âI can handle it alone. Donât worry.â Ji Shiting saw the teapot on the desk and poured his grandpa a cup of tea.
âIf only your father were still alive.â Grandpa Ji suddenly sighed. âIf he were still you, your burden wouldnât be so heavy. Perhaps your father could have given you a few siblings.â
Ji Shitingâs eyes dimmed at the mention of his father.
âIn the blink of an eye, your father has been gone for twenty years,â said Grandpa Ji. He suddenly smiled and shook his head. âYour father was far from your current accomplishments at his age. Youâre very responsible and self-disciplined, but your father is the complete opposite. He hates being restrained and is romantic. Although heâs smart, he wasnât interested in the company at all. However, he was my only son and I couldnât let him do what he likes. I sometimes wonder if I forced him to die.â
Ji Shiting looked at him and said, âWhatâs wrong, grandpa?â
His father, Ji Ziliang, had passed away many years ago, and his grandpa rarely mentioned him, as if he couldnât bear to reopen the painful wound. Today, he didnât just mention him, but also compared them.
Ji Shiting was surprised.
âI just read the companyâs report, and I suddenly realized that youâve done a lot in the past few years.â Grandpa Ji smiled and shook his head. âYouâre steady and sharp. Not bad. Much better than your father. Who else could your father have given this responsibility to? I feel sorry for you.â
Ji Shiting raised an eyebrow and said, âAre you asking me to get married and have kids again, grandpa?â
However, Grandpa Ji shook his head and said, âEven if you get married and have a child now, itâll still be many years before that child can become independent. Before that, you still have to support yourself.â
Ji Shiting couldnât help chuckling at the thought of the child in Shenggeâs stomach. âDonât you want a great-grandchild?â
âNonsense.â Grandpa Ji glared at him. âI donât plan to rush you, but that doesnât mean I donât value you. You still have to be considerate.â
Ji Shiting didnât say anything.
Sure enough, Grandpa Ji threw out a document. âDidnât you say you were getting married? Iâll recommend someone to you. Do you know about the Jing Family?â
Ji Shiting raised an eyebrow and said, âThe Jing Family is very powerful in the military and in the congress, but if such a family is rooted in the capital, they will only marry into other families.â
Yang City was the economic center of the country. All the major corporations represented by T.S. Corporation were rooted here, but they also kept a distance from the political forces at the top.
âThatâs right.â Grandpa Ji nodded. âLogically speaking, the Jing Family doesnât have anything to do with us, but I heard from my old friend that the young Ms. Jing admires you a lot. Perhaps you can give it a try. If you succeed, it will only be beneficial to the company and our family.â
âIâve never met this Ms. Jing before. We donât even know each other.â Ji Shiting raised an eyebrow. âAdmire? Are you mistaken, grandpa?â
âIâm just asking you to give it a try. Whatâs there to be afraid of?â Grandpa Ji glared at him. âAre you still thinking about Ye Shengge?â
Ji Shiting frowned and took the document from him, but he didnât read it.
âGrandpa, you really want a great-grandchild, donât you?â He suddenly smiled.