If it were him in this situation, he would never have hesitated like Jin Chengjie.
That's my own father! What's there to hesitate about!
Jiang Xiaoman will choose to rush back that very night to have a face-to-face talk with his father, to find out what taboo his mother had violated, whether it was a matter of principle, and whether there is any possibility of reconciliation. If so, what should Yan Susu do to make the old man forgive her?
Sometimes, small misunderstandings between couples or lovers arise because both sides keep things to themselves, neither taking the initiative to speak up, and they guess each other's thoughts. In the end, even family members turn into enemies.
For a concrete example, one can refer to the struggle for succession among the nine princes during the Kangxi era.
Moreover, if you put yourself in Jin Yonghua's shoes, his son sided with his wife without even asking what happened between them. It was like stabbing him in the heart!
My own son doesn't even believe me!
This is even more unacceptable to a successful man than his wife betraying him.
However, Jiang Xiaoman did not explain these principles to Jin Chengjie.
Because he knew in his heart that the relationship between President Jin and Jin Chengjie was completely different from that between him and Jiang Youliang.
If Jiang Youliang dares to misunderstand him, Jiang Xiaoman could grab his father by the collar and stay up all night until the father and son have a serious talk.
Another meaning of "father and son should not hold grudges overnight" is that misunderstandings must be addressed immediately, conflicts should not be left unresolved overnight, and guessing games should not damage the relationship between father and son.
But he was certain that Jin Chengjie would never dare to do such a thing!
so--
“I’ll go back with you. We can deal with Hera’s copyright infringement and plagiarism issue.”
"By the way, may I borrow your Golden Goose's personal lawyer?"
Jin Chengjie: "..."
He wondered why Jiang Xiaoman was suddenly being so kind, even wanting to accompany him back to find his father. Turns out, she was waiting for him here!
Their group's in-house legal team is very expensive, okay?
Jiang Xiaoman, you're such a greedy creature that only takes in and never gives out!
Chapter 279
After sending the lawyer's letter, Jiang Xiaoman stopped caring. Anyway, the patent and copyright were in his hands. If you're so capable, dig up your ancestors from the ground and ask them whether the clothing styles and embroidery patterns of South Korea were their own original creations or "casually" brought back from the prosperous Han and Tang dynasties.
The most important thing right now is to "pacify the internal situation before resisting external aggression"!
Jiang Xiaoman didn't care who would become Mrs. Jin. What he wanted to ensure was that while he was suing that despicable thief designer, things wouldn't get out of hand at President Jin's house. The two of them had to stand together against outsiders. They couldn't let South Korea steal the treasure left by their ancestors!
Jin Yonghua never expected that his son, who always listened to Yan Susu the most and was as timid as a mouse, would actually dare to come back and "seek justice" for his mother.
Oh, no, to be precise, he acted as a "mediator" for the couple.
Seeing his son's old-fashioned advice that "it's best for husband and wife to speak their minds directly" and "don't hurt decades of affection," Jin Yonghua was both amused and exasperated. He couldn't help but look up and give his son a smack on the back of the head!
"What kind of weird accent is that?"
"I sent you to Langshan to work on cultural and creative projects, not to gossip about the village aunties and grandmas!"
Although he was beaten, Jin Chengjie secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Xiaoman is right. How can a father and son hold a grudge overnight? If you can't even tell your own father what's on your mind, can you still call him a father and son?
Jin Chengjie never dared to act spoiled in front of Jin Yonghua since he was a child. Yan Susu tried her best to brainwash him, telling him to respect his father and listen to his father, but she forgot to tell him that his father was not only the father of all the children in the Jin family, but also his father...
Thinking of this, Jin Chengjie decisively abandoned his principles, rushed up, and hugged his father tightly. Upon hugging him, Jin Chengjie suddenly realized that his father seemed to have really aged.
Jin Yonghua was a man who took great care of himself and always maintained a fitness routine. Even in his forties and fifties, his muscles were still very strong. But now, as Jin Chengjie held his father, what he could feel under his palms were slightly bony bones.
"Dad, I'm sorry. It's all my fault all these years. I haven't made you proud."
Jin Chengjie's voice choked with emotion.
Jin Yonghua froze, tilted his head back slightly, and his eyes were red. After a long while, he managed to suppress the sob in his throat, raised his head, and patted his son's strong back hard.
It was only after this pat that the old man suddenly realized that his son had actually developed muscles!
When men reach a certain age, they often have complex feelings towards their children. They want to continue to control them as before, but they also can't help but want to rely on them...
The brat who used to make his father wipe his butt all the time seems to have grown up overnight.
They've actually started meddling in my love life!
Despite his complaints, a satisfied smile involuntarily appeared on the old man's face.
A man's true sign of maturity is when his son takes the initiative to come to him and demonstrates an attitude of accepting problems and trying to solve them.
It seems that keeping my son away from that woman Yan Susu was the right thing to do.
She's ruined such a good child!
However, for his son's sake, Jin Yonghua is now willing to give Yan Susu some face.
The father and son sat down, and Jin Yonghua explained Yuan Yuan's situation.
"Your Aunt Yuan has late-stage breast cancer and doesn't have much time left."
Yuan Yuan's decision to move into the Jin family home at the end of her life was not due to any deep affection or lingering feelings for Jin Yonghua. In fact, the two had never had any romantic feelings for each other at all. Jin Yonghua's relentless pursuit of Yuan Yuan was, in fact, a trap secretly set by the two for their rival.
Therefore, Yan Susu chose the wrong competitor from the very beginning.
Yuan Yuan was not her love rival, but rather her husband's most trusted business partner.
After her mother passed away, Yuan Yuan's biological father almost immediately married his second wife. Ironically, the older sister brought by this stepmother looked exactly like her father's daughter and was even half a year older than her... When Yuan Yuan saw her stepsister, what else could she not understand?
She hasn’t gotten married all these years, not because she doesn’t want to have her own family, but because she doesn’t trust any of the blind dates her family has arranged for her!
The reason is simple: before Yuan Yuan's mother passed away, she left all the large dowry she brought with her when she married into the Yuan family to her only daughter.
Yuan Yuan's father and stepmother watched helplessly as such a large sum of money was made, yet they couldn't benefit from it at all; their eyes were practically red with envy.
However, they underestimated the intelligence that Yuan Yuan inherited from her mother.
Forced into marriage by her family, Yuan Yuan simply dragged Jin Yonghua into it to shield her from the pressure.
Of course, it wasn't free. When Jin Yonghua was young, he loved pretty but naive women and was wary of women like Yuan Yuan who were cunning and scheming. By agreeing to act in this play with her, Jin Yonghua secretly received a large investment from Yuan Yuan.
"Your Aunt Yuan had two IVF treatments abroad a few years ago. Those two children are still young. She was worried that the children wouldn't be able to protect what she left behind, so she made a deal with your father. Well, don't worry about the specifics. Anyway, whether our cooperation with Hera Group continues or not, it won't affect the company's future development."
"I'm having your mother stay at a sanatorium temporarily. Firstly, I'm afraid she'll ruin this collaboration between me and your Aunt Yuan. Secondly, your mother's ambitions are really getting out of hand. I'm not even dead yet, and she's already thinking of becoming Empress Dowager Cixi. Humph!!"
Jin Chengjie broke out in a cold sweat when he heard his father complaining about his mother.
Sometimes he didn't quite understand his mother's strange thought process.
While telling her son to stay calm, she couldn't help but jump around wildly, as if afraid her father wouldn't notice her. Isn't that a contradiction?
Empress Dowager Cixi understood that as long as Emperor Xianfeng was still alive, she had to keep a low profile in the harem. Why did her mother suddenly act so stupidly?
Now that's settled, his father is determined to take this opportunity to teach his mother a lesson so she can understand her place. What can Jin Chengjie say?
Yan Susu probably never expected that her son would side with his father in this matter.
After all, the Jin family's empire was built by Jin Yonghua. If it were Jin Chengjie himself, before he was even in the coffin, his wife would already be taking possession of the empire he had worked so hard to build. Who wouldn't feel disgusted in that situation?
So his brother Jiang Xiaoman was right: one should never stop learning. If his mother had used the money she would have spent on the bag to buy a couple more history books, she would have known that this was not the right thing to do.
History provides perfect examples of what not to do.
Why did Emperor Wu of Han order the death of Liu Fuling's mother, Lady Gouyi, when he made Liu Fuling the crown prince? Wasn't it because he feared that "the son is young and the mother is strong," and that the empire he had worked so hard to build would eventually fall into the hands of someone outside the Han family?
From the perspective of an heir, Kim Sung-jeong can understand the decision his father made.
But she was, after all, his own mother. Yan Susu doted on Jin Chengjie, her "only son," and wished she could give him all the good things in the world. It has to be said that this heavy maternal love once made Jin Chengjie feel suffocated. But now, upon learning that his mother had been "put into the cold palace" by his father, he was the first to stand up and try to save her.
"Alright, I know what you're worried about. Don't worry, I can't let you live without a mother. I won't divorce your mother, of course, provided she doesn't gossip outside." As Jin Yonghua spoke, a hint of anger appeared on his face.
"My mom is talking nonsense outside? What did she say?" Jin Chengjie asked in surprise.
Jin Yonghua's face was extremely grim: "Someone overheard your mother telling people at the club that our Chinese nation's rustic embroidery isn't worth much anyway, so what's wrong with giving it to Hera to use? As long as we can make some money..."
Upon hearing this, Jin Chengjie's face instantly darkened.
As a long-established national clothing brand, Jin Yan has always been a staunch supporter of traditional Chinese culture. In the parlance of fan circles, Jin Yan's persona is that of a patriot.
But now, as the wife of the chairman of Jinyan, Yan Susu not only failed to condemn the egregious act of foreign designers wantonly plagiarizing and infringing on the intellectual property rights of my country's traditional intangible cultural heritage, but instead supported their plagiarism?
Fortunately, Jin Yonghua had extensive connections. Upon receiving the news, he immediately sent people to handle the aftermath. He also personally visited the families who had chatted with Yan Susu that night, asking them not to spread Yan Susu's idiotic remarks out of respect for him.
To be honest, with such a spendthrift wife, it's no wonder his father was so angry that he sent her to a sanatorium.
If this gets out and his mother keeps talking about it everywhere, and it becomes a trending topic, the national brand that Jin Yan has worked so hard to maintain for half a century will probably be smashed to pieces overnight.
Thinking about it this way, Jin Chengjie also began to hesitate.
To be honest, he knew that what his mother cared about most in her life wasn't him, her son, but the endless wealth and luxury the Jin family enjoyed. If the Jin family were to fall, Yan Susu would truly be worse off than dead.
Under his father's scrutinizing gaze, Jin Chengjie gave a wry smile and made a compromise.
“Dad, you know Mom’s personality. She always hopes that our Jin family will get better and better. It’s just that Mom didn’t study much and her vision isn’t as far-reaching as yours. She can only see things in front of her. If you’re unhappy, you can dislike her, but as her son, I can’t just ignore her.”
"As Brother Xiaoman said, this matter has blown up so much that even official media outlets have gotten involved. We definitely can't just let it go like this. Either Hera's designer has to come forward and apologize, and compensate for the infringement losses, or Jin Yan has to give up our cooperation with them. In any case, we must protect our brand's core values."
“I know the bigger picture is more important. How about this? I promise you, let my mother stay at the nursing home for a while, and I'll go and keep her company for a couple of days and try to talk her out of it.”
"Mom was just confused for a moment and said the wrong thing. If she knew that what she said almost caused our Jin family to go bankrupt, she would definitely regret it terribly!"
"If Mom knew that you sent her to the nursing home not because you didn't want her, but to let her lay low for a while, she would be so touched... If you ask me, once things have calmed down, you should have someone pick her up. Mom will definitely listen to you in everything from now on."
These words warmed Jin Yonghua's heart like a hot spring.
Unexpectedly, his silly youngest son, after only being sent to Langshan for a year of training, has shown signs of a complete transformation!
If he had known this would happen, he would have preferred to send his son to the Jiang family and let Jin Chengjie grow up with Jiang Xiaoman. Perhaps he would be able to take over the Jin family business by now.
Yan Susu, this woman, is admittedly a bit foolish, but her two sons are both outstanding. Jin Yonghua is willing to give his wife another chance for the sake of his sons.
He personally took Jin Chengjie to the sanatorium, and the family closed the door and, just as Jiang Xiaoman had said, had a complete talk.
Upon hearing her husband and son say that Jin Yan almost went bankrupt because of her unintentional complaints, Yan Susu was so frightened that she collapsed onto the sofa, her hands and feet numb for a long time.
Jin Chengjie was right. In Yan Susu's heart, the Jin family's business ranked first, her son ranked second, and she herself ranked third. As for Jin Yonghua, he was a decrepit old man. Where was there any love in him?
To put it bluntly, Yan Susu is a young woman who married a man older than her father. If she wasn't after his money, why would she want him because of his wrinkled face?
However, when Yan Susu heard Jin Yonghua say that Yuan Yuan was just a cover, that he had never thought of divorcing her, and that he only sent her here to let her lay low for a while, and that once the storm had passed and the Yuan family's affairs were resolved, her family would come to pick her up immediately, she couldn't help but shed tears of emotion.