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Chapter 211 Husband and Wife (Third Update! Late but Here!)

Chapter 211: 211 Husband and Wife (Third Update! Late but Here!)

If East Sea is the financial hub of the country, then at its heart, indisputably, lies Lujiazui.

A deep black Maybach glided past the staggered array of grand skyscrapers before halting in front of a building that soared over thirty stories.

The driver got out and bent down to open the rear car door.

Meng Meiling stepped out, wearing sunglasses perched on the bridge of her nose, making it hard to believe she was nearly fifty.

Golden Sea.

On the building’s facade, two shimmering golden characters sparkled under the sunlight.

Looking up for a while, Meng Meiling adjusted her sunglasses and walked towards the building, her expression calm.

"Director Meng."

In front of the Golden Sea Building, there were three steps. Meng Meiling hadn’t started ascending when a man in a suit and leather shoes approached briskly, almost jogging.

Moreover, this was a man who attended to details meticulously. To avoid making Meng Meiling look up at him, he directly stepped down the stairs to stand beside her.

Meng Meiling looked at him, and before she could speak, he introduced himself, "My name is Chen Zhou. I am Director Shi’s secretary. Director Shi asked me to wait for you here."

Meng Meiling did not speak for a long while.

Chen Zhou’s enthusiastic smile slowly stiffened. Because he couldn’t see her eyes behind the sunglasses, he felt uneasy as the matriarch of the group stared at him without a word.

"How old are you?"

Meng Meiling finally spoke.

"Twenty-seven."

Chen Zhou quickly responded.

"How long have you been with Golden Sea?"

"I joined East Sea upon graduation. I used to work in a lower department, but fortunately, Manager Shi promoted me. It was just last year that I started working closely with Director Shi."

Meng Meiling gave a faint smile.

"I thought he had specifically changed to a male secretary just to deal with me."

Chen Zhou bowed his head. Naturally, he dared not respond to such a comment.

Meng Meiling ascended the steps.

Top floor of the building.

Golden Sea Chairman’s office.

Chen Zhou pushed the door open, "Director Meng, please."

The office covered an area of about two hundred square meters, decorated in a Chinese style—luxurious yet with substance.

"MeiLing."

Shi Zhenhua looked up from the documents he was reviewing, and upon seeing Meng Meiling enter the room, he immediately put down the papers and stood up to greet her with a smile.

Chen Zhou didn’t follow into the office but quietly closed the door behind them.

"With all your capabilities, why don’t you focus more on your own daughter?"

Meng Meiling took off her sunglasses and sat down on the sofa.

"Don’t misunderstand. I didn’t have anyone watch you," Shi Zhenhua said as he sat down beside her, his face still brimming with a smile. "I just guessed."

"Since when did you acquire the ability to tell fortunes?"

Meng Meiling toyed with her sunglasses in her hand.

"I knew that sooner or later you would come, so I had Chen wait for you. If not in the morning, then in the evening; if not today, then he would continue waiting tomorrow."

"Do you know what he called me just now?"

"What?"

"Director Meng."

Shi Zhenhua let out an embarrassed chuckle and poured a cup of tea for his wife.

"You are the second-largest shareholder of the company after all. What’s wrong with him addressing you as Director Meng?"

It seemed only then did Meng Meiling remember.

"Oh, if you hadn’t reminded me, I might have almost forgotten."

Shi Zhenhua smiled without saying a word, sliding the teacup across the table towards his wife. "Did you cancel Qian Qian’s card?"

"Mhm."

Meng Meiling gracefully lifted her teacup, "Has she sought you out? That girl is becoming increasingly unruly, this time, she needs to learn a lesson."

"She didn’t come to me. If I hadn’t sent someone to look for her, I reckon she’d be planning to run away from home."

Meng Meiling took a sip of tea.

"What? Planning to plead her case?"

Shi Zhenhua gave a bitter smile.

"Don’t get me wrong, I’m in no way speaking up for the girl. It’s only right for a mother to discipline her daughter, but you could at least save her some face, couldn’t you? You’ve cut off all her funds; she doesn’t even have money for gas."

Speaking of this matter made Shi Zhenhua feel both like laughing and crying, saddled with such a precious daughter; as a father, he was utterly helpless.

Meng Meiling slightly furrowed her brows. Although she didn’t speak, she evidently didn’t believe that kind of talk.

"I’m not lying. Your daughter, do you not recognize what kind of temperament she has? With your personality, being stubborn, when would you lower yourself to beg others?"

Shi Zhenhua chuckled, "Last night I wanted the girl to come and apologize to you, but she refused, no matter what. She also said, you were away for so long, and when she went happily to pick you up, why would you..."

"Now I know, why she’s become more and more outrageous."

Meng Meiling set down the teacup; the clinking sound was heavy.

"Do you know what she has done?"

"What has she done?"

Shi Zhenhua asked casually, seemingly unconcerned.

Meng Meiling stared at him intently.

"Sleeping around with men indiscriminately, do you know that?"

Shi Zhenhua, who was about to drink water, was taken aback, his face, not exactly handsome but filled with that distinct middle-aged man’s allure, betrayed an unmaskable astonishment.

"How is that possible?"

"She told me so herself."

Meng Meiling said coldly, "I’ve just come back, and you can track my movements, so why are you so careless about your own daughter? Haven’t you and the Sun Family arranged a marriage? How will you explain to them if you let her create such chaos?"

Shi Zhenhua put down the cup he had not managed to drink from, his expression turning a bit more serious.

"Did Qian Qian really tell you this herself?"

Meng Meiling took a deep breath.

"Do you think I would frame her with such an accusation? I’ve seen physical evidence."

"Physical evidence?"

Meng Meiling pursed her lips, as if embarrassed to speak of it.

Shi Zhenhua’s pupils constricted, as if still reluctant to believe.

"Qian Qian may be willful, but she shouldn’t have..."

"Shi Zhenhua, I am her mother, would I still slander her innocence? She didn’t even defend herself, and you’re here deceiving yourself?"

Meng Meiling stated coldly, "It seems even as a father, you don’t measure up."

MeiLing, we’re talking about Qian Qian, there’s no need to escalate the issue."

"Am I wrong? If it weren’t for your indulgence as a father, would she have ended up like this?!"

Shi Zhenhua’s face also darkened.

"Your daughter is half yours, why do you place all the blame on me? I’m indulgent? Don’t forget, when she was young, I didn’t even have the right to utter a harsh word."

"Ha, so you’re finally speaking your mind? Shi Zhenhua, I know you’ve always held a grudge, feeling that my family looked down on you. But ask yourself, if it weren’t for my family’s financial support, laying out your path, could you, a mere college graduate, have achieved what you have today?"

Actually, as soon as the words left his mouth, Shi Zhenhua realized that he was wasting his breath.

Like mother, like daughter.

The saying also applied in reverse.

If the mother had been virtuous and gentle, she wouldn’t have raised a daughter to be so spoiled and reckless.

Of course.

At this age, scrutinizing these matters had lost its meaning.

"Have we not fought enough for half a lifetime?"

Meng Meiling took in a deep breath, also calming down.

"I didn’t come today to argue with you."