Chapter 49 Eight hundred hearts

Chu Xiaotian took a deep breath, his sparse brows furrowed as he said darkly, "Your good son has started digging up the graves of our ancestors now?! Huh? That beast! He's like mud that can't be sculpted into anything!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a maid hurried over, holding Chu Xiaotian's phone and timidly said, "Sir, there have been several calls, all for you."

Without a second thought, Chu Xiaotian knew that the calls were either from other schools or the president of Jiang University.

As expected, the caller was indeed the president of Jiang University.

"Sir, it's bad! Your... your grandson..."

"I already know. Get to the point! What's the plan for handling this?"

"We've immediately gone to the hospital to calm down the three international students, obtained their letters of understanding, and haven't even done an injury assessment. We were planning to get your grandson out and resolve this privately. But before we even arrived at the police station, the scandal about the reading companion system broke out, and other board members are saying it's... it's your grandson's doing. I..."

The old man shouted sternly, "Forget about my face. Handle it however you need to!"

"Alright, then I'll... make a clarification first. As for your grandson, I'll... leave him be for now."

"Focus on your own responsibilities! President Yang, I was opposed to the reading companion system from the beginning, and not only did you ignore me, but you also teamed up with other board members to put pressure on me! Hmph... Look at you, you really have added insult to injury! If this matter isn't handled well, you might as well step down as president!"

President Yang hesitated, "I only followed the example of other schools to improve our ranking. Furthermore, it's not entirely like that; it's just that a few international students had poor quality..."

Before he could finish, Chu Xiaotian angrily hung up the phone, then picked up a tea cup and smashed it towards his youngest son with fury, "I thought a tiger father wouldn't have a son who's not a tiger. I didn't expect that your precious son isn't even worthy of being called a 'son'! To hurt people in broad daylight, so audacious and lawless—who gave him the courage?! Huh? Was it you?!"

Chu Zhqing was sweating coldly, covered in water and tea leaves, looking distressed as he said, "I'll make sure to educate him properly!"

"Educate? It's too late for that!" Chu Xiaotian's breathing was heavy, clearly furious. After calming down a bit, he said coldly, "Let your brother and sister handle the overseas project. You step aside and stay home to educate your child properly!"

"Dad!" Chu Zhqing suddenly became agitated, but seeing Chu Xiaotian's resolute expression, he could only keep silent. After a pause, he nodded, "I understand..."

The old man snorted coldly, picked up the cane standing beside him, and the maid hurriedly reached out to support him. She then assisted Chu Xiaotian out of the pavilion.

The young lady watching the drama on the side tried to hold back her laughter and said sarcastically, "Uncle, I heard from my mom that you're actually the main pillar for the overseas project. My mom and my uncle are just your right and left arms. Now that Grandpa wants you to step aside, tsk tsk… Are you feeling heartbroken?"

"Get lost! Show some respect!" Chu Zhqing scolded angrily. As his niece hurried out of the pavilion, eager to report the good news to her mother, the charming Chu family's Third Prince suddenly curled his lips into a smile, his eyes showing a hint of amusement.

The family was full of clever minds.

Chu Yuxuan had actually known for a long time that the biggest behind-the-scenes boss of Jiangdong University was his grandfather. When he heard Jin Shuhan mention Jiangdong University in the morning, he was initially cautious, planning to have the fifth brother secretly film some videos to annoy Jiang University from behind the scenes, using public opinion to force Jiang University to cancel the disgusting reading companion system, treating it as a good deed without leaving his name.

After all, in the entire Chu family, who would dare to directly provoke the old man if they weren't out of their minds? Forget about hoping to compete for the family fortune in the future; just not being expelled from the Chu family would be considered the old man showing mercy.

But after seeing the three international students in the KFC store, Chu Yuxuan changed his mind. He thought it might be better to escalate the situation and create a scene for those who were secretly observing him.

By then, he would surely be deeply entangled in public opinion. When he later exposed the videos secretly filmed by the fifth brother, people would only think it was for emergency PR rather than being deliberate.

To his uncle and aunt, it seemed like Chu Yuxuan was clueless, digging his own grave with his reckless actions. The focus was on being "foolish."

However, he wasn't sure about the old man's "tolerance limit" and was somewhat undecided, which is why he called Chu Zhqing to discuss his thoughts.

At that time, Chu Zhqing had just been chastised by the old man and told to give his brother and sister a chance. In fact, not long ago, Chu Xiaotian had subtly criticized him for being autocratic in the overseas project. Although it was a joint project with three parties, he was treating it as his own, implying that he had been pressuring the other two partners and needed to step back when necessary.

After hearing his son's plan, Chu Zhqing immediately agreed without hesitation, telling his son to stir up trouble and make Grandpa even angrier.

He knew that if the old man got angry, he would use this incident to force him out of the overseas project and leave it to the other two families.

Although the project was a lucrative opportunity, sometimes you have to let go when necessary. This would both please the old man and ensure that the two families would fight even more fiercely over the interests.

One must be willing to part with something to get a better view of the competition. Why not spend some money to watch the drama unfold?

The father and son had cleverly played a good move.

Unfortunately, the two families were still in the dark, believing Chu Yuxuan was just a frivolous young man and nothing to worry about.

At the same time, they were overjoyed by the news that Chu Zhqing was being removed from the overseas project, which had clouded their judgment.

Little did they know, the grandfather and grandson had gone through great lengths to set up this trap to sweeten their perceptions.