What Chairman Gu wouldn’t even dare dream of actually became true today.
He felt like someone who was walking on the street when suddenly a big prize dropped on his head from the sky.
Chairman Gu even suspected that maybe some shareholders saw that his life was going to end soon so their conscience was suddenly regained and accompanied his son to act this sort of play out, this sort of guess seems to be more believable than his brat of a son suddenly being enlightened after all these years.
When Gu Shao finally reached the hospital, what awaited his eyes was his father staring straight at the corridor.
Although the young man seemed lazy and cynical, it was his face that made everyone who looked at him feel amazed.
Men or women, as long as they made eye contact with him for over three seconds could already feel their face going red.
Because he was really, too good looking.
Hmm yes…this familiar looking cocky appearance of his was truly him.
He really didn’t get switched as a child.
Chairman Gu first let out a sigh of relief, and then became pissed off, “What are you doing hovering outside, are you still not going to get your ass in here?”
Gu Shao, who was currently smiling, paused for a moment after hearing his words, he looked as if he had accepted his fate and quickly walked in.
“Just what is going on?” Chairman Gu felt as if a hundred claws were scratching his heart, while his face looked stern.
If he still couldn’t find anything suspicious from his son at these times then he had really grown this pair of eyes for nothing.
What Chairman Gu couldn’t understand the most was, since when had this little bastard started pretending.
“Since when did you know about Xiao Xu’s matter? And why didn’t you tell me earlier?”
When he thought back to how he regarded Xu Li as his most trusted subordinate, always having him tag along for each matter, and also viewed him as the company’s successor so that after his death, his unfilial child won’t cause the company to go bankrupt and starve to death on the streets…Chairman Gu already felt annoyed just by thinking about it.
Of course, what made him even more mad was the little bastard standing in front of him who acted as a bystander, he clearly knew about it yet didn’t think to tell him, in the end, he was the one who lost such a big face.
Chairman Gu had a feeling that his current state of being in the dark, would still likely continue in the future.
Seeing him bring up that point, Gu Shao felt as if he was being wrongly accused, “Didn’t I tell you before? It was you who didn’t want to believe me so how could you blame it on me?”
Gu Shao had said it before, that Vice President called Xu Li has another face whenever he was in his father’s presence, but while he faced the workers, he had on another face; being respectful in front of his superiors while turning arrogant in the back, he really didn’t resemble a good person.
Another crucial point was that Xu Li’s perception towards money was extremely heavy.
Although Gu Shao didn’t work at the company, he was still regarded as the younger boss, wanting to know information about Xu Li’s salary wasn’t really that difficult.
Afterall, as someone extremely valued by his father, just as an extra precaution, Gu Shao had naturally investigated him in secret, if not, he wouldn’t be able to be at ease with someone like him at his father’s side.
What the pitiful Chairman Gu didn’t know of was that the people whom he dealt with during these years couldn’t escape from his own son’s eyes.
After saying that, Chairman Gu didn’t think before answering, “When did you even—”
The next second, Chairman Gu instantly remembered, it seems this little bastard had really said it before.
It’s just that back then, Chairman Gu never really cared about it, and just thought that because of his plans to hand the company over to Xu Li, that was the reason he kept saying bad stuff about Xu Li behind his back.
Chairman Gu thought that Gu Shao was being like that simply because of simple jealousy, and had even gotten angry about it, feeling that he was already an adult and was still being childish.
Chairman Gu, “……”
“So what you’re saying is, you’ve known about it since the beginning? ?”
“Something like that.” If he didn’t, he wouldn’t be able to react in these few days. That evidence was gathered very early on, he just didn’t expect that he would use it so quickly.
“Back then, Xu Li and Huang Mei’s boss weren’t that deeply entangled, even if we tried to catch them, we would’ve only caught one person and still couldn’t touch the boss of Huang Mei. I saw Xu Li not making any large movements in the company and it wasn’t really that serious, so I didn’t care at first.”
He originally wanted to catch a bigger fish, but instead this kind of incident came out, so he had no choice but to reel the net back in.
So to be frank, the little bastard was really being a bystander.
The veins on Chairman Gu’s forehead started to bulge.
Because of Gu Shao’s sudden revelation, Chairman Gu started to think back on the many hidden details from the past.
For example, before his son was six, he was extremely smart, and not in the ways or your normal smartness, it was as whoever he met would always praise him as a child genius.
So later during Gu Shao’s ‘fall from grace’, Chairman Gu felt extremely baffled. The kid was doing so well before, and also didn’t receive any shock. His home was also very happy and perfect. So how could a child turn out so badly under these kinds of circumstances?
This whole time, Chairman Gu had always thought he may have become like Zhongyong 1originating from a poem created by Wang Anshi called ‘Shang Zhongyong’, it talked about a child prodigy called Fang Zhongyong who had later in his adult years, turned into an ordinary person. The reason for this was because his father had thought of him as a money making tool, and just kept showing him off without even allowing him to study further. Relying solely on his talent from his younger years and never acquiring any new knowledge, Zhongyong never learnt anything new. In the end, when they found out his knowledge had never progressed, it was too late to change., or because his mother’s passing had a big hit on him so he turnt out this way.
Now thinking back about it, this little bastard didn’t suddenly turn stupid but instead chose to simply evolve.
Speaking of this, when Xiao Shao was eight, it hadn’t even been three months since Lao Hu’s divorce, and he had already expressed that he didn’t like that Uncle and also hated him, and that he was heartless and also had a terrible character.
What did he do back then?
Chairman Gu thought it was simply just a little child’s words, what could he actually know? And almost beat him up because of his disrespectful behavior towards his elders.
Thinking back now, Chairman Gu was shocked that his own judge of character wasn’t even as good as a child’s.
“But you clearly…don’t know anything.”
No, this can’t be.
Chairman Gu was still unable to convince himself.
At this point, the secretary couldn’t keep it in anymore and lightly added, “Boss…have you forgotten, Young Master Gu is a graduate of the world’s top three high schools…”
The people who could be admitted there were all the best of the best.
In actuality, before today, even the secretary had also forgotten about this matter.
He really didn’t know how Young Master Gu who had such an impressive resume had instead given off the vibes of someone unreliable.
Chairman Gu blanked, “What? Didn’t he go through the back door2relying on connections to get in. to get in? ? ?”
“He clearly didn’t attend any classes during his high school years!”
Gu Shao, “…The reason I didn’t attend class was because I went to participate in competitions, thank you.”
If not, how could he be able to apply for universities abroad?
At this moment, Chairman Gu realized his own understanding towards his own son had been far too little.
He had always thought he was the best father in the world, but in the end, he was so unqualified.
Recalling back, he had never really taken out time to accompany him, and there were even times where both father and son won’t get to see each other for one or two months.
Thinking of this, Chairman Gu felt extremely regretful.
“You must’ve resented me, that’s why you didn’t wish to tell me about it, right?” Even if he would look at him like how he had previously had done with disappointed eyes, he would not defend himself……
“Obviously not.” The next second, the young man’s bewildered voice rang out.
“How can you think of it like this?”
“Dad, what kind of things are you thinking about?” Gu Shao shrugged his shoulders, “I didn’t want to tell you it was because I was scared you slack off instead!”
“What if you thought I became capable after this and decided to not work that hard anymore to earn money, then what would happen?” Instead of being an extremely overworked first generation, Gu Shao still preferred being a rich second generation that can eat and drink without worries while also being a trash that just asks for money.
Caught off guard, Chairman Gu rigorously raised his head, “Huh?”
“As long as I’m useless enough, there will always be someone who will worry for me.” As it turns out, after Gu Shao found out that the more incapable he was, the more his father would be working harder, he was instantly enlightened.
“Especially during these few years, haven’t you noticed the company’s market value has increased multiple times?”
For this round, it could be called as hoping his father achieves greater achievements3the original idiom was about parents hoping that their child achieves something big in the future. But with Gu Shao, he changed the idiom around which in turn became, the child hoping the parents achieves something better..
Chairman Gu, “Huh? ? ?”
Chairman Gu was shocked, he looked at his son in disbelief, “But…haven’t you ever thought about establishing a career of your own? ?”
This young generation doesn’t even have the slightest ambition of his own? ?
“? ? Isn’t our family’s business big enough?” Gu Sha mirrored his same shocked expression.
After that, he took out his fingers and started counting, “Our family already has real estate, a yacht; and we already bought a private jet two years ago, those other stuff such as sports cars, we could buy it whenever we want if we like it…”
Gu Shao didn’t quite understand, “You still think I need to work hard?”
Chairman Gu violently choked…He suddenly felt like, what the little bastard said somehow made sense!
That also means, these few years where he was exhausted on his end, he on the other hand has always been enjoying life.
Chairman Gu’s heart suddenly felt a little unbalanced, and tried getting his pride back, “…But if you continue being like this, there’s a chance you won’t ever get to taste the feeling of having enormous control in your hands, you can only submit to me, if one day I suddenly turned my back on you and give you a younger brother or sister, you won’t be able to get anything by then.” Chairman Gu couldn’t agree with his current behavior going on like this and couldn’t help but threaten.
Gu Shao was totally unintimidated and even looked amusedly at his father.
Chairman Gu in an instant couldn’t continue his words.
This child had trusted him to a point where he believed that even if he had a younger sister or brother, he still wouldn’t be abandoned without care.
As expected, children who have been spoiled are always fearless.
It could’ve been because of this type of behavior, the more Chairman Gu couldn’t rest his worries about him.
“…Little bastard!” Feeling as if he’d been firmly held in his hands, Chairman Gu gritted his teeth.
Afterwards, he grumpily said, “Didn’t you say you weren’t going to care? Then why are you now willing to take over the family’s business now? If you got the guts then don’t take it, you can just watch it collapse instead!”
Frankly speaking, Gu Shao was actually very willing to.
Afterall, relying on his savings and shares as well as the investments he made these past few years, he could already live the rest of his life without any worries.
Gu Shao did not actually treasure his family’s company, he already had another business outside, the one where other people would be shocked to hear of if he said it.
If not, how could Xingyu Technology suddenly appear to cooperate with them?
It was because the company was made from Chairman Gu’s sweat and tears, that’s why Gu Shao couldn’t bear him feeling sad.
“Isn’t it because I’ve seen you being so busy these past years and couldn’t bear for you to be so anxious, that’s why I wanted to let you have a good rest.”
This unfilial child has always been such a good talker.
Chairman Gu told himself not to be fooled by this little bastard’s words but his heart still couldn’t help feeling uncontrollable joy.
His child has finally grown up and knows how to care for his Father.
“…You just know how to say these nice words to coax your old dad.”
With his mind relaxed, Chairman Gu fell asleep muttering.
What Chairman Gu didn’t know was that not long after he closed his eyes, Gu Shao’s expression changed.
The secretary jolted and subconsciously turned to look his way.
What Gu Shao didn’t happen to say was the reason he didn’t inquired about the company’s matter these few years actually had another reason, he doesn’t have time.
Yes that’s correct, Gu Shao didn’t have enough time left.
Everyone including his father had always thought his cancer was a result from overworking himself, only Gu Shao knew that actually wasn’t the case.
Gu Shao found out about it when he was in university studying abroad, his whole family actually had a history of genetic cancer.
Gu Shao even went to a specialist to do a genetic testing and its results were extremely negative.
This was the reason he didn’t place any importance on money.
Power and status were things that would soon disappear; we were born empty handed and in death we would also leave without any belongings, only a healthy body was the essence.
On the other hand, his father’s results from the test were better by a lot in comparison, from early on, Gu Shao had already paid extra attention to his father’s resting and eating habits, but even like this, Chairman Gu still got sick in his late years.
These few years, Gu Shao has always been thinking of ways to cure it, including contacting several research laboratories abroad.
Just hoping that his efforts over these past few years could really be enough.
The secretary at the side gaped with shock, looking at Young Master, ah no…Ceo Gu in front of him who resembled a freak.
He heard and understood each word that he said but somehow he just couldn’t understand it all together?
At least Gu Shao had confessed everything to the secretary, hoping that he would help cover everything up, and not wishing for any advice from the other party.
The secretary swallowed and silently agreed, it wasn’t a problem, he would cooperate with him.
During that moment, Gu Shao didn’t know that in this world there was another saying, ‘God’s plan supersedes our own’4meaning things don’t always go the way we want, there would sometimes be factors that change nature’s course..
At some times, destiny couldn’t be reversed by man.
Gu Shao had spent a few years ordering specially customized drugs, in the beginning it worked very well, the cancer cells in Chairman Gu’s body were gradually disappearing, but these types of medication were extremely harmful to the body, every now and then it had to be temporarily stopped for a while.
When it stopped, the remaining cancer cells would desperately counterattack.
These repeated relapses dragged on for more than five years, ultimately, Chairman Gu’s life had reached its end.
“After I die, don’t grieve and make things hard for yourself, I already know you have tried your best.” Before he passed, Chairman Gu was relieved, his child wasn’t born in vain.
Those early twenty years spent caring for him weren’t wasted.
Looking at the scale of the company today, and also at the bulks of medication being shipped here from the laboratory, Chairman Gu’s sickly face still couldn’t hide his look of pride.
Looking around, who’s child could compete with his son at being so filial and capable?
It’s just that this child was too emotional, which wasn’t a good thing.
The young man in front of him looked down without speaking, knuckles gripped till it became white, Chairman Gu’s heart ached, feeling his heart pained even more than his own body.
Before he died he still kept admonishing him, “Sigh…Whose parents wouldn’t go before their own children…we all…have to go through this in our lives….”
“No matter who it is, as soon as they reach this age, they will start to experience these…”
At first it will be their grandparents, then parents, and then their siblings, even their partners and childrens.
When we’re born, we’ll start to lose everything.
However…
Those were other people, Gu Shao wasn’t willing to, and also couldn’t accept it.
He had always thought, as long as he was smart enough, that he could achieve it.
First it was his mother, now his father, Gu Shao wanted to say, if his father also leaves, there won’t be anyone left in this world who would still love him unconditionally, even if he was actually an incapable dandy, they would still love him.
Caring about whether he has enough food and clothing, worrying about his life’s safety.
In the end, Gu Shao didn’t say those thoughts out loud.
He couldn’t let Chairman Gu leave with worries and regret.
Gu Shao’s palms almost bled from his pinching, using his past acting skills that he used to lie to others, he raised his head and said in a relaxed manner, “Don’t worry Dad, I’ll take care of myself.”
Chairman Gu’s eyesight wasn’t as good as before, and didn’t suspect it.
He was most scared of that little bastard crying, if he really did cry, he was sure he wouldn’t be willing to leave.
Listening to those words, Chairman Gu let out a breath of relief.
Soon, Chairman Gu gradually stopped breathing.
Birth, old age, sickness and death were a common thing in life, everyone thought that Ceo Gu would move on after grieving for a while.
Afterall, life still had to go on as usual.
It was only until two months went by, the secretary unintentionally found a piece of medical diagnosis.
The secretary thought it was something that Chairman Gu left behind, until he saw the patient’s name above.
—Gu Shao.