Chapter 152 I love him, regardless of his status.
On the way home, Zhou Chong confessed to Shan Qingshan that he had already contacted his grandfather and told him about being abducted.
Shan Qingshan noticed a particular word, "abducted?"
Zhou Chong raised an eyebrow, "Wrong?"
Shan Qingshan: "..."
I guess so.
The car was driven back to the villa.
The butler was already waiting at the door. He stepped forward and respectfully helped Shan Qingshan and Zhou Chong out of the car.
"The old master has been waiting for you two for a long time."
Grandpa thought the two of them would come back the next day, but they didn't expect to stay outside for three days before returning.
He wondered at one point if Xiao Chong was angry about this incident and deliberately lied to him that he would take Shan Qingshan back, but in reality he had already flown away by plane.
He almost had someone investigate.
When Zhou Chong's car was parked at the door, my grandfather was at the window.
As soon as he saw them get off the bus, he immediately returned to the table, sat down, picked up the newspaper on the table, and pretended to read it.
When Shan Qingshan and Zhou Chong entered the study, what they saw was their maternal grandfather—
Aloof, unsmiling, with a powerful aura, and disdainful.
Zhou Chong glanced at it only once before turning around with Qingshan Xiaobao in his arms.
"He seems quite busy. Let him pretend for a while. No, let him be busy for a while. I'll take you to get something to eat first. The aunt at home is an excellent pastry maker."
Grandpa: "..."
Grandpa slammed his hand on the table. "Come back."
Zhou Chong turned around. "Oh, not busy anymore?"
Grandpa gave him a cold look.
Ever since Xiao Chong got that wife, he's been completely smitten with her, and his heart and eyes are filled with that guy!
Grandpa folded the newspaper and placed it on the table.
Zhou Chong led Qingshan Xiaobao into the study. Before his father could speak, Zhou Chong pressed him down onto the leather sofa.
"Grandpa, according to the agreement, you can't play any more tricks."
Grandpa nodded, still maintaining his composure, but not as much as before.
"You can go out first. I have something to say to him alone."
"No way, you have a criminal record. Who knows what you'll say to Qingshan Xiaobao the moment I turn my back?"
Grandpa was so angry he gasped for breath.
His grandson is practically raised by Shan Qingshan!
Grandpa: "Then go and pour me a drink."
"With so many servants at home, do you really need me? Sending people away is really too rude."
Grandpa: "..."
Okay, okay.
If you're not going, then you're not going.
Grandpa looked at Shan Qingshan and said, "Xiao Chong told me that you rushed over here without sleeping or resting after landing in Australia. You were driving while fatigued and almost had a car accident. When you finally got to my house, you almost passed out against the wall?"
?
Shan Qingshan slowly looked at Zhou Chong.
To exaggerate to this extent?
Zhou Chong smiled and said, "Grandpa, what do you think of this ring on my hand? Xiao Bao bought it for me. Isn't it pretty? It's a pair."
After saying that, she took Shan Qingshan's hand and showed it to her grandfather.
Grandpa: "..."
What a ridiculous read-and-reply message!
Shan Qingshan withdrew his hand and said to Zhou Chong, "You can go out now. I want to have a few words with the old gentleman alone."
Zhou Chong glanced at his grandfather with some unease, then nodded.
"I won't go far. If I bully you, just call me."
"good."
Then Zhou Chong went out.
My grandfather suffered a heart attack.
What a hypocritical grandson!
Only Shan Qingshan and his maternal grandfather remained in the study.
Shan Qingshan stood up. "Mr. Yu, I think you should already know that I defrauded you of ten million."
Grandpa didn't expect him to have the courage to bring it up first.
Tang Liming has already reported this matter, including Shan Qingshan's involvement and how the fraud was carried out.
When did you realize that the person behind Tang Liming was me?
Grandpa wondered to himself, "He planted Tang Liming as a pawn very carefully."
The only thing to do was to have Tang Liming take care of Shan Qingshan; the relationship between friends shouldn't be exposed.
Shan Qingshan: "To be honest, it wasn't early. I only mentioned investing as a test, and I only became certain the moment he agreed. He hadn't even looked at the project proposal, market background check, team information, or esports operational data before he agreed to invest in me. This was an extremely unwise choice. If someone wasn't behind it, then they must be out of their mind. But Mr. Tang is a department manager at Yibao Company; someone who's reached that level can't be mentally unstable." That leaves only one possibility: someone was behind it.
Shan Qingshan: "You kept interrupting my video call with Zhou Chong. Even if it wasn't you, it would have been someone else from the company."
Shan Qingshan: "I asked Zhou Chong, and he said you don't like me."
Shan Qingshan: "Several things collided at once, it's too easy to guess."
Grandpa looked quietly at the young child in front of him.
His gaze was firm, calm, and collected, like a knife polished with snow—sharp and gleaming with a cold light.
"You are very perceptive and decisive."
If a problem is identified, take immediate action.
A hint of approval flashed in my grandfather's eyes. "You're very good."
He picked up the hot tea on the table. "Is it my fault?"
"No, I don't blame you."
A smile of satisfaction appeared in Grandpa's eyes.
She's quite sensible.
Shan Qingshan: "On the contrary, I want to thank you. Without your ten million, I wouldn't be able to be with Zhou Chong."
Grandpa almost spat out his entire cup of tea.
The young man in front of me smiled and said, "You should be considered an angel investor."
Grandpa: "..."
No matter how you look at it, this sounds ironic.
When he looked at Shan Qingshan again, his grandfather saw demonic horns growing on Shan Qingshan's head, holding a dagger and stabbing it into his heart.
Being schemed against and ridiculed in front of a junior is bound to make you lose face.
Grandpa deliberately put on a stern face.
"Do you think I wouldn't dare do anything to you? That I wouldn't dare do anything to Xiao Chong?"
"yes."
A single word pierced my grandfather's heart like a sharp arrow.
Shan Qingshan: "If you dared, you wouldn't have chosen this approach of leaving room for maneuver in the first place."
Grandpa slowly stood up; he could no longer see the boy in front of him as a child.
"You came here today to show off to me? To tell me that you've got my grandson under your thumb and become the winner this time? Do you know that by being with Zhou Chong, it's Zhou Chong who's at a disadvantage? Because he chose you, he can't find another girl of equal social standing to benefit the family. By choosing you, he's giving up a bright future and a promising career. He'll have to work a thousand times harder."
Grandpa slowly walked towards Shanqing Mountain, leaning on his cane.
Though seemingly unsteady, every step is powerful.
"I can assume you didn't understand this before, but now that you do, you still want to be with him?"
Shan Qingshan remained unmoved.
Even as the old man loomed over him like a mountain, he remained unfazed.
"yes."
"Can this be considered love for him?"
The answer to this question cannot be "yes".
Because true love is not so selfish.
The answer to this question is also not "no".
Only because Shan Qingshan loves Zhou Chong can they be together.
Mr. Yu's words were telling Shan Qingshan that they were not a good match, that forcing them to be together would ruin Zhou Chong, and that Shan Qingshan would have to bear the consequences and be the culprit for any misfortune in Zhou Chong's future business.
Shan Qingshan understood everything.
He looked into the old man's aged yet clear eyes, and refused to budge an inch.
"When we spoke on the phone last time, I wanted to say that you made a mistake in what you said."
“Even without the Zhou family’s protection, Zhou Chong and I are still nothing. Shan Qingshan is still Shan Qingshan, and Zhou Chong is still Zhou Chong. In your eyes, Zhou Chong is the heir of the Zhou family, but in my eyes, he is just Zhou Chong.”
“I love him, regardless of his status.”
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