Chapter 60

The tragedy of Gong Jinyuan, in the final analysis, was tied to that extraordinary Old Master Gong of the Gong family. Gong Haoming’s father was Old Master Gong’s eldest son and the only bloodline left by his first wife. Logically, this status should have been enough for him to secure his footing in the Gong family first. However, the first wife had been literally angered to death by his debauched conduct. Once the legitimate wife was gone, the mistress ascended to the position, and a slew of mistresses lurked outside, waiting for their chance. Gong Changjun, despite being Old Master Gong’s most legitimate and logical heir, was left isolated and helpless. He naturally became a living target for everyone, surrounded by overt attacks and hidden knives since childhood, suffering constant bullying. In such a hostile environment, people generally develop one of two personalities: either they become an ambitious "protagonist" like Jiang Yiming, constantly eyeing the position above them and clawing their way up; or they become cowards, shattered by fear, living every day in terror, sensitive and timid like birds startled by a mere bowstring.