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Xie Mu happily released his power. Overnight, all of the Xie family’s power had transferred to Xie Shi. No one had expected it, including Xie Shi himself.
Early the next morning, Zhang An, who had just received the news, rushed over.
“Grandfather, why have you come?” Xie Shi had not slept all night. At this moment, the bags under his eyes looked bruised, but his appearance was still handsome as he smiled, looking very cheerful.
“Xiao Shi, I heard that your uncle…” The white-haired old man looked around vigilantly to make sure there was no one else around before frowning. “He wants to transfer the inheritance to you?”
Zhang An didn’t wait for his grandson to reply before going on a road of suspicion. “What if this is a conspiracy? He’s basically giving this to you after taking care of things for the past three years. Everything was fine, why did he have to give it to you?”
“Grandfather!”
Xie Shi stopped smiling, and lowered his voice. “Don’t be ridiculous. This is the Xie family.”
“It’s a good thing that uncle is willing to give this to me. I can’t even thank him enough, much less doubt what he’s doing.”
“Aiyo!” Zhang An’s expression was as hard as iron. “What a stupid child. This is a thing your father left you three years ago. You were still young then, but you can’t have an outsider take advantage of it.”
“He has occupied the position as master of the Xie family for three years. The scenery up top is infinite. He is the one who should be grateful!”
Xie Shi frowned tightly, but didn’t say anything.
His thoughts had run around in confusion all of the previous night. He couldn’t figure out why Xie Mu would be willing to return the Xie family’s power to him.
Three years ago, when his father died, Xie Shi had been studying abroad. When he received the news, Xie Mu had already become the head of the Xie family. An outsider had actually become the master of the Xie family.
Xie Shi grew up with his mother abroad. He didn’t really have many feelings about the man he called his father, but he had been good at observing people since childhood. He was 100% sure Xie Nanen paid a great deal of attention to blood inheritance.
His requirements for Xie Shi were all in accordance with the requirements of his heir. It had been mentioned more than once that the Xie family would be handed over from parent to child.
Xie Shi was not surprised Xie Nanen would have this idea. In his view, the Xie family was like an ancient feudal society. The self-proclaimed nobles complied with all kinds of red tape rules in the family.
Everyone wore a mask, hypocritical and disgusting. They said they respected their wives and defended their wives on the surface, but almost everything had mistresses outside.
They gave birth to children outside, and those children were called bastards and not allowed to enter the genealogy or the inheritance of the family business. No matter how they spoiled the bastard sons, only the legitimate sons received the money.
Xie Shi had grown up in the Xie family for a while when he was a child. He had hated such an environment. Everyone tried to spoil him because he was the son of the head of the family.
But after getting the news of Xie Nanen’s death, what Xie Shi felt was not sadness, but an uncontrollable excitement. This fat piece of meat that was the Xie family had finally fallen into his mouth.
One could imagine how irritable Xie Shi was when Xie Nanen actually handed all of the power over to Xie Mu, who had no blood relations to the family.
It sounded good. He would wait until he graduated from college, then return it to him. But when he got to that time, would the Xie family left to him by Xie Nanen even be the same Xie family?
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At that time, Xie Shi wore a cheerful mask and thought, the right time hadn’t come yet.
In these three years, he had lain carefully dormant, and buried his influences within the company with the people his other grandfather and father had sent to help. He had carefully upheld this until the present.
But when it was time to clean everything up, Xie Mu actually relinquished his power.
Xie Shi did not believe that there would be anyone in this world willing to hand over their power to others. He did not relax, pretending he was grateful on the surface, but his heart became even more vigilant and careful.
Was it because Xie Mu was aware of his covert actions?
Xie Shi kept his vigilance until all the things had been settled and all everything was contracted clearly under his name.
All his conspiracy theories, after the dust settled, turned into jokes.
Xie Mu really did not stay at all and everything that belonged to Xie Shi in the will was returned to him completely intact.
At the same time, it was announced that he had unilaterally dissolved the marriage contract with the Zheng family.
The man who had sat at the head of the Xie family for three years retreated without a single hint of nostalgia.
Just as the outside world was shocked by the incident, Xie Shi was already sitting at his desk.
This was the position of the chairman, decorated in an elegant atmosphere.
In front of him was a pile of documents he needed to deal with. As long as he signed his name, he would have an account with at least seven digits of money.
Xie Shi placed a pot of cactus on the table. It was something the previous owner of the office, his uncle, had left.
The youth reached out. The usual sentimental disguise he put on in front of others had been closed up.
His eyes were calm, and his slender fingertips fell on the spikes of the cactus and rubbed them gently.
Obviously, he had gotten it now, and it was something he had always been hoping to take back.
But although he had the power within his hands, he didn’t feel very happy.
His mind suddenly remembered that day. The beautiful man sat in a wheelchair with a pale face, his gaze empty as he stared out at the snow. No one could tell what he was thinking of.
He had not been able to see through Xie Mu and had always thought the man he called uncle was good at faking it.
But what if Xie Mu hadn’t been faking it at all?
His fingertips unconsciously used more force, and the cactus spikes pierced his flesh.
Normal people would usually cry out at this sudden injury, but Xie Shi merely retracted his hand and stared at his fingertips stained with blood. His eyes were dark and heavy, and it was unclear what he was thinking of.
***
When Xie Shi came back, there were people walking about moving things out.
When he came to the hallway, he met that man as expected.
Surrounded by this mess, Xie Mu seemed like he hadn’t been affected by any of it. He was reading a book, his head slightly bowed down. Cheng Chuan stood quietly next to him, like a silent guardian dog.
Thinking of this, Xie Shi wanted to laugh a little. There was not a single person now who didn’t say Cheng Chuan was Xie Mu’s dog, and was a dog that bit viciously.
He adjusted the expression on his face and walked over with his slender legs. “Uncle.” The man who was quietly reading the book closed the cover and raised his gaze towards Xie Shi. “You’re back?”
His attitude was not enthusiastic, and he didn’t even show a smile. Xie Shi did not care at all; anyways, he had been long used to this.
“What is this? Are you moving out?” Xie Shi noticed a drawing board rack carried by two people passing by them.
In the Xie family, only Xie Mu liked to draw.
“Yes.” The handsome and pale man spoke softly, as if he was too weak to speak any louder.
“Since you are taking the lead now, there’s no point in me staying in the Xie family anymore.” “What are you talking about, uncle? Where will you go if you leave the Xie family?”
No matter what Xie Shi thought in his heart, he still carried a disguise on his face.
In the end, he could not see through that man. He subconsciously wanted to stay by his side to observe.
Listening to the words of his nephew, Xie Mu’s brows wrinkled gently and he coughed powerlessly. “The south is too wet and cold. I have always wanted to go to the north to settle down. I stayed before to help you protect this family. Now that you don’t need me anymore, I will naturally move to the north.”
Xie Shi had to turn this idea around in his mind before he could understand what Xie Mu was thinking of.
It was always raining where they lived. Xie Mu’s legs would hurt once it rained. It was a perfectly valid reason for him to want to avoid it.
Although it logically made sense, Xie Shi couldn’t set down the suspicions within his heart.
Before Xie Shi completely came to power, Xie Mu was still the most powerful in his eyes.
The young man’s face gradually showed a hint of vulnerability. He squatted slightly on one knee and watched the man in his wheelchair.
“Uncle, I am too young and just took over. I don’t understand anything. I’m afraid of being oppressed by everyone else.” “Can’t you stay a bit longer and help me?”
“Ke…”
The beautiful man in the wheelchair coughed gently a few times. He stretched that pale hand against his lips, a pair of weak and slightly ill eyes falling onto the face of the young man in front of him.
Xie Shi was very good-looking; he had inherited his father’s handsome features. He was almost the younger version of Xie Nanen. At this moment, his eyes were slightly begging as he looked back at Xie Mu, putting him into a bit of a trance.
The youth reached out and patted Xie Mu against his back. “Uncle, are you okay?”
Thinking of Xie Mu’s physical condition, Cheng Chuan’s expression was a little anxious. “Little master…”
“Okay.” The man’s light, floaty words interrupted what Cheng Chuan was going to say.
He put down the hand that had covered his lips. His pale cheeks showed a flush of red from coughing. His weak, ill face fell into Xie Shi’s gaze.
Xie Mu whispered, “Cheng Chuan, go, have them move the things back.”
Cheng Chuan tightened his fists. “Sir…”
“Go.”
The flat-headed tall and strong man lowered his head in difference. “Yes.”
Cheng Chuan left, leaving this uncle and nephew pair in the corridor.
The snow was heavy, accompanied by a cold wind, and it blew into the corridor.
Xie noticed that Xie Mu’s energetic expression quickly paled down again. He raised his hands to make sure the blanket covered his legs again.
“The snow is getting too big. Uncle, I’ll push you back to your room.” As the youth spoke, he walked behind the wheelchair. Seeing that the man had no objections, he pushed him towards the room.
When they got to the room, Xie Mu put the book on one side of the table, coughed a few times, and said weakly, “Carry me to bed.”
Xie Shi was slightly startled, then obediently leaned down and took the blanket away from his legs. He picked up the man.
As soon as the man fell into his arms, the youth’s eyes showed a hint of surprise.
Too light. Light, as if he didn’t weigh anything at all.
The breathing next to his ear was gentle and shallow, as if it would be broken at any moment. Xie Shi looked down slightly and could see the man leaning weakly against him.
For the first time, he realized that the man who was once the head of the Xie family, who was inviolable and above all of them, was now just useless waste who couldn’t walk.
And who was he, who once thought of this waste as the high mountains?
Xie Shi clung tightly at the hands of the person in his arms. In his heart, a trace of strang emotions began forming.
haiz….If only Xie Mu can know what Xie Shi is thinking…..Would he laugh till his sides hurt?
Thanks for the chapter~
Jeez, so when Chinese novels refer to people as wastes do they mean anyone with a disability? or just anyone who is considered weak?
Thanks for the chapter!
i think it’s more a reference to people are completely unable to do anything, which encompasses anyone who just doesn’t do anything (not necessarily because of disability)
Damn, that’s making me more pissed off. His uncle literally managed the company, ensued so much hardship, and even gave up his fiance for him, yet that bastard still says he’s useless waste? That $&^%$$ f%$##
So I’m guessing that Xie Shi will of course fall for our MC, but treat him like crap because of his suspicious nature? Talk about ingrates! He already gave back everything and wanted to move to a more comfortable climate, but no…
Hays too much drama is happening I can’t even read what on Xie Mu’s mind at all!
Thanks for the chapter<3
Thanks for the chapter
Thanks for the chapter! ^ ^)♡
In the last sentence, strange is spelled wrong. It’s missing the ending e.
I feel a green hat coming in