Gao Lin looked at his mom and dad who were throwing daggers at each other from their eyes.
Finally Mama Gao, Shen Yue spoke.
"Gao Jie, I am warning you for the last time. My son is not some illegitimate child. We had him after our marriage. If you keep treating him like this, I would make sure that you won't have a good end."
Mama Gao then left stomping her feet. Gao Lin had no clue what happened at home when he wasn't there. He didn't really care. He only cared about his mother.
Seeing how his mother left angrily with red eyes. Gao Lin heart ached for her. He wanted to go after her and comfort her but he was stopped midway by his father.
"Xiao Lin did you opened a company behind our backs? Do you really want to compete against your elder brother?" Father Gao asked angrily.
Gao Lin looked at his father. He didn't had any feelings for this good father of his. Gao Lin tried hard to suppress his anger but he still spoke with a voice filled with blame.
"What if I did and what if I didn't. What I do have nothing to do with you. Rest assured, I won't hurt elder brother like you and grand father has imagined. But make sure that you won't hurt my mom anymore. If you did...." Gao Lin didn't continue and left.
He felt hurt by his father's partial behavior at first. Later he grew used to it and didn't feel anything at all. Only after he started acting did he started understanding complex human feelings.
He knew that father Gao liked him as his child. But under grandfather's influence, he started doubting his wife and younger son.
For Gao Lin, Gao Jie's complex emotions didn't matter to him. But he felt bad for his mother, who loved this kind of person.
Before meeting Gao Jie, She Yue was obviously an independent and confident women. She was powerful and had her own unique charms.
But she choose to fall in love with this man. In Gao Lin's eyes, his father was someone who would get easily manipulated and hurt others unconsciously. He was coward and easy to control.
Such a man wasn't worthy to love. He couldn't understand how his mom, who was obviously a powerful figure fell in love with such person.
It wasn't that Gao Lin was treated harshly by his father. He attended a good school, lived and eat in Gao house and got pocket money.
It was pretty good. He didn't care about Gao Jie's partial behavior and servants mocking gazes anymore. He had long been used to all these.
What matters to him most was how his father treated his mother. Under grandfather Gao's manipulation, Gao Jie started to be partial.
How did he treated his two children differently? It was probably how a crown prince and a son was born by palace maid.
The crown price gets the best. While the Son of maid would be provided with basic needs but his status was similar to those of servants.
Just like some crown prince, Gao Li was provided with the best education, the best things and the best treatment.
Every year there would be birthday banquets for Gao Li. He would be taken to every important business parties.
When it came to Gao Lin. People only knew that Gao Jie had two son. And the younger son was named Gao Lin. He would be provided with proper education.
But he wasn't allowed to show himself in public. He only had a red envelope as birthday gift every year. He wasn't good enough to take to business parties. And no one really took him as second young Master Gao.
After Gao Lin got his degree from abroad. Grandfather Gao refused to let Gao Lin enter Gao enterprise. He was left with 3% shares. Which would generate enough income to let him live a salted fish life.
Gao Lin didn't mind it. But mother Gao did. She didn't care about money. But her heart ached for her son, who was obviously a brilliant person but was shadowed because of Grandpa Gao's and Gao Jie's stubborn thoughts.
She couldn't understand why they have to guard against her and her son. Slowly she started regretting giving up her career for this man.
She still have hidden cards in her sleeves, and decided to let Gao Lin enter the entertainment industry.
In the past, she was a famous director. And she was naturally aware of Gao Lin's talent in this field. After entering the entertainment industry, Gao Lin immediately started getting red (famous).
This settled Mother Gao's heart and she stopped quarreling with her husband.
Everything was going well until someone told Grandfather Gao about Gao Lin's cosmetic business.
Once again Grandfather Gao strongly suggested that it was because Gao Lin wanted to fight with Gao Li, for inheritance. And this lead to another quarrel between Mother and father Gao.
As soon as Gao Lin left to look for his mother, he found Gao Li standing at the corner and looking at everything with a cold face.
Gao Lin wasn't in mood to communicate with Gao Li at the moment so he bypassed him and went towards mother Gao's room.
Gao Li stood stiffly as Gao Lin passed him. There was some bitterness in his heart. He struggled to say something but he couldn't say anything.
***
Gao Lin entered the Mother Gao's room and saw her sitting there with red eyes. She refused to cry over that man.
Gao Lin went in and held his mother's hands. "Mom, do you still want to stay with him?"
Mama Gao raised her left hand to rub Gao Lin's head with a smile.
"You don't have to care about our matter. Your company is discovered by Gao family. They might make trouble for you in the future."
"Don't worry mom, I got it. Do you have time tomorrow? If yes, then Let's have a date tomorrow?" Gao Lin asked with concern. Since his mother didn't want to talk about these matters, it fine. His main task is to make her happy.
"Alright, you should rest early today." Mother Gao laughed and let her son rest first. How could she not know that her child is worried about her?
As soon as Gao Lin reached his room he got a message from Xiao Xiao.
[Xiao Xiao: are you okay?]
Gao Lin immediately felt a comforting feeling in his heart. He didn't knew how. But whenever he was in low spirits Xiao Xiao will send this same message asking if he was okay.
Gao Lin let out a laugh and discovered that Xiao Xiao had sent him a few messages earlier.
[Xiao Xiao: congrats, no wonder we are best buddies. Finding partner at the same time.]
This was the message he received a few minutes after he sent the good news. After a good few minutes, He got another message from Xiao Xiao.
[Xiao Xiao: I borrowed by brothers luck before Lunch date and earned lots of profit. From now on I'll only borrow his luck in business matters. And keep him away from other matters.]
Gao Lin laughed out reading these messages. He knew that Xiao Xiao had a 'twin' brother who had pretty good luck, good social ability and a 'Sis-con'. Of course Xiao Xiao was also bro-con.
Suddenly Gao Lin phone screen flashed and he received a call from Wen Huan.
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Small Theater,
Wen Zhang, who was unreasonably regarded as twin brother : spits blood* Huan Haun, how many times I have to tell you that we are not twins.
Wen Huan, pouting: Gege, we are twins by two years apart. See, we almost look identical and always gets hurt at the same time. How can we not be twins ah?
Wen Zhang bangs his head on walls: someone please tell him the meaning of twins ah!
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Author: 😰 what a long Chapter. Author can't wait to write some sweet stuff and... Ahem.. A bit spicy stuff too.