A Graduation Gift

What Horace just said surprised both Lionel and Jill.
But Jill was the one who seemed to have gotten shocked the most. She took a minute to comprehend what was happening
before she could finally snap out of it.
"Horace, what are you saying? Are you kidding? What do you mean Rufus is the chairman of TY Group? Didn't they say that the
head of the TY Group was someone by the last name of Li?" Jill asked with a baffled look on her face.
It's no secret that Jill had always been envious of Arthur's mother. His mother had been shooting her mouth off that the TY Group
had seen a lot of potential within the Dawn Star Group, so they invested in the company to help it improve quickly. And it even
gained traction that towered above the Tang Group at one point in time, making the Dawn Star Group an entity for the other
companies to aspire to be.
Jill remembered, albeit vaguely, that the family name of the TY Group's Chairman. And how come now Horace said that it was
actually Rufus?
"Well, as it turns out, Jasper Li was just a puppet, and the one moving the gears behind the scenes had been Rufus all along!"
Horace answered after losing his patience.
He gave Jill a cold stare. She had always been slow on the uptake about everything and had been practically useless for so long
now. He had had enough of her always being such a burden!
Shifting his gaze over to Lionel, Horace tried to guess what he was thinking about in his mind solely from the look on Lionel's
face.
"Lionel, you're aware of this, aren't you?"
Horace's eyes, much like the sharpest and most refined scalpel, could cut open Lionel's head with ease and read his thoughts
clearly.
With his heart suddenly pounding crazy like a drum, Lionel was getting weakness in the knees.
He had always shuddered at the thought of Horace unveiling the truth one day. And that was happening in front of him now.
"Dad, what do you mean? How was I supposed to know? I just found out about it the same time mom did!"
Lionel instinctively went on the defensive. For sure, it was someone with a big mouth who told Horace Rufus's real identity.

The first person he could think of was Ivy, just imagining the look on her face filled him with intense rage.
'That treacherous double-dealing bitch! It was so stupid of me to trust her!' he thought to himself.
In return for keeping her silence, Lionel lent her a hand in getting her brother out of prison. He even secured a position for him in
the Tang Group. Who would've expected that she'd betray him like this in the end?!
With his sharp and experienced eyes, Horace could see right through Lionel's attempt to deceive him. He was so disappointed to
see his son doing this and just glared at him intensely.
"Lionel, don't bother trying to keep any secrets from me just because you're my son. I've already found a guy who would verify
that Rufus is the true founder of the TY Group!"
The first time Horace caught wind of this, he took it with a grain of salt. But just to be on the safe side, he immediately hired
someone abroad to investigate, and as a result, he was able to prove its authenticity.
He had never really paid it much heed before he heard about the rumor, but he never would've thought that Rufus would be the
chairman of TY Group hiding in the shadows!
"Who cares if he is the chairman of whatever? None of that matters. He doesn't even consider himself as a member of the Tang
family anyway!"
Jill felt that Horace was getting too agitated over Lionel's actions, so she walked closer to Lionel and pulled him over to her side.
She didn't want to risk Lionel getting hurt if Horace ended up losing his temper.
"Wait just a second!"
Jill was startled when Horace suddenly leaned over and grabbed her arm to pull her away from Lionel. Looking Lionel straight in
his eyes, he questioned him, "Lionel, I want you to be honest with me. The fifty million that was suspected to have been stolen by
Rufus behind everyone's back, were you the one who actually took it away?"
Horace's tone was deep but stern, and he kept his eyes fixated on Lionel in an intimidating way, establishing the fact that he had
nowhere to run.
With her eyes widening from shock, Jill was somewhat able to grasp the situation immediately and realized what Horace was
trying to insinuate.

If Rufus was really the chairman of TY Group, then for someone of his stature, fifty million would not be an amount worth getting
his hands dirty from running off with.
That being the case, the only other logical person to be suspicious of would be Lionel.
"Horace, why are doing this? How could you even think that? Why are you suspecting your own son? From the time he was old
enough to help out in the business, Lionel has been dedicating himself to serving the Tang Group. Haven't you noticed how
much weight he has lost in the past few weeks? I find it hard to understand why you'd even suspect him!"
Tears began to fall on Jill's cheeks, in an attempt to de-escalate the situation and distract Horace from pushing Lionel to the wall.
Deep inside, she knew full well that if Horace ended up finding out the truth, it could tear their family apart.
"Shut your mouth! You're the one who has been overindulging Lionel so much that he even had the guts to embezzle fifty million
from the company and frame Rufus up!"
Horace yelled at Jill, his hand was trembling out of so much anger as he pointed his finger at her.
"If you still insist on aimlessly defending your son, I'll ask my lawyer to have the divorce papers ready by tomorrow! After all, I
feel like you're not interested in staying with Tang family any longer. Go ahead and go home to those useless brothers of yours!"