CH 37

The door of the house slammed shut, and all of the servants were kicked out.

Bo Lihong had held back all the way, and upon returning to his villa, his anger at last broke out completely. “Bo Jiao! What did you just say in front of your grandfather in the main house! Why did you mess up a good family dinner?”

Because of Bo Jiao’s speech at the dinner table, Old Mr. Bo grew so angry that his heart beat wildly, and he soon used the excuse of being unwell to end the nominal family dinner.

Except for the Bo Lihui and Bo Guangcheng father and son, the rest were all “driven” out of the main house.

Bo Lihong wanted to express his concern before leaving, but Old Mr. Bo said harsh words to him with a sullen face, and also “drove” him out, leaving only the Bo Lihui and Bo Guancheng father and son.

When Xue Min saw her husband losing his temper, she immediately came up to defend her. “Enough is enough, why didn’t you say a few words to stop her at the dinner table just now, but now that the door is closed you’re outrageously fierce!”

Having said that, she absolutely did not agree with what Bo Jiao said at the dinner table.

There was the sound of a wheelchair.

Bo Wang, who was handicapped due to a broken bone, rolled out of the game hall on the first floor with a look of impatience on his face. “What’s with all the noise? Didn’t you go to the main house for dinner? Why are you back so early?”

“What is there to eat?”

Bo Lihong sat on the sofa to the side and waved his hand. “Ask your sister what good thing she did!”

Bo Jiao paid no attention at all to her father’s anger and condemnation. Relaxed and elegant, she poured herself a glass of champagne and tasted it leisurely.

Bo Wang hated this “uncertain” feeling the most, and urged with a frown, “Mom, what is it?”

Xue Min had always doted on her son, and when he asked, she gave a general account of what happened at the family banquet.

“Fuck, what?”

When Bo Wang heard Xue Min’s report, he suddenly stood up in agitation, but due to his unhealed leg, he fell back into the wheelchair with a grimace of pain.

Xue Min hastily steadied him. “Aiyo, be careful.”

Bo Wang gasped, and shouted at his twin sister unhappily, “Bo Jiao, you must be sick! What good things could you say for that bastard Bo Yueming? I wish Grandpa would drive that blind man out of the Bo residence directly!”

“……..”

Bo Lihong, who had been scolded like a dog, frowned and said in an unkind tone, “Are you out of your mind?”

Xue Min answered, “Okay, you two don’t argue about this. Jiaojiao really made a mistake this time, why bother the old man and your uncle and make the family unhappy?”

“If you ask me, Guancheng is much better than Bo Yueming. At least he thinks about his little brother Xiao Wang, and hadn’t fought for anything since he was young.”

Bo Wang nodded. “Da-ge is much better than that blind man.”

—Bam!

Bo Jiao set down the wine glass with force, and her eyes flicked across the faces of her family members one by one. “Mom, Dad, Bo Wang has been stupid since he was a child, so forget about him, but why are you also so confused!”

Bo Wang’s expression changed. “Who’s stupid?”

Bo Jiao gave him a look and her blood pressure immediately shot up. “Be quiet!”

The three of them were instantly stunned by her loud voice and indiscreet remarks. 

Bo Jiao approached, and the words she said did not beat around the bush, “I’ll ask you, is Grandma still running this house? Dad, between you and Uncle, are you certain that Grandpa is not partial?”

“…….”

Bo Lihong’s expression changed slightly.

Compared to Old Mrs. Bo, who was a career-oriented woman in a new era, Old Mr. Bo, who had married into the family, was the kind of person who was pedantic to his bones.

Even though they were both his sons, the other party was more inclined toward the “eldest son,” Bo Lihui.

It was only that Old Mrs. Bo was the head of the household in the past, and Old Mr. Bo did not dare to openly show his partiality.

But since Old Mrs. Bo fell ill and was hospitalized, the original balance at home had slowly tilted.

Bo Jiao got her answer from his silence, and continued to press, “Let me ask you again, according to the current trend, if this continues for another eight to ten years, who do you think will be in charge of the Bo family?”

“Our second branch now has no place in the group. Do you really think that in the future, the property rights of the Bo family will still belong to us? You know a clear account of the truth. Dad, don’t you understand?”

Bo Lihong remained silent.

Xue Min, who also came from a wealthy family, was a little shaken. “N-no way, your uncle and elder brother seem easy to get along with.”

“Easy to get along with? While they smile, who knows what is going on in their hearts?”

“If father and son really get along well, how long has it been since Second Brother’s car accident? And an arranged marriage? With that foolish young master of the Pei family? What was their plan in all this, have you thought about it?”

Humiliation was one matter.

Wanting to cut off the next generation was the most important calculation.

“To put it briefly, even if you don’t recognize Second Brother’s background, he is his dad’s own flesh and blood, right? And as a result? His grandfather and uncle took charge of his marriage, and the business cooperation with the Pei family was also taken over by the main branch.”

“In ancient times, when the son was sold, the money for the sale was still handed over to the parents. What about the relatives next to them?”

Bo Lihong and his wife exchanged glances, and their expressions became grave.

Yes, ah.

They only knew to ignore Bo Yueming, but in the end, they forgot about the stakes!

“Do you know how much money the main branch could have made if they didn’t mess up the German project?”

Bo Jiao drew an exaggerated number with her fingers, which even shocked Xue Min, who was used to seeing money and wealth. “Jiaojiao, how do you know this?”

Bo Jiao didn’t hide it. “Uncle told me.”

Xue Min’s natal family did business related to construction, and some things could be guessed after a bit of inquiring.

“Because Second Brother was capable and valued when Grandma was at home, he was regarded as a thorn in their side, and when something happened, they tried to uproot it.”

“No matter how unfavored Second Brother is, in the eyes of outsiders, he still represents our second branch!”

“Rather than say I am complaining on behalf of Second Brother, it is better to say that I am fighting for our own interests!”

What big family? Being able to care for a small family was good.

Bo Jiao considered it very clearly, “Dad, I know you don’t like to meddle, but shouldn’t you and Mom consider me and Bo Wang? The others are boiling frogs in warm water, and I think you are the most boiled!”

“If Second Brother is in power, he can be regarded as a “close relative,” after all. As long as we don’t make trouble, he will definitely tolerate us for Grandma’s sake!”

“But if the main house comes into power, they will send me to marry for future benefits!”

Bo Jiao paused, then looked at Bo Wang in the wheelchair. “Aren’t you a tool for marriage as well as our blind Second Brother? So what are you going to do now?”

“…….”

Bo Wang didn’t care much at first, but then he heard the word “marriage,” and his expression became very strange. “Fuck, don’t talk nonsense, what shitty marriage!”

Xue Min had always loved the twins.

The second she thought of such a situation in the future, even if the possibility was low, she found it unbearable. “No, of course not! Marriage is for happiness, how can the main branch make trouble?”

Bo Wang set aside the chill caused by the word “marriage,” and asked, “You’ve said so much, so what are your thoughts?”

Xue Min then asked, “Yes, ah! You were rude at the dinner table today. Once Grandpa gets angry, will he let our second branch meddle in the group’s internal affairs?”

Bo Lihong answered first, “Dad is the most face-saving person. Jiaojiao asked so many questions today, and would have even moved Mother. No matter how biased he is, he will act in a day or two.”

After all, as a husband who had married in, he was most afraid of others saying that he “couldn’t do better than his wife.”

Seeing that her father had finally come to his senses, Bo Jiao nodded in relief. “Dad, you’re right. I did it on purpose today just to bet on Grandpa’s temper.”

“Tomorrow, you and Mom will go to him and talk softly, and Xiao Wang will follow suit, selling his broken leg.”

Anyway, they were all children and grandchildren, it all depended on how the old man treated them! 

Bo Jiao made a firm statement, “We can no longer let the main branch control us wantonly. Our family doesn’t ask for more, but not everything can be surrendered.”

. . . . . .

“Meow-wu~”

Inspector followed Uncle Kai’s anxious pacing and quickly jumped onto the sofa, staying by Bo Yueming’s side. 

Uncle Kai looked at Bo Yueming’s blistered fingers in distress. “Second Young Master, you knew that something was wrong with that servant, so why didn’t you avoid it? This hand, ah, it will be uncomfortable for a while.”

Bo Yueming no longer pretended in front of Uncle Kai. He slightly bent his numb fingers. “It doesn’t hurt. I managed to dodge for the most part, and avoided the wrist.”

Uncle Kai brought out the ointment, angry and disdainful. “Why did the main branch start to use such under the table tricks?”

“Small insidious tricks don’t do too much, but they can’t be avoided. If I hide too thoroughly, I won’t be able to avoid their eyes.” Bo Yueming knew this well, and the coldness in his eyes gradually froze.

It was just a small injury, completely within his controllable range.

Occasionally, “selling misery” in front of people would deepen the authenticity of his “eye disease and inconvenience.”

Uncle Kai understood Bo Yueming’s thoughts, but still couldn’t help feeling distressed. “Second Young Master, how long are we going to hide? Has the private investigation about the car accident had any results?”

“Uncle Kai, what I want is far more than learning the truth about the car accident.” Bo Yueming clenched his injured right hand into a fist until the veins burst out, then slowly released it. “You forget, Grandma’s affairs should also be investigated.”

When Uncle Kai heard this, his face became more solemn.

After all, the car accident lacked evidence, but the mastermind behind the scenes had already been confirmed.

Even if the main branch could gain control of the Bo group, so what?

After all, a person who was never content was like a snake trying to swallow an elephant.

In the face of greater future interests, the Bo Guancheng father and son would never stop being greedy, and would wait for bigger opportunities—

Naturally, Bo Yueming would take the opportunity to wipe them all out, so that they would never be able to stand up again!

“However, what Bo Jiao said at the dinner table today……” Bo Yueming suppressed the hostility that was floating on the surface to the bottom of his heart. “It was indeed beyond my expectations.”

Uncle Kai had heard what happened from Bo Yueming, and said with emotion, “No wonder the Old Madam said that as her only granddaughter, the Third Young Lady was the most like her when she was young.”

“Second Young Master, the Third Young Lady is aiming at you.”

Bo Yueming shook his head and didn’t frown. “She isn’t facing off against me, only seeing the stakes. She doesn’t want the second branch to lose too badly in future struggles.”

Of course, everyone would consider their own benefits.

In dealing with the main branch, the current Bo Jiao could indeed be regarded as his ally.

Uncle Kai was silent, and his thoughts were obviously not as deep as Bo Yueming’s.

Bo Yueming glanced at the fingers that ointment had finished being applied to, and calmly analyzed, “But it is also good that Bo Jiao has the support of the Xue family. If she insists on stirring up this muddy water, with her temperament and style of handing things, I fear it will not be too easy for the main branch.”

Uncle Kai nodded. “Second Young Master sits on the mountain and watches the tigers fight, which can also reduce the trouble.”

“Hopefully.”

Bo Yueming watched Uncle Kai wrap the burnt area with antibacterial gauze, and suddenly realized, “Where is Pei Yi? Why haven’t I seen him since we got home?”

“Little Sir took Inspector to the backyard to play.”

Ai?

Wasn’t this wrong, ah?

When did Inspector come back?

Uncle Kai realized something was wrong, and belatedly looked away—

The dimly-lit courtyard was empty.

Uncle Kai was anxious. “I didn’t see Little Sir go back to the house, ah. Where, where did he go?”

Bo Yueming recalled Pei Yi’s “counterattack” against the servant A-Kai at the dinner table, and suddenly thought of a possibility.

With both helplessness and tension in his eyes, he got up and  instructed, “Uncle Kai, you go out with me.”

Uncle Kai closed the medicine box. “Where are we going?”

Bo Yueming sighed, and said with a hint of pampering that even he didn’t notice, “We’re going out to catch a kitten.”

It didn’t matter if he fought and caused trouble, but it wouldn’t be good if he got injured.

. . . . . . 

Night had completely fallen.

Bo Manor not only covered a large area, but it also had a lot of greenery, and there would occasionally be cicadas singing from the branches in late summer.

A-Kai clutched his scalded arm and looked at the pile of cash handed to him, hesitantly reaching out to take it. “Young Master, what do you mean?”

Bo Guancheng had lost the modest smile he used in front of others, and dismissed him mercilessly, “Take this money, pack up your things, and leave the manor. Forget about what happened today.”

“…….”

A-Kai tightened his grip on the pile of cash in his hand, and suddenly became dissatisfied. “Young Master, this isn’t what you told me before! I did things according to your instructions, so why do you want to drive me away?”

The salary of Bo family servants had always been good, and if you acted as a secret agent, you could get more rewards!

It was originally said that as long as he “accidentally” poured hot tea on Bo Yueming’s hand, then Bo Guancheng would help him change his position, but now it turned out—

Not to mention hurting his arm first, he had now lost his job?

Just a few thousand yuan and he wanted to get rid of him completely? It was better to just linger in the manor and wait to die than to get paid!

No way!

Absolutely not!

Bo Guancheng saw A-Kai’s dissatisfaction and greed, and narrowed his eyes. “Then how much do you want? Even if you ran out and told, without evidence, who would believe it? Don’t forget that this family’s surname is Bo.”

This money was even in cash.

A-Kai inwardly cursed this insidious power, and boldly negotiated, “Young Master, you can let me go if you want, but you will leave the medical expenses and hush money to me, right? Another job also has to be arranged for me!”

“How much do you want?”

“Fifty thousand.” A-Kai hesitated for a second and then said resolutely, “One hundred thousand! I want one hundred thousand!”

“……..”

Bo Guancheng took off his glasses, revealing eyes that looked cruel when he wasn’t smiling. “Either you take the money and leave first, and I will have someone bring you another ten thousand in cash and another job in two days.”

“Or if you don’t even want the money now, I promise that you won’t be allowed to leave Pei Manor.”

A-Kai was intimidated by the aura he exuded. “How can you guarantee it? What if you deceive me?”

“Do you have a choice?” Bo Guancheng scoffed coldly. “Get out of here now!”

“…….”

A-Kai’s expression changed again and again.

Knowing that he was alone and weak, he only dared to curse in his heart, and turned around and fled as if he had oiled the soles of his feet.

Bo Guancheng stared at the figure disappearing into the darkness. His eyes became vicious, and he picked up his cell phone and dialed a series of numbers.

Soon, a hoarse question rang out from the other end of the line, “Yo, Young Master Bo, ah, you haven’t called me for a while since the car accident job, have you?”

“Help me take care of a person named A-Kai.” 

The person on the other end thought for two seconds and then laughed. “All right, I won’t charge a fee. Just treat it as a complementary service for the money last time.”

Bo Guancheng didn’t buy his routine, and warned, “As for the car accident, you had better let that rot in your stomach. If you are found out, there will not be good results.”

After speaking, he hung up the phone mercilessly.

Bo Guancheng collected his thoughts and slowly walked out of the forest of fruit trees.

He was well aware of the truth that “the walls have ears,” and even if the possibility of being discovered was small, he had to be extremely careful. That was why he made an appointment to meet A-Kai here.

Because there was a long distance between the main house and the single-family villas, few servants usually passed through this area, and the street lights that were originally set up along the trail tended to be dim.

Bo Guancheng walked a few steps, and suddenly heard light but fast footsteps behind him.

—Bam!

Before Bo Guancheng could turn around to check the situation, he was hit hard on the back of the neck, then kicked hard at the waist!

“Ah!”

Bo Guancheng lost his balance and fell to the ground, and his glasses flew far away.

The pain in his neck caused his blood to surge up, and he only felt that his eyes were full of stars, blurring his vision. But this was not the end—

Suddenly, a foul-smelling black plastic bag was placed over his head, completely blocking the single dim light in front of him.

Pei Yi, who had been waiting for a long time, stood behind Bo Guancheng at this moment—

Taking advantage of the time when Uncle Kai was applying medicine for Bo Yueming, he had sneaked out through the backyard fence.

Pei Yi had already memorized the location of the main branch family’s villa, and had originally thought that after he caught Bo Guancheng, he would “play the fool and act crazy” and beat him up, so as to recover today’s grievance for Bo Yueming.

Unexpectedly, he saw the other party going out in the dark from afar.

Bo Guancheng was very familiar with the manor’s monitoring system, so he deliberately avoided it when scurrying out.

Pei Yi saw his movements and guessed that he was up to no good, so he followed him cautiously from a long distance. Fortunately, he was small and could easily hide.

Pei Yi was patient by nature, and lurked here for a long time.

After he spotted the cursing A-Kai leave, he expected that Bo Guancheng would also come out. As for the plastic garbage bag and thin wooden stick, they were picked up at random.

“Who, who is it?”

Bo Guancheng gritted his teeth.

Pei Yi didn’t speak, but quickly tied the two sides of the plastic bag with knots.

He picked up his casually-obtained thin wooden stick, and cold mockery practically spilled from his eyes—

Didn’t you bully Bo Yueming for not being able to see? You want to play those kinds of dirty tricks?

Since two or three rounds of verbal ridicule was not enough to make this dog restrain himself, let’s give him a good beating!

Bo Guancheng, who was stuffed in the garbage bag, almost passed out from the stench. He experienced a rare moment of confusion, and subconsciously decided that it was the servant’s fault.

“A-Kai! You…..ah!”

Pei Yi clenched the wooden stick and beat Bo Guancheng, who was trying to stand up, quickly and ruthlessly targeting the joints of his knees, hands, and feet.

Bo Guancheng, who was like a blind man, couldn’t react at all in this short time.

His hands and feet were so numb and weak that he could only fall back to the ground in disgrace, screaming in agony.

The gentleman who pretended to be gentle and noble?

That person was long gone!

. . . . . .

Pei Yi worked hard and kept quiet throughout the whole process, and quit while he was ahead.

He quickly ran back and threw the wooden stick he had picked up into the nearby artificial watercourse.

Following the route in his memory, Pei Yi cautiously avoided the manor surveillance, and the villa courtyard soon came into view. Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he heard a joyful cry—

“Little Sir! Second Young Master, Little Sir is here!”

Pei Yi slammed on the brakes and turned around slowly.

At the corner about seven or eight meters away from him, Uncle Kai was supporting the vision-impaired Bo Yueming. It took the latter two seconds to determine his direction, and he only said, “Pei Yi, come here.”

“…….”

Pei Yi unconsciously shrunk his neck, feeling guilty about being caught sneaking out to do bad things. But on second thought—

Not only did he quickly clean up Bo Guancheng, he also didn’t reveal his identity throughout the whole process.

En! He was skillful as hell!

Confident and courageous, ready for action!

Pei Yi ran back quickly with an obedient smile. “Er-ge.”

Under the cover of night, Bo Yueming glanced at Pei Yi’s condition with a slightly lowered gaze. After confirming that the other party didn’t have any injuries, a heavy weight lifted from his heart. 

He had originally believed that Pei Yi wanted to use his “crazy” energy to make a fuss with Bo Guancheng, but unexpectedly, when he went to the outskirts of the villa where the other party lived, there was no movement inside.

His guess was wrong, and Pei Yi had disappeared again. Bo Yueming became nervous at once, but fortunately, before they had been looking for long, the other party appeared before them.

Bo Yueming naturally wouldn’t say as much, and asked straight to the point, “Where did you go?”

“Play.”

Pei Yi hummed and lowered his eyes, only to realize that his hands were covered with a lot of dust and dirt. He spread his palms out uncomfortably, belatedly disgusted.

Bo Yueming noticed his small movements and expression, and quickly looked away while holding back a smile.

Look, ba.

I caught a little dirty cat that went wild who knows where, and now he’s disgusted with himself.

“All right, let’s go home.”

Pei Yi nodded again and again, and habitually wanted to grab the corner of Bo Yueming’s clothes in a well-behaved manner, but he suddenly thought of his dirty hands and shrank back. “……Oh.”

Bo Yueming suppressed the minor regret of not having his clothes being pulled, and then heard Pei Yi say in concern, “Er-ge, it hurts?”

Bo Yueming had always been able to endure pain, but he just said, “It hurts.”

Pei Yi stared at Bo Yueming’s bandaged hand, and suddenly regretted not stomping on Bo Guancheng’s hand just now.

Uncle Kai smiled and said nothing about it. “Second Young Master, Little Sir, how about we talk more when we get back?”

Bo Yueming nodded, asking as they walked, “Are you hungry? The kitchen can prepare you something to eat.”

The kitten didn’t eat much at noon because he was drunk, and the family dinner tonight came to an end not long ago. Then he ran out to act wildly, so he guessed he must be hungry.

Pei Yi hastily nodded. “Hungry!”

Eat more tonight!

And also, there was still the remaining third of Lafite that had not been drunk!

Tonight, he had done great things and made great achievements behind Bo Yueming’s back. Why not have some wine to celebrate?