Chapter 1060: The Bad Intentions of the Chen Brothers

Madam Chen raged: "Bullshit, you heartless, ungrateful things! If I hadn't pleaded for you, you would have already been kicked out of the house. Now you still kick me while I'm down and stir up trouble time and again. Do you have any conscience toward my son and me..."

The thing she regretted most now was listening to her son back then and agreeing to let those stepchildren move back in together to show she was "virtuous and kind"!

If they didn't live together, so many things wouldn't have come up.

The eldest sister of the Chen family refused to be outdone and retorted to her stepmother: "Pfft, I think the shameless one is you. This is our own home; do we need your permission to come back? You're just taking advantage of the situation and acting like you're doing us a favor. Even if you didn't agree, Father would still have let us come back."

The eldest brother: "You want to occupy the magpie's nest? Keep dreaming, the old man isn't dead yet!"

The second brother: "Don't think that just because you can whisper in his ear that you can cover the sky with one hand, woman. My dad isn't senile yet..."

Very quickly, the topic drifted off course.

The family started arguing again during breakfast, arguing with great enthusiasm, arguing until Minister Chen's blood pressure soared and he nearly fainted.

"Slap!"

He slammed a palm onto the dining table.

"Shut up, all of you! Are you all wishing for me to die early? Can't even have a meal in peace in the morning. All three of you move out; you have your own properties anyway, don't live together anymore. Argue, argue, argue, arguing non-stop every day, this family will be ruined by your hands sooner or later!"

This sentence worked; the older children instantly shut their mouths.

They couldn't leave; if they left, it wouldn't be certain whose the family's countless assets would be.

Madam Chen was smug and just about to chime in when she was silenced by a sharp sentence from her husband: "If you say another word, you leave too. The Chen family doesn't necessarily need a permanent mistress."

And so, terrified, she also shut her mouth.

Finally, it was quiet.

Although the wife and children weren't arguing anymore, Minister Chen still remembered what his youngest son said earlier about going to the grassroots level.

"Chen Ran, are you serious?"

Chen Ran hadn't spoken the whole time, eating his breakfast elegantly from start to finish.

By the time they were done arguing, he was also full.

Now that he was asked, he put down his chopsticks and respectfully replied: "Yes, Father, I am serious. I want to share Father's worries and solve his problems; if others can do it, I can too."

"Good son, you have backbone!"

Minister Chen was very happy and made the decision on the spot; the matter was settled.

Furthermore, he used his youngest son as an example to lecture the older ones thoroughly: "Look at your younger brother, then look at yourselves. You're all grown up, yet all day long you have no proper business and just stare at that little bit of money in the family!"

The three older ones were scolded, and none dared to make a sound, fearing that the old man would get annoyed and send them to the grassroots level too.

What is the grassroots level?

It's just the place where the common people at the bottom live.

A Country.

Jin Family.

Wang Yingzhi and Zhang Ma were arguing.

Wang Yingzhi was incredibly furious, speaking with righteous indignation: "This is too much, you are too much! Even if I'm not considered a member of the Sheng Family, I am still a meritorious official of the Sheng Family. If it weren't for me, could that brat have left A Country?"

"Now that the danger is resolved and Shi Ran hasn't said anything yet, you want to drive me away. Killing the donkey after the millstone is used, you are not a good thing..."

Wang Yingzhi had been living at Chen Zhai for the past few days. She wanted to move over and live with Shi Ran, but before Shi Ran could express her stance, she was rejected by Zhang Ma.

Zhang Ma's face was calm, maintaining a standard poker face throughout: "You cannot move back in. I won't argue with you, but it is simply not allowed."

Chen Ran had returned to the country, but Shi Ran's danger in A Country had not been resolved, because Wang Yingzhi couldn't torment others, so she turned to tormenting Shi Ran instead.

She had only lived in that big mansion for two days before she got bored. Although the house was big, it was cold and desolate, without a hint of human warmth.

Especially at night, she was afraid to live alone!

So she wanted to move back, but was rejected.

Wang Yingzhi couldn't take it and started an argument, wanting to find Shi Ran to judge the matter.

Shi Ran was reading in her room and couldn't focus because it was so noisy outside.

So she closed her book, came out, and said to Zhang Ma: "Let her move in."

"Miss, this is not appropriate."

Zhang Ma objected.

She knew Wang Yingzhi's combat power best; she was like a dog-skin plaster, once stuck on, it couldn't be peeled off, and if you insisted on peeling it off, you'd have to take a layer of skin with it!

"Hmph! Our Ranran has already agreed, who do you think you are?"

She dragged her large suitcase and bumped past Zhang Ma to return to her room.

She still had a bit of self-awareness and didn't fight Shi Ran for a room, but not fighting for a room didn't mean she would live there quietly.

"Knock, knock, knock."

Wang Yingzhi knocked on Shi Ran's door.

"Come in."

She walked in with a fawning smile on her face, holding several boxes like she was presenting treasures.

"Ranran, I bought these especially for you, take a look."

The boxes were placed on the table—bird's nest, shark fin, sea cucumber.

These were all scavenged from the Chen family's refrigerator; she hadn't spent a penny, but that didn't stop Wang Yingzhi from still wearing an expression of heartache.

"These are all very expensive, they cost me a lot of money, I bought them to honor... no, to dote on you."

Shi Ran kept her eyes on the computer screen and didn't even glance at them: "What are they?"

"Top-quality Blood Bird's Nest, and deep-sea shark fin that is pure and doesn't have a speck of pollution, precious and rare sea cucumber..."

"Send them to the kitchen."

Wang Yingzhi:...

"Look at this, look at how good these are, don't you think?"

"If you're reluctant to give them, then forget it, get out."

"No, I'm not reluctant. How could I be reluctant to give you a gift? But could you at least take a look?"

Shi Ran glanced at them: "I've looked, you can go out now."

"Aren't they very good?"

Wang Yingzhi perked up and began to chatter incessantly, boasting about the gifts she had brought.

Shi Ran sent a message to Nianyin: Aunt Nianyin, come over and help me out.

Nianyin came over and dragged Wang Yingzhi away, but this was only the beginning, not the end.

Wang Yingzhi focused all her energy on Shi Ran, pestering her every day to curry favor, asking this and that, and clinging to her...

At home, with Zhang Ma and Nianyin keeping her in check, and even Lao Qi keeping an eye on her, she felt restricted, so she followed the same pattern and went to Shi Ran's school to continue the harassment.

Shi Ran was overwhelmed by the annoyance, so she called her mother to ask for help in getting rid of Wang Yingzhi.

Her mother not only refused to intervene but also watched the fun, saying that she should solve her own problems, as she had many things to attend to and wouldn't bother with such trivial matters.

That is a real mother for you.

But a few seconds before hanging up the phone, Shi Youxuan still provided her daughter with an important piece of information—Chen Ran had gone to the grassroots level to be with Qi Heng.

After dinner.

Shi Ran took the initiative to find Wang Yingzhi, wanting to have a talk with her.

She was ecstatic and overjoyed.

Shi Ran: "Great-aunt, go to L Country to find Chen Ran, I will give you the address."

She immediately shook her head like a rattle-drum: "No, I can't go. That place is the Chen family's territory; I would be eaten until not even my bones were left."

"I will give you a raise."

Wang Yingzhi remained unmoved: "No need, no need. The money I have now is enough to spend. One shouldn't be too greedy, right? Your mother said to let me stay in A Country to accompany you and gives me five million a month. I am content and don't need any more."

Shi Ran: "As long as you agree, I will guarantee that you have someone to rely on in your old age."