Chapter 7 "Chen Zheng, this is for you." Xia Yu took out a bunch of pure white baby's breath from his arms and handed it to...
"Chen Zheng, this is for you."
Xia Yu took out a bunch of pure white baby's breath from his arms and handed it to Chen Zheng.
She has always been a good child who knows how to repay kindness. This time, Chen Zheng has done her such a great favor, so she should give something back.
Next time she shows her power, she will take down the Shen family and give it to Chen Zheng to repay her kindness. The little Xia Yu in her mind waved her fist and encouraged herself secretly.
"Is this, a flower?" Chen Zheng was dazed for a rare moment. She slightly opened her red lips and stared blankly at the bunch of pure white baby's breath in front of her.
"Chen Zheng, thank you for your teaching these days." The girl held the bouquet and smiled at her, just like the first ray of dawn that penetrates the clouds at dawn, bright and brilliant.
Her eyes curved into two little crescents because of her smile, her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and she stood tall and graceful, with a smile as beautiful as a flower.
Chen Zheng fluttered her eyelashes, and was stunned again. The moment she saw her, her mind instantly ignited the engine, like countless fireworks bursting, tingling and numb. What a strange feeling.
Chen Zheng tightened her fingertips slightly and tilted her head in a rare puzzled look. Does it feel so good to help others?
Xia Yu saw Chen Zheng standing there in a daze, ignoring her. With her mouth slightly puffed, she looked down at the baby's breath in her hand. As the president of a large company, Chen Zheng had seen everything, so her gift was indeed a bit shabby.
She unconsciously clenched the bouquet with her fingers, tapped her heels lightly on the floor, and explained crisply: "I saw it was selling downstairs in the company, and I bought one on a whim. It may be a little simple, I'll give you a better one next time."
However, this was her first time giving a gift to someone, and it was a token of her heart. She had to accept it.
After saying that, Xia Yu raised her head, wrinkled her nose slightly, and raised the bouquet a little higher, almost in front of Chen Zheng. Her eyes were bright and clear, like a little phoenix with its tail up, and her whole body seemed to be saying, "This is a gift from me, how can you not like it? Take it quickly."
Just before Xia Yu impatiently wanted to stuff the bouquet into Chen Zheng's arms, Chen Zheng gently leaned down, closed her eyes and sniffed the baby's breath in Xia Yu's hand, then looked up at her, a smile spreading from the corners of her mouth.
A pair of eyes seemed to be filled with gentle moonlight, and Xia Yu's face was reflected in the flowing light.
"I like it very much. Thank you, Mr. Xia."
Xia Yu smiled with her lips pursed in a rare embarrassed manner, just like the first time she secretly drank fruit wine at a banquet after she came of age. Her head was dizzy and a little tipsy, as if the wine was about to break in her sparkling eyes.
For a moment, she didn't know whether it was because of the flowers or the person in front of her.
The next morning, Chen Zheng sat upright at his desk as usual, holding a pen and casually reviewing documents.
What was particularly different was that there was a vase on the desk, with a bunch of white baby's breath freely spreading out, which was totally inconsistent with the minimalist and cold style of her office.
Assistant Qin walked in with a large stack of documents and saw the bouquet of flowers right in front of him.
With her good professionalism, she skipped over it and picked up the documents to explain them one by one as usual.
Chen Zheng raised her eyes slightly and nodded vaguely, her hands with well-defined knuckles covered the baby's breath, her fingertips shuttled among the white stars, and from time to time she gently picked up a small flower and turned it around to play with it.
It seems careless, but it is actually deliberate. I have never seen Mr. Shen have the habit of hyperactivity when he is working. If I rub it any more, the flower will wilt.
Really, why show off to her? She is not Xia Yu. What's the point of showing off to her like a peacock? You should show it to the girl instead.
I know, I know. I know these flowers were given to you by your loved one.
Assistant Qin groaned secretly, and felt like rolling her eyes and laughing at the same time. Looking at Chen Zheng's expression, if she ignored it, she was afraid that she would continue to do this for the whole day.
Assistant Qin sighed secretly, and looked at the baby's breath in front of Chen Zheng's desk with great surprise, and asked with a little doubt: "Boss Chen, this is..."
"Xia Yu gave it to me, and I picked it specially." Chen Zheng saw that Assistant Qin had finally seen it, so she took her hand back as if nothing had happened and replied nonchalantly. However, the corners of her lips raised high and her sparkling eyes instantly broke the seriousness and indifference she had when she was working.
Assistant Qin secretly glanced at Chen Zheng again and again, and was curious. Seeing that she immediately stopped talking, he asked, "Did President Chen return the gift?"
"Why should I return the gift? This is the reward for my hard work in teaching these days." Upon hearing this, Chen Zheng replied with confidence without even thinking.
Besides, why should she return the gift? It would seem like a fake social interaction between wealthy families, which would be very distant. If the child told her what she wanted, she would naturally help her get it.
If she was not forbidden to use her cell phone during work hours, she really wanted to take a picture of Chen Zheng being silly at this moment, laugh at her later, and sell it for a good price.
After secretly despising a slow-witted person in his heart, Assistant Qin finally remembered the business and reported with a sullen face: "Boss Shen, the Shen family master's 70th birthday will be in a few days. They have sent an invitation and asked you to be on time for the banquet."
"It's true that a daughter who's married off is like spilled water. Now the words 'attend the banquet' are even used. Really..." Chen Zheng sneered and raised the corners of her lips coldly.
"By the way, Mr. Shen, they specifically mentioned that Miss Xia should accompany you to the banquet. They said that the head of the Shen family wants to meet your stepdaughter."
As soon as he finished speaking, Assistant Qin was not surprised to see that Chen Zheng's face had completely darkened, and her narrow and sharp black eyes were stained with a thin layer of ice mist.
She chuckled, tapping the tabletop rhythmically with her slender fingers. Her sharp eyes were cruel and cold, making people shudder.
As if she was talking to herself, she whispered, "Father is turning seventy so soon. It's time for him to step down and let others take over. I can't just keep occupying the toilet without doing anything."
"And my good brother, relying on his birth as the eldest son of the Shen family, has occupied the position of heir to the Shen family for decades with his stupid brain and foolish behavior. It's time to set things right and consolidate the overall situation."
"Qin Ying, follow the plan. Please keep an eye on it. Thank you for your hard work."
"Okay, Mr. Shen." Assistant Qin nodded respectfully to Shen Zheng, looking up at her cold profile. A few strands of hair were floating around Shen Zheng's cheeks.
Under her thick eyelashes, her black eyes were unfathomable, and her furrowed brows were like shooting stars in the cold night, with a chilling heroic spirit. She was like a lion that had been sleeping on the ground for a long time, and once awakened, it opened its bloody mouth to devour all those who dared to offend her. This was the real Shen Zheng.
Being able to develop her own power under the nose of such a treacherous top wealthy family, and to bite off a piece of meat from those old antiques who strictly abide by the hierarchy of seniority, making them so angry that they point at her nose and scold her, but they can do nothing to her. Chen Zheng has never been an ordinary person.
In other words, she had been hiding her edge over the years, allowing those old-fashioned people who had been wary of her ever since she took over half of the power from the young master of the Shen family to feel relieved.
Seeing that they could do nothing to Chen Zheng, they secretly comforted themselves. If they let a capable woman in the family temporarily manage the family assets, they would also be able to accept it. After all, after she got married, the family assets would all return to their own hands.
Until these years, when those industries gradually prospered in Shen Zheng's hands, the younger generations and affiliated families in the family became more and more convinced of her, and her prestige even exceeded that of the current young master of the Shen family. Only then did they realize something and finally became anxious.
The head of the Shen family, together with the prestigious elders in the clan, urgently convened a family meeting, urging Chen Zheng to get married quickly. After Chen Zheng had been perfunctory many times, they even set a time limit and ordered her to get married within the specified time.
Ever since Chen Zheng took over part of the family business, she has been secretly planning to usurp power and seize the throne. Now most of the plan has been implemented and it is about to succeed. She doesn't want to break up with those old guys yet. So she secretly looks for someone suitable to impersonate her.
The head of the Xia family, who happened to squeeze into a second-rate family, was seriously ill and would not live for a few days. He was willing to sign an agreement with her and voluntarily hand over all the property of the Xia family to her, only asking her to protect his only daughter and save her life.
Although the Xia family's property was just a drop in the ocean in Shen Zheng's eyes, and from Xia Qiyuan's tone, his daughter was very troublesome, this was the best candidate she could find in a short period of time.
She made the decision in a hurry and held a wedding in front of the old-timers in the Shen family, which was also a clear announcement to the Shen family.
This time, she was invited to the Shen family's birthday party, but she might have other intentions. Chen Zheng holds a lot of lucrative businesses, and those old antiques might be staring at her with green eyes, wishing they could swarm over and try to get a piece of the pie.
They also don't think about the fact that Chen Zheng was able to stir up trouble right under their noses as soon as he became an adult. Now almost ten years have passed. How could they allow them to do whatever they want? They really haven't made any progress at all.
But it's also true that the Shen family is ignorant and arrogant at heart, exuding the stench of feudal lords from the last century. I'm afraid they still think that it's already the limit for Shen Zheng to be in charge of the family business as a woman. They never thought that the woman raised in their own family would have such wolfish ambitions and dare to covet that position.
Chen Zheng casually flipped through the intelligence about other businesses owned by the Shen family. There was a mess hidden under the flourishing flowers. She curled the corners of her lips coldly.
She just wanted to have a prosperous Shen family. But now the Shen family is in a mess and full of holes.
If she wanted it, would she have to plan for so long and wait until now? The dregs and garbage should be swept away along with this cleansing, giving the Shen family a clear and peaceful future.
After gathering strength for several years, he was finally able to draw his sword and kill the culprit.
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