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Chapter 950: 771 Pei Sheng: How odd, take another look

Chapter 950: Chapter 771 Pei Sheng: How odd, take another look

Under the dark night.

A discreet black private car drove into the villa district.

With a sour expression, Pei Sheng stepped out from the back seat, his face cold and indifferent as he walked into the villa under the watchful eyes of the doorman.

This was the home Pei Sheng returned to only about once a year.

As one of the prominent families in Yangcheng,

The Pei Group’s enterprises span real estate development, commercial operations, smart services, and electronic information, basking in the status of a multi-billion corporation with significant influence nationwide.

However…

It hardly ventures into the gaming sector.

Thus, the Pei Family allowed Pei Sheng to dabble in games.

Partly as an experiment, partly just to humor him.

As it turned out, Pei Sheng ended up thoroughly enjoying it and becoming obsessed.

On his return, something delayed him a bit.

Now it was already very late.

The elderly members of the household had essentially gone to bed. Moreover, Pei Hong, who had brought him back this time, hadn’t informed the family in advance, nor was it a holiday, so no one was waiting for him.

After entering the villa and looking around but finding no one he could vent at, Pei Sheng slumped irritably onto the couch.

Pei Hong walked in shortly afterward.

“Alright, spill it. If there’s something you want to say, get on with it!”

Without even changing his shoes, Pei Sheng stepped onto the carpet with an annoyed face and threw himself onto the couch, crossing one leg over the other.

Pei Hong, walking over and glancing at his feet, said, “Change your shoes first, they’re filthy.”

“Say your piece and I’ll leave!” Pei Sheng ignored him.

“That’s not happening. You’ll be staying here at least until after Mid-Autumn Festival. I’ve already arranged time off for you with Boss Xu,” Pei Hong stated as he sat down across from him.

“…?!”

Those words made Pei Sheng’s eyes widen in shock.

He shot up from his seat!

Ready to explode in anger!

But Pei Hong nonchalantly snuffed out his fury: “Mom and Dad are asleep—keep your voice down. Mom hasn’t been in great health and doesn’t sleep well at night, while Dad just turned in not long ago.”

Pei Sheng: “…”

With trembling fingers, he pointed at Pei Hong, his face contorted with anger, fluctuating until he was nearly purple with rage, but in the end resigned himself and sat back down indignantly.

Trying to calm down.

He picked up the teapot sitting on the table, ignored the ready-poured teacup, and took a long swig straight from the pot!

The nearby housekeeper hesitated, looking as if they wanted to intervene but held back.

“Hot, hot, hot, hot, hot…”

Pei Sheng gasped for breath while puffing steam from his burnt mouth.

Across from him, Pei Hong remained unmoved.

After some time passed.

With a blank expression, Pei Sheng calmly said, “Right now, I’m managing a project with a multi-million-dollar investment. As the person in charge, it’s impossible for me to just leave so easily. How did you convince him?”

Pei Hong leisurely picked up the teacup from the table, took a sip, and glanced at Pei Sheng, his gaze unclear.

All in all, it didn’t seem like he doubted the “multi-million-dollar investment.”

Instead, it seemed like he was skeptical of the “person in charge” part.

“What are you looking at?! You don’t believe me, do you?!”

Picking up on this, Pei Sheng shot back irritably.

Pei Hong set down his teacup and replied evenly, “No, I believe you.”

Of course he did.

After all, the project was funded by him.

Because of an agreement made back then, he couldn’t directly invest in Radiant Game Studio in his capacity as part of the Pei Family, so the investment had been framed as a donation.

Originally, it was meant as a way to properly train Pei Sheng’s skills.

But it seemed it hadn’t made much of a difference.

Pei Hong shook his head and took another sip of tea.

“So, what exactly is your relationship with Xu Shuo? How did you convince him to sell me out? That man wouldn’t stop working even if the sun exploded!” Pei Sheng asked angrily.

“Sheng, do you know why Dad doesn’t plan on letting you inherit the Pei Corporation?”

“…”

The question left Pei Sheng momentarily stunned.

Then he sneered, “What else could it be? You’re older than me, you studied better than me, and you run the company better than me.”

Pei Hong sighed. “Sheng, it’s because you don’t understand that businessmen can’t afford any personal entanglements. Him trapping you in that studio—haven’t you considered that he might be trying to continue leveraging the Pei Family’s influence?”

Back in the day, the Pei Family had only intended to send Pei Sheng to the small studio to gain some experience.

After all, even if the Pei Group wasn’t going to be handed to him,

there were plenty of other subsidiaries he could take on!

Who would have thought?

This kid got so attached to his friend’s studio that he wouldn’t even come back.

Annoyed by constant nagging,

he eventually stopped coming to the family estate altogether.

Sigh, the boy had been ruined by the folks on the other side.

“Bullshit! That’s because I just want to eat, drink, and be lazy!”

Furious, Pei Sheng slammed the table: “I was born a multi-billion-dollar trust fund baby—anything I want, I have! I don’t need to inherit the family business or save the damn world! Why would I bother striving for anything? Just bored out my mind, huh?!”

The shout reverberated.

Loud and confident.

Resolute and unapologetic.

The housekeeper pressed their finger to their lips and lowered their head discreetly.

Pei Hong: “…”

Pei Hong was utterly speechless.

He’d always known Pei Sheng preferred a laid-back lifestyle, but he never imagined his true feelings ran this deep—lazy to an outrageous degree!

Suddenly, Pei Hong started to wonder.

If this kid hadn’t gotten mixed up with Xu Shuo, would he be sprawled limply at home by now as a salted fish incapable of even flipping itself over?

After all, when the Pei family discovered that their rare second child was also a boy,

they made sure to instill early on the notion that “the Group would be inherited by the elder brother, Pei Hong, while the younger brother could run subsidiaries if he wished.”

Pei Hong was eight whole years older than Pei Sheng.

Starting his training in corporate management from a young age under their parents’ guidance, he naturally became attentive to this younger sibling who came along later.

Then, at age three…