沈明坐在沙发上,面对着苏玉燕和顾风.电视还开着,顾枫正在剥苹果.没有人打破沉默.
她站起来,沈明看了苏玉燕一眼.
苏玉燕站起身来,走到她身边.
"我跟你一起上去."
抱着苹果的顾风也站了起来.
看到她的动作,苏玉燕和她说话.
"爷爷的脾气暴躁了,大概是因为沈明的事.你在楼下坐了一会儿;这与你无关.
顾风拿着果刀和苹果,只能看着他们上楼.
她不确定这是失望还是其他原因.
她不禁觉得,自己这个相当冷漠的哥哥,似乎和沈明走得太近了.
这一定是一场误会.它必须如此.
苏玉燕护送沈明来到书房门口.门是开着的,苏爷爷看到苏玉燕,就喊了一声.
"玉燕,你也进来."
苏爷爷,依旧敏锐,精力充沛,出院后已经不是以前的样子了.然而,他的存在仍然值得尊重.看他的外表,就可以看出,年轻时的他,是一个身材端正的英俊青年.即使拄着拐杖,他看起来仍然不虚弱.
爷爷用他的手杖敲打着地面.
"这是妈造成的混乱.我们苏家还没有丢面子到这个程度.
苏玉燕皱了皱眉.
当苏爷爷生气的时候,很少有人能站出来反抗他.
"爷爷,怎么了?"
"还能是什么呢?他们要求我们苏家向魏家道歉.他们觉得苏成刚已经死了吗?我还活着,他们就这样欺负我们.沈明不是在苏家长大的,但她仍然是我们中的一员.我们来处理她的事情,而不是魏家的事情.他们从什么时候开始有权对我们大喊大叫?
"爸爸,我已经解释过了,这件事也有一部分是沈明的错——"
"什么错?我让小谢检查了一下.宁家和魏家都在惹麻烦,但我们苏家却没有理由插手.他们走得太远了.明天,你去找宁家,把我的信息发给他们.订婚?宁家谁敢踏进我们苏家的门,就打断他的腿.他们应该知道自己的价值.
苏爷爷的话也不是没有道理.
当年苏爷爷还没做生意的时候,宁家的老头只是苏成刚手下的一个小员工.
"那么魏家,他们是什么?"
苏爷爷越来越激动,毫无节制地咒骂着苏宁.
看来,在沈明到来之前,他们俩已经吵了起来.
这个老头.
难怪他是她的祖父.
他出乎意料地移动.
爷爷继续说.
"别担心,你这个小姑娘.去做你想做的事.如果发生任何事情,我会处理.我不相信那些微不足道的人可以欺负我.我会在这件事上为你挺身而出.
Shen Ming finally showed a sincere smile.
"Thank you, Grandpa."
After leaving the hospital, Grandpa Su hadn't done much, but he first reasserted his authority at home.
Under the pressure from the Su family, the Ning family found an excuse to back out of the marriage arrangement. They also claimed that the previous rumors were false, stating that Ning family's second young master and Shen Ming were just ordinary business partners.
The old man from the Ning family, upset by the situation, saw his grandson's unexplained anger and decided to send him abroad. He even announced that the young man was being sent to train at the overseas branch.
Before heading to Venice, Ning Zhiqian somehow found Shen Ming's contact and sent her a few words.
"Wait for me to come back in two months. By then, I won't be using such gentle methods. Be prepared."
Before leaving, he had to throw in one last comment, which almost made her lose her temper.
After Grandpa Su took action, everything unraveled smoothly.
Even the Wei family stopped spreading rumors, and the whole family went quiet for a while. As for how Grandpa Su handled Su Ning, Shen Ming had no idea.
The only thing she knew for sure was:
Wei Leng seemed to have been sent abroad too.
He was said to have gone to Switzerland to practice skiing.
After being sent abroad and playing around for a while, he came back.
The pent-up anger in her heart was finally released. Grandpa's move completely caught everyone off guard.
After things settled down, in a better mood, Shen Ming decided to visit the mountain resort to soak in the hot springs.
It was at this moment that she received a call from Rong Zhaonan.
He asked her about her plans for the weekend.
After the tension with Wei Leng had been released, she felt lighter. Her cold was finally better, and she thought it was a good time to get out and sweat a bit.
"Young Master Rong remembers me after all this time? I thought you had forgotten about me."
She wasn't sure who had forgotten whom.
"This weekend, just stay at home. I have business to attend to and can't accompany you. I'll be back on Sunday night after meeting with a client."
That worked out perfectly.
She had already made plans.
"Alright, since Young Master Rong is so eager to see me, I'll be at your place on Sunday night, waiting for you."
She was meeting Jiang Shaomo, and when they arrived at the resort, they ran into Rong Tianqi.
This was a long story.
Jiang Shaomo was waiting for her at the resort and saw her get out of the car with Rong Tianqi.
"Mr. Rong."
He stepped forward to shake his hand.
Rong Tianqi returned the handshake.
They were both polite.
Jiang Shaomo thought Rong Tianqi was her boyfriend.
"You brought Mr. Rong but didn't tell me."
She didn't catch the hint in Jiang Shaomo's words.
"It was a coincidence. I ran into him on the way. His car broke down, and since he wasn't in a rush, I offered to give him a ride."
"Quite a coincidence. But remember, don't forget about business."
Her business was to ask Jiang Shaomo to introduce her to someone in the equipment industry so that they could get to know each other and make future negotiations smoother.
She didn't expect him to send a "female boss."
Jiang Shaomo explained to her.
"Don't be fooled by her age. She's still inexperienced, but since she's here, it's because of her father's connections."
"How so?"
"Boss Yan wants his precious daughter to start from the ground up. He specifically sent her here for socializing."
"Did you tell her I'm from the Su family?"
Of course, he hadn't. Otherwise, why would Boss Yan's inexperienced daughter be here today?
Boss Yan's company wasn't very large in the machinery parts industry, but they were flexible with assembly. Their laboratory had recently been in need of equipment and was struggling to find suppliers.
Because of this, Professor Ge had already traveled to another province for business negotiations.
Jiang Shaomo handed Shen Ming the documents.
"I didn't expect a young girl to show up. Some of her habits and hobbies are in here. You might want to catch up on them."
Her review last night was a waste.
She flipped through the documents and looked at the young girl's qualifications.
Yan Shu.
What a nice name.
She studied design in college.
Looking at the business she was currently working on.
"Tiancai Art Museum..."
"What are you looking at?" Rong Tianqi, now changed, walked over from behind.
Shen Ming flipped the pages and showed him.
"I'm doing some research, cramming."
Rong Tianqi took the papers and flipped through them, curious.
"So you're here for business. The background check is thorough. But do you really need to go this detailed?"
Shen Ming shrugged.
"A little knowledge about the person goes a long way. Know your enemy, know yourself, and you'll never be defeated."
Rong Tianqi suddenly leaned in closer.
"So, when you were dealing with me, you also did a background check on me?"