When he made a move against Gu Zixi, Feng Chengjin was actually very hesitant and conflicted. After all, how could he not have some feelings for Zhi Xuan’s brother after so many years of perseverance?

But facing Junsheng Group’s relentless project advancements, ultimately, Feng Chengjin still chose this path.

There has never been absolute fairness in the business world; sometimes, there are dark areas of malicious competition. Between industries, provinces, and countries, what seems like open competition is actually filled with many internal interest choices.

This was the first lesson Feng Chengjin taught Gu Zixi, who was studying economics, and it was also the most vivid lesson.

After the lesson, once Feng Chengjin achieved the desired outcome of his extension, he gradually faded out of Gu Zixi’s life. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Later, when all the truth came to light and Feng Chengjin faced the Gu Family’s anger, Feng Chengjin’s helplessness was something that his parents didn’t understand at the time, maybe not even his sister, but he fully understood.

Was there resentment?

In Gu Zixi’s world, there wasn’t.

He only remembered the last thing Feng Chengjin taught him in his "Light and Shadow" persona—

Zixi, it’s not just the times that create heroes, but more often it’s adversity. You’re about to transform from a boy into a man. Life will teach you the first lesson: setback, rise, pressure, responsibility...

...

After Gu Zixi finished speaking, Yu Xi’s heart could not calm down for a long time.

The cigarette butt held between his fingers remained unlit in the wind for a long time.

Until Gu Zixi took another sip of cold beer, set it down, and looked at him with his hands in his pockets, smiling, "So, do you understand now? I have nothing now. No matter how excellent you think I am now, my dad has been forced to resign. In administration, leaving this way means the complete disappearance of power, a permanent decline in status. Our family still has some money now, but part of it will be compensation to the Feng Family, as an apology. Whether your grandfather returns it or not, our family will never want it back, and the other part will be kept as emergency living expenses from now on, and to give my sister some confidence in the Feng Family, so she won’t be cowed."

Faced with Yu Xi’s gasp, Gu Zixi laughed more carelessly, saying, "And because of the lack of money, I have worked in the United States, waited tables, and in those two hardest years, I even raced in illegal racing to make ends meet. My parents don’t know any of this, because if something went wrong, at best you’d get a fracture, at worst you’d die. These are things I’ve never told anyone because I was afraid of anyone worrying. But I understand... I’m no longer that envied young master of the Gu Family, living a life of luxury. I have no other way but to make myself better to stand out."

"Yu Xi, you say you envy me... but I envy you more for having an illustrious family background that hasn’t changed. How can I not admire your uncle? The prosperity of the Feng Family in this generation, to some extent, is because Cheng Jin brother-in-law is bearing the burdens for your entire family. Honestly, you can still whimsically have such intense arguments with me, while I no longer have the right to be defiant with anyone..."

At the end of his words, Gu Zixi’s voice was hoarse, touching the softest, most painful nerve in one’s heart.

Yu Xi’s eyes brimmed with tears.

Gu Zixi looked at him, suddenly laughed, "What are you doing?"

"I..." At this moment, Yu Xi also didn’t know what to say.

The tangled emotions made him understand very clearly that he just hated Gu Zixi’s existence because he was almost completely despised by the whole family, especially Gu Zixi’s disdain, which made him most sensitive, concerned, angry!

He once thought that as long as he upset Gu Zixi, or spoke his mind, he would be relieved.

However, at this moment, he realized that things seemed completely different!

Hearing Gu Zixi’s response, reason told him it was enough, after all, he envied himself too, he is indeed more pitiful than himself, let it end here.

But emotionally, he felt emptier, grasping aimlessly for something.

That feeling was as if a door had opened, believing he was about to reach paradise, yet falling into a black hole, surrounded by suffocating thin air, not knowing where to breathe.

Even, putting aside the current anger and struggle, he clearly discovered that this feeling had existed from the first time he met Gu Zixi.

It seemed like he was fussing with him not just because he was angry at Gu Zixi’s existence, there was something deeper involved!

What was it for?

Gu Zixi’s heart was perplexed, yet seemed to sense something, trembling with vigilance and panic...