After being abandoned by my parents, I became a top boss

Old Master Jiang sighed deeply. The mistake was that she was a girl. If she was a boy, she would have become the glory of the Jiang family.

He covered his chest with his hands. Whenever he thought of his granddaughter, he felt extremely distressed. However, he was not sad that she lost her life at such a young age, but that the Jiang family had finally given birth to such a strong-willed and intelligent child, but she was gone like this.

He felt regretful in his heart, but what had been done had already been done. No matter how heartbroken he was, the child would not come back.

His eyes swept over the three people kneeling on the ground, he waved his hand and said helplessly: "Everyone, get up!"

After hearing what Grandpa Jiang said, Jiang Yan stood up with the help of the table, and then went to help Murong Yin. At his age, with weak arms and legs, he was scolded by his father like this. If this got out, he would be so embarrassed.

Murong Yin's thoughts were different from his at this time, because she cared more about something than losing face. She looked at Mr. Jiang with an anxious look on her face, "Dad, Zhizhi's marriage...the Shen family won't really regret it, right?"

Mr. Jiang snorted and turned his head to the side. "Are you anxious now? What were you doing earlier?"

"Dad, we didn't even remember that this engagement was just a verbal agreement between you and Mr. Shen. Over the years, everyone in Lucheng's upper class knows about the engagement between the Jiang and Shen families. As time went by, we naturally forgot about it."

Jiang Yan also became anxious when he heard Murong Yin mention that the Shen family might break off the engagement.

He didn't want his daughter's marriage to be ruined because of their recklessness, so he looked at Old Man Jiang and said, "Dad, this shouldn't be possible, right? After all, the Shen family is a well-known family in Lucheng, and the marriage contract between the two families is widely spread. If the Shen family regrets the marriage hastily, it will be bad for their reputation, right?"

Old Master Jiang glared at him and said, "What do you mean by regretting the engagement so hastily? If the news of your visit today gets out, and the Shen family adds fuel to the fire, then there's no need to worry about regretting the engagement."

"Besides, what's the point of reputation? If the Shen family wants to break off the engagement, Shen Jichen, that old fox, will definitely do it perfectly and won't leave any room for criticism!"

Hearing this, Jiang Yan became anxious, "Dad, what should we do?"

Seeing that Mr. Jiang didn't say anything, Jiang Yan said again: "Dad, you can't just ignore this matter. Zhizhi is your granddaughter after all. You can't just watch her being bullied like this, right?"

Old Master Jiang glared at Jiang Yan, then his eyes fell on Jiang Zhiyi. He just glanced at her lightly and then retracted his gaze.

"Alright! I have my own decision on this matter. Don't stand here. It makes me upset!"

Seeing that the old man was angry, Jiang Yan didn't dare to say anything. He tugged at Murong Yin's sleeve. After looking into each other's eyes, the three of them left the living room, leaving old man Jiang alone.

When Jiang Hengzhi came back in the evening, he saw Old Man Jiang taking a nap on the sofa. He rested his chin with one hand, his brows tightly furrowed, as if he was worried about something.

He pulled the servant over and asked quietly, "Grandpa, what happened?"

The servant glanced in the direction of Mr. Jiang and lowered his voice and said, "Mr. and Mrs. went to the Shen family today. When the old man found out, he got really angry."

Jiang Hengzhi understood, and he waved his hand. The servant leaned over slightly and carried the tray into the kitchen.

No wonder he noticed something was wrong in the room as soon as he entered. So this is what was going on.

His parents are really... Didn't they already warn them not to go to the Shen family?

Why don't you listen to advice?

He walked to the sofa, picked up the blanket beside him, and carefully covered Mr. Jiang with it.

"You're back?" Mr. Jiang didn't open his eyes. Jiang Hengzhi paused for a moment while covering him with a blanket, then said, "I'm back, but did I wake you up?"

Mr. Jiang opened his eyes and said, "No, I just closed my eyes and thought about something. I wasn't asleep."

He said, and pointed to the sofa on the side, "Please sit down. I just have something to ask and I want to hear your opinion."

Jiang Hengzhi sat down after hearing this. Without waiting for Old Master Jiang to speak, he asked, "Is it because of the marriage between the Jiang and Shen families?"

Mr. Jiang looked up at him and asked, "You know everything?"

"Well, my parents wanted to go to the Shen family before, and I told them not to go, but I didn't expect that they would go anyway. It's all my fault. I should have told you about this earlier." His tone was calm, without any emotion.

Mr. Jiang just waved his hand and said, "It's none of your business. They are just too short-sighted to look at the problem."

As he spoke, he propped himself up on the sofa and sat up. Jiang Hengzhi quickly reached out to help him up, and even picked up a cushion and placed it behind him before sitting back.

Mr. Jiang asked, "How do you think this matter should be handled?"

Jiang Hengzhi did not rush to reply, but waited for about half a minute before speaking: "Why not cancel the engagement with the Shen family?"

His tone was neither hurried nor slow, as calm as if he was talking about something that couldn't be any smaller, but Old Master Jiang said in a hurry: "No!"

He looked at Jiang Hengzhi, and after a long while he spoke earnestly: "I know you always thought that this marriage was a substitution by Zhizhi..."

The two words were stuck in his throat. He wanted to say them, but he couldn't open his mouth. In the end, he could only sigh, "But the person is gone. Even if this marriage belongs to her, she can't fulfill it, right?"

"Do we have to cancel the engagement just because she can't fulfill it?"

He looked at Jiang Hengzhi, his eyes full of calculation, "Ah Heng, with the current power of the Shen family, if the two families form an in-law relationship, it will be beneficial to the Jiang family and you in the future. I am planning this for you."

Jiang Hengzhi lowered his eyes and said nothing. He would rather not have such a plan.

Over the years, the old man has done everything for the prosperity of the Jiang family. How could he not know that he is just a pawn in his hands?

If he was not a boy, the old man probably would not even look at him and would have let the bandits throw him into the sea, abandoning him like he did to Xiaofeng.

In the past, he let his granddaughter become a lamb in the hands of others in the name of saving him. Now, he wants to marry his granddaughter into a wealthy family, saying that it is for his future.

But in the end, what he saved was only the roots of the Jiang family, and what he did for was only the prosperity of the Jiang family, never for him, Jiang Hengzhi.

He sneered in his heart. In a dignified Jiang family, the old man was always scheming and everyone around him could be a pawn. His parents were unreasonable, greedy for power and wealth, and timid and fearful. His own sister was spoiled and arrogant, and was hateful and willful. There was only one person who was the warmest person in this Jiang family.

When she was here before, even though everything around me was no longer warm, there was always a bit of comfort in my heart. Now that she is gone, this bit of comfort is gone too.

This Jiang family is as cold as an ice cave.