Chapter 38 (2/2)

Lin Lan, Yi Hua's wife, could only giggle.

Fortunately, the topic pa.s.sed quickly and everyone took their seats.

Tang Li thoroughly solidified his character of silence in front of the outsiders. During the whole dinner, a person could count the number of his words with one hand and they were all used to thank Shen Yu for serving him food.

Shen Yu used to think that an ”antisocial child” like Tang Li was a rare case and that a second case would never appear. How could he know that reality always likes to ruthlessly slap face?

At this moment, sitting opposite Shen Yu, was the second “antisocial child” he met since coming to this world, Yi Heng.

Yi Heng bowed his head and ate his dinner at his own pace, sending out his regular cold air aura that n.o.body was allowed to enter. This was a sharp contrast to the smiling Yi Jiaying who was sitting next to him.

The male lead's current appearance is not much better than that of Tang Li when he first came to the Shen house.

It was almost if he was isolated from the rest of the world.

On the surface, Shen Yu discussed details of the Qingli Yuan project with Yi Hua and Lin Lan, but secretly he was paying attention to the little male lead.

The character of Yi Heng this evening was beyond Shen Yu's expectation.

He remembered that Yi Heng was already grown up when he appeared in the original novel. Although he was proud and cold at that time, he handled the world's affairs well, and had good popularity and plenty of good friends. Why is it like this now?

Shen Yu's eyebrows twisted slightly.

He always felt that there was something out of his range of knowledge, but for a while he could not say what was wrong.

This strange feeling lasted through the end of the meal.

Although Shen Yu listened to Yi Hua and Lin Lan's detailed introduction of the Qingli Yuan project, he had no real experience doing business and could not accurately judge whether the project was good or bad.

But the couple didn't need much money, so it was a matter of numbers for Shen Yu. In the end, he agreed to request a reinvestment of the project and said he would let the a.s.sistant contact them in two days.

With Shen Yu's a.s.surance, Yi Hua and Lin Lan were pleasantly surprised and almost jumped up from their chairs.

“Thank you, Mr. Shen. Thank you very much. This time you're really helping us out, Lanlan and I won't forget your kindness!” Yi Hua held Shen Yu's hand tightly, and by the end of his speech, he could not help but feel tears of happiness forming in his eyes.

Lin Lan was so moved that she silently patted Yi Hua on the back to comfort her husband.

While leaving the restaurant, Yi Hua intentionally followed Shen Yu out.

When Lin Lan and the children, who were walking in front of them, weren't paying attention, Yi Hua uneasily apologized to Shen Yu: “Mr. Shen, Lanlan and I both got remarried to each other, Little Heng followed me from my first marriage and doesn't seem to accept the situation.”

After a pause, Yi Hua sighed, ”In fact, he was not such an impolite child before. I hope Mr. Shen can forgive his earlier rudeness.”

Shen Yu was surprised inside, but calmly smiled on the surface. “It's all right. Little Heng's character is similar to my Chestnut.”

Yi Hua followed this statement with an awkward laugh: “… It's quite like that.”

The Yi family walked Shen Yu and Tang Li to the car and watched Uncle Zhang drive away before turning to look for their car.

Shen Yu's eyes were staring pa.s.sing streetlight outside the car window, thinking of things in silence.

He took out his mobile phone and opened the e-mail sent to him by Kang Lin. He skipped to the middle part in one breath and looked closely at it. The dense text actually wrote that Yi Hua and Lin Lan were the product of a second marriage.

Kang Lin is a man who does everything in his life thoroughly. He not only investigated Yi Hua, but also investigated the ident.i.ty of Yi Hua's ex-wife.

Shen Yu found the key information and read it silently.

Suddenly, Shen Yu saw something that shocked him.

It turned out that Yi Hua's ex-wife had often beaten his child. Some neighbors said that Yi Heng had been beaten so badly by his biological mother that he had been sent to the hospital four or five times and once his head was even covered with blood after she had thrown a teacup at him.

Shen Yu: “…”

No wonder Yi Heng is such a character…

Moreover, Shen Yu believes that the experiences of Yi Heng and Tang Li are somewhat similar in many respects.

Only Yi Heng had better luck, and there was a father who decided to divorce in order to protect him. Tang Li had nothing; it took more than a year for him to come to Shen's house.

At the same time, Shen Yu was surprised.

Unexpectedly, the male lead's important life background had actually not been written out by the author. Of course, it may be that the author wrote a few words, but Shen Yu, who read ten lines at a single glance, neglected them.

After the holiday was over, Shen Yu returned to the villa with Tang Li.

The warehouse was full of all kinds of precious gifts left by visitors. Shen Yu did not want to be short-handed. What he needed most right now was money. He asked Uncle Zhang and Aunt Chen to count the gifts and return something of equal value to each giver.

After living outside the house for nearly a month, Shen Yu fully realized the true meaning of the saying “Golden and silver nest is not as good as his dog's nest” – or that it is most comfortable to live in his own home.

After the vacation, Shen Yu began to be busy.

The company had piles of doc.u.ments to deal with, the two newly opened dessert stores also needed some attention, and Yi Hua, from time to time, would come to the company to find Shen Yu to deal with problems on the project.

Shen Yu's responsibilities are too big. He is too busy to take a break for a second.

During this period, Elder Shen heard rumors about Shen Yu's dessert store. He came to the villa to warn Shen Yu to run his company well, don't let the people who tightly watched him drill holes for other messy things [1].

Shen Yu knew that what the Elder Shen meant by “those people” was Shen Rong and the other relatives, but he had to consent, and then left all the affairs of the dessert shop to Uncle Zhang.

While Shen Yu was too busy to touch the ground, Tang Li was almost invisible from day to night.

During the winter vacation, Tang Li was busy making up lessons and exercising. After school began, Tang Li was busy studying and doing homework. The degree of business was no less than that of Shen Yu..

To Shen Yu's eternal grat.i.tude, Kang Lin perfectly demoted Shen Rong from managing the whole area, to deputy manager of the market department. He had no real power, and the people in the company would not look at him the same as before. By the time he returned from Jincheng it was already May.

Shen Yu, who was about to become a dead dog from all the work rushed to hand over the Qingli Yuan project to Kang Lin.

Since Yi Hua's matters were handed over to Kang Lin, Shen Yu never again saw Yi Hua wandering in front of him, and gradually forgot the existence of the male lead Yi Heng.

Life was so busy and each day flew by. Before summer came, Tang Li finally received a notice to partic.i.p.ate in the English Compet.i.tion in Jincheng.

It is said that in the whole school, there are no more than five students qualified for the final. Tang Li is one of them.

When he learned the news from the head teacher, Shen Yu was very happy and proud. He immediately decided to put down his work and pack up his luggage to accompany Tang Li to Jincheng for three days.

But the students who took part in the compet.i.tion were guided by the school. They flew to Jincheng by air together and stayed in the same hotel.

If Shen Yu wants to accompany Tang Li, he needs to follow their team at his own expense.

Of course, Shen Yu can also take Tang Li to Jincheng alone.

However, by doing things this way, it would lead to a lack of timely communication between the school, compet.i.tion, and Tang Li. Even if the school leaders agreed, Shen Yu would not inconvenience the little villain.

In order not to cause trouble to the school people, Shen Yu only took Uncle Zhang on the trip. The round-trip flights and hotel rooms were all in accordance with the school's itinerary.

The three arrived at the airport at 4 p.m., half an hour before boarding. The school leaders and teachers, along with the other four students were already in the waiting room.

Before he could get close, Shen Yu found a familiar figure among the four students.

Oh-ho.

Isn't that Yi Heng?

The hero and the villain of this novel are actually in the same school!

[1] Meaning don't give his enemies a chance to attack his credibility.

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