It's unclear whether it's because they're worried about her being affected, or because they're afraid that Long Yunting might say something to her that could affect her relationship with the Helan family, but Helan Zhi is still waiting for her at this hour.
"Your mother and grandmother have gone to bed. There's a late-night snack left for you in the living room."
"Then let's go sit in the living room for a while," Sheng Qian knew that both father and son had something to say to her.
Sure enough, there was a still-warm late-night snack in the living room.
Sheng Qian sat down and ate some. "You and Brother Jin waited for me, so you probably didn't come here for a late-night snack, did you?"
“After learning about what happened in Haicheng, your brother and I were very worried about you. By the time our people got to Haicheng, it was too late to rescue you. This is my dereliction of duty as a father. I’m sorry, Dad. I almost lost you because of this again.”
"Dad doesn't want this to cause you to become estranged from the family, Xiaoqian. From now on, we just hope that you can be happy."
Sheng Qian smiled at them, "So in your hearts I am such a petty person? I know you needed to gather your strength to deal with those people back then. We've already dealt with Haicheng, so you and Brother Jin don't need to blame yourselves for this."
Looking at his daughter who was smiling calmly, Helan Zhi was at a loss for words.
Many words were on the tip of my tongue, but I swallowed them back. I didn't say anything, whether I should have asked them or not.
Seeing their hesitant expressions, Sheng Qian knew they had a lot more to say to her.
"Actually, you already knew about Sector S. Given Long Yunting's feelings for you, he would never have kept it from you."
Helan Jin spoke these words on behalf of Helan Zhi.
Sheng Qian smiled slightly, put down her chopsticks, and looked at the father and son with a gentle smile in her eyes: "I did know about the existence of District S all along. To be honest, it was because of my connections that Long Yunting got involved in District S."
Helan Zhi and Helan Jin exchanged a glance. They never expected that Sheng Qian would cause things to turn out this way.
If it weren't for Long Yunting's infiltration, the Helan family would be the ones suffering the consequences now, not the ambitious faction in District S.
What they didn't expect was that Sheng Qian had always been aware of the existence of Zone S.
He seemed to know more about Sector S than any of them.
Looking back on everything that had happened, she hadn't shown any signs of it, and it was fortunate that they still thought she was just an innocent young girl.
It now seems that Sheng Qian had her eye on Zone S for a long time.
Everything that happened in Haicheng was orchestrated by her.
Bringing those ambitious bigwigs into Haicheng is something not everyone can do.
Upon closer examination of Sheng Qian, their intuition told them that there was another side of Sheng Qian that was yet to be discovered.
Helan Zhi couldn't help but smile.
He underestimated his daughter.
It's a fact that his daughter is better than them.
Helan Jin came to her senses and looked at her younger sister with complicated feelings. "You are more successful than me. We never thought of you."
It was hidden so well.
Sheng Qian said, "I'm just doing something normal, you don't need to look at me like that. I will still be me, nothing will change. As for S District, as long as you don't provoke me anymore, I won't care, and I won't let myself get involved in any of S District's interests. You and Brother Jin were originally from S District, I can't change that, and I won't be so domineering as to ask you and Brother Jin to withdraw."
He Lanzhi was stunned upon hearing this. Looking at his daughter more closely, he realized that the intimidating aura she exuded was not something an ordinary girl could possess. They had previously assumed that she was just pretending to have that kind of presence because she was doing business outside.
This is a level of intimidation that ordinary business people simply cannot possess.
They misjudged.
“Sector S has changed its direction, and its scale will change accordingly, so you don’t need to worry about that. We won’t make things difficult for Long Yunting either. Xiaoqian, no matter who you are or what you’ve done, you will always be Dad’s only daughter!”
Sheng Qian said, "In this world, you are my only blood father."
These words sounded somewhat different, but Helan Zhi was genuinely happy.
Helan Zhi had already learned what he wanted to ask, and there was nothing more to ask.
"It's late. After you've eaten, go back to your room and rest. Your mother personally arranged the room, so stay a few more days."
"good."
Helan Zhi got up and went out, and Helan Jin followed him out.
"dad."
"Xiao Jin, we were all wrong."
"Dad, Xiaoqian has her own abilities. We don't need to worry about her being bullied by the Long family in the future, nor do we need to worry too much about her outside. This is a good thing."
Helan smiled and looked up at the night sky. "Yes, we can finally relax now. I just regret not sending someone to follow her and help her. She was injured during the operation in Haicheng. We should have gone to see her sooner, but we didn't. We were afraid that things might change here, and we worried that she would find out everything and be caught in the middle."
He regretted not going to Haicheng earlier.
Instead, they waited for her to return to the capital and take the initiative to visit Helan's family.
He Lanjin opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a single word.
“Your mother wanted to go to Haicheng, but we stopped her. I am still not a good enough father. I don’t know what Xiaoqian thinks, but I am sure that she will not be close to us in the future.”
He Lanjin's eyes darkened. "She understands us."
“Xiao Jin, many things cannot be resolved simply by understanding. Family ties should not be hindered, yet we hesitated because of our worries. If you were in our shoes, how would you feel? It has been so many years since we finally found her, and now we treat her like this, thinking that with Long Yunting's protection, she will be alright. We never considered that the abilities of those ambitious people have surpassed those of ordinary people.”
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