War of Roses: The Proud Tycoon，Please Surrender!-Chapter 243: Tang Mubei’s Injury

Old Sir Tang tapped the ground with his cane, his emotions also agitated, insisting, "I don’t care what you think, in any case, I forbid you two from being together!"

"Dad, if you want me to do this, you need to give me a reason. Of course, no matter the reason, I won’t comply. I’m determined to be with Qiu Ye. It’ll be best if you can accept that, and if not, that’s okay too because we won’t be living in the old house after marriage, and there’s no need for us to visit you in the future." Tang Mubei said indifferently.

"You!" Old Sir Tang was incredibly furious, almost driven to his death by anger. "Tang Mubei! I’ve hardly interfered in your matters all these years, and now you don’t regard me as your father anymore, do you! You ungrateful son!"

"Dad, you’re the one who said that, I didn’t mean it that way. I just don’t like you meddling in my affairs of the heart."

"I am your father, and even if I meddle in your affairs, so what! Would I harm you?"

"Then give me a reason why you oppose us being together?"

Tang Mubei slightly narrowed his eyes, his gaze firm.

Old Sir Tang’s hand holding the cane trembled slightly, then he fell into silence. His clouded eyes became even more blurred, his gaze distant, as if recalling something.

Tang Yuxiu and Tang Mubei exchanged a look, both puzzled.

At length, Old Sir Tang spoke, "She approached you with a purpose, she’s using you to take revenge on me!"

What?!

Now not only Tang Mubei, even Tang Yuxiu was extremely shocked.

"Dad, what on earth is going on?!" Tang Mubei suddenly felt uneasy.

Old Sir Tang’s voice suddenly became older, with a bit of weakness and melancholy. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

"Six years ago, before you went abroad, I accidentally saw you with a girl. At that time, I didn’t know her, just thought it was surprising that you, this blockhead, would like a girl, so I casually investigated. I had no particular thought, just used to knowing the people around me well— but when I saw that girl’s dossier, I was extremely shocked and surprised, and I began to suspect if she had another purpose in being with you.

Later, I met with her, talked with her; she admitted she approached you with a purpose. So I let her leave you, and in the end, you two did separate, and you went abroad for six years. I thought this matter had passed and would not raise problems anymore, but unexpectedly, you ran into her as soon as you returned! You even went behind my back to pursue her! Tang Mubei, you are Tang Feng’s son, known for being smart. How could you not see she is deliberately approaching you!"

By the end, Old Sir Tang’s voice became agitated again.

"Dad, please calm down, take care of your health," Tang Yuxiu intervened.

However, Tang Mubei said, "This time, she didn’t actively approach me; it was I who insisted on clinging to her; it was I who pursued her. She even tried to avoid me. Dad, this statement of yours, what’s the deeper meaning of suspecting she has another purpose after seeing her file?"

Old Sir Tang opened his mouth but couldn’t utter a word.

Tang Mubei said in a serious tone, "Dad, I want to hear the truth! If you want me to separate from her and not think about being with her, you have to tell me why! I have the right to know the truth!"

Tang Yuxiu also said, "Dad, you should just tell the truth, you know Tang Mubei’s personality, he won’t give up until it’s clarified."

Old Sir Tang looked at his two sons, who were looking at him, wanting to know the truth.

He bit his teeth secretly, for the sake of his son’s future, this time, he really had no choice but to bring up the past again, despite his reluctance to recall it.

Old Sir Tang began recalling the past.

It was still thirty years ago; Tang Feng and Qiu Ye’s father, along with another friend, were close brothers who grew up together. They later struggled and started a business together, experiencing many setbacks but never giving up.

They all had a business mindset and almost identical ideas. Back then, they were idealistic and passionate young men, facing challenges heroically until they made their first pot of gold.

They took the money to continue investing and starting businesses. Facts proved that they were truly geniuses in business. The money in their hands seemed to regenerate, and within five years, they successfully established their own company.

Although not large in scale, they excelled in honest business and quality products, making their business very good.

With money, naturally, there were envious people, and hence trouble ensued. After all, they were ordinary people who had made it, with no backing, and when suppressed by those with influence, the company once was on the verge of bankruptcy, but fortunately, they persisted and overcame it.

Later, their business thrived, and they established their circle, with fewer trouble seekers but more concerns.

Yet, some never give up, and since direct methods failed, they began to sow discord.

Initially, the three brothers trusted each other and were not disturbed by outsiders, but compared to those with more crooked minds, they were ultimately at a disadvantage.

Within three years, they were calculated by various ill-intentioned people, and the solid and deep friendship among them began to gradually disintegrate, with a major crisis of trust emerging.

At that time, they had each started families, living not far from each other. Their wives got along well too, but due to outsiders’ calculations, their relationship was no longer as good as before.

Finally, one day, the greatest crisis arrived.

On that day, the three of them completely broke apart and couldn’t return to the past!

On that day, Tang Feng received news that Qiu Ye’s father, Qiu Ze, secretly met with the head of a rival company, intending to leak their business secrets and then betray him and another person to establish his own company.

At that time, they had been suspicious of each other for a long time. After receiving this news, he was naturally furious and immediately went to find Qiu Ze. Upon arriving at his house, he indeed found him talking with the enemy leader in the study.

He was very angry then and questioned him, while Qiu Ze also was filled with suspicion and distrust, leading to a quarrel between them that escalated into a physical fight.

The enemy leader took the opportunity to leave. At that time, Qiu Ze’s wife had already given birth to Qiu Ye. After coaxing a sleeping one-year-old Qiu Ye, she heard the commotion upstairs and came to mediate, but both men were consumed with rage and couldn’t listen. Eventually, she accidentally got hit during their fight, being unprepared, with their full force, and as a frail woman, she was unable to withstand it and was knocked straight to the ground, hitting her head on a sharp table corner with blood gushing.

The medical system back then wasn’t as advanced as it is now, and after being taken to the hospital, the doctors couldn’t save her, rendering his wife a vegetative state.

From that point on, Tang Feng and Qiu Ze became irrevocable enemies, unable to recall their former brotherly bond.

Five years later, Qiu Ze’s wife still hadn’t woken up and passed away.

It was Qiu Ye who watched her own mother die, and after she was old enough to understand her father’s words, he would often remind her that her mother was killed by Tang Feng, and that Tang Feng was their enemy!

Later, due to losing his beloved wife, Qiu Ze became increasingly despondent, his health deteriorating until he passed away just a few years thereafter, leaving only Qiu Ye.

By that time, the three brothers had already parted ways intentionally, not seeking news of each other, so Tang Feng didn’t know about Qiu Ze’s death until investigating Qiu Ye later on.

During those years, Tang Feng had already come to terms with many things. As people grow older, they become more sentimental, often reflecting on the days when the three brothers struggled, started a business together, and shared both joys and hardships.

Although he felt deep guilt, sadness, and regret over the deaths of Qiu Ze and his wife, he couldn’t accept Qiu Ye being with Tang Mubei.

Qiu Ye had known from a young age that he was her enemy, and now being with his son, how could he not overthink it?

Hearing Old Sir Tang recount that past, Tang Mubei was stunned into silence.

He suddenly remembered the day he broke up with Qiu Ye, the hatred in her eyes. Back then, he was angry too, believing her approach was with hidden motives, yet inexplicably hating him.

After they reunited, he sometimes inadvertently saw the hatred and complexity she unintentionally revealed.

He always thought she was still unable to let go of their breakup six years ago, never realizing it was for such a reason!

He was utterly ignorant.

He didn’t know what kind of mindset she had, facing the son of her enemy day by day.

He didn’t know the extent of her endurance, how hard it must have been not to show a sign of it in front of him.

Suddenly, Tang Mubei was disgusted with himself.

Turns out, the selfish and hateful one was him!

"Mu Bei, separate, you have no future together! Even if you don’t care about the grudges between me and her father, what about her? She has borne all this since childhood. If you truly love her, can you bear having her face me, even become my daughter-in-law?"

Tang Mubei swiftly interjected, "Don’t say any more!"

How could he bear it?

But he was even more reluctant to let her go!

He loved her so much!

Tang Mubei clenched his fists tightly, suddenly standing up and striding toward the door, leaving the old house.

Old Sir Tang listened to the sound of the door slamming shut heavily and sadly closed his eyes.

"I didn’t expect the sins I committed back then would come back to haunt my own son."

The grudges and enmities of their previous generation ultimately entangled the next, leaving no room for reconciliation.

The deceased could not return, and the living lived in their respective misery.

Tang Yuxiu remained silent, for this matter, he was not Tang Mubei and couldn’t feel his pain and collapse but could understand.

If he and Gu Yan were caught in such a melodrama, he might be even more irrational than Tang Mubei.

Alas, the two brothers each had their own emotional debts.

Tang Yuxiu watched as Old Sir Tang, leaning on his cane, slowly rose, leaving dinner uneaten, and went up the stairs alone.

The old man’s figure was so desolate, and hunched.

The father was truly old now, especially at this moment, his back no longer straight, as if it could bend at any moment.