Xinyi curled her fingers into a fist.
No matter how terrible Han Keung was, Han Huizhong's mistake couldn't be hidden. There was nothing she could say in his defense because no matter the circumstances, he had misunderstood An Guoting and punished Caihong for his mistakes.
Han Keung sneered at her silence. He struck right where it hurts. "What happened, sister-in-law? Cat got your tongue?"
Xinyi took a breath. "I do admit what Grandpa did was wrong. There is no turning back to it. The only way for him to earn his redemption is if Uncle An and Caihong forgive him."
She stared at him. "But you two are still very different. At the very least, Grandpa realizes his mistake. He is not a coward like you who doesn't own up to his blunders. The reason why Grandpa sent you abroad and threw Uncle Mingli and Aunt Guang out of the house is not only because you made such serious mistakes but also because you three failed to admit that you were wrong.
You embezzled money but refused to apologize for it. Uncle and Aunt almost killed Siying, but they had no remorse at all. The most dangerous thing apart from making mistakes is not admitting to your faults because doesn't it mean that you would do the same thing again if you got another chance?"
She smiled. "Isn't that what you are doing right now? You didn't change at all, and then you question why you suffered?"
Han Keung clapped his hands. "I must admit, sister-in-law. The way you twist your words and someone's mistake is so amazing."
"I am not twisting any words, and I am not putting curtains on the mistake he made. But when it really comes down to it, he did what he did because he was a father who lost his daughter. He wanted revenge as a parent who loved his daughter a lot. I don't agree with the methods he used. I don't support him taking an eye for an eye where a woman's dignity was concerned. But at the very least, his intentions were to give justice to his daughter.
But what about you? From the beginning to the end, you only cared about money and this CEO's position. Uncle and Aunt were just the same. You have no love for your family at all. As long as you get this company, nothing else matters to you. Grandpa was made to walk on the wrong path because of the circumstances. But you chose that path from the very beginning! What made you embezzle money? Nothing. There was no reason, yet you did it. You weren't forced to do it. It was your pure greed. That is the difference between you and him.
One chose the wrong path to fight for someone else's sake while the other walked on it for his own selfish desires. That's why, Grandpa is still in the Han villa and you aren't."
Han Keung narrowed his eyes.
Xinyi squinted her eyes. "And do you think Grandpa didn't suffer hatred? When the truth was out, Zhiyuan and Zizi had even refused to look at him, much less talk to him. Everybody ignored him and even in a house filled with all the family members, he felt all alone. He shut himself in the room. At times, when he used to come down for breakfast, Zhiyuan and Zizi would make excuses and leave the table. They stopped eating with him. He will never show it, but do you think that didn't hurt him? Seeing his family distance themselves from him... wasn't this a punishment? But you are in your own illusion that he lived a convenient life!"
She trembled as her eyes were filled with tears.
"You know nothing about us! You don't understand the pain we went through. The only thing you care about is your own grievances, which you brought upon yourself but have the audacity to blame us for it!"
She angrily laughed. "Do you think Zhiyuan is greedy for this position? No. If you had proved that you can take care of the company just as well as he does, he would have been more than happy to make you the CEO himself! He cares about his siblings' happiness the most!"
He laughed. "Happiness? Yeah some happiness he felt when he kicked me abroad and usurped the business AND the family for himself."
"Even without him, Grandpa wouldn't have let you live with us either! So, stop pinning everything on my husband!"
His gaze turned frosty as he took a threatening step towards her. "I will. Every time... every single time, it was always that bastard who got all the love and the attention. 'Oh, Zhiyuan is so intelligent, oh Zhiyuan is so capable.' I was sick of hearing it. I was compared to him every single time! Even if I achieved something, it was nothing in front of Grandpa! We are cousins, but we were always treated differently!"
Xinyi glared at him. "Grandpa never differentiates like that! Stop throwing mud at him like that."
"I will! He had every reason to hate me. He never agreed to Mom and Dad's marriage. He always thought that Mom seduced him. He hated her for it. That's why he hated her son too. And Dad? Heh. He was just his nephew. Why will he treat Dad the same way he treated his son, Han Tian? In the end, he is just the nephew, not his son. He was always biased! All his love was for Han Tian and then only Zhiyuan! My family was just a bother to him, nothing else."
He leaned and a sinister smile laced his lips. "I had enough. Now, it's time to make your family pay for your sins. I will take everything that belongs to me. Do you know how I convince those stinking old men in the board of directors to hand me their shares? Greed.. And do you know who helped me with this? Take a guess."
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