Just after the New Year, Master Qianmu applied for Nanzhi's early graduation.
M agreed.
Nanzhi returned to her motherland with her early graduation notice.
I arrived in China in March.
As soon as school started, Nanzhi went to the school to complete her graduation procedures. The school was very happy to see that Nanzhi had received such recognition, and the professors were also pleased.
Nan Zhi graduated early and went home. Lin Youyou and Qin Xier looked resentful, while Nan Zhi smiled and patted the two children's heads, "I will come back to see you often."
Lin Youyou pouted:
“We’ll still be very bored when you’re not at school.”
Nanzhi laughed:
"You two are just missing your papers, right? You basically don't have any classes anymore. If you're really bored, you can come to my house."
Qin Xi'er and Lin Youyou's eyes lit up.
"Is it okay? Is it okay?"
Nan Zhi nodded helplessly, "Of course, I should be at home most of the time, but sometimes I might not be. Just let me know in advance."
The three chatted for a long time before Qin Xi'er revealed that Lian Chuchu was actually her cousin.
Nan Zhi frowned, and her tone became more serious and earnest.
"What happened?"
Qin Xi'er sighed, her brows furrowed with worry and annoyance.
“I heard that she recognized my uncle at a banquet held by the Lin family, and cried about the grievances she had suffered for many years. My uncle felt guilty and, upon learning that she was still Lin Feifan’s fiancée, he took her home and held a lavish banquet to acknowledge his long-lost daughter. Now, many people are trying to curry favor with her. Once, when she saw me, she deliberately tried to disgust me.”
Of course, Lian Chuchu's disgusting act was nothing more than pretending to be innocent and pure, constantly calling Qin Xi'er "cousin." When Qin Xi'er ignored her, she would pretend to be very sad, which really disgusted Qin Xi'er.
Upon hearing this, Nan Zhi was both amused and exasperated. She never expected that in the end, even if Lian Chuchu returned to the Lian family, Lian Jin would still be unable to stop her even if he knew in advance.
"What about your cousin and aunt? Are they willing to let her go back?"
Qin Xi'er was extremely helpless. She shrugged and said, "It's no use opposing him. Even Chu Chu went straight to my uncle. There was no way to stop him at home. My uncle is the head of the family. My cousin strongly opposed him, but he still gave him a lecture."
"That Lian Chuchu is so annoying. As soon as she comes back to the Lian family, she makes the house no place peaceful. I've had enough."
Nan Zhi nodded inwardly. Even Chu Chu had come with a purpose, so it would be strange if she behaved herself.
Lin Youyou couldn't help but feel indignant:
"Even my parents are very satisfied with Lian Chuchu. I really don't understand why she is so popular."
Even Lin Youyou herself had never been treated like that in front of her parents.
Nan Zhi smiled, "The protagonist's halo is something not everyone has."
Qin Xi'er said that Lian Jin went to Shen Xingmian's company in a fit of anger and didn't even want to go home.
Nan Zhi paused for a moment. If he really left the Lian family, wouldn't that be exactly what Lian Chuchu wanted?
Thinking of this, Nan Zhi said goodbye to Lin Youyou and went directly to the Shen family's residence without returning home.
Upon arriving at the company, he saw Shen Xingmian looking at Lian Jin with displeasure in her eyes.
Hu Lai saw Nan Zhi, walked over to her, and whispered:
"Old Lian is so angry he's lost his mind, and Old Shen is lecturing him."
Nan Zhi glanced at Hu Lai with surprise, raised an eyebrow, and asked:
"You should be very happy to have Lian Jin come to the company to help you, right?"
Hu Lai: "..."
His eyes darted around, a clear sign of guilt, yet he still wouldn't admit it:
"Why would I think that? It's just that Lao Lian is really capable. He's helped me a lot since he came, but actually I really hope he can go back to the Lian family."
Hu Lai hadn't thought that much about it before, but now that Shen Xingmian had explained the reasoning behind it, he understood quite a bit.
If Lian Jin were to leave like this, it would give the enemy an opportunity to exploit the situation.
Even standing at the doorway, one could hear Shen Xingmian's displeased voice.
"If you want to completely lose the Lian family, then continue like this."
Lian Jin listened attentively and understood Shen Xingmian's meaning. He had thought about it before, but his father was too disappointing this time. His mother, as the matriarch of the Lian family, still had to treat that illegitimate daughter kindly and satisfy her requests.
Otherwise, people will accuse them of abusing their illegitimate daughter, and the couple will argue again.
The more they argue, the more smug Lian Chuchu will become, trying to win her father's favor by acting cute in front of him.
Even knowing the outcome, Lian Jin didn't want to go back to that home, nor did he want to go to the family company.
Shen Xingmian no longer wanted to concern himself with Lian Jin's situation. Seeing Nan Zhi, he walked over in a few steps, his displeasure gone, replaced by a gentle expression. He reached out his hand and said:
"Why are you here? Have you finished dealing with things at school?"
Nanzhi placed her hand in his palm, smiled and nodded, "The school has taken care of everything, so you don't need to go there anymore."
She glanced at Lian Jin's retreating figure, a slight smile playing on her lips, and then said with a smile:
"I heard from Xi'er that Lian Jin, he..."
Upon hearing this, Shen Xingmian frowned. "Don't worry about him, he'll figure it out."
After saying that, he took Nanzhi out to eat.
When Hu Lai returned, he said that Lian Jin had already left and gone back to the Lian family.
Nan Zhi felt relieved, but she couldn't let Lian Chuchu really drive Lian Jin out.
A few days later, Shen Xingmian told Nanzhi something: the Gu family was going to hold a banquet and invited many families in the capital, seemingly to announce the new heir.
Let Nanzhi go with him.
Nan Zhi's heart skipped a beat. Was Gu Ying about to take over?
So, Gu Ying appeared earlier than in the book, and Nan Zhi didn't know the reason for this change.
However, she felt that this matter was probably not that simple.
Do you know why we're suddenly having such a big event?
Nan Zhi voiced her doubts, and Shen Xingmian looked down at her for a long time before saying:
"It should be a matter of succession."
The Gu family has many children, including Gu Ying, who has several cousins, as well as her own half-brothers.
The head of the Gu family is chosen by the most capable; it's not that if the father is the head of the family, the son will naturally become the new head. Rather, the cousins and others around him can compete for the position.
Whoever stands until the end will become the next head of the family.
In the past two years, the health of the Gu family head, who is also Gu Ying's father, has been deteriorating day by day, making the selection of a family head imminent.
As a result, there was a lot of open and covert infighting within the Gu family. Shen Xingmian had heard of the new head of the family; he was the illegitimate son of the Gu family, so he wasn't surprised.
Gu Ying is a very capable person, as long as he is willing to do it.
He must have ruthlessly eliminated all his brothers to take the position of family head this time, and personally took it.
He is only twenty-seven years old this year, but he is already capable of taking on important responsibilities, which shows that he is quite capable.
On the day of the Gu family's banquet, after Shen Xingmian picked up Nan Zhi from the Nan family, she first took her to fix her hair and change her clothes before going to the Gu family.
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