Chapter 28
On Lunar New Year's Eve, families reunite.
Zhuang Haiming started getting busy late in the afternoon, proudly declaring that he was going to show off his skills, "You two, mother and daughter, just sit quietly in the living room, eat melon seeds and watch TV, I'll take care of the kitchen."
She was so well-behaved that Zhuang Yazhi couldn't help but take a few more glances at her.
Before dinner, the Shen family's congratulatory gift arrived, including several bottles of wine that Zhuang Yazhi liked to drink, with a sticky note on it specifically reminding her to drink less.
"nagging."
She's getting more and more talkative.
After replying to the message with a few simple words, Zhuang Yazhi turned off her phone, letting the messages keep ringing.
A cold wind blows into my embrace, I sip two more cups of wine, and feel slightly tipsy and lightheaded.
"How are things going? I've noticed you and Xiao Shen are getting along quite well lately," Mom asked casually.
Zhuang Yazhi couldn't figure out what he was thinking about; it was all a jumbled mess.
Perhaps because they were coerced and threatened for so long last time, they now only want to resist.
And that last car accident—she always held a grudge about it.
Shen Yiheng is the kind of person who will destroy what he can't have; he's terrifying.
With her stomach rumbling a few times, Zhuang Yazhi and her mother headed towards the restaurant.
A faint aroma wafted from the kitchen, but no one came out for a long time.
Zhuang Yazhi went inside to take a look and saw a pot of soup bubbling away, but Zhuang Haiming was nowhere to be seen.
After a while, the aunt rushed in and said, "Miss, the master received a phone call and left in a hurry. He didn't say when he would be back."
As expected, they couldn't hold back any longer.
"No need to wait, let's start eating right away." Zhuang Yazhi looked out the car window at the main road, and in a daze, she could almost see the flashing headlights of the cars.
News of John's stage accident on New Year's Eve quickly topped the trending searches. It is said that he lost his footing and fell from the high platform during the performance. On-site staff revealed that there were still mottled bloodstains on the ground reflected by the lights.
As a father, it's natural to visit your son immediately if he gets injured.
Meanwhile, in a luxurious villa in the bustling city, Cai Xincheng was also left all alone.
Cai Siyue said she wanted to go back to Shen Qianli's place for the New Year, and he didn't stop her.
After finishing the pot of wine, he vaguely looked up and saw a familiar figure at the doorway.
At first, he thought he was seeing things, until he saw tears streaming down Cai Siyue's pale cheeks.
"What's going on?" Cai Xincheng suddenly stood up.
Cai Siyue threw herself into Cai Xincheng's arms and burst into tears, sobbing, "Waaah..."
She and Shen Qianli had made plans to spend the New Year together. After they had finished eating, Shen Qianli suddenly left. Later, she found out that John had been in a stage accident.
"She doesn't love me."
“In her heart, John is the most important person.”
Cai Xincheng was heartbroken; he was filled with hatred.
It was that wicked woman again who hurt his precious daughter's heart.
Zhuang Yazhi received Cai Xincheng's message the next morning and took the opportunity to visit the Cai family villa under the pretext of going out for the Spring Festival.
"Still unwilling to come out?"
She looked at the tightly closed door on the second floor.
Cai Xincheng shook his head awkwardly, remaining silent with complex emotions.
He began to doubt himself, wondering if he had made a mistake by letting Cai Siyue and Shen Qianli handle this matter.
"I hate Shen Qianli."
A deep sorrow was suppressed beneath trembling lips and teeth.
But Cai Xincheng cannot deny: "I am also grateful to her for leaving me such a lovely daughter, even though this daughter is not my biological child."
Zhuang Yazhi sipped his tea and listened patiently, never expecting such an unexpected gain from his trip.
There is one thing that Cai Xincheng has never mentioned to anyone, not even his family.
He is infertile.
Although he knew he was going to be the scapegoat, Cai Xincheng didn't utter a single complaint.
"Siyue was so cute when she was little. She was tiny with a sweet smile and kept acting cute, chasing after me and calling me 'stinky dad.'"
Speaking of the past, Cai Xincheng's face lit up with a happy smile, his pale eyes suddenly brightened, and his heart was filled with kindness and love.
In the past twenty-four years, he had never seen Cai Siyue cry so miserably, her heart breaking at any moment.
He hated Shen Qianli to death.
However, in the blink of an eye, a gloomy mood pressed down on his brows, and he felt a lump in his throat, unable to swallow his anger.
Even so, Cai Xincheng restrained himself from harming Shen Qianli, fearing that Cai Siyue would hate him for it.
Now Cai Xincheng could only place his hopes on Zhuang Yazhi, pleading pitifully and humbly, "President Zhuang, please help me." He knelt down and groveled for help.
He was terrified that his daughter, whom he had raised for over twenty years, would be taken away by Shen Qianli.
"I'll give you anything as long as you help me."
At this moment, Cai Xincheng's underlying inferiority complex was fully revealed in front of Zhuang Yazhi. For his daughter's sake, he left himself no way out.
Zhuang Yazhi gestured for him to get up first.
This can be done; it's not difficult.
On the way back, Zhuang Yazhi went through all the information again, and after hearing it, she understood what was going on between Shen Qianli and Cai Xincheng.
One is a pampered young lady, and the other is a small-time businessman. They agree on the terms and come together, but they completely ignore the uncontrollable variable factor of Zeiss Yue.
Zhuang Haiming didn't get home until the afternoon of the next day. As soon as he entered the door, he apologized repeatedly, saying that an old friend of his had been in a car accident and had left in a hurry because the situation was critical.
Zhuang Yazhi and Su Sinan didn't ask too many questions. They let him be, it didn't matter.
Zhuang Yazhi did not slack off during the Spring Festival. He quickly made a new year's development plan for the company, the most important of which was to defeat Qianhai Technology.
According to information revealed by Cai Xincheng, this is a crucial period for Qianhai Technology to gain momentum, as it is determined to make a name for itself in this industry and is therefore investing heavily at all costs.
To maintain a sufficient cash flow, he did not rest during the Chinese New Year. He used his connections to visit various companies to discuss cooperation, and Su Sinan was one of his most important business partners.
"Sinan," this was the second time he had knocked on the study door today.
With a steady and orderly flick of the golden thread in Su Sinan's hand, the blood-red phoenix feathers in front of her, bathed in sunlight, appeared lifelike and vivid, as if they were about to leap out of the frame at any moment.
Zhuang Haiming was stunned and exclaimed in amazement, "This embroidery is too good!"
More than 20 years have passed in the blink of an eye. Su Sinan has inherited this unique craft very well. She has added many personal elements on the basis of innovation, making each piece of embroidery unique and exquisite, and giving it a special soul.
"Is something the matter?" The covetous gaze peering at her from behind made Su Sinan feel uncomfortable.
Before revealing his purpose for coming, Zhuang Haiming didn't forget to flatter him a few more times.
"As a top-tier embroidery brand, Jinxiu Dynasty also bears the important responsibility of cultural inheritance. This technique must not be lost."
“But,” Zhuang Haiming sighed, a hint of melancholy in his voice, “we live in a fast-paced era, and few people are willing to settle down and make a piece of embroidery. After all, it requires a huge investment of time and effort. Ordinary embroiderers would probably starve if they made this their main job.”
"Therefore, taking advantage of the development of Qianhai Technology, we can consider developing technological embroidery, combining technology and embroidery to innovate embroidery products while broadening the path of inheritance for the splendid dynasty."
"I've already thought of a name, it will be called 'Beautiful Mountains and Seas'."
Zhuang Haiming became more and more excited as he spoke, immersing himself in his fantasies and giving a splendid speech. The project hadn't even started yet, but he was already fantasizing about making money and wanted to use it to rake in dozens more small profits.
Su Sinan frowned; it sounded so low-class.
Seeing Zhuang Haiming talking so enthusiastically, I didn't dampen his spirits out of respect for him; I just casually agreed and laughed a couple of times.
"That's a great idea."
Just think about it.
He's trying to extort money from her again.
No way.
Seeing that Su Sinan was not too resistant, Zhuang Haiming was overjoyed. He had something to do, so he immediately began to elaborate on his plan.
Ultimately, the bottom line is still that they want Su Sinan to invest more money.
No matter how eloquently he spoke, Su Sinan pretended not to hear him.
Just as I was looking for a reason to get him to leave, Zhuang Yazhi happened to walk in.
"Mom, I also have an investment project here. How about we work together? We'll call it Jinxiu Yasi."
Su Sinan exclaimed "wow," sounding like she really wanted to take the postgraduate entrance exam.
Zhuang Haiming was annoyed at being interrupted. He glared at Zhuang Yazhi in a corner where no one was watching and cursed the brat in his heart.
Zhuang Haiming was unwilling to be outdone, so he started talking too, and the two of them talked at once, which eventually turned into a loud competition.
Zhuang Yazhi did it on purpose, to infuriate him. She pretended to accidentally push her mother to the doorway and then pushed her away.
Want money? No way.
The farce between the two ended with Su Sinan driving away.
Zhuang Haiming shouted until his voice was hoarse; he even considered chasing after the car.
Turning around, I saw Zhuang Yazhi patting his butt and walking back to his room to sleep, inexplicably ruining his investment scheme.
"Crap, grass, grass, grass."
He was furious.
Enraged, Zhuang Haiming turned around and drove to Shen Qianli's villa. As soon as he entered, he began to curse and speak ill of Zhuang Yazhi: "That brat, I suspect she's deliberately trying to go against me."
Shen Qianli: "Remove the doubts."
She glared at Zhuang Haiming, her mournful eyes carrying a hint of pity for his intellectual disability: "Can't you see? She's been pretending to be confused and scheming against us all along. You fell into her trap the moment you were forced to step down as chairman of Zhuang's."
Shen Qianli had seen through it all and couldn't help but admire Zhuang Yazhi's skillful methods, which had completely fooled the two of them.
“No…” Zhuang Haiming didn’t understand. “How could that be? She doesn’t know anything about us.”
Shen Qianli had a headache. "I mean, what if, in fact, she already knows about us?"
"Impossible, absolutely impossible." Zhuang Haiming couldn't accept this situation.
But at the same time, he suddenly realized: "She hasn't called me 'Dad' in a long time."
"No, no..." He completely lost his mind and ran wildly around the room. He had finally established Qianhai Technology, and the company was about to make money. He couldn't let all his efforts go to waste like this.
After walking around for thirty minutes, Zhuang Haiming sat under a big tree, his face flushed and bloated. At this moment, bad thoughts quietly began to arise.
Eliminate Zhuang Yazhi.
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