Farming Space Makes Me Rich

Chapter 161: The Matter of the Gong Family

"Grandpa..." Gong Tianhao was always a boy in his grandfather's eyes. "Grandpa, even if I have a family, you shouldn't be in such a hurry to find Grandma. If that is your reason to leave, then I'd rather not get married."

Old Master Gong's eyes sharpened, and he snapped, "That is not a reason for you not to get married. You are not going to use me as an excuse not to start a family. You're not that young anymore!" Old Master Gong was serious. When it came to Gong Tianhao's marriage, he was always serious.

Gong Tianhao returned to his usual stubborn self. He muttered internally, 'How am I old? I'm not even 30 yet.'

Old Master Gong read his grandson's expression and, consequently, Gong Tianhao's thoughts. He grabbed his walking stick and smacked Gong Tianhao's back. "Do you think I don't know what you're thinking? If you don't get married, when am I going to have a great-grandchild? You really know how to anger me."

He then grabbed his chest. His face was red.

Gong Tianhao immediately patted his grandfather's back. "Grandpa, calm down. Don't get angry."

Old Master Gong retorted, "If you don't want me to be angry, then go find a wife and give me a great-grandchild!"

Gong Tianhao would always go along with his grandfather's decision... except for this one. He didn't want his grandfather to leave him behind simply because he had a family of his own.

Eight years ago, Gong Tianhao's girlfriend dumped him because she wanted to go abroad. He was upset and got drunk. That night, he went home drunk and passed by his grandfather's study. He heard his grandfather talking to his grandmother's portrait in the study. He didn't pay attention to it at first because his grandfather often talked to his wife's portrait. However, as he was about to leave, he heard his grandfather say, "Dear, I can't go yet. However, when Hao 'Er gets married and has children, I'll go to accompany you, okay?"

Gong Tianhao immediately shivered and sobered up. Only then did he realize his grandfather had been harboring such thoughts. Gong Tianhao was afraid of losing his grandfather, his only family. From then on, he decided not to marry and have children.

"I heard you!" Gong Tianhao suddenly said.

Old Master Gong was puzzled and asked, "You heard me? What did you hear?"

Gong Tianhao said, "When I was 21 years old, I overheard what you said to Grandma in the study. You said you'd go to find Grandma after I get married and have children."

"That's why you've been averse to a relationship?" Old Master Gong asked.

Gong Tianhao remained silent. The silence was the best answer.

Old Master Gong was silent too. Then, he sighed. "So it is me who has been dragging you down!" He thought his grandson was still nursing the wounds from the breakup eight years ago. He was still waiting for the girl to come back.

Gong Tianhao immediately said anxiously, "Grandpa, I don't mean it like that. This is not your fault. It's me... I don't want to get married and have children."

Old Master Gong sighed and said, "Hao 'Er, you're almost 30 years old. You're getting older."

"..." Gong Tianhao said, "Grandpa, no matter how old I am, I am always your grandchild. A grandchild is still a child!"

"I suppose you're right." Old Master Gong laughed lightly. "You'll always be a boy in my eyes."

"See, you agree with me." Gong Tianhao was quite thick-faced around his grandfather.

"Haha..." Old Master suddenly laughed. "Alright. If you don't want to get married, then so be it. As long as I'm around, someone will always treat you as a child, even when you're a 50-year-old child." When Gong Tianhao was 50, he'd be 100 already.

Gong Tianhao smiled.

"But, Hao 'Er." Old Master Gong said earnestly, "Promise Grandpa that if you meet a good girl, you will not let her slip away. Grandpa promises you that I will live until I can see my great-grandson running around. Then, I'll go and meet your grandmother."

Old Master Gong knew his grandson's stubbornness very well. If he didn't urge Gong Tianhao slightly, he would keep on being single.

Gong Tianhao nodded. "Okay, Grandpa."

Then, the two of them changed the topic.

Old Master Gong said, "Hao 'Er, you asked me to leave the capital and go to Taoyuan Village. One of the reasons is you want me to stay away from your second grandfather's family, right?"

Gong Tianhao didn't deny it and said, "That's right." At this point, he paused for a moment and added, "They keep coming to disturb you, and it's not good for your health."

Old Master Gong smiled, "Is it that, or you don't want me to help them anymore?"

"That is also another reason." Gong Tianhao said, "They know that your health is not perfect, but they keep on coming to bother you. They ignored your health and begged you to help them with the smallest things. They keep annoying you and want to use their family's daughter to tie me down through marriage. How disgusting!" Gong Tianhao didn't hide his disgust for the second branch.

"This is my fault for indulging them for too long." He sighed.

"Grandpa, it's not your fault." Gong Tianhao shook his head and said, "It's second grandfather's family who is too greedy and ambitious. They don't know how to be satisfied."

He paused for a moment and said, "Grandfather, I know you have to give them leeway in the past for my sake. You were afraid that if you didn't give them something, they will harm me. Even if you had given an explicit warning, they would still come after me. To appease them, you gave them what they wanted, power and money. They managed to establish a firm foundation in the capital in just a few years. They are still growing strong.

"But Grandpa, certain people will never be satisfied. The more you give them, the more they want. Even if you surrender to them the whole Gong Family, they will go so far to eliminate you and me to make their power concrete."

Old Master Gong said, "I know about their ambitions and greed. But I worry. After I'm gone, they're your only blood-related family left."

"I'd rather not have people who constantly want to harm me as my blood family. They don't treat me as one, so why should I?" Gong Tianhao's tone was very cold. Then, his tone became gentle as he said, "And Grandpa, you are not going anywhere."

Old Master Gong thought for a moment and said with a sigh, "Well, Hao 'Er is all grown up. I'll leave this for you to handle." Old Master Gong couldn't care about the second branch forever. "But, Hao 'Er, you have to promise me that you'd put your safety first, okay?" Old Master Gong was worried. "Over the years, I've given them too much power. It's not going to be easy to make them budge. I'm afraid that once you do something, they'd become desperate and harm you."

Gong Tianhao nodded. "Grandpa, don't worry. I'll be fine. Plus, you were the one who gave them all this power and money. I am merely taking them back for you. Without the Gong Family's support, what can they do? Grandpa, we have been too kind to them. That's why they are so shameless now."

Old Master Gong admitted, "Hao 'Er, you're right. Okay, I will move to Taoyuan Village. I wish to see the beautiful scenery and taste the cooking of that auntie you mentioned. I quite look forward to it."

Gong Tianhao let out a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Grandpa, you won't be disappointed. You will be able to rest well. And I will visit you as long as I have time."

"Then, Hao 'Er, you have to be careful in the capital by yourself, understand?"

"Yes, I understand, Grandpa!" Gong Tianhao replied.