Chapter Twenty-Five: The Former

  Ji Qing shook her head vigorously, silently letting tears fall. Xiang Su felt extremely powerless. He had no strength to walk over and give Ji Qing even a comforting hug. All he could do was let her cry.

  The daytime has fallen, and the black night is gradually eroding the last dying struggle of light.

  In the Shen family living room, Shen Qing was looking at a document on one side. Shen Rui sat beside Shen Qing with his hands spread out and lazily leaned against the sofa.

  "Dad, Mom, don't go today, Ah Ying and I will go instead."

  Shen Rui's parents, Shen Father and Shen Mother, were sitting across from him, leaning against each other. They had just returned from a trip to Japan and were invited by Old Master Mo to gather for dinner.

  Shen's father and mother would not have known about the Mo family's ambition, but they just didn't want to get involved. Shen's mother only regretted that she should not have helped a big-tailed wolf for the sake of an old classmate's little favor.

  Shen Fu let out a sigh. His two sons were indeed both very promising, with strong abilities. It's just that Ah Qing was too cold and disliked socializing, while Ah Rui...

  Although Shen Rui is the eldest son and has great abilities, he doesn't have the stability that an eldest son should have. He's too playful and never wants to take over the Shen family business. So they can only entrust Ah Qing with managing the company.

  Shen's mother frowned, her face showing no signs of aging despite being nearly fifty. She leaned on Shen's father's shoulder and said seriously to Shen Rui, "No matter what, we still have to go. After all..."

  Shen Mu let out a soft sigh, "After all, the engagement was decided by our parents on both sides, so we should be the ones to clarify things."

  It was a foolish decision she would have made in her younger years when she was confused.

  "Mom, don't you still trust my abilities? Their company is all propped up by us, at worst we can just acquire their company."

  "Ah Rui, this is no trivial matter. Today, the two of us will definitely go." Shen Father's face was stern and unyielding, showing great dissatisfaction with Shen Rui's proposal.

  Shen Rui stopped talking and casually picked up the coffee on the table, savoring it mouthful by mouthful.

  His dad is always like that, only smiling when facing his mom, and he can't even be bothered to insist. Anyway, since they love to interfere so much, just let them do as they please. He's happy being carefree too.

  Eight o'clock was approaching quickly, Shen Rui looked at the clock and decided to leave in another half an hour.

  Not long after, Shen's father received a phone call from Old Man Mo.

  "Hello, little Shen, something's come up at our place today, so we won't be inviting you over for dinner, sorry about that."

  Shen Rui's mouth curled up with a mocking arc, and he secretly laughed in his heart. What is this, treating their whole family like monkeys? Fortunately, he didn't pass away so early.

  Shen's father looked at Shen Rui and handed him the phone. Shen Rui's face suddenly turned black. He was actually going to make him talk to that person!

  Shen Qing, who had been quietly watching the documents by his side, suddenly raised his head and moved his phone to his own side.

  "Grandpa Mo, I'm really sorry. It just so happens that we have something going on at home today and can't make it. I was just thinking of giving you a call when you called me instead. This time it's our fault, next time we'll treat you, please don't hold this against us."

  A sentence that shut down Old Mo. It explained why they were still at home at eight o'clock and gave each of them a way out.

  "Oh, I see, then let's find another opportunity to get together again." Old Master Mo quickly hung up the phone.

  Shen Qing pushed the phone back to Shen Bo and continued to review the documents with her head down.

  Shen Rui was very satisfied with Shen Qing's actions. He hated dealing with the Mo family, and the reason was that he had a marriage contract with Old Man Mo's granddaughter, which was truly ridiculous.

  Shen Father looked at Shen Rui with a matter-of-fact expression and his face sank. Just as he was about to open his mouth to criticize, Shen Mother quietly tugged on the hem of Shen Father's clothes. "You're not unaware that Ah Rui dislikes dealing with the Mo family the most."

  "He's not a kid anymore, if he doesn't like it, he can just not do it?" Shen father let out a heavy hum and threw down a sentence before pulling Shen mother back to the bedroom.

  Shen Mu turned her head and made a face at Shen Rui, she didn't like the Mo family either. At first, they helped the Mo family out, but now the Mo family was going to turn around and bite them back.

  Shen Rui gave Shen Mu a reassuring smile and nodded slightly to her, then moved to Shen Qing's side to help review the documents.

  Now all his friends have started taking over their family businesses, but he is still playing in school. However, his ability is not inferior to any of them, and even the strongest.

  But he didn't want his freedom restricted so early on.

  Ji Liang was busy for several days, just to take down the company behind those girls who bullied Gu Mengning that Shen Rui told him about.

  He wanted to ask Xiang Su or Ouyang Bing for help, but he felt that it would be too embarrassing in front of Su Xiao later, so he still worked on it alone day and night.

  One week, Xiang Su had taken his sister on a trip to Malaysia. One week, Ouyang Bing and Shen Qing had each developed a new project again. One week, Shen Rui had gotten a new girlfriend again. And he, miserable Ji Liang, stayed in the study for a whole week, just to take down those few companies.

  One week later, he finally broke free and could go find Su Xiao for benefits.

  Gu Mornin got a severe cold, had a high fever, and was on an IV drip for a week. She didn't go to class, but no one told her parents because Gu Mornin firmly did not want her family to worry.

  Su Xiao had also been accompanying Gu Mo Ning and hadn't gone to class for a week either. Anyway, those courses, they could learn on their own with plenty of time to spare.

  Gu Merning finally fully recovered, and the shadow of lost love was no longer so thick. On this day, as soon as he pulled out the needle, he took Su Xiao to the supermarket, and Su Xiao hurriedly said it was not okay.

  She was just fine, how could she be so reckless and eat a lot. Gu Mò Nìng couldn't persuade Sū Xiǎo, and could only go back to the dorm with her first.

  It was just lunch break time, and Su Xiao fell asleep on the bed. Accompanying Gu Mo Ning every day, doing nothing, she got more and more tired.

  Gu Merning quietly glanced at Su Xiao on the bed, seeing that she seemed to have fallen asleep, immediately got out of bed, picked up his meal card and ran outside.

  During the injection period, she couldn't eat this or that, and every day was extremely light and bland food, she almost suffocated.

  Guo Mo Ning happily went to the supermarket, humming a little tune and bouncing along. Having not moved for a week, she had to bounce more.

  It's a small world after all. I hadn't even reached the supermarket yet when I ran into Shen Rui and his current girlfriend.

  Gu Mochen stood awkwardly in place, looking at Shen Rui opposite him, neither smiling nor expressionless. He couldn't greet him, nor could he pretend not to see him, his face was a picture of indecision.

  Shen Rui looked at Gu Mo Ning in front of him, whose expression was extremely entangled. This girl seemed to have just recovered from her illness, but she was already jumping and walking around, without worrying that her legs would suddenly go soft and cause her to fall.

  Some things can't be thought of casually, such as having weak legs and falling down.

  Gu Merning lay in bed for a week, previously excited but now feeling nothing. Standing here for a moment, he realized his legs had no strength. Just jumping around for so long, now he's even having trouble standing steadily.

  "Ah~" There was nothing beside her that could support her, Gu Mochen let out a sharp cry as she fell forward.

  Shen Rui hastily ran over to catch her, and in his heart he was even more certain that this girl was silly.

  Shen Rui's current girlfriend was unhappy, his ex-girlfriend came to seduce Shen Rui in front of her, what does that mean!