Wu Nanping vehemently cried foul. "Master Meng, you really can't blame me for this. You know how many people are in my family and how complicated things get.
"When managing such a large family, there are times when you simply can't keep an eye on everything.
"Besides, when that brat Wu Kun opened his restaurant right across from the Tianfu Restaurant, weren't all your families cheering him on?
"Business inevitably leads to conflicts. That's what you all said back then, too."
Did they really think he didn't know? There was no way Wu Kun would have the guts to openly challenge Mrs. Gu if the younger generation from these other families hadn't been egging him on from the shadows.
"Let's set that aside for now," Mr. Li, Li Cong, chimed in at this moment. "What we should be discussing now is the disaster your boy has caused. The officials won't see it as a simple business conflict. They'll think our aristocratic families are targeting them.
