Chapter 125: Missing Him and Making a Phone Call (6000)

  At that time, the sea city night wind whispered, Shen Xuan and his family had dinner, and the servant quickly cleaned up the hall. The whole family sat together and started a tea party.

  It's lively enough, as long as no one has gone out of town, everyone is at home.

  It's just that during the day, everyone had already gotten close, and after dinner, everyone started to calm down. The four older brothers and six younger brothers also stopped teasing Shen Xuan and messing around with her.

  The topic started from being light and easy, but gradually became a bit heavy.

  All this is because Shen Kai proposed letting Shen Xuan divorce and return to Haicheng.

  The old man immediately interrupted him and said no!

  Shen Kai was taken aback, "Not allowed?"

  When he went to Haicheng, Grandfather said that if Xiao Wu wanted freedom, the Shen family would try their best.

  But now, who can say for sure?

  Xuan pinched her earlobe, holding onto her mother's arm as she sat on the sofa. She didn't say a word, nor did she argue or show any anger; she simply looked at Shen Kai with a raised eyebrow.

  "Grandpa, isn't this change a bit too sudden? When I went to G City on Friday, what did you tell me the night before?" Sheng Kai's words seemed dissatisfied on the surface, but he spoke in a light and casual tone, making the listener feel no discomfort or resistance.

  The old man glanced at Shen Kai calmly, "Xiao Hui came back and didn't say anything bad about her husband's family. As an older brother, how can you wish for your sister to get a divorce?"

  Shen Kai said discontentedly, "That's Xiao Wu being sensible, she just doesn't say anything. I think that family is not treating her well at all. Just look at Xiao Wu now, she's become so thin!"

  The second master of the Shen family said, "That little five will grow up to be one hundred and eighty pounds, you'll worry again."

  Shen Kai was about to throw a punch when Old Master also said, "Exactly, must let Little Wu grow up to be a big fatty?"

  "Huh? I find that you're a bit off today, what's going on? Are you trying to pick a fight with your grandson?"

  The old man grunted, "What's the point of arguing? Being a daughter-in-law isn't that easy. Ask your mother if she ever suffered any grievances as a daughter-in-law in the Shen family? No matter which family you marry into, it's always the same, the husband's family is naturally not as good as your own family, what's there to say?"

  Xuan shrugged and glanced at her mother, who just smiled without taking it seriously.

  Shen Kai let out a sigh, looking at the old man's puffed up face and scowling eyes, which was actually quite cute. "Yes, yes, yes, your face is so twisted that I almost don't recognize you. When you're thinking of your granddaughter with all your heart, you don't care about anything else. Now that she's back, you want to send her away immediately? Don't you see how the Pei family treats people? That Pei Jin Cheng is now fine and healthy, but he didn't even come with her when she returned. Is this what it means to be a son-in-law? If he doesn't want to come, then so be it, who cares?"

  The old man immediately countered with a sentence, "If you were hit by a bottle and became a vegetable, and then married someone, wouldn't you go visit the bride's family after waking up a few months later? You have such a broad heart, why didn't you help out when the Ouyang family was in trouble back then?"

  Shen Kai chuckled and said with a still-unyielding tone, "Hey hey hey, old man, it's not good to bring up old scores like this."

  "Why bring up old accounts? Besides, don't mention that Jin Cheng was beaten into a vegetative state by Xiao Wu. In high school, when your classmate wrote you a love letter and posted it on the bulletin board because they thought you were cute, you felt humiliated and took revenge on them, forcing them to transfer schools! Your second uncle beat you up at 14 for fighting in a group, and you didn't visit his house for five years. You're a petty and narrow-minded person who can't let go of grudges. Don't talk about others not being magnanimous in front of me. Widen your own heart and then go criticize others."

  Shen Kai laughed and pointed at the crowd with his finger, "Lololo, can this be the same? This is not the same thing."

  Everyone just smiled secretly and refused to talk to Shen Kai, isolating him completely. No matter how hard Shen Kai pounded his chest and stamped his feet, it was of no use.

  The old man took a glance at Shen Xuan and said, "Xiao Wu, don't listen to your brother, he's just a rascal!"

  Shen Kai stood up, put his hands on his waist and looked at the old man, crying and laughing, "So it turns out that all these bad people are me? You've all become good people, oh, I didn't expect this twist. Let me go test Little Five, now she doesn't want to divorce, you're all supporting her not to divorce, in the end it's all my fault. Hey, old man, don't scheme against me even if you want to be a sly old fox! After all, I'm still your grandson, why don't we do a DNA test? You're framing me like this, aren't you afraid of becoming enemies with me?"

  "Ah, I'm still afraid of you."

  "Kezi, hurry up and avenge, and cut off all ties with the Shen family."

  Fourth Master Shen also said, "Grandfather, just give me Kai's share."

  Lao Liu said, "That average score of Kai Ge."

  "Haha", laughter erupted.

  Everyone was laughing, Shen Kai had a smile on his face, but in his heart, he had already cooled down several degrees.

  He felt that the atmosphere was not right, and although he said so with his mouth, Grandfather wanted to be a good person, but Grandfather was absolutely not such a person. What reason led to Lao Ye's sudden change of mind?

  The old man was most reluctant to part with his only granddaughter, and would have liked to send a few grandsons away in exchange for another granddaughter. In the old man's words, "A house full of boys, one more or less makes no difference."

  Xiao Wu won't get divorced, which means that in the future they will have to be in G city all the time and can't see each other every day, only occasionally coming back. How could Lao Yezi bear to give up such an opportunity?

  The night color is like water, and the ripples blown by the wind.

  Xun was resting in her former boudoir, having taken a bath and blowing cool air conditioning, flipping back and forth to find a suitable sleeping position. She wondered what Pei Jin Cheng was doing?

  It's almost ten o'clock. He usually doesn't work overtime too late, and if there aren't any important engagements, he should have returned to Wutongyuan by now.

  That familiar phone number was dialed multiple times, but always hung up at the last second.

  Xin Tian said, when thinking of Pei Jin Cheng, don't call him, but call her instead.

  If she calls Xīn Tián, doesn't it mean telling Xīn Tián that she has a crush on Péi Jǐn Chéng?

  She's actually not a woman who likes to share her thoughts with others, it was like that in the past, but Xīn Tián this woman, always can't hold back and pours out her own troubles.

  The phone was dialed out, and the music thought for a long time. Shen Xuan frowned slightly, "Didn't Xin Tian bring her cell phone?"

  After a while, the other end picked up, and a gentle, sweet voice said, "Hello, dear."

  Xuan smiled and said, "Be careful, little heart, I miss you."

  Xin Tian snorted, "Haha, you're thinking of your family's young master, aren't you?"

  "It's nothing, I just missed you."

  "Stop pretending, I hate it when you pretend in front of me. If you miss him, just admit it, he's your husband, it's only natural."

  Xuena held the phone and sat cross-legged on the boat, looking at the door with a hint of embarrassment, "Hehe, just a little bit."

  "What were you thinking?"

  "I didn't think much about it, I just wanted to know what he was doing."

  Xin Tian said, "He didn't do anything, just worked and then discussed with the Bai family about letting Bai Xue enter the door."

  Xin's heart skipped a beat, "Ah?" Bai Shan came in? He didn't tell her today.

  "Don't you know? Bai Shan is going to move into the Pei household, many people already knew today, I don't know who leaked the news, anyway, people in our circle are all discussing how much red envelope to give to Young Master Pei. This matter is probably settled, but don't rush now, rushing won't make a difference, he wants to marry and will eventually marry, if it really comes to divorce, we'll talk about it then."

  Xin's heart ached for a moment, Bai Shan was about to enter the door. She originally thought she still had some time, but before she could even react, Bai Shan entered, this feeling was too suffocating, and she couldn't speak for half a day, only managing a soft "oh."

  Are you sad?

  Xuan's emotions sank, "I said I'm not sad, do you believe me?"

  "Really? Does your family know?"

  "I don't know."

  Xin Tian let out a gentle sigh, "The cultural differences between Hai Cheng and G City are still quite large, let's not talk about it for now, maybe there's a way to solve it. But there's something I want to tell you, it's good news."

  Xuan felt that no good news was good news anymore. The three words "good news" couldn't even make her happy, and she said listlessly, "Go on."

  "The land by your seaside has been occupied."

  It's indeed good news, Shen Xuan felt like a lowly woman once again, and she regretted it quickly, "So soon?"

  "Ha! Do you know where I am now?"

  "Where?"

  "Military Region."

  "Really? You went and helped me with that matter? Aren't you afraid of being scolded by the old man?"

  The sweet voice laughed, "Originally thought so, you also know that the old man can't stand me, besides scolding me there's no other fun, I didn't hold onto it with certainty, but someone ran first on my behalf, just now I came out of the hospital."

  Xun Yu was puzzled, this matter is difficult to handle. If it were easy to handle, she wouldn't have had to throw the mess she got herself into at Pei Jin Cheng. "Who is it?"

  "City Committee Secretary - Lin Zhiyuan, haha." Xintian laughed with abandon, "Dear, your family's young master is indeed a talent. That old man has been looking at me with disapproval, but the efficiency is still Secretary Lin's efficiency."

  Xu Xuan originally wanted to ask why she thought of Pei Jin Cheng when calling Xin Tian, but this topic dragged on for nearly half an hour without getting to the point.

  "In the end, Xin Tian brought the topic back around, 'I'm telling you, when you miss Pei Jin Cheng, don't call him. You can call Jin Yue, Pei Jin Rui, Old Master, his parents, the whole family, just don't call him.'"

  "Why?"

  "Don't ask why, just do it this way. I don't believe he doesn't care about you at all. If I were him, if you turned me into a vegetable and I woke up after a few months to find that you'd dug a hole of over 10 billion in my company, I wouldn't kill you even if I should. Remember, don't call him."

  Xuan hung up the phone and began her bitter struggle.

  Pei Jin Cheng returned to Wu Tong Garden and had the car head towards Ju Yuan. On the way, he couldn't help but think, did he make a correct bet on this matter?

  In Lin Zhiyuan's eyes, apart from expectation, there was something else, as sharp as a knife. What was it? Now close your eyes and think quietly, recalling that gaze, fierce and resolute, filled with intense hatred.

  What would happen if he were to see Qiao Ran and her son?

  Taking advantage of Qiao Ran was one thing, but he didn't want to hurt their mother-son relationship because of this, which would be too unfair.

  Lin Zhiyuan's eyes were still playing a movie in Pei Jin Cheng's mind, and he had thought of many versions.

  But there is no gaze that can match Lin Zhiyuan's.

  Qiao Ran looks like a peaceful and quiet woman, doesn't seem like someone who would stir up trouble.

  Many years ago, a big fire killed Shen You Ran and reborned Qiao Ran.

  Lin Zhiyuan had expected information about that child, but when it came to meeting Qiao Ran, there was a hint of resentment.

  Men are actually often heartless creatures, what makes them have expectations for a child but hatred for the child's mother?

  Qiao Ran has been in hiding for so many years, and her child has such a serious illness. She has no one to rely on and doesn't even go find the biological father. She bears it all alone. Bringing Qiao Ran back from abroad didn't take much thought, just providing good treatment, and also promising good treatment for the child. She agreed, which means she also wants to reduce her own burden in life.

  The child's biological father has such good conditions, but she doesn't take advantage of this resource, which really makes him incomprehensible.

  Former lover, although the way of loving was not glorious, but after all, we were together, must it be like this, life and death are enemies?

  Perhaps love is always so troublesome?

  Maybe he doesn't even understand it as well as Bai Shan does, so why bother analyzing others.

  The carriage stopped outside the Chrysanthemum Garden, and Pei Jin Cheng rang the bell. The servant came over to open the door and bowed his head respectfully, "Young Master has arrived."

  "Has Miss Qiao gone to sleep?"

  "Xiao Bao has fallen asleep, but Miss Qiao is still on the third floor study room researching ingredients."

  "I'll go up myself."

  Pei Jin Cheng went up to the third floor study of the main building.

  Qiao Ran was wearing a pair of frameless low-degree glasses, looking up data on her laptop while taking notes in her work notebook.

  Pei Jin Cheng stood behind her and only reached out to pat her shoulder when she paused to push up the glasses on the bridge of her nose.

  Qiao Ran was so focused that she didn't even notice there was an extra person in the study, until Pei Jin Cheng appeared beside her and patted her on the shoulder, giving her a fright.

  Scared to jump up, turned around with both hands supporting on the table, completely lost composure.

  Pei Jin Cheng smiled, "Scared you?"

  Her raven-black hair cascaded down, and she was originally a gentle and elegant woman. Adding a pair of glasses perched on the bridge of her nose, she exuded an even more bookish aura. "Good heavens, Director Pei."

  Qiao Ran couldn't help but feel embarrassed and laugh, "You came and didn't even call out for me outside."

  "Seeing you so serious, I didn't have the heart to disturb you."

  "Anything wrong?"

  "It's nothing."

  "You said."

  Pei Jin Cheng leaned against the table, "Xiao Bao's surgery is in two days, and after that, who knows how long he'll need to rest. Tomorrow in G City will be cloudy, not too hot. I've booked the children's playground, let Xiao Bao go have a day of fun."

  Qiao Ran was shocked, "My god! How can this be? Our living conditions are already very good now. There are many facilities for children to play in the chrysanthemum garden. This will cause controversy and is too luxurious."

  Pei Jin Cheng smiled and said, "Don't worry, it won't cause any controversy. The news on all channels tonight has already been supplemented. The children's playground will be closed tomorrow for a large-scale inspection to ensure the safety of the children. So this reason is reasonable and lawful, you don't have to worry about causing any social public opinion disputes. As for the luxury issue, just think that the Pei family has so much money that they don't know where to spend it. I really think Xiao Bao is cute, tomorrow at the playground there won't be other kids, you can follow him with peace of mind, no need to worry about him getting lost in the crowd."

  Qiao Ran felt a heavy burden, she had been trying her best to work hard to repay Pei Jin Cheng's kindness, now feeling more and more unable to repay it. Some things, however, she was in a situation where she couldn't shirk. "Thank you, President Pei."

  "Just call me Jin Cheng, even Grandfather lets you call him 'Grandfather', doesn't he?" Pei Jin Cheng's hand rested on the table, suspended in mid-air, making his slender fingers more apparent. "It's just that for these few years at the Pei household, it won't be easy for you."

  "It's not hard, it's what I should be doing."

  Pei Jin Cheng was about to turn around, but he suddenly felt inexplicably curious about Lin Zhiyuan and Qiao Ran's situation. This curiosity stemmed from his desire to grasp Lin Zhiyuan's weakness, so he tentatively asked, "It can't be easy for you to raise a child on your own, have you ever thought of finding someone else? You're still young."

  Qiao Ran's calm and peaceful eyes suddenly flashed with a fierce and complicated light. She quickly turned sideways and sat down again, so as not to face Pei Jin Cheng, clicked on the touchpad of her notebook, and began typing on the keyboard, saying perfunctorily, "I think it's good for one person, Jin Cheng can also go back and rest early."

  "Okay, then I'll ask Dr. Li to come over tomorrow to give Xiaobao a physical examination, and I'll pick you up again at noon tomorrow."

  "Thank you."

  "Good night."

  Pei Jin Cheng walked back to Wutong Garden, he kept looking at his phone, Lin Zhiyuan said that he would give him a reply tonight, this reply was crucial.

  Although he comforted Shen Xuan, it was a project worth over 10 billion, but he couldn't let this project go down the drain.

  Who let Qiu Mingjun drill into this set called Jin Cheng Holdings?

  If it were another company that had drilled, they would have just died off.

  Jincheng Holdings lost this project. Although it won't die, such a thing is absolutely a slap in the face that can make Jincheng Holdings lose all its dignity.

  And this is just the beginning, if the G city wealth list is to be reshuffled, then many people who want to bring down the Pei family will unite to deal with the Pei family. He doesn't want to see the scene of everyone pushing a fallen wall, and even less does he want his grandfather to see it.

  This is a gamble, now the land by the sea has been passed on to be used as a military training base, if Lin Zhiyuan can help him, it will be a desperate counterattack, and will make all those who want Jincheng Holdings to go bankrupt look up to them.

  The same is true in reverse.

  What's more tense than when everyone has played their cards and only one bottom card is left?

  A military jeep drove out of the military area, with a soldier driving it with his back straight as steel.

  The two people sitting in the back seat, the young man is Lin Zhiyuan, the current secretary of the municipal party committee of G city. The other person is Mo Xishan, the commander of the Southern Military Region. Mo Xishan looks like a healthy old man with a straightforward and upright voice, full of energy. "Zhiyuan, as soon as you came tonight, I knew you had something to discuss with me. Looking at your eyes, I know it's a big deal."

  Lin Zhiyuan was elegant and humble, with a voice that conveyed respect. "Still, Old Chief's eyes are sharp, and I'm truly at a loss for words in front of you."

  Mo Xi Shan stretched out his hand and pointed, tapping his finger, "You, some things you mentioned, suddenly opened my eyes. At that time when this land was allocated, I didn't think so much."

  "Uh, the commercial value of this land is indeed great, and I do have some connections with the chairman of Jin Cheng Holdings. However, personal relationships aside, in front of Old Chief, I'll say it again - if it weren't for the fact that this project is crucial to the economic development of G City, I wouldn't be here looking for you."

  "Zhiyuan, do you know why I agreed to come out with you as soon as you mentioned it, and go take a look at that piece of land?"

  Lin Zhiyuan shook his head and said humbly, "This Zhiyuan is indeed unpredictable."

  Old Mo Xi Shan's eyes were bright and piercing, "You're a man with a plan, with skills, I know that. But don't try to fool me with your fancy tricks and twists, I don't like it when people use their cunning to deceive me. Others who come to me for favors always start by pretending to be righteous, but you've made it clear from the beginning how close you are to Pei Jin Cheng - this is what I appreciate most!"

  "This is not daring to play tricks in front of the old boss, actually I'm also quite cunning outside sometimes."

  Mo Xi Shan burst out laughing loudly, "Haha! I knew it, this must be true!"

  Pei Jin Cheng was lying on the sofa in the living room on the second floor with his mobile phone.

  Take a glance at the time from time to time.

  As he lay there, he turned over again and remembered that Shen Xuan had also slept here, and so had he.

  He drove her to the living room to sleep, used to not seeing this kind of thing being raised in this house, and called her to clean up overnight and throw it out of Wutongyuan.

  When she was woken up that time, she shrank there, muttering to herself, not wanting to go to jail, don't want to go to jail, it wasn't intentional.

  What kind of shadow does the word "imprisonment" cast over her?

  There are no wedding photos in this house, I don't know what kind of husband and wife they are. He was beaten into a vegetative state by her, he didn't know when they registered their marriage, and he didn't know when they had the wedding ceremony, she completed the ritual with wax figures.

  Those wedding photos were also taken with wax figures.

  He later had Xiaoying throw it away, that feeling was really annoying, even if the wax figure was realistic, it wasn't like him at all when he declared he used to be a vegetable!

  She let out a sigh, picked up her phone and took another look. Lin Zhiyuan's call was long overdue, should she make the first move and call him? Or should she wait for Lin Zhiyuan to bring some good news before telling her, so that she wouldn't worry about Haicheng anymore?

  Friends, this chapter is updated with 6,000 words, happy reading, see you tomorrow. There will be a 10,000-word update on Friday, bye for now.