“Of course.” Gu Nanyan looked around. “Ziqian has already spread the word. Should we send Juan Jing or Juan Chi over?”
He and Shen Beian naturally couldn't stay here forever.
"Let Chi-ge come over, Jing-jie is probably busy chasing someone," Chen Juanqing said with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Shen Bei'an was no longer sleepy. "Jingjing really has someone she likes? I thought she was just trying to please the old man. Which family's young master is he? What does he look like? Where does he live?"
Shen Juanqing pinched his brows. "Uncle, when did you become so gossipy?" This series of questions left Shen Juanqing dumbfounded.
"No way! Isn't this standard procedure?" Shen Bei'an denied it. "Or are you simply unaware, hmm?"
Shen Juanqing spread his hands, "I really don't know, Sister Jing hasn't said anything. But she's probably a minor." If she were an adult, she wouldn't be so evasive.
However, the fact that they've been keeping it a secret probably means the other party hasn't agreed yet.
Shen Bei'an sighed. The original book did not describe the second young master of the Shen family's love interest, otherwise he would not have needed to ask.
"Why are you all dating younger people, and they're all minors? Is that appropriate?" Shen Bei'an said that after becoming a father, he wanted to hold a cute little baby even more.
He believes that his and Gu Nanyan's baby will definitely be the two cutest babies in the world!
Gu Nanyan sat quietly to the side, listening to Shen Beian complain about his nephew. His phoenix eyes behind his gold-rimmed glasses were curved, filled with a deep smile.
After the uncle and nephew talked for a while, Shen Juanchi arrived, and Shen Beian and Gu Nanyan took their leave.
"Yan Yan, who do you think will come to see Qing Qing?" Shen Bei'an knew that Shen Juan Qing was blocking the way for many people. Unlike the Gu family, the Shen family followed the same primogeniture system as most families.
From birth, Shen Juanqing was destined to shoulder the responsibilities of the Shen family.
If he were to perish, the Shen family would have to choose a suitable son from among the remaining young masters.
Back then, the Shen family was making some big moves.
“Besides us, people from the political and military circles in the capital will also send people to come and see, and many will come in person. People from Fuyun Island will also be sending people to come and see,” Gu Nanyan explained softly.
"An'an, if you want to see the show live, you can take your lunch to the hospital later. Ziqing should wake up by then." Her tone was gentle and expectant.
Shen Bei'an pursed his lips. He did want to watch the show live, but his wife…
“An’an, don’t worry about me,” Gu Nan’an noticed Shen Bei’an’s hesitation. “With Dad here, and Feng You and Zhao Jun, I’ll be fine. An’an, just watch and see. You can tell me about the interesting things that happen.”
Gu Nanyan knew very well about Shen Bei'an's little-known hobby—watching plays and gossiping.
“No…” Shen Bei’an was still hesitant, feeling that he shouldn’t abandon his wife at this time.
"It's alright, or you can just consider it as delivering food to Ziqing and Juanchi," Gu Nanyan suggested as a compromise.
Shen Beian thought about it and knew that it wasn't appropriate for his wife to appear in front of people, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll deliver lunch and come back today!"
"Okay, thank you for your trouble, our precious An'an." Gu Nanyan turned his head and nuzzled Shen Bei'an's cheek, then lowered his head and kissed his lips.
Shen Bei'an waved generously, his face full of pride, "Alright, Yan Yan, you go ahead and get busy. I'll go check on that foundation."
The Sprout Foundation was originally designed by Gu Nanyan for Shen Beian to combat school bullying.
Shen Bei'an did not use Meng Zhaojun, but instead used Lin Cheng, who had been playing games with him.
It has to be said that the people who can be received in the office of the president's special assistant of the Gu Group are indeed top-notch.
“Sir.” Since taking over the Sprout Foundation, although it is called special, Lin Cheng has actually delegated most of his original work at the Gu Group to others, and he is now focusing more on the Sprout Foundation.
Lin Cheng is the publicly acknowledged president of the Chuya Foundation.
However, everyone knows that although Lin Cheng is one of the special assistants in the President's Office of the Gu Group, he cannot afford to run such a large foundation.
What's more, this foundation was established to combat school bullying!
Everyone speculated about the person behind this, wondering which young master of the Gu family had done such a good deed but remained anonymous.
"How is it going?" Establishing a foundation is naturally not easy, let alone an anti-bullying foundation that truly benefits the people.
Lin Cheng rubbed his temples. "Progress is still very difficult. Many verbal bullying cases cannot be prosecuted, and even some physical bullying cases are difficult to classify."
Whether it's school bullying or domestic violence, the definitions are too vague.
“And…” Lin Cheng’s voice suddenly turned cold, “Some parents of bullied children accepted some benefits from the bullies and then… dropped the lawsuit.”
Not everyone in this world deserves to be a parent.
Shen Beian was not surprised; this also existed in the First World.
And this is the most difficult time to handle.
School bullying most often occurs among minors, and regardless of the circumstances, the guardianship of minors rests with their parents.
Shen Beian was also worried about this. "According to the Imperial Law, how should such a situation be resolved?" Shen Beian did not know about these things in the First World. Even after coming here, he only started to get in touch with them because of the bullying incident involving Young Master Ye at Qingjin High School.
"According to Article 32 of the Imperial Anti-School Bullying Law, the punishment for bullies is doubled, and the guardian of the bullied person shall be given a 15-day reprimand until the bullied person reaches adulthood. During this period, the guardian shall check on the bullied person's physical, mental and psychological condition from time to time." Lin Cheng also came into contact with a lot of Imperial laws related to school bullying.
It can only be said that the empire has always had a relatively sound legal system, but it is more of a formality and has not been truly implemented.
Shen Beian nodded. The laws here are indeed strict and rigorous. Although they are troublesome to implement, they are the best approach.
On the one hand, it guarantees the rights of the bullied, and on the other hand, it strictly prevents the bullied's guardians from causing trouble.
"However, due to various practical limitations, this is almost impossible to implement. Because the guardians of many victims of bribery and bullying will obstruct the investigation for various reasons, and the victims, who do not understand the law and are unaware of this law, have no right to resist at all," Lin Cheng said.
Therefore, it seems that Shen Beian believed that popularizing legal knowledge was the foundation.
This is another difficult problem.
The Imperial government presents every newborn with a gift from the Empire—the Imperial Constitution, a book that everyone in the Empire possesses.
However, aside from the children of powerful and wealthy families, for ordinary families and those who want their children to become lawyers, this book is mostly worthless.
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Master Shen's business!
The book mostly focuses on the love story between the eldest son and Master Shen, but our Master Shen has his own career too!
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