flstandardbreds Chapter 105 Father and son meet after more than 2 years
Chapter 105 Father and son meet after more than 2 years
"It was an accident, it wasn't my intention, you know." Huo Boxiong said sadly.
"Yes, it was an accident, but if it weren't for your strong intervention and your suppression of her to force her to leave me, she wouldn't have run away in despair. Even if that accident had happened, I wouldn't have lost the motivation to live. A life really means nothing to you and to the Huo family that you value, but she is my life. Yun'er means a lot to me in this life and her position is unshakable. I didn't have the ability to make you understand before, but now it doesn't matter whether you understand or not." Huo Junge said lightly, his bright, beautiful and deep eyes looking at Huo Boxiong calmly.
"I - I said I didn't mean it, and I didn't expect the accident that happened later. You can't blame me for everything. Doesn't she have any responsibility? It's unfair to me that you put all the blame on me." Huo Boxiong seemed unable to bear his son's accusations in person and defended himself painfully.
"Yes, I can't blame you entirely. I also have the right to choose my own lifestyle, don't I? I don't care about the Huo family that you cherish so dearly. From the moment I decided to leave, it has nothing to do with me. After you put the advertisement in the newspaper, it also means that we no longer have any relationship with you. This is a consensus confirmed by both parties. You don't need me to remind you." Huo Junge passed it over in one stroke, summarized the past, and no longer held on to the problems in the past that could not be changed.
"But, the Huo family needs you now, you won't really just stand by and watch them die, right?" Huo Boxiong looked at Huo Junge earnestly.
"I don't care about the life or death of the Huo family. To be honest, I don't care at all. I know the situation of the Huo family is not optimistic. It was Chuan who told me privately recently, reminding me to carefully consider the allocation of my energy. He was afraid that I would regret it in the future. Before you came, before Chuan reminded me, I had thought it through 20 years ago. As you said, I really can't do anything about it." Huo Junge was so calm, as if he really didn't care about anyone or anything in the Huo family.
"Son, when I put an advertisement in the newspaper to sever our father-son relationship, my purpose was not to force you to leave, but to force you to stay. Can't you see my good intentions?" Huo Boxiong said earnestly.
"I can see that you want me to see and feel that without the Huo family, without the Huo family's resources and protection, I will be nothing and unable to move forward. Also, I am a young boy with no successful works to show for myself, and no funds. It was indeed difficult to move forward back then, but I promised Yun'er that no matter what happened, I would live well and live beautifully, and naturally I would not be stumped by the current difficulties. Having said that, if Huo Junge meant a little to you, you should really be grateful to Jiang Yun, whom you looked down upon, because if it weren't for the promise to her, Huo Junge would have followed her without hesitation when he heard the news of Jiang Yun's death, and you would no longer have the opportunity to talk to me about the past, the present, or the future." Huo Junge nodded, indicating that he knew Huo Boxiong's motives back then.
"You - for a woman, you say such things, have no ambition at all! She's just a woman. With your conditions, you can have any woman you want. While you are in Beichuan, dad will take you to meet some daughters of your uncles. They are well-matched and graduated from the top five Teng University in the world. You will definitely have common topics." Huo Boxiong suddenly thought of his eldest son's unsettled marriage. From what he said, he had not forgotten Jiang Yun for more than 20 years. Huo Boxiong suddenly realized that his son's lingering love might be because no one arranged a marriage for him over the years and there was no stable woman around him to take care of his life, so he was reluctant to forget his old love.
It is said that men are animals who think with their lower body. Huo Boxiong suddenly wanted to slap his thigh to death.
Huo Boxiong was very surprised. He didn't expect that Huo Junge had thoughts of suicide because of Jiang Yun's matter.
What was he struggling with? He had been led by Huo Junge. Huo Boxiong suddenly realized that the problem between him and his son was always that woman Jiang Yun. She had disappeared for so many years. Which man could tolerate not having a woman around him for more than 20 years? Unless there was something wrong with the man's body.
Even if a man has a serious hidden illness, he cannot tolerate being without a woman for a long time. Even the eunuchs in ancient times, as long as they had some power, even if they were no longer able to do that, they would need women to satisfy them in other ways.
What's more, a healthy man like Huo Junge is a healthy and excellent man standing at the top of the food chain in the world.
Huo Boxiong suddenly realized that he seemed to be using his force in the wrong direction.
Huo Junge thought that he could never forget Jiang Yun. In fact, no matter how deep the love was, it would have faded after being out of sight and touch for more than 20 years. Huo Junge thought that he could not forget her only because there was no woman who was intimate enough around him.
Thinking of this, Huo Boxiong felt a little excited, as if he had seen the best way to repair the relationship between father and son.
"Thank you. It's a relief. If it's really so good and excellent, Mr. Huo can keep it for himself. There's no need to tell me." Huo Junge responded indifferently. These short ten words were like cold waves, hitting the flame of hope that Huo Boxiong had just ignited with great difficulty.
The flame that had just ignited was extinguished in an instant.
"You - are kidding! How old am I and still looking for a young girl - you -" Huo Boxiong has always been accustomed to flattery. He clearly meant well, but was deliberately misinterpreted by Huo Junge. Huo Boxiong immediately became furious.
"Please don't think of interfering in my life anymore, otherwise, this will be the last time we meet in this life." Huo Junge warned coldly.
Warning? Huo Junge was as decisive and resolute as he is now. However, Huo Boxiong was not a person who would listen to Huo Junge's warning.
Otherwise, what happened later would not have happened.
As soon as the warning was issued, all the previous scenes of quarreling came back vividly to Huo Junge's mind. Yes, he has never been an indecisive person, and it is because of this that Huo Junge is confident that he can protect his woman, but what is the result?
Looking at Huo Boxiong who was old and not as energetic as he used to be, Huo Junge's tough exterior but somewhat shaken heart once again erected an iron wall in front of his heart because Huo Boxiong was trying to interfere in his love life again.
Realizing that his heart was easily shaken after seeing the old man in front of him, Huo Junge wanted to slap himself twice. After all these years of wandering outside, Huo Junge thought that he had already developed a hard enough heart, and he believed that no matter who he met from the Huo family, he would not be easily soft-hearted and shaken again.
Unexpectedly, just a brief meeting and a few words from Huo Boxiong were enough to make Huo Junge's heart, which claimed to be as cold as ice and as hard as stone, gradually soften without any warning.
This realization made Huo Junge break out in a cold sweat.
Huo Junge swore to himself that he would never let Jiang Yun suffer any injustice again. Huo Junge had broken his promise before, and now that he had lost her and recovered her, Huo Junge knew that if he broke his promise again, God would probably take away the last bit of favor he had for him.
Huo Jun was not sure in his heart whether Jiang Yun would still be willing to forgive him and be with him as she was now if she regained her memory.
"You - I'm doing this for your own good. Don't you see how old you are? You don't want to get married or have children. Do you really want the Huo family to end up with you?" Huo Boxiong finally couldn't pretend anymore and exploded on the spot.
"Haha - how about I change my last name." Huo Junge spoke calmly, even calmer than Huo Boxiong when he first came in.
"You dare--" Huo Boxiong didn't expect Huo Junge to have such thoughts and choices, and he gasped in shock.
If Huo Junge changed his surname, it would undoubtedly be a silent announcement to the world of Huo Junge's attitude towards the Huo family, and it would undoubtedly be an announcement to the world of Huo Junge's position, which is that he has nothing to do with the Huo family.
As this happens, Huo Boxiong doesn't know what will happen in the future, but right now, soon, the Huo family's troubles will come one after another.
In recent years, it has been very difficult for the Huo family to get a bank loan. There have been countless crisis moments. When the bank was about to reject the Huo family's loan, Huo Boxiong would directly verbally mention Huo Junge. When the bank's bankers heard Huo Junge's name, they would directly sign, stamp, and withdraw the money with a smile...
It gave the Huo family a chance to catch their breath in the face of life and death crises.
At this moment, the Huo family had several loans that were due to be renewed. If Huo Junge announced at this time that he would change his surname to Shi, those sensitive and realistic banks would definitely not renew the loans easily, or would require Huo Boxiong to provide collateral that was truly higher than the loan amount before they would renew the loans.
In the past two years, because the Huo family's situation has not improved after the bank's loan replenishment, some banks have privately hinted to Huo Boxiong that if he wants to lend money again, he may not be able to have an actual guarantor.
What does this mean? Huo Junge was already the guarantor of Huo Boxiong. However, Huo Junge was a busy man and everyone in this world knew that the Huo family had a world's richest man, Huo Junge. Even if the Huo family's base camp encountered difficulties, if the funds, manpower and resources were truly used, the Huo family would not have any real crisis.
In other words, because of the existence of Huo Junge, everyone thinks that the Huo family will not go bankrupt, and when borrowing money or taking out loans, everyone will give them some face.
Now, if Huo Junge really changed his surname, and considering the public announcement by Huo Boxiong himself more than 20 years ago that he had dissolved the father-son relationship, unless he could really restore the parent-child relationship and affection with Huo Junge, and Huo Junge was really willing to take out the real money of his Junge Group to help the Huo family tide over the difficulties, otherwise, it would be impossible for him to ask his old bank connections to show some mercy and allow for easier lending.
When Huo Boxiong thought of all this, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
"What conditions do you want me to agree to help?" Huo Boxiong knew that he couldn't play the emotional card, so he wanted to talk to Huo Junge about interests.
"Mr. Huo, I really have no interest in the mess you have on your hands. I am not short of money or resources." Huo Junge said that interests could not move him.
"You - are you really so heartless to your own biological father? Aren't you afraid of damaging your reputation in international business?" Huo Boxiong warned meaningfully.
"Ha - do you think I am where I am today because of your business reputation?" Huo Junge raised his eyebrows, suggesting something.
"You--" Huo Boxiong was speechless and couldn't find any words to refute.
"I have a rough idea of how you have been through these years. If things really don't work out, find a suitable buyer to sell them while your assets are still at a high level. Life is short and you don't have to struggle to get by. No matter what, the quality of your later life will definitely not be affected." Huo Junge didn't say it too bluntly to save face for Huo Boxiong.
I hope Huo Boxiong can understand.
"Impossible. The efforts of several generations of the Huo family must not be destroyed in my hands. Otherwise, I will not be able to face my ancestors when I die." Huo Boxiong refuted Huo Junge's suggestion without hesitation.
"It's up to you. It's your choice, but don't drag me into it. No matter whether I have any impressive projects or not, don't drag me into it. You have your choices and I have my life. I have said this before. Take care of yourself." Huo Junge expected that Huo Boxiong would not back down and would not accept such advice. He was mentally prepared and there was no disappointment in his heart.
It is just a normal understanding and respect for Huo Boxiong's decision.
"Junge, putting aside the insignificant contradictions between our father and son regarding business and life philosophies, rationally speaking, Huo's is not a company without value. It belongs not only to the Huo family, but also to tens of millions of Huo's employees and their families. Even if you don't care about the Huo family's situation, please also think about the situation of the employees who work at Huo's and their families, okay? Don't rush to reject me, okay?" Huo Boxiong finally said something that seemed to be quite human in Huo Junge's opinion.
"You know I don't have the habit of fasting or chanting Buddhist scriptures, so I don't like to interfere with other people's practice. There are too many things in this world that we want but cannot do, and we are all mortals. I won't overestimate my abilities and think I can save the earth." Huo Junge understood and respected, but he had no intention of turning Huo Boxiong's troubles into his own.
"Jun Ge, you clearly have the ability to help them, but you just watched them die without helping because of the conflict and disagreement between you and me. Just for that little bit of emotion in your heart, you disregarded the livelihoods of so many people. I believe you are not such a heartless person." Huo Boxiong advised kindly.
No one knows a son better than his father. Huo Boxiong knew that Huo Junge had a soft heart under his cold and aloof appearance. At the same time, Huo Junge also had the heroic spirit of a man. This was one of the reasons why Huo Boxiong did not look for Huo Junge at the first time when the Huo family had been in crisis for a long time, but waited until the eve of the last life and death line of the Huo family to personally look for Huo Junge.