He felt that no one could match his all-around abilities.
But Bai Xue gave him a glimpse of humble pie, which annoyed him. People at the top don't like anyone outdoing them, especially when he always loses to Bai Xue in their Go games.
"Xiao Xue, it's been two months, and they seem quite capable and even more settled - your bet is way too risky!" He said as he made his move with a black piece, determined to win this game.
"The real test hasn't arrived yet." If it was that easy to win, Bai Xue wouldn't have made the bet.
Between their conversations, the black and white pieces charged back and forth, and in the end, Su Dongkun won, feeling rather smug. He still had the upper hand against her.
Bai Xue smiled and reset the pieces for a new game.
Su Yan was kicked out of the Su family, and Cheng Tianhao replaced him as the successor of Su's company. At first, everyone held back, watching the drama unfold, after all, Su Dongkun's affection for Su Yan was well-known. He couldn't be that heartless to truly cast off Su Yan, but two months have passed, Cheng Tianhao has been managing Su's company with flair, representing the company on all major occasions. Gradually, everyone began to believe that Cheng Tianhao was destined to be the future owner of Su's, and more and more people started to curry favor with him.
Meng Shaomei was getting anxious, too. She sent Bai Shengqi to investigate, but he returned with a grim expression.
"What happened?"
"Elder Su seems to have made up his mind to abandon Su Yan."
Upon hearing this, Meng Shaomei was frantic, "How could this happen! Su Yan is his own grandson!"
There's no logic in letting an outsider inherit instead of a blood grandson!
"Cheng Tianhao is also his biological grandson! Moreover, Cheng Tianhao is of use. In the past two months, he's been actively rallying the other shareholders. Soon enough, even if Elder Su doesn't want to let him inherit, he can't change anything!"
"But Su Yan has thirty percent of Su's shares. Coupled with the Elder's thirty percent, they have the majority stake. Even if Cheng Tianhao wins over other shareholders, it won't do him any good, right?" Meng Shaomei thought it wouldn't be so easy for Cheng Tianhao to take full control of Su's.
"Didn't you know? The Elder gave Cheng Tianhao Su Yan's thirty percent shares!"
This news made Meng Shaomei panic, "Shengqi, what should we do now!"
Being married to Su Yan was her biggest safety net. If he became penniless, forget about competing with Bai Xue, she may get kicked out of the family sooner!
"What to do, how would I know what to do! Told you to persuade Rou Rou to let Su Yan back home, you can't do that, what else can you do at this point!" Bai Shengqi recriminated.
With Su Yan's downfall, all he's left with is to be a powerless President Bai for the rest of his life, living under the judgmental gaze of his daughter!
"I've tried! But Su Yan simply won't listen. What else can I do?" Meng Shaomei had exhausted all her rhetoric!
"Nothing can be done, it will just be like this." Bai Shengqi resigned himself to the fact that he could say goodbye to his dream of returning to the chairman's seat.
"It can't be! It can't!" Meng Shaomei couldn't give up her dream of holding power just like that.
Bai Wanrou never thought her life before was great, but now, she felt her past life was heavenly compared to her current hellish existence.
In the past, when she was at school, everybody envied her, she was always welcome wherever she went, and she had many friends.