Gem & Geson: Become the True Leader of the Fangs: Gem & Geson, #2

By Sweet One

This is a love story between two men from two well-known families engaged in tea business. Shrewdning Wong, the influential female manager of tea business of the Fangs, sets fire to the mansion and kills the parents of Geson Fang. As a result, Geson becomes the crippled puppet head of the Fang family, and he is determined to fight back and awaits an opportunity. He, however, has to cut himself off Gem Fore for whom he has had affections since his childhood because he does not want to get his sweetheart involved with his revenge. Gem becomes the substitute for the bride, who should have been his younger sister in an arranged marriage, and marries Geson. Since then their love has grown deeper and deeper. Moreover, Gem assists Geson in bringing Shrewdning down. At last the couple have a happy ending.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Great Wall Publishing
• Release date: Nov 23, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223641537

Sweet One

Sweet One is a writer famous for sweet and heart-warming love stories. She has a fondness for writing, keeping fish and birds, and planting flowers. Her stories are interesting, tender, and heart-touching, and her works include Strengrity, Gem & Geson, The Secret Husband, and Shine.

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Gem & Geson Ⅱ

Become the True Leader of the Fangs

This is a work of fiction. Similarities to real people, places, or events are entirely coincidental.

GEM & GESON: BECOME THE TRUE LEADER OF THE FANGS

First edition. November 23, 2023.

Copyright © 2023 Sweet One.

ISBN: 979-8223641537

Written by Sweet One.

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Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

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Gem & Geson: Become the True Leader of the Fangs

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

Chapter 38

Chapter 39

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About the Author

Written by Sweet One

Translated by Snow Han

Chapter 17

Geson was watching Gem’s inviting face, smelling his breath, and putting his own lips closer to his. Suddenly Gem opened one of his eyes, which made Geson sit up straight in the wheelchair at once and look away.

Gem stopped being naughty and then took a silver water bottle out of the quilt and threw it aside. Let’s come to the point, Geson, he said. Do you have any good plan?

No, Geson replied. But I’ve been waiting for the moment when Lady Shrewdning enters the tea markets.

Gem nodded. He played chess with Geson the other day and realised that the latter had been a quiet, smart player and protector for the business of the Fangs for so many years. Gem had figured out his true intention and got himself involved in it.

What are you going to do? Gem said cheerfully, leaning on the bed. He moved his eyebrows a bit when his eyes met Geson’s.

Geson closed his eyes after he watched Gem for a long moment, and the former was brimming with trust after he saw him again.

The special guest matters, Geson said.

Lady Shrewdning used to be a maid and she has been benefitting from the Fangs, Gem said. Even though she can invite a high official, she will have to use the connections of your family.

Lord Feng, Geson added, the prefecture chief of Chuchou, has a distant relative named Lern who has relations with the imperial family.

Is he Lord Lern in the State Council?

No. Lord Lern loves tea and works in the Central Committee but he is not influential.

Is he in the Ministry of Civil Affairs and Finance?

Geson shook his head.

Is he a kinsman of the emperor? Gem asked.

The crux of the matter will be whether the guest can make the greedy woman gain her position in the tea markets regardless of his title. If she is eager to expand her business in the capital city, who is the big boss?

Gem understood it at once.

It is no easy job to sell tea to the royal family, Geson continued with a nod. The aristocrats will not fill their pockets with coins from unknown tea traders. Even high officials can’t satisfy those big shots easily, to say nothing of her efforts.

Is the guest in charge of the business of tea and rice for the imperial family?

Yes.

Is he in the Purchasing Department?

He may be Lord Soong, the former director, Geson replied.

But why not the incumbent one? Gem asked.

Lady Shrewdning must have contacted Lord Feng and the latter visited Lord Lern who had known Lord Soong quite well, Geson answered calmly. Lord Soong, a great lover of tea, would be interested in the tea tasting event. He retired last year and may enjoy his easy life now, and will be eager to take part in the event.

I can hardly believe that she could invite him, Gem added. Will the Lotusherb be brought to the imperial palace as a tribute?

It’s not as good as before, Geson said, shaking his head.

Lady Shrewdning had been careless with tea production since she led the Fang family. She had controlled the processes of making the Lotusherb, but she had hired new workers for tea planting and production. The former craftsmen had been forced to write down the methods of tea kneading and compression, but the new staff were less skilful. The technical superiority of tea bricks depended on the exquisite craftsmanship including daily sun exposure at the seedling stage. The current female head of the Fangs was a layman and the new tenant farmers, who were as lazy as the servants, provided new tea of inferior quality each year.

The Fores, the Taos, and the Hus have taken turns to produce the tea as tributes to the imperial family, Gem continued. The Fores, however, were disqualified after just two years of efforts. The Lins in Yiyang have been entitled to do the job and they provide tea for the aristocrats in the capital city this year.

The tea brand Goodtaste made by the Lins is remarkable, Geson said. The Fores would have been crowded out of the Big Four if they had not been led by Lady Rachel.

But she is in poor health and Lady Willow is eying her position covetously, Gem said with a shrug.

Geson was much clearer about the situation of the Fore family than Gem was. The other three well-known families would not have stood a chance to give the best tea to the royal family if the tea brand Lotusherb made by the Fangs had not become less tasty. The Purchasing Department would choose hundreds of kinds of tea each year and offer the best of the best to the imperial household. The new and aged tea produced by the Fangs had always been selected before Choron passed away. Since his death, however, the quality of the tea had got worse and worse, and the good substitute had remained uncertain. As a result, the head of the Big Four had been a pending issue.

Lady Shrewdning had got the key contacts for her business, but that would not be enough. She would soon be sidelined by the tea traders other than the four influential families if she failed to enter the tea markets now. For this reason, she would ravenously control the Fangs and make a fortune.

She will shine in the tea tasting event through the VIP.

Geson nodded.

What’s your plan? Gem asked.

I’ll offer the best tea to Lord Soong who is an influential retiree and a man of integrity and is demanding for tea quality, Geson replied.

But how? Lady Shrewdning will not have you show up in public; even though she may agree, she will not let you make tea.

I’ll need your help.

It will have a price, Gem smiled, putting his face closer to Geson’s.

Geson tried to keep calm while he curled his fingers in the sleeves.

It’s just a joke, Gem giggled, watching the shy man. I can recognise different kinds of tea through their tastes but I’m not good maker of tea art.

The fragrance would be the key factor in winning a tea tasting event and the tea liquid covered with fresh white foam would be unrivalled, but few people could make it. Gem had seen it only once and it was made by Geson many years ago.

I can teach you, Geson said after a moment of silence. Lady Shrewdning knows that you are well-versed in tea but may not let you take part in the event.

Gem, sitting on the bed and half-dressed, took a new fan from under the pillow and waggled it. Don’t worry, he smiled. She knows much more than that.

Chapter 18

Before Geson wanted to continue, under Gem’s pillow he caught sight of a strand of red tassels to which a red string bound with a half piece of white jade was tied. The jade resembled the one locked in the