Without uttering another word, Tang Li slapped Tang Hao across the face.
He roared, "Kneel! You ingrate!"
Tang Hao was doing his best to hold back his anger as his face throbbed from the slap. He stuck his chin out stubbornly and shouted, "Dad, why should I kneel down? I didn't say anything wrong. Why did you hit me?"
Tang Li trembled with anger and was speechless at his son's response.
Tang Sisi sneered as she watched from one side. She said faintly, "Tang Hao, Chu Feng is the doctor invited by the Tang family. It was he who got rid of the cyst in Grandpa's lung and saved Grandpa's life. But didn't you say that the people Chu Feng rescued were trash who were damned and deserved to go to hell?"
She continued playfully, "Did you mean that Grandpa should have died a long time ago, and that he belonged in hell?"
Tang Hao shuddered when he finally realized the situation, and his heart felt like it was about to beat out of his chest from fright. "He… He cured Grandpa, I…"
Tang Weiguo's expression was extremely dour. He smacked a hand onto the table and shouted sharply, "Li! You educated your son very well indeed. What an example as a descendant of the Tang family!"
"Grandpa, I'm sorry! I didn't mean that! I didn't mean to curse your death!"
Tang Hao fell to his knees with a thump and began to kowtow at Tang Weiguo's feet again and again to make amends. He was so scared that he was trembling all over.
Even if he were the spoiled child of the family, he would never dare curse his grandfather to an early death.
Tang Li and his wife were also cold-sweating all over, and they knelt on the ground together. "Dad, it's our mistake! Please forgive Hao this time."
"You had made an error, but it wasn't that you cursed my death, but that you offended and slandered Mr. Chu so openly."
Tang Weiguo was furious, and the volume of his voice continued to rise. "Mr. Chu is my savior and a distinguished guest of the Tang family. If I were to let you off easily, I would still cripple one of your hands. But since this is up to me, I would break both of your legs!"
"Tang Li was erroneous in educating his son. You are to be grounded for a month, and you'd better properly reflect on this! Your immediate family will be fined one year's worth of dividends. Now get lost."
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