CHAPTER 391: CHAPTER 391

When Xiao Shuo heard this, it felt as if his heart had suddenly died.

This question might seem baffling, but he was actually gauging his father’s initial reaction...!

Well, now it was clear: Grandpa’s initial reaction was to side with Uncle Seven.

"Am I not his grandson too?"

"Grandsons aren’t as precious as late-in-life sons!"

Xiao Shuo was speechless. Fine. Not as precious as a late-in-life son.

Reality had yanked him right back.

After hanging up on his father, he directly called the Xiao family’s old residence. This time, a maid answered.

Xiao Shuo told her he was looking for Uncle Zhong. Soon, Uncle Zhong came to the phone. "Little Third Master."

"It’s me, Uncle Zhong."

"Have you arrived yet? The kitchen has already started stewing the braised pork," Uncle Zhong said politely.

Hearing about the braised pork, Xiao Shuo was suddenly desperate to eat it.

But he knew all too well that if he returned to the old residence now, he would undoubtedly be beaten to death by Uncle Seven tomorrow.

Thinking of Uncle Seven’s brutal methods, his bones felt like they were turning to jelly.

Taking a deep breath, he said to Uncle Zhong on the phone, "Uncle Zhong, I’m not coming back."

These words made Uncle Zhong, on the other end of the line, take a sharp breath. "What’s the matter?"

"Tell Grandpa that I actually never saw Uncle Seven with the Ye Family’s adopted daughter. It was all nonsense I made up," Xiao Shuo blurted out in one breath.

He spoke those words against his conscience, and with great unwillingness.

But he also didn’t dare to confront Uncle Seven directly. He knew full well that no matter the consequences, Uncle Seven had ways to resolve it smoothly.

By then, Grandpa certainly wouldn’t protect him!

"Did Seventh Master threaten you?" Uncle Zhong asked over the phone.

Uncle Zhong recalled the previous call Xiao Shuo had made to Old Master Xiao, where he claimed he was spouting nonsense. His tone now was exactly the same as it had been during that call!

Uncle Zhong felt certain he must have been threatened.

"No, Uncle Seven is very good to me. Uncle Zhong, don’t spread baseless rumors." Those words felt even more against his conscience.

He was on the verge of being tormented to death by Uncle Seven.

So now, how could he dare utter a single bad word about Uncle Seven, unless he truly no longer wanted to live?

Uncle Zhong, on the other end of the line, frowned. Good to him?

From what they knew, Xiao Shuo’s workload during this period was the heaviest among all Xiao Corporation employees.

To put it nicely, Seventh Master was training him. But to put it bluntly, it had all the markings of him being ’disciplined’.

Uncle Zhong’s expression grew serious. "Young Third Master, you should be well aware of the kind of impact it would have on the Xiao Family if Seventh Master truly gets involved with the Ye Family’s adopted daughter, shouldn’t you?"

Xiao Shuo said, "I know, but I really didn’t see anything."

Impact? What impact?

He was struggling just to protect himself now; how could he possibly care about the impact on the Xiao Corporation?

Those were problems for capable people to consider. Seventh Master was such an astute man; he must have already thought everything through.

Trying to be the bad guy himself would only make his own life more difficult.

Hearing him say this, Uncle Zhong had no alternative. "Very well, I will inform the Old Master!"

"Mm, I’m hanging up."

With that, Xiao Shuo directly hung up the phone.

The fact that his workload had become so heavy was undoubtedly a consequence of his daring to oppose Seventh Master.

Initially, his workload hadn’t been that heavy!

If he continued to oppose him, Xiao Shuo truly didn’t know what other methods Seventh Master would devise to torment him.

He had now completely given up resisting!

Meanwhile, Butler Zhong returned to Old Master Xiao’s side. "Old Master."

"Is he back?" Old Master Xiao asked without raising his head, still flipping through the book in his hands.

Butler Zhong shook his head. "Young Third Master just called. He said he didn’t see anything."

Old Master Xiao was silent for a moment.

The hand that was turning a page paused.

He looked up at Butler Zhong, his eyes behind his gold-rimmed reading glasses appearing even sharper and more astute.

"Did Old Seven threaten him?" Old Master Xiao asked, his tone sharp.

This was his immediate conclusion. He suspected Xiao Linye had most likely threatened Xiao Shuo; otherwise, why would Xiao Shuo have recanted so quickly?

Butler Zhong replied, "It sounds like it!"

Regarding this matter, unlike the situation with Seventh Master’s wife, if Seventh Master truly got involved with the Ye Family’s adopted daughter, Butler Zhong also sided with Old Master Xiao.

This was no laughing matter.

Previously, the Ye Family’s adopted daughter, as Young Third Master’s fiancée, had been a fact known to everyone in Upper City.

Although the engagement was later broken off because of the Ye Family’s biological daughter, if word got out that Xiao Shuo’s Uncle Seven was now involved with that adopted daughter, the whole affair would become truly scandalous.

Old Master Xiao’s breathing deepened, a glint of coldness flashing in his eyes. "Go investigate. Find out what truly happened."

"Seventh Master’s side, I’m afraid..." Butler Zhong hesitated.

Xiao Linye had always been a rather vigilant person.

The slightest move on their part, and he would likely know immediately.

At that point, if he discovered Old Master Xiao was still secretly investigating him, he would probably be even more displeased.

Never before had Old Master Xiao felt such a headache.

"Truly, a son sent to collect debts! Call him and tell him to come back immediately," Old Master Xiao said coldly.

He likely wouldn’t be able to sleep tonight if he didn’t get this matter thoroughly sorted out.