"Kneel down!" A cold and stern voice came out from the study.
Inside the study, a father and a son stood opposite to each other. The father's cold face twitched slightly in a fit of rage.
The son didn't concede and glared back at his father. He still wanted to explain himself, but the beautiful woman next to him silently pulled his clothes to beckon him. He understood and instantly knelt down on the floor in front of the window.
"Jeremy Si! I allow you to live in your own way, but you should be aware of my only restriction on you!" Daniel Si scolded him, and took out a whip that had been passed down from the ancestors of Si family. This whip hadn't been used for many years. But now, it had been put to use frequently because the Si family had a bad son who spent most of his time idly wasting away.
Jeremy, with his grey-dyed short hair, shook his head. He argued, "It's that woman's fault. She did it on purpose. She deliberately got me drunk and slept with me. It's not my fault. Dad, shouldn't you go and punish that woman instead?"
"Shut up!" Daniel cracked the whip at the floor, sending a shiver down Jeremy's spine.
But he still couldn't help himself from trying to justify his actions, "Dad, we just slept together in the same bed, but nothing happened between us. I swear, I am not telling a lie!"
Jeremy raised his hand as if he was swearing to God.
Daniel sneered, "Your affair with Olivia Xia is already known to the whole world. Do you think the public would believe that you just slept in the same bed with her, and nothing had happened between the two of you?"
"My affair is well known to the world...thanks to your and mom's fame..." muttered Jeremy. Jeremy was the only heir to the large fortune of the Si family, which was the richest family in the world. When word got out that Jeremy had spent a night in the same room with a woman, the sensational news spread to the whole world like wildfire.
"Clap!" Daniel raised his hand and whipped Jeremy heavily on the back.
Janet Shao immediately pulled Daniel's hand, looked at him with shock and asked, "Why are you really whipping at him?"
'Didn't he say that he just wanted to scare the kid?' thought Janet worriedly.
Soon enough, a trail of blood from Jeremy's back stained his expensive pink shirt. However, Jeremy had inherited Janet's stubborn character, so even though it was very painful, he only let out a low hum without trying to beg for mercy.
"Huh! Dad, don't try to fool me. You and mom already knew that woman, Olivia Xia, even long before I did. Now, mom is here, do you dare to speak the truth? Is she the woman you have fallen in love with? Are you framing me because you dare not keep a mistress yourself..." snapped Jeremy.
"Clap... Clap..." Daniel whipped Jeremy again and again until his pink shirt almost had become red with blood.
Janet covered Jeremy's mouth to stop him from speaking, "Can't you just stop talking? We're not blaming you because it's your fault. You are now being punished because of all the nonsense that is coming out of your mouth."
Jeremy pulled Janet's hand away and asked, "If it's not because of my fault, then why did dad whip at me? Should a father always beat a son at his own free will? I won't obey him!"
Jeremy suddenly felt suspicious when he thought of his mother's words "Why are you really whipping at him", and "It's not because it's your fault". He curiously squinted at Daniel.
He noticed his father's composed stature. Then he turned around to look at Janet. As he had expected, he saw a guilty look in his mother's eyes.
Daniel stopped whipping and ordered calmly, "Just marry Olivia Xia."
Jeremy was shocked to hear his father's words and protested, "Dad, I am just twenty-six! Why are you forcing me to get married so early?"
"You do know you are already twenty-six, don't you? Your mom had already given birth to your twin sisters when she was around your age. What about you? You are still playing around. If you don't change your habits, you won't be able to achieve anything in your entire life!" said Daniel.
Janet blushed and pinched Daniel. She complained, "I gave birth to Melissa and Michelle all because of you. You have the nerve to mention that in front of our kid."
As Jeremy slightly moved his body, the wounds in his back ached so much that he gritted his teeth in pain and yelled, "Daniel Si, I don't want to inherit any of your fortune or assets. Just let me go! I promise you that I will go far away from you!"
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