Upon returning to the Shen family home, He Lingchuan was summoned by Shen's mother before he even had a chance to take off his coat.
He went to the study and found that, apart from his mother, all the other relatives were there.
He Lingchuan sensed something was wrong and told the children to follow the housekeeper back to their rooms.
He took the initiative to ask, "Aunt Chen, what brings you here?"
Chen's mother looked up and glanced at him, her expression unreadable.
He Lingchuan felt increasingly uneasy; he had a feeling that things weren't so simple.
Mother Shen picked up a fan and fanned herself with it, then slowly asked, "Has Xixi returned?"
"Soon."
He Lingchuan replied casually. He didn't see Shen Yanxi's car when he came back, guessing she was on a date with Zhou Mingyan.
He stepped forward, wanting to get Chen's mother to speak: "If you have anything to say, just tell me directly, and I'll pass it on to Xixi."
Mother Shen glanced sideways at He Lingchuan: "You really can't handle this."
After she finished speaking, she never opened her eyes again. He Lingchuan stared at her for a long time, but in the end, he gave up on letting her speak first.
After waiting for more than twenty minutes, Shen Yanxi and Zhou Mingyan finally returned.
Shen's mother must have called Shen Yanxi, because she went straight to the study as soon as she entered the room.
Zhou Mingyan followed behind her, his expression grave.
Upon seeing He Lingchuan, Shen Yanxi frowned, but quickly relaxed.
She hugged her mother and said, "Mom, why did you call us back? We still have things to do at the company."
Shen Yanxi had a strong perfume scent, a mixed scent, probably a blend of several different perfumes.
He Lingchuan instantly saw through her lie; the two of them hadn't gone to the company at all, they must have gone to buy perfume.
The lie that He Lingchuan could see through naturally couldn't be hidden from Shen's mother either.
She snorted coldly and mercilessly exposed Shen Yanxi: "Your company's perfume smells quite strong."
Shen Yanxi smiled awkwardly. In front of her mother, she completely turned into a little girl.
"It might be that I picked up the scent when I was talking to my employee. I'll tell her not to wear such strong perfume next time."
Mother Shen looked her up and down, clearly not believing her: "Your lies have no credibility whatsoever."
Shen Yanxi paused, then subconsciously looked at He Lingchuan, assuming that he had betrayed her.
She took a deep breath and got to the point: "Mom, why did you call me back?"
Madam Shen's gaze swept over her and Zhou Mingyan, and she said coldly, "You two have had a conflict with the Jiang family?"
He Lingchuan raised his eyes and met Chen's mother's gaze.
"Why would the Jiang family suddenly say they want to withdraw their investment?"
Shen Yanxi blurted out, "So fast?"
Is that woman really so impatient, holding a grudge like that?
"What? So fast?"
Mother Shen slammed her hand on the table, startling everyone around her: 'What on earth is going on?'
She looked at Zhou Mingyan, her eyes sharp and filled with a strong sense of pressure: "What exactly is going on? What did you say to the Jiang family outside that made them withdraw their investment?"
The reason why Shen's mother and Jiang's family signed the contract so quickly was because of their friendship.
Now, the Jiang family has no regard for past relationships and has directly withdrawn their investment, which is equivalent to throwing a cup of water in the face of Shen's mother.
Shen Yanxi frowned and clenched her fists: "They are simply bullying us."
Mother Shen raised her eyebrows and looked at Zhou Mingyan: "Tell me, what exactly is going on?"
Shen Yanxi paused for a few seconds before slowly saying, "Mom, this has nothing to do with Mingyan."
"It has nothing to do with him? Then who does it have to do with?"
Shen's mother did not believe her at all. Shen Yanxi lowered her head, then raised it again after a while and looked at He Lingchuan.
Following her gaze, Chen's mother chuckled, "You're not trying to tell me that Ling Chuan did this, are you?"
Zhou Mingyan took this opportunity to reveal that He Lingchuan insisted on Xiaofeng dropping out of school.
He was indignant and resentful: "I advised them before not to be so impulsive, but they simply wouldn't listen to me."
Zhou Mingyan added fuel to the fire, shifting all the blame to He Lingchuan: "If Mr. He hadn't insisted on Xiaofeng dropping out of school, the relationship between our two families wouldn't have deteriorated to this extent."
Zhou Mingyan sighed helplessly: "I have tried my best to recover the losses. If Mr. He's attitude had not been so firm, I don't think Jiang's would have withdrawn its investment."
His words aroused public outrage, and the eldest sister of the Shen family was the first to stand up and condemn He Lingchuan: "He Lingchuan, what are you thinking? In order to prove your child's worth, you actually let the Shen family lose 200 million yuan for nothing."
"Two hundred million is an understatement. That was just the initial investment. He Lingchuan, I knew you were up to no good. I was right."
"More than two hundred million! That's more than two hundred million! Can you afford to pay that back?"
Everyone was criticizing He Lingchuan, but Shen Yanxi's sister-in-law remained silent, as if she were just a passerby.
He Lingchuan's gaze swept over these people. If he wasn't mistaken, Shen Yanxi had cooperated with all of them.
They should have all invested money, making them minor shareholders of the Shen Group.
Now that such a big thing has happened, they must be worried that they won't be able to get their money back.
He Lingchuan frowned, wanting to soothe their emotions, but not knowing where to start.
This time, even Mother Shen fell silent.
As their voices grew louder, Mother Shen finally couldn't hold back any longer and said, "Alright, what's done is done. Instead of arguing here, let's think of a solution."
At this moment, Sister-in-law Shen suddenly stood up and said, "The only way is to have He Lingchuan go to the Jiang family to apologize and get them to reinvest with Mother and us."
"He Lingchuan must go back and apologize."
Mother Shen looked at He Lingchuan with some difficulty: "Lingchuan, what do you mean?"
He Lingchuan lowered his head; he was certain he wouldn't go back.
He went to so much trouble to help Nan Chen get justice, so why should he go back and apologize?
But seeing the troubled look in Shen's mother's eyes and hearing the voices of those people condemning him, He Lingchuan didn't dare to directly refuse them.
The current situation is really not suitable for going against them. He Lingchuan racked his brains but couldn't come up with a way to escape.
Unable to get a response from He Lingchuan, they argued more and more fiercely.
Just as He Lingchuan was about to compromise, Shen Yanxi suddenly stood up and said, "He Lingchuan will not go back to apologize."
She stood in front of He Lingchuan and looked at each of the relatives one by one: "So what if we don't invest? I don't believe that our Shen family can't complete the project without these two hundred million."
"You make it sound nice, but how can you start a project without money?"
"Exactly, even if you take the money out, isn't it still our money? No matter how you calculate it, we're still losing money."
They completely ignored Shen Yanxi's words and kept arguing, demanding that He Lingchuan go back.
"He Lingchuan must go back and apologize to make up for the Shen family's losses."
"If you don't apologize, then pay us back the two hundred million, or you're not leaving."
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