Lei Junshan's heart ached on witnessing his grandmother's tears. He assured her, "Don't worry, grandma. I will never let grandfather and our family's legacy go down the drain. I will not allow anyone to stain our family's name."
Grandma Lei wiped her tears, "Junshan, I no longer care about the family's name. I care about our family. Family is much more important than a mere family name.
"Normally, children turn out to become like their parents. Parents have great influence on their child's mindset."
Grandma Lei held Lei Junshan's shoulders, "Junshan, promise me. You won't turn out to be like your parents. Promise me…The way you three brothers stood together today; you will always stay united like this."
Lei Junshan looked at the tears in his grandmother's eyes. He promised, "Grandma, I promise you; Juncheng, Junmo and I will never turn out to be like our parents. No matter what happens, we brothers will never get separated from each other."
Grandma Lei's tears started falling again. However, this time rather than tears of disappointment which she had because of her children, these tears were tears of hope that her grandchildren would not destroy the Lei family and instead will stay united against the world.
…
The next day.
Lei Gang was sitting in his office engaged in his own work. The news of a man setting himself on fire in the party hosted by the Lei family was successfully suppressed by Lei Gang and this incident had no effect on the Lei family business.
After a while, Lei Zhong knocked on his elder brother's cabin door.
"Come in," Lei Gang instructed without even looking up from the documents he was currently reviewing.
Lei Zhong entered the office and sat opposite to his elder brother.
"Brother, there is a problem. The land we were targeting in the suburbs is difficult to acquire. The farmers are not ready to let go of their land on our terms. They are not agreeing to our compensation as they say that it's too less and their family would not be able to sustain themselves once they let go of their lands."
Lei Gang looked up, "There is a simple solution to this problem. Just do something to stop the water supply to the land. The farmers will leave by themselves."
Lei Zhong frowned, "Brother, this way we will definitely get the land, but what about the poor farmers?"
Lei Gang smirked, "Lei Zhong, do you know what your problem is? You want money and you also wish to keep your conscience upright. But unfortunately, money and conscience cannot stay together. In fact, last time when there was a choice between money and conscience, you yourself chose money. Remember?
"There is no difference between the two of us. You also want everything that I want. It's just that you don't want to get your hands dirty. I lie to the world, but you…You lie to yourself."
Lei Zhong's eyes widened on hearing his big brother's words. He knew that everything Lei Gang said was true, however his mind refused to accept the truth.
…
In the Lei mansion.
"How could such a big matter resolve so easily? I mean just how, Brother Junshan?" Lei Juncheng was furious, "Nothing got published about that man in any newspaper or website! It's like even in presence of so many people, nobody saw that man setting himself on fire! Our parents are the only ones who can cover up such a big thing."
Lei Junshan's face was calm, "Juncheng, the way that man died was sad. But if this matter became public, then our family's name would go down the drain. We need to protect our family name."
"What!!!" Lei Juncheng was shocked at his elder brother's words, "I can't believe this. Brother, how can you defend our parents?"
"I am just protecting our family, our lineage and our grandfather's legacy," Lei Junshan said, "Everything is fair in business. People want success by hook or by crook. And whatever that man did was a scheme against our family.
"If our business is run on such a huge scale, obviously there will be problems. We will have many enemies as well. People will try to manipulate us, they will try to sabotage us, they will try to entrap us."
"Entrap us?" Lei Juncheng was enraged as he could not believe what his elder brother was talking about, "Why would someone give up on their lives just to entrap us? Do you know what you are saying? You are speaking just like our parents."
Lei Junshan also got up, "I am just speaking like a member of Lei family."
Lei Juncheng sighed, "Brother, don't mind, but sometimes I wish that you gave importance to your values rather than giving importance to our family name."
"There is nothing more than family name."
"Is the family name more important than a person's life?"
"I didn't say that. Whatever happened was sad. But it doesn't mean that we compromise on everything because of this matter. I seriously think that someone has plotted this."
"How can you be so sure that someone is trying to sabotage us?" Lei Juncheng asked furiously.
Lei Junshan too was furious, "And how can you be so sure that this is not a scheme?"
"Because…"
"Brother!" Lei Juncheng and Lei Junshan's conversation was interrupted by Lei Junmo's voice.
Both of them looked at their younger brother standing beside them.
"Brother, I wanted to ask you something," Lei Junmo's expression was serious as he said this making Lei Juncheng and Lei Junshan worry.
"Whatever I ask, please answer truthfully."