Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat
Chapter 394 - 394 389 Stirring Up Trouble

Chapter 394: Chapter 389 Stirring Up Trouble Chapter 394: Chapter 389 Stirring Up Trouble “Dad, what are you saying?”

Jing Xu couldn’t believe what he was hearing and looked at the old man incredulously, “I’m still in my prime, and you want to hand Jing Family over to Jing Junyang? What does that make me?”

Jing Junyang watched coldly from the sidelines, a mocking smile curling at the corner of his mouth. He really didn’t consider him a son anymore.

Although he wasn’t particularly fond of Jing Family and even planned to swallow it up one day,

whether he wanted it or not was a different matter from whether Jing Xu was willing to give it up.

Didn’t he see how shocked and anxious that pair of illegitimate children by his side were when the grandfather spoke?

He was actually quite keen to see what would become of them without Jing Family and money.

The old man frowned at Jing Xu, “What do you mean, ‘What are you’? Junyang is your son; don’t you plan to hand over the company to him one day?”

If not to Junyang, then to whom?

The old man glanced at Jing Zicheng standing timidly behind Jing Xu, not daring to look at him, and couldn’t help frowning. If he planned to give the company to this kid, then it might really end up like the eldest said; Jing Family could hold up for a decade or so, but in the end, it was inevitable that it would decline and what would become of it was hard to say.

Then all his father’s life’s work would be wasted.

“But Dad…”

“Enough, I’m just letting your son be the successor, not dismissing you as managing director. What’s the rush?”

Jing Xu’s expression choked up, and he found himself speechless. His peripheral vision swept over Jing Junyang, who was lightly bowing his head, not looking at him.

He also knew in his heart that since the discovery of Wang Yun and her two children, there hadn’t been a day of reconciliation with this son.

So if he came to be the successor, how could he, the father, possibly sit securely in the position of managing director?

It probably wouldn’t be long before he had to roll down from that seat in disgrace.

But the old man clearly had his mind made up, and it was impossible for him to change it. Furthermore, even if he wanted to, his eldest brother would stop him.

Dejected, Jing Xu left the family home with his son and daughter, and just as they reached the doorway, he heard Jing Zicheng indignantly say, “Dad, the company is clearly yours. How can they just take it away? It’s not fair!”

Jing Baoli also said, “Dad, you’ve worked so hard managing the company for so many years. If you haven’t achieved merits, you’ve certainly endured hardships. How can Grandpa just give it to Jing Junyang? What does he know? Can he really run the company well?”

Jing Zicheng scoffed, “That great uncle of ours is talking nonsense, saying the company would fail under your management. I think it will go completely bankrupt in Jing Junyang’s hands. Dad, you can’t let them take the company away; it’s ours, not Jing Junyang’s. That bastard…”

“Shut up!”

Jing Xu turned to look at Jing Zicheng and rebuked, “That’s your older brother. If I hear you talk about him like that again, I won’t let you off the hook.”

After speaking, he turned and walked away. The brother and sister stood there, exchanging glances, their eyes filled with anger and unwillingness. They certainly didn’t acknowledge any ‘older brother’!

However, as they lifted their feet to follow Jing Xu, someone grabbed Jing Zicheng by the back of his neck. Just as he was about to turn around to see what was happening, his back was suddenly struck with great force, followed by a sharp pain in his stomach. Then his body flew out and crashed to the ground with a thud.

“Ah….”

Jing Baoli couldn’t help but scream when she saw her brother suddenly get hit.

Jing Xu turned around abruptly and saw Jing Huiqi under the streetlight, dressed in a light blue sweater, clapping her hands before confidently walking up and looking down at Jing Zicheng with a cold voice, “Who did you just call a bastard?”

Clutching his aching belly and curling up, Jing Zicheng gritted his teeth and said, “You… you whore…”

Jing Xu’s expression changed, and as Jing Huiqi narrowed her eyes at him, suddenly she stood up, kicked him fiercely in the face, and with a loud thud, Jing Zicheng’s body slid back and hit a jujube tree not far behind him. He groaned, then opened his mouth and spat out two bloody teeth.

“Zicheng…”

“Brother…”

After a moment of stunned silence, Jing Xu and Jing Baoli rushed forward to help him. Hearing the commotion, others from inside the house, including Jing Great-Uncle, came out and were shocked to see Jing Zicheng lying under the jujube tree with blood in front of him.

Although Jing Huiqi was not to be trifled with, she had always been steady since childhood, not hot-tempered, and wouldn’t just start fighting out of the blue. Especially given that she had merely ignored these siblings in the house earlier, clearly not taking them seriously—why would she come out to hit them?

Jing Great-Uncle knew the purpose of his daughter coming out; when she was young, Jing Xu, her second uncle, treated her quite well. She wanted to find him and have another chat alone. As for why she would hit this illegitimate son…

“Dad…”

Jing Baoli cried as she helped her brother up, her tearful eyes looking toward Jing Xu, “Dad, she can’t just bully us like this, we can’t let it go…”

Jing Xu kept silent with an ashen face.

Jing Huiqi sneered, “‘Can’t just let it go’? Heh, then what would you like to do?”

These two siblings still hadn’t grasped the situation. To Jing Junyang, Jing Huiqi was more than a cousin—she considered him her own brother. It was one thing for someone to talk behind her back, but to dare insult Jing Junyang was to challenge her limits.

Besides, it was the illegitimate child who had wrecked the family of her aunt.

“Help your brother into the car.”

Jing Xu helped Jing Zicheng up, then turned to Jing Huiqi, “Qiqi, Zicheng is only eighteen years old, sometimes he speaks without thinking, you… a few harsh words would’ve sufficed, there was really no need to be so cruel!”

She had kicked someone’s teeth out; when had this girl become so violent?

“So he’s already eighteen, an adult, huh? Still speaking without thinking even as an adult, Second Uncle hopes to indulge him and settle the matter with a few harsh words, why should I indulge him? He himself is illegitimate, and he has the audacity to call others bastards?”

Hearing the last two words, the old master and Jing Great-Uncle and the others all changed expressions. Jing Aunt was the first one who couldn’t hold back her anger and scolded, “Giving up your excellent son Yangyang to raise such a thing, Second Brother, is this the outcome you wanted?”

Whether Jing Junyang was excellent or not, Jing Xu was unsure, but Jing Zicheng’s behavior tonight was certainly foolish.

He rubbed his temples with a headache, gave no acknowledgment to the old master, quickly got into the car, and left.

Jing Junyang watched the car drive away, narrowing his eyes. He had intended to give his biological father some leeway to save face, but now it seemed completely unnecessary.

Although he had no plans to take over the Jing Family business, he certainly couldn’t leave it in his father’s hands.

Jing Aunt had been in charge of the company’s finances until the year before last when his “wonderful” father reassigned her to a subsidiary under the guise of training. Of course, his aunt had since discovered the real reason she was moved: it was because he had arranged for several of Wang Yun’s relatives to enter the company.

But those people had already been exposed by his aunt to their grandfather, who had driven them out. It was an opportunity to bring his aunt back, and as for other manpower… Jing Junyang touched his chin, pondering, who to choose?