this perspective, the old man’s decision to let Gong Chen sit in this position might not have been due to his capabilities.
Nor was it because he was the legitimate son.
If Gong Chen took the fall, then the obedient Gong Yao might be able to acknowledge his roots sooner.
The subtle feelings between the old man and Gong Chen’s mother could actually be seen from those ever-appearing flings.
In youth, they loved and supported each other, but in middle age, they grew weary of one another, bound by their individual families, they had to act as a loving couple.
Gong Chen’s birth under such circumstances was awkward.
The fathers and sons’ relationship in recent years was only maintained because his mother was still alive.
Thinking of this, Lin Zhiyi looked at Gong Chen with concern.
There was no emotion on his face, only watching the old man and Gong Yao sing their duet.
The old man saw him silent, propped himself up, and leaned towards him.
"Gong Chen, I reminded you long ago whose family the Gong Family is. How could I only guard against Lin Zhiyi?"
"If you want a woman, well, I’ll grant it."
Saying that, he looked at Gong Yao.
Gong Yao opened the conference room door again: "Old man, the police are here."
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