readytorunbook Chapter 275: Old tricks, no one will be fooled
Chapter 275: Old tricks, no one will be fooled
Cheng Fenghao also thought that he could inspire Cheng's mother's love and compassion by playing the victim.
His carefully applied "ruthless" makeup, sloppy appearance and bad smell, actually had no effect on Cheng's mother.
It was obvious that Cheng's mother favored him the most before!
He was in such a miserable state, but Cheng's mother remained indifferent and even allowed the bodyguards to beat and humiliate him!
Cheng Fenghao was so angry that he lay flat on the ground and pounded the hard ground beside him with both hands in annoyance.
"It hurts, it hurts--" Cheng Fenghao used too much force and both of his hands began to cramp in pain.
The crowd watching nearby were used to seeing Cheng Fenghao's arrogant look, but now seeing Cheng Fenghao in such a miserable state, they couldn't help but sneer at him.
"Hahaha, this is so funny. Cheng Fenghao took the initiative to go to the hospital to visit Mrs. Cheng, but was kicked out by the Cheng family bodyguards!"
"Visiting? Can you call that a visiting? He didn't bring anything in his hands, he just came to the hospital empty-handed. What's particularly outrageous is that his whole body stinks. How can this be considered caring about Madam Cheng's condition? He simply hopes that Madam Cheng's condition will get worse, right? How can Madam Cheng be in a good mood after smelling such a bad odor?"
"I guess he did it on purpose. He is trying to use the same old trick again to gain the sympathy of the Cheng family. He has used the same trick countless times. Even a fool with a weak brain would not be fooled, let alone a normal member of the Cheng family."
Cheng Fenghao heard the sarcastic words from these people who were just watching the fun and making trouble. They were so outspoken and said all kinds of ugly things that Cheng Fenghao was about to explode with anger! !
He closed his eyes tightly, out of sight, out of mind.
If he hadn't been so weak that he couldn't sit up, he would not have been able to escape the scene.
Why should I allow these people to ridicule and laugh at me? !
Cheng Fenghao's face turned pale.
Does the Cheng family really intend to ignore me?
He has been with me for 18 years, so are all the Cheng family members pretending to know nothing?
Are the Cheng family going to completely forget the wonderful memories of these eighteen years?
The more Cheng Fenghao thought about it, the more aggrieved and angry he became.
In the end, it was his men who rushed him to a hospital next to the Central Hospital.
Because now in the central hospital where Cheng's mother is, there are Cheng family bodyguards guarding outside and even at the door of Cheng's mother's ward 24 hours a day.
The purpose was to prevent Cheng Fenghao from sneaking in again without principles and affecting Cheng's mother's rest and treatment. It also prevented Cheng's father and others from feeling extremely annoyed and irritated when they saw Cheng Fenghao appear.
In the hospital, faced with the expensive medical expenses, Cheng Fenghao's men sighed silently.
The financial pressure is already huge, and Cheng Fenghao is always injured, requiring expensive medical expenses. Their personal savings will continue to be consumed by Cheng Fenghao. They don't know how long they can last, but they are sure that they will be penniless soon.
It was because Cheng Fenghao had raised them, otherwise they would not be willing to let someone spend their money like this!
After the operation, Cheng Fenghao was wrapped like a mummy and pushed into the hospital ward by nurses.
After paying the hefty medical bills, the subordinates all sighed.
Cheng Fenghao was lying on the bed. When he woke up, he heard continuous sighs.
He said angrily: "Why are you sighing? You will sigh bad luck into the room!"
The subordinates looked at each other, their expressions full of helplessness.
One of them summoned up the courage to say, "Master Feng Hao, our personal savings can't withstand your frequent tossing."
Hearing this, Cheng Fenghao's face changed, "What do you mean?"
After a while, Cheng Fenghao gritted his teeth and glanced at everyone in the ward, "You, and all of you, don't forget. If I hadn't given you a bite to eat and made you my subordinates, how could you be alive now? You would have been tortured to death by the director of the orphanage!"
The men were silent. They had no parents and had been in an orphanage since they were born. The director was a beast in human form. If Cheng Fenghao hadn't adopted them and made them his men, they would have died long ago.
only.....
They are running out of money!
"Master Feng Hao, we will never forget your kindness in raising us. It's just that you are often injured and need a lot of surgery and medical expenses. We can afford it occasionally, but we can't stand it for a long time!"
Hearing this, Cheng Fenghao frowned unhappily, "What nonsense! Didn't I pay you wages before?"
The men sighed.
"But you only give us tens of thousands of yuan every month. After you were kicked out by the Cheng family and all your sources of income were cut off, you have never paid us a salary again. Now all your expenses, even your living expenses, are deducted from our savings."
"Living expenses are not too expensive, but medical expenses are hundreds of thousands of dollars. We really can't afford it!"
Cheng Fenghao frowned, "I spent so much money?"
He used to spend millions of dollars without any regrets, but now that he no longer has the support of the Cheng family, even small amounts of money are beginning to become a hindrance for him.
The subordinates’ inner thoughts: You just realized you spent so much money?
Cheng Fenghao looked grim.
If he had known this would happen, he should have been more generous and paid his subordinates more. After all, it was the Cheng family's money, so he had no reason to feel bad about it.
Cheng Fenghao slapped his head in annoyance. Why didn’t he be more generous at the beginning?
This way you won’t be in the embarrassment of not having enough money.
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Chu family villa.
Chu Xiyan was in a bad mood. Her idea of getting pregnant and having a baby for Cheng Ye and using the child to tie Cheng Ye down was completely ruined.
Not only did it fail to achieve its goal, but it also caused the Chu Group's stock price to plummet sharply.
The old man of the Chu family looked at Chu Xiyan's unhappy look, and he was also holding back his anger in his heart, "Xiyan, we have reminded you not to contact Cheng Fenghao, but you just didn't listen. Now look what you have done, the loss outweighs the gain."
Chu Xiyan's eyes turned red, "Grandpa, I just can't accept it. Cheng Ye is clearly my fiancé, but people outside think Jiang Mian is his fiancée."
"The engagement party is over, Cheng Ye has become Jiang Mian's fiancé. I am so miserable."
The old man of the Chu family shook his head. "Xiyan, how long are you going to persist in your delusion? Cheng Ye is Jiang Mian's legitimate fiancé. This has become an irreversible foregone conclusion!"
The heart-wrenching words immediately pierced Chu Xiyan's already broken heart.
Chu Xiyan burst into tears instantly and was choked with sobs and unable to speak.
Father Chu didn't want to hurt his daughter, but at this point, if his daughter continued to be so stubborn, what good would she get other than being hurt?
"Xiyan, you have to face reality. Cheng Ye and Jiang Mian's engagement party is over. You have to slowly learn to give up on him."
"Give up?" Chu Xiyan's eyes were filled with sad tears. "But I just can't let it go. I can't give up. What should I do?"
Chu's father was extremely worried and it was too difficult to persuade Xiyan to let go.
It seemed that no matter what he said, Xiyan would not listen to his teachings and just wanted to throw herself on Cheng Ye.
Mother Chu cried out in distress, "Xiyan, listen to my advice and give up pursuing Cheng Ye. If you know something is impossible in the future, why keep insisting on it? Insistence is futile."
"How is it impossible?" Chu Xiyan kept shaking her head. "Jiang Mian is just playing around with Cheng Ye. If she gives up one day, I'll have a chance... Yes, that must be the case."
Hearing this, Chu's father, Chu's mother and the old man of the Chu family felt even colder in their hearts.
At this point, Chu Xiyan is still trying to numb herself by using the excuse that "Jiang Mian is not serious about Cheng Ye, he is just playing around."
Mother Chu sighed and said, "Xiyan, can't you see it? If Jiang Mian is not serious, will he agree to Cheng Ye's proposal?"
Chu Xiyan pursed her lips, her eyes were red, and she continued to shake her head, "No, it's not like that. It's just a proposal, and Jiang Mian agreed. What does that mean? She must want to hurt Cheng Ye further, and then she will take the initiative to break off the engagement and humiliate Cheng Ye!"
Chu's father and others were helpless.
Mother Chu continued to persuade earnestly: "Xiyan, we have to face reality. The Jiang family is a top wealthy family after all, and it is impossible for them to joke about the engagement."
"If Jiang Mian really wanted to tease Cheng Ye, she only needed to stay in the dating stage. It would be enough for her to tease him. It is impossible for her to make a marriage contract with Cheng Ye."
"You should have seen the photos and videos of the engagement party that were trending in the news, right?"
"Father Jiang, Mother Jiang, and Jiang Mian's brother Jiang Shiyan are all here. If it was just a joke, they wouldn't take it so seriously. The Jiang family is a top wealthy family, there's no need to joke about an engagement."
Chu Xiyan felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, and was in great pain. "Maybe Jiang Mian was teasing Cheng Ye, but she hid it from her parents and brother? Her parents and brother didn't know about it, so they attended the engagement party."
Father Chu frowned and said helplessly: "Her relatives, how could they not know her character? How could they not know what she did? Xiyan, if you persist in your wrongdoings, you will only hurt yourself."
Chu Xiyan remained silent, tears blurred her eyes.
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The next day.
In the office of the central building.
Cheng Ye's mind was not on work. He was bored. He was playing with a pen in his right hand and thinking about something.
After the engagement party ended last night, the doctor removed the effects of the medicine in his body, and he fell asleep in Jiang Mian's arms.
The whole process can be as pure as possible.
We've been in love for so long, but we haven't reached the final step yet.
Cheng Ye couldn't help but frown. Are they too pure?
But on second thought, he is a person who pays more attention to rituals, so some things should be discussed after marriage.
The most important thing right now is to deal with the Cheng Chu family and Cheng Fenghao's side.
Cheng Ye took out the document bag wrapped in brown paper that had been placed in the safe.
The contents of the file bag were the will made by his grandfather before he died.
Before Cheng Fenghao's identity as a fake young master was exposed, Grandpa had already realized that Cheng Fenghao was not a biological member of the Cheng family.
But considering that the Cheng family members all doted on Cheng Fenghao, and grandpa didn't want to cause any unpleasantness because of this matter, he didn't reveal Cheng Fenghao's identity as a fake young master.
But my grandfather had always hoped to find me, however he was in poor health and passed away before he could send anyone to investigate.
Grandpa was worried that after he was gone, the Cheng family would not be treated equally.
So he made a will before he died.
The content of the will stated that if the marriage between the Cheng and Chu families was successful and Cheng Ye and Chu Xiyan were together, then the 45% of the Cheng family's shares and property under Grandpa's name would naturally be transferred to Cheng Ye's name.
But if the marriage is not successful, these 45% of the shares will be automatically donated to a charity foundation for free after Cheng's father retires.
This 45% portion of the profit has been frozen so far.
The Cheng family has no control over these properties and shares and can only freely dispose of the remaining 55%.
The reason why my grandfather set it up this way was that if the Cheng family wanted the frozen 45% of shares to not be donated to charity for free, they could only promote the marriage between Cheng Ye and Chu Xiyan.
In this way, with this will, Cheng Ye's marriage and share property can be effectively protected.
In this case, even if the Cheng family favors Cheng Fenghao and ignores Cheng Ye's feelings, under the constraints of the will, at least Cheng Ye's marriage to the Chu family and part of the Cheng family's property shares can be guaranteed.
After all, the Cheng family certainly would not want the shares and property to be donated for free. In order not to lose profits, no matter how much the Cheng family dotes on Cheng Fenghao, and no matter how optimistic they are about the future development of Cheng Fenghao and Chu Xiyan's marriage, they still need to work hard to promote the marriage between Cheng Ye and Chu Xiyan.
Retracting his thoughts, Cheng Ye fixed his eyes on the contents of the will in his hand.
Grandpa's original intention was good, but he overlooked the most important issue.
Even if he didn't like Chu Xiyan, and his career was developing smoothly and he was strong enough to have enough confidence, he would not want 45% of the Cheng family's shares and property.
Grandpa is the savior of the old man of the Chu family and saved the old man’s life.
Grandpa only mentioned the matter of the will to the old man of the Chu family.
Before his death, Grandpa told the old man of the Chu family to help promote the marriage between Cheng Ye and Chu Xiyan from the day Cheng Ye returned to the Cheng family.
But before Cheng Ye was found, Grandpa was worried that Cheng Fenghao would take action against Cheng Ye in advance and attempt to murder Cheng Ye.
So grandpa specifically told the old man of the Chu family not to mention the will to the Cheng family before Cheng Ye returned to the Cheng family.
Wait until Cheng Ye returns to Cheng's house, and then tell the Cheng family.
Because of Cheng Ye and Chu Xiyan, if either of them dies, the will will automatically become invalid.
An invalid will means it has lost its legal effect and is no different from a piece of waste paper.
Once the legal effect is lost, the 45% of frozen shares and property will be automatically unfrozen and returned to the hands of the Cheng family.
In order to ensure that the shares and property would neither fall into Cheng Ye's hands nor be donated for free, Cheng Fenghao wanted to make sure that they would not fall into Cheng Ye's hands.
The only way is to get rid of Cheng Ye.
As for the old man of the Chu family, before Cheng Ye returned to the Cheng family, he did follow his grandfather's instructions and did not mention the will to the Cheng family.
But after Cheng Ye returned to the Cheng family, the old man of the Chu family saw that Cheng Ye was not very outstanding. Out of selfishness, selfishness overcame gratitude and he still did not mention the will to the Cheng family.
As long as the matter of the will can be kept secret, it is equivalent to the will not being made public, and a will that is not made public is no different from a piece of waste paper.
In this case, it will not have any impact on the Cheng family.
However, once the will is made public, and the marriage between the Cheng and Chu families fails and does not meet the marriage requirements stipulated in the will, 45% of the property shares will be donated, causing the Cheng family to suffer losses.
Cheng Ye was wondering whether he should make his will public.