"Brother, you can't go."

Liang Mu clenched his fists, his anger rising, but he held back from showing it in front of Liang Qiancong. He whispered to Liang Run, "Uncle is too autocratic. If you rashly go up to speak for Xiao Qing again, it will only make him angrier. If he gets angry, Xiao Qing's situation will become even more difficult!"

Upon hearing this, Liang Run feared that the effect would be counterproductive, so he had no choice but to stop and wait and see.

Seeing that Liang Qing admitted his mistake, Liang Qiancong's tone softened a bit, "Very good, now tell Dad what you did wrong?"

Liang Qing's eyes were filled with tears. She bit her lip to keep the tears from falling and choked out, "I shouldn't have asked about Mom. I shouldn't have refused to accept reality and made a scene after getting Dad's answer."

Liang Qiancong nodded, his brows relaxing slightly. "Hmm, do you still want to find your mother now?"

"forget about it."

Will you still cry and make a scene for her in the future?

"Not anymore."

Liang Qing's tactful words completely calmed his anger, and a smile appeared on his lips, but he still warned her, "This is my daughter, Liang Qiancong's daughter. However, if you dare to cry and whine for that deceased person again next time, I guarantee that you will not only lose your mother, but also your father."

Liang heard the underlying threat in his words that he would abandon her if she didn't behave, and she trembled with fear. She quickly said, "I know, Dad, I'll forget about Mom."

“Very good, take this and wipe your tears.” Liang Qiancong took out a handkerchief from the inside pocket of his suit jacket and moved his foot to signal her to let go of his hand.

Liang Qing dared not disobey him, so she immediately let go of Liang Qiancong's leg, took his handkerchief, and quickly wiped away the tears on her face under his impatient gaze. Then she stood quietly to the side.

“This is more like it.” A slight smile escaped Liang Qiancong’s lips, but the smile did not reach his eyes, which instead made the three children present even more frightened.

The children's ominous premonition was not wrong.

Liang Qiancong started lecturing people again.

The first to suffer was Liang Run. With his hands in his trousers, he looked down at him and said sharply, "Liang Run, I'll let you off this time. But if you dare to be disrespectful to your elders again, even your father won't be able to protect you."

Liang Run kept her lips tightly closed, clearly dissatisfied with his actions.

But his silence was tantamount to another challenge to Liang Qiancong's authority, causing his face to darken and him to say unhappily, "Hmm?"

Seeing this, Liang Mu secretly tugged at Liang Run's sleeve, urging him to reply. Liang Run had no choice but to bite the bullet and reply, "I understand, Uncle."

Liang Qiancong glanced at him, his expression revealing neither joy nor displeasure, but he let him off the hook.

Then he asked Liang Mu, "You've been back in the Liang family for two years now, haven't you?"

Although Liang Mu didn't know why he suddenly asked about this, he still answered truthfully, "Uncle, you're right."

Did you get the highest score in the whole grade in the last exam?

The moment he asked that question, Liang Qing's face drained of all color.

“Yes, Uncle,” Liang Mu replied.

Seeing that he was more sensible than Liang Run, Liang Qiancong praised him, "Very good. You have really impressed me. A wild child from such a shameful place has transformed into this in just two years. You have truly lived up to the Liang family blood flowing in your veins."

When Liang Run heard the words "wild child," he found them extremely grating and immediately frowned. Just as he was about to ask Liang Qiancong to correct his wording, his hand was grabbed tightly.

He turned his head and saw Liang Mu shaking his head at him, telling him not to act impulsively.

Seeing that he looked normal, Liang Run felt not relieved, but rather even more heavy-hearted.

Liang Qiancong clearly saw their subtle interaction and laughed, "Liang Run, your younger brother is much smarter than you. You may be on par with him in terms of grades, but how come you lose to your 'latecomer' brother when it comes to respecting teachers?"

Liang Run knew that Liang Qiancong was admonishing him to correct his attitude, and gritted his teeth, saying, "Uncle is right."

Liang Qiancong knew that he was unconvinced, or that he wasn't the only one present who was unconvinced.

He looked coldly at the two children and said in a gloomy tone, "I don't object to you taking away my power one day. After all, I will get old one day and need to find a successor for the Liang family. Of course, from my own perspective, I would like to hand over the company to my only daughter. However, if she is not good enough, I don't mind choosing one of you two."

Liang Mu broke out in a cold sweat. "Uncle is joking."

Liang Run and Liang Qing remained silent.

Liang Qiancong snorted coldly and said to Liang Mu, "What, do you think your uncle is in the mood to joke with you?"

"Don't dare."

Liang Qiancong's gaze swept between the three of them, and he said, "Since the matter has already been brought up, I might as well make it clearer to you, since all three of you are here."

"First of all, my good younger brother, who is also your father, has repeatedly assured me since the Liang Mu incident that he will never have any more 'illegitimate children' that would bring shame to the family. As for me, I have no intention of having any more children. After all, the useless child I had with a useless woman has already wasted too much of my time and energy. I don't need to make myself suffer any more."

"That means my successor will only be one of the three of you. As for who will be the final winner, you will have to fight a competition that will last for more than ten years. Of course, my daughter has one more bargaining chip than you, which is that she has my blood in her veins. But as I said before, how much value this chip can play depends entirely on her own value."

After he finished speaking, the three children's faces turned very ugly, especially Liang Mu's.

Although he was younger than Liang Run, he had experienced many hardships since childhood and had naturally seen the coldness and warmth of human relationships earlier than Liang Run.

After listening to Liang Qiancong's words, a sense of foreboding rose in his heart: "What does Uncle mean by this? Is he trying to incite conflict among the three of us siblings? He brought up the fact that I'm an illegitimate child to drive a wedge between me and my eldest brother; after deliberately asking about my grades, he called my aunt and Xiao Qing useless to provoke her and make her see us as rivals. Uncle is too ruthless and vicious. We are too weak now, how can we possibly defeat him?"

Seeing that the three remained silent, Liang Qiancong made his point more clearly: "I know you have some dissatisfaction with me. You are too young and don't know how to hide your thoughts, which is understandable."

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