"It's all good, it's all good. Thank you for your concern, Grandpa. I'll go visit him another day," Mr. Lu said to Chen Shi with a smile.
"Don't stand there and talk, Xiao Shen, let's go sit over there." Madam Lu warmly invited Shen Shi, deliberately leaving Lu Yuning aside.
Lu Yuning didn't care. She had been through many such situations, and she was sure her stepmother's heart was smaller than a pinhead.
“Yes, yes, it’s tiring to talk standing up,” Mr. Lu agreed.
Shen Shi nodded to the two of them, took Lu Yuning's hand, and sat down on the sofa with the Lu family couple.
The staff served champagne. Lu's father kept talking to Shen Shi, but Shen Shi showed no interest in what he was talking about. He instead held Lu Yuning's little hand and played with it under the table.
"Xiao Shen, when are you and Yu Ning planning to get married?"
Shen Shi had just scratched the itch in Lu Yuning's palm, his attention focused on their clasped hands under the table, when Lu's father's question startled him.
Weren't we just talking about the Beihai project? How come the topic changed so quickly?
Shen Shi really didn't know how to respond to this. Knowing the plot well, he knew it was a trap. The old fox, Lu's father, wanted to use the prestige of the Shen family to prolong the life of his company, which was already riddled with problems.
In her past life, she had really messed things up for Shen Shi, and poor Lu Yuning was also blamed by the mentally unstable Shen Shi because of this.
Refusing wouldn't work either, as it would definitely upset Lu Yuning, which was the last thing Shen Shi wanted to see.
"What, does my nephew still have concerns?" Seeing that Shen Shi did not answer for a long time, Lu's father spoke again.
"without…"
"Why bring this up now? I just graduated and want to have some more fun for a couple more years." Shen Shi was interrupted by Lu Yuning as soon as he opened his mouth.
Unexpectedly, his daughter said such a thing, and Mr. Lu was momentarily embarrassed, scolding Lu Yuning, "You're becoming more and more insensible!"
Shen Shi quickly came to the rescue, saying, "Uncle, I'm not in a hurry. Yu Ning is still young."
After this incident, the originally harmonious atmosphere became somewhat delicate.
After exchanging a few words with Shen Shi, Mr. Lu left with Mrs. Lu, citing some unresolved matters at the company.
With the departure of the Lu couple, Shen Shi's tension eased temporarily. There's no such thing as a cunning businessman; the more successful a businessman is, the more treacherous he is. Dealing with these people is truly exhausting.
Lu Yuning noticed Shen Shi's exhaustion and reached out to massage his temples. "Is work too tiring? If you ask me, you should take a break. You haven't taken a day off since you joined the company."
While enjoying Lu Yuning's massage and listening to her endless chatter about how much she cared for him, Shen Shi felt wonderful during this rare moment of relaxation.
Sensing the heartache in her voice, Shen Shi said, "Once I'm done with this busy period, I'll take you to Bali for a vacation." He grabbed Lu Yuning's hand.
"Really, I'm not lying!" Lu Yuning's beautiful eyes widened with excitement when she heard that Shen Shi was going to take her out to play.
Chen Shi was amused by her reaction and held up his little finger, saying, "Shall we pinky swear, Miss?"
Lu Yuning smiled and hooked her finger around Chen Shi's, "Pinky promise, a hundred years from now, it's a deal, whoever changes is a little dog."
"Yes, sir," Shen Shi replied, and the two looked at each other and smiled.
In a corner of the exhibition hall sat a man, dressed in a straight black suit, with a handsome and dashing face, exuding an aura of indifference.
Every move Shen Shi made after appearing was observed by him. Seeing Shen Shi and Lu Yuning behaving intimately, his brows furrowed.
After Lu Yuning left, he picked up the wine glass on the table and walked towards Chen Shi.
"May I have the honor of speaking with you?" Qin Bochuan said to Shen Shi.
"Excuse me, I have to go with my fiancée. Maybe next time." Another person tried to talk to him, but Shen Shi, exhausted from dealing with them, refused without even looking up.
Unexpectedly, the person in front of him seemed completely oblivious to the refusal and asked tactlessly, "It seems you and your fiancée have a very good relationship, right?"
"Of course," Shen Shi said, preparing to get up and leave.
But when Shen Shi got up, he inadvertently caught a glimpse of the mark on the other person's wrist—a black musical note.
The male protagonist, Qin Bochuan, also has one on his wrist.
Following the wrist upwards, I saw his face; it was indeed Qin Bochuan.
Unexpectedly, he took the initiative to come to me. After carefully recalling the original plot, Shen Shi confirmed that this had not happened before.
Since he was already there, he decided to make the best of it. He picked up the champagne on the table and asked Qin Boxian knowingly, "I wonder what Mr. Qin would like to talk to me about?"
Qin Bochuan took a sip of his champagne and said, "As a businessman, of course we talk business. But I'm curious how President Shen knew my surname is Qin?"
After listening, Shen Shi smiled and said, "President Qin really has a lot of questions. Don't you call me President Shen too?"
“This is different. Everyone in City A knows President Shen.”
Qin Bochuan thought Shen Shi didn't want to answer the question and was about to skip it when he heard him say, "According to seniority, I should call President Qin 'uncle,' so it's not surprising that you know President Qin's name!"
Chen Shi's words stunned Qin Bochuan, and the thought of his so-called sister Qin Zhen filled him with indescribable disgust.
Qin Bochuan was displeased, but he didn't show it on his face. "I dare not accept being called 'uncle' by President Shen."
Shen Shi thought to himself: What are you pretending to be? Even if you want to be me, I won't admit it.
She continued to tease Qin Bochuan, saying, "Don't worry, Mr. Qin, Aunt Qin is doing well lately. It's just that we've been siblings for so many years, why haven't you come to visit her?"
"I'm too busy with work to spare any time," Qin Bochuan replied dismissively.
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