Chapter 563 - 561: The Elder Who Didn’t Want to Be a Traitor

Chapter 563: Chapter 561: The Elder Who Didn’t Want to Be a Traitor

Ye Ling made the call, his voice a little low. "Big Bro, it’s me."

He hadn’t wanted to bother his older brother, but he couldn’t solve the problem himself. That man was like a stubborn leech, constantly showing up in front of him.

His mother was busy with work, and Ye Ling didn’t want the man who had hurt her in the past to appear before her again.

Ye Feng frowned slightly. "You’re a young man, but you sound so listless. Where’s the vigor of a university student? What’s wrong?"

Just this year, Ye Ling had gotten into Renmin University and become a freshman.

Ye Ling gave a bitter smile. "Wu Xingjia showed up again. This time, he even said his days are numbered and that he wants me to inherit the family fortune."

"Do you want it?" Ye Feng raised an eyebrow.

Ye Ling shook his head. "Of course I don’t want it. But now he’s donating a new academic building to the university, and then books to the library, finding all sorts of excuses to talk to me. He says his days are numbered, but he looks perfectly fine to me. He doesn’t look like a man on his deathbed."

Ye Feng chuckled. "Does Aunt Wang know? Does our dad know?"

Ye Ling shook his head. "My mom doesn’t know. The mere mention of the Wu family is enough to make her curse for at least half an hour. As for our dad, you know how he is, traveling everywhere for inspections. With the current reforms of state-owned enterprises, technology importation, and other issues, he’s under a lot of pressure. I don’t want to bother him with such trivial matters."

Ye Feng thought for a moment, then said reassuringly, "Don’t worry about it for now. I’ll have someone look into it. As long as you’re on campus, you should be fine."

Ye Ling nodded. "Lately, I’ve been staying at school unless I’m going home. There’s just too much to study. Who has the time for this mess?"

"The Wu family might be rich, but they were traitors in the past! Even if it’s not held against them now, what’s done is done. I want to go into politics someday. With family like that, I probably wouldn’t even pass the political background check."

’Who the hell would want a great-grandfather and grandfather who were traitors!’

Ye Feng laughed. "Hahaha, it’s good that you understand that. In any case, just deny everything. That’s the right move."

After hanging up, Ye Feng called his grandfather.

Mr. Xu was taken aback. "Wu Xingjia went to Beijing again? But the Wu family has clearly been making a lot of investments in Shencheng recently! Logically, he should be here making money. The current policies welcome it."

"He’s bending over backwards to get into Beijing. Is he deliberately trying to remind people to investigate his family’s past three generations? It’s utterly senseless!"

Ye Feng shook his head and chuckled humorlessly. "Who knows? The only reason he hasn’t been dealt with is to avoid disrupting the environment of reform and opening up, but now he’s taking a mile for every inch he’s given!"

"Grandpa, do you have his contact information? If you do, give it to me. I need to make things clear to him and tell him not to harass Ye Ling."

Mr. Xu thought for a moment, then said, "Don’t look for Wu Xingjia. I’ll contact Old Master Wu directly. He’s in Shencheng these days."

"Where is he? I’ll go over and ask that Old Man Wu why he can’t control his own son. My dad might not be in a position to act, but I have no such reservations."

Hearing this, Mr. Xu chuckled. "Alright, now! It hasn’t come to that! I haven’t heard anything about Wu Xingjia having a terminal illness. There might be something fishy going on here."

"Businessmen understand other businessmen best! Don’t be impulsive. There are better ways to resolve some things. There’s really no need for a mutually destructive fight."

Hearing his grandfather’s words, Ye Feng nodded and said, "I know I shouldn’t be impulsive, but Wu Xingjia’s actions are already affecting Ye Ling."

"Ye Ling just called me, and he’s extremely troubled. My dad is busy with work and on a business trip. Aunt Wang is also busy at the research institute every day. Besides, she can’t even bear to hear the name ’Wu Xingjia’."

"Normally, Aunt Wang is quite amicable, but the moment Wu Xingjia is mentioned, she’ll curse for at least half an hour. That’s how much she hates him. If she found out he was harassing Ye Ling, I’m worried she might try to kill him with a virus."

Mr. Xu roared with laughter at this. "In that case, I have to help. We can’t let a promising medical scientist’s career be ruined over such a messy affair."

Ever since Wang Liwen went to Africa to provide aid for nearly three years, Mr. Xu and Old Madam Xu’s impression of her had improved significantly.

After all, for someone so petite, she had dared to go to a place like Africa.

She stayed for so long and had to carry out many missions.

It was said she was even kidnapped once, but thankfully, she was rescued in time.

Even under those circumstances, Wang Liwen was still able to treat many people’s illnesses.

Not only that, but she also made great progress and achieved significant results in her virus research.

A scientist should be doing a scientist’s work, advancing medical development.

These worldly troubles shouldn’t become obstacles that interfere with her work.

After hanging up the phone, Mr. Xu called Old Master Wu.

The two families actually didn’t live far from each other.

The garden villas from the Republican era were all located in this area.

The Xu Mansion was here, and not far across from it stood the former Wu Mansion.

After they returned to the country, they had their properties returned to them by the government.

Coming back here, things had changed and people were gone, but at least the houses were still standing.

Old Master Wu answered the phone. "Brother Xu, why are you calling me at a time like this?"

Mr. Xu didn’t beat around the bush and asked directly, "Do you know what your third son, Wu Xingjia, has been doing in Beijing?"

Mr. Wu was puzzled. "Didn’t he go to donate an academic building? I thought it was for Peking University, not Renmin University."

"Are you really unaware, or are you just pretending not to know?" Mr. Xu asked.

Old Master Wu was confused. "Did my third son get into trouble in Beijing?"

"He did!" Mr. Xu replied. "Get your son back to Shencheng immediately. Tell him to do business honestly and stop loitering around Beijing. Otherwise, your Wu family’s business in Hua Country will probably be finished."

"Old Xu, what on earth is going on? You have to explain it to me clearly. This is so out of the blue, I’m completely lost." Old Master Wu was utterly baffled. In truth, he wasn’t very familiar with the Xu family.

The Wu family had been traitors. Although they later surrendered and even performed meritorious service, their reputation was still tainted.

In reality, many people were like that back then. Members of large families often hedged their bets by backing multiple sides.

Now that Mr. Xu was suddenly saying these things to him, he felt a little uneasy.

Hearing this, Mr. Xu chuckled. "Heh, for some things, you’d better ask your third son. You reap what you sow, and all his scheming will only come back to bite him. I’ll give you the same piece of advice I gave you back then: you can be careless about what you eat, but not about what you say."

"I’ve said my piece. Old Wu, you should think it over carefully. Don’t let things get to a point where they can’t be cleaned up, or you’ll lose everything."

With that, Mr. Xu hung up the phone.

Old Master Wu was puzzled, but he also knew Old Xu wouldn’t make baseless accusations. His third son must have done something to provoke someone important.

So, Old Master Wu made a call and ordered Wu Xingjia to buy the next available plane ticket and leave Beijing for Shencheng.

Wu Xingjia had been feeling very frustrated recently. No matter how rich he acted, that boy, Ye Ling, showed no reaction at all.

’Who doesn’t love money?’

Wu Xingjia’s thoughts now turned to Wang Liwen. Although she wasn’t as beautiful as she was in her youth, her long immersion in scientific research had given her a scholarly air.

After getting an earful from his old man, Wu Xingjia felt suffocated with anger and went out to clear his head.

Before he knew it, he had ended up near Wang Liwen’s workplace.