Chapter 1022 Someone Lurking in the Dark (XVI)

• “And besides, Regal Peaks is a juicy prize. Even if you don’t make a move, what about everyone else? Who can swear no one will strike while the iron’s hot? Better it ends up under the Zheng name than in somebody else’s hands. Dad, don’t you think so?”
• Step by step, Zheng Mingjie chipped away at Zheng Chengwen’s defenses, talking him around with patient, steady pressure. Zheng Chengwen’s face went pale, then flushed, a man wrestling hard with himself. In the end, he slumped back into his chair and waved weakly. “I’m getting old. Chengkai will pass to you sooner or later. How far you take it—that’s all on you. It’s your generation’s time now.”
• Zheng Mingjie grinned, pleased. He’d known once he said these things out loud, Zheng Chengwen couldn’t help but waver.