Chapter 167: Cheng Shengen Reaching Out

Shi Xiaomeng let out a long sigh. "I really didn't expect him to be this kind of person. It was already disgusting enough, but I didn't expect him to be able to do this kind of thing?"

Shen Bing patted him. "Alright, don't think about it. At worst, we just ignore him; if we can't afford to offend him, can't we just hide?"

"Tomorrow you go to the kindergarten to resign, and then go directly to the company. I'll go find Brother Wang tomorrow morning to see how he arranges it. As for Cheng Feng..." Shi Xiaomeng thought for a while and said, "Girl, I'll go find Wang Laowu and talk to him about it. He might not have any way either... but let's see, after all, this isn't a way to go on..."

At this moment, Shi Xiaomeng hated his own incompetence. Someone was blatantly coming to pester his woman, and he still had to consider this and that, and was even persuaded by his own woman when he wanted to take action. Fuck... dog-day Cheng Feng.

Finding Wu Di didn't mean he expected him to be able to do anything; if there was a way, naturally it was good, if not, forget it. It was mainly to drink some wine and scold Cheng Feng to feel happy, and besides, he didn't know what Wu Di was busy with; he hadn't had any movement for a long time.

Shen Bing nodded and didn't speak.

Hugging Shen Bing, Shi Xiaomeng stood up and called Wu Di, agreeing on a place.

After hanging up, while putting on his coat, he instructed Shen Bing, "Don't wait for me, I don't know when I'll be back, go to sleep early."

Shen Bing stepped forward and kissed him softly. "Come back early, don't drink too much."

"Don't worry, leaving..."

"Looking for me so late, what's wrong? Did something happen?"

In the hot pot restaurant, Wu Di wiped the fog on his glasses with a tissue, looking at Shi Xiaomeng, who was swishing meat across from him.

Putting the swished meat into his bowl, Shi Xiaomeng picked up the wine and poured it for Wu Di. "Been in touch with Cheng Feng lately?"

"I've been busy to death lately, where would I have the time? What's wrong?"

Wu Di didn't lie; he was either drinking with clients every day or on the way to drinking. He knew there was no hope for Yang Zixi, and recently he had opened his heart and was having an ambiguous relationship with Wu Mei, so where would he have time to pay attention to Cheng Feng?

After pouring the wine, Shi Xiaomeng raised his glass to clink with him and took a sip. "Cheng Feng is truly crazy; he's even started blocking Shen Bing now."

Stunned for a moment, Wu Di frowned. "Before, he told me he just followed Shen Bing and found the kindergarten where she worked; I didn't expect him to do such a thing."

As soon as the words left his mouth, Wu Di and Shi Xiaomeng looked at each other, both stunned.

Wu Di realized this wasn't the right thing to say; it was too fucking stupid.

Shi Xiaomeng, on the other hand, was surprised that Cheng Feng had been tracking Shen Bing long ago, and fortunately it was just pestering; what if something had happened?

"You knew long ago?"

Wu Di hurriedly waved his hands repeatedly. "Xiaomeng, don't overthink it, that was all last month's matter. I was just thinking about not letting a bigger conflict break out, that's why I didn't tell you..."

"Break out a bigger conflict?" Shi Xiaomeng laughed in anger. "You tell me, how can I conflict with him? Hmm? Do you know that before I came, I said I wanted to beat Cheng Feng, and Shen Bing stopped me, just because she was afraid he had money and power?"

"Xiaomeng, don't say that, don't worry, I'll call and scold him in a bit."

"Forget it, what if you scold him..." Shi Xiaomeng drank some wine and caught his breath. "I know you're doing it for my own good, Wang Laowu. You don't know, his father, Cheng Shengen, found me before."

"What did he find you for?"

Shi Xiaomeng remembered that scene again and couldn't help but laugh out loud. "Said he wanted to give me ten million, and arrange a manager-level position at the Dade Group for me. Like father, like son, the ancients didn't deceive me..."

He just didn't want Shen Bing to know, as if he were something, it felt like moral kidnapping. What did it have to do with telling Wu Di? He wished it would reach Cheng Feng's ears, letting Cheng Feng know what a good father he had. And besides, what Wu Di said just now, he said it didn't matter, but could he have no thoughts in his heart?

He knew long ago, but didn't remind him? Is this called a friend, called a brother? It turns out he was still closer to Cheng Feng, still biased toward Cheng Feng, right?

To put it bigger, why did Yang Zixi leave Wu Di? It was because there was no money. Then he was sad about the spring and autumn on one side, while shouting about whether money was that important, and as a result, he fucking stood on Cheng Feng's side? That garbage Cheng Feng was nothing, just had money and connections... maybe it was also possible that Wu Di and Cheng Feng were high school classmates, and the relationship was naturally closer than his, who knew...

Wu Di asked in surprise, "Really?"

He was both surprised that Cheng Feng's father could do such a thing, and surprised at Shi Xiaomeng's persistence.

"Do I have a reason to lie to you?" Shi Xiaomeng rolled his eyes at Wu Di and changed the subject. "Haven't been in touch much lately, how are you now?"

He hadn't felt Wu Di could help him with anything anyway, just wanted to drink some wine and vent. This was also because he was embarrassed to nag Wang Yan about those messy things; of course, mainly because Wang Yan didn't like to listen, and he didn't want to delay Wang Yan's time because of this little thing.

As a result, this wine was better off not being drunk; instead, he knew Wu Di had also distanced himself from him...

No one is by your side forever, but there is always someone by your side. Having experienced these things, Shi Xiaomeng also took it lightly. Whether friends or not was far less important than imagined; living one's own life well was the main point, everything else was nonsense.

To really say it, it hadn't even been two months since he knew Brother Wang. But after these things happened, Shi Xiaomeng felt that his feelings for Wang Yan were far greater than those for Wu Di and the others, with whom he had lived in a room for four years and worked together for three years.

Chatting and laughing, they chatted casually for a while, talked about their recent situation, and Shi Xiaomeng was full and satisfied, waved at Wu Di, and walked away swaying while smoking.

Watching Shi Xiaomeng's back, Wu Di sighed and gave himself a slap in hatred. How could he not feel the slight alienation in Shi Xiaomeng's words? It was all this mouth's fault, and it didn't have a gatekeeper, babbling about everything.

In a bar, Wu Di passed through the crowd jumping around wildly and venting their excess energy, and found Cheng Feng, who was drinking flower wine with beauties in his arms in a corner booth.

After Shi Xiaomeng left, he called Cheng Feng; nothing else, the thing he did was already quite not the right thing, how could he do such an inhuman thing? Today he had to scold him properly.

"You're here, Wang Laowu, sit, drink." The slightly sloppy Cheng Feng looked drunkenly at Wu Di standing in front of him, and didn't forget to say to the few girls sitting a bit further away, "Go, this is my good brother, you must accompany him well. Accompany him until he's satisfied, and there will be heavy rewards..."

Hearing this, the few girls stood up and surrounded Wu Di. "Come, handsome..."

"I don't need it, you guys go." Wu Di couldn't stand this, hurriedly patted away the hands of the few girls, and pointed to the few beside Cheng Feng. "And you guys, all go, all go."

"What's wrong, Wang Laowu? We're out to play, relax."

Wu Di stepped forward and said to Cheng Feng, "You let them all go, I have something to say to you."

Seeing he was serious, Cheng Feng finally gave three points of face, waving his hand boringly at the group of flower-dressed girls. "Go, all go."

"Seriously..."

"Too much of a buzzkill..."

A group of girls chattered and left. Wu Di sat next to Cheng Feng. "I just finished drinking with Xiaomeng, Madman, how could you do such a thing?"

Cheng Feng drank a glass of wine indifferently, his body relaxed, leaning against the back of the chair. "Wang Laowu... I love Shen Bing too much, if I don't see her, I don't have any strength to do anything."

Wu Di was furious and gave Cheng Feng a hard hit. "Look at you now, do you still have any human appearance? Huh? There are so many good girls, why do you pine for Xiaomeng's girlfriend?"

Cheng Feng was hit and it hurt, and after hitting back, he said, "Wang Laowu, I didn't do it on purpose, you believe me, I can't control myself. Don't I know that doing that is wrong? Don't I know that doing that will only make Shen Bing hate me more? I know, but I just want to see her, want to let her understand my heart."

"As long as I can see her, even if she scolds me, hits me, I'm happy... and also, Wang Laowu, they aren't married, right? Then I still have a chance. Shen Bing is Xiaomeng's girlfriend, it's wrong for me to like her. But is there anything wrong with me pursuing my own love? Love is innocent, I'm not wrong, right?"

Wu Di sighed and didn't say anything to refute. Cheng Feng knew it was wrong, but he just wouldn't change it, so what was the use of him saying those things?

The two were quiet for a moment, and Cheng Feng opened a bottle of wine and handed it to Wu Di. "How is Xiaomeng?"

"Quite good, much better than before, if you weren't pestering Shen Bing."

Cheng Feng was choked, didn't speak, and drank wine silently.

After another half-day of silence, Wu Di said, "Why did you come out by yourself? What about Fatty Four? And how is Lin Xia..."

"Don't mention Lin Xia to me."

The words were interrupted, and Wu Di looked at Cheng Feng in confusion. "What's wrong? Wasn't it fine when your dad was hospitalized before?"

"It's my problem." Cheng Feng drank wine and told the story of that day; of course, the part where he was subdued by Wang Mouren was impossible to say. "It just so happens to be an opportunity to let Lin Xia stay away from me; after all, it's impossible for me and her in this life, so it's better not to delay her."

The words were sincere, which was what he thought through later. But thinking through was thinking through, he still stubbornly believed Lin Xia was watching his joke, was pitying him. Just kidding, who was he? The only son of the Dade Group chairman, the undisputed successor to the future chairman, did he need others to pity him?

After listening, Wu Di nodded; he naturally didn't know what Cheng Feng was thinking, he felt that if you didn't like someone, you shouldn't delay them, and Cheng Feng did nothing wrong on this point.

"This way, no one is delayed, it's quite good."

"Yeah, quite good..."

Wu Di pondered. "There's something I think I should tell you."

Cheng Feng was drinking wine drunkenly and said vaguely, "What?"

"I just ate with Xiaomeng, and he told me." Wu Di tilted his head and looked at Cheng Feng beside him. "He said your dad found him before, offering ten million to let him leave Shen Bing."

Cheng Feng sat up suddenly. "What did you say?"

Wu Di said on his own. "Your dad's method was definitely wrong, but his feelings for you aren't fake, so in the future, you should worry him less."

Cheng Feng didn't care about that, frowned and asked, "He didn't agree?"

"Definitely didn't agree, otherwise how could there be so many things now?"

Cheng Feng's face was ugly and he didn't say a word, drinking wine silently. After a while, he slammed the wine bottle heavily on the table in front of him. "I have something to do, leaving first. You play well, it's all on me."

"Hey... what are you..."

Without waiting for Wu Di to finish, Cheng Feng had already walked into the crowd and disappeared.

He certainly knew that Cheng Feng had gone back to find his father. As for the ugly look on Cheng Feng's face just now, he assumed it was just the embarrassment of his own father knowing his thoughts. It wasn't that he didn't know Cheng Feng's character, but in his view, this was entirely a father's silent devotion to his son, even if the method of devotion was very shameful. He figured Cheng Feng had also understood his father's intentions and had gone back to have a heart-to-heart with him.

Wu Di didn't think much more and left; there was no point for him to be here, so he might as well go home and have a good rest.

Cheng Shengen had been recuperating for more than half a month, and his situation had improved quite a bit, but to avoid sudden situations, he was still recuperating in the hospital.

Two days ago, he went to the company; after all, as the leader, if he didn't show up for a long time, it would make his subordinates lose confidence and make the company lose cohesion, which was unfavorable for the company's development.

After going to the company, he held two meetings and listened to the reports of his trusted subordinates. He clearly felt the restlessness of Liang Junzheng and others, as well as his declining control over the Dade Group. Because of his health, many people had indeed lost confidence in him.

As for his precious son, to tell the truth, he no longer had any thoughts about Cheng Feng. If he really let Cheng Feng take over the Dade Group, he wouldn't be able to escape the fate of being hollowed out and becoming a mascot, and finally being kicked out and ending up on the street.

Therefore, recently he had also been preparing, planning to withdraw from Dade safely and steadily. Dade itself was a traditional industry, and if it weren't for the sufficient scale, they would have been eliminated long ago. Now it was the critical moment of industrial structure adjustment and group transformation; who the fuck knew if they could transform successfully?

Originally, if this hadn't happened, he might have burned his boats and just done it. But now he knew his own health situation; he didn't have the time or energy to fight anymore. So at this time, he could leave as much as he could for Cheng Feng; no matter what, he was his own son, so he had to let his son live without worry about food and drink.

Just as he was looking at the materials and thinking about how to withdraw, the door of the ward was pushed open with a "bang."

The sudden movement scared Cheng Shengen's fragile little heart into thumping, and he almost left directly.

Smelling the alcohol drifting over, and seeing the drunken Cheng Feng, Cheng Shengen calmed his thumping little heart and snorted coldly. "Look at what you look like? Hmm? For a woman, you fold yourself into this? Useless."

Cheng Feng shook his head to sober up, looked at Cheng Shengen, who was glaring at him from the hospital bed, and said, "You found Shi Xiaomeng?"

"He told you?"

"You just say whether you found him or not."

Cheng Shengen frowned. "I did..."

Without waiting for him to finish, Cheng Feng shouted loudly. "In your eyes, am I that useless? Huh? Can't handle a woman and need you to go over and spend money to buy her? Do you know how embarrassed I was when I heard about this? Do you know?"

"I'll pursue Shen Bing myself, do I need you? Huh? You gave Shi Xiaomeng ten million to let him leave Shen Bing? Are you insulting him or insulting me? When you did this, did you consider my feelings?"

"What I want is love, do you know what love is?" Cheng Feng said disdainfully. "Of course you don't know what love is; in your eyes, money is omnipotent, everything has a price. How did my mother die? You tell me, how did she die?"

"Wasn't it because you thought having two stinking coins was good, and you were spending time drinking and having fun outside, leaving the two of us at home? Does my mother care about money? She cares about companionship. Now? When it comes to me, you take money to buy Shi Xiaomeng to leave Shen Bing? Do you think money can buy everything? Did you succeed?"

"Now Shi Xiaomeng doesn't know how to laugh at me; I have today, it's all because of you, it's all because of you."

Cheng Shengen's face flushed red, and he struggled to argue. "Isn't everything I did for your own good?"

"For my own good?" Cheng Feng roared hysterically. "If you were really for my own good, my mother wouldn't have died..."

This was a heavy blow; Cheng Shengen had nothing to say. He didn't deny that there was a reason for Cheng Feng's mother's death, and it was a large part of the reason.

Cheng Shengen raised his hand tremblingly, pointing at Cheng Feng. "You..."

Unfortunately, the words he wanted to say didn't come out, and his hand fell powerlessly, slamming onto the bed.

He succeeded in the Dade Group, he failed in Cheng Feng. Attacks from unrelated people, victories and defeats in the business field, were far less fatal than the damage brought by Cheng Feng's denial of him...

"Old Cheng... Old Cheng... what's wrong with you... Old Cheng..."

"Dad... Dad... don't scare me, wake up..."

Seeing Cheng Shengen like that, Cheng Feng shuddered, walked to the bed in two steps, shook him twice, and seeing Cheng Shengen didn't respond, hurriedly crawled out of the door and shouted, "Doctor... doctor..."

The next day, because WeChat was going online and operating today, Wang Yan arrived at the company even earlier than usual.

By the time he arrived at the company, the company was already a scene of buzzing busyness. Other relevant personnel had arrived even earlier, and some employees hadn't even left yesterday.

WeChat went online on time at twelve noon. Although the previous preparation work was done very fully, sudden situations always happened; as long as it wasn't online, one couldn't relax for a moment.

This was their company's first independently developed and independently operated product, so nothing could go wrong. Of course, this wasn't Wang Yan's thought, but the thought of everyone participating in WeChat's development.

After all, Boss Wang's routines were all understood, stock option rewards and such were all there, and even after WeChat was online for twenty-four hours, he would give money to the entire project team. Wang Mouren didn't like to say useless bullshit, he just simply gave money. He had already contacted the bank, and they would send him the cash tomorrow.

Of course, it couldn't just be the WeChat project team. To avoid jealousy, he did a universal salvation for the others, whether it was Pinyidao, outsourcing, or artificial intelligence research.

His subordinates were busy back and forth, and Wang Yan found a place to sit and watch the fun. His role was more of a spiritual symbol, and even the role of temporary decision-making was very small; after all, the preparations were indeed sufficient. The subordinates knew what to do, and basically, there was nothing for him to do.

Those who came early were the employees related to WeChat; the others did what they had to do, and besides having a bit of money, it had nothing to do with them. Therefore, at forty-plus past seven, Shi Xiaomeng came to the company to work as usual.

Looking at the busy company, which was like a vegetable market—after all, he hadn't seen this scene before—after sighing, he put his bag at his workstation and went to find his Brother Wang as usual. ===== CHAPTER 168 =====