Chapter 170 Unaware
But she really couldn't control her inner curiosity and desire to pry into other people's private lives. She couldn't help but collect and spread these inside stories and gossips about wealthy families as if they were treasures.
There are thousands of secrets in wealthy families that no one knows about, and she just loves to dig out these secrets.
The extremely complicated power struggles within the family, the tangled human relationships, and the shameful past affairs that cannot be exposed to the public, just imagining the stories behind these things, she would be so excited that she could hardly control herself!
Unfortunately, she failed to grasp the boundary after all, and let the Third Master realize that these private information came from the mouth of a small employee like her. As a result, she not only lost her hard-earned job, but also completely ruined her eligibility to continue staying in the manor.
She began to sort out the clues in her mind, and while sorting out her thoughts, she slowly spoke:
"Third Master has a distinguished status and can be said to be an important figure in the family, but in terms of actual control of resources, the one who truly has the most connections and the deepest capital is still Second Master."
"Second Master does have a significant influence on the company's decision-making, especially on some major issues. He has the ability to influence Third Master's judgment and decision."
"But that doesn't mean the Third Master will obey him. The Third Master has a strong personality. Once he makes a decision, even the Second Master can't easily change it."
"Occasionally, the Third Master would listen to the old lady's advice, but that was very rare. Only when the old lady was really furious and lost control of her emotions would he be shaken and give in a little."
"As for the Master's will...it has almost no influence on the Third Master. The Third Master almost never listens to any of the Master's orders or opinions."
"Once upon a time, the Third Master doted on the Fourth Miss very much, and their relationship was once very close. It could almost be said to be the deepest possible father-daughter relationship."
"But later, for some unknown reason, their relationship gradually grew distant. They were no longer as close and trusting of each other as before."
"Remember when the fourth girl was little? One time she said she wanted the moon in the sky, and the third master actually used his brain to think of a way to 'pick the moon' just to make her happy."
After listening for a long time, Shen Yan gradually sorted out the clues in her mind and made a rough judgment in her heart.
She understood a key point: the Second Master and the Old Lady were indeed the people who could put pressure on Gao Zeyu.
So, the question is - how do they check and balance, or even control the Third Master on a daily basis?
She couldn't help but ask her former colleague who loved to gossip at the company, "Tell me, how does the Second Master usually discipline the Third Master? And what methods does the old lady usually use to deal with him?"
The former colleague reminisced briefly, then slowly spoke, "Speaking of Second Master, his most common method was to either directly prevent Third Master from intervening in a project, or, conversely, to force Third Master to take over troublesome and difficult-to-promote projects until he gave in."
"As for the old lady, she usually starts by talking about feelings, the past, reason, and both soft and hard tactics to try to persuade the Third Master. But if the Third Master still doesn't listen, the old lady will become unreasonable and start crying, throwing a tantrum, and even threatening to commit suicide, until the Third Master has no choice but to compromise."
"For example, before, another lady introduced a lady from a prominent family to the Third Master. She had a good background and was a good person. She was the kind of girl who was considered a good match. But the Third Master didn't want to meet her and even refused to meet her."
"But the old lady got furious on the spot, crying and making a fuss, refusing to agree to the Third Master's excuses. In the end, she forced him to go see the young lady."
"And the Third Master... ultimately couldn't overcome the old lady's strength and emotions, so he compromised and interacted with that young lady for a while."
When she heard these words, Shen Yan's head suddenly felt hot, as if she was hit by something!
She suddenly realized a problem - what about herself?
If the old lady didn't like her, or even hated her very much, and thought she was an obstacle in Third Master's life, would she stand up and force Third Master to completely cut off contact with her?
And can she take advantage of this and turn the situation around?
Use the old lady's influence on the Third Master to completely push him away?
How come she only thought of this possibility now!
There are countless such scenes in the TV dramas I watched before.
For example, the classic line - "Take the 10 million and leave my son"!
This kind of plot occurs too frequently, and similar scenes appear in almost every urban romance drama.
So, it’s not that she can’t just go with the flow. Maybe she can not only completely solve the Third Master’s troubles in this regard, but also get a “breakup fee”!
After all, this kind of thing is very common in dramas. Someone pays the money, she leaves, everyone is happy, and it's the best of both worlds.
She really felt that her brain was too slow to think of such an obvious idea at the first time!
However, the biggest problem at the moment is how can she cleverly make some small movements that will not attract special attention from others, but can slowly arouse the old lady's disgust and dissatisfaction?
Let her be kicked out of the Shen family without being embarrassed by the old lady?
This is a technical job and requires careful judgment.
Don't let the time pass when the Third Master's affairs are not settled yet, and she is instead scolded by the old lady. That would be a complete loss of both the wife and the army.
If it really comes to that, she will be in complete trouble!
Oh, she suddenly remembered a classic routine mentioned in a novel she had read before - pretend to be obedient to please the "boss" and coax the other party to let down his guard. When the opportunity comes, you can get away by pretending to be dead and then disappear quietly.
Unfortunately, her situation does not allow her to do so, and she cannot completely "disappear" from everyone's sight now.
She had to come back honestly and continue her business, so this plan was not applicable to her.
So she had to rethink her strategy.
We must adopt a more flexible and stable approach.
She believed that one day she would be able to come up with a foolproof plan.
Now she vaguely felt that the method was not far away from her, as if it was hidden in a corner of her mind, and it would surface with just a trigger point.
While thinking, she asked a new question: "Have you heard about the relationship between Assistant Gao and the Third Master? Is there anything special about it?"
She always felt something was wrong, especially since Third Master's attitude towards Gao Moli always seemed to carry an indescribable intimacy and trust.
The old colleague frowned and shook his head slightly after hearing this: "I haven't heard anything special about this matter."
There was a hint of doubt in his tone.
It seems that this old colleague is also unaware of this.
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