Because I Cannot Hurt You

Yes, uncle agreed!

"But if you lose, then you WITH your parents will see a lifetime in prison, and I will make your life hell in it."

They froze.

Keung smirked. "That won\'t happen, Grandpa. Weren\'t you always too confident in cousin Zhiyuan? I will show you that I was always just as capable, but you...you never gave me a chance."

Han Huizhong lazily raised his brow. "When did I never give you any chances? It\'s not my fault if you didn\'t make use of it. You always looked for wrong shortcuts to get your work done. I won\'t say that I am an ethical man myself, but there are some things you just gotta do mostly the right way or nothing would hold. For example, cheating your way in exams is fine with me. I don\'t give crap about it because I know that cheating in a regular school exam isn\'t a judgement of your real capabilities or morality. That\'s just one of the many fun parts of school life.

But cheating to embezzle money is what I won\'t stand for. You need to earn those millions of dollars yourself to understand what it would mean to lose all that money by embezzlement. People struggle to earn just a thousand Yuan everyday, and it sucks up their whole energy. We are talking about millions here. Do you think I should have given you a prize for it?"

He smiled. "How about I set the same condition as yours? If Zhiyuan wins, then all your profits would belong to him."

Han Guang widened her eyes. "Grandpa!"

"Shut up. I didn\'t ask for your worthless opinions or grievances. Keung should also know how it feels to see all the profits slipping right by his hands like sand."

Keung seemed a little rattled. He clenched his fists and stared at him in anger and disdain. "I agree."

Han Mingli grabbed his shoulders. "Keung, don\'t be out of your mind!" He whispered. "Why would we give our money to Zhiyuan!?"

Han Guang furiously nodded. "Don\'t be so hasty, Keung."

Keung narrowed his eyes. "Why are you two getting so panicked? Do you think that I cannot win this challenge that you are feeling so worried about?"

Han Guang hit his head. "Silly! You don\'t know how crafty that Zhiyuan is. He would do anything to win this by all dirty means possible and then hog all our money too!"

"Heh. What\'s the use? Didn\'t Grandpa say that we all will be in jail if we lose? What\'s the use of any money I earn if we will be serving in prison?"

They stiffened.

Keung looked back at them and sneered. "I agree to whatever conditions you have. Let\'s see how you can beat me, cousin Zhiyuan with your measly new company."

He got up and left, hurriedly followed by his parents.

The villa was finally quiet.

Han Huizhong snorted. "Now that I can finally have my tea in peace, bring me a new cup, Xinyi."

Xinyi sighed. "If you hadn\'t sneaked out last night to eat Siying\'s piece of cake, then I would have put some sugar in your tea."

"I didn\'t eat any piece of cake."

"The maid saw everything, and she told me."

"She wasn\'t supposed to tell you this."

"Why not?"

"Because I bribed her not to."

"She spilled it out anyway."

"Which reminds me to get my money back from her and fire her too."

Xia Liqin rolled her eyes. "Dad, you cannot fire a maid for doing her job."

He glared at her. "She betrayed me!"

"But was loyal to your health, so she did her job properly."

Han Huizhong banged the cup on the table and glowered at them. "You all are horrible. I don\'t know when I will be able to hold my great-granddaughter. I can only hope not to die before it, but can you at least let me eat in peace!? My ghost will haunt you if you give me any more bland food!"

He left with his chest huffing and puffing like an angry child who didn\'t get his candy.

Han Tian grimaced. "Dad is turning more like a kid himself now."

Xinyi giggled. "It\'s cute though."

"That\'s because you are in his favor. If we forbade him from eating like you, he would just kick us out of this house."

Zhiyuan seriously nodded.

Xinyi raised her brow. "Why are you nodding? Do you have any plans for your new company?"

"Nope."

"And you agreed to it anyway."

He grinned. "When my capable wife is with me, why do I need to worry?"

"Are you going to dump all the work on me?"

"I have a very important job myself and that is to make our daughter as soon as possible."

Xia Liqin felt second hand embarrassment for Xinyi. Xinyi\'s face flushed red.

Han Tian agreed with Zhiyuan. "You are right, Zhiyuan. Granddaughter is more important."

Xia Liqin cleared her throat. "Back to the main topic. Xinyi, Zhiyuan. If you need money for investments, you don\'t need to hesitate to ask me."

Han Tian smiled. "Yes. All my money belongs to you and Liq- *cough*"

Xia Liqin\'s face turned red, sensing that he was about to say her name.

"I-I mean it\'s not just my money."

Zhiyuan smiled. "Thanks Mom, Dad. But I will earn that money myself. I don\'t want to give Keung, uncle or aunt any reason for taking any unfair relationship advantage."

They sighed.

"Are you sure about this?"

"I am a hundred percent sure. Neither I will take money from you nor from my friends. I would just do whatever is needed to earn it."

Xinyi smiled and nodded. "Zhiyuan is right. I trust him. He has built his own reputation by his hard work. It\'s not only because he is a Han. His name will alone open up all the paths."

Zhiyuan tapped on her nose.. "Not just mine but my capable wife\'s too."