303: Emergency Call

Wang Cheng didn't care what Mary thought of his words.

After leaving Duke Auston's mansion, he and Chu Yifeng took the Duke's private jet back to Italy. Emily wanted to stay in the UK for a couple more days to meet an old friend she hadn't seen in a long time. They later heard some news about Mary from Mama Emily.

When Sophie heard that they were back, she came the next day and pestered Wang Cheng for details about the wedding banquet. After all, Sophie was still a teenage girl. Although she said she wanted to be like Mama Emily, she actually had girlish longings: wonderful fantasies about her future wedding and her other half.

After a few days of rest, Wang Cheng got back into the groove of things. He lived and commuted to and from work every day with Chu Yifeng, as if they were an old couple.

Old Locke still liked to keep a straight face around him, but he would include Wang Cheng in important matters.

During this leisurely time, Wang Cheng also met other members of the Eimer family and learned some Eimer family history.

The Eimer family was originally a big family, but when it reached Old Locke’s generation, the family members became fewer and fewer. Now, though their family was another such family business empire, they didn’t have much infighting, unlike their peers. That was because they had too few family members. Even if a few from the extended families were qualified to be heirs, their talents were not enough to provoke the Eimer Group.

Old Locke had a brother. The brothers had once turned against each other to inherit the Eimer family, provoked by their father's illegitimate son. This competition continued on to the point of no rest. Later on, the brother lost the battle; the illegitimate son died, and the brother was expelled. The brother later on became addicted to drugs, causing him to be infertile. He died many years ago, leaving no bloodline behind.

But the illegitimate son, Old Locke later found, had an illegitimate son of his own. He suffered from the pain of being an illegitimate child, and finally passed this pain onto his next generation.

Old Locke did not bring this nephew back to the Eimer family, but every year, under the name of a philanthropist, he would give him some money to study, marry a wife and have children. Now the boy had formed a family with his wife, who gave birth to a son and a daughter. His life was quite happy and beautiful.

"Boss Chu, isn’t it better for Old Locke to let his own nephew inherit the Eimer family than his grandson? Why hasn’t Old Locke done so? Is it really because you are Mama Emily’s son, and carrying half the bloodline is enough for him?" Wang Cheng was puzzled. It seemed too easy for other families to fight for the inheritance as if their lives depended on it, like in his own family. Things in the Eimer family seemed to be going too smoothly.

Chu Yifeng casually remarked: "How’d you know?"

Wang Cheng's mouth opened wide, and he immediately sat up straight: "No way, something actually happened? Do tell."

"The illegitimate son actually originally knew his identity, and he deceived Old Locke. His father had left him a secret letter that stated his identity and asked for the son to avenge his father after his failure to inherit. The son didn't act out of sentiment for his father, he simply coveted the wealth of the Eimer family. Later on, he asked his mother to write a new letter, imitating his father's handwriting, and finally took that letter to my grandfather.”

"Then what?" Wang Cheng felt that he might actually have the penchant for gossip.

Chu Yifeng smiled and patted Wang Cheng’s face. "What else? How can someone who plays little tricks be my opponent? He was eliminated from the beginning."

Wang Cheng continued to ask how the man escaped and why they let him go, but Chu Yifeng refused to say more.

...

June was not very hot in Italy, but hiding under the cool shade of a tree while drinking afternoon tea and looking towards the endless lawn and the blue sky with white clouds still gave quite a special feeling.

From not far away came a bright, cheerful figure, as if she was the most outstanding color in a landscape painting - that was the little girl Sophie who had just celebrated her nineteenth birthday. She came back from her journey only yesterday. Today, she ran over to find them, spirited, lively, and lovely; there was no one in the main house who didn't like her. Sophie reminded Wang Cheng of his sister.

Although Zheng Jingxue also had a cheerful personality, she often behaved more like a mature and rational adult who had her own opinions and did not worry her family at all. The one who worried Wang Cheng more was his younger sister Wang Ziyu. Although she was also smart, there were some aspects of life she didn’t know enough about.

"Leon Ge, Cheng Gege, I'm back. Did you miss me while I wasn’t here?"

Sophie stood in front of the two of them, and her skirt fluttered, revealing the lower half of her slender legs. She had an innocently bright smile, like a princess from a fairy tale. Just wait, once she grew up into a true woman, she would be even more charming.

Behind her was a rotund butler who helped her carry a load of things. He rushed over, panting, bringing gifts from Sophie, including small gadgets and valuables. For example, Sophie’s gift for Wang Cheng was a famous Swiss watch, which Sophie brought when she remembered that Wang Cheng never wore a watch on his wrist.

"Isn’t this too expensive?" Wang Cheng looked at the watch, which cost at least several million.

"It's not expensive, it's not expensive. The birthday present you gave me last time was not less expensive than this." Sophie waved her hand carelessly.

On her birthday, Wang Cheng had given Sophie a red sports car, specifically, a red sports car Sophie had always wanted. Her family refused to buy it for her because she wasn’t able to drive yet. but she still always admired it. After Wang Cheng gave her the sports car, he made a contract with her that said she could only drive the car once she had a driver's license. If she wanted to take it out before being certified, she would have to find someone to go with her. Sophie agreed.

The gift Sophie gave Chu Yifeng was an ice sculpture, shaped like him and Wang Cheng. The two sat on a sofa, while Wang Cheng cozily laid on Chu Yifeng's lap. She got this for him because she felt that Chu Yifeng didn’t lack any material things. When she went skiing, she suddenly thought of sending this. Their miniature figures were carved according to a reference photo Sophie gave the sculptor, so their appearances were quite vivid.

“The ice sculpture is great, Sophie, you did a good job in picking this gift." Wang Cheng liked it after seeing it, and praised Sophie without hesitation.

Sophie was instantly happy. She pinched the ends of her skirt and gave them a ladylike curtsy. "Thank you."

At this time, Butler Zander came over with a phone and handed it to Wang Cheng, respectfully saying: "Master Cheng, phone call for you."

"Thank you, Butler Zander." Wang Cheng took the phone thinking it was a call from his family. However, when he looked at the caller information, he found that it was the number of the Zhou family's main house.

When he hung up, both Chu Yifeng and Sophie felt that his expression was a bit strange.

"Who called?" Chu Yifeng asked.

"Housekeeper Zhou." Wang Cheng said with a peculiar expression, "He says that my grandfather wants me to find some time to go back to China, the sooner the better. He didn't say what happened, but I’m guessing that something is the matter at home. "

Chu Yifeng said: "Call your parents or your brother and ask. If something is wrong, they should know."

Wang Cheng felt like that made sense. Whether or not it would disturb Zheng Jingen, he immediately called him. He usually paid attention to the Zhou Group, so if something really happened, his brother would know. As a result, Zheng Jingen didn't know anything.

"Grandpa really asked you to come back?" Zheng Jingen didn't get any news and was surprised by this.

"That’s what Butler Zhou said. He also mentioned that the sooner I come back, the better. I'm afraid something has happened to our grandfather, but I wanted to ask you first. I’ll try and get a plane back tomorrow."

Zheng Jingen reassured: "Don't worry, if something happened to our grandfather, Mom won't be able to sit still, and you’d definitely know about it by now. However, since grandpa said so, you should come back tomorrow. I will help you find things out on my end, and I’ll notify you if there is any news."

"Alright then."

Chu Yifeng asked Butler Zander to book a flight back to China tomorrow. He originally wanted to book two tickets and head back with Wang Cheng, but he had a very serious negotiation tomorrow with someone nationally important. Old Locke was also meeting an old friend and would not return until the day after tomorrow. He had to go in person, and those ten negotiations were very important to Eimer's future developments, so he couldn’t leave with Wang Cheng.

Wang Cheng called Xie Wenzhi to arrange things for work, but Xie Wenzhi told him that his grandfather had instructed him in advance that Wang Cheng was returning and let him rearrange things ahead of time. Wang Cheng was stunned for a moment; was this the legendary ‘behead the criminal before reporting to the emperor’? Why was his grandpa so eager for him to go back?

Throughout the day, the more Wang Cheng thought about this situation, the more he felt that something was wrong. The Zhou Group’s situation abroad was very good now. Although things have stabilized, that was when he and Xie Wenzhi were working together. His grandfather must also know that it would be better to let him stay a little, unless he had an important reason to call him back.

Zheng Jingen's call came at nine o'clock. However, his answer was unsatisfactory. He didn't find out what was going on, it just seemed that his grandfather made an impulsive decision. No one knew why, even Feng Yifan didn't know about this. Finally, Wang Cheng confirmed that he’d head back tomorrow.

Chu Yifeng told him not to worry, and that he’d be there for him.

The next day, Wang Cheng flew back to China.

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