Li Huan stood between the two, confused by the conversation.
"Wait, what exactly happened?"
Gong Chen stared at Gong Shiyan and said, "Second Brother cares so much about Liu He, there’s no way he’d be late without reason. Clearly, sothing held him back."
Gong Shiyan nodded.
"I was discussing a partnership in the tea house when a woman showed up as I was about to leave after receiving a call."
"A woman? Second Young Master, you..."
Li Huan chuckled.
Gong Shiyan perfectly fits the online buzzword for a mature man.
Wealthy, handso, slightly older.
Now that he has power, there must be people with ulterior motives.
Gong Shiyan, however, wasn’t in the mood for jokes.
"The woman was very young, about twenty-five years old, very pretty, wearing the tea house’s uniform, clumsy, spilled water on my coat, was scolded by the manager to tears, and was purposely drenched by colleagues."
Li Huan only then noticed Gong Shiyan was without a suit jacket under his coat.
He froze for a mont.
Suddenly, he thought of sothing.
"Second Young Master, did you give your jacket to her? Also, your description is quite detailed. Who would keep an eye on the waiter like that?"
Never mind what this waitress might be thinking.
Just this sequence of moves is enough to make a man feel for her.
Older n feel even more.
He certainly wouldn’t want the woman to get scolded because of him.
If Gong Shiyan fell for it, wouldn’t it be...?
"I asked my assistant to send it for dry cleaning. Tea stains are hard to remove if not cleaned promptly," Gong Shiyan explained.
Li Huan choked up.
"Second Young Master, your whole family plays differently from the norm; only you two are romantics."
He muttered again, "What difference does one more make? Makes feel like a runway model."
Gong Shiyan didn’t catch it: "Li Huan, what did you say?"
"Nothing, carry on."
Gong Shiyan: "Lao San, Li Huan may not understand, but you certainly know what I’m talking about."
Gong Chen said, "Your encounter with Liu He."
"Yes." Gong Shiyan responded, then added, "But I’ve only ntioned Xiao He to you."
The Gong Family rules are stringent.
When Gong Shiyan was with Liu He, he occasionally needed his younger brother Gong Chen to cover for him.
Over ti, Gong Chen learned about Liu He’s existence.
At first, he didn’t understand what was appealing about a pretty yet foolish woman.
Still unmarried with a child.
Gong Chen thought Gong Shiyan was just playing around, but as ti passed, he realized Gong Shiyan was serious.
Curiously, he asked about Gong Shiyan and Liu He’s first encounter.
As they recalled, Li Huan’s eyes widened.
"Soone replicating Second Madam and Second Young Master’s eting? That’s deadly; when people reach a certain age, they love reminiscing. Luckily, Second Young Master’s willpower is strong, or few n would withstand it."
Many unfaithful n have the sa reason.
"She reminds of my younger self."
The opponent seems sophisticated.
Gong Shiyan said grimly, "Not only that, but there was sothing wrong with the tea they served . I often go to that tea house, and they use specific tea, whose fragrance I can recognize imdiately."
"That tea..." Li Huan asked.
"The opponent was cautious, noticed I hadn’t drunk it, and swapped it out imdiately," Gong Shiyan said.
Li Huan was puzzled, "Everyone knows Second Young Master and Second Madam are the closest. Why do this? Isn’t it redundant?"
Gong Shiyan is known for doting on his wife.
Back then, he was rejected by his own father and marginalized by the company for Liu He, but he was willing.
So, over the years, no one bothered scheming against him.
Even if they did, he dismissed them.
But this ti, he could not let his guard down.
After all, the opponent seed to be targeting him and Liu He.
And Liu He nearly got into trouble at this exact mont.
As Gong Shiyan pondered, Gong Chen made a conjecture.
"The child."
"What’s wrong with the child?" Li Huan didn’t understand, "Isn’t having a child a good thing?"
Gong Shiyan explained, "Although the Gong Family appears to have gender equality, most of the girls are used for alliances, appearing to marry into good families, but in fact have no real choice of their own. However, nowadays, it’s much the sa for both genders."
"But the main family is different, holding great power, which would never fall into a girl’s hands. If not for Lao San protecting her, Ren Xiya would never have climbed to this position, even if she was recognized by the family, she was already tied up in marriage."
Li Huan, hearing this, was angry: "Why? Don’t girls’ lives matter? Moving from the family’s cage to the husband’s cage! It looks glamorous, but it’s nothing! No wonder she won’t commit to the relationship!"
"Hmm?" Gong Shiyan raised his eyes.
Gong Chen interrupted, "Li Huan."
Li Huan scratched his head, "I was just upset; I didn’t an anything else."
Gong Chen got back on track.
"The most crucial point is that shares and power must not flow outward. If Liu He has a daughter, Second Brother’s rights and shares will be significantly cut."
Gong Shiyan sighed, "Dad doesn’t care about Liu He’s child anymore, because I privately had people spread the rumor that Liu He was carrying a girl. Dad naturally enjoyed leaving it alone, not wanting to deal with the child."
Li Huan suddenly understood: "No wonder each family in the Gong Family has so many children, it’s all to have boys. Then Old Mr. Gong..."
Understood!
He understood completely!
Gong Chen’s mother endured humiliation raising Old Mr. Gong’s illegitimate child, all for securing his status.
A noble act with no reward, only worsening treatnt.
"But wait, Old Mr. Gong has confird that Second Madam is carrying a girl, so the tea house waitress surely wasn’t sent by him, nor would he switch Second Madam’s calcium pills. After all, he once publicly promised to take care of Second Madam."
Li Huan suddenly brought up this matter.
Back then, Lin Zhiyi caused a scene, forcing Old Mr. Gong to publicly promise to take good care of Liu He and the child.
If sothing happened to the child, just the gossip reporters alone could write a dozen stories about family secrets.
Old Mr. Gong cares about his image; he wouldn’t lose face over Liu He.
Moreover, Old Mr. Gong has already determined Liu He is pregnant with a girl.
Gong Chen mused, "Soone else. Second Brother, have you asked the waitress?"
Gong Shiyan nodded, "I had soone ask; she was a weekend part-tir with no special connections."
"She was bribed. But just because you didn’t fall for it doesn’t an the opponent will give up," Gong Chen reminded.
"I understand, it just gives a chance to see who’s trying to go against ."
Gong Shiyan maintained a calm deanor.
Li Huan glanced at the two: "You really are a family. Does this need to be told to Second Madam? Maybe she knows who else might know about your encounter."
"No need. She’s had several incidents since getting pregnant; rest is best. I don’t want her to be distressed," Gong Shiyan said nervously.
Seeing him so considerate of his wife, Li Huan didn’t push further.
Gong Shiyan steered the conversation, "Right now, figuring out who exchanged Xiao He’s calcium is the priority."
Gong Chen coldly replied, "That’s easy."
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