"I don’t know," after he seriously injured your father that year, I was furious and offered a hefty reward to capture him and punish him severely, but the people I sent out, wave after wave, could never find a trace of him. It’s possible they’ve all died on the run by now, that ungrateful wretch. If I find him, I will surely have him cut into a thousand pieces!" Old Lady Sheng spoke of Sheng Baiyan, her eyes spitting fire with hatred!
Although it was just a few short sentences, the previous generation’s grievances were like an old movie that had just found an opening in Sheng Shaochen’s mind, full of deception and treachery, sword fights and shadows, leaving him speechless for a long time.
It took more than ten minutes before he finally said, "I’m sorry, Grandma, for bringing up such painful memories. No wonder you’re so opposed to my relationship with Ye Shu. So, it turns out, my father’s death was related to her mother."
"You’re wrong. That Su Mei, it wasn’t just as simple as causing your father’s death; she also ran off with the most important thing from our Sheng Family!"
"Ran off with the most important thing from our family? Grandma, what are you talking about?" Sheng Shaochen felt that in just a few sentences, the amount of information was staggeringly large.
"That was a secret formula developed in collaboration by the Sheng, Han, and Su families with our funding. It was intended for product development of the Sheng Family’s female star series. At the time, your father was extremely talented in this area, so he was always in charge of safeguarding it. But after your father’s incident, that research material disappeared without a trace. Apart from Su Mei, who could get close to your father, there was no other possibility! Moreover, as soon as your father died, she also vanished without a trace."
Sheng Shaochen said, "So, Ye Shu was only just born when her mother abandoned her. The previous generation’s grudges really have nothing to do with her. Isn’t it too cruel for us to hold her mother’s faults against her now?"
"Humph, cruel?" Old Lady Sheng glared at Sheng Shaochen and said, "The way you’re defending Ye Shu now is just like your father when he defended Su Mei back then. Therefore, this time, I absolutely will not let you be with that woman, Ye Shu."
"Grandma..." Sheng Shaochen said, "What you’re doing is really very unreasonable."
"Reasonable?" Old Lady Sheng immediately said, "The victor is king; that is reason. To prevent harm before it happens, that is reason!"
"Grandma, Ye Shu is really not like her mother. She’s not the capricious type of woman. Besides, she not only cured your grandson’s gynophobia, but she’s also now carrying your great-grandchild. You can’t equate her with Su Mei. Besides, if I abandon her at this time, how will outsiders view me, how will they view the Sheng Family? It will be said that the great Sheng Family, at a crucial moment, pushed a woman out to take the blame to save themselves. We absolutely cannot bear this stigma; otherwise, we will be laughed at by our peers, and how can we continue to do business?"
"You, you, you!" Old Lady Sheng, so angry, pushed Sheng Shaochen away and said, "You truly are like your father, utterly bewitched by a woman. Get out! I don’t care what you say, in any case, Ye Shu and the child in her belly absolutely cannot stay!"
"No!" Sheng Shaochen immediately said, "Grandma, I’ll go along with you in other matters, but when it comes to marrying the kind of woman I want, I’ll make my own decision. I hope you, my dear elder, will grant me this wish."