After saying hello to Shu Ran, Chen Sen took his girlfriend, Xue Yan, packed up, and went to her hometown to meet the parents.
The engagement and everything else went smoothly. The parents of both families were brought back to Beijing, and a group of people celebrated the wedding in a lively manner.
Chen Sen took the initiative to pay for it and asked his in-laws to go back to their hometown and hold a banquet there as well, to let everyone know that Xue Yan was happily married.
The father-in-law and mother-in-law were naturally very happy, but wasn’t holding two banquets a bit too exaggerated?!
They were all ordinary people and had never done such extravagant things. Fortunately, Xue Yan persuaded them: “Mom and Dad, just do whatever Brother Sen tells you to do.”
That small amount of money was really worthless. She could even afford it from her own commissions.
Then, the young couple moved out of the big courtyard, but decided to stay in the same neighborhood. They bought a small house with a big yard in the alley next door and started living as newlyweds.
“Brother Sen, now that I’m married, it’s not good to be a model in the future, right?” Xue Yan hesitated to discuss with her husband: “I’m afraid that people will gossip and it will bring a bad reputation to you… Why don’t I go back to do some logistics work?”
“It depends on you.” Chen Sen really didn’t mind. “If you like the job of modeling, then continue doing it. It’s also good if you like logistics. But logistics is much more tiring than modeling.”
“Isn’t it just because of your hard work that I want to switch to logistics?” Xue Yan sat in front of the dressing table and took off her braids with a smile: “Although I may not be very capable, I can learn from you.”
She was born in an opera troupe and didn’t read many books, but her ideas were not old-fashioned and she accepted new things quickly.
Chen Sen smiled: “Then, I’ill teach you step by step.”
“Yeah.” Xue Yan took off her braids and looked at herself in the mirror, her appearance in full glory, with eyes filled with the light of happiness.
The next morning, Shu Ran came over to look for Chen Sen and his wife carrying food, only to find out that they had not gotten up early. Chen Sen was disturbed by him and looked a little angry.
“Brother Sen…” Shu Ran put the food on the table: “You really don’t love your wife enough! You still don’t get her food at this hour!”
“Didn’t I just wake up?” Chen Sen scratched his head and laughed awkwardly.
“Oh.” They were all married, and Shu Ran understood it very well. He smiled and said: “You have to go to work tomorrow. I came over to explain something to you. Brother Shen and I will go out tomorrow.”
“Going to Shanghai?” Chen Sen sat down and poured him water.
“Yes.” Shu Ran nodded.
“Okay, go ahead.” Chen Sen became serious.
Hearing the noise outside, Xue Yan also woke up. She got up to wash up and tidy the house. Then, Chen Sen called her out to have breakfast: “Yanzi, there’s no need to worry about it! You come out to eat. Shu Ran bought breakfast for us.”
“Hey, Boss Shu, so early?” Xue Yan was now wearing her hair in a bun, carrying a sweet smile. It was easy to see the change in her temperament from before she got married.
“Stop calling me Boss Shu, just call me by my name like Brother Sen.” Shu Ran said quickly.
“Okay.” Xue Yan smiled.
When the two of them were talking, Xue Yan sat next to them and ate, listening carefully.
Chen Sen was also one of the bosses. Since Xue Yan was now married to him, her status was not just as simple as being an employee. She was also the boss’s wife, so she must learn more.
After Shu Ran finished speaking, he hurried away, not daring to disturb the young couple’s newlywed life.
Back at the company, Xie Yuan was hesitating about a letter sent by the Academy of Fine Arts. Since becoming quite famous, he received many invitations from all over the world. Some wanted him to be a lecturer and give lectures, and some wanted him to participate in activities and spread flowers… They were all simply paying a lot of money to poach people.
When a business became popular, it would inevitably lead to followers. Just like how they started the trend of driving export businesses before, and now, making clothes in China has become a craze. Xie Yuan, the chief designer, immediately became popular.
But that was all. No matter how much money Xie Yuan received, he didn’t care. How could he be that kind of white-eyed wolf?!
…But the Academy of Fine Arts invited him to participate in an event, and he really wanted to enjoy the scenery.
At present, his parents, relatives, and friends have completely different attitudes towards him. They were all proud of him when they mentioned his name. At the same time, they often asked if they still needed people in their company…
Cousins who couldn’t even bother to reach him before all came to ask for letters of introduction and positions.
Xie Yuan couldn’t make up his mind, because he was really not a rabbit who liked to bite back. No matter how much he wanted to show off his power, he could only enjoy it silently in his heart, never daring to say it out loud.
“Go, why not?” Shu Ran said without hesitation. “They invited you to give a speech. You’re a successful person now, so don’t be afraid.”
“Do I even count as a successful person?!” Xie Yuan didn’t have any real sense of confidence for a while.
“Forget it, forget it…” Shu Ran nodded vigorously. “Go ahead and speak your mind, talk about your designs, and at the same time, promote our national style culture and encourage everyone to support the national style!”
“Okay, I’ll go then.” After receiving the task assignment, Xie Yuan’s demeanor immediately changed.
It used to be a personal matter, but now it has turned into a business trip, or a business trip to embolden others.
…………
There were two things worth mentioning for that summer. One of them was the release of Shu Ran’s new book. Sure enough, Shanghai Literature took advantage of that powerful East wind, and also published the compilation of letters, making a steady profit.
The reputation of the new book was still very good, but Shu Ran lost a lot of hair and spent a lot of effort on its creation.
However, his fans were not dissatisfied with the content. The only dissatisfaction was that it was too short. It only took a few hours to finish reading about 200,000 words.
As for the tabloids, they didn’t care whether Shu Ran’s new book was good or not. They only cared about whether he would continue to donate his royalties.
It was unknown which newspaper company knew Shu Ran’s phone number and called him directly for an interview.
“Donate!” Boss Shu was a little unhappy with that behavior, so he hung up the phone after answering with a single word.
If someone had such a bad temper and willful behavior, the reporter would have to write ten or eight articles to criticize him… But if that person was Shu Ran, the reporter would just feel that he was wrong and it was understandable if the other party got angry with him…
…And then, take this one-word material and write an eloquent praise article!
Even Shu Ran’s behavior of putting down the phone after saying only one word was described as having character, true temperament, and not being fake!
Everyone was happy to read that article. Those who received Shu Ran’s letters before were quite proud to tell others that compared to that reporter, they really shouldn’t complain about the short number of words in Shu Ran’s reply… At least, he didn’t spend a single word to dismiss them!
By the way, they would like to condemn that reporter’s behavior of rashly calling for interviews!
…But if they knew Shu Ran’s phone number, they would probably dial it shamelessly as well.
Knowing that Shu Ran would collect letters from fans and publish them, the number of people writing to him increased dramatically overnight.
Lu Di wrote an article very carefully and called Shu Ran specifically to ask him to publish it. “I have a small request,” he said with a smile. “If you can, please put the following article first.”
Shu Ran smiled but said: “This is indeed a small request…”
After finally catching Shu Ran on the phone, Lu Di said: “Let’s chat a few more words, don’t hang up!”
He had also read the tabloids and knew of the “one word” wonder.
“Say.” Shu Ran really wanted to give up.
“Why is there no Brother Xu in your magazine?! My seven aunts and eight nieces are very dissatisfied! They heard that we’re friends and pressed me to ask.” Lu Di said.
“I thought you wanted to talk about me, but it turns out you were talking about him…” Shu Ran was depressed. Were so many women thinking about Xu Shen?!
However, it was his own decision to “shelve” Xu Shen. So, he could only caress his heart and say: “Let’s see at the end of the year. He has been very busy recently.”
“What are you busy with?” Lu Di asked.
“I’m opening a new company.” Shu Ran said.
The second major event of that summer vacation was that they registered an investment company in Shanghai. The name was chosen from the list of names that everyone liked before but did not choose for their clothing factory. This time around, the name chosen was Wan Heng1万恒 Wàn héng- eternity/eternal, Jiang Fan’s input, making him laugh out loud.
Investment companies were relatively rare at that time. Even if one tried to explain what WanHeng Investment Company did, many people couldn’t understand how someone could still make so much money without any physical operating business.
However, it was not that there was no entity at all. There were not many projects that could be invested in the domestic market, but they still had some entities – such as building large industrial parks in industrial cities to attract investment!
With the current prices of building materials and wages, one couldn’t lose money by recruiting investment for building a factory. In addition to that, the initial investment came back quickly.
The industrial park was also a new concept. Before it was unveiled, no one knew what Shu Ran was doing. Only the group of people who followed him roughly had an idea of what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd…
Lao Tu was assigned the position of manager in an investment company. In fact, his current job was mainly… Recruiting investors.
From being an aloof teacher to wearing slicked-back hair and holding a briefcase under his arm, walking around the streets looking for clients all day long, the gap was actually not that big.
The main difference was that now, former Teacher Tu became the Manager Tu who was driving a 200,000 yuan Santana, living in a big house, and receiving a generous salary. He had no worries and was naturally willing to do anything.
Seeing Lao Tu working so hard, Xu Shen said to his wife: “Actually, running like this is inefficient. When the industrial park is unveiled, we should publish it in a newspaper to promote it. I think there will be many bosses willing to move in.”
The supporting facilities in their industrial park were very advantageous, so maybe, the bosses would rush to move in.
Shu Ran knew all of that but still raised his eyes: “Lao Tu’s problem is that he’s not down-to-earth enough. Think about it, he has been on campus since he graduated. Has he ever been in contact with society? He knows there are all kinds of people in society, but who is he? It’s good to let him hit the wall more often. Otherwise, it will be smooth sailing, but what if he gets frustrated in the future?”
When Xu Shen thought about it, he had to admire Shu Ran’s comprehensive thinking: “You’re still thoughtful.”
Also, several of them had already experienced the ups and downs of human relationships, but that may not be the case for Lao Tu, who had come into contact with too few people.
“I’m just afraid of killing a talent with my own hands…” Shu Ran said.
Without his intervention, Lao Tu would have to experience many setbacks before he could grow up. Now that he has provided Lao Tu with everything, it was hard to say whether it would change the trajectory of history.
Indeed, Lao Tu had a high spirit and was particularly prone to frustration.
The eternally frustrated Lao Tu would bring half a kilo of wine over to Xu Shen every day when he went home, only to scold those weird customers.
Xu Shen comforted him: “You have to endure hardships to become a master. Lao Tu, you’ll become famous in the future. Just go back and deal with them.”
“It’s okay!” Lao Tu laughed to himself, no longer feeling the indignation that plagued him just now: “I just cursed casually, but it doesn’t really matter. Who cares…”
In the past, he was sensitive and couldn’t stand a disapproving look from others. He would continually guess if others disliked him for being poor or looked down on him. Now that he thought about it, he used to think too much. It’s not that others had good qualities, it was that others didn’t have time to deal with him, an irrelevant person.
Seeing that he could adjust on his own, Xu Shen felt relieved and said with a smile: “Hey, let’s take a long-term view and understand what to do.”
“Yes.” Lao Tu agreed. “Look at Brother Shu, how many pairs of eyes are staring at him every day? He’s so busy… And he still has to worry about me.”
Xu Shen glanced at Lao Tu.
Lao Tu smiled, picked up the bowl, and took a sip of wine happily. He didn’t know what others were like, but he knew that Shu Ran really admired him, always looking at him as if he was very powerful.
“All these years, only Brother Shu understands me…” Lao Tu sighed.
Xu Shen, who knew the truth, smiled softly when he saw Lao Tu’s beautiful thoughts, but he would never share the truth with him. The truth that Shu Ran only happened to know the powerful him from the future.
However, according to Shu Ran’s temperament, he would definitely not be bad at treating his friends, regardless of whether the friend was capable or not. Shu Ran didn’t even dislike Chen Kai, that complete laggard.
Chen Kai, who was far away in Nanshi, suddenly felt his nose itching, as if someone was talking about him, and finally sneezed heavily.
The city leader who was speaking paused and looked over. His eyes were quite gentle, and he didn’t seem to blame the poor laggard for the interruption.
Chen Kai quickly responded with an apologetic expression.
Today, he represented the company at a meeting organized by the city. At that moment, sitting in the middle of the front row, he was quite a popular little star among other stars.
Just because in the past year, their company had created amazing profits for Nanshi. If there were similar meetings in previous years, that position was bound to belong to the Yuan family. Either Yuan Min would come in person, or his son Yuan Feng would come.
Now, Yuan Feng could only sit next to Chen Kai, condescending to be second.
There was no way… Factories with tens of thousands of people were really powerful in Nanshi, and Nanshi’s economy had risen rapidly as a result.
Could the leaders not love such an entrepreneur?!
If that enterprise were to move away, the entire city would be devastated. After the meeting, Yuan Feng smiled and talked to Chen Kai: “Boss Chen, congratulations! I’m afraid you’ll achieve legendary results this year!”
“Ah, don’t curse me!” Chen Kai said. “It’s as if I’m getting taller every year…”
That year was a legend, so what will next year be?! How about the year after that?!
Yuan Feng choked for a moment and cursed in his heart: “You’re so crazy, but there is nothing I can do about it! Chen Kai is so awesome now!”
“I heard that you’re the only one in charge of Nanshi, while your brother and Xu Shen have gone to other places. I don’t know what you’re doing now?” Yuan Feng asked.
“Just making clothes, what can we do?” How could Chen Kai tell Yuan Feng that the company was building an industrial park, which would shock the country when completed?!
“Really?” Yuan Feng asked. “That girl Xiaobing always talks about you, can you please come to my house as a guest?”
“No, I can’t afford to climb so high.” Chen Kai said. “Also, don’t use Yuan Xiaobing as a cover, it’s disgusting!”
Yuan Feng felt depressed for a while because that wasn’t a lie. His fifth sister talked about Chen Kai’s clothes every day, only a little bit short of wanting to become a thief and go rob the store!
Chen Kai laughed at Yuan Feng, leaving in a happy mood. There were a lot of reporters outside waiting to interview him. In the past, Chen Kai always thought that when he became famous, he would take revenge and show off his power in every way.
But the reality was that now that they were so prosperous, they may not have the time to care about their former enemies. For example, when facing the current Yuan family, Chen Kai could only look at them with disdain.
If he met Yuan Min, his father’s scumbag brother-in-law, in a public place, he might even be able to say hello to Uncle Yuan with a smile and ask him how he was doing lately…
…He could only wish for him to live a few more years and wait for his father to come out!
As for that useless Yuan Jun, Chen Kai had already dumped him for more than eighteen years. Now, he only needed to stand next to Yuan Jun without saying a word, and Yuan Jun would feel very uncomfortable.
Silence was the best form of contempt for your opponent.
That night, all the brothers had the same experience. They were all invited to some banquet hosted by a big president.
But the atmosphere and results were completely different.
Xu Shen was inspecting the construction site in the industrial park, accompanied by a large group of subordinates, including project managers, chief engineers, estimators, safety officers, etc.
When they heard that Boss Xu was coming, they all followed him around the construction site. At first, Xu Shen was not used to such grand pomp and circumstance. In fact, it would be enough to have someone familiar with the progress of the construction site take him with him. But later… He got used to it, finding that those kinds of people were afraid of him from the bottom of their hearts, as if he would start laying off people at any time.
“Boss Xu, Boss Shu is here and wants you to go back to the office building!” A young man came over on a bicycle to inform.
“Yeah.” Xu Shen’s focus on work vanished in one second and he returned to the office building without delay.
The group of people followed him back after hearing the news. Boss Shu had always been very mysterious… They only heard his name but never saw him! It was rare that he came today, so they wanted to meet him!
“Why are you here?” Xu Shen laughed as soon as he saw Shu Ran. He suddenly looked like a twenty-four-year-old man, not as cold as when he inspected the construction site just now.
“President Zhu invited us to dinner, and his wife personally cooked.” Shu Ran took his eyes away from the country map on the wall and looked at Xu Shen: “Since everyone has been so sincere in urging me to invite you, I just had to come personally.”
Otherwise, saving face would be difficult.
“He’s really persevering!” Xu Shen’s smile faded, and he didn’t seem to be very patient with President Zhu: “Then, I’ll have to change my clothes.”
“The job is to attract customers…” Shu Ran said, looking down at Xu Shen’s dirty trousers: “Actually, you don’t have to change. Just use a brush dipped in water and brush it twice to clean the dust.”
There were faucets and brushes used by workers to clean their shoes outside.
Shu Ran hooked his fingers at Xu Shen and said: “Come out with me.”
Shu Ran led the way out of Xu Shen’s office, only to immediately see a bunch of people standing outside waiting for him.
“Hello, Boss Shu!” The project manager took the lead, and a bunch of people bowed to him.
“Hello, colleagues.” Shu Ran nodded with a smile and said: “Thank you for your hard work!”
“It’s not hard! Thank you for your hard work, Boss Shu!” The guys shouted in unison again.
Shu Ran felt quite helpless and found everyone quite cute, which was a characteristic of the times.
Xu Shen was treated just like that in the beginning, but when he caught a glimpse of Shu Ran’s expression, he snickered secretly. Even someone like him who hung out all year round was not used to it, let alone Shu Ran who stayed at home every day.
“What are you doing standing there in a daze? Come quickly!” Shu Ran urged Xu Shen.
The other guys were shocked, and their first reaction was: “Boss Shu was yelling at them, wasn’t he?!”
Then they looked carefully and saw that no, Boss Shu was yelling at Boss Xu…
Wait, the gentle Boss Shu was yelling at the tall and serious Boss Xu?!
“Here I come.” Xu Shen quickly stopped watching the excitement and followed him obediently.
Everyone’s eyes were about to fall out, and they couldn’t figure out why Boss Xu didn’t yell back at Boss Shu. After all, Boss Shu was a gentle and fair-looking man with a weak temperament, and he seemed to be easy to bully…
“I’ll do it myself.” Xu Shen found that his wife wanted to brush his trousers, so he quickly bent down to pick up the brush.
“Stand still, there are some places you can’t brush by yourself.” Shu Ran slapped Xu Shen’s hand away, turned on the faucet to rinse the brush clean, shook off the excess water at will, and started brushing Xu Shen’s trousers.
“I can get it.” Xu Shen still wanted to grab it.
Shu Ran raised his head and glared at him: “How much effort is required, can you please stop being so nagging?”
What’s wrong, just let me brush it!
Xu Shen usually helped him a lot with this and that, why couldn’t he just change the roles for once?!
“…” Xu Shen had no choice but to stand firm and not fight with him.
But everyone around could see that Boss Xu was being served by Boss Shu, but there was no sign of enjoyment on his body as if he didn’t dare to accept it.
Everyone around was stunned. It turned out that Boss Xu… Also had that kind of vivid emotion.
They thought that Boss Xu had extraordinary determination at a young age and would not change his face even if the sky fell!
However, now that they saw him getting along with Boss Shu, they realized that it was not that there were no emotional changes, it was just that the mood changes were only for Boss Shu.
Shu Ran concentrated on cleaning the cement marks on Xu Shen’s trousers legs quickly, leaving no watermarks on the surface of the trousers.
Then, he went on to simply brush Xu Shen’s leather shoes.
“Okay… I’ll do this myself.” Xu Shen squatted down, took the brush from his wife’s hand, and brushed the leather shoes himself.
“What’s wrong?” Shu Ran laughed and scolded, then stretched out his feet: “Brush mine too.”
“Brush, brush, brush.” Xu Shen immediately gave up brushing his own shoes and started brushing his wife’s seriously. It wasn’t until Shu Ran’s leather shoes were brushed to reflect the light that he continued to clean his own.
“Everyone, let’s get off work first.” Shu Ran stood up and waved to everyone.
“Goodbye, Boss Shu!” A group of people sent them to the parking lot. After getting in the car, Xu Shen said: “They seem to like you very much.”
“Ah, I’m loved by everyone.” Shu Ran leaned on the chair and smiled.
Xu Shen also smiled. Yes, so far, he hadn’t seen anyone who didn’t like Shu Ran. Maybe there were, such as those who were active in newspapers, but they never met Shu Ran. They only finished their interpretations based on some one-sided understanding. They were complete strangers but still dared to write an article to criticize.
Every time he saw those articles, Xu Shen wanted to laugh and ask: “Would you like to read your own essay? You’re not necessarily judging others, but judging yourself, exposing your inner heart at a glance!”
Mr. Zhu’s family lived in the city, and it was quite a long way back. Xu Shen’s car was not driving very fast, so it was dark before he drove to President Zhu’s house.
The enemy arranged someone at the door to intercept them, probably a subordinate. As soon as Shu Ran and Xu Shen got out of the car, someone came to open the door and welcome them up.
Shu Ran was very hungry, and was actually feeling quite happy when he smelled the aroma upon walking in. However, as soon as he and Xu Shen entered the house, they saw a room full of people, at least a dozen or so.
They were all unknown to him, and his expression changed at that moment. Xu Shen’s face also suddenly darkened.
There was no doubt that they were forced to become President Zhu’s resources without knowing it.
Ah, so annoying!
“Hey, Boss Shu, Boss Xu, I’ve been waiting for you two giant Buddhas!” President Zhu immediately came forward to shake hands but saw that Shu Ran and Xu Shen’s expressions were not good, so he quickly explained: “It’s all a misunderstanding! Misunderstanding, coincidence!”
“President Zhu.” Shu Ran avoided his opponent’s insistence on shaking hands and smiled: “Since you have so many guests to greet, let’s visit again next time.”
After hearing Shu Ran’s decision, Xu Shen immediately used his tall body to stand in front of Shu Ran, blocking President Zhu’s attempts to keep them on his behalf: “Yes, let’s visit again next time.”
“Both of you are already here,” said President Zhu. “Wouldn’t it be embarrassing for everyone to come and leave again?”
“Yeah, let’s stay and get to know each other!” Someone interjected.
“That’s right.” President Zhu looked at them.
Did those two people even know who was in that room?! President Zhu felt that he had worked so hard to put the game together, and those two young people should be grateful to him for his talents!
Who would dislike having a lot of connections?!
“I don’t care whether you want to preserve your reputation or not,” Xu Shen said coldly, “I only care about our reputation.”
He was tall and strong, with an outstanding face that was tough and cold. Lu Di had also previously commented that he had the spirit of a gangster. Now that he was saying forceful words, he immediately felt oppressive.
President Zhu opened his mouth, but he couldn’t think of anything to say.
The other people in the room suddenly looked very ugly, as if they didn’t expect them to be so disrespectful as to want to leave without even saying hello.
“Let’s go.” Xu Shen held Shu Ran’s shoulders and used his body to protect him, feeling afraid that those people might be playing dirty tricks.
It actually wasn’t surprising. Don’t think that there were no bandits in the serious businesses… Some were even worse than bandits.
Now looking at the behavior of Mr. Zhu, it was obvious that he was a bit of a hooligan.
Shu Ran also vaguely noticed that the atmosphere was uncomfortable. When he was carried out by Xu Shen, he felt that his steps were a little light and his palms were sweating.
“It’s okay.” Xu Shen squeezed his shoulders and whispered comfortingly: “I’m here.”
He could always call some thugs to beat them, and knock down as many as they could!
“Yeah.” Shu Ran tried to calm down.
It wasn’t that he was timid, he just believed it was a safe society where surveillance was everywhere… How could they easily get sapped?
Xu Shen seemed very experienced with that kind of scene. Before getting in the car, he even checked it carefully to make sure there was nothing wrong with it before allowing Shu Ran to get in.
“I didn’t expect him to be this kind of person.” After the car drove smoothly on the road, Shu Ran laughed angrily, folded his arms, and said: “You pretended to be pitiful and lied to me, and you also talked about a warm family dinner. His mother!”
He was angry with President Zhu for being shameless, and also angry with himself for being easily fooled.
“Calm down.” Xu Shen stretched out his hand to touch Shu Ran. He knew that Shu Ran was angry because his feelings were deceived, but there was no way. Some people in the world just weren’t worth it, no matter how sincere you were, you still had to weigh it carefully. He sighed: “Now our identities are different, and the people we come into contact with will no longer be so pure.”
“I know.” Shu Ran also sighed.
In the future, they should not only pay attention to the people coming and going but also pay attention to their own personal safety.
“What do you want to eat?” Xu Shen started looking for food as if he didn’t take that matter to heart.
“Anything is fine.” Shu Ran was so angry that his appetite disappeared: “Will he hold a grudge and give us problems?”
A big bank’s president had the power to really shake things up. He was afraid they would have a lot of difficult little devils to deal with.
“Don’t be afraid, have you forgotten what I used to do?” Xu Shen was not worried, giving Shu Ran a reassuring smile while concentrating on looking for food on the street.
“Okay.” Shu Ran also looked at Xu Shen, suddenly feeling full of security.
Hiss, it seemed that finding a boyfriend who had been around was actually quite good!
Also, now that he thought about it, there was no one in that room taller than Xu Shen!
Even if they started fighting, it was not necessarily already decided who would win and who would lose.
Xu Shen took his wife to eat a meal of dumplings outside to satisfy their hunger, went home, settled down the mess, and then went to make a phone call back to Nanshi.
Chen Kai answered the phone: “Brother Shen, what’s wrong?”
“I was almost betrayed in Shanghai.” Xu Shen said.
“Damn it!” Chen Kai suddenly stood up from his chair and asked loudly: “Who?!”
“It’s okay for now, I’m just afraid that he’ll play dirty tricks.” Xu Shen ordered: “Get a few brothers to come and guard for a while. I’ll check his details first.”
“Okay!” Chen Kai said immediately.
The next day, Chen Kai transferred a dozen brothers from various positions, all of whom were trustworthy, saying to them: “Brother Shen has encountered some trouble in Shanghai, and I need you to go and guard him for a while!”
The big guys clench their fists one by one: “Brother Kai, what’s the trouble?”
“Hey, don’t be like this.” Chen Kai raised his hand and pressed it down to be more civilized: “We’re all serious people. We’re not going to fight, we’re just going to be bodyguards! Do you understand, we can’t do anything before others do it, but if they dare to make any small moves, just say hello and come back. All the medical expenses will be borne by me.”
“Understood!” The brothers responded loudly one by one.
They were actually quite excited to go follow Brother Shen again, it would be nice if they didn’t have to come back!
Well, it wasn’t that Brother Kai was bad. Following Brother Kai around Nanshi had also been very impressive… However, they heard that the business in Shanghai was bigger, so they wanted to follow Brother Shen!
Within a few days, a dozen young people came to Shanghai, and Xu Shen took them back to the community for resettlement. He and Shu Ran liked to buy buildings one after another, so there were plenty of places to live in.
“Brother Shen, are all these buildings ours?!” The young people from Nanshi finally saw the prosperity of Shanghai, swearing to never return to their small town.
“Well, you can all live here.” Xu Shen arranged. “From now on, two people will be left to guard the community every day to prevent suspicious people from coming in.”
“Understood.” The big guys nodded.
“We should also arrange for people to watch over the industrial park and shops. If there is any suspicious person, we’ll immediately investigate.” Xu Shen thought for a while. “We should also keep an eye on the bank for a while. It’s best to make sure that he has no dealings with others, understood?”
“Yes!” Everyone knew that some people appeared to be serious professionals, but who knew whether they were humans or ghosts secretly?
That President Zhu was the president of a private bank, so they had to be on guard.
Shu Ran didn’t even know that everyone was coming to Shanghai until he heard Xu Shen mention it during dinner. He was stunned: “Then why don’t we go out to a restaurant for a meal together?”
Xu Shen said: “There are more than ten. You don’t like that kind of occasion.” The kind that could easily expose their relationship.
“Then you can take them with you. It’s hard to come to Shanghai… They should have something good to eat.” Shu Ran said. “We can even have a meal at home.”
“Then later.” Xu Shen did not refuse.
“We can do it now.” Shu Ran kicked him under the table and ordered: “Go buy some food and drins and bring them back for your brothers. Fruits, tobacco, wine, and so on.”
“They’re here to work, not eat and drink…” Xu Shen also gave them enough money when he left, and they could buy whatever they needed.
“What’s wrong with having a drink at home? As long as nobody gets drunk, just go ahead.” Shu Ran urged again.
Xu Shen finally agreed: “Well, you’re really good at being the big sister-in-law.”
Xu Shen finished his meal quickly and called the two brothers who were guarding the community downstairs to drive to the store and bring back half a cart of stuff. There was tobacco, alcohol, fruits, and auxiliary foods, enough for everyone to cook and eat for a long time.
“Brother Shen, you really care about us!” The brothers were all moved. “Actually, don’t think it’s hard for us to come here! It’s not hard at all! We still want to hang out here!”
Xu Shen thought to himself, I really didn’t explain this to you carefully…
“Stay here? Isn’t it good to stay in your hometown? Go home since you love it so much.” Xu Shen answered.
I still can’t go back home more than once a year, ah…
“A good man has his ambitions in all directions!” The big guys said. “We don’t want to stay in our hometown for the rest of our lives. If we have the chance, we still want to follow you out and explore!”
Since that was true, Xu Shen stopped advising them: “Let’s wait for a while before talking.”
There were only a few brothers left at Chen Kai’s place, and he was quite afraid that Chen Kai would bombard him with phone calls after he found out that all his little brothers wanted to abandon him.
The author has something to say:
Chen Kai: Have I been wronged?!
