_1The next day, before the board meeting had even started, Shen Siyi was called into his father Shen Anhe's office.
Upon entering, he saw his older brother Shen Siqi sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed, and he instantly understood the situation. He first arrogantly raised his head and puffed out his chest before bowing to the desk behind him.
"Dad, what did you want to see me about?"
Shen Anhe's face was expressionless, "Come here."
Shen Siyi walked to the front of the desk.
"Over this side," Shen Anhe signaled beside him.
Shen Siyi moved around, and before he could steady himself, a slap landed heavily on his face.
"You scoundrel! I rarely intervene in your affairs, but now you've grown so bold that you dare to collude with outsiders to defraud your own family company. Do you want to piss me off to death?"
Shen Anhe's voice was stern, his eyes full of disappointment when he looked at him.
Shen Siyi was extremely aggrieved, "I didn't, it was big brother who lost the bet to me."
"Wasn't it an outsider's idea?"
"It was. But it was me who signed the agreement, and I'm the transferee of the shares. What does it have to do with outsiders?"
"Good! Even if it has nothing to do with outsiders," Shen Anhe grew even angrier, "I ask you, what do you want so many shares for? Do you understand corporate management? Know how to run it?
Your brother has only eleven percent of the shares, and you want to walk off with seven percent in one go, and you're only willing to spend five million.
Is this something a person should do?
He's your own brother!"
"I originally wanted to advance five million as spending money, but he not only refused but also humiliated me, so I..."
"He's your brother, even if he beats you up, you have to take it!" Shen Anhe interrupted, "Your brother just doesn't want you to waste money. What's wrong with that?"
"I'm not wasting money, I wanted to make an investment..."
"What a joke!" Shen Anhe interrupted him again, "Do you even know what you are? Can you even write the word 'investment'?"
Shen Siyi's face turned red, and he yelled through clenched teeth, "I turned five million into one hundred and fifty million, do you think I can or not?"
"How dare you!"
Another slap landed on his face, and Shen Anhe trembled with rage, "Investing in futures? That's nothing more than gambling on your luck, a piece of trash. Do you really think you're the Stock God now?
Get out!
The board meeting has been called off by me, and as for your brother's shares, including my own, you'd best stop coveting them forever.
Furthermore, since you've already made one hundred and fifty million and still firmly believe you have the talent for investment, then you should stop asking the family for pocket money from now on and support yourself!"
In fact, Shen Siyi knew his father would always favor his brother, and deep down, he could understand it. If it were him, he would not hand over the resources and rights that belonged to a good son to a useless one.
However, he thought turning five million into one hundred and fifty million would at least earn him a few words of praise and encouragement from his father.
If his father had discussed the facts with him calmly and explained the importance of more shares being in his brother's hands, he would have even been willing to go against Xiao Ming's wishes and declare the betting agreement void on the spot.
But what his father gave him was nothing but unreasonable bias and heartlessness.
Ming was right.
Father has grown old!
Taking a deep breath, Shen Siyi turned and glanced at his brother Shen Siqi, who was smoking and sneering on the side.
"Dad, maybe I am just as you think, a good-for-nothing, but your so-called excellent son may not be as genuine as he appears.
You tell me to get out, and I can leave, but the betting agreement will not be voided. Even if it means going to court, I will stick it out to the end.
Because that is what I deserve!"
Having said that, he bowed deeply and turned to leave.
Shen Anhe stood up in fury, "You unfilial thing! You... you come back here!"
Unmoved, Shen Siyi walked out of the office and closed the door behind him with a bang.
Arriving downstairs, he looked up at the towering Qianshan Group Building, wiped the tears from the corner of his eyes, and took out his phone.
"Ming, help me!"
That evening, when Xiao Ming saw Shen Siyi at the bar, he was already so drunk his gaze was blurred, and a flamboyantly dressed beautiful girl was persuading him to drink more, suggesting they open another bottle of Ace of Spades.
After a cold glance, Xiao Ming said, "This is the last time I'll see you in this sorry state. Scram and go wash your face to sober up!"
"Who the hell are you, talking to Shen like that?" The girl stood up slamming the table, arm poised like a tiny teapot, "Someone, throw him out..."
Slap!
A slap stopped her next words in her tracks, and Shen Siyi stood up: "This is my brother. You're the one who should get lost!
You filthy whore, I was too lazy to bother with you before. Did you really think I was an easy mark?"
Knowing she was in the wrong, the girl didn't dare to make a scene and left with her face covered, utterly humiliated.
Shen Siyi gave Xiao Ming a silly smile: "I can hold my liquor just fine. I'm okay. You take a seat first. I'll go wash my face."
Xiao Ming sat down, picked up a beer bottle, and sipped slowly, casting a casual glance around. His eyes narrowed slightly when he spotted someone.
He took out his phone and dialed a number. Not far away, a girl who had been playing rock-paper-scissors with someone froze, pulled out her phone, and her expression changed drastically. She hurriedly got up and ran towards the restroom.
A moment later, the call connected and Gu Xiangmeng's anxious voice came from the receiver, "Ming, Ming, is there a problem?"
"I'm at the central VIP table of REDClub," Xiao Ming said. "I'm giving you five minutes to get here and see me."
"Ah? Five minutes is too short. I... I can't make it."
"That's your problem. If you can't do it, the deal between us is off."
"Hello! Ming... Hello?"
Hearing the busy tone from the phone, Gu Xiangmeng was thoroughly panicked.
She had guessed that Xiao Ming must have seen her, which was exactly what she didn't want to happen.
Xiao Ming wasn't interested in her that way to begin with. If he thought she was a "bar girl" who liked nightlife too, she would be even less likely to be in his good graces.
As she hesitated, not knowing what to do, someone suddenly spoke up from behind.
"Eh? Isn't that Mengmeng? You've got guts, girl. Don't tell me you're thinking of stabbing someone again?"
Gu Xiangmeng turned around, and her eyes immediately brightened.
"Shen... Shen, did you come here with Ming?"
The speaker was Shen Siyi.
He nodded, "Yeah, Ming is just outside."
Gu Xiangmeng grabbed his arm in desperation, "Brother, can you help me? Ming seems to be angry with me. Could you speak well of me to him later?"
Shen Siyi's eyes immediately sparkled with gossip, "What did you do to upset Ming?"
Gu Xiangmeng hung her head: "Ming doesn't know I come to places like this."
"Damn! You didn't go behind Ming's back to hit on guys, did you?"
"No, how could I do such a thing? I just came to play with classmates."
"Oh, then it's fine. Ming isn't that old-fashioned. Don't worry. Come on, I'll take you to see him."
Together, they approached the central VIP table, and Shen Siyi, with a hearty laugh, announced as if presenting a treasure, "Ming, guess who I ran into?"
Gu Xiangmeng stood out from behind him, her head hung so low it nearly touched her chest.
Xiao Ming looked at her coldly, "I gave you five minutes especially so you could wash that clown makeup off your face."