Chapter 156 Shen Linglan's Biological Father

The counselor knew that Shen Linglan's parents had divorced when she was young, and neither of them cared much about their child.

So when I saw that after Shen Linglan saw her father, not only did she not recognize him, but also looked strange and distant, I felt it was normal.

And after Shen Linglan's father found him in the afternoon, the two had a conversation. The counselor believed that Shen Linglan's father still cared about her, but he was not good at expressing it.

Unexpectedly, when Shen Linglan heard that it was her father, she still looked indifferent and didn't even say a polite greeting.

She hummed, lifted the notebook in her arms, and said to the counselor, "Got it. I'll go home first."

After saying that, Shen Linglan really raised her legs to leave, but was stopped by the counselor again.

"Linglan, did you not hear me clearly just now? I said, this is your father!"

"I heard it clearly. But," Shen Linglan paused, pulled back her wrist that was being held by the counselor, and said nonchalantly, "You must have misunderstood. I don't have a father."

"Suzuran!"

The hurried voice came from a man. He took a step forward, smiled what he thought was a kind smile, and said to Shen Linglan, "I really am your father. My name is Shen Zhaoshan. Do you still remember your father's name?"

Shen Linglan remembered the name Shen Zhaoshan.

But she couldn't reconcile the Shen Zhaoshan in her memory with the man in front of her.

The "father" in Shen Linglan's memory is a man who was born in a peasant family but was lazy and gluttonous. He would abuse his wife and beat his children.

Sun Xiuli, as Shen Linglan's biological mother, was absent from her childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, and the same was true for Shen Zhaoshan, as her biological father.

After the divorce, Shen Zhaoshan still ignored her and even said that he didn't want to give her living expenses so that Shen Linglan would sue him.

Moreover, Shen Zhaoshan had been indifferent to Shen Linglan since she was a child because she was not a boy. He would kick her when he was unhappy. Sometimes when Shen Linglan called him dad, he not only did not respond, but sometimes he even found her annoying.

After Shen Zhaoshan and Sun Xiuli divorced, it was even more difficult for Sun to ask Shen Zhaoshan for alimony than it was for Sun Xiuli, the mother.

When Shen Linglan was a child, she was watching TV at her uncle's house. Whenever she saw the scene where Yiping went to the Lu family to ask for money, she could always empathize with the scene and cry her eyes out.

Because she was also the one who went to her remarried father's house to ask for money, but was constantly bullied by her father and stepmother.

Thinking back to that time, Shen Linglan felt as if it were a lifetime ago, and her heart was as calm as water.

It turns out that when people have money, the lack of fatherly and motherly love is not that important.

Looking at the man in front of him, he was wrapped in a suit, smiling, wearing a watch worth more than 200,000 yuan, and speaking in a steady voice. To others, he really looked like a normal father. No wonder Director Chen was deceived into wishing that Shen Linglan could perform a father-daughter show with Shen Zhaoshan on the spot.

Shen Linglan couldn't help but admire the suit he was wearing. It actually made a non-human thing look like a human being.

"If I remember correctly, when I was in high school, you refused to give me living expenses and threatened to cut off all ties with me, right?"

Shen Zhaoshan seemed to have not expected that Shen Linglan would talk about something that happened several years ago in such a public setting at school, in front of the counselor, and his face suddenly looked a little unhappy.

But he still wanted to save face, and said with a helpless look, "You know I remarried. Your stepmother also gave birth to a younger brother, so the family needed a lot of money for milk powder. So your stepmother didn't let me send you money at that time. For the sake of my family, I didn't want to go through the tragedy of divorce, so..."

His unfinished words made everyone present realize that he sacrificed Shen Linglan in order to protect his new family.

Now, the counselor's face darkened when he learned that his student's father had not provided living expenses and tuition fees to the student when he was still a minor.

After all, he was the one who applied for Shen Linglan's scholarship for the first three years of college. Although he didn't know what Shen Linglan had invested to become so rich now, she was indeed so poor before that she couldn't even afford to eat.

"Mr. Shen, you have the obligation to raise the child before he turns 18!"

The counselor's attitude was different from the one he had just used when he was pulling Shen Linglan. He scolded Shen Zhaoshan harshly, took a step forward, and stood between Shen Linglan and Shen Zhaoshan. He looked at Shen Zhaoshan again as if he was looking at a heartless and ungrateful villain.

However, Shen Linglan is no longer the little girl who needs protection.

She sneered from the bottom of her throat, her tone full of sarcasm, "I originally thought you were cruel, but I didn't expect you to be cowardly now. You refused to give the money, but you pushed the blame onto your wife - Shen Zhaoshan. I really despise you."

After being scolded by his daughter, the smile on Shen Zhaoshan's face disappeared completely.

"Shen Linglan, I am your biological father after all! My blood runs in your bones! You are really outrageous to talk to me like this!"

He shouted angrily, attracting the sidelong glances of students passing by. Several scrutinizing looks instantly sobered Shen Zhaoshan up and made him remember the purpose of his trip.

He could only suppress his anger and said to Shen Linglan, "Don't misunderstand me, Linglan, and don't be so hostile to me. I came here just to see you, and I have no other purpose."

"There were so many things that happened in the past that were beyond our control. Linglan, you are grown up now and you should be more understanding of your parents."

Without even a word of apology, he asked Shen Linglan to "understand". Shen Linglan said coldly: "Understand? Is this something a person with any dignity can say?"

Shen Linglan's expression never changed from beginning to end, it was ruthless and indifferent, except now there was a little more contempt in her eyes.

Her expectations of this "father" disappeared as soon as Shen Zhaoshan said viciously, "I really regret giving birth to you."

So now that Shen Zhaoshan has come to her house, Shen Linglan has no chance of acting out the "father-daughter love" drama with him. Instead, she will ruthlessly tear off his face.

Seeing Shen Zhaoshan's face turning blue and white and he couldn't speak because of being scolded, Shen Linglan felt relieved.

She raised her foot and walked towards the school gate, but Shen Zhaoshan followed her and blocked her steps.

"Linglan, I heard that you have opened a company now-"

He finally decided not to play the emotional card and said this to Shen Linglan straight away.

Shen Linglan frowned at this, but she didn't say anything.

He seemed to have expected that Shen Linglan would not want to pay attention to him, and continued, "You are worthy of being the daughter of my old Shen family. You are really promising! You have made a lot of money from running that biotechnology company, right? I heard from your counselor that you donated a building to the school a while ago?"

Shen Linglan turned around to look at the counselor, who touched his head awkwardly.

He was kind-hearted, and praised Shen Linglan from head to toe in front of Shen Zhaoshan, saying that she was a good student and grateful, and he also mentioned the donation of the building. However, he didn't know that Shen Zhaoshan was not a good father at all...

Shen Zhaoshan had said so much, and Shen Linglan knew without much hesitation that Shen Zhaoshan had heard from somewhere that Shen Linglan had opened a company, so he came to her.

After retracting her gaze, Shen Linglan said to Shen Zhaoshan, "You'd better not ask too much about my affairs."