“That’s right!” Shen Jinghe nodded. “It’s oppressive, you’ve hit the nail on the head.”
"I feel like the house was often so oppressive when Grandpa was there, in the years before you came."
"Later, when students could choose to board at school, no one wanted to go home anymore. That was true for me, and it was true for the fourth child too."
"Let's not talk about these unhappy things anymore, let's eat quickly. Although it can't compare to the food the kitchen makes, it has its own unique flavor."
"..." Wen Yan stopped chewing. "I started eating a while ago."
"I thought you came to see me just to talk about these unhappy things. After all, people need to vent their bad emotions when they accumulate to a certain point."
Shen Jinghe snorted through his nose: "You're overthinking it. This isn't the first time I've seen a scene like this."
He wouldn't have foolishly brought two bubbling self-heating hot pots to her in the middle of the night if he wasn't afraid she'd overreact.
"Alright, since you're not going to talk about it, can I ask you a few questions?"
"explain."
"So... was what Fourth Brother said just now true? About Dad wanting to give you a film and television company?"
"…………" Shen Jinghe looked up and looked at Wen Yan through the white smoke from the self-heating hot pot.
Wen Yan sensed the disbelief in his gaze and sat up straight.
"What? Why are you looking at me like that? Is it something I can't ask about that involves the Shen family's business?"
"What are you talking about? This is completely unrelated." Shen Jinghe put down his chopsticks, speechless. "I'm really impressed with you. You didn't know anything and you were already on Lao Si's side? What if he was lying? What if he was just being unreasonable?"
“Impossible,” Wen Yan said firmly, “He’s not that kind of person.”
"You really trust him that much? If you really count the days, you two haven't known each other for very long, have you? The time you two spent recording a variety show seems to be less than the time you spent filming a movie with me."
“Yes, the variety show was only filmed for seven days,” Wen Yan said seriously. “But we used to be online friends, we chatted online.”
"Tch! Online chatting!" What's so great about it? Everyone's chatted online before.
Yes, yes, he's never chatted online.
Shen Jinghe felt annoyed: "What if it were me today? Would you still believe me unconditionally?"
Wen Yan answered without hesitation: "Of course!"
"That's more like it." Having received a satisfactory answer, Shen Jinghe then seriously addressed the question Wen Yan had just raised.
"The fourth brother is right, there is such a thing, the old man did mean it. But in fact, this matter is also related to you."
"Why? How could this have anything to do with me?"
"Because you've always been working independently, your family's idea is to simply start your own company. Then you can stay at the company just like you're at home, coming and going as you please. Wouldn't that be great?"
"...I see!" Being able to come and go as you please is really convenient. "So, do you accept it?"
Shen Jinghe shrugged: "I haven't had a chance to express my opinion yet. But since the fourth brother has such strong opinions, I think I'll just let it go. But don't worry, even if I don't take it, the eldest brother will. No matter what, you'll always be the little princess of this company. No, you should be called the eldest princess."
“What princess~” Wen Yan said half-jokingly as she picked it up. “Look at me, I’m getting goosebumps all over. She clearly wants to be the queen.”
"Speak properly~"
“Okay, okay,” Wen Yan nodded, then said, “But through today’s incident, I think I’ve figured something out.”
"I've never understood why you and Fourth Brother are so incompatible. When I asked you, neither of you could give me a specific reason."
"If you two don't get along, you're quite in sync, and your answers to me are always the same: 'I don't like the look of him.'"
But today, I think I know why!
"Is that so?" Shen Jinghe chuckled. "Tell me about it, I want to see if you guessed right. Come on, please begin your performance."
"If I touch a nerve, you can't get angry with me, because from the next second onwards, I'm just objectively stating my subjective guesses."
"Alright, you've managed to make gossip sound so refined and elegant, no one else does that. Hurry up and get on with it."
"But you haven't agreed to it yet."
"Yes, yes, I agree to everything you say."
"Then I guess this matter has something to do with our eldest brother. I can see that our fourth brother and eldest brother have a good relationship, but your relationship with eldest brother is not. Fourth brother has a fiery temper. You are dissatisfied with both Dad and eldest brother because of the kidnapping incident, so fourth brother spoke up for eldest brother, and thus the two of you are on opposite sides. Is that right?"
Shen Jinghe silently raised an eyebrow.
After two seconds, he nodded: "That's about it."
“But I think you still care about Fourth Brother’s feelings, otherwise you could have just accepted Dad’s suggestion, but you didn’t. You’re just too proud and arrogant.”
Shen Jinghe chuckled: "But do you really think this is just a problem between me and Shen Jingchuan? Isn't it a problem between him and Dad?"
Dad? Surprisingly, Shen Jinghe didn't use "old man" to refer to Shen Yuan.
Wen Yan was quite surprised and immediately asked, "What about the problems between you and Dad? Do you still blame him?"
After Wen Yan finished asking her question, she noticed that Shen Jinghe was staring at her with a rather profound look in his eyes.
Just when she thought Shen Jinghe was about to open up, he suddenly said, "Let's not talk about these things."
Then he changed the subject: "Your 'Jungle Diary' Season 2 is about to start filming, right? You have a few days of free time, so I found you some work."
"…Huh? You're changing your mind way too fast! What kind of job?"
"What's with that expression?" Shen Jinghe frowned. "I already handed it over to your assistant to handle, and she didn't even tell you?"
"You can't blame her for that! I haven't had a chance to check my other phone since I got back from the hospital. I'll check it in a bit."
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Wen Yan quickly contacted her assistant, He Xing.
It was through this exchange that she realized Shen Jinghe had indeed helped her find some resources that had been overlooked.
Why do we say it's a bargain? Because these resources used to belong to Min Xiaxia.
However, she is now a disgraced celebrity and has long been completely banned.
When this was mentioned, He Xing became even more gossipy.
I've been following her story for a long time, but there's absolutely no trace online of what crime she committed; all I know is that she went to jail.
Then, some so-called insiders online claimed that she had offended a powerful figure, but no one online could find out who that person was.
'Do you think the big shot she offended might be Brother He? Otherwise, how would Brother He have gotten her old resources?'
I wonder which female guest the "Jungle Diary" production team will invite to be her replacement.
Wen Yan: "…………" She wouldn't dare call herself a big shot; she could only say that Min Xiaxia had offended the Shen family.
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