Chapter 1514: Chapter 1518: Why Are You So Amusing?
Gu Junzhu continued: "When he finishes working fifty years of unpaid labor for me and starts earning wages, I’ll deduct it from his salary."
Ye Xingbei: "..."
"I understand your meaning," Father Yu nodded, "You mean you’re helping us for Xiao Mo’s sake. I get it, I completely understand."
"That’s right," Gu Junzhu responded, "Do you have any other questions?"
"I do..." Father Yu looked at Gu Junzhu, his eyes full of pleading. "Young Master Gu, I want to see Xiao Mo... I’m not asking him for money, nor do I want him to help me... I—I just want to see him, to see if he’s doing well..."
"Even though he signed a fifty-year contract with me, giving me the best fifty years of his life for unpaid labor, now he has status, a position, and opportunities to showcase his talents. No matter how bad it seems, it’s still far better than serving time in prison." Gu Junzhu raised an eyebrow and smirked at him. "I heard that while he was in prison, none of you—your entire family of three—ever went to visit him?"
Father Yu was overwhelmed with shame by Gu Junzhu’s blunt question. He bowed his head, utterly humiliated. "I... I wasn’t avoiding seeing him...I just didn’t have the face to see him... I begged Huahua not to testify in court against Xiao Mo, but she didn’t listen to me; I couldn’t do anything... I—I’m not a qualified father; I’m too ashamed to face him..."
"Oh," Gu Junzhu asked indifferently, "And now all of a sudden, you do have the face to see him? Did you do something remarkable to earn it?"
Father Yu’s face turned beet red, and he hung his head even lower. "I... I don’t understand why the Gu Group issued a statement saying that the Group does not have an employee named Yu Mo. Young Master Gu, was it you who fired Xiao Mo?"
Gu Junzhu chuckled lightly and looked at Gu Chi. "Show it to him."
"Yes, Young Master!" Gu Chi nodded.
Gu Chi took out his phone, pulled up a photo, and handed it to Father Yu. "Yu Mo no longer exists in this world. The only name that matters now is Gu Nianen."
Father Yu stared at the photo on the phone, his eyes widening in disbelief.
After a moment, as he regained his composure, he repeatedly shook his head. "No, n-no... He—he can’t change his name! How could he even change his surname? He’s the only heir of our Yu family! Our family’s entire lineage is counting on him to continue the bloodline. How could he change his surname?"
"You’re ridiculous," Ye Xingbei couldn’t hold back anymore. "You’re counting on him to carry on the family name, but when your daughter wanted to put him in prison, you didn’t stop her? While he was in prison, because he’s good-looking and had no family visiting him, the inmates in his cell thought he had no backing and bullied him mercilessly. If Junzhu hadn’t gotten him out, he’d already be dead in there. If he had died, who would you have counted on to carry on your bloodline?"
"No... The surname is the root of our ancestors. How could he change it so casually?" Father Yu’s voice broke, his emotions on the verge of collapse. "He’s my son! Now that he’s accomplished something, he doesn’t acknowledge me as his father anymore? Even forsaking his ancestors? How could he do this?"
Ye Xingbei thought to herself that reasoning with such a foolish man was utterly pointless.
She couldn’t be bothered to continue, gave Father Yu a disdainful glance, and said nothing more.
Gu Junzhu curled his lips. "Changing one’s name and surname is a right granted to every citizen by the state. If you want to change yours, you’re welcome to do so. Nothing is impossible!"
"I don’t have much time to waste arguing with you. Let’s talk about the house. If you agree to sever ties with Yu Mo and never see him again, going forward, his former monthly stipend of five thousand yuan will be increased to ten thousand yuan, as I will arrange for it."