"It's not that they have absolutely no manners; anyone with proper upbringing wouldn't do something like this."
"That's absolutely right. I don't know how Shen's nephew ended up with such a partner."
Logically speaking, Dr. Shen and his wife wouldn't allow their son to date a girl like that.
"Letting Zhao Mingcheng find a partner like this is just deliberately hindering their son's success!"
"That's right. But as the old saying goes, a grown son is no longer under his mother's control."
If Zhao Mingcheng decides to commit to this girl, then there's nothing his parents can do about it.
"That's true."
That's not how it works. I had just sat down when I heard voices outside the wall.
I really don't know what to say, but what they said is absolutely right. Isn't Jing Qianqian just trying to hold Zhao Mingcheng back?
Take Jing Qianqian's behavior today, for example. Although we haven't met her in person yet, everything she did shows that she has been spoiled by the Jing family patriarch.
Otherwise, why would she disregard everything else and just do things her own way? Based on this alone, once she marries Zhao Mingcheng, Zhao Mingcheng will be ruined as well.
But it's not that the business is ruined, it's that the person is ruined. It's that Zhao Mingcheng's career is over.
The heights he could reach before marriage are the heights he can reach after marriage.
I wonder who will regret it in the end if it really happens.
Then I heard people outside the courtyard wall talking.
"However, there's one thing I don't understand: why would she apologize to Chairman Li on behalf of Zhao Mingcheng?"
Logically speaking, Zhao Mingcheng is the nephew of the Shen family, which means he is also the nephew of Chairman Li.
How could a junior like him anger an elder? Even if he did anger Chairman Li, why didn't Zhao Mingcheng come to apologize in person?
And why would we upset Chairman Li for no reason? Is there something going on? Is there something we don't know?
"Now that you mention it, I also feel like there's something fishy going on here."
Logically speaking, Zhao Mingcheng grew up in the Shen family since he was a child, just like the other children in the Shen family. Whether it was food, clothing, or education, the Shen family treated him the same.
And the children were even arranged according to the order of the Shen family's children, so why did this upset the elders for no reason?
"That's right! We all know that Zhao Mingcheng and his brother grew up in the Shen family. If they really did something to anger their elders, shouldn't they be the ones to anger the old master and old lady of the Shen family?"
How did I end up offending my third aunt? I really don't understand.
"Does anyone know? Does anyone know?"
"I don't know, do you know?"
"I know a little bit; I've heard my eldest grandson mention it a few times."
"What did you say?"
"So, what exactly did they say?"
"They didn't say anything, just that the second son of the Zhao family found a girlfriend who is the daughter of the Shen family's business rival."
Didn't you guys watch the news this morning?
"News? You saw it? What, does this have anything to do with the Shen family?"
"I don't know either. All I know is that the news today was about the Jing family. It seems that the second son of the Zhao family has a girlfriend whose surname is also Jing."
"Surname Jing? Wow, what a coincidence!"
"Can't do what?"
"What else could it be but something else? If that girl standing at the Shen family's door is really from the Jing family of Haishi..."
"You dare let a girl from such a family enter your own family as your daughter-in-law? Or perhaps, her nephew's wife?"
"To be honest, thinking about it carefully, I really don't dare. I heard on the news that the Jing family in Haishi has committed a serious crime."
"But no matter how big the matter is, if the girl outside the Shen family gate is really from the Haishi Jing family."
When visiting the Shen family, shouldn't one look for the former head of the Shen family?
Why are they looking for a wife from the third branch of the Shen family?
"Yes? That's a question too. Is she actually Zhao Mingcheng's girlfriend?"
"How could it be false? She herself said so. Since she said it, it must be true."
"If that's the case, then this girl really is from the Jing family of Haishi."
But their family has already gone through such a major ordeal, and they're not here to see the old leader of the Shen family, but instead they're looking for Chairman Li. Could there be something else going on here?
"Something must have happened. I heard from the rumors that someone has been putting pressure on Chairman Li for the past few months."
Everyone here knows how much money Ms. Li, a woman, has made.
What else could the Jing family in Haishi be trying to pressure Chairman Li for?
Besides, how could the Jing family in Haishi have imagined that their attempt to exert pressure would backfire, with Chairman Li turning the tables on them instead?
Most importantly, the Jing family in Haishi are dishonest.
In the end, not only did they end up with nothing, but they also lost themselves in the process. What kind of situation is this?
"That's true! But how do you know so much?"
"Do you understand? I didn't realize that was all. I just overheard it by chance. As for the rest, I don't know much about it."
"It's alright. If we go by what you say, then the Jing family and Chairman Li are business rivals."
If they were enemies, wouldn't Zhao Mingcheng falling in love with the Jing family's daughter displease Chairman Li?
You know, all of us old neighbors know that Zhao Mingcheng and his brother grew up under Chairman Li's care!
"Isn't Zhao Mingcheng stabbing Chairman Li in the heart by doing this?"
"Isn't that exactly what it means? Oh, right, I just suddenly remembered that more than three months ago, Zhao Mingcheng came to our alley one day."
Not long after, Shen Laosan hurriedly went out with his wife.
I happened to run into them at that time, but I didn't even have a chance to talk to them yet.
Then I saw Shen Laosan and his group drive away, and I could see that his wife didn't look too good.
Do you think Zhao Mingcheng might make Shen Laosan's wife sick because of this girl from the Jing family?
"I really can't say for sure, but it's not impossible."
All of us old neighbors know that Shen Laosan's wife treats her nephews and nieces like her own children.
When Zhao Mingcheng suddenly came back and said that the person he was dating was the child of her rival, how could she not be furious?
If it were me, I couldn't hold back; I probably would have cut ties with him long ago.
"Me too, but thinking about it carefully, it makes sense. Why did this Jing family girl come to apologize to Chairman Li?"
But this happened several months ago, why are they only coming today? That shouldn't be the case.
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