My Inner Thoughts Are Heard by the Entire Noble Academy

Chapter 145

The company had a three-day business trip assignment that was originally planned for one of the vice presidents to attend a conference on behalf of the company. However, for some reason, the attendee was changed to Wei Shanming.

For Wei Shanming, this trip wasn't necessarily something he had to handle personally. Out of laziness, he would have preferred to rest at home. However, since his wife was busy with other projects and couldn't accompany him, it meant he had some free time to spend as he wished. He could bring his mistress along on the trip.

Wei Shanming spent three pleasurable days out of town with his mistress. Upon returning home, he learned that during his absence, his wife had withdrawn their son from school.

When he heard this news, he felt as if everything was going dark before his eyes.

For the first time in his life, Wei Shanming lost his temper, and it was directed at his wife.

"What on earth are you trying to do? Why did you withdraw our son from school?"

"Do you have any idea what the consequences of this action will be?"

Qu Tongxiu was a career woman, a force to be reckoned with in her company. She came from a strong family background, and in terms of personal abilities, Wei Shanming couldn't compare to her.

That's why Wei Shanming had never raised his voice at Qu Tongxiu before, for one simple reason: he felt inferior to her.

Of course, despite Qu Tongxiu being his wife in name, Wei Shanming didn't like her assertiveness, which surpassed that of most men. He preferred women who were delicate, like white flowers.

Qu Tongxiu spoke softly, "Little Xing is meant to inherit the family business in the future. Rather than wasting time in school, it's better to let him enter the company early, familiarize himself with the business operations, and be able to take over more quickly and efficiently in the future. The knowledge taught in school now won't be of much use later; it's all about accumulating experience through practice."

This argument sounded reasonable at first but wouldn't stand up to scrutiny. If schooling was useless, why did so many wealthy families send their children to the best schools?

Wei Shanming wasn't a fool, but he wasn't particularly clever either. He couldn't immediately think of a rebuttal.

Meanwhile, Wei Xing, who had been playing video games at home since dropping out, rushed out of his room.

He had heard his father's angry voice from upstairs. Despite the villa's good soundproofing, some noise still carried through.

Of course, Wei Xing didn't want to go to school. Otherwise, why would he have agreed without hesitation when Qu Tongxiu suggested dropping out to inherit the family business?

If Wei Xing hadn't agreed, even though Qu Tongxiu was his guardian, it wouldn't have been so easy for her to withdraw him from school.

Wei Xing had been spoiled by his parents since childhood. He wasn't the type to enjoy hard work, let alone studying.

In his view, the slogan "study hard and make progress every day" was meant for children from poor families. He believed he was born at a starting point that was already the unreachable finish line for most people, so why should he study hard?

Was sleeping uncomfortable? Was playing games not enjoyable?

Yet his parents always pushed him to study, to strive for more.

Wei Xing's grades weren't good, and he didn't like studying.

But what he hadn't expected was that his mother would suddenly have a change of heart one day and stop forcing him to go to school.

Instead, she treated him like an adult, talking to him as an equal, asking if he wanted to drop out of school to work in the company and inherit the family business.

Of course, Wei Xing was willing. He agreed wholeheartedly.

Since he would end up working for the company after graduating from university anyway, why not start now?

Having finally achieved his goal of not going to school, Wei Xing certainly didn't want his father to ruin it.

He rushed out to shield Qu Tongxiu, "Dad, don't yell at Mom!"

Wei Xin slowly emerged from her room, raising an eyebrow at the sight of Wei Xing protecting their mother.

"It was my choice to drop out now and start working at the company. It has nothing to do with Mom," Wei Xing said.

This statement only fueled Wei Shanming's anger further.

Wei Shanming raised his briefcase, ready to strike his troublesome son's back.

"Are you out of your mind? Without an education or qualifications, what company would want an illiterate like you?"

Wei Shanming's bag landed on Wei Xing's back repeatedly. Qu Tongxiu intervened, "Enough, stop hitting our son. If you have any grievances, we can all sit down and talk it through calmly. Why are you hitting the child? He's still young, and if there's anything wrong, we can teach him gradually. Besides, this wasn't just his decision, it was a decision we made together. If you want to hit someone, hit me instead!"

Qu Tongxiu's tone was extremely firm. To Wei Xing's ears, it sounded like the epitome of maternal love. A child with a mother is like a treasure, he thought. His mother was protecting him from his father's blows, while his father was determined to beat him.

Qu Tongxiu only made a gesture of intervention, not actually shielding Wei Xing, so he could feel the pain on his back.

Of course, no one noticed the subtlety in Qu Tongxiu's actions.

The housekeeper had already slipped into her room when the family dispute began, knowing better than to be a spectator to such matters.

With the father busy hitting and the son busy being hit, only Wei Xin, standing at a distance, saw everything clearly.

But would she say anything? No, she wouldn't.

Seeing that Wei Shanming was already panting and tiring, Wei Xin, playing the role of a caring sister, spoke up at the right moment, "Dad, you've just returned home. No matter what unpleasant things you've encountered outside, you shouldn't take it out on my brother. He's the only male heir in our family, the one who will inherit the family business. If you hurt him now, what will become of our future?"

Hearing his sister defend him, Wei Xing felt even more moved. At the same time, his eyes filled with resentment towards his father. They were supposed to be family, but his father, in a bad mood from something outside, was taking it out on his own son, while his sister and mother were protecting him.

It was only because he was young now. In a couple of years, who knew who would be hitting whom.

Wei Xin's image as the thoughtful daughter remained strong. She took the briefcase from Wei Shanming's hand, guided him to sit on the sofa, and poured him a glass of warm water.

"Dad, we can talk about anything slowly. There's no need to get so worked up."

Wei Shanming rarely looked at his daughter, thinking that daughters were indeed more considerate, while sons were born to be a burden.

Wei Shanming's hands were shaking with anger. "You have no idea what this little rascal has done."

Wei Xin spoke softly, "No matter what it is, we can talk it through calmly. Please don't get angry, it's bad for your health and could make you ill."

Wei Shanming pointed at Wei Xing's forehead in exasperation, "Tell me, now that you've dropped out of school, what do you plan to do?"

Wei Xing jutted out his chin, "Work at the company, of course!"

Wei Shanming slammed his cup on the coffee table, "Even if not all our employees have master's degrees, they at least have bachelor's degrees. Why should the company hire someone who hasn't even finished high school?"

"Because I'm your son."

Wei Shanming laughed bitterly at his son's brazen response.

"You're trying to be the death of me, aren't you?"

Wei Xing was the type to remember the bad and forget the good. After being beaten by Wei Shanming, he had forgotten how much his father had doted on him in the past and instead harbored a deep resentment towards him.

He thought to himself, if only he could actually anger his father to death.

Wei Shanming didn't want to argue further with his foolish son. He made a decisive announcement, "Tomorrow, your mother will take you back to school to sort out the paperwork. Even if you don't want to study, you're going back!"

"It's useless. I've already torn up my student records. Even if you want me to go back, I can't. And remember, I applied for withdrawal, not a leave of absence!"

Wei Xing felt for the first time that he had been incredibly foresighted. He truly was a genius.

Knowing that his father might not agree to his dropping out, he had fed his student records into a paper shredder as soon as he got them. Now his academic records were shredded beyond recovery.

Wei Shanming felt dizzy. He gritted his teeth and said, "I'll find someone to reissue your student records. You must go back to school."

Wei Xing, who had been confident that tearing up his records meant he wouldn't have to return to school, was stunned. He remained adamant: "I won't go back no matter what."

Qu Tongxiu intervened at this point, "Since the child is so averse to studying now, why don't we let him stay at home for a while?"

She immediately pulled Wei Shanming outside to discuss, "Listen to me, this is what I'm thinking. His grades aren't good right now, and if this continues, the chances of him getting into university are slim. Why don't we let him work at the company for a while? It'll teach him how challenging work can be, and he'll willingly return to school. Internal motivation is stronger than anything else. If we force him now, even if we make him go back to school, it won't be effective."

Wei Shanming pondered for a moment, feeling that her reasoning made sense.

"Alright, let's do it that way for now."

Seeing that his parents had brought back the result he wanted, Wei Xing couldn't have been happier.

Wei Xin and Qu Tongxiu exchanged smiles, understanding each other without words.