Reborn to Outshine My Ex and His White Moonlight-Chapter 304: You are Confused

Gong Chen continued peeling the apple with his knife, his movements slow and seemingly casual, yet emanating an unwelcoming chill.

"A girlfriend who sends women to her own father, and you ask me to have Second Brother marry her? Then watch as she continues to send women your way to curry favor?"

Old Mr. Gong looked at Gong Chen incredulously, clenching his fists tightly.

"What nonsense are you spouting?"

Gong Chen, with his eyes downcast and speaking deliberately, said: "Didn’t that woman stop seeking you out afterwards? Because Second Brother dealt with her personally. You might have forgotten since, in your eyes, women are like clothes; unless the old is gone, the new will not come."

"..."

Old Mr. Gong’s lips trembled slightly.

"Eldest Brother was already three when he came to the Gong Family, but Second Brother was sent to the Gong Family right from birth. He was raised day and night by my mother herself. In his heart, my mother is his biological mother, and he couldn’t face my mom after seeing the betrayal of his girlfriend and father."

"Why do you dislike Liu He so much? Apart from her having no background and a daughter of unknown paternity, there must be other reasons, right?"

After speaking, Gong Chen lifted his eyes and glared coldly at the old man.

Upon hearing this, Old Mr. Gong’s cheeks, which retained some color, began to turn pale inch by inch.

He gasped for air, glaring at Gong Chen, signaling him to stop speaking.

Gong Chen continued, enunciating each word: "During the time you were injured at the racetrack, Liu He immediately took care of you. Afterward, you grew to dislike her more and more. Not because she took bad care of you, but because she saw someone she shouldn’t have."

"Who was the woman riding horses with you?"

"Enough!" Old Mr. Gong suddenly started coughing, his body trembling slightly against the pillow.

The butler hurriedly stepped forward to help him catch his breath.

"I didn’t even know I had a sister, nor did I know how well she and her daughter are living in New Zealand. If not for Liu He’s simple-mindedness and lack of overthinking, with such explosive secrets, she would have established herself in the Gong Family long ago."

Old Mr. Gong was stunned, a flash of guilt crossing his eyes, but it was fleeting.

He stood at the pinnacle of power, having experienced the adoration of many women and manipulated the lives and deaths of others.

One might say he was arrogant, but he indeed had the capability to be arrogant.

Even at this age, he was still covertly controlling many matters and people.

The Gong Family was like a vast net; what was visible was the flourishing prosperity of a great family, hidden were tangled interests and complex intricacies.

This is the reality, the more uncomfortable it is, the harder it is to eradicate.

Old Mr. Gong casually and calmly said: "They, mother and daughter, won’t threaten you and will never step into the Gong Family’s gates. They just occasionally come back to the country to see me."

In Old Mr. Gong’s view, this was not a big deal, just a mistake all men in the world would make.

Upon hearing this, Gong Chen applied force to the knife in his hand, and the apple skin snapped and fell to the ground.

He chuckled coldly, "My mom is your most beloved woman? How many women have you told that to?"

"Your mother is in the Gong Family’s ancestral hall! She is my only wife! After her death, why didn’t I remarry if not because I recognized her?" Old Mr. Gong emphasized.

During the argument, the apple was peeled.

Gong Chen lifted the apple, staring at the marks gouged out forcefully.

Old Mr. Gong watched him silently, thinking he acknowledged his words and looked somewhat relieved.

He even looked somewhat like a benevolent father.

"Gong Chen, although you are cold by nature, I know you value emotions profoundly. You cherish the things left by your mom; otherwise, you wouldn’t still keep the scarf and sweater she knitted for you over a decade ago."

"As long as you do the things I ask you to do, all these will be yours."

Gong Chen remained indifferent and silent, as if he had long been accustomed to Old Mr. Gong’s rhetoric.

When his mother died, he was still young, and the inheritance she left was entirely controlled by Old Mr. Gong, his guardian.

Ever since he took over the Gong Group, he has been striving to stand firm, all for the sake of reclaiming his mother’s belongings.

Gong Chen placed the apple on the plate in front of Old Mr. Gong and said indifferently: "Then do you know why I must reclaim my mother’s inheritance?"

Old Mr. Gong propped himself up, recalling the past and said: "Of course, it’s to enhance your strength. When your mom married me, it was sensational news; both families were esteemed, but unfortunately, after your mom gave birth to you, her family fell into decline."

"You have no idea how the grandmother’s family declined? You colluded with the uncles to make wrong decisions that bankrupted her family’s business, and then you bought their company at the lowest price. My mother wanted to use her dowry to save the company, but you had already tricked her into transferring the dowry into my name, so you could deny her the right to manage it," Gong Chen said coldly.

"You..."

Gong Chen ignored Mr. Gong’s astonishment, slowly stood up, and moved closer.

"How did I find out? My mother... she died in my arms, she told me, she asked me to take back everything. You all think children don’t remember, but I remember every single detail."

"Including what I saw in your office that day."

It wasn’t just Gong Shize and Gong Shiyan entangled with a woman.

Gong Chen, who secretly followed them, saw it too.

Mr. Gong gasped for breath, still in shock, when suddenly a "click" sound was heard as a fruit knife plunged right into the apple in front of him.

The apple seemed smooth, but the plate underneath was already shattered into pieces.

After finishing, Gong Chen calmly took out a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped his hands.

He said without looking away, "If you want to live out your days peacefully, stop pretending to be sick all the time, be careful or you might actually fall ill and then, as your sons, we’ll have to sign off on it."

Mr. Gong’s face turned ashen with rage, "You, you dare threaten me?"

"Don’t worry, we’ll still save you as you taught me... can’t lose face. As for how, I’ll discuss with my second brother. If he really marries Wen Qing, with her ambitions, she might be the one who wishes you dead the most," Gong Chen continued.

After speaking, Gong Chen threw the handkerchief into the trash bin in front of Mr. Gong.

As the handkerchief fluttered down, Mr. Gong felt his heart plummeting as well.

He angrily stared at Gong Chen: "If you resent me so much, why didn’t you keep up the act? I publicly promised you that after your wedding, I would hand everything over to you. You’ve worked for so many years and it’s paid off, but now you’re revealing this, you’re not someone who acts impulsively."

Gong Chen remained silent and turned to leave.

Mr. Gong sneered, "Because Lin Zhiyi is with Sang Li now, that’s why you’re upset."

"I remember you used to despise me a lot, and suddenly one day you became obedient, I thought you had understood, but now it seems, it was just when Lin Zhiyi came to the Gong Family."

Hearing Lin Zhiyi’s name, the veins on Gong Chen’s hand throbbed visibly.

Mr. Gong sighed softly, "You’re gradually taking control of the Gong Group, I won’t be able to manage you eventually, but by then... it’ll be too late."

"Gong Chen, you’re getting married, aren’t you neglecting Xiao Ran? Are you still trying to snatch her brother’s girlfriend?"

"The one who owes Xiao Ran is not me, but you."

"Are you going to destroy another woman for one woman?"

He spoke lightly, yet his eyes shone with a sharp and cunning gleam.

Gong Chen didn’t say a word and left the ward directly.

At the end of the corridor, just as he took out a cigarette, Sang Ran came over.

"Stop smoking, take care of your health."

Hearing her ostensibly caring words, Gong Chen felt inexplicably irritated.

But he didn’t want to take his anger out on an innocent person.

"Have the driver take you back first."

"But I want to stay with you..."

Sang Ran flinched under Gong Chen’s gaze.

Realizing the atmosphere was off, Chen Jin immediately stepped forward.

"Miss Sang, you’ve also been busy all day, Mr. Gong will be fine with the Third Young Master here."

"Okay."

Sang Ran reluctantly left.

Gong Chen approached Chen Jin and said, "Go find Li Huan, have him keep an eye on Mr. Gong’s medical records."