Chapter 580 Ever So Domineeringly
With Feng Wan in a rage then, no one dared to stop her. “How about this, Grandma? It’s cold outside, so don’t go out. I’ll have Qiao Zhan drive them over. What do you think about that?” Nan Chen ventured.
“But Erbao is still sick. Will it be too much for her? It’s better for me to go to the hospital instead,” Feng Wan maintained. “It’s okay. She has almost recovered fully and can be discharged already. It’s just that Ning Ran and I wanted her to stay a few more days in the hospital for observation,” Nan Chen coaxed.
“Just listen to Chen, Grandma. You don’t have to go to so much trouble, then,” Nan Xing echoed. “Erbao is really fine?”
“Yes. I’ll have Qiao Zhan drive them over right away,” Nan Chen asserted. After making a phone call, Nan Chen returned to the dining table and geared up to eat.
Alas, Feng Wan forbade them from eating. “My precious great-grandchildren are coming over, so no one is allowed to eat! All of you are to wait for them to eat together!”
And so, the three men of the Nan family could only sit there idly, looking at each other.
“Then, can I eat some fruits first, Grandma?” Nan Xing inquired timidly.
“No! My great-granddaughter is still suffering, but the lot of you want to start eating without her! Wait for her to come before we all eat together!” Feng Wan snapped.
At that, Nan Xing heaved a sigh.
Oh well, how the tables have turned! Once upon a time, I was also the apple of her eye, and she pampered me in everything. Ever since the two brats were born, her treatment of me has gone down the hill. Judging from the situation now, it won’t be long before I fall completely out of favor with her!
“Grandma, I’m your grandson. You’ll be distressed if I starve,” he remarked.
“Would you die if you skip a meal? I haven’t even settled the score with you both. Why didn’t you two avenge my great-granddaughter when someone picked on her? The members of the Ouyang family were right here earlier, so why didn’t you beat them up?” Feng Wan lambasted.
Utter shock inundated Nan Xing. “You want us to beat them up, Grandma? It doesn’t sound like something you would say.”
“Why can’t you beat them up when they hurt my precious great-granddaughter? It’s no big deal! If there are any repercussions, I’ll shoulder them all!” Feng Wan declared ever so domineeringly.
“How are you going to shoulder the repercussions? Allow the police to arrest you?” Nan Zhengde could no longer keep his silence.
“If that’s what it takes! Nothing matters as long as I get to avenge my precious great-granddaughter!”
“Stop spouting nonsense. What’s all this about vengeance? Why are you getting all emotional when Erbao is perfectly fine?”
“You men of the Nan family are really useless! You allow others to pick on you as they please, and now, you’re even forbidding women from speaking?” Feng Wan snarled.
The three men exchanged glances, none of them daring to respond to that.
Inwardly, however, they were all aggrieved and refuted that statement.
“Can you look at the bigger picture? Do you think the battle between the Nan and Ouyang families can be resolved by a brawl?”
Since his two grandsons didn’t dare say anything, Nan Zhengde had to speak up. Otherwise, all of them would have to endure the humiliation.
“What should we do, then? We can’t just let it slide!”
“We’ll discuss this matter and come up with a solution. You should just keep out of it,” Nan Zhengde stated with a frown.
“In that case, go ahead and discuss it right now. I want to hear the entire process,” Feng Wan insisted.
Thus, the atmosphere turned tense once more.
“We still need evidence. To that end, we must first locate those few culprits,” Nan Chen explained.
“Have you located them, then?” Feng Wan asked.
“It’s not that easy to do so. Do you think Ouyang Duo is a fool?” Nan Zhengde countered.
“Indeed, we haven’t located them yet, Grandma. Ouyang Duo made ample preparations, so it’ll take some time. Seeing that he’s constantly sowing seeds of discord, his motive is definitely not as simple as hurting us. He likely has a greater plan. As such, from an overall perspective, it’s more important to discern his plan than to locate the culprits. In other words, both are vital,” Nan Chen expounded patiently.
Feng Wan had been by Nan Zhengde’s side for many years and experienced much, so she was naturally sensible.
Earlier, she was only emotional because of her towering rage upon learning that Erbao was hurt. That was why she was a tad irrational.
After she had calmed down, however, she understood Nan Chen’s meaning.
“So, what do you all think he’s trying to do?” she queried.
“Poisoning Erbao and framing Nan Xing makes it evident that he wants to create internal strife,” Nan Chen reckoned.
Nan Zhengde nodded in agreement with his point of view.
“Then?”
“It makes no sense for him to hurt someone for no reason, so Chen suspects that he has a bigger ploy. He probably wants to ruin the Nan family and annex the Nan family’s companies,” Nan Zhengde concluded.
“But does he have that ability? Sunshine Corporation is only about the same scale as Nanshi Corporation and even pales in comparison. How could he possibly achieve that?”
As soon as Feng Wan calmed down, her shrewdness came to light.
“True. Hence, there’s probably someone else helping him.” Nan Zhengde nodded in affirmation.
“There’s someone else helping him? Who’d be willing to help him sabotage the Nan family? Is the Nan family that weak that it’ll topple with a single blow?” Feng Wan questioned.
“What do you think, Chen?” Nan Zhengde shifted his gaze to Nan Chen.
“He’s concealing himself very well and hasn’t exposed anything yet thus far. Someone is using a huge sum of money abroad to short sell Nanshi Corporation but hasn’t benefitted from it. It’s true that I haven’t uncovered the person who’s joining hands with him, but you don’t have to worry, Grandpa, Grandma. I’ll get to the bottom of this matter,” Nan Chen promised.
“It’s useless even if he has someone helping him. He needs an opportunity,” Nan Zhengde added.
“What kind of opportunity?” Nan Xing queried.
I never thought of all these things they’ve considered. Oh well, this is the gap between us!
“An opportunity when the Nan family faces a crisis. Then, he’ll make a move alongside his co-conspirator and attack Nanshi Corporation. Thus, his ultimate goal right now is to cause the Nan family to plunge into a crisis,” Nan Zhengde replied.
Nan Chen nodded, for he shared the same sentiments.
“Therefore, this matter is not a trivial issue. What did we ever do to offend him that he’s sabotaging the Nan family in such a manner?” Feng Wan spat.
“The Ouyang and Nan families are long-time friends, with both owning the most prosperous companies in the past ten years. If the Nan family were to collapse, then only the Ouyang family would remain as the top dog, no longer having to share that prestige with us. Secondly, they’ll dominate the entire market in the province. Perhaps that’s Ouyang Duo’s goal. He has always been an ambitious person,” Nan Zhengde surmised.
“Since you’ve long since known about it, Grandpa, why didn’t you make the first move?” Nan Xing questioned.
Nan Zhengde said nothing but looked at Nan Chen, hoping that the latter would answer on his behalf.
“Nanshi Corporation should allow more competitors to exist. Only when there’s competition can the company improve. After all, life thrives in calamity while death comes from ease and pleasure. This province’s market is large enough to accommodate many companies at the same time, so there isn’t a need to eliminate one’s business rivals.”
Nan Chen’s explanation was right on point, and that was also the essence of Nanshi Corporation’s corporate culture.
Nan Zhengde nodded fervently, very much satisfied by his grandson’s answer. As expected of the successor I nurtured painstakingly!
“So, it’s a principle of not attacking someone as long as the person doesn’t attack you. But if someone does attack you, you’ll then retaliate. Am I right?”
“Yes! However, we can’t just retaliate passively. If we’ve already sensed that someone is going to sabotage us, we also have to take the initiative to eliminate the possible crisis.”
