Lu Beichuan was a man of action, especially once he was certain of his enemies’ intentions. He had always been a ruthless one.

  The Shen and the Lu families were no longer maintaining a friendly front. If Old Mr. Shen could barge into the board of directors meeting with the intention of taking Lu Beichuan down, then there was no reason for Lu Beichuan to put up a front with him anymore.

  The Lu Corporation had terminated all contracts that they had with the Shen Corporation and had further pulled out all of their investments in the Shen Corporation. They retracted all of their technical workers that they had sent to work at the Shen Corporation and ceased all of the projects. They pressured the Shen corporation in areas of human, material, and financial capitals.

  Without the backing of the Lu Corporation, the fact that the Shen Corporation was nothing but an empty shell was revealed and no bank would loan them any money nor would anyone else invest in or make guarantees for them. Their management levels were messy and nepotism among different departments was complicated. When the upper management acted wildly, those below followed their leads. A 1,000-mile embankment would be brought down by just one ant’s nest. With a series of mistakes in investment, the reputation of the company had been damaged and a company of its magnitude was unable to recover itself.

  Upon hearing the news, Old Mr. Shen had a heart attack and was taken to the hospital. Shen Weiyin took off from her filming location and travelled all the way back to visit her grandfather who was suffering from serious illness. That very night, Old Mr. Shen held her hand and tears rolled down his eyes.

  “Weiyin, what happened to the company was Grandpa’s fault. Grandpa will not be able to shelter you anymore.”


  The EKG machine continued making its beeping noises, and the line on the display went up and down. Old Mr. Shen had heart problems for a long time and had always been on medication to keep things under control.

  Shen Weiyin sat on the edge of the bed. Holding Old Mr. Shen’s wrinkled hand, she said in a low voice, “Don’t worry, Grandpa. You will recover from this.”


  Old Mr. Shen looked up and sighed. “So what if I can recover? The company… look at how the company is right now. It was all my fault. I wasn’t able to give birth to a good son to take over the company! Weiyin, wouldn’t it have been so nice if you had taken over the company from me? Then the company would not end up where it is right now. What if you are bullied in the entertainment circle after the Shen family has gone bankrupt?”


  Shen Weiyin forced a smile on herself and said, “Don’t worry, Grandpa. That won’t happen. I have already established myself in the entertainment circle. As for the company… We still have options. We had befriended the Lu family for many years and Beichuan won’t just sit by and watch. Besides, you were used by Lu Shaoyan when you… Don’t worry, Grandpa. I’ll go look for Beichuan. I’ll clear things up with him. I trust that he won’t just sit idly by.”


  Old Mr. Shen held her hand tightly and shook his head tiredly. “It won’t work. I know what kind of a person Lu Beichuan is. He never cared about any of these and they had been much worse to use since Old Mr. Lu’s passing. I know that Lu Beichuan only offered us assistance for the sake of his grandfather. Now that his grandfather has passed away, he doesn’t care about us anymore.”


  “But… we can’t just sit around and do nothing. Do we really not have any other options other than turning to the Lu family?”


  Old Mr. Shen let out a deep sigh and shook his head.

  “It would have been so nice if you could have married Lu Beichuan.”


  Shen Weiyin swallowed up the rest of her words in a sigh. Old Mr. Shen closed his eyes to rest, and nobody else said anything else in the patient room.

  After Old Mr. Shen had fallen asleep, the butler walked out of the patient room. Looking at the quiet Shen Weiyin in the corridor, he sighed and said, “Miss, don’t mind what Old Mr. Shen had said earlier.”


  The butler had been with the Shen family for many years. Most of the time, they would not avoid him when they have discussions. He heard it when Old Mr. Shen said, “It would have been so nice if you could have married Lu Beichuan.”


  Shen Weiyin forced a smile on herself and said, “Don’t worry, I am fine. I won’t let that bother me.”


  “I’ll be here to take care of Old Mr. Shen. You can go get some rest if you are busy with work. I will have the chauffeur take you back.”


  It was late, and the butler would worry if Shen Weiyin was to take off on her own.

  “Thank you.”