The Reborn Aristocrat’s Daughter
Chapter 578 News (3)_1

Chapter 578: Chapter 578 News (3)_1

"I’ve talked to her. Xiao Qian is truly annoyed this time. She said that Situ Xin promised that our Liu Family wouldn’t fall, but that’s as far as it goes," Old Master Liu sighed lightly as he spoke. However, even such a commitment from Situ Xin to not let the Liu Family collapse was enough to satisfy Old Master Liu. He knew that this concession from Situ Xin was given out of consideration for his daughter Liu Qian; otherwise, the fate that befell the Shan Family could just as easily have been the Liu Family’s fate.

"What? Situ Xin still intends to go against our Liu Family. Dad, why didn’t you talk some sense into Xiao Qian? The Liu Family is her maternal home, after all. How can she just watch as her own maternal family is tormented into ruin by Situ Xin?" People’s hearts are never easily contented. Initially, when Liu Bowen hadn’t heard any assurance about the Liu Family’s survival, his only thought was that it’d be sufficient for the family to avoid collapse. But now, upon learning that the Liu Family’s safety is secured, his dissatisfaction grew, longing for more. But where could one find such luck in this world?

Old Master Liu, however, saw things more clearly than his eldest son. Upon hearing his son’s words, he snorted and said, "Situ Xin is only sparing the Liu Family because of your sister’s face. Do you really think, after what we did to Ah Che, that Situ Xin would let us off so easily? And you want me to go talk to your sister? I don’t have the face to see her again. If you want to talk, go yourself."

Old Master Liu had lost hope in his eldest son. It was only today that he realized just how much his son had changed, becoming completely different from before.

"Miss, following your instructions, we’ve already pushed the Shan’s stocks to their lowest point. Now, we’ve begun to take over some scattered shares from Shan Family’s hands," the voice on the phone paused briefly before asking, "Miss, how much of the Shan’s shares do you plan to acquire?" The person on the other end was uncertain of the extent to which Situ Xin wished to go.

Situ Xin, reclined on her room’s chaise longue with a glass of wine in hand, looked thoroughly pleased with herself. And Baibai, eyes narrowed, seemed to be similarly enjoying the grape wine held between its two paws.

Situ Xin, sipping her wine, narrowed her eyes upon hearing the words from the other end of the phone and slowly said, "Acquire as much as possible. Of course, if you can buy all of the Shan Family’s shares, that would be even better. I want to replace the Shan Family as the largest shareholder in Shan’s." She intended to strip the Shan Family of what they valued the most.

Although the person on the other end of the line was unsure what exactly the Shan Family did to offend their Miss Situ Xin, they were ready to fulfill her demands without question. "Yes, Miss. I understand. You just wait for our good news."

No sooner had the call with Situ Xin ended than her mother, Loo Yaxin, rushed in with a newspaper in hand, bursting into the room without even knocking. "Baby, take a look at this paper. I really didn’t see it coming—the Shan Family’s Shan Qiu Ling has such a scandalous private life. They’re not some small, unimportant family; how can their family education be so poor?"

When Loo Yaxin saw this news, her first thought was of her daughter Situ Xin. She had come running over with the newspaper in hand.

"I just saw it. The Shan Family isn’t any noble household. The Shan’s are just people who can’t show their faces in public. With a father like Shan Qiu Ling’s, who is a notorious playboy, and a mother who comes from a nightclub, what good upbringing could she have? It’s said that ’like father, like son; like mother, like daughter’—a mouse’s children can only dig holes. The progeny reflects the parents," Situ Xin said.

"Yes, Baby, what you’re saying makes sense. Just look, your father and I are so excellent, so naturally you and your brother are just as outstanding," Loo Yaxin said in agreement.

Situ Xin, seeing her mother indulge in self-praise to the point of oblivion, quickly changed the subject: "Mom, did you come to see me just because of this matter?"

"Yes. I can’t help but feel excited seeing the Shan Family, who dared to scheme against Ah Che, getting their just deserts. That’s why I came to you. Let me tell you, Baby, it’s lucky we have you. Otherwise, Ah Che would definitely have been tricked by the Shan’s this time. Hmph. And they claimed that the child in Shan Qiu Ling’s womb belongs to Ah Che, claiming it to be the Situ Family’s blood, my foot. They sure have the nerve to say such things," Loo Yaxin spat out angrily.

"Mom, don’t worry. I’ll make the Shan Family pay for this," Situ Xin reassured her mother, Loo Yaxin.

Old Master Shan, who experienced a heart-wrenching angina attack triggered by the newspaper reports, was rushed to the hospital after the driver made an emergency call.

Under the urgent care of the doctors, Old Master Shan didn’t face any major issues, but he was kept in the hospital for observation. Once he awoke and regained a bit of strength, Old Master Shan had the driver who brought him to the hospital hand him his phone.

He made a call to his only son, Dan Deyou, wanting to question how he raised his children and fulfilled his role as a father. How could Shan Qiu Ling have committed such a scandalous deed?

But when Old Master Shan made the call and someone on the other end picked up, he found himself unable to voice any of the questions he had prepared.

It wasn’t that he couldn’t bring himself to speak; rather, at the moment the call connected, all Old Master Shan heard, apart from his son’s "Hello?" was a woman’s coquettish voice: "Shan sir, come on, let’s have another drink. This cup, let’s drink a toast together."

Old Master Shan could tell from the sounds on the other end what his only son was up to, and where he was. The thought that he had been angered into the hospital by a slew of problems at home while his son was frolicking in a nightclub filled him with such fury his face turned red and his breathing quickened. He roared into the phone, "You disgrace! Big trouble has befallen the family, yet here you are carousing outside. Dan Deyou, get your ass back home right now!" After shouting, he slammed down the phone with a "clap."

Still fuming from the call with his son Dan Deyou, Old Master Shan’s phone rang again. Glancing at it, he saw it was a call from his daughter Shan Xue.