Ch 23: The Unfilial Children Trembles in Fear (QT)

World 2: The Dominating CEO’s Mother

Yun Xi perfectly completed the mission in the first world, dispelling the original host’s resentment and allowing her to reincarnate smoothly. When the original host departed, a thread of merit settled onto Yun Xi, nourishing her damaged soul and making her feel extremely comfortable.

The feeling was wonderful, so Yun Xi did not rest. She immediately summoned her second destined client.

This time, the client was furious. Her request was that her son be made to live the life of an ordinary person and never again have anything to do with the family business.

An ordinary person’s life did not sound like such a bad thing. But after Yun Xi woke up and received the woman’s memories, she realized that for this bargain-bin son, it would definitely count as a life of hardship.

The original host, Fu Yunxi, came from a family that had been in business for five generations. Original translation at HololoNovels dot com. Their foundation was deep and prosperous, but they had never been blessed with many descendants. By her generation, she was the family’s only child.

As a result, her family arranged for her to marry a husband who would join her family so that she could inherit the business.

In modern society, there was no formal concept of marrying into the wife’s family anymore. They had simply registered a legal marriage like any other couple. However, they had signed a prenuptial agreement that clearly separated their assets. The original host was responsible for all household and living expenses, but money, property, and family assets would not be shared with her husband. In addition, any children they had would carry the Fu surname.

On the surface, it seemed as though the arrangement offered the husband no benefits.

In reality, simply by becoming Fu Yunxi’s husband, a person’s status, connections, and social circle would undergo a complete transformation. He would gain countless invisible advantages. At the same time, he could enjoy a luxurious lifestyle and spend the rest of his life in wealth and comfort without having to struggle for it.

Back then, many men were willing to marry into the Fu family. Some even came from families of equal status, sending over younger sons who were not expected to inherit their own family businesses.

In the end, the original host chose one of her university classmates.

He was handsome, gentle, and carried a faint air of melancholy. During four years of university, no one had ever seen him lose his temper with anyone. He had no family and was an orphan, making his background exceptionally simple.

All he wanted was a stable home and a peaceful life.

The two hit it off immediately.

There was no passionate love between them, but there were no dramatic conflicts either. They simply treated each other with mutual respect and lived together peacefully.

After the original host’s elders passed away, she took over the company and became extremely busy. Her husband took care of the household, and life remained stable and harmonious.

Everything changed when their son, Fu Junjie, turned sixteen.

The original host’s husband died from illness.

To her shock, Fu Junjie suddenly revealed deep resentment toward her. He believed that the arrangement where the woman worked outside while the man managed the home had suppressed his father. He also blamed her for spending too much time working and too little time with the family. In his eyes, her lack of gentleness and warmth had caused his father to become depressed and eventually die.

The original host found the accusation absurd.

Her husband had never suffered from depression. Their marriage had been a mutually beneficial arrangement from the very beginning. Everything had been discussed and agreed upon beforehand.

How had it suddenly become her fault that he had supposedly died of depression?

And why was her son blaming her?

Had the obedient, sensible son she thought she knew merely been pretending all these years? Had he secretly resented her the entire time and only chosen this moment to explode?

Naturally, the original host did not hold it against him.

Instead, she tried her best to make more time for him.

Unfortunately, he had no interest in her efforts.

He spent most of his time outside with friends and rarely came home. Once he became an adult, he left to study abroad. For four whole years, he never contacted her.

If not for the fact that he continued using the supplementary credit card she provided, she would have thought he had disappeared altogether.

The original host tried countless methods to repair their relationship.

She even consulted psychologists, wondering whether she herself had done something wrong.

In the end, she found no answers.

She could only conclude that perhaps the bond between mother and son was simply shallow and continue living her life.

Then Fu Junjie returned from abroad.

The first thing he did was not join the company.

Instead, he brought home a girl and announced that she was the love of his life.

The original host had seen enough of the world to judge character.

From the girl’s behavior and mannerisms, she immediately sensed that the girl was not nearly as innocent as her son believed. She was clearly approaching him with ulterior motives.

Naturally, the original host opposed the relationship.

The more she opposed it, however, the more determined Fu Junjie became.

Every day, he and the girl, Yan Zhixin, appeared inseparable, as though he wanted the entire world to know she was the person he had chosen.

The original host investigated Yan Zhixin and discovered that she had previously associated with several wealthy second-generation heirs. Although she had never officially dated any of them, she had begun a relationship only after meeting Fu Junjie.

This made the original host even more suspicious.

Yet when Fu Junjie learned that she had investigated his girlfriend, he merely accused her of being despicable.

He did not consider any of the findings problematic.

On the contrary, he claimed that Yan Zhixin was simply outstanding enough to attract such people.

In short, Fu Junjie was completely impossible to reason with.

Nothing anyone said could get through to him.

The original host was exhausted.

After being tormented by these issues for so long, she finally compromised. She told them that if they signed a prenuptial agreement, just as she had done years ago, she would accept their relationship and they could live together peacefully as a family.

Unexpectedly, this touched a nerve.

Yan Zhixin cried as though she had been deeply insulted.

Fu Junjie accused his mother of caring only about money.

The two of them secretly registered their marriage behind her back. They even continued living in the family home, seeing her every day and deliberately provoking her.

By this point, the original host had already given up on repairing her relationship with her son.

She simply waited for a grandson or granddaughter to be born so she could cultivate a new heir.

Her obsession with preserving the family bloodline was the only reason she had never dealt harshly with Fu Junjie.

Instead, her tolerance only encouraged his arrogance.

From time to time, he would intentionally do things just to disgust and annoy her.

The original host could not understand why he behaved this way.

Her patience wore thinner and thinner.

Then the young couple announced that they intended to remain child-free.

At last, the original host reached her limit.

She decided to throw them out.

Instead, they came to argue with her.

Fu Junjie even grabbed her while demanding answers.

Right before her eyes, Yan Zhixin deliberately tripped her.

She tumbled down the staircase, struck her cervical spine, and became completely paralyzed.

From that day onward, only her eyes could move.

At first, Fu Junjie was frightened.

But very quickly, he assured Yan Zhixin that he would protect her and make sure no one ever found out what happened.

He erased the surveillance footage, hired a foreign maid to care for the original host, and then triumphantly took over the company.

The irony was that when the original host had tried to train him before, he had refused to learn.

Now that he had suddenly become the head of the company, he was utterly incapable of steering the Fu family’s massive enterprise.

Worse, he had no awareness of his own limitations.

He made reckless decisions one after another.

He would even come to the original host and proudly show off those decisions, mocking her in the process.

He laughed that she had spent her entire life being strong and capable, only to end up a cripple confined to a bed.

The original host was utterly despairing. Yet she stubbornly clung to a sliver of hope, wishing she could recover her health and save the company. It was the foundation her family had built over five generations. Original translation at HololoNovels dot com. She could not bear to see it destroyed in her hands.

Unfortunately, no miracle ever came.

No one saved the company, either.

By the time Yan Zhixin finally gave birth and carried the baby to her bedside, speaking as though she were bestowing a favor upon them by providing an heir, the company had already gone bankrupt.

Seeing that Fu Junjie had no chance of making a comeback, Yan Zhixin packed up every valuable asset left in the household and ran away.

Fu Junjie immediately fell apart.

He came crying to the original host, saying he had been blind and misjudged Yan Zhixin. But as he talked, he gradually shifted the blame once again.

He claimed that the original host had always spoken badly about Yan Zhixin, almost like she had cursed her, and that was why things had turned out this way.

If only the original host had blessed their relationship, continued managing the company properly, and spent a few more years teaching him, none of this would have happened, right?

After talking in circles, he somehow managed to blame everything on her again.

Only then did the original host finally understand.

The problem had never been her.

The problem was that this child was naturally cold-hearted, selfish, and unwilling to take responsibility.

A large part of a person’s character was innate. No amount of later guidance could easily change the core of who they were.

She also finally realized that bloodline inheritance was not nearly as important as she had once believed.

Now she had a grandson.

Yet the company was bankrupt.

What good had preserving the family bloodline done?

If she had not been so obsessed with that bloodline, how could she have tolerated Fu Junjie for so many years?

In the end, she had only earned herself such a tragic fate.

Eventually, the household staff were dismissed.

Fu Junjie drank constantly and took care of her carelessly.

Before long, the original host died.

She was furious.

Furious that Fu Junjie had turned out to be this kind of person.

Furious that she herself had tolerated him for so long.

As a result, her greatest wish was simple: cut the knot cleanly and stay as far away from Fu Junjie as possible.

Didn’t he like the life of an ordinary person?

Then he could go live it immediately.

No one should stop him.

However, judging from Fu Junjie’s reaction after the company went bankrupt, he had long since become accustomed to a life of luxury.

He would not want to endure even a single day of ordinary life.

Yun Xi felt that this request was much easier than her previous mission.

At the very least, she would not have to spend all her time cleaning up after an ungrateful wolf.

Life would be far more comfortable.

When Yun Xi opened her eyes, she was sitting in an office reviewing documents.

No one else was around, which gave her plenty of time to organize the memories and settle into her role.

At this rate, she thought, after inhabiting a few more bodies, she could probably become an actress.

She would likely be quite good at it.

The current point in time was after Fu Junjie had already introduced Yan Zhixin to his family.

The original host had disapproved of the relationship and had investigated Yan Zhixin. She had been planning to show the investigation results to Fu Junjie.

In the original timeline, she had gone home and spoken with him privately.

Fu Junjie had flown into a rage and cursed her for meddling in his affairs.

This time, however, Yun Xi looked at the investigation report on her desk and used the office intercom to instruct her secretary to contact Fu Junjie and have him come to the company in one hour to discuss Yan Zhixin.

Fu Junjie answered the call impatiently.

The moment he heard he was being summoned to the company, he was ready to hang up.

But when he learned that the topic was Yan Zhixin, he changed his mind and drove to the company at once.

He pushed open the office door without knocking and frowned.

“What did you call me here for? What are you trying to say this time?”

Yun Xi tossed the investigation report onto the desk in front of him.

“Read it.”

The moment Fu Junjie opened the file, he became angry.

“You investigated Zhixin? That’s outrageous! You’ve gone too far! Who do you think you are? How can you do something so ridiculous? What’s wrong with Zhixin? She has lots of friends and everyone likes her. You’re the only one constantly picking faults and looking down on her.”

Yun Xi said calmly, “I don’t look down on her. Your logic is flawed. Your father was an orphan with no background. In terms of family circumstances, he was in a worse position than she is. I never looked down on your father, so why would I look down on her? What exactly would I be looking down on?”

Fu Junjie froze.

He had simply assumed that Yun Xi disliked Yan Zhixin because she came from an ordinary family.

He had never thought it through.

Now that she pointed it out, it was true.

Back then, Yun Xi herself had chosen to marry an ordinary man.

Why would she look down on him for choosing an ordinary woman?

But there was no way he would admit he was wrong.

Immediately, he shouted, “Don’t mention my dad! You’re not worthy of mentioning him!”

The argument grew louder.

Several company executives heard the commotion and gathered outside the office.

Security personnel were also called to stand by.

Yun Xi was quite satisfied with that.

This way, the company would not have room for wild speculation later.

In front of everyone, she said,

“The reason I oppose your relationship is because Yan Zhixin has been searching for wealthy men all along. She’s associated with numerous rich heirs. You’re nothing more than the prey she selected, the stepping stone she intends to use to climb upward. Of course I don’t approve of someone approaching you with such obvious motives.”

Fu Junjie immediately retorted,

“That’s not true. Stop slandering her. The fact that those people associated with her only proves that she’s exceptional enough to attract them. Why are your thoughts so disgusting? Do you think everyone is like you, caring only about benefits and not about feelings?”

Yun Xi’s expression turned cold.

“Fu Junjie, over the past few years you’ve become increasingly arrogant and reckless. You speak without restraint and lack even the most basic manners. How am I supposed to feel comfortable handing the company over to someone like you?”

The words escaped his mouth before he could stop them.