Chapter 264 - 256: Persuasion (Part One)
"Of course, it’s not a problem. It’s just that after the give and take, the Lu Group, which mom and dad worked so hard for all their lives, will ultimately become the Pei Group, and my dear brother’s next generation may have to live in reliance on the Pei Family," Xia Yuan said, trying to make her tone as light and breezy as possible.
"On my side, my husband’s family’s power will grow stronger and stronger, and in the end, it may not only have its own private planet as the universal civilization evolves, but one day also have ten or eight private planets like those higher-level civilizations’ great families, reaching the top of the pyramid to become the elite among men.
As for my brother, the influence of his maternal family may result in his descendants becoming increasingly miserable, slowly falling from the upper reaches of the pyramid to become one of the many cornerstones, or even the kind that everyone can come and step on.
Otherwise, they’ll have to cling to the Pei Family for survival, and if things go wrong, they could directly become guards or servants of the Pei Family, loyal to the Pei Group... But by then, we’ll all be long gone, so who cares? Right, mom and dad?"
"..."
Lu Aiguo stared at Xia Yuan -- who cares? No one cares, but as a son, he, an old man himself, couldn’t help but care.
He wanted to tell his daughter, can you speak properly? Could you not scare your dad, and maybe not make it sound so terrible?
But his throat moved, and no sound came out. That was because he realized he had no way to refute it; the scenario his daughter described could indeed very likely happen in the future...