Meanwhile, inside Shen Lihong's luxurious villa, a fierce "battle" was unfolding.

"Hehe, great!"

"Hey, Uncle, you cheated!"

Shen Leehom and Shen Jing each held a game controller, staring intently at the TV screen, frantically manipulating the controls as if they were thoroughly enjoying a tense and exciting fighting game.

The character controlled by Shen Leehom is a shirtless man whose body is covered with shocking tattoos. He is also suspended in mid-air, looking majestic and domineering.

On the other hand, Shen Jing was controlling the image of a young lady holding a folding fan and wearing simple clothes.

At this moment, the battle had entered a fierce stage. The young lady's health bar was about to run out, with only a tiny bit of health left. In stark contrast, the naked male character controlled by Shen Lihong was still full of health and almost at full strength.

Shen Leehom wore a perverted smile, and his slightly manic laughter echoed throughout the room, as if a demon was whispering in his ear.

On the television screen, his character, like a raging beast, unleashed a furious barrage of attacks on the young woman who was defending herself with all her might.

Shen Jing, standing to the side, was intently manipulating the game controller in her hand, but her already furrowed brows were now twisted into a tight knot, her face full of sorrow, and her eyes were slightly red, as if she was about to cry.

"KO!"

As a mechanical sound rang out, Shen Leehom excitedly let out a cheer like a pig being slaughtered.

Wuhu!

He suddenly stood up from his seat, clenched his fists tightly, and raised them high above his head, looking exactly like someone who had just won a world championship.

"Uncle, this isn't fair! How could you choose the boss?"

Shen Jing put down the handle with a wronged and unwilling expression, and angrily questioned him.

Clearly, there are significant performance differences between the characters they chose in this game.

Faced with his adopted daughter's questioning, Shen Lihong remained unfazed, retorting nonchalantly, "What are you talking about? I'm the boss, why would I choose a lowly henchman?"

"You! Hmph."

Shen Jing angrily turned her head to one side and threw down the game controller in her hand, as if the controller was the culprit that made her angry.

She crossed her arms over her chest, her little mouth pouting, looking exactly like an annoyed little girl.

Seeing Shen Jing's adorable yet slightly annoyed expression, Shen Lihong couldn't help but laugh out loud again: "Haha, look at you, it's like you've suddenly gone back to your childhood."

His eyes were filled with a look of nostalgia.

However, upon hearing these words, Shen Jing's face turned deathly pale. She quickly stood up, lowered her head, and said in a somewhat fearful manner, "I'm sorry, Patriarch, I... I didn't mean to lose my composure like this. Please forgive me."

Her voice trembled slightly, revealing her inner unease.

"Eh eh."

Seeing this, Shen Lihong quickly waved his hand, indicating that she didn't need to be so nervous.

"Silly girl, you're the child my wife and I adopted together. So many years have passed, we've long treated you like our own daughter." He smiled at Shen Jing, his eyes filled with affection.

Then, Shen Lihong sighed softly and continued, "Although I may not be able to truly treat you and Lan Xin completely equally, in my heart, you will always be my child."

At this moment, Shen Jing raised her head slightly, looked directly at Shen Lihong, and mustered up her courage to ask, "Uncle... but I really don't understand. Now that Xin Xin is planning to separate Lantian Group from our Shen family, why are you still unmoved? This matter is a heavy blow to both the Shen family and Lantian Group."

In fact, this question had been lingering in Shen Jing's mind since yesterday, but she hadn't dared to ask it before.

After all, as Shen Lanxin's secretary, she knew the situation of Lantian Group and the Shen family very well and was well aware of the importance of this matter. She was just an adopted daughter of the Shen family, so she had never been able to ask the question before.

However, at this very moment, as she gazed at Shen Leehom's kind and smiling face, the doubts that had been lurking deep within her could no longer be suppressed.

Finally, she mustered up her courage and blurted out the question that had been troubling her for so long.

Faced with Shen Jing's eager and expectant gaze, Shen Leehom did not choose to give an answer immediately.

He paused briefly, then asked in a seemingly casual yet profound tone, "Jingjing, what are your thoughts on the current situation of our Shen family?"

Upon hearing this unexpected question, Shen Jing was taken aback and didn't know how to answer for a moment.

"Um...ah? I..."

Halfway through her sentence, Shen Jing began to think rapidly in her mind.

After careful consideration and reorganization, she rewrote her words and continued, "If you ask me, our Shen family is the oldest family in the Jincheng region! Even today, we can still stand proudly among the many forces in Jincheng thanks to this glorious historical heritage."

After listening to Shen Jing's remarks, Shen Lihong nodded slightly, but then immediately asked, "According to you, apart from that long history that they are so proud of, does the Shen family have nothing else to offer?"

This question caused Shen Jing to fall silent instantly, and she simply kept her head down.

Seeing Shen Jing suddenly fall silent, Shen Lihong smiled slightly, slowly put down the game controller he was holding, and then calmly stood up from his seat.

He paced back and forth in the room a few times with his hands behind his back before stopping, turning to face Shen Jing, and said with a serious expression, "To be honest, we so-called members of the Shen family are nothing more than a bunch of lazy bums who live off our parents' wealth. If it weren't for the little bit of glorious history left by our ancestors, those idiots in the family would probably be living on the streets, begging for a living!"

“I used to be determined to change the old and corrupt state of the Shen family. However, reality dealt me ​​a heavy blow. Unless the entire Shen family is wiped out, the Shen family cannot be changed at all. Not only that, my incompetence has also brought Lanxin endless pain and trouble, casting a shadow over her originally happy life.”

"But now, the situation has changed dramatically. As you can see, Lan Xin has shown extraordinary talent, far surpassing any member of the Shen family. It is no exaggeration to say that if the Shen family lost Lan Xin, it would probably be doomed and never recover; on the contrary, once Lan Xin breaks free from the Shen family's constraints, she can soar freely in the vast sky like an eagle breaking free from its cage."

“Back then I was powerless to save her mother’s life, but now I can at least help her escape this quagmire.”

"uncle……"

Shen Jing listened quietly to Shen Lihong's words, and before she knew it, tears had blurred her vision. As Shen Lanxin's most capable right-hand woman, she was well aware of the sacrifices Shen Lanxin had made for the family.

What she never expected was that her uncle, who seemed strange and abnormal in his daily life, actually harbored so much deep thought and long-term planning in his heart.

"So, what should Aunt Zhang do?"

Shen Jing suddenly asked.

When Zhang Chunfang was mentioned, Shen Lihong couldn't help but sigh heavily: "Alas! It's such a pity about her. You know, an outstanding S-shaped talent like her is truly rare."

"You don't like her?"

"Woman or daughter, which would you choose?"

Hearing this, Shen Jing shook her head helplessly.

Sure enough, Uncle is still that perverted old man.