“Knock, knock, knock.”

　　Shen Boyan was thinking about how to get some information out of Shen Zhaozhao indirectly when there was a knock on the door and Lin Qing walked in.

　　”Boyan, Assistant Xu called and said that the company has something to discuss with you.”

　　Shen Boyan was shocked. No way, could the bankruptcy come so quickly?

　　[Assistant Xu? He is not a good person. He has a very bad conscience.]

　　Shen Boyan paused, Lin Qing was also surprised. This Assistant Xu looked gentle and polite, worked hard and seriously, and was promoted from the bottom by Shen Boyan, yet he was not a good person?

　　[Assistant Xu also came here for the bidding proposal. Everyone is eyeing this thing. It seems that this bidding is a particularly tempting piece of fat meat.]

　　[Tsk tsk tsk, with Assistant Xu outside and Shen Qiannuo inside, this huge Shen Group has been eaten away by termites, no wonder it collapsed.]

　　Shen Boyan’s face suddenly turned cold. No wonder the information given by Assistant Xu did not record Zhao Zhao’s true situation at her adoptive parents’ home. It turned out that he was the one who tampered with it.

　　And as for Shen Qiannuo, he was not too surprised by the disloyal behavior of his adopted daughter.

　　In fact, apart from the fact that Lin Qing really doted on Shen Qiannuo, he had never given her true fatherly love, because he believed that his Zhao Zhao would come back, and he was willing to keep Shen Qiannuo just to comfort Lin Qing’s heart.

　　Now that Zhao Zhao is back, Shen Qiannuo is of no use. We should spend some money to send her abroad and not let her influence the Shen family and Zhao Zhao.

　　”Work is not as important as my daughter. Tell him that if there is anything, we can deal with it tomorrow.”

　　Shen Boyan already had a plan in mind. He knew that if he went to find Assistant Xu now, he would not be able to catch anything. He had to make him anxious first so that he would reveal his true intentions.

　　Lin Qing understood his intention immediately and nodded, “That’s perfect. I asked Wang Ma to make some supplements for Zhao Zhao. Let’s go have afternoon tea with our daughter first.”

　　The family of three walked towards the restaurant talking and laughing, and ran into Shen Qiannuo who was also going there.

　　Shen Qiannuo looked at the happy family and unconsciously clenched her fists, her nails digging into her flesh. They were so affectionate after just meeting each other. Was this the natural closeness of blood relationship?

　　But this Shen Zhaozhao behaves in a vulgar manner and does not have any of the elegance of a daughter of a wealthy family. How can she compare to me!

　　She forced herself to smile and said softly, “Dad, Mom, are you guys coming to have afternoon tea too?”

　　It was visibly that the smiles on Shen Boyan and Lin Qing’s faces faded a little.

　　Shen Boyan embraced Shen Zhaozhao: “Qian Nuo is here too. Let me introduce you. This is your sister, the eldest daughter of our Shen family.”

　　He deliberately put emphasis on the three words “the eldest daughter”.

　　Shen Qiannuo’s face froze, and her expression suddenly became a little ugly. She could tell that Shen Boyan was emphasizing Shen Zhaozhao’s status in the family.

　　[Ah, is this my biological father? If you make her hate me like this, when Shen Qiannuo gains power in the future, she will definitely retaliate against me to death.]

　　Shen Zhaozhao groaned inwardly, and her two delicate eyebrows were twisted together.

　　Shen Boyan took the opportunity to observe Lin Qing’s expression. Seeing that Lin Qing still had her eyebrows lowered and looked as gentle as water, he couldn’t help but feel proud in his heart. It turned out that he was the only one who was special.

　　Lin Qing, who came to the same conclusion, was all smiles. She was worthy of being the flesh and blood that fell from her body, and she was the only one who could communicate spiritually with her.

　　Shen Qiannuo took a deep breath and raised a decent smile: “Hello, sister.”

　　Shen Zhaozhao nodded at her: “Hello.”

　　After a casual greeting, the two adults and two children sat down at the dining table. Just as Shen Qiannuo walked to her former seat, Shen Boyan pulled out a chair first: “Zhao Zhao, sit here.”

　　Shen Qiannuo’s outstretched hand froze in mid-air.

　　Shen Boyan looked at the disbelief on her face and couldn’t help but sneer in his heart.

　　You have been occupying the magpie’s nest for so long that you really think the position is yours.

　　If he hadn’t discovered Shen Qiannuo’s evil intentions and tricks behind his back, he might not have gone so far, but this adopted daughter betrayed him and Lin Qing first, and he couldn’t tolerate it at all.

　　Shen Zhaozhao knew what was going on when she saw Shen Qiannuo’s reaction. However, the heroine already held a grudge against her, so it was useless to try this time.

　　”Thank you, Dad.” She sat down directly in a very bad way.

　　Shen Qiannuo looked aggrievedly at Lin Qing, the person who doted on her the most in the family, wanting her to speak a word for her, but Lin Qing just kept looking at Shen Zhaozhao with a smile and didn’t even glance at her.

　　Shen Qiannuo almost choked on the breath stuck in her chest, so she could only grit her teeth and sit next to Shen Zhaozhao.

　　Aunt Wang brought the afternoon tea, which was all small cakes and coffee, while Shen Zhaozhao had the stewed bird’s nest.

　　Such discriminatory treatment made Shen Qiannuo’s eyes red with anger. She stirred the coffee with a spoon and couldn’t help but say: “If you like it, ask Aunt Wang to make some and take it back. Then you can taste it with your parents over there, okay?”

　　She had investigated and found that the adoptive parents were greedy for money and asked Shen Zhaozhao to take more things back. Shen Zhaozhao would definitely not refuse.

　　As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions on Shen’s parents’ faces changed.

　　[What’s good? They just want money, and they are all waiting for me to take it back from the Shen family so that Dad A Dou^[1]A-dou, nickname of Liu Chan, son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 — fig. weak and inept person, who can’t afford it, can gamble, and the modern Lin Daiyu^[2]She is portrayed as a well-educated, intelligent, witty and beautiful young woman of physical frailness who is somewhat prone to occasional melancholy mother, who only knows how to cry, can use it to play mahjong.]

　　Shen Boyan’s face was as cold as ice, and Lin Qing also looked unhappy. She had just heard her daughter talk about how those two people treated her.

　　[Oh, there must be several days’ worth of dishes piled up waiting for me to wash when I go back. I hope those two won’t starve to death when I’m not back.]

　　Shen Boyan’s face was so gloomy that it looked as if water could drip out of it.

　　Shen Qiannuo was secretly delighted when he saw this change: “Don’t be embarrassed, sister. My parents over there didn’t have a good life. They worked hard to raise you. It’s only right for you to repay their kindness.”

　　”Since you miss them so much, why not let you go back and fulfill your filial duties to them?” Lin Qing had a cold expression, and she just held Shen Zhaozhao’s hand gently as if to comfort her.

　　Shen Boyan glanced at his wife and thought this suggestion was very good. He silently gave Lin Qing a thumbs up in his heart.

　　Shen Qiannuo didn’t expect Lin Qing to say that. Shouldn’t they be angry with Shen Zhaozhao?

　　She said hurriedly, “I was raised by my parents, so of course I only want to be filial to them. How can I be filial to others?”

　　”Hmph, maybe you already knew that your parents were not good people, so you wanted to push Zhao Zhao into the fire pit?” Shen Boyan snorted and looked at Shen Qiannuo expressionlessly.

　　There is a reason why Shen Boyan is called a tyrant. Those slender eyes stare at you without blinking, and anyone who sees them will feel that there is nothing to hide.

　　Shen Qiannuo was panicking: “How is it possible? I didn’t know. Aren’t they good people? It’s all Nuonuo’s fault. I didn’t know my sister had to suffer so much.”

　　As she spoke, tears as big as beans fell like broken strings, and she looked so pitiful.