Chapter 80 - 80 79 Misfortune May Be a Blessing in Disguise

Chapter 80: Chapter 79: Misfortune May Be a Blessing in Disguise Chapter 80: Chapter 79: Misfortune May Be a Blessing in Disguise One hundred thousand, eighty thousand? Isn’t that easy?

Shen Jinghe called out to Wenyan, who was about to make a run for it, “I’ll give you one hundred and eighty thousand. Go and tell the old man this message.”

“Look down on someone, Shen Jinghe! Don’t I have one hundred and eighty thousand? I’ll give you one hundred and eighty thousand and ten cents. You go tell dad.”

“Get lost!” How dare she insult him with ten cents, has she gone mad?

It seems she knows nothing about the power of money.

“One million eight hundred thousand!”

“Heh, think I don’t have it?”

Shen Jinghe gritted his teeth, determined to butt heads with Wenyan today, “Eighteen million!”

Wenyan’s eyes widened in shock!

[No way, is Shen Jinghe crazy? Has he lost his mind? But who would refuse eighteen million?]

“Deal!”

Shen Jinghe: Ha, money truly is omnipotent.

Wenyan: “Hehe, as if! I tricked you. I can’t take money that comes too easily without feeling guilty. That works at home with me, but don’t ever be such a sucker in society, or people will call you a fool with too much money. Bye-bye!”

Shen Jinghe took a deep breath in silence: Don’t get angry, don’t get angry, hitting people is against the law.

And Wenyan had disappeared after having her fun with Shen Jinghe, so even if he wanted to hit her, he couldn’t.

In the end, Shen Jinghe had no choice but to brace himself and go to Shen Yuan’s study alone.

When he knocked on the door, Shen Yuan had no idea who was standing outside.

Not until he saw who pushed the door open… Shen Yuan’s expression immediately changed from neutral to surprised.

“Jinghe? You…” Shen Yuan was somewhat unaccustomed to it for a moment.

Because after so many years, this was the first time his second son had taken the initiative to knock on his door and appear before him.

“Do you have something you want to discuss with me?”

“Yeah.”

It wasn’t just Shen Yuan who felt uncomfortable, even Shen Jinghe himself was ill at ease.

How many years had it been since he had a calm and serious conversation with the person before him? He didn’t even know how to start.

Was he supposed to throw his cell phone at him like he did when communicating with Wenyan?

But what if he’s too old to handle it, and he ends up deleting his chat history?

Thinking this, Shen Jinghe still felt it was better to speak for himself.

“I’m here because there’s something I want to discuss with you.”

“Sit down and talk.” While speaking, Shen Yuan even personally pulled out a chair for Shen Jinghe.

Shen Jinghe felt even more uncomfortable: “No need, I’ll leave after I say what I have to say.”

Catching a glimpse of Shen Yuan, Shen Jinghe suddenly realized that some time ago, streaks of white hair had appeared on his temples.

His hair used to be all black when he was a child.

It turns out that so many years had passed in the blink of an eye.

All those years… Forget it, Shen Jinghe reminded himself not to think about the irrelevant things. The matter at hand was what’s important.

“The situation is like this… So, I need your help with something. Think about it and see if it’s possible.”

Shen Yuan had not intended to let Wu Peng and Zhao Jing off the hook; now that he had the chance to dig up other crimes they were hiding, he certainly wouldn’t miss this opportunity.

“There’s no need to consider it any further. Give me that reporter’s contact information, I will personally seek him out to understand the situation.”

“Okay.” Shen Jinghe knew, this was definitely something the old man could accomplish, just look at him brimming with confidence—those fraudsters certainly won’t have a good ending.

That evening.

Shen Yuan and Su Yang, the couple, lay in bed tossing and turning, unable to sleep.

In the end, Shen Yuan couldn’t help but say to Su Yang, “Wife, you’ll never guess what good thing happened today!”

Su Yang shook her head: “I really can’t think of it, why don’t you just tell me?”

Shen Yuan, who usually showed no signs of joy even after completing multi-billion dollar projects, now spoke with a tone clearly filled with excitement:

“Wife! Our son took the initiative to add me on WeChat today, he sought me out in my study! After all these years, it’s the first time, isn’t that a good thing?”

“Really?” Su Yang reacted immediately, realizing Shen Yuan was talking about Shen Jinghe.

Her spirits, previously downcast, were immediately lit up with hope upon hearing the good news.

“What did he come to you for?”

“It’s some clues about Wu Peng and Zhao Jing. Didn’t I tell them not to get involved in this matter and that I would handle it by myself? He came today to report the situation to me.

“Although he didn’t come specially for me, I think it’s a good sign for breaking the ice between father and son. At least he’s willing to communicate with me, and it shows that deep down, he trusts me.”

“Yes,” sighed Su Yang, “Jinghe has always seen his dad as an omnipotent god since he was small, so he trusts you a lot. Otherwise, after you chose Jingxiu that year… ah, never mind, let’s not bring that up again.”

As she spoke, Su Yang gently leaned on Shen Yuan’s shoulder.

“Although the matter with the fake Zhirou is heartbreaking, the three kids getting closer while investigating has been an unexpected outcome. But what I didn’t expect even more was that Jinghe actually took the initiative to find you today. Husband, do you think…”

At this point, Su Yang couldn’t help but choke up: “Do you think this could be a blessing in disguise?”

“I think it might be,” Shen Yuan said, his brows gradually furrowing in the darkness.

Even today, he had amassed enough wealth. Yet, on the matter of Zhirou, he still had no clue.

He had thought his daughter was lost and found, only to discover…

But his wife was right, a loss may turn out to be a blessing in disguise.

He would continue to search for the child he couldn’t find, and it was a happy matter that the children at home were getting along better and better!

“Oh, right,” Shen Yuan steered the conversation elsewhere, “The third and the fourth also know about the fake Zhirou. We have entrusted the third to the nation, so whether he can come back and when he can are not up to him. But Jingchuan will be back soon. How about that, does it make you a little happier?”

Su Yang chuckled lightly: “What’s there to be happy about that little rascal coming back, as long as he doesn’t cause trouble for me.”

Despite saying so, Su Yang’s tone was noticeably brighter as she spoke.

That night, for once, the couple had a good sleep.

–

The power Shen Yuan could mobilize was far greater than Shen Jinghe and Wenyan had imagined.

In the shortest time possible, a cross-province joint investigation team had obtained criminal evidence against Wu Peng and Zhao Jing.

Investigations and evidence provided by multiple related departments revealed that Chai Zhaodi was sold by a local crime syndicate in area A to the deep mountains of H Province.

Although Wu Peng and Zhao Jing did not directly participate in the transaction of Chai Zhaodi, they bought their daughter, Ni Yatou, from Chai Zhaodi and Ni Sanshui.

And this Ni Yatou was the false Shen Zhirou.

She was one of the many children ‘adopted’ by Wu Peng and Zhao Jing.

Because she was beautiful, she had been assisting Wu Peng and Zhao Jing in their fraudulent activities.

Until one day, they saw Su Yang’s photo online and noticed that Ni Yatou bore a six-to-seven likeness to Su Yang, and it just so happened that Su Yang and Shen Yuan had lost a daughter.