We seem to have some fate
After seeing Niu Niu off, the atmosphere in the restaurant fell into a subtle mood.
The old lady was helplessly supported by Lin Wan. Facing the perfect couple in front of her, she was speechless for a long time.
This meal was clearly intended to bring Niu Niu and the eldest grandson together. It just so happened that the industry Niu Niu's family was in was the industry the old man wanted to expand into, and a marriage between the two families was a good thing, but where did this grandson's wife suddenly appear?
Not only does he have a granddaughter-in-law, but she also looks 70% like Yuan Wangshu. If this gets out, what will people in this circle think? Where will he keep his face as an old man?
And Niu Niu, this incident made Niu Niu embarrassed in person. She owed Tianda a favor to him, and now she is too embarrassed to compete with him for the land in the north of the city.
She looked at Shao Zizhuo who was contented at the side, and resentment grew secretly in her heart. What good could that woman's son be? He was like a wild wolf since he was a child, wild and difficult to tame. He had been obedient in recent years, and she thought he had changed his nature, but she was deceived by his pretended docility!
As I grow older, and have a new sensible and obedient daughter-in-law and grandson, the things that have been buried in my memory for a long time have not seen the light of day. Now they suddenly come to my mind, and the disgust that has been put aside can no longer be suppressed.
The old lady stood before Shao Zizhuo, who towered over her. She slowly raised her hand, her fingers extended, but could only rest on his chest. She could no longer wave her hand at his face, which resembled his mother's, as she had done when he was a child. She slowly lowered her hand, a breath caught in her chest. "Forget it. I'm tired. I'm going upstairs to rest. Have some braised pork. I made it especially for you."
Lin Wan lowered her eyebrows and looked submissive, but her eyes were filled with unconcealable excitement: "Mom, I'll take you upstairs."
Shao Zizhuo said to his grandmother as she went upstairs, "Grandma, it was Zizhou who loved to eat braised pork, never me."
The old figure going up the stairs paused and quickened his pace. When he reached the corner, Lin Wan looked over, her face full of unexpected joy, and upon closer inspection, there was also a hint of smugness in her expression.
"After talking so much, I always feel that I should like braised pork." Shao Zizhuo smiled indifferently.
Guan Shanyue could hardly suppress her shock, her eyes falling to the bottom of Shao Zizhuo's bowl, where a piece of braised pork lay quietly. The lean meat at the bottom had been bitten, revealing the sticky white fat.
The balance of love leans towards others, but the person who realizes it later finally realizes the fact that he is not cared about when he grows up.
The stickiness of the fat seemed to fall into Guan Shanyue's heart, rubbing out a sour feeling.
The dining room was quiet for a moment, then became tense again.
The old man took the initiative and said, "Shao Zizhuo, is today's meal a show of force?"
Shao Zizhuo shook his head, raised his eyebrows, and looked at his grandfather: "Shouldn't I be the one asking if it's the Hongmen Banquet?"
The old man calmly served himself a bowl of rice. His kind expression made Guan Shanyue wonder if the old man who had jumped up just now had been replaced. The old man used chopsticks to disperse the rice: "Zizhuo, tell me, what is this drama today?"
Shao Zizhuo scooped a bowl of soup calmly and said, "I should ask you this."
The old man laughed and said, "You have grown strong, but it is not your turn to have the final say in Shaw Brothers yet."
Shao Zizhuo nodded: "I just took over not long ago, and my share ratio is low, so my say is indeed not that high."
Shao Zizhuo didn't respond, and the old man finally couldn't help himself and didn't want to beat around the bush with him: "I've said it straight, Shao's can't open up new sections, and those people are all relatives, so you can't touch them."
Shao Zizhuo achieved his goal and smiled, "Shaw Corporation has too many problems. If it doesn't transform, it will be doomed. As for those termites in the company, if we don't deal with them, the company will collapse."
Two completely contradictory ideas. The old man wants to maintain the status quo, while Shao Zizhuo wants to innovate. As the top group is replacing the old with the new, its development direction is also facing iteration.
Guan Shanyue was fascinated by the argument between two generations of the group's leaders. Isn't this more interesting than a family ethics drama?
The old man's eyes widened in anger. "Shao Zizhuo, what I said is no longer useful now, is it? Well, then, I don't think you need to be the CEO of Shao Corporation anymore. Wait until Zizhou graduates from high school, and you can step down and let someone else take over."
Shao Zizhuo remained calm: "First, you have never had the final say in who owns the Shaw Corporation. Second, even if I wanted to step down as the president of Shaw Corporation, would the shareholders and the group's top management agree?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he stood up, pulled Guan Shanyue with him, turned around and left.
The familiar angry curses came from behind him again, but Shao Zizhuo didn't even frown and walked with great vigor.
Wu Ma chased after him, carrying three lunch boxes and stuffing them into the car. "Master, you haven't eaten much. Here are your favorite sweet and sour pork ribs, and some vegetables. Don't just eat meat. It's not good for your health."
Shao Zizhuo felt mixed emotions as he took the lunch box and took one last look at the old house: "Thank you, Auntie Wu."
Guan Shanyue held the lunch box, and the aroma wafted out through it. She took a deep breath, but still couldn't help asking the question in her heart: "Boss Shao, is that middle-aged woman your aunt?"
Shao Zizhuo seemed to have heard some ridiculous joke, and laughed until his teeth were exposed: "That's my stepmother."
Guan Shanyue was stunned. Oops, I asked about someone else's privacy: "Sorry."
Shao Zizhuo focused his attention on the road conditions and said casually, "When I was three, my mother jumped off a building due to postpartum depression. From then on, I was thrown into the care of the nanny at the old house. Wu Ma and two other aunts raised me. My father was an alcoholic. When I was fifteen, he drove his car into a lake while drunk and drowned."
"This stepmother came into our family when I was ten. Three months before my high school entrance exam, when I was fourteen, she secretly stole my bank card password and used it to spend 300,000 yuan at the casino. She then told my grandparents that I was gambling. No one listened to my explanation, and no one tried to verify the truth. The three of them teamed up to kick me out. I worked part-time while studying, and only after the high school entrance exam results came out, where I ranked first in the city, did they come looking for me."
"My younger brother was born posthumously. The group was gradually stabilizing at that time, so my grandparents didn't need to leave home early to discuss business matters. They suddenly fell in love with their grandchildren. They raised my younger brother since he was a child, so naturally, they became closer to him."
"I'm a chess piece abandoned by the Shao family. They let me come back now because my grandfather is old and my brother is still young. This meal is also because they feel that the chess piece is out of control and needs to be punished."
The tone was too light, as if saying that the weather was really nice today, but the content was extremely heavy.
Guan Shanyue was silent for a moment, and just as he was about to speak, Shao Zizhuo's smiling voice came over: "Don't sympathize with me, I don't care, and I don't need others to care."
Guan Shanyue chuckled. "When I was little, my family was poor, and my parents were always working away from home. So my sister and I were raised by my grandparents. You might not believe this, but my family didn't have money for school, so my sister went out to work with my parents."
She paused, then thought of her current status as a poor daughter, and added, "My family having money is something I'll have to wait until I'm older."
"And then?"
"Later, they all died in a car accident."
The car stopped in a parking space in the commercial district. The surrounding area was bustling with noise, horns, and the noise of the crowd. The steel shell of the car isolated everything, and the two people in the car were silent at the same time.
Guan Shanyue took a deep breath and forced an ugly smile: "We two are quite predestined. Both of our parents have passed away."
She raised her head, trying to let the tears in her eyes flow back.
A hand appeared from the side, and the warm fingertips brushed across the skin, wiping away the moisture from the corners of the eyes. Guan Shanyue turned her head to the side, and Shao Zizhuo's hand had been withdrawn, but his ears were unusually red, standing out too much against his fair face.
Shao Zizhuo looked straight ahead, but handed over a piece of paper: "Cry, there's nothing wrong with it."
Guan Shanyue's nose felt sore and big tears rolled down his eyes, hitting the leather seat.
Shao Zizhuo unconsciously gripped the steering wheel: "The past cannot be changed, but the future can still be pursued."
Guan Shanyue wiped away her tears fiercely and smiled firmly: "Yes, since regrets cannot be made up, let's look forward."
The two looked at each other and suddenly laughed.
Seeing Guan Shanyue calmed down, Shao Zizhuo opened the car door and said, "Let's go."
Guan Shanyue held onto the seatbelt, confused: "Where are we going?"
"It's time for dinner, let's eat."
The elevator went up to the top floor, and I followed the waiter for a long time before I reached the private room. When I opened the door, there was already someone sitting inside, with a look of resentment in his eyes: "Why are you here so late? I've been waiting for you for a long time with an empty stomach."
Guan Shanyue suddenly laughed. Isn't this Niuniu? She looked at Shao Zizhuo jokingly: "What are you guys up to?"
Niuniu spoke quickly: "The meal at Grandma Li's house today was so awkward. As soon as I left the house, Brother Zizhuo sent me a message to apologize, saying he would treat me to a private meal at this place to make amends, and even gave me the land in the north of the city as a gift for returning home."
Guan Shanyue glanced at Shao Zizhuo, but he didn't comment.
The capitalists gave a piece of land right away? How generous! If I also had a piece of land in the city center, how happy I would be! Guan Shanyue, a little girl, showed a longing expression: "Can you also give me a piece of land for no reason?"
Shao Zizhuo was flipping through the menu and didn't even look up when he heard this: "What's mine is yours, just take whatever you want."
Guan Shanyue was not happy about it. "I will support you" and "what's mine is yours" were all lies that cunning men came up with to deceive girls. Whoever believed them would be in trouble. You have to write your name clearly on the item; then it will belong to you!
Guan Shanyue tentatively said: "I will go back and act out a scene with you, and you can give me a piece to write my name on."
Niu Niu was startled by these words. She looked at Shao Zizhuo and then at Guan Shanyue. The two of them talked as if they were alone, but why did she always feel that there was a hint of sourness in the air?
Niuniu waved her hands vigorously and explained hurriedly: "Sister-in-law, please don't misunderstand me. Brother Zizhuo and I are innocent. He was a couple with Sister Wangshu before. We are just friends."
The two people opposite looked over at the same time, and there was something more in their world of two, who seemed to be oblivious to the world around them.
Niu Niu immediately noticed, oh no, I'm here.
The gazes of both men were too oppressive. Niu Niu shrank her head and repeated what she had just said in her mind. Then she realized, oh no, she seemed to have said the wrong thing.
Guan Shanyue burst out laughing at the quail-like Niuniu: "Niuniu, you're so cute." She extended her hand and shook hands with Niuniu in a friendly manner. "My name is Guan Shanyue. You can call me Xiaoguan or Shanyue. You don't have to call me sister-in-law."
Niuniu's face flushed red from the praise, and her mind was a mess. She scratched her head and said a little embarrassedly: "Sister Shanyue, you look like Sister Wangshu, and you have the same good personality."
The private room fell silent again. Shao Zizhuo closed the menu and broke the silence with a snap.
Niuniu was so scared that she almost flew up, but she quickly apologized: "I was wrong, I didn't mean it. Sister Shanyue, you don't look like Sister Wangshu at all. I was wrong."
Shao Zizhuo could no longer bear it: "Can you please stop talking about Wangshu?"
Niuniu nodded like a chick pecking at rice: "Yes, yes, yes."
What kind of person is Yuan Wangshu? Everyone who has been with her praises her highly. Guan Shanyue suddenly became curious about this comrade Bai Yueguang.
Guan Shanyue leaned close to Niuniu and asked in a low voice, "What kind of person is Miss Yuan?"
Niu Niu glanced at Shao Zizhuo cautiously, shook her head and dared not say anything.
Well, Guan Shanyue sighed regretfully, and when she raised her eyes, she met Shao Zizhuo's eyes that were about to bring on a storm. She tilted her head, a little confused. What was this person angry about?
Shao Zizhuo didn't notice Guan Shanyue's jealousy, but he felt Guan Shanyue's doubt. Suddenly, he felt a sense of inconsolable anger in his heart, which rushed around in his heart and made his chest ache.
Niuniu was so outspoken that even Guan Shanyue was puzzled. She asked quietly, "Sister Shanyue, how long have you been dating Brother Zizhuo? Hasn't he told you about Sister Wangshu?"
Guan Shanyue said: "I have seen the photos, but I have never talked about what happened between them."
Niuniu suddenly felt a surge of mission. She patted Guan Shanyue's hand and glared at Shao Zizhuo with righteous indignation: "Shao Zizhuo, that scumbag! Don't be afraid, I'll tell you in secret. You need to know first before you decide whether to continue with him."
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