After Yan Hexu finished speaking, Yan Heguang didn't scold his sister for her directness. Instead, he said:
"Ah! We've made a spectacle for Mr. Gu. How could I possibly explain this situation?"
Gu Junxing suppressed his shock. Though he knew the other party was feigning embarrassment, he had to pretend he didn't know anything and offer sincere consolation.
"Don't worry, Mr. Yan. We'll keep this strictly confidential, as if we never heard about it today. If I may ask though, we had never heard that young Mr. Yan had such... preferences before. How did this happen?"
"There's no need for secrecy between us, Mr. Gu. We trust your integrity completely. Why speak of confidentiality?"
The implication was that secrecy didn't matter.
Nian Suian was dumbfounded. Was this what power struggles in wealthy families looked like? Yan Heguang didn't seem interested in covering up the "family shame" at all. If possible, Nian Suian believed he would want to spread the so-called "video" across the entire country.
Yan Heguang continued with a bitter smile, "Now even Father blames me, thinking it's because I suggested letting my brother manage the branch company there that this incident occurred. But I truly had no idea about the situation over there."
"Brother, you shouldn't mind that. I think Dad's gone senile. How could this have anything to do with you? What kind of person are you? How could you possibly have known about those things? Besides, we only knew that Yan Heyu was a womanizer before, always acting despicably around pretty women. Who knew he could sleep with men too, and even be on the bottom? It's laughable."
Yan Hexu spoke without mincing words, clearly detesting Yan Heyu. She was very close in age to Yan Heyu and had been bullied by him often as a child. Back then, her brother was in school, her stepmother was deceitful, and their father was busy with work. The little fatherly affection he had when he came home was all given to his younger son.
So Yan Hexu absolutely hated this family. She felt that only she and her brother were truly family, and she was adamant about not working in the family company after growing up.
Yan Hexu had cursed both Yan Zhensheng and Yan Heyu in one breath. Yan Heguang only mildly said:
"Hexu, don't be so angry."
Nian Suian thought to herself: Who can understand this, folks! The Yan Family is too shocking!
Yan Heguang continued, "Father won't even see me now. But fortunately, he's staying at the hospital where Hexu works, so she can often go check on him. That puts my mind at ease a bit."
Yan Hexu frowned upon hearing this but didn't say anything more.
Logically, with Yan Zhensheng falling ill, there were plenty of good private hospitals available. The Yan Family even owned hospitals themselves. But Yan Heguang had insisted on having Yan Zhensheng admitted to the city hospital where his sister worked.
At first, Yan Hexu didn't understand why they needed to have their father stay at the city hospital, with her brother asking her to visit and care for him frequently.
Faced with his sister's stubbornness, Yan Heguang had explained it this way:
"We're grown up now, so we certainly don't crave that little bit of fatherly love from Dad anymore. He's ill now, and with his youngest son being useless, he's in a vulnerable state. I'm about to take control, and with Yan Heyu's incident, Father will surely look at me unfavorably. But you're different. You can completely take advantage of this opportunity to get more things. Don't say you don't want them. If you don't take them, won't they just benefit that mother and son duo in the end? You should take as much as you can."
Gu Junxing offered timely comfort to Yan Heguang: "Mr. Yan, you shouldn't blame yourself. Young Mr. Yan is an adult, and as his brother, how could you control such matters? When people are ill, they're bound to be in a bad mood and might say some unpleasant things. It doesn't mean much. Now that the great responsibility of the Yan Family rests on your shoulders, you should pay more attention to your own health."
Upon hearing this, Yan Heguang immediately showed a very touched expression and was the first to raise his glass, draining it in one go.
"Brother Gu, I hope you don't mind me calling you brother. With the family in chaos and the company full of issues, I often feel overwhelmed. Just think, if Mr. Gu were my brother, how wonderful that would be. As the elder brother, I can't express how much easier it would make things."
Nian Suian felt Yan Heguang's words were too insincere. If his half-brother were as capable as Gu Junxing, he'd probably be locked in a life-or-death struggle with him.
"You flatter me, Mr. Yan. I wonder if it would be convenient to visit the elder Mr. Yan now? Since we've learned about this situation, it's only right for us juniors to pay our respects to him."
"Of course, it's possible. My father has always admired you. He would be delighted if you visited him."
Given the Yan Family's current status, there were surely many people seeking to network with them. After Gu Junxing and Yan Heguang agreed on a time to visit the elder Mr. Yan, the Yan siblings left to speak with others.
The incident with Yan Heyu was too shocking. Even after the Yan siblings had left, Nian Suian hadn't fully recovered from it. She wouldn't need to consume any other gossip for a while; this one piece of news would be enough for her to digest for half a month.
Taking a sip of her drink, Nian Suian finally said to Gu Junxing, "See? It's better to have only one child in the family." She could already imagine what kind of life Yan Heyu would lead after Yan Zhensheng passed away and Yan Heguang took control.
Hearing her say this, Gu Junxing asked, "Are you hinting at something?"
Nian Suian immediately replied bluntly, "Yes! I am hinting at you. I'm hinting that you should get a vasectomy."
She paused, then continued seriously, "I'm being serious. Having Zhijing is enough for our family." Nian Suian had long decided that she wouldn't have children. Even if she and Gu Junxing could raise their children well and prevent conflicts between them, she didn't want to endure the pain of childbirth.
Although she and Gu Junxing hadn't even kissed yet, it might seem a bit early to discuss this. But Nian Suian felt that given their current relationship, living together was just a matter of time.
She didn't have the notion that women were at a disadvantage when it came to physical intimacy. She thought Gu Junxing had a nice physique, and she liked it. When the feelings were right, they would do it. Such things should happen naturally.
"I understand. On this matter, I completely respect your decision."
After all, it was still a future concern. Nian Suian didn't dwell on it further. Right now, what occupied her mind most was the Yan Family affair. She was desperate to share what she had heard today with Jiang Yun.
Three men, how exciting!
Gu Junxing felt he had come to understand Nian Suian somewhat. For instance, right now, her excited expression surely meant she wanted to share the news she had just heard with someone else.
Gu Junxing leaned close to her ear and said, "Don't get too excited yet. Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something?"
Nian Suian touched her stomach. "I want to eat, but not the food here."
At social events like this, the food was bound to be mediocre.
"What do you want to eat? We can have something else prepared. Let's go find Liu Jian."
As soon as Nian Suian heard this, she immediately asked:
"Can we also share this with Liu Jian..."