Fang Jingting explicitly admitted that at first, he had forced Fang Lingwei to abort her.
But when Gu Xinzhou was born, he cradled the tiny bundle in his arms, as though a ray of sunshine had pierced through the bleak, gray world.
It was this very ray of sunshine that filled their poor rural life with joy.
It was also because of Gu Xinzhou that, after facing various adversities such as their daughter's car accident and vegetative state, they could still strongly hold up a family for Little Zhouzhou.
However, by the time Fang Jingting wrote this letter, Gu Xinzhou was seven years old, and he was in the late stages of cancer.
He received a piece of news.
The Song company was being collectively sued by 37 small and medium construction groups, as well as 6 overseas construction companies.
This was because the buildings they had developed in cooperation with the Song company years before were almost all concurrently experiencing collapses and severe damages due to quality issues within the same year.
Only then did Fang Jingting come to a sudden realization.
Those staff members involved in research and development that year, the reason they might not have stayed to support him until the end was very likely because of Song Enshuo's poaching.
And those 6 overseas companies that had chosen unanimously not to forgive him were very likely approached again by Song Enshuo with an offer.
Song Enshuo had spared no effort to steal their technology, tread the old path, and replicate their problematic products.
Since he had been successful once using this old strategy, he wanted to succeed a second time.
It was his greed and unscrupulous methods that contributed the final push to Fang Jingting's bankruptcy.
Song Enshuo was so shameless, bringing the phrase "kicking someone when they're down" to its fullest expression.
At that time, Song Enshuo certainly did not know either.
However, time is always the sole criterion for testing truth, and seven years had passed; the issues that were bound to erupt finally did.
Fang Jingting cautioned Gu Xinzhou, "I hope you can learn some lessons from your grandfather's story, understand the hardships and gains and losses of life, seize the opportunities and turning points in your fate, and always remember: To succeed in deeds, one must first succeed in character."
At the end of the letter, he also mentioned that the person he was most sorry for was Lan Baozhen.
Because he had once promised to make her the happiest woman, yet now in his old age, he still had to make her work hard, living such a poor life.
Regarding the Fang Family's company, Lan Baozhen had never been involved in the big and small affairs there.
She had always led a life of ease and comfort and was unaware of any grudges between him and Song Enshuo.
The reason he left this money to Gu Xinzhou was also because he had discussed it with Lan Baozhen. After his death, he wanted Gu Yibo to take Gu Xinzhou away; only in this way could Gu Xinzhou return to the prestigious circle. When grown up, with this money, she would have a better chance to forge her own path and regain the Fang Family's pride.
A lengthy manuscript.
Over a dozen pages, sprawling.
It chronicled the life of Fang Jingting and explained his history with Song Enshuo.
Only then did Gu Xinzhou understand.
It turned out that Song Zhen's father had such a history with her grandfather.
No wonder Song Enshuo had always disliked her.
Even though Song Enshuo and Gu Yibo were friends, he had never looked past Gu Yibo's face to give her a smile.
It was because he had been receiving her grandfather's favours all along, and when her grandfather no longer wanted to see him or grant him favors, he took the opportunity to step on her grandfather and harbored resentment in his heart.
This old Song, how detestable!
It was heard that Song Enshuo was 59 this year, planning to celebrate his 60th birthday at the end of the year.
Yet all these years, his health had been poor, plagued by chronic illnesses, hardly the picture of someone who could enjoy a long life.