Wang Wei looked up at Wang Qiang, and his expression grew even gloomier.
"What happened to your face? It's all bruised? Why are you so battered and swollen?"
Wang Qiang touched his aching cheek, and immediately, with a mix of grievance and anger, said to Wang Wei, "Dad, I was beaten by a country bumpkin, an outsider, and he was really arrogant. I was just thinking about how to deal with him, and you have to help me get revenge."
"Who? Where did you go causing trouble again? I'm warning you, don't keep going out and causing problems. I've been very busy lately, and I don't have time to cover for you anymore," Wang Wei said, rubbing his temples helplessly.
"Dad, how could I have caused trouble? He's just a country bumpkin from Chengdu. I just said a couple of things to him, and he hit me like this. If I don't teach him a lesson, how will I be able to get by here in the future?"
Seeing Wang Qiang acting like a street punk, Wang Wei stood up and slapped Wang Qiang on the head.
"Getting by what? All day long, you open and close your mouth without saying anything proper. Are you a gangster? How could I have given birth to a son like you?"
Wang Wei's slap was extremely heavy, and Wang Qiang, losing his balance, bumped into the coffee table beside him.
He covered the back of his head with one hand and his bumped knee with the other, suppressing the urge to curse his father, and said exasperatedly, "Dad, what are you doing today? I'm already injured like this, and you're still hitting me."
Wang Qiang yelled unhappily, and just then, his mother, Lin Lian, rushed over upon hearing the commotion.
She lovingly rubbed the back of Wang Qiang's head, while looking at Wang Wei and scolding him, "What's wrong again? Why are you hitting our son so early in the morning?"
After saying that, she glanced at Wang Qiang and cried out in distress, "Oh, my precious son, how did you end up like this? Who hit you? Such a handsome face, beaten like this."
Wang Wei looked at the two of them and immediately became furious. He glared at Lin Lian, snorted, and pointed at Wang Qiang, saying with a tone of disappointment, "Look at him. He just caused trouble last month, and I spent so much money compensating people for medical expenses. That matter just passed, and today he's causing trouble again. I'm going to beat him to death."
Lin Lian saw Wang Wei about to strike again, and quickly shielded her child in her arms with both hands, "Old Wang, calm down. Qiang'er, what happened? How did you get beaten like this?"
"Mom, this time I didn't hit anyone, but I got hit. Dad won't help me and even hit me. You have to stand up for me."
Wang Qiang said, clinging to Lin Lian like a mama's boy, acting spoiled.
"Old Wang, look, your son has been beaten like this, and you're still blaming him," Lin Lian complained.
"A doting mother spoils her son. He'll be ruined by you sooner or later. Wasn't it always him who actively caused trouble? I'm telling you, there's a big problem at the company today. I don't know who's deliberately messing with me. I don't have time for you two right now. You two better settle down."
Seeing that his words had no effect, Wang Wei clutched his chest in anger, not wanting to speak to them.
After taking a deep breath and calming down, Wang Wei suddenly came to his senses and turned to look at Wang Qiang again, "Tell me, what happened last night? Who was the person you offended? Could it be him who's messing with our Wang Family Company? You tell me clearly and honestly."
Wang Qiang scoffed, "Dad, how could it be? Just a country bumpkin from Chengdu, who hangs out with Wang Zheng and Chen Hao."
After saying that, Wang Qiang carefully recalled the scene from last night.
He remembered Jiang Cheng seemed to have said something in the end, something about Wang Qiang's family.
Thinking of this, Wang Qiang's heart sank.
Normally, Wang Zheng always considered himself the center of their group, but his attitude towards Jiang Cheng seemed quite unusual.
Could Jiang Cheng's identity be out of the ordinary?
Seeing Wang Qiang's face suddenly turn pale, Wang Wei's chest heaved with anger.
"I guessed right, didn't I? It really is trouble you caused, isn't it? I said things were fine as usual, and then this happened out of nowhere. It turns out it's you, you prodigal son." Wang Wei said, about to strike Wang Qiang again.
Lin Lian immediately stood in front of Wang Qiang, "Old Wang, are you crazy? Even if someone is messing with us, what of it? Just spend money to fix it. Why hit our son?"
"Spend money to fix it? Is this something that can be fixed with money? Haven't you seen the news today?
I worked hard for thirty years, and finally captured seventy percent of the market share, only for it to shrink by forty percent overnight.
Forty percent! And this is just the beginning.
The company's products have been taken off the shelves, and they are now investigating our company.
And all those suppliers are uniting to sue us for compensation.
You tell me, how much money do we have to cover all this? Tell me!" By the end, Wang Wei was practically shouting to vent his inner stress.
Lin Lian then realized the seriousness of the situation and said in a panic, "What kind of situation could be so serious? You need to suppress it quickly."
"Suppress it? How do you suppress it, you tell me? One of you thinks he's a gangster, and the other thinks she can cover up anything with a bit of money.
Do you know that as soon as our company's market share is lost, other companies will immediately take over?
Do you think supermarkets and consumers only have one brand of product to choose from?
Can't you two use your brains?
Tell me, how many years will it take me to get back these market shares?
It's all because of the good child you raised? I told you to educate him properly, but you wouldn't listen. Now that such a big problem has occurred, what do you say we do?"
Lin Lian immediately became indignant when Wang Wei blamed her, and she said, throwing a tantrum, "He's your only son! It's just a bit of money, fix it and it'll be fine. No need to make such a big deal out of it."
"A bit of money??? This is the first time I've realized how stupid you are! I'm telling you, if you had divorced me yesterday, you could have gotten five hundred million. Today, if you divorce me, you'll get at most one hundred million.
Do you understand? I'm telling you, if this matter isn't resolved, we're getting a divorce. I've truly had enough of you two! You two always bring me nothing but trouble."