As she was gritting her teeth and pondering her own thoughts, she saw a long convoy of cars approaching in the distance. When the luxury cars arrived at the gate of the Shen family villa, the first thing that appeared upon opening the gate was the old face of the Ouyang family patriarch.

The old man's complexion was much worse than before, and he looked much older. He walked unsteadily with a smile on his face. Shen Wangshu's gaze fell on the person supporting him, and he saw that it was the somewhat haggard Ouyang Yu. On the contrary, Ouyang Yu's eldest grandson, Ouyang Tang, got off the second car expressionlessly, as if he had been neglected by his grandfather.

Old Master Ouyang had vomited blood and was seriously ill some time ago, so he seemed to be in poor health. He slowly walked up to Shen's father, forced a bow, and said with a smile, "Congratulations, Brother Shen."

Recently, Shen's Jewelry has been losing out to Ouyang Jewelry's customers the most. The fact that this old man could still smile made Shen's father sneer inwardly.

However, hypocrisy was a necessary lesson for Shen's father. He smiled and bowed to Old Master Ouyang, saying, "Brother Ouyang, you are truly vigorous for your age!" He didn't even glance at Ouyang Yu beside him, but smiled at Ouyang Tang and said, "I heard that the Hetian jade special event that Ouyang Jewelry held a while ago was very popular. Was it your idea?"

Jade is divided into hard jade and soft jade. Hard jade, such as jadeite, is naturally under Xue Xuan's control. However, soft jade, such as Hetian jade, comes more from places like Xinjiang, which is not within Xue Xuan's sphere of influence, so he cannot control it.

Ouyang Tang was quick-witted to think of a way to escape the predicament of raw jadeite and instead focus on the Hetian jade market.

Although jadeite has become popular in recent years, the Chinese people have preferred nephrite for thousands of years.

It is said that jade is as warm and smooth as jade, referring to the finest quality of nephrite, which is naturally highly regarded.

“He’s still young, Brother Shen is giving him too much credit.” Old Master Ouyang’s smile carried a hint of displeasure. He patted the uneasy Ouyang Yu’s hand and turned to look at his eldest grandson.

Changsun is a capable person, too capable. His great success in the nephrite market this time has earned him a lot of support in the company.

Some people say that since Grandpa Ouyang has a successor, he can confidently hand over the company to his eldest grandson.

What kind of talk is that?!

He's still able to move, how can he hand the company over to someone else? Not even his own grandson.

Old Master Ouyang felt a hint of wariness, but when his gaze fell on Xue Xuan, who was standing with Shen Wangshu and looking at him with cold eyes, his face turned slightly pale.

He hadn't expected that his grandson Ouyang Yu, who spoke so calmly and insincerely about Shen Shuya, whom he had never seen anything particularly outstanding about before, would actually be so well-liked by Master Xue. It was clear he was extremely fond of her, which was why he had set aside his own dignity to welcome these guests.

He then thought of the jewelry designs that had recently won great success for Shen's Jewelry, all of which were the work of Shen Shuya. Her amazing talent and ingenuity were truly astonishing. He had heard that several of the pieces had already been sent to a very famous international jewelry design competition.

A sense of regret welled up in his heart.

If he had known that Shen Shuya had such talent and could inherit Shen's Jewelry, he shouldn't have so easily agreed to break off the engagement.

At least Shen Shuya is much more valuable than Gao Wanning.

Old Master Ouyang's gaze was so penetrating that Xue Xuan gave a displeased snort.

He clearly didn't like people looking at Shen Wangshu with strange eyes. Old Master Ouyang narrowed his eyes, seemingly lost in thought, but a smile still appeared on his face.

He tremblingly held Shen's father's hand for a moment, then his gaze fell upon the many jewelry company owners in the Shen family villa.

The owners of these small and medium-sized jewelry companies did not appear at his birthday banquet, but they all showed up at Shen Shuya's celebration banquet.

How can someone be so snobbish?!

Old Master Ouyang was a man who had seen many storms and knew that in the business world, everything was superficial; only profit could drive people to flock to it. However, in the eyes of Ouyang Huan, who had recently received his grandfather's forgiveness and was thus able to come along, this was nothing short of shameless and despicable behavior!

She was so angry that her face turned red. She wanted to curse all the villains who had betrayed Ouyang Jewelry. She also saw the daughters of the jewelry merchants who used to fawn over her now fawning over Shen's mother.

He tried to please her just like before.

She was a reckless person and wanted to go forward and call out those brats who were pretending not to see her, but a large hand pressed down hard on her shoulder.

He turned his head and saw his cousin Ouyang Tang's cold and stern face. He immediately shivered and dared not move.

"If you dare to cause trouble, don't blame me for throwing you out myself!" Although Ouyang Tang had expanded the soft jade market, he still respected and revered Xue Xuan from the bottom of his heart. Today was the celebration banquet for the eldest daughter of the Shen family. If Ouyang Huan dared to cause trouble at this time, that Master Xue would definitely turn his back on him.

He wasn't worried that Master Xue would dislike his cousin, but he was worried about being implicated by Xue Xuan's anger. For example, the previous engagement with the eldest daughter of the Shen family was clearly Ouyang Yu's own fault, but it implicated the entire Ouyang Jewelry Group.

If Ouyang Huan makes a fool of himself, he will also disgrace the entire Ouyang family. Ouyang Tang still has a sense of shame.

He looked ahead with a gloomy gaze at his grandfather, who doted on Ouyang Yu even more and was busy undermining his own authority, and sighed softly.

That was his grandfather. How could he be unfilial to his grandfather after he acquired the jewelry company? Yet the old man now treats him like a complete stranger.

He suddenly felt a little disheartened, but he still straightened his back and followed Old Master Ouyang into the main hall of the villa. He saw elegantly dressed people in the huge living room, and many cold and tough men in black guarding every corner.

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