Chapter 284 First Meeting [7]
Shen Wangyue held Li Chu's hand tightly, looking at her with tearful eyes, and said, "It's all in the past, Chu Chu. Your hard times are over. From now on, only sweetness and good things will remain!"
Li Chu looked up at Shen Wangyue.
Shen Wangyue is a very simple and kind girl, and Li Chu saw it clearly during their short time together.
She knew perfectly well what effect her words would have, because that was exactly what she wanted.
Li Chu never imagined that such a coincidence could happen in the world.
She saved Shen Wangyue not only because she still had some kindness in her heart, but also because she knew that Shen Wangyue's family was in Beijing and should be wealthy.
Li Chu was going to Beijing, a place with many unknowns, so she needed to find someone to rely on.
Li Chu had never imagined that Shen Wangyue's family would be that wealthy.
The "Chen" in Shen Wangyue's name is actually the "Chen" in Beijing's top wealthy family!
The Shen family originally made their fortune overseas, and it is said that they had businesses in both the legitimate and criminal worlds, holding a prominent position abroad.
Decades ago, the previous head of the Shen family, who was also Shen Wangyue's grandfather, chose to return to China and moved most of the family's businesses back to the country.
The current head of the Shen family and chairman of the Shen Group is Shen Wangyue's father.
Chairman Shen has two sons and two daughters.
The eldest son and eldest daughter were born to his first wife.
The youngest son and daughter were born to his second wife.
Shen Wangqing, the current president of the Shen Group, is the youngest son of Chairman Shen and the biological brother of Shen Wangyue.
Shen Wangqing was precocious and exceptionally intelligent; she was a business genius.
He displayed exceptional abilities early on, so much so that Chairman Shen decided early on to groom Shen Wangqing as his successor.
When Shen Wangqing was seven or eight years old, Chairman Shen took her under his wing and began to teach her.
He lived up to expectations, completing his studies ahead of schedule and becoming the youngest president of the Shen Group at the age of eighteen.
During his two years in office, Chairman Shen had already handed over 80% of the company's management authority to him.
In her previous life, Li Chu spent too little time in Beijing and hardly ever left the city.
She receives very few sources of information, mostly from the caregiver who looks after her and from Lai Pan-er, who always comes to visit (and provoke) her.
Li Chu learned about the Shen family from these two people.
It's not about Shen Wangqing and his sister.
Instead, it was Li Pan'er's fiancé, Jiang Yixing.
Jiang Yixing is Shen Wangqing's nephew.
Shen Wangqing's relationship with his half-sister was so-so, and he wasn't particularly close to his nephew who was three years younger than him.
However, when Shen Wangqing was twenty-five years old, he encountered a riot while on an inspection tour abroad and died from his injuries.
The once-powerful Shen Group was now in ruins. The eldest son of the Shen family committed suicide years ago, and the fourth son, Shen Wangyue, has also disappeared without a trace.
Without Shen Wangqing, the only direct descendant of the Shen family is their married-out daughter, Jiang Yixing's mother.
Thus, Jiang Yixing effectively became the heir to the Shen Group.
Li Pan'er told Li Chu all this, of course, to show off.
Although the Jiang family is also very wealthy, they are absolutely no match for the Shen family, who are at the very top of the pyramid.
In her previous life, Li Chu didn't really have any concept of these things.
She only saw that Li Pan'er was doing very well, glamorous and in the spotlight.
Li Pan'er succeeded, and the more she flaunted it, the more pained Li Chu felt.
Jealousy, anger, hatred, twisted...
Li Chu closed his eyes, and Li Pan'er's smug expression seemed to appear right before his eyes.
When Li Chu opened her eyes and saw Shen Wangyue still alive and sitting next to her, she smiled.
Shen Wangyue did not die.
Even if Shen Wangqing still dies at the age of twenty-five, the Shen family will not be inherited by anyone with the surname Jiang.
It's a pity, she probably won't see Li Pan'er showing off this to her like she did in her previous life.
Li Chu thought to herself with this 'regret'.
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Li Chu and Shen Wangyue waited for Shen Wangqing in their hotel room, and even made a phone call to order food.
The two of them were full and even more drowsy.
Just when they were about to give up, Shen Wangqing arrived.
When the doorbell rang, Li Chu and Shen Wangyue were instantly wide awake.
Shen Wangyue immediately stood up: "It must be my brother! I'll go open the door!"
Seeing Shen Wangyue heading excitedly towards the door, Li Chu also stood up.
Shen Wangyue, the twenty-year-old heir of the Shen family, had just praised her brother to Li Chu.
Having seen Shen Wangqing in person in the video, Li Chu felt somewhat nervous and wary.
She kept a close watch on the doorway, not daring to let her guard down.
Shen Wangyue arrived at the door, first looked through the peephole to make sure it was indeed her brother standing outside, before opening the door.
"Brother! Waaaaah!"
Shen Wangyue immediately threw herself into the man's arms, releasing all her inner fear through loud sobs.
"Waaaaah! I thought I'd never see you again, brother! I was so scared!"
Shen Wangqing gently embraced his younger sister and softly comforted her, "It's alright now. This will never happen again. I promise you."
Shen Wangyue nodded vigorously.
Li Chu stood there, watching Shen Wangqing comfort his younger sister.
The man was tall, which made Shen Wangyue appear even smaller.
He was wearing a black and gray casual suit, and had a handsome face with gentle features.
However, his overall aura of authority naturally carries a sense of oppression that makes people afraid to approach him.
However, Li Chu could tell that Shen Wangqing was genuinely worried and distressed about his younger sister.
Seemingly noticing Li Chu's gaze, the man looked up.
Their eyes met, and Li Chu neither flinched nor avoided them.
A few seconds later, Shen Wangqing lowered her eyes and said to Shen Wangyue, "Alright, Xiaoyue, you should introduce your friends to me now."
Shen Wangyue then remembered Li Chu, and somewhat embarrassed, stepped out of her brother's embrace, wiping away her tears.
She ran back, grabbed Li Chu's hand, and introduced her to Shen Wangqing: "Brother, her name is Li Chu, and she's fifteen years old!"
"Brother, Chuchu is so pitiful! Her mother was trafficked, and she was beaten and scolded by her father since she was a child, and she also had to do chores!"
"The reason she ran away with me this time is because her father was going to sell her to an old bachelor and use the money to buy a new wife! Her father is so evil!"
"By the way, brother, Chuchu is going to find her mother's family, and her mother's family is in Beijing! You must help her, Chuchu is my savior!"
Shen Wangqing listened to her sister's words without much change in expression.
He had heard that Li Chu was fifteen years old, not twelve or thirteen as he had thought.
Shen Wangqing strode over and stopped a meter away from Li Chu.
He extended his hand with a friendly smile: "Hello, my name is Shen Wangqing, and I am Xiaoyue's older brother."
"Thank you so much for saving Xiaoyue."
Looking at the long, beautiful hand extended in front of her, Li Chu slowly blinked, then reached out and grasped it.
Her hands were dark, thin, and small, like chicken claws covered in scars; they were quite unsightly.
"Hello, you're welcome. I just hope there will be fewer victims like my mother in the world."
The girl's voice was clear and pleasant.
Shen Wangqing asked her, "What can I do for you?"
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