Chapter 087: You Have Brought Utter Shame Upon the Duan Family

After Bai Chuwei left, Duan Xingye’s excitement gradually faded. Once he thought of those matters, his mind became a chaotic mess.

Duan Feihan and Duan Xingye returned one after the other to the Duan family’s seaside villa in classical style. Just as they entered the outdoor garden, they saw from afar that the lights in the main hall were still on.

The moment they stepped into the hall, a fierce male voice, thick with wrath, crashed down on them like thunder. “Duan Xingye, and you still know how to come back?”

Duan Xiuhai, dressed in a suit, pointed at the old master of the Duan family, who was already able to get out of bed and move about on his own, and said bitterly, “Dad, this is your eldest grandson! He should have been preparing properly for the college entrance exams, but instead he was busy falling in love. Fine, that’s bad enough—but today he even went to jump off a building and die together with some improper girl! Our Duan family’s reputation has been ruined by this brat!”

The story of Duan Xingye and a girl jumping from the rooftop of a cram school in a suicide pact had already spread through the circles of upper society in Haicheng.

How could Duan Xiuhai believe the nonsense that someone could jump from a rooftop and come away completely unharmed?

It was probably just a stunt this brat had put on to attract attention!

He had utterly disgraced the Duan family.

Spittle flying, Duan Xiuhai shouted, “Instead of doing all this, you’d do better to learn a thing or two from your good friend Xu Xingchen!”

Looking at his father seated beside his grandfather, the face so much like his own filled with disgust, Duan Xingye’s heart gradually turned cold, and a mocking smile appeared at the corner of his lips.

The smile only infuriated Duan Xiuhai further. In an instant, he was burning with rage, and he turned to the old master of the Duan family and said, “Dad, your illness should be clearing up soon. When you hold your banquet, I’ll introduce you to some outstanding young people.”

Before the old master could even speak, Duan Xingye said coolly, “Dad, do you know why I jumped today?”

Duan Xiuhai froze, then immediately said, “I don’t want to know. I know only that you’ve shamed the Duan family. Look at how everyone in Haicheng is talking about this.”

“Shamed?” Duan Xingye murmured to himself. Then he suddenly gave a scornful laugh and changed the subject. “Dad, where is the watch I gave you last year? Why haven’t I seen you wear it?”

Duan Xiuhai touched his empty wrist. Meeting Duan Xingye’s faint,幽 dark gaze, he felt a sudden inexplicable panic. As though trying to cover his own guilt, he lashed out even louder, “Stop trying to change the subject!”

To Bai Chuwei, Duan Xingye was nothing more than an innocent fool, but even an innocent fool had a temper. The tall, broad-shouldered eighteen-year-old boy’s eyes turned red, and he slammed the door and left.

Everyone in the hall was stunned. Who didn’t know that Young Master Duan was extremely respectful toward his father? And now he had actually slammed the door?

Duan Xiuhai kept scolding nonstop. “Look at what sort of conduct this is! How did I end up with such a disgraceful son? If I’d known, I would have had him aborted in the womb!”

Then, thinking of Xingchen, warmth filled Duan Xiuhai’s heart. That was his good son!

A man’s deep, even voice suddenly rang out. “Several of Big Brother’s companies have gone bankrupt in succession.”

The speaker was Duan Feihan.

The moment Duan Xiuhai heard him speak, he secretly clenched his teeth. If he himself weren’t so useless, how could the position of heir have fallen into the hands of his fourth brother, Duan Feihan?

He had originally placed enormous hopes on his son Duan Xingye, expecting him to snatch the Duan family’s power back from Duan Feihan. Yet Duan Xingye had disappointed him far too much.

Now the only one he could count on was that child Xingchen. Perhaps he could really wrest back the family’s financial power after all.