Qin Zheng sighed, resting his forehead on his hand. He and An'an had perfectly fine personalities, so how did the child turn out like this?

Does growing up mean that a child not only develops their willpower and independence, but also their sense of shame?

Thinking about it this way, he felt a rare pang of guilt.

But the next second, his guilt vanished completely.

His unfilial son, holding his boyfriend's hand, looked at him and said, "It's perfect timing since we don't have a place to stay in the capital. We'll have to trouble you, Senior Brother. But while this house is big, it's inconvenient to get around, and it's hard to get a taxi..."

Qin Zhengze was so angry he laughed: "Should I get you another car?"

Qin Gu, without blushing or trembling, said, "I can't drive, but if you insist on buying it for me, Dad, I'll learn how."

He had originally planned to learn it, but couldn't find a suitable time, so he'll arrange it when he goes back this time.

"Get out, get out, get out." It wasn't that Qin Zheng was stingy with the small amount of money; he was just angry at Qin Gu's attitude. The way he called him "Dad" sounded like he was entering a bank card PIN.

"Dad, this is my house..."

Qin Gu thought his tone was very gentle, but his father seemed very angry.

Ruan Bei grabbed Qin Gu, stopping him from speaking: "Uncle Qin, Kunkun was just joking with you."

Qin Zhengze could vent his anger on his unlucky son, but he couldn't say anything harsh to Ruan Bei, and his attitude towards him was much better.

He asked Ruan Bei to sit down and first asked about his usual studies and life.

Ruan Bei was very good at pleasing his elders. He spoke in a pleasant and friendly tone, and he was adept at acting cute and charming, much more natural than Qin Gu.

After suffering a blow from his own son, Qin Zhengze, this old father, found comfort in Ruan Bei, his good boy.

Suddenly, he didn't dislike Qin Gu as much anymore. After all, this rascal had the same taste as him; they both knew how to pick a partner.

After spending time with Qin Gu, Ruan Bei realized that Qin Gu's father wasn't a bad person, so he wanted to get closer to him. He tried to bring up Qin Gu's situation as much as possible in their conversations and praised him in various ways.

In his eyes, Kunkun was perfect in every way, and he could praise her effortlessly and sincerely.

Regardless of whether Qin Gu felt embarrassed or not, Qin Zheng couldn't help but look at Qin Gu as he listened.

Xiao Bei is a good kid in every way, except his eyesight isn't very good.

But he couldn't refute it, because Ruan Bei was very particular about people.

For example, after praising Qin Gu for being smart, he would add: "You must have inherited your intelligence from Uncle Qin. I'm not like that. My own parents are holding me back."

The praise for the father and son was so natural, and the criticism of the Lu family was also so natural.

How can we respond to this? We can't just say that neither my son nor I are smart, can we? Qin Zhengze is not the kind of humble person!

Besides, although he seemed to be arguing with Qin Gu, he was still his son, and Qin Zhengze was happy to hear people praise his excellence.

The father and son were both good at saying nice things, and the father loved to hear them. But Qin Zhengze didn't like flattery alone. There were plenty of people who wanted to flatter and fawn over him; the line would be incredibly long.

But Ruan Bei's status is different; he's one of our own children, so the feeling is different.

Moreover, his praise was genuine; he truly meant it. His eyes sparkled, and he seemed like the kind of well-behaved child who only spoke the truth and never lied.

When Qin Zheng was flattered, he would tell Ruan Bei some interesting stories about people and events. With his background and experience, he had gone through many things that ordinary people wouldn't even dare to imagine.

In his previous life in the Lu family, Ruan Bei only glimpsed a little bit of the situation, never touching upon it nor showing any interest in it.

But Qin Zheng's story was so vivid and interesting that Ruan Bei was amazed and listened intently, her eyes sparkling as she urged him, "Uncle Qin, tell us quickly, what happened next?"

Qin Zheng glanced at his son sideways, while Qin Gu shook his head and chuckled, propping his head up with his teacup as he watched his father fool his little fool.

They chatted for about an hour, and seeing that it was almost lunchtime, Qin Zheng took the two children out to eat.

Although the father and son didn't exchange many words, and Qin Zhengze was even choked by a few of them, after this incident, the atmosphere between them became strangely harmonious.

Ruan Bei tried his best to act as a lubricant, getting the two of them to start a conversation, which was somewhat effective.

As they were about to leave, Qin Gu noticed a folder that Ruan Bei had placed to the side. He picked it up and handed it to Ruan Bei, saying, "Look what Dad sent you."

Ruan Bei was also quite curious and glanced at Qin Zhengze. Qin Zhengze raised his chin and said, "See? It was originally meant for you."

Ruan Bei opened it and froze on the spot: "This is..."

Qin Gu peeked over, smiled, and gave Qin Zhengze a thumbs up: "Dad, awesome!"

That "Dad" sounded more like it.

Qin Zheng nodded reservedly, indicating that Qin Kunkun should learn from him.

"No, I can't take this." Ruan Bei snapped out of her daze and quickly closed the folder, placing it in front of Qin Zhengze.

He never imagined that Kunkun's father would give him 31% of Haiming Group's shares.

If it weren't for his past life experiences, Ruan Bei might not have realized just how much this thin folder was worth.

Previously, due to the recording scandal, a series of aftereffects followed, causing Haiming Group's stock price to plummet to the daily limit. Bosen bought 8% of the shares at the bottom, spending several hundred million yuan.

When Lu Minghai woke up and took charge of the situation again, although it was not as good as before, the stock price also recovered to a relatively normal level, and the value of 8% of the shares increased at least fivefold.

Back then, Ruan Bei had heard Bai Miaomiao mention that an unknown force was acquiring shares in Haiming Group, something Bai Sen had never done.

To my utter surprise, it turned out to be Kunkun's dad.

Even if Haiming Group's stock price had fallen to a low point at that time, Bosen still spent hundreds of millions to buy 8% of it, so what about the remaining 30%...?

Ruan Beizhen dared not accept it; his family was so poor that he had to beg and plead to get a house.

"I, Qin Zhengze, have not yet taken back what I have given away."

Ruan Bei looked to Qin Gu for help. Just thinking about how much this thing was worth made his wrists feel heavy and he could barely hold it.

If it were just a red envelope, even if it were hundreds of thousands, Ruan Bei would dare to accept it, but this is too much.

"Take it, it's from your father." Qin Gu didn't think there was anything wrong with accepting this gift. He hadn't acknowledged his father before, but now that his father had, why wouldn't he dare to accept the gift?

Although he was surprised by Qin Zhengze's generosity, there were still benefits to having these shares in Xiao Bei's hands, at least giving him the power to talk to Lu Jiaping and others.

He remembered Xiao Bei saying that in his previous life, Lu Minghai treated him like a thief, fearing that he would compete with Lu Siyuan for the inheritance.

Now that Xiao Bei has these shares, Lu Siyuan is probably no match for him at all, unless Lu Minghai gives Haiming Group to Lu Siyuan right now.

"I don't want it..." Ruan Bei was at a loss; he really didn't dare to accept it.

Qin Zhengze's smile faded slightly. He tapped the armrest with his fingers and pondered, "Someone is watching this thing. If you don't want it, I'm afraid our senile old man will give it to someone else."

Ruan Bei hadn't expected Kunkun's family to be so wealthy that they would give away things of this value so easily. He couldn't give them away himself, so he had to give them to someone else.

Qin Gu raised an eyebrow and asked, "For whom?"

Qin Zhengze laughed and said, "Don't you know? I thought you two had already met."

Even Ruan Bei became curious, and Qin Zhengze then said with an annoyance, "The old man has an illegitimate son. You should know his son, Qin Shen."

"Qin Shen!" Ruan Bei and Qin Gu exclaimed in surprise.

What kind of bizarre fate is this? After all this time, it turns out we've all met people we already know.

Qin Zhengze rested his chin on his hand, glanced at Qin Gu, and said lazily, "They don't know you exist. Qin Zhengping is that illegitimate son who has been making a fuss, trying to get Qin Shen to inherit my Qin family's business."

"You wish." Qin Zheng scoffed lightly. "The old man is senile. He's been praising that pair of idiots, making them lose their heads and really think they're something special."

This was half true and half false. It was true that he disliked Qin Zhengping and his son, but he had already taken over the Qin family's business long ago, and even the old man didn't know exactly how much wealth the Qin family had now.

Qin Zhengping had even less reason to know, let alone want what he had.

But Ruan Bei had no idea. Upon hearing that this thing might end up in Qin Shen's hands, he immediately gripped the folder tightly: "I want it...I want it..."

He still couldn't hold on!

"Give this to Kunkun!" Ruan Bei had a sudden inspiration and shoved the folder into Qin Gu's arms: "Uncle Qin gave it to me, and I'll pass it on to Kunkun."

Qin Gu couldn't help but laugh: "You really gave it to me?"

"Mmm, here you go." Ruan Bei looked up, her smile especially sweet when she needed something from someone: "You said we're inseparable, so please keep this for me."

Qin Zhengze cast a disdainful glance at Qin Gu: "Qin Kunkun, you really have the nerve to do that."

Qin Gu said sadly, "Dad, I also want to spend a fortune to please Xiao Bei, but I don't have the means."

Qin Zhengze: "..."

I understand, I understand, no need for further hints.

At Ruan Bei's insistence, the shares were ultimately registered under Qin Gu's name, mainly because he was not yet eighteen years old, and some procedures were not easy to handle.

Qin Zhengze spoke sternly, but when he called people to handle the shares, he also transferred several houses to his two children, some in the capital and some in Jincheng.

With shares worth an astonishing amount, even though houses are expensive, they don't seem so unacceptable anymore.

However, Ruan Bei was still a little embarrassed to accept two houses from someone at once. When he thanked Qin Zhengze with a red face, Qin Zhengze looked at his son next to him, who was calm and composed without blushing or skipping a beat, and couldn't help but sigh.

But then I thought, his son is much better than Qin Zhengping's son who likes to be cuckolded. He may be a bit of a scoundrel, but he's clear-headed and has good judgment. I can't ask too much of him.

Qin Gu never expected that he and Qin Shen had such a connection. Just thinking about how Xiao Bei had suffered at his hands in his previous life made him feel nauseous.

At the same time, she was extremely curious. With such a background, and judging from his father's appearance, it didn't seem like he didn't care about him at all. So where did he go in his previous life? Why did he disappear for several years without a trace, leaving Xiao Bei all alone in the Lu family, destitute and helpless?

However, these questions cannot be asked of Qin Zhengze. Now it is known that his father may have been paying close attention to the situation in Jincheng, otherwise he would not have seized the opportunity to acquire so many shares of Haiming Group.

He just wanted to know if his father's side had noticed anything unusual, such as Lu Sibai's background.

After he finished asking, Qin Zheng glanced at Ruan Bei, of course he knew about Ruan Bei's complicated background.

At first, before Lu Sibai's true identity was exposed, he sighed that it was fortunate that the Lu family's children were switched at birth. If Qin Kunkun had grown up with that Lu Sibai as childhood sweethearts and developed some feelings for him, he really wouldn't want this son.