"That's a good boy, see you tomorrow, my good son." After getting the answer he wanted, Lin Han decisively hung up the phone.
After the call was disconnected, Shen Shi fell into deep thought.
Lin Han is his mother, that's true, but she is definitely not a good mother, nor is she a good wife, much less a good daughter.
But she is indeed a truly good actress. Even after an accidental fall that left her disfigured and she could only take on minor roles, Lin Han's love for acting remained undiminished.
When Shen was little, she longed for her mother's attention. She tried to imitate other children by pretending to be sick or deliberately falling down, but all her efforts were in vain.
Her mother was busy filming on various film sets, and when she finally had a break, she would practice acting in front of the mirror.
She was so engrossed in her own world that she ignored the young Shen Shi.
One day, while watching a movie starring Lin Han, Xiao Shenshi saw his mother holding a little child in her arms and gently humming a nursery rhyme he had never heard before. After crying his heart out, Xiao Shenshi vowed that he would never love his mother again.
Before Shen Shi could forgive her, Lin Han and Shen Tianqi divorced. The reason for their divorce was so shameful that Lin Han's name is still considered an insult in the Shen family.
After his parents divorced, Shen Shi, as the eldest grandson of the Shen family, naturally followed Shen Tianqi.
He and Lin Han would only see each other once every year or several years, and coupled with her eccentric personality, their relationship became extremely distant.
Recalling the unpleasant experience of their last meeting, Shen Shi sighed softly.
The next morning, Shen woke up around 7 a.m., which was his usual biological clock.
After washing up, he went downstairs to find a steaming breakfast already laid out on the table. Qin Zhen smiled and greeted Shen Shi, "Xiao Shi, come and eat!"
Looking at the three people at the dining table, Shen Shi was slightly surprised. They all got up so early today?
Shen's father and Qin Zhen don't need to go to work. Shen Yun usually plays until midnight and can't get up until the afternoon. Their biological clocks are different, so it's rare for them to eat together.
Shen Tianqi remained silent, while Shen Yun, seeing his mother's enthusiasm but Shen Shi's lack of appreciation, snorted indignantly, "Mom, why don't you do something about him?"
"How can you talk like that? He was your older brother when he was little," Qin Zhen said to Shen Yun, giving him a few words of advice.
He then said to Shen Shi, "Your younger brother isn't a bad person, so please don't mind him when he was little."
After Chen Shi sat down in silence, his aunt placed a bowl of porridge in front of him, and breakfast ended in a silent atmosphere.
After finishing his meal, Shen Shi didn't head straight to the company as usual. Instead, he stayed in the living room, drinking coffee and watching financial news.
Half an hour later, seeing that it was almost time, Chen Shi knocked on the old man's door.
"Come in." The old man's voice came through the door. Shen Shi heard it, pushed open the door, and went in.
Mr. Shen is seventy-eight years old this year, and he still looks very healthy. Apart from high blood pressure caused by obesity, he has almost no diseases.
They are healthier than some young people today.
"Why aren't you at the company yet, it's so late?" the old man asked first. He was a workaholic when he was young and had always been strict with his successor, Shen Shi.
In front of the old man, one should naturally not mention that one is going to see Lin Han, lest he become so angry that he falls ill.
"There's something I can't decide on, and I'd like to ask Grandpa for his advice," Shen Shi explained hesitantly.
The old man frowned in displeasure after hearing this. "Young people should dare to think and act. What kind of person comes to me for advice every time they encounter a problem?"
Old Master Shen served in the army when he was young. He was an impatient person and couldn't stand people who were slow and indecisive.
But then he remembered that his grandson was always ruthless and decisive in business, so he said, "What troublesome matter have you encountered? Tell me about it."
"It's not particularly difficult, it's just..." Shen Shi started to speak but then stopped, his face full of hesitation, looking troubled as if he didn't know how to start the conversation.
“Say what you want to say!” Old Master Shen said sternly, “What kind of behavior is this, hesitating like this?”
With his fiery temper, Old Master Shen would have kicked him out if he weren't his own grandson.
"Actually, I only heard that the Qin family is in private contact with the Jiang family," Shen Shi said uncertainly.
In her heart, she was silently praying that a short, sharp pain was better than a long, drawn-out one, and that the Qin family should be eliminated as soon as possible, at least for now, the Shen family could no longer be supported.
The Shen family business is the culmination of the old man's life's work, and it absolutely cannot fall into the hands of outsiders like it did in his previous life.
Upon hearing this, the old man flew into a rage. "What! Ever since Qin Zhen married your father, the Qin family has received so many favors from the Shen family. If it weren't for Qin Shanhe, a nouveau riche, how could he be where he is today? Would he dare to do such a thing behind my back!"
"At first, my grandson couldn't believe it either. He then asked his secretary to investigate privately. It turns out that the two families have already started discussing the marriage alliance, and the engagement rings have reportedly already been purchased."
Shen Shi then embellished the information he knew and recounted it.
"Fine, fine! How dare he do this, even though we're in-laws? Cooperating with the Jiang family is tantamount to going against me, Shen Guoan!" the old man said through gritted teeth.
The Jiang family was Old Master Shen's lifelong enemy. Back then, when Grandma Shen was diagnosed with uremia, she finally got a matching kidney, but the Jiang family used their privileges to cut in line and snatch it away.
Old Master Shen harbored resentment ever since his wife's death, and the first thing he did after the Shen family became powerful was to suppress the Jiang family.
Thanks to Shen Guoan's relentless suppression and the mismanagement of those in power, the Jiang family has now fallen to a state that is completely incomparable to what it used to be.
But even a weakened camel is bigger than a horse. For Qin Shanhe, who relies on his in-laws for a living and is ambitious, the Jiang family is undoubtedly a good partner.
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