Shi Zhen has a fairly large office at the headquarters of Baishi Construction.
He used to be the only one here, but since Guan Baiyu started his internship, there has been an extra desk here.
Shi Zhen rarely spends time in the office. His desk is ordinary, and his chair is no different from the chairs used by the employees. The desk and chair together cost only a few hundred yuan, and he has been using them for several years without replacing them.
However, when it comes to Guan Baiyu...
Shi Zhen specially commissioned a desk to be made for him and also bought an imported office chair.
Guan Baiyu studied computer science and can program. In terms of technical skills, he is not as good as those who put all their effort into it, such as the programmers under him, but he is not bad either.
For example, some of the payroll programs currently used by Whitestone Construction were written by him.
In addition, he also manages the game company's forums and such, but he usually communicates with people via email.
As a result, Guan Baiyu spent a relatively long time in front of the computer.
He even became slightly nearsighted because of this.
In his past life, Shi Zhen had seen many people suffer from cervical spondylosis and lumbar spondylosis due to prolonged sitting in offices.
He was worried that Guan Baiyu's neck and back would suffer, so he chose the best table and chairs for him.
With good desks and chairs, you'll naturally need a good computer, a good keyboard...
When many people first entered this office, they thought that Guan Baiyu's desk was Shi Zhen's desk.
But in fact... the person sitting there wasn't Shi Zhen at all, but a young man in his early twenties, who often... was playing games.
As the boss, I always have to play the games made by my own company.
A few years ago, the games available in Guan Baiyu's internet cafe were mostly imported from abroad, such as the once very popular Warcraft. Blizzard Entertainment released the first version in 1994, followed by new versions in 1995 and 1996.
This was one of Liang Qinxuan and his friends' favorite games a few years ago.
However, there are now many new games in China, and recently, Guan Baiyu's company has even created a massively multiplayer online role-playing game.
Such games were very rare at that time.
The game was very well received as soon as it was released, but many problems arose during gameplay... Guan Baiyu has been playing the game a lot lately, looking for bugs, and then sending emails to his subordinates to fix them.
The game's sound effects echoed throughout Shi Zhen's office.
The employees of Baishi Construction couldn't help but be very curious.
"Isn't Mr. Shi being a bit too doting on his cousin?"
"His cousin plays games at the company every day, and Mr. Shi even serves him tea and water?"
"Don't say that. Before, President Shi never picked and chose his food. He ate everything and sometimes just ate whatever was available on the construction site... Ever since his cousin came to the company, he's had delicious food delivered to him every day."
"I've never seen President Shi treat anyone so well..."
"But the game Guan Baiyu played is really fun! That game company is very famous; all the mini-games I like were made by them."
"Is it really that fun? Oh well, it's a shame I don't have a computer at home..."
...
As they were talking, Shi Zhen hurriedly returned from outside, carrying a clay pot in his hand.
Guan Baiyu's game company is in the expansion phase, and Guan Baiyu has been very busy lately, sometimes even having to work overtime at night.
Shi Zhen then thought about giving him some nourishment.
Today, he bought two wild eels and asked a chef he knew to cook them. In the end, he made a pot of eel stew with chicken.
As Shi Zhen carried the casserole into the office, he heard game sound effects coming from Guan Baiyu's computer.
He said, "Xiaoyu, let's stop for a moment and eat first."
Guan Baiyu stopped playing the game without hesitation, then tidied up his table a bit and put a clay pot on Shi Zhen's plate.
Shi Zhen put down the casserole, and after he lifted the lid, the aroma filled the entire office.
Guan Baiyu couldn't help but say, "Brother, are you trying to fatten me up? You're stewing this and that every day."
Shi Zhen said, "You should only eat meat and not drink soup, then you won't get fat."
Guan Baiyu laughed: "Brother, you're so unromantic! You should have said you just wanted to fatten me up and then eat me up!"
Shi Zhen: "..." Young man, you have so many ideas.
But... this idea is actually pretty good.
There was a chicken and two large eels, which was far too much for the two of them to finish. So Guan Baiyu asked Shi Zhen to take out a large bowl and give half of it to Zhao Qiujuan and Duan Hongming.
Shi Zhen took the bowl and gave it to Zhao Qiujuan and the others, and then brought back the company's work meal.
Their company hired someone to cook, providing one meat dish and two vegetable dishes every day, so the food was quite good.
After they finished eating, they started talking together.
As they were talking, Guan Baiyu asked, "Brother, when are you going to demolish this office building?"
“It’ll probably take another five years… What’s wrong?” Shi Zhen asked.
In about five years, Changxi City will focus on developing this area, and it will become a wealthy district of Changxi City.
“I think you should move to a bigger office building, and then your office can connect to a lounge… that way we can chat in bed after we’ve eaten,” Guan Baiyu said with a smile.
Shi Zhen: "..." His Xiaoyu is getting bolder and bolder with her words!
But this... is really a good idea.
Cough cough, he wanted to too.
While Shi Zhen and Guan Baiyu were exchanging sweet words, some things happened in Anshan Town.
In recent years, Shi Zhen and Zhao Qiujuan have been living in Changxi City, and Zhao Dongjuan would occasionally go to talk to Zhao Meiyun, trying to reconcile.
Zhao Meiyun also wavered, but Shi Dalin remained quite clear-headed.
The main thing is that whether it's Shi Zhen or Zhao Qiujuan, they will definitely bring them things when they come to visit. Even Shi Ting, since she started working, will buy things for her family, and even... a whole bunch of things, useful and useless.
Only Zhao Dongjuan is truly stingy; she only talks a good game.
If Zhao Dongjuan was doing this because she was broke, then so be it, but the key point is... Zhao Dongjuan is rich.
She has the bank cards that her parents-in-law use to receive their retirement pensions, and she is usually very generous with her money!
Although Zhao Meiyun and her husband run a shop and can make money, it's hard-earned money, and there's no reason for them to subsidize Zhao Dongjuan, who is living a perfectly good life.
Zhao Meiyun thought about it and realized that made sense, so she would talk to her daughter, but as for subsidies and such... there was no more.
Zhao Dongjuan always says she's biased, but if she were to actually subsidize Zhao Dongjuan but not others... that would be true bias.
Zhao Meiyun insisted that she had no money.
Zhao Dongjuan could only speak ill of Shi Zhen in front of Zhao Meiyun—Shi Zhen is already a big boss, yet he still makes his parents run a shop and work hard to earn money; it's too much.
But... every time she said that, Zhao Meiyun would ignore her... so she gradually stopped saying it.
But she genuinely felt that Shi Zhen had a problem.
He's already so rich, why does he still let his parents open a shop to make money?
She felt that Zhao Meiyun wasn't giving her money mainly because Shi Zhen hadn't given Zhao Meiyun and the others any money... Zhao Meiyun and the others had just opened a small shop, and recently there had been an increase in the number of people opening small shops... They didn't have much money, so of course they couldn't give her any more money.
But recently... Shi Dalin's little shop is going to be demolished.
Zhao Dongjuan then set her sights on the compensation money.
"Shi Zhen bought the house, and he paid for it." Zhao Meiyun doesn't really want to see Zhao Dongjuan anymore; she feels mentally exhausted.
After much persuasion, she finally let her go. When Zhao Dongjuan left, she also took a bag of snacks from the counter.
As soon as everyone left, Zhao Meiyun started complaining to Shi Dalin.
Shi Dalin said, "Who told you to pay attention to her?"
Zhao Meiyun remained silent.
Shi Dalin added, "Don't actually give her the money, or Qiu Juan will become distant from you and ignore you."
Zhao Meiyun was startled and quickly said, "I didn't give any money! Old man, you mustn't tell Qiu Juan about this!"
“I won’t say,” Shi Dalin said.
Zhao Meiyun sighed.
Qiu Juan is still the best; she's got some money lately and keeps giving her money.
Duan Hongming's parents are not in Changxi City. When Qiu Juan gives birth, she will go to help take care of the baby. That way, when she can no longer work and becomes bedridden, Qiu Juan will definitely take care of her and do her laundry.
Zhao Meiyun refused to pay, and Zhao Dongjuan had no choice but to accept it. Meanwhile, something happened to the Wang family.
Zhao Dongjuan's parents-in-law are quite old, and they still have to go to the market every day, which is already a bit too much for them. But their son and daughter-in-law are both living off their parents, so they have no choice but to keep going.
Unfortunately... one evening, the elderly couple were heading home from their stall when they were hit by a young man speeding on a motorcycle in the street.
Neither of them was in life-threatening danger, but they suffered broken bones and were hospitalized.
Then, without saying a word, Zhao Dongjuan packed her things and prepared to move in with Zhao Meiyun and Shi Dalin, intending to get a divorce.
Zhao Meiyun was stunned.
She disliked her younger daughter's in-laws at all, but this... wasn't it a bit inappropriate?
Most importantly... before she could even let her youngest daughter move in, the Wang family's daughter and son-in-law came knocking on her door, saying the same thing: Zhao Dongjuan could have a divorce, but she had to pay up.
Zhao Meiyun and Shi Dalin were getting old and couldn't stand the Wang family's constant harassment. They had no choice but to pack their bags and move to Changxi City ahead of schedule.
Shi Zhen has never liked to concern himself with these things.
He didn't like Zhao Dongjuan, but Zhao Dongjuan hadn't broken any laws or committed any crimes... so there was nothing he could do about it.
As for Zhao Meiyun and Shi Dalin arriving in Changxi City ahead of schedule, that's actually quite good.
Before the new house was fully renovated, Shi Zhen let them stay upstairs with Shi Ting and they would all have dinner together that evening.
He also wanted to hire a nanny for them, but Zhao Meiyun and Shi Dalin both refused.
They're only in their fifties, and they're not incapable of moving!
Shi Zhen let them go. At their age, it's good for them to be active and have something to do; it keeps them in good spirits.
Unfortunately, neither Shi Dalin nor Zhao Meiyun had any hobbies; when they had nothing to do, they just stayed indoors...
Shi Zhen was worried that Shi Dalin and the others would get sick from staying at home, but he soon realized that he was overthinking it.
Zhao Qiujuan is pregnant.
Zhao Meiyun suddenly had no time to think about Zhao Dongjuan and burst out with great enthusiasm to take care of Zhao Qiujuan.
For example, at noon, she and Shi Dalin would come to deliver meals to Zhao Qiujuan every day.
Zhao Qiujuan would always share some with Shi Zhen, so that Shi Zhen didn't have to buy extra groceries for Guan Baiyu.
Zhao Meiyun dotes on Zhao Qiujuan and is also very kind to Guan Baiyu. Every time she comes, she talks to Guan Baiyu, as if she wants to get along well with her "daughter-in-law".
Everyone in the company was a little confused.
Who exactly is this boss's cousin, that the entire boss's family fawns over him?
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