But as someone who firmly believes in the life creed of “I am me, fireworks of a different color,” if I had actually obediently reported for duty as the old man expected, I wouldn’t be the disobedient little cub of Shanxi’s biggest coal boss.
As soon as I arrived in that small coastal city, I completely let myself go.
In any case, after my father’s people escorted me here, they didn’t set any hard targets or quotas for me.
So, starting that very night, I began visiting bars one by one.
Don’t ask me why; it’s just that when a person is frustrated and can’t sleep, they especially need the stimulation of music and alcohol.
When tipsy or when the drunkenness hits my head, watching all kinds of people in the bar hugging or kissing, eyes blurred, full of drunken states sitting among them makes the sense of loss in my heart a little less.
During the day, I’d sleep soundly in the hotel, and in the afternoon, I’d take a walk on the beach.
Indulging like this day after day, I slowly began to savor a trace of leisure within the misery.
Yes, two completely unrelated words mixed together in such a contradictory way that was my mood for that month.
A month later, the old man struck again, this time descending upon the city without a sound.
I don’t know if I offended the owners of entertainment venues in a past life, but whenever my dad catches me, I’m always in those kinds of places.
Case in point: this day, I, who was watching the play, became the person in the play.
The reason was simple: a woman at the next table with an hourglass figure and a bold style had shared two drinks with me and was now leaning against me.
Initially, I wanted to refuse, but unexpectedly, when the woman looked up at me, at that angle and under that light, her pupil color was actually eighty percent similar to the Mo An in my memory.
My hand, which was touching her waist and preparing to push her away, stopped for some reason. Listening to the rhythmic music around me, at that moment, I suddenly didn’t want to refuse for no other reason.
In the days of missing him every day, I was too depressed, and my frustration had nowhere to vent. Fine, let it be like this today.
As soon as this thought arose, I habitually pulled the woman, who was already clinging to me, into my arms, then lowered my head, preparing to kiss her.
When I was only about 0.01 cm away from those red lips, the back of my collar was grabbed by someone.
Even though the alcohol had already gone to my head, my first reaction was: Fine, even if the Emperor of Heaven comes today, this fight is unavoidable.
I, Young Master You Quan, already lost enough face being arrested in a hotel the first time. Now, in a place like a bar, I finally have the leisure to get intimate with someone next to me, and I’m actually being disturbed.
If I don’t discipline the other party until they are submissive, I’ll take their last name.
If this can be endured, what can’t be?
When I turned around aggressively, “F—…” The profanity had already started on a high note, but as I was about to belt it out, the words just misfired.
Alright then, pack it up, wash up, and go home to sleep.
The person who disturbed my interest was not only someone whose last name I had shared for over twenty years, but also someone I absolutely could not lay a hand on.
Unless I thought my life was too long and wanted to be struck by lightning.
Because the person who appeared out of nowhere behind me was none other than old Comrade You Qian, the one who won the “sperm” race championship over twenty years ago and brought me into this world.
“Haven’t had enough trouble yet?”
Before I could even get the word “Dad” out, the scolding words entered my ears.
I felt like my rebellious phase was exceptionally long; the plan I had to show weakness died in the womb.
Reluctantly and unwillingly, I called out, “Dad.”
Later, seeing his angry expression, I let go of the woman in my arms.
Presumably, old Comrade You Qian’s travel entourage was too terrifying—not to mention the four bodyguards in black suits and white gloves behind him, plus his clearly enraged face.
The moment I let her go, that woman vanished in a puff of smoke, no longer having that affectionate manner from before.
I shook my head with regret, looked at her back, and thought: her figure was actually pretty good, and I didn’t even get a chance to taste her.
“Haven’t I seen enough?”
I stiffened my neck and replied, “Dad, couldn’t you have come a bit later or a bit earlier? I had already finished the warm-up on my end. You made me come to a screeching halt; don’t you know that being startled like this could make me impotent at any moment?”
After hearing my far-fetched reasoning, old Comrade You Qian perfectly enacted what it means to blow one’s beard and glare no, it was glaring and twitching eyebrows.
The eyebrows twitched with a range of motion like a dance step.
Looking at my “dead pig not afraid of boiling water” attitude, old Comrade You Qian took several deep breaths before speaking.
“If it weren’t for the fact that I personally took the field to father you, you’d be beaten to death by me right now.”
Who would have thought that as soon as such an aggressive sentence came out, the atmosphere of the whole place hit its peak.
The MC had just finished shouting, “Tell me loudly, are there any single friends here?” and the whole crowd was crazily responding, “Yes!”
So, actually, of that sentence, I only heard the beginning word “If,” and nothing else.
You Qian frowned and glanced at the surroundings; it really wasn’t a place for educating someone, nor was it even a place to have a proper talk.
He patted the hem of his clothes, gave a look to the people behind him, and walked toward the exit.
Fine, from the moment I saw the old man, I knew I had to leave today whether I wanted to or not. My interest had been interrupted and couldn’t be resumed, so I might as well go back; the sooner the “Ten Great Tortures of the Qing Dynasty,” the sooner I could sleep and see the Duke of Zhou.
When two people came over preparing to escort me out by the arms, I raised my elbows and spoke.
“Scram, I know how to walk by myself.”
Joke’s on them, I’m still a VIP at this hotel and have always been famous as a big spender. If I were actually dragged out like this, how would I show my face in the future?
In return, I got a fierce “eye-dagger” from old Comrade You Qian as he turned his head.
Nothing more needed to be said; his eyes were filled with the regret of that “race” after the passion.
After standing a few steps away from me and “blowing his beard and glaring” for a while, he signaled to the two men, turned around, and left.
For some reason, my frustrated mood actually seemed to get much better because of this scene of old Comrade You Qian catching me fooling around on the spot.
I even threw a provocative glance at the two bodyguards who were watching me at all times.
“Look at that, no matter how bad I am, I’m still his flesh and blood. You two be careful, watch out for me settling scores later.” The threat was plain to see.
Back at the hotel that night, I not only suffered psychological torture but was also swatted a few times by my dad, who ordered me to report to the company the next day.
A real man’s spit is a nail (his word is his bond); since I promised, I couldn’t go back on my word.
I couldn’t continue to wallow and waste away forever. Even if I wasn’t satisfied with many of old Comrade You Qian’s ways, I agreed with the starting point that he meant well for me.
A person can’t be so ungrateful.
So I decided to take office the next day.
But I had to decide the posture of taking office myself.
I stubbornly slept in the hotel until nearly noon before getting up, and even then, I was beaten out of bed by my grumpy old man.
I suspect that if my movements hadn’t been agile enough at the end, I would definitely have seen blood on my head.
Stinky old man, he dares to throw anything at my head, not afraid that after a crazy son leaves, a stupid son will come.
That was truly a case of “time and fate” letting you have a son but not teaching him well.
By the time I finished cleaning up and ate brunch, it was great it was one o’clock.
Under the threat of the old man’s fierce, murderous eyes, I forced back the thought of going back for a nap.
Then I went to the company with him.
Well, even an old dragon is still a dragon and not to be bullied.
Old Comrade You Qian and I sat in the back of the car. The Human Resources Director in the front was telling the boss about my career planning and development.
That eloquent and confident three-to-five-year plan made it sound as if I could really become the next helmsman of the business empire following his roadmap.
I stole a glance at my dad; the wrinkles on his forehead could have crushed several fat mosquitoes.
Was that guy’s HR Director title bought? He had no sense of situational awareness at all and was still talking away.
Looking at that opening and closing mouth, I couldn’t help but feel sorry for him. I looked out the car window, suppressing a laugh.
The sunlight outside was very good. Not bad, the weather today is okay, and my mood is good. It seems going to the company isn’t such a painful thing after all.
If it weren’t for old Comrade You Qian’s next sentence, today could be called perfect.
“No need. Just follow Xiao An. Let him learn from the very grassroots level.”
Normally, I would have exploded upon hearing this. Which rich second-generation starts from serving tea, pouring water, and printing?
If not a General Manager, at least give me a small supervisor position, right?
Forget it, the arm can’t twist the thigh (you can’t fight authority). I’ll endure.
My mood is pretty good today; I don’t want to argue.
When old Comrade You Qian leaves, whether I go to work or not will be decided by my mood.
The HR Director named Guo Feng only realized that his self-proclaimed arrangements didn’t meet the Chairman’s wishes after hearing this cold command.
He shut up immediately, already thinking about how to settle the Crown Prince later.
Even if it’s “grassroots training,” he wouldn’t dare treat the genuine Crown Prince as an ordinary person, especially facing an iron-fisted leader. It’s hard for us HR people who have to work hard to mediate in the middle.
What he didn’t know was that the reason the Chairman brought You Quan to this company was because of such a shrewd, capable, and highly executive leader.
If he hadn’t insisted on applying to come here back then, he would have been placed in an important position at the headquarters anyway; how could he be in such a small city?
He also didn’t know that the Chairman had arranged everything as soon as he got off the plane, and was also worried that the ungrateful fellow beside him would offend and drive away the talent he had hired with a lot of money.
So on the way, old Comrade You Qian lectured me: “You little brat, learn well from him. There’s not much difference in age, but a huge difference in ability and temperament.”
I didn’t dare to snap back directly: “Whether I’m good or bad is decided by your genes.”
Regarding his words, they went in one ear and out the other, like wind leaving no trace.
When the car slowly drove into the entrance of that building, I could no longer hear old Comrade You Qian’s voice.
No, everything around me went silent… time seemed to stand still…