The matter deployed by Ji Rui and Yang Sheng had reached the final stage when he received a call from Mr. Ji, his father.
When Mr. Ji called, Yang Sheng and Le Tong were still there.
Ji Rui didn’t step away and answered the call directly, saying into the receiver, "If you’re calling to plead on their behalf, I advise you to save your breath!"
Hearing his opening line, Yang Sheng sensibly pulled Le Tong out of the room.
"Ah Ru, after all, they are your brothers; can you really be ruthless towards them?"
Mr. Ji’s voice was both old and weary, lacking the ruthless vigor he once had in the business world.
"Ha, brothers?"
Ji Rui let out a cold laugh and said no more.
"Ah Ru, they did go too far, but just give them a lesson and let it go, no need to be so absolute!"
The father and son had little in common to talk about; every ti they called, it was either about Ji Rui’s lifelong matters or his two "good brothers."
And each ti, the father and son ended up in a fight, this ti obviously being no exception.
"Just give them a lesson and let it go? Did they consider leaving any room for maneuver when they did those things? If you want to keep these prodigal sons, fine, just prepare a speech to appease the board mbers and kick them out of the board. And you need to fill in every penny they’ve embezzled. From then on, watch over them closely and don’t let them bring trouble to the Ji Family, can you do that? If you say yes, I can imdiately promise you I won’t bother with them in the future."
To be honest, if those two good-for-nothings hadn’t been out there making mischief under the Ji Family’s na and secretly lining their pockets, Ji Rui wouldn’t have really hated those two brothers.
Because deep down, he never acknowledged them as his brothers. Affection breeds hate; since he had no love for those so-called brothers, how could he harbor hate?
Since taking over the Ji Family, he’d been extrely busy. The burden of the Ji Family was already exhausting him, where would he find the ti and energy to manage those two good-for-nothings? It was just that those guys tried to encroach on his territory and set their eyes on the Ji Family, he didn’t mind earning the reputation of fratricidal betrayal!
"Ah Ru, just like them, you are all my sons. What you have, they should also have!"
Before retiring, Mr. Ji was in no way softer than Ji Rui in his thods. It’s just that over the years, having gotten used to a comfortable retirent at ho, he started to act with the compassion of a woman.
Ji Rui inwardly sneered, what a good line, "all my sons."
"Do tell , what do I have that they don’t? Shares? They don’t have? Dividends? They don’t get? Or real estate properties? They lack? Besides the thankless and burdenso position of Ji Family’s CEO, what don’t they have? They’re always eyeing my extra five percent of shares, never considering how much I sacrificed for those five percent!"
When Ji Rui took over as CEO of the Ji Family back then, he was given an additional five percent of shares compared to those two brothers, making him the largest shareholder in the Ji Family shares.
Those brothers believed Ji Rui relied on Ji Baby to assu the leadership of the Ji Family empire, never realizing Ji Rui’s contributions to the Ji Family over the years were thousands of tis more than theirs.
On the other end of the phone, Mr. Ji was left speechless by the questioning, and for a mont, the phone was silent as if it had been muted.
"I’m busy, that’s all!"
Ji Rui hung up the phone without waiting for Mr. Ji to say anything further.
After more than half an hour, Ji Rui’s private phone rang again. He glanced at the caller ID, seeing it was a call from the manor, and without thinking, he pressed refuse and tossed the phone into the drawer.
To be honest, although he was already thirty, each ti he heard his father plead for those two good-for-nothings, it left a bad taste in his mouth.
Ji Rui couldn’t deny that even though he despised Mr. Ji, deep down he still yearned for more attention from the old man.
But ever since those two brothers entered the Ji Family, his position in Mr. Ji’s heart was gradually eroded, until eventually, all that was left between father and son were tense confrontations and endless argunts. In the end, all Mr. Ji could talk about was those brothers...
After Yang Sheng and Le Tong left, they returned to their respective offices to handle their own matters.
Le Tong was typing swiftly on a docunt when the phone on the desk rang. She reached out to pick up the receiver.
"Hello, Ji Family!"
"Hello, Sister! I’m looking for my daddy!"
A crisp, clear voice suddenly crashed into Le Tong’s ears, causing her heart to skip a beat: the child’s voice was like a lody, filled with vitality and innocence.
Le Tong’s intuition told her that the child on the other end was probably the little young master of the Ji Family!
"Little friend, who is your daddy?"
Her cold hadn’t completely cleared up, and her voice was a bit hoarse, afraid of scaring the child, she intentionally softened her voice to ask.
"Ji Rui!"
The little guy spoke briskly and straightforwardly without a word wasted.
"Is that the young master? Sister will transfer the call to your daddy’s line, hold on a mont."
"Thank you, Sister!" The little guy politely replied, and Le Tong’s mind flashed with an image of Ji Baby’s smiling face from a photo at Ji Rui’s ho.
"You’re welco!"
After transferring the call to Ji Rui’s office, Le Tong put down the phone and stared blankly at the computer, unable to shake the adorable image of Ji Baby from her mind.
Ji Baby’s call had left Le Tong distracted for quite so ti, unable to type a single word on her computer.
She pulled up the calendar and stared at it for a long ti, finally calling the HR departnt to confirm the dates of her paid annual leave.
As soon as she put down the phone, she saw Yang Sheng approaching with a large stack of docunts.
"Tongtong, can you help ? I need these docunts organized and revised for the afternoon."
Le Tong took the docunts and Yang Sheng continued to stand by her side, not showing any intention to leave.
"Senior, is there anything else?"
Le Tong raised her head to look at him. Yang Sheng at work seed completely different from usual. It was well known that Ji Rui had high standards for employees, and while Yang Sheng appeared more approachable, his strictness at work was on par with Ji Rui.
Yang Sheng’s eyes fell on the open calendar on Le Tong’s desktop. "Tongtong, next month is your mom’s birthday. Professor Liu called a few days ago inviting us to their hotown. Have they discussed it with you?"
Le Tong flipped through the materials Yang Sheng had brought, "Yes, they ntioned it."
"What are you planning to do?" Yang Sheng redirected his gaze back; Le Tong was looking down, and his gaze fell on her fair neck.
"Yes, I’ve agreed to their invitation."
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