Chapter 23
Su He was surprised for a moment. He clearly met Sheng Jinyu in the corridor. Why did the other party know that they were in the room before?
Moreover, he felt that this question was beyond his ability to answer.
"That's my private matter, can you please not tell me?" Su He lowered his head.
This time, it seemed like he had stepped on a minefield. Sheng Jinyu's expression suddenly turned gloomy: "Private, matter?"
Su He lowered his eyes. Sheng Jinyu couldn't see his expression, but the way he stood there looked as if he was being kept away from others.
Sheng Jinyu suddenly felt it was ridiculous. He was busy and anxious last night, but in the end this person just dismissed him with a private matter and refused to even give him an explanation. It was as if he had built an invisible wall of air to isolate him.
"Do you think I'm meddling in your business?" Sheng Jinyu stared at him and asked coldly.
Su He waved his hands hurriedly: "That's not what I meant."
He caught a glimpse of a medical patch on Sheng Jin's drooping arm, and the few memories he had came to his mind.
That was his fault!
"Is your arm okay? I'm sorry I shouldn't have grabbed you. I won't get drunk again. Can I fix it for you?"
Every word he said was polite yet distant, which made Sheng Jinyu furious.
"No need." Sheng Jinyu stepped back, avoiding Su He's hand that was pulling his arm. "Take care of your personal relationship and don't let me get into trouble."
This is what he should do. Su He nodded apologetically: "I know, I'm sorry."
He apologized again. They were standing face to face, but there seemed to be a barrier between them. In fact, Su He had no good way to get rid of that scumbag, but he never asked for help from the man in front of him who had more power and authority than him.
Is it distrust or do you feel it is unnecessary?
Sheng Jinyu narrowed his eyes, his unhappy mood clearly written on his face. He turned and left without looking at Su He again, and the conversation ended in a bad mood.
Turning into the living room, Yan Yichen called and asked how Sheng Jin and Mr. Zhou Sheng’s birthday party were going to be arranged. As a long-time friend of the Sheng family, the Yan family naturally had to attend.
As the two of them talked, Sheng Jinyu's dissatisfaction could be heard through the network cable to Yan Yichen. He asked, "Why are you so angry? Who has offended you again? Could it be that Assistant Su of yours?"
Sheng Jinyu kept silent and said nothing, as he was not talking about anything else.
Yan Yichen raised his eyebrows as if he was watching something interesting and guessed, "It seems so. Didn't he propose to cooperate with you to deceive your father? Did they have a quarrel or did the talks break down?"
Sheng Jinyu was silent, but Yan Yichen was able to put on a show of his own, saying to himself, "Yesterday, Gu Ming said someone in your family had food poisoning. Could it be him?"
Sheng Jinyu finally uttered a word, giving a lukewarm "hmm" before getting down to business: "He certainly didn't tell Sheng Zonglan about my last meeting with Sister Manfeng. Sheng Zonglan has been wanting to investigate my relationship with the Hongying Society for a long time."
"So, he is still sincere?" Yan Yichen agreed.
"I don't think so. He is very wary of me." Sheng Jinyu sneered, and his words were expressed with very strong emotions.
Although this kind of "cooperation" between them did not require much honesty from both parties, Su He resolutely refused to reveal any private matters to him, and even suspected that he was meddling in other people's affairs.
Isn't this just taking your kindness for granted?
I am afraid I should add one more to those proverbial stories—
The farmer and the snake, Mr. Dongguo and the wolf... Young Master Shanda and Assistant Su!
Yan Yichen said: "However, I really don't know whether he has changed his personality due to the stimulation, or he is simply pretending to be kind and innocent."
After a while, Sheng Jinyu suddenly asked, "You said before that he was a playboy. What's the matter?"
Yan Yichen was taken aback by the question. He didn't expect the topic to change so suddenly. He raised his eyebrows playfully: "Don't you never pay attention to this kind of thing? The last time I gossiped with you, you were annoyed. How long ago was it..."
"Hurry up and tell me." Sheng Jinyu urged.
"Okay, let me tell you the point. As far as I know, Su He often went to bars to build his network in college. He seemed to be a pure gay and had a regular partner, who he met at that time." Yan Yichen said.
Sheng Jinyu: "Tell me something I don't know."
"I don't know much about him, but I heard he used to have quite a good time and was even a member here. You know what kind of club we are, right? I checked his spending records, and he was here often."
It was visible to the naked eye that Sheng Jinyu's face turned black in an instant.
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"Why are you suddenly curious about his love history? Is he targeting you?" Yan Yichen asked playfully.
"Hang up. See you at my old house." Sheng Jinyu hung up the phone, but his mood did not improve. Instead, he became even more irritable.
The next day, it was foggy outside the window and soon it started to rain. The sun did not shine on the last day of August.
When Su He saw Sheng Jinyu early in the morning, he realized that he had returned to his ancestral home and had not been in Xiaoxie Garden for the past few days.
He left without saying a word, as if he was still angry.
S037 told him that the real head of the Sheng family, Mr. Sheng, was celebrating his 80th birthday.
This time, the old man had a close call with death and came back to recuperate. This birthday party was even more grand.
All the direct and collateral descendants of the Sheng family have to go back in advance to burn incense and worship their ancestors. Every year, people are arranged to take turns guarding the ancestral hall according to their seniority. This year it happens to be Sheng Jinyu's turn.
He would be staying there for at least a week this time, and outsiders were not allowed to follow him. Even Assistant Fang got a short vacation because of this, so Su He finally had some free time.
According to the timeline of the original book, the original owner stayed with Sheng Jin for nearly half a year, gradually gaining his trust before starting to take action.
Now that several months have passed, he doesn't have much time left...
When Su He thought of this, he began to worry. What should he do after a few months?
In the next few days, Su He stayed with S037.
When he ran out of inspiration for writing, S037 connected the speakers in the wall to play symphonies for him. He used the kitchen to cook for himself, and S037 was right there beside him, helping him project production tutorials on the white wall...
Su He would ask S037 to help send messages to Sheng Jinyu three times a day, reporting on the cleaning progress of the swimming pool in the garden, the workers' regular cleaning of the floor-standing fish tank, and S037's completion of another self-service upgrade, etc., like a diligent little housekeeper.
But Sheng Jinyu had no time to pay attention to it.
He stayed in the ancestral hall for a few days, and there was a constant flow of people coming and going. From his third aunt to his fourth uncle, they all asked him to be responsible for burning incense.
Sheng Jin was like a machine working mechanically, he had no interest at all, he was completely intoxicated by the aroma of the cigarettes.
When Yan Yichen arrived, it happened to be the day of the Sheng family's birthday banquet. The Sheng family invited guests from all walks of life, and a young man like him had to act separately from the elders in the family.
As soon as he entered Sheng's house, he was anxious to find out where Sheng Jinyu was.
Unfortunately, the phone was not connected and the person could not be found. After asking the old housekeeper, I learned that Sheng Jin had another fight with his father and did not bring anyone with him when he left the main house.
No one knows where he went, and the old housekeeper is checking the surveillance footage to find him.
When Yan Yichen thought about what day it was today, he knew that his brother had no reason to run away. After all, no one would be in a good mood on that day after experiencing that kind of thing.
Finally, the person in charge of managing the ranch in the back mountain could not stand the pressure and secretly called the old housekeeper, only to find out where Sheng Jinyu was hiding and said he would not see anyone.
But as the banquet was about to begin, the host ordered someone to be found, but Sheng Jinyu was nowhere to be found. The servants were caught in the middle and were in a dilemma, not daring to offend anyone.
The old housekeeper grabbed Yan Yichen's hand as if he had grabbed a savior: "Master Yan, please do me a favor. Under normal circumstances, we would definitely not bother you, but today... after all, you and the young master grew up together, and the young master will not vent his anger on you."
Yan Yichen burst out laughing.
"Do you think I'm a fool? A few years ago, I believed your lies and climbed in through the window to persuade Ah Yu. In the end, he beat me up too!"
Yan Yichen tutted his words twice and looked at the old housekeeper: "He can't do anything to an elder like you, but he has no mercy on me. I won't go."
The old housekeeper looked worried and sighed repeatedly.
"If he doesn't want to come out, then don't come out. You know better than me why he is in a bad mood, right?" Yan Yichen rarely restrained his evil spirit and advised seriously.
"But... hey, we are servants after all, and what we say doesn't count." The old butler continued to sigh.
After a long standoff, Yan Yichen surrendered and waved his hands repeatedly: "Okay, okay, please stop sighing. It sounds like I'm not a human being."
He paused, and suddenly an idea struck him: "I do have a candidate. Did you know that Ah Yu has someone he keeps at home?"
The old butler shook his head.
"Send a car to pick him up now and let him go in to persuade them. Maybe it will really work." Yan Yichen said firmly.
To be honest, he wasn't very sure, but based on his observations during this period, it might be a good idea to let Su He go in and fight poison with poison.
The old butler was quite receptive to advice. After hearing what Yan Yichen said, he thought he was talking about Sheng Jinyu's partner, so he immediately sent someone to pick her up.
I took the person over with great anticipation and saw that it was a man!
And he’s a handsome... man. The old housekeeper was a little breathless and kept saying how disgraceful it was, but there was no other way but to do it for a while.
The sun was setting and there was not much time left before the evening banquet.
When Su He was led into the ranch, he saw Sheng Jinyu's good friend, Young Master Yan, looking at him with a smile.
He was confused when he came, and no one told him why he came. He just thought that Sheng Jinyu wanted to see him for something.
However, Yan Yichen said that Young Master Sheng had a quarrel with his family and refused to see anyone or eat, and hoped that he could come forward to mediate.
Having said this, Su He didn't think he was prestigious enough to invite Sheng Jinyu, who was in a bad mood.
They probably had no other choice but to find someone else to take the blame.
Just like the first time he entered Xiaoxie Garden, everyone pushed him out to wake up Sheng Jinyu.
After all, Sheng Jinyu is only 22 years old this year and is still young and energetic. He is indeed capable of doing such things out of anger.
"Why is he in a bad mood?" Su He suddenly asked Yan Yichen before going in.
"Assistant Su is very curious about his private affairs?" Yan Yichen raised his eyebrows and said ambiguously.
Su He shook his head: "After all, I have to go and persuade him. I want to know why he doesn't want to come out."
"Well, it's related to his mother. Eight years ago today, Ah Yu's mother left him and has been missing ever since. No one knows whether she is dead or alive. In fact, it's just a popular family problem in literary works." Yan Yichen spread his hands.
His words suddenly reminded Su He of a relevant piece of information in the original book.
Sheng Jin, like the male protagonists in most business war and revenge stories, has a tragic life experience. His father doesn't love him, his mother doesn't love him, and his parents don't love each other either. He grew up in a strict and indifferent family, and he almost grew up to be a villain.
Yan Yichen's use of the word "leave" is still too euphemistic, because the original book briefly described the incident using the words "escape" and "abandon".
Sheng Jinyu was the one who was left behind.
It seems that this is indeed a difficult task.
Su He took the shuttle bus into the park and saw a large grassland in front of him. This pasture was adjacent to the horse farm he had visited last time, and the connection between them was quite spectacular.
There was a person sitting under the awning not far away. He was wearing a gray and white short-sleeved sportswear, and his hair fell softly, covering his eyes.
He looked closely and saw that it was Sheng Jinyu.
Apart from him, no one else would stay here on such a busy day.
"Sheng..." Su He took two steps forward and suddenly stopped.
He found that a large animal with black and white fur was lying on Sheng Jinyu. From a distance, it looked like an oversized cat, but the "big cat" seemed to have noticed his approach, and it tilted its head and let out a dangerous growl at him.
That's not a cat at all, it's a white tiger!
"ah!"
Su He yelled and jumped onto the wooden table one step away at the fastest speed in his life!
He said in a trembling voice, "Then, then, then... is it... Old, Tiger?"
It's no wonder he made a fuss. The guy was as big as an adult Bernese Mountain Dog, with a mouthful of bright white fangs. Although his eyes were lazy, he looked quite aggressive.
He has a temperament similar to Sheng Jinyu, and looks quite gloomy.
Hearing the voice, Sheng Jinyu frowned and turned his head, as if he was surprised and displeased by his appearance: "Why are you here?"
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