Chapter 404: Is the Birth Mother Indifferent Like a Chrysanthemum? The Young Lady Sabotages Everything 44_3
"Xie Yanshang! Are you content with this? Do you really want to spend your life like this? You know, I was just speaking out of anger. If you're willing to marry Miss Zhou of the Zhou Family, then the Xie Group will definitely be yours!" The old master still refused to accept Su Zhiruan, bringing up Miss Zhou again, pleading desperately, "As long as you come back now, I will let bygones be bygones."
"This is my dream. Alright, there's no point in saying all this. You should leave now; I have many patients to attend to."
After Xie Yanshang finished speaking, he pressed a bell at his side, and soon the next patient entered. The patient looked at the defeated figure of the old master with some curiosity, but since he was mainly there for medical treatment, he didn't concern himself with who else was there and quickly attended to Xie Yanshang with eagerness, "Great doctor, please take a look at my condition!"
The old master sighed heavily and, in the end, left in resignation.
After this patient left, Xie Yanshang didn't immediately press the button for the next patient. Instead, he walked over to the window and pinched the bridge of his nose.
The words he had spoken earlier were not false; they were truly heartfelt. This period had indeed been the most comfortable time in his life over more than twenty years. He spent a wonderful fortnight with the girl he liked, and after they returned, Su Zhiruan had kept her promise. She went early and stayed late at the company to work on projects and talk about collaborations, then handed over her credit card to Xie Yanshang.
"Take this money and spend it however you want. I said I could take care of you, and I mean it! Don't be shy with me!" Su Zhiruan arrogantly tossed a card in front of him, feeling at that moment like a domineering CEO.
It must be said, it felt incredibly wonderful, especially seeing Xie Family's heir, usually in suits and cold in demeanor, now wearing a cream-colored sweatshirt and matching couple's slippers with her, sitting on the couch looking up at her blankly, was incredibly satisfying!
At that moment, Su Zhiruan felt her soul elevate.
"Alright, from now on, I'll depend on you... my sugar daddy—"
"Sugar daddy?" Su Zhiruan raised an eyebrow, then nodded, "I like that title!"
"You are my sugar daddy, giving me money to spend, so I... will definitely satisfy you!" As Xie Yanshang uttered the last few words, he stood up and slowly advanced toward Su Zhiruan, then took her hand.
...
What followed was a nighttime story between a sugar daddy and his little puppy.
After their return, Su Zhiruan continued her entrepreneurial pursuits, her small company growing in scale and momentum. She drew inspiration from the original plot of the drama, improving on some directions with great development potential and even recruiting some future industry giants into her company early on.
In just a few years, her company expanded to the point where it rivalled the Su Family.
Xie Yanshang, after abandoning his responsibilities with the Xie Group, devoted himself wholeheartedly to his dream. He diagnosed and treated patients at the Traditional Chinese Hospital, saving many families.
In these two years, having lost Xie Yanshang as the successor, the old master personally took over the management of the company. But his personality was too stubborn, too inflexible.
Ordinarily, if he had maintained his regular lifestyle, living for another ten or twenty years wouldn't have been an issue, but now that he had taken over the Xie Group, he had to work tirelessly every day, losing good sleep and quickly aging much more, sometimes even making wrong decisions. The employees of the group became more disappointed and missed Xie Yanshang even more.
One day, the old master called Xie Father to the office.
When Xie Father came in and closed the door, his expression was cold, "Dad, what do you want me for?"
"I'm old..." The old master showed complete exhaustion, leaning back in his chair, and sighed deeply, his eyes murky, "You take over the company."
"Me?" Xie Father laughed coldly, pointed at himself, "It's rare for you to think of me. I thought your heart was only filled with your grand ambitions. Why would you remember me!!"
"Back then, I took over the company too, but you criticized everything I did, wanting to control me completely. Whether it was the documents I passed or the projects I completed, you rejected them all, insisting I had to follow your opinions. You even wanted to meddle in my marriage!" Xie Father hadn't spoken this much in a long time, but this time, he could bear it no longer.
"Fine, I'll do as you say, I'll give up the company, I'll do something else. But now, your control fetish still hasn't subsided!!" Xie Father took steps closer, his gaze not falling on the old master but rather on a bookshelf on the side.
This bookshelf must be one that his son Xie Yanshang liked; he could tell, being a father himself. Then, he continued to speak indifferently to the old man, "To be fair, Yanshang has done his utmost duty towards you. While pursuing his own dreams, he also had to manage such a huge company. Such a brilliant and talented young man, sometimes even I, his father, believe he deserves to soar in a broader sky!"
"But you insist on clipping his wings, forcing him into a marriage with the granddaughter-in-law you deem suitable." Xie Father let everything out at once. He and the old master were already in a near-open conflict, but out of a bit of remaining affection, he had not spoken his true feelings before. He knew the old master's tactics and didn't want Xie Yanshang to go through the same ordeal.
So, he laid everything out in the open.