Su Qianqian stared blankly, somewhat dazed.
So that's how I came into this world.
An unwanted but exceptionally talented illegitimate son.
For the next six years, Madam Shen, with her gentleness, thoughtfulness, and dignified manner, managed to win over Mr. Shen's heart, though he did not win her and her son's heart. He provided them with a comfortable life and did not mistreat them.
Shen Que was already very precocious when he was five years old.
Old Master Shen personally took his grandson, who had been living away from home, back to the Shen family's old residence.
That day, Madam Shen, the woman from an ordinary background who was resilient, aloof, and intolerant of any wrongdoing, went mad on the spot.
She smashed everything within reach, heartbroken and devastated.
Seeing his wife in pain, Shen's father was also filled with torment.
But when he looked at the intelligent and calm Chen Que, his longing for an outstanding successor ultimately overcame his guilt.
Madam Shen made a scene and cried, but Shen Que and his mother ultimately stayed.
Madam Shen originally wanted to leave, but she was too unwilling to give up.
She was unwilling to let what belonged to her son be so easily taken away by a bastard.
In the days that followed, she was sometimes frighteningly calm, and at other times she would mock and ridicule Shen Que and Madam Shen the Second. She would even be unable to suppress the hatred in her heart and would pinch and hit them at the slightest provocation.
Knowing he was in the wrong, Shen's father indulged her, and Shen's second wife, knowing his love, dared not utter a word.
Little Chen Que grew up rapidly in such a distorted environment.
He understood sooner than anyone else that warmth and love were all fake, and only the money, power, and ability he held tightly in his hands were real.
But in this disgusting home, a beam of light shone in—from his older brother, six years his senior, the eldest son of the Shen family.
When his mother pinched or twisted him in a fit of rage, his older brother would step in and gently apologize to him on their mother's behalf.
His brother also told him that these things were their father's fault, not his.
Later, his older brother would even secretly take his hand and lead him to the garden to play some simple games.
At that time, Shen Que clearly knew that they were competitors, but deep down she still felt a longing and secretly regarded him as a real older brother.
Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long.
A year later, Shen Que was six years old.
After a heated argument and cold war between Shen's father and Madam Shen, the understanding Madam Shen stayed by his side and gently comforted him.
This time, Mr. Shen did not numb himself with alcohol; he was sober.
Thus, they came to know An.
The birth of Shen Nian'an became the final straw that broke Madam Shen's back.
Unable to endure this suffocating life any longer, she resolutely took her son abroad to study.
Before leaving, Shen Que secretly found his brother, and they made a promise to keep in touch often.
But promises ultimately succumbed to reality; Madam Shen kept a tight rein on them, never allowing them to have any contact.
Fifteen years have passed in the blink of an eye.
At the age of twenty-one, Shen Que had already shown his talent.
He not only stabilized the Shen family's traditional industries, but also used an iron fist to expand global trade and tourism and resort projects in various places, and established the new Shen family headquarters.
There, no one called him Young Master Shen; everyone addressed him as President Shen.
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