Chapter 174: Goal: Jieke

When Zhou Ming and Tang Ran returned to the room to face Tang Lin's questioning, Tang Yi, who had been deliberately singled out by Zhou Ming, returned to his room scolding.

'Damn it, I really don't know what's going on at this family dinner tonight. So many people can't handle Ming Zhou, who came out of nowhere, it's disgusting! And Uncle Jingsheng, is it true that he is getting old and has even lost his normal SI ability? Just leave Zhou Ming there, crackling away, and embarrassing the entire Tang family. Why doesn't he just throw him into the sea?'

Tang Yi yelled and spat angrily while the servant at the door tried to say something, but Tang Yi glared at him and said, 'What do you want to say? Just wipe it off, don't make me do it. I'll tell you, I'm the third-in-line successor to the Tang family. Damn you, you worthless scum! When I inherit the family, I'll be the first to throw you into the sea!'

After scolding his servant, Tang Yi pushed open the door to his room, but at that moment, a voice suddenly came from next to him: 'Cousin, who has angered you again?'

Tang Yi glanced over and saw a very beautiful figure: long, narrow eyes, thin eyebrows, small, thin red lips, a high, straight nose, and a figure that was exquisitely shaped and accentuated by the cheongsam. Everything about her was attractive. However, Tang Yi rolled his eyes and said contemptuously, 'It's you again, you little tramp. My Wan'er, why have you finally come to your senses and decided to serve me tonight?'

The person who came was Tang Wan'er, the fourth-in-line successor of the Tang family. Faced with Tang Yi's frivolous and uninhibited words, she not only did not get angry angry, but instead laughed, 'Yes, I've actually long since figured out that I can serve you in bed, but only if you can help me inherit the family fortune? Even if we split it equally, that's fine with me, I'm not that picky.'

Tang Yi spat out: 'What the hell do you want to inherit the family business for? I can go to Hollywood and hang out with the most high-class celebrities without spending that much money!'

After saying this, Tang Yi walked into the room and casually tried to close the door, but Tang Wan'er entered sideways first and then closed the door for Tang Yi.

This made Tang Yi very unhappy and said, 'Damn it, I want to take a bath and go to sleep. If you keep arguing here, I'll really lose my temper, and you know I can do it!'

While saying this, Tang Yi made a very fierce expression, while at the same time making a very rude gesture of tearing clothes in his hands. However, to this threat, Tang Wan'er laughed lightly, 'On the contrary, I don't think you can do it!'

Tang Yi thought for a moment about what to say, but Tang Wan'er spoke first: 'Okay, my little cousin, there are no outsiders in the room right now, so you don't have to put on an act anymore. I know that all those arrogant and domineering, seemingly reckless displays of yours are just an act. In front of me, you can just be yourself.'

Tang Yi did not speak at once, as if he was considering something. However, Tang Wan'er did not care, and she walked over to the sofa in the middle of the room and sat down. She said, 'I should have already said this just now: there are no outsiders in this room, so you don't need to put on an act in front of me, Tang Yi. Usually, in front of the elders and cousin Tang Yu, it's fine, but now you even want to hide it from me?'

Tang Yi still didn't say anything, so Tang Wan'er continued, 'I actually understand you very well. Although you are the third-in-line successor, in reality, before Tang Ran appeared, you were actually second in line, and the most threatening rival to your cousin Tang Yu. That's why you had to disguise yourself as an impulsive playboy. Only then would he not feel threatened by you, would he let his guard down, and you would have a chance.'

At this point, Tang Wan'er deliberately paused for a moment before staring at Tang Yi and asking, 'Am I right? My little cousin.'

As Tang Wan'er pointed this out again, Tang Yi also figured something out. He sat on the sofa opposite Tang Wan'er, lit a cigarette, put it to his mouth and took two deep breaths, exhaling a cloud of smoke.

Tang Wan'er frowned and covered her nose, saying, 'You're such a bad man, smoking in front of a scholar.'

'My dear Wan'er, as far as I know, you smoke too, right? Do we need this between us?' Tang Yi sneered, 'Okay, tell me, what is it that you want from me?'

'I really don't understand why a man who doesn't have the slightest bit of gentlemanly manners. Are all the men in our Tang family like this?'

Tang Wan'er grumbled, but that was all, and then she said, 'Actually, I didn't come to see you for anything else, I just wanted to ask you what you think of Zhou Ming and Tang Ran.'

Tang Yi frowned: 'I'm sorry, I don't quite understand what you mean. Do you mean Tang Ran's inheritance issue?'

Tang Wan'er nodded in agreement, and Tang Yi continued, 'Uncle Jingsheng has already acknowledged her as the first in line of succession, but she will also have to pass an assessment. On this point, I have no reason to suspect that Uncle Jingsheng will act unfairly for personal gain.'

'I don't doubt Uncle Jingsheng, but I'm just curious about what kind of assessment the elders of the ancestral hall clan association will give to Tang Ran,' Tang Wan'er said.

'It's nothing more than giving Tang Ran a task to achieve results, but I can't guess which task she will be given,' said Tang Yi, his gaze fixed on Tang Wan'er as he asked, 'Judging by the way you're asking, it seems like you know?'

Tang Wan'er smiled and said, 'As for this, I can indeed guess, and it is none other than the most difficult division, which appeared at the family meeting and which you, my cousin Tang Yi, also suggested selling.'

With Tang Wan'er's reminder, Tang Yi finally realised what was going on. He looked at Tang Wan'er and asked, 'Cousin, you're not asking us to do something, are you?'

'It's better than sitting around and waiting to die, isn't it?' Tang Wan'er asked in return.

'That's true. So that's what you were talking about when you went to cousin Tang Yu's room just now?' Tang Yi asked.

Tang Wan'er didn't seem to have expected Tang Yi to ask this question, and her face immediately became a little embarrassed.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the Quan'an old house, all the elders of the Tang family were also awake, sitting around the family meeting table in a meeting.

As the head of the family ancestral hall, Tang Jingsheng naturally took charge of chairing the meeting. He looked around the room and said, 'I know that everyone is getting on in years and can't be bothered with this. and now it's so late, you all want to go home and rest, but at least you can't do that yet, because before that, we still need to solve the problem of Tang Ran's assessment. I wonder if you have any good suggestions?'

Faced with Tang Jingsheng's question, everyone fell silent, no one knowing what to say at this time.

After a while, someone cautiously said, 'Cousin Jingsheng, if I may say so, we don't need to give her any assessment at all, we should just ignore her.'

This comment was agreed by many others, and as one person had started, others chimed in, 'Yes, who do they think they are? I really don't know what they're so proud of. And they even brought guns and grenades to create a terrorist incident in Quan'an. This is the worst thing imaginable. Why don't we just let the guards kill them directly at night and throw them into the sea? That would be less trouble!'

'I don't agree with this,' said Tang Jingsheng. 'First of all, Tang Ran is indeed the biological child of Tang Jingrong's cousin, which means she is our rightful first-in-line heir. And she hasn't really done anything to harm the Tang family, so I don't think we should do this.'

Tang Jingsheng said this and then turned to ask his sister Tang Huiyin next to him, 'So what's your opinion?'

Tang Huiyin, who had been sitting like an old monk in meditation, said after hearing Tang Jingsheng's words, 'I don't have an answer to this question, but if I have to say something, I support the opinions of the others.'

Tang Huiyin's words came as a bit of a surprise to Tang Jingsheng. He had originally thought that Tang Huiyin would support him, but he never expected her to suddenly switch sides. And with Tang Huiyin's support, everyone else also said, 'What Tang Ran and Zhou Ming? We'll just pretend it never happened. From today onwards, our Tang family will remain the Tang family!'

Faced with this almost one-sided situation, Tang Jingsheng was first stunned, and then suddenly his phone rang, and the butler of the old house personally brought it to the meeting room.

After seeing this phone call, Tang Jingsheng did not hesitate to signal the butler to bring it to the next room. He immediately got up to answer it, and when he came back a while later, he immediately made a decision: 'Okay, regarding Tang Ran and Zhou Ming, I think our argument can come to an end. You just need to think about how to design the test questions for them.'

Tang Jingsheng's was so resolute, which was surprising. Tang Huiyin, however, just looked up at Tang Jingsheng and then said, 'If cousin Jingsheng has already made a decision , then my suggestion is Jieke Si. My reason is that Jieke Si's current development is very poor, but at the same time, he has a lot of potential, which I think is enough to prove their abilities.'

If was a surprise, then Tang Huiyin's immediate follow-up was also equally surprising, but at this time neither of them said anything.

Tang Jingsheng first looked at Tang Huiyin, and then immediately made a decision: 'If everyone has no other objections, then I think the assessment of Tang Ran can be confirmed...'

After saying this, Tang Jingsheng paused After ascertaining the views of the others, he finally said, 'First, we can recognise Tang Ran as the first-in-line successor and appoint her as CEO of Jiekesi. We can then evaluate her performance after she takes office.'

'I fully agree,' Tang Huiyin said and raised her hand first.

In fact, many things are are like this. It is difficult to succeed without a role model. This time, since Tang Huixin had set a good example, the others followed suit.

When it was time to go to bed the next morning, when Zhou Ming and Tang Ran got up, their door was knocked open. Tang Jingsheng walked in and said to Zhou Ming and Tang Ran, 'Based on yesterday's discussion, our clan association has decided to support your decision to take the exam. And in order to ensure a fair exam, I have come here today to let you know first.'

Then Tang Jingsheng pulled out a document and said, 'This is an employment contract. As soon as you sign it, you will become the CEO of this company.'