"Back then, we were both in our twenties, still young. I had just graduated from college, and Wei Tianhu was still in school. Once I graduated, I joined the family business to help my father manage it. I forgot to ntion, my father was in the shoe business. When he was young, he was a shoemaker..."
Elder Wei began telling Lin Fan about his past.
Lin Fan listened quietly, not particularly interested in the brothers' past, but rather in learning about Wei Tiansheng's scandal that Elder Wei had just ntioned.
Elder Wei and Wei Tiansheng's father was an exceptionally skilled shoemaker. After a lifeti of making shoes, he saved so money and started selling them. The business grew larger and eventually beca a company.
The Wei Family was originally just an ordinary family, but from then on they started entering the ranks of wealthy families, though not yet prominent.
After Wei Tianlong graduated from college, he helped his father manage the business. Wei Tianlong inherited his father's business acun, and even exceeded it, making the business thrive. Wei's Shoe Industry beca well-known locally.
At that ti, Wei Tianhu was still in university and showed no interest in the family business, idling away ti, pursuing romance and pleasure, a typical playboy.
However, since the elder son Wei Tianlong was outstanding, the old father rarely disciplined the younger son.
Just as Wei's Shoe Industry was growing stronger, tragedy struck—a car accident gravely injured the old father, and shortly thereafter, he passed away.
Before dying, the father held Wei Tianlong's hand, expressing that he had complete confidence in Wei Tianlong inheriting Wei's Shoe Industry, and only hoped that Wei Tianlong could take care of his unmotivated brother.
After his father's death, Wei Tianlong inherited Wei's Shoe Industry and, with his business acun, managed it excellently. Wei Tianlong's ambitions didn't stop at selling shoes; he began to focus on real estate.
In just three years, Wei Corporation successfully transitioned into real estate, and with Wei Tianlong's sole efforts, he raised the unsophisticated Wei Family into the ranks of a third-rate family, gaining recognition in high society.
Wei Tianlong didn't forget his father's dying wish. At that ti, because Wei Tianhu's academic performance was poor and he had just been expelled from school, he arranged for Wei Tianhu to hold a key position in Wei Corporation, hoping to groom him into becoming soone useful.
Wei Tianlong was exceptionally good to his brother, always taking him to events and personally teaching him about business—brotherly affection that was profound and touching.
Under Wei Tianlong's painstaking ntorship, Wei Tianhu gradually beca familiar with real estate and finally began to contribute.
However, Wei Tianhu did not shed his playboy habits and continued to indulge in fleeting affairs, changing girlfriends like changing clothes, often causing scandals. As a young man, Wei Tianhu was quite handso, and with family wealth, pursuing won was easy for him.
Regardless of the era, a young, wealthy, handso man never lacks won. Moreover, Wei Tianhu was smooth-tongued and skilled at winning won's affection.
Wei Tianhu ultimately beca estranged from Wei Tianlong due to a woman whom Wei Tianlong adored—a pretty and good-natured woman of humble birth.
After years of womanizing, Wei Tianhu seed to have t his true match, committing to a serious relationship with her. Eventually, he married her.
"He finally settled down; I thought he had matured. I was very pleased at first, but the good tis didn't last..." Elder Wei sighed, his face expressing disappointnt and bitterness.
"A leopard can't change its spots!"
After marriage, Wei Tianhu didn't remain faithful for long and resud his affairs, neglecting his lovely wife at ho.
The woman beca depressed and eventually fell severely ill and passed away.
While she lay dying, Wei Tianhu continued his debauchery outside. When Wei Tianlong sent for him, he was found holding another woman, indulging in pleasures.
Upon learning this, Wei Tianlong was enraged, deeming Wei Tianhu irredeemable, and in a fit of anger, expelled Wei Tianhu from the Wei Family, no longer acknowledging him as a brother.
Speaking of this matter, Elder Wei was still very angry, trembling uncontrollably. Already burdened with illness, his agitation led him to cough intensely, his face flushed with a sickly hue.
Lin Fan observed this, sighing inwardly, thinking, the old man, because of the sister-in-law's death, expelled his own brother, severing their sibling ties—this is quite harsh. If he's not mistaken...
Wangu Group, Chairman's office.
Wei Tiansheng let out a cold laugh: "Wei Tianlong thinks I don't know that he liked my wife! I knew all along!"
Wei Jiansheng was so surprised he gaped, thinking this was too dramatic—a brother secretly loving his sibling's spouse, and when the latter betrayed the wife, expelled him from the family...
"We t my then-wife at a business gala. Both my brother and I were instantly attracted to this beautiful woman. However, although my brother is very shrewd in business, in romance, he is no match for . Coupled with my good looks and his unattractiveness, she wouldn't even consider him, leaving him with a pitiful one-sided affection. Soon I fell in love with her, and later married her. You can imagine how frustrated my brother was." Wei Tiansheng chuckled maliciously.
"Later, my wife died of illness, and Wei Tianlong blad entirely, holding accountable and forsaking brotherly bonds, expelling from the Wei Family!"
"In the Wei family, he had complete control; I had no room for appeal and ultimately had to leave. But then, I swore, once I gained success and status, I would certainly avenge this wrong!"
Wei Tiansheng's face darkened.
Wei Jiansheng laughed: "Uncle surely didn't foresee that Father would not only achieve great success but beco the richest man in Jiangnan."
If it weren't for Lin Fan's interference, Wei Tiansheng could have completely overtaken Wei Corporation.
Wei Tiansheng snorted: "Now you understand why I'm so furious. Lin Fan spoiled my plans, hindered my revenge. I won't rest until I settle the score with Lin Fan!"
Wei Family Mansion.
Lin Fan speculated that Elder Wei must have been fond of his sister-in-law, which explained his furious response and expelling of Wei Tianhu after her death.
Of course, such a lodramatic plot was the old man's secret, and Lin Fan was in no position to comnt on it, and besides, it wasn't important.
"Wei Tianhu was expelled back then but later returned, transford into Wei Tiansheng, eventually beca the richest man in Jiangnan. How did he manage to do this? Did the old man know about it?" Lin Fan asked the question he was most concerned about.
Elder Wei, still steeped in angry recollections, didn't catch Lin Fan's question, with red-rimd eyes and mumbling, "If I'd been braver back then..."
The old man's face was montarily overwheld by regret and remorse, an intricate mix of emotions like love, hate, and grief.
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