CH 010 GENTLE AND LINGERING TOUCH

Shen Zhen knew that he was not a good-tempered person, and if one put it nicely, this was called making a clear-cut distinction between good and evil, and if one put it badly, he was simply a vengeful fellow, but he also tactful and knew when he could make his move and when he couldn’t.

Now was the time when he could.

He was brought here by Qin Xing and represented the face of the younger generation of the Qin family. Even if his surname was Shen, this would not change.

Qin Xing had already given him the opportunity. If he couldn’t even grasp this opportunity, and bow his head cowardly and escape, it was very likely that there would never be such an opportunity in the future again.

Perhaps Shen Zhen’s words were too much of a deterrent, or perhaps it was the first time they heard someone speak in such a way, those people all inhaled sharply.

“Do you know who Brother Chen is?” Someone looked at Shen Zhen like he was an idiot.

Shen Zhen smiled, and the smile was full of contempt: “Is that important?”

“You should at least know the Chen family, right?”

Shen Zhen: “Oh, I don’t know.”

Brother Chen, who had been watching the show with his arms crossed on the side, keeping out of the incident even though he was obviously involved, couldn’t help it any longer. Although he was called Brother Chen, he was not very old. He looked similar to Li Jiaxing’s age, but he was even shorter. Just about 1.7 meters, with childishness in his features, exactly at the age when boys were the most immature and arrogant.

“What’s your name?” Brother Chen walked up to Shen Zhen. He was like those old fried dough sticks (TN: sophisticated and shrewd adults). He wouldn’t express his preferences clearly. When he looked at Shen Zhen, his expression was very warm and his tone was also very gentle, as if he and Shen Zhen had known each other for a long time, and were some kind of confidant and friend.

Shen Zhen didn’t fall for this at all, and the saying not to stretch out his hand and hit a smiling face was useless in front of him: “My surname is Shen, and my name is Zhen.”

Brother Chen’s smile didn’t disappear: “I haven’t heard of it, which third-rate family is this?”

He stood beside Shen Zhen, and the words he said were harsh and unpleasant, but those who stood a little further away would think that he was talking about happy things with Shen Zhen, and that they got along very well.

“En.” Shen Zhen: “Almost.”

The Shen family did alrigjt abroad, but it was indeed third-rate domestically.

This was not wrong.

“I’ll teach you one thing.” Brother Chen’s expression didn’t change in the slightest. He was still gentle and smiling, “Never mess with someone you know you can’t mess with.”

After finishing speaking, Brother Chen turned his head and said to his toadies: “Throw him out, take good care of him, and let him remember not to go to the wrong door and mess with the wrong person next time.”

The toadies were very obedient: “Brother Chen, don’t worry, we will definitely educate him.”

Li Jiaxing: “You think I’m dead? With so many people here, you dare to make a move?!”

Brother Chen looked at Li Jiaxing’s face. Last year, this person was one of his toadies. This year, he wanted to stand alone. How could this be so simple? Since he had already decided to be a dog, he at least must be a dog until he was happy and rewarded him to be a human.

The game was made by him, and so long as he didn’t say it was over, all players couldn’t leave.

Brother Chen leaned down, patted the sitting Li Jiaxing’s face, his genial smile widened, and he finally revealed a hideous face: “How do you say this? Jia Xing, whoever’s dog is disobedient, must be given a beating in order to be obedient.”

Li Jiaxing’s eyes widened: “Chen Nanping, don’t go too far, your Chen family does not cover the sky with one hand!”

Brother Chen smiled even more: “Indeed not, but enough to cover your sky.”

Li Jiaxing finally knew that he was too weak in front of the opponent, he clenched his fists, finally turned his head away and no longer looked at Chen Nanping. His lips twitched, and he said with difficulty: “I apologize to you, you let Shen Zhen go, I just chatted with him briefly, this does not involve him.”

Shen Zhen: “…..”

This kind of taste of being protected by the weak, speaking of, actually felt quite good.

Although he was also inexplicably dragged into this situation in the first place.

But Brother Chen didn’t want to do what Li Jiaxing hoped. He seemed to have found some new toy. He turned his head and looked Shen Zhen up and down. With a hand propping up his chin, he spoke in a manner of one having pondered carefully, “Fine, since you don’t want to be beaten, then come with me when the party’s over.”

He seemed to have come up with some special way of entertainment.

Shen Zhen was someone who had lived this life before, he clearly knew how absurd these spoiled rich boys could be.

Every year, there were different scandals spread in the upper circles. When they put on clothes, they look sanctimonious. When they took off their clothes, they were worse than a wild dog on the roadside.

A few years later, there was a scandal that caused a sensation in the city. The young master of the Jiang family slept with his stepmother, who was considered his father’s true love.

A woman from an ordinary family who did not know that she was going to marry a wealthy and affluent family until she got married.

As soon as it happened, the stepmother didn’t act like a woman from a wealthy and affluent family. Most of those women knew to cover this scandal up. They might retaliate elsewhere, but they wouldn’t make it public.

Just like Qin Yue’s mother, when she found out that her husband was cheating on her, she also ran home and asked the Qin family to negotiate with her husband’s family.

So the stepmother made a huge scene and even went on TV and newspapers.

The Jiang family’s stock plummeted. Her husband was indeed very much in love with her, so much that he sent his son to prison and wrote a will, saying that all his inheritance after his death would be handed over to himself and the woman’s biological children, whether it was male or female.

Some people believed that this was true. The stepson did rape the stepmother. Causing the stepmother to be so provoked and angry, she didn’t care whose face it was.

Some people also felt that this stepmother was deliberately scheming to ruin her stepson, just to occupy the family property, and so she came up with such a method.

Shen Zhen didn’t know what was true or false, but he had seen that woman, she was not a woman with manipulative scheming, she was very ordinary, she loved her family and insisted on her own career, even if this career was just to be an ordinary accountant. Whenever her stepson was mentioned, there was still a strong hatred in her eyes.

Sometimes Shen Zhen felt that the so-called wealthy and affluent families were all glamorous on the surface, and when the shell was peeled off, the bottom was full of disgusting filth.

On the contrary, ordinary people lived a clean and upright life.

It was just that he didn’t have the chance to be an ordinary person.

“I appreciate the invitation, but I won’t be going. I have to go home with my elders.” Shen Zhen was very polite. That was how the Qin family’s education was. No matter who you face, you must show respect and keep some distance. Don’t act domineering, but don’t be humble either.

Chen Nanping laughed, and the toadies behind him also laughed.

“What’s your dad’s name? I’ll go in and notify him.” Toady 1 said with a smirk.

The use of the word “notify” was too condescending.

Shen Zhen: “Not my dad, but my uncle.”

Qin Xing was not old enough to be his father.

Speaking of…..how old was Qin Xing? When he entered the Qin family, Qin Xing seemed to be still young, was he an adult at that time?

Was he thirty or forty this year?

Qin Xing didn’t like birthdays, and the family didn’t seem to care about his age either.

Shen Zhen finally realized that Qin Xing’s age was a mystery.

Looking at his face, he was estimated to be around 30, but judging from the time he took over the Qin family, he must be at least 40.

That was a man whose age was a mystery.

“What’s your uncle’s name?” Toady 1 said contemptuously, “I’ll go in and notify him.”

Shen Zhen suddenly had a moment of mischief, and said unhappily: “There is no junior who calls the elder’s name directly, but my uncle is wearing a white suit, it should be quite conspicuous.”

Chen Nanping and the others were not there when Qin Xing came in, so they couldn’t match the identity now. Toady 1 said, “Okay, I’ll go in and find him.”

Chen Nanping smiled and said, “Isn’t it better to be so obedient from the start?”

Shen Zhen: “Hehe.”

He wondered what expressions these people would have when they saw Qin Xing.

“I’ll go with you, I still have to say hello to the elders in person.” Shen Zhen said righteously.

Toady 1 glanced at Chen Nanping.

Chen Nanping waved indifferently: “Take him along.”

Regarding the surname Shen, even if looking back twenty years, there was no big family of this surname.

Shen Zhen followed him obediently. He felt that he couldn’t be considered a good person. Looking at the arrogance of those several toadies, all he thought in his mind was what their expressions would be like when they saw Qin Xing later.

En…..the feeling of the fox exploiting the tiger’s might was really good indeed. (TN: to use powerful connections to intimidate people)

Different from the juniors, the elders were all in the lounge at the back. The lounge was very large, with marble floors, diamond chandeliers, and scarlet velvet carpets. Everywhere was luxurious and exquisite, because there were no female companions, this group of elders just sat on the sofa drinking and smoking and talking about business.

When Shen Zhen came in, everyone’s eyes looked over.

Those toadies then remembered that they were not qualified to come in here.

Chen Nanping was able, but they weren’t!

The expressions of the toadies instantly panicked, and their faces instantly became white.

Shen Zhen shook his head in his heart, this mental fortitude was not good at all.

“This is…..”

The middle-aged man sitting on Qin Xing’s left said, “Is it Xiao Zhen? I heard your uncle mention you just now. Come here.”

Shen Zhen walked over with a smile on his face, and the toadies were probably dazed stupid, as they walked over with Shen Zhen.

When Shen Zhen walked over and greeted Qin Xing, Qin Xing introduced, “Greet Uncle Zheng.”

Shen Zhen: “Uncle Zheng.”

Uncle Zheng said with a smile: “He is indeed a talented person, young man, full of energy and spirit.”

The people next to him followed in the complimenting.

Shen Zhen smiled shyly, looking quite like a young man with little experience in the world.

Various gazes glanced at him, and the owner of each gaze had his own considerations.

“Why did Xiao Zhen come here all of a sudden?” Qin Xing smiled and put his hands on the armrests of the sofa. His seat was at the top, and there was a separate sofa. According to the interior structure, that seat had just the perfect view of all the rest of the lounge. The corners could be seen clearly, as if a king sitting on top of the world.

Shen Zhen turned his head and glanced at the toadies behind him, his tone was not very good, somewhat coquettish, but also like complaining: “Chen Nanping had them come in and notify you that I have to follow him after the party is over.”

The air in the lounge seemed to freeze.

Notify Qin Xing? Did Chen Nanping not want to live anymore?

Chen Nanping’s father, Chen Zhongmin, instantly panicked. He sat in the sixth place behind Uncle Zheng. These seats were all important and had their own underlying meaning. He hurriedly said: “It should be that Nan Ping has an affinity with Xiao Zhen, so he wanted to ask Xiao Zhen to go out with him to play, as for ‘notify’, this word, Xiao Zhen must have said it wrong.”

The toadies were already trembling.

They…..they didn’t know that this surnamed Shen’s uncle was Qin Xing!

Who knew why Shen and Qin were even related?

Just when Shen Zhen was about to speak, Qin Xing spoke up. He looked at Chen Zhongmin with a half-smile, and his tone was also smiling: “Oh, really?”

Chen Zhongmin’s cold sweat soaked through his shirt, and he didn’t dare to reach up to wipe his forehead. He said with a smile, “Yes, it must be.”

Qin Xing sighed and said to the crowd, “Xiao Zhen has a good temper, and you all are also elders.”

“What are you talking about, Mr. Qin? Your junior is our junior, and we insist on taking care of his affairs.”

“The little brats nowadays are getting more and more outrageous.”

“Right? Zhong Min?”

Chen Zhongmin nodded with difficulty and said pathetically, “I’m going to the restroom.”

He practically ran out of the room.

Qin Xing waved at Shen Zhen: “Xiao Zhen, come here.”

Shen Zhen walked to Qin Xing’s side, bent down at the waist, and lowered his head.

Qin Xing stretched out his hand, still wearing white gloves, and his fingers gently stroked Shen Zhen’s chin, his movements gentle and lingering.

Shen Zhen’s heart trembled, and he straightened his waist quickly.

Qin Xing didn’t stop him, didn’t get angry, but said, “The child has grown up and no longer listens.”

Everyone laughed and said, “Young ones, after all.”

“I think Xiao Zhen is very good, with the demeanor of your past, Mr. Qin.”

“Be more tolerant of juniors.”

Qin Xing just laughed and didn’t speak.

These people were praising Shen Zhen, but they only had one thought in their hearts——the eight generations of ancestors of this person named Shen Zhen must be investigated, this was simply a ladder to heaven! Released by Qin Xing himself!