Di Jianhan, exasperated by the old shareholders of the company, hid at home. He delegated all company matters to the department heads, only requiring them to email him the final details afterward.
Rumors spread widely, and the old lady was aware of everything. However, she was much more easygoing about Di Jianhan's reaction, believing she had never misjudged her grandson.
"Mom, do you know that brat started his own company?" Di Jianhan questioned the old lady at the breakfast table.
The old lady, unaware of the company, didn't even know when Di Mingjue had such thoughts. She sipped her white porridge, ignoring the roaring Di Jianhan.
"Mom, don't just eat, answer my question!" Di Jianhan slammed the table, his chopsticks vibrating and falling to the floor. The commotion clearly displeased the old lady, who shot him a look that immediately softened him. He grumbled glumly, "No wonder he left so decisively back then. Now I realize he had a fallback plan. I didn't expect him to outmaneuver me in the end."
The old lady chuckled, "You, even after eating rice for many more years, still can't outsmart him. Mingjue, like your father, has vision and capability. He's much stronger than you."
Hearing the old lady's praise for Di Mingjue, Di Jianhan became angry instead of proud. "His strength is all directed at me, his own father. For a woman, he willingly gave up the company and the entire Di manor. I'm telling you now, he will regret this one day."
Regret or not, it was he who was regretting it at the moment. The old lady picked up her handkerchief, wiped the corner of her lips, and kindly advised, "If you knew this would happen, why did you do it in the first place? You insisted he marry someone he didn't like; would he have listened to you?"
"What's wrong with Si Si? She's beautiful and filial. He doesn't understand anything; he's just been charmed by that Jiang family girl." Lu Sisi, who had been lowering her head, felt a surge of hatred as she sensed the old lady's attitude toward her. She tried her best to please the old lady every day, yet she still wasn't as favored as Jiang Ziyu. Why? How was she inferior to her!
The old lady merely smiled and got up from the table.
"Mom, you can't just watch Di Jue Company go bankrupt. Please, try to persuade him," Di Jianhan's words were blocked by the old lady's retreating back. She was old, and Di Jue Company had developed to its current state thanks to Di Mingjue's efforts. Now that he no longer wanted to manage it, she had no right to control him.
Watching the old lady's resolute back, Di Jianhan took out his anger on the tableware. After a clatter, he calmed down a bit. He turned to look at Lu Sisi, who was staring at him with a startled expression, and quickly apologized, "Did I scare you?"
"Uncle." Lu Sisi looked at him with red-rimmed eyes, "It's all my fault."
Di Jianhan rubbed his temples, his head aching, feeling powerless to comfort her. After a while, Lu Sisi looked up and saw him sitting there lost in thought.
"She can't take passive action!" Lu Sisi got up from her chair and obediently walked over to Di Jianhan's side. "Uncle, actually, I have a way to get Mingjue ge back, but I don't know if it's appropriate."
"What way?" Di Jianhan's eyes lit up. As long as Di Mingjue could be persuaded to return and manage the company, nothing else mattered. Lu Sisi whispered in his ear. After hearing her words, Di Jianhan slapped his thigh and looked at Lu Sisi with surprise, "Si Si, you're so clever! I never thought of that. I'll call him right now as you suggested."
"No." Lu Sisi grabbed his arm to stop him. "He won't believe us if we say it now. Don't act rashly; we need to plan before we act."