I Am Born With A Silver Spoon
Chapter 414 The Feud

At that time, his mother thought his father was weird and mysterious.

Even though his father wore shabby clothes, he always did something that would surprise people.

His father was also rather meek back then; he wouldn't retaliate even if he was hit or insulted.

Initially, his mother sympathized with him. Slowly after, they fell in love and started dating, just like Chen Hao and Su Tongxin.

At that time, the Yang Family was the top family among the four most powerful families in Yan Jing.

Chen Hao's maternal grandmother, Madame Yang, was especially strict in managing the family. She made the Yang Family even more powerful after her husband died.

However, there was one thing that his mother hated the most about her-she continued to uphold the patriarchal tradition of valuing males more than females.

In the Yang Family, even up to this day, the women in the family would never handle the important affairs. Regardless how hard they worked, they had to pass the most valuable assets and positions over to the men in the family.

It was normal for his grandmother, who had strong traditional values, to value men over women, even though she was a woman too.

According to the development of the situation at that time, Chen Hao's mother was going to be married to the son of their family's business partners as a result of their business alliance.

His father kept a very low profile-no one knew he was the richest in the Chen Family if he decided to keep quiet about it.

Hence, his mother ran away from the marriage and both his parents eloped.

If it was just because of this, the feud between both Yang and Chen families would not be this serious.

His mother's fifth brother-Uncle Yuxing-was very close with his mother and helped them elope.

Because of that, Uncle Yuxing bore all responsibilities. He was severely punished by Chen Hao's grandmother, and then he was banished from the family.

They also offended their business partner with the elopement.

When his father finished his poverty education, he was preparing to return to the Yang Family to speak on behalf of his uncle.

However, a few days before his father was able to do that, his uncle was assassinated by someone and landed in a vegetative state. He was still bedridden until now.

The culprit was their business partner who blamed his uncle for embarrassing their family.

And his grandmother blamed his mother because of this. She announced publicly that she severed all ties with his mother.

As for his mother, she thought that his grandmother was too ruthless—after all, she was the one who banished his uncle and ignored him.

This was the feud between his mother and grandmother.

After his parents got married, they never visited the Yang Family.

Instead, they obliterated the family that assassinated his uncle.

This was also the reason why the four biggest families in Yan Jing came down to three.

"What happened later?" Chen Hao finally understood everything. He didn't know that his parents had been through so much!

"After that, your dad and I kept in touch with your uncle's family and took care of him in secret. Ten years ago, your grandmother brought him back to the Yang Family." She wiped some tears away while speaking.

"Son, we are depending on you for this. Only you can go to the Yang Family and speak to your grandmother. If she is willing to help to convince the Mo Family, this would be a great favor to us!" said Chen Jingdong.

"Okay, I got it!"

"Hao, when you arrive at Yan Jing, go replace your cousin Yang Xiaobei first. Xiaobei is the daughter of your Uncle Yuxing, and we've been helping her out all this while. I'm sure she will know who you are. With her help, things will probably go smoother. Your grandmother is very stubborn, but I'm sure she won't be too harsh on you. And also Hao, let me warn you-no matter how your grandmother treated me in the past, I forbid you to be rude to her!"

He knew that his mother missed his grandmother despite the incidents that occured; blood is thicker than water after all.

"Roger that!"

Just then, the door opened and Shen Lan walked into the room. "Mother, Father, Ziyue and Lady Mengxin are here to see you!"

She glanced at Chen Hao and walked downstairs.

"Hao, after all these years watching Lan grow up, I know she is a very fine girl. Please treat her well. And we'll replace a suitable day someday to—"

"I know, Mum! But I'm not thinking about anything like that now!" Chen Hao interrupted his mother just in time as he knew what she was going to say.

"Okay then, let's not talk about that and solve the current problem first. By the way, feel free to take charge of the business in China. I've already informed Fu-the assets and properties of the Chen Family in China-including your sister's-belong to you."

Three days later, at the arrivals of the airport in Yan Jing, two women-one of them was older while the other was younger-were leaning in front of a black Volkswagen Passat, waiting for someone. The older woman was middle-aged, and wore a professional attire; it was clear that she took good care of her skin.

The younger girl looked childlike and youthful, but her facial features were exquisite and beautiful. She looked like she'd just graduated from university.

They attracted some attention just by standing at the arrivals.

"Would you look at the time! Why isn't he here yet? It's so hot! I already have enough on my plate, and now I have to wait for someone's arrival?" the middle-aged woman said impatiently while she turned her wrist to look at her watch.

"Mom, be patient. This is his first time here, and it's normal for flights to be delayed," the girl put in some good words.

She was exhilarated when Aunt Yuping called to tell her that her cousin, Chen Hao, was coming.

She knew that Aunt Yuping and Uncle Jindong had been tending their overseas business for the past few years. They provided her a lot of support in secret-they found the best teachers for her, gave her the best education, and did a lot more things for her.

However, due to some reasons, she could not visit her aunt, uncle, cousin sister and her cousin brother.

"Hmph! He is so pretentious! Why must he take the plane? Coming by car isn't good enough for him? Your dad is already in this state, and his sister is no better! I owe the Yang Family nothing, you know!" the middle-aged woman complained.

"Mom, aunt has subsidized us all these years. You knew she has been helping our family out but why do you say such things about her?"

"If your aunt didn't run away with that bastard years ago, your father would not be in this situation right now! And our status in the Yang Family would be much higher! You are the Young Lady of the Yang Family, so you should have a lot of guards and cars following you when you are out, like all your cousins. But look at us now, just a Volkswagen! And you! Remember your grandmother had forbidden anyone in the family to contact your aunt. If we are found keeping in touch with them, not only will we be banished from the family, I will lose my job as well! Oh, I am so anxious right now!" The young girl listened quietly to her mother's grumbling and looked at the arrivals gate expectantly.

She wondered how Chen Hao looked like; her aunt was a beauty, so she was sure that her cousin would be good looking too.

A young man dragging his luggage walked toward her.

"Yang Xiaobei?" he smiled and asked while looking at the card in her hands which wrote 'Chen Hao'.

The girl bit her lips and nodded, looking at the fine young man in front of her blankly.

"You're Chen Hao?" She smiled sweetly.

"Yup!"☐☐☐☐☐