Chapter 1002: Chapter 1002: Ruthless and Merciless
Do you want to get married earlier?
That’s such an ambiguous statement.
But when Sheng Tang heard it, it made her particularly melancholy. She probably didn’t dare to take that step.
She always remembered her mother’s mental state when her grandmother had the accident.
She had gotten involved with Gu Shiting again, and she felt she had let her grandmother down. She couldn’t get married and further distress her mother; that would be too much.
Even though she was not related to them by blood, they raised her like a treasure, and whatever Sheng Zong had, Sheng Tang would also have.
And she couldn’t "repay" them this way.
Gu Shiting regretted his words as soon as he finished speaking and gently held Sheng Tang’s hand.
Grandpa also noticed Sheng Tang’s expression: "Still worried about your mom?"
"My mom probably can’t accept it." Sheng Tang replied truthfully.
Gu Shiting immediately said, "I was just joking, Tangtang. I never meant to put you on the spot."
The old man sighed.
He said to Sheng Tang, "I can’t help you with this either. You have to understand that in front of your parents, I’m just a... can’t even speak up."
Back then he had abandoned Sheng Sidong and his mother, and his kindness to Sheng Sidong was merely funding him and Fang Mengying through school.
Now he was occupying Sheng Zong, yet he didn’t have the standing to plead for Sheng Tang.
He felt sorry for Sheng Sidong, unable to assert himself as a parent.
"Let’s not talk about it anymore." Sheng Tang said, "Besides, even if I didn’t marry Ting, Ting would still be Zong’s support."
"Right, grandpa." Gu Shiting immediately added, "Whatever happens to Zong, I will do my best. Rest assured, in my heart, Tangtang is my wife—only without that certificate, but it doesn’t change anything."
The old man sighed deeply.
After dinner, Sheng Tang accompanied the old man for a walk.
They talked about the company and then about the old man’s other two sons, Sheng Siming and Sheng Siyu.
"By the way, grandpa, Sheng Qiao is really pregnant." Sheng Tang told grandpa.
Last time, Sheng Zong had some gossip about Sheng Qiao to share with Sheng Tang.
Sheng Siming’s daughter, Sheng Qiao, was only a few months older than Sheng Tang. After graduating from college, she had been idling at home, and later hooked up with a rich second-generation heir.
She herself was also a rich second-generation heir, but since grandpa stopped supporting them, he didn’t give them much money, which made them somewhat restrained.
Under her mother’s instigation, Sheng Qiao got pregnant before marriage, trying to force the marriage, but the man fled abroad directly.
The man’s family promised money and asked Sheng Qiao to have an abortion, with talks to be resumed later.
Sheng Qiao disagreed.
"I know." Grandpa said.
"Are you planning to intervene?" Sheng Tang asked, "If you don’t intervene, their family really won’t marry Sheng Qiao."
The man’s family hadn’t torn things apart yet, and was watching the situation.
Whether this granddaughter Sheng Qiao was really abandoned by the old man, as rumors said?
"I really want to deal with it, but my heart and strength are insufficient." Grandpa said, "I still want to live a few more years. Even if she gets married, the marriage won’t last long, am I supposed to stand up for her every single time afterward?"
"That’s true." Sheng Tang said.
"She’s not up to par herself." Grandpa continued, "Unlike you, Ting and Gu You’s son, who are all begging you? If you wanted to get married, how many people would be willing to pour out their fortunes to marry you! Why can’t she achieve that? She grew up in a more superior environment than you did."
Sheng Tang smiled.
"So, it’s better not to intervene." Grandpa said, "If she’s willing to have an illegitimate child, then I’ll lose face, but there’s nothing I can do. Besides her, Sheng Zhang and Sheng Rong are also disappointing.
Setting this precedent, in the future they’ll learn to act cautiously."
Sheng Tang nodded.
When grandpa is truly determined, he can be quite ruthless.
Perhaps, this is the key to his success in business.
If one cannot be ruthless, how could they manipulate fortunes? Hopefully, Zong can grasp grandpa’s essence; to be ruthless when the time is right.
