Chapter 681: Chapter 681: The Secret in the Temple Hall
“Son, what do you plan to do?” Bai Yueru was afraid Sheng Shaochen would lose his sense of proportion and do something that would tear the Sheng Family apart.
“Don’t worry, mom, I have my own plans,” Sheng Shaochen said. Then he strode out of the room, met with Guan Jiu, and together they entered the Sheng Family Ancestral Hall.
“Young master, do you have any instructions?” Guan Jiu’s face flashed with panic, because the Sheng Family Ancestral Hall, except on holidays when the Old Lady would come to chant sutras and burn incense, Shaochen hardly ever came on his own.
Therefore, Shaochen asking him to follow alone into the ancestral hall made him think of another function of the place—that was where family law was enforced!
Sheng Shaochen lit three sticks of incense and placed them in the incense burner, “Guan Jiu, since the first day you started working with me, I’ve treated you as one of our own, even as a brother. Today, in front of our ancestors, I hope you’ll honestly answer me one question. Have you been keeping anything from me?”
“Young Master, I…” Guan Jiu hesitated, his face contorted with conflict.
Sheng Shaochen took out his phone, dialed a number, and then handed it to Guan Jiu, “Take it.”
“Young master, what do you mean?” Guan Jiu took the phone and discovered that the call was already connected. He cautiously brought it to his ear and carefully said, “Hello?”
“Who is it?” An Old Lady’s voice echoed from the other end, “Is it my Jiu? Hello, is that my Jiu?”
“Mom?” Guan Jiu’s face immediately flushed with excitement, “Mom, is that you? It’s me, Jiu, I’m your Jiu!”
“Jiu, what exactly happened a while back? Someone locked us up in a small courtyard, wouldn’t let us out. A couple of days ago your boss came, took us out, and even bought us a house, gave us a lot of money. Jiu, your boss is a good man, you must work hard for him from now on, understand?”
“Yes, I understand. Don’t worry, Mom, I’ll visit you when I’m free,” said Guan Jiu. After hanging up the phone, he fell to his knees with a thud in front of Sheng Shaochen. His sturdy, muscular frame was now overcome with sobs, “Young Master, I’ve let you down!”
“Get up,” Sheng Shaochen helped Guan Jiu stand, saying, “It’s our Sheng Family that has let you down. If it weren’t for me noticing something off a few days ago and having someone follow a bodyguard that the Old Lady kept outside, we still wouldn’t know she had taken your family hostage to threaten you. No wonder you’ve been so down these past few years. The mistake you made was not being open with me. Haven’t all those years we’ve been through life and death together been enough to earn your trust?”
“Young Master, I’m sorry, I’ve wanted to be honest with you for a long time…” Guan Jiu wiped away his tears, “Young Master, Lady Ye Shu, she really is a good woman. The things I told you before, about her being greedy for money, were all forced by the Old Lady. In fact, you two were very close and affectionate. Those photos at home of you and Du Shiniang, they were later digitally altered by a computer expert. All those scenes were actually taken with Lady Ye Shu.”
“I’ve known about the doctored photos for a while. I let it be because Du Shiniang is Xiao Kai’s mother, so I refrained from casting her out of Shengjing Garden. Plus, in these years, she has indeed made substantial contributions to the Sheng Family and Shengshi Group. Guan Jiu, regarding the frozen sperm and my brain injury, what exactly do you know?”