His wife's pregnancy bump disappeared, and Mr. Huo was going crazy missing her.

The old man frowned and slammed his hand on the table: "What nonsense are you spouting? Isn't Niannian a descendant of the Huo family?"

Lin Shuhua said, her voice trembling, "Daughters can't inherit the Huo family's business. Yanli and I gave you your great-grandson, but you didn't give him anything. Grandpa, you shouldn't be biased."

After saying that, she glared at her husband, Huo Yanli, and said, "Why don't you say something? Haven't we been bullied enough..."

Halfway through the conversation, Huo Yanbei, tall and long-legged, walked in through the main entrance of the hall.

He walked to the dining table with a blank expression, without greeting anyone.

He walked past his father, Huo Qiwen, and went straight to sit down next to the old man.

He lowered his head, fiddling with the bracelet on his wrist, his voice indifferent, "It seems my sister-in-law has a lot of opinions about me?"

"..."

When Lin Shuhua saw Huo Yanbei, she was stunned by the powerful aura emanating from his brows.

The fire that had been started was extinguished silently.

The scene was somewhat awkward.

Huo Yanli smiled and looked at Huo Yanbei: "Cousin, your cousin-in-law is just concerned about you and Song Man. You two have been together for so many years and still haven't had a son. Shouldn't you think of something?"

The two are cousins.

According to Huo Yanli's logic, as the eldest grandson of the first wife, he should be the most legitimate candidate to inherit the Huo Group, given his seniority and experience in the company.

In the end, however, his cousin snatched the position of heir...

The eldest son was very unhappy.

He kept holding back his energy, seizing every opportunity to find fault with Huo Yanbei.

Old Master Huo still holds onto the Huo Group's most valuable shares.

In the Huo family, he was like an emperor emeritus.

He is someone who absolutely has a voice.

Therefore, they would bring up every little thing, big or small, to the old man, trying to make Huo Yanbei suffer.

Unfortunately, Huo Yanbei is a ruthless and arrogant man who doesn't respect anyone.

Even with Old Master Huo in charge tonight, he will not show any mercy.

"Your cousin is in such a hurry to bring up having children because he thinks he's so capable. If that's the case, then you won't need to worry about the branch office anymore."

Huo Yanli's smile froze: "Yanbei, do you mean... you want to kick me out of the company?"

Huo Yanli is the hope of the first branch of the family.

Since failing to become the successor, he has been squeezed out of the group by Huo Yanbei. If it weren't for the old man getting him a position as the general manager of a branch company, he probably wouldn't even have a seat at this table today.

The first wife had been holding back her anger for a long time.

Now that Huo Yanbei is going to remove him from his position at the branch office, how can he not be furious?

"Do we really have to make it public how many accounts my cousin misappropriated at the branch office?"

Huo Yanbei replied coldly.

Huo Yanli's face turned pale.

Unexpectedly, Huo Yanbei knew everything about the branch office.

However, he certainly won't admit it.

"Yan Bei, don't try to pin this on me. Let me tell you, even if you kick me out of the branch office, don't forget that I also hold shares in the Huo Group."

Huo Yanbei sneered: "The reason you can still hold onto your shares is because the old man said that they are all members of the Huo family and cannot be wiped out."

At this point, his eyes turned icy as he glared at his uncle, Huo Qiguo: "Compared to when you kicked me out of the Huo family, I'm being very merciful now, aren't I?"

"..."

Huo Qiguo's face turned ashen.

He knew that his nephew held a grudge.

The little wolf cub of yesteryear has grown into a wild wolf.

They will retaliate sooner or later.

If only I had known...

Old Master Huo's daughter, Huo Qiyun, suddenly interjected: "Back then, Yan Bei was wandering outside. If it weren't for Huo Wu taking care of him, who knows what would have become of him? Eldest brother, your eldest branch owes Yan Bei. Whatever he does now is not excessive."

Huo Qiguo glared at her: "What right do you have to make sarcastic remarks? Back then, after your husband died, you stayed with your parents' family, wasn't it all so you could let your son climb to the position of heir?"

"You were happier than anyone else when Yan Bei went blind!"

"Back then, when Yan Bei got into trouble at school, you made that girl Huo Wu kneel outside the door all night. Now you're pretending to be a good person and trying to curry favor with Yan Bei?"

Hearing these words, Huo Yanbei's clenched fists cracked.

In an instant, the atmosphere plummeted to freezing point.

Old Master Huo stamped his cane: "What's all the noise? I'm not dead yet!"

Everyone fell silent.

Huo Yanbei suddenly stood up and raised his long, slender hand sharply.

A loud bang.

The table was overturned.

Food and wine were spilled all over the floor.

Everyone was shocked!

The Huo family knows that Huo Yanbei is ruthless.

However, this was the first time I had ever lost my temper in front of the old man.

Grandpa Huo swung his cane at his grandson: "Get out here and kneel in the ancestral hall!"

Huo Yanbei took a blow from the stick, but didn't even flinch. He slightly parted his thin lips and said, "Grandpa, if you still want to carry out family discipline, please hurry up. I don't want to stay here for another quarter of an hour."

"You wretched child! Kneel all night! You are not to get up without my permission!"

Old Master Huo was so angry that he suffered a heart attack.

Huo Yanbei, however, had already strode out of the main room.

We went to the ancestral hall.

This family dinner is ruined.

The whole family was so frightened that they all left the table.

Only Huo Yanbei's father, Huo Qiwen, remained.

He helped Old Master Huo into the inner room to sit down, saying, "Please don't blame him."

Old Master Huo sighed: "He was punished because he's becoming increasingly outrageous, and we need to temper his temper."

Huo Qiwen breathed a sigh of relief.

……

ancestral hall.

Huo Yanbei knelt on the bluestone-paved ground.

Her long, slender legs stretched the pants very tight.

His straight and broad back resembled a fully drawn bow, and through his shirt, the firm muscle lines were faintly visible.

He placed his hands on his lap, raised his gloomy face, and looked as cold as a stone sculpture.

Hearing faint footsteps behind her, her back trembled slightly, and she called out in a daze, "A-Wu..."

In the past, in the Huo family, whenever he was punished by kneeling in the ancestral hall or subjected to family discipline, only A-Wu would accompany him.

When she sees the whip marks all over his back, she cries like a little kitten.

The Huo family is cold-hearted.

But he selfishly dragged her into this hellish place that devours people without spitting out their bones.

He knew she was unhappy in the Huo family.

Yet he still kept her by his side.

He was used to her being with him.

He couldn't sleep soundly without Awu around.

Huo Yanbei turned his head and frowned when he saw who it was.

Huo Qiwen sighed, "So many years have passed, you should let go of that girl..."

The man's thin lips curled into a mocking smile. "Father, I ultimately failed to inherit your greatness of prioritizing love. Unlike you, who abandoned my mother and me when you were young and carefree, and remarried and had children with the woman you kept outside the marriage."

"I have failed your deceased mother, and I owe you a debt as well."

Huo Qiwen sighed heavily again: "Yan Bei, if you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight. You understood this six years ago. Even if Huo Wu were still here, there would be no future between you. You made your choice six years ago, didn't you?"