Chapter 1767: Some people are only meant to be viewed from a distance, not up close 4

Having his niece speak up for him made Huo Zhenteng feel quite comfortable, but he could not do as his niece suggested.

She was young and ignorant, but he was a thousand-year-old fox turned spirit—an old fox.

Huo Zhenteng told his niece to keep her cool; suffering a little grievance now was nothing, for as long as the green hills remained, one need not worry about firewood, and as long as she stayed, there would be opportunities sooner or later!

But if she left, there would be no chance at all!

These words were spoken as much to his niece as they were to himself; they were to encourage each other.

It was easy to persuade himself, but not so easy to persuade his niece.

Her uncle told her: "It is not easy to be the daughter-in-law of a wealthy family; if your backgrounds don't match, they will fear you are after their money and will have to test you."

Wang Qing's interest was piqued by her uncle's words, but she thought about it and realized something was wrong: "Uncle, this isn't a test; that's just his personality. He is stingy with everyone and not generous at all."

"Sheng Zihan isn't being stingy; that is called spending money where it counts. Do you think a second-generation rich kid should throw money around like dirt? You are still too young and superficial. Uncle wouldn't bear to let you marry a man like that; it looks glorious on the surface, but it wouldn't last a few years before the family fortune was squandered..."

She was still unconvinced, but her mind began to stir again: "But, but I have already broken up with him."

"What is there to fear about a breakup? Just chase him back."

Wang Qing had listened to her uncle since she was a child; she wiped away her tears: "Uncle, I won't talk to you anymore, I'm going to go chase Zihan."

"Go ahead, child."

She went to apologize to Zihan and demanded they get back together.

But Sheng Zihan acted very coldly: "We have already broken up, so let it be; there is no need to reconcile."

In fact, Huo Zhenteng was right; Zihan was indeed testing her, but the result of the test had only made him lose all hope.

On the surface, Sheng Zihan was a sunny and simple big boy, but he was not that ignorant of the world.

After spending a long time with Wang Qing, once the initial passion faded, he discovered that Wang Qing was money-grubbing and vain.

There was nothing left to it, and he soon grew tired of her.

"No, you cannot break up with me."

The spoiled young lady temperament deep in Wang Qing's bones emerged again; since she was a child, countless boys had pursued her, and she was always the one to dump others—no one had ever taken the initiative to break up with her.

Sheng Zihan was the first, and he had rejected her repeatedly; she could not endure it.

"I didn't initiate the breakup; you did," Sheng Zihan reminded her.

"That doesn't matter either; you did it on purpose. You just wanted me to break up, right? I won't break up; if we break up, I'll jump into the river."

Zihan did not take her threat seriously: "Forget it. Crying, making a scene, and threatening suicide—is there any point? We are all adults; since we've broken up, let's be decent about it and not make things look bad for everyone."

"You are a celebrity now, too; save some face for yourself." He walked away after saying this, without the slightest bit of lingering attachment.

"Sheng Zihan, if you dare to walk away, I will jump!" Wang Qing threatened.

The two were meeting by the lake, and he did not know how deep the water was. He did not look back, thinking these tricks were just Wang Qing trying to scare him; she wouldn't actually jump. He had seen such tricks many times.

But!

"Splash!" A sound of someone falling into the water came from behind him; Wang Qing had actually jumped!

"Help! Someone save her! Someone jumped into the water..."

People on the shore had already jumped in to save her, and before Zihan could go down, she had already been pulled up.

Wang Qing glared at Sheng Zihan, soaking wet. He dared not make her angry anymore and hurriedly apologized, admitting his mistakes and saying sweet things.

"I'm sorry, it's all my fault. You can punish me if you're angry, but please, never punish yourself in such a way..."

Wang Qing could not help but feel a bit smug.

She felt that Sheng Zihan still cared about her and thought she could use this method to hold him hostage.

From then on, she became even more unbridled.

Any slight dissatisfaction led to a suicide threat; it worked once, it worked twice... but after a long time, it stopped working.

Sheng Zihan regretted it.

He regretted ever starting with Wang Qing; some people are truly only meant to be viewed from a distance, not up close.

It was the day for the weekly brothers' gathering again.

There were fewer people.

Sheng Zirui, Tian Yuanyuan, Moli, and Su Qiangying were all absent.

Sheng Zihan arrived alone, looking listless. Gu Yuxin spoke bluntly: "Didn't you get a new girlfriend? Why don't you ever bring her?"

"Sister-in-law, don't tease me. I regret it to death now and don't want to be with her anymore."

"What happened? Tell us."

"It's just that, apart from having a pretty face, that Wang Qing can't compare to Yuyuan at all..."

"You deserve it for not knowing how to cherish what you had!"

No one comforted him; as Zihan told everyone about his troubles, they all mercilessly took turns kicking him while he was down.

They were always serious about making sarcastic remarks.

This gathering quickly turned into a criticism session.

Everyone was criticizing him enthusiastically when the doorbell rang; Youyou and her two sisters had arrived.

The three of them had only recently learned that they actually gathered once a week; since it was a brothers' gathering, why weren't they included?

The triplets applied to join, and today was their first time.

The three of them arrived at just the right time; their first time attending such a large gathering, and they happened to catch Zihan's criticism session!

"This little matter, leave it to us."

"We will solve it for you, but you have to pay a price, deal?"

The triplets took advantage of the situation to raise their demands.

"You? Forget it. I can solve this little matter myself; I won't trouble the three of you."

Zihan held a reserved attitude toward the "abilities" of the triplets.

Although he wanted to break up, he didn't want the three of them to get involved; he didn't know how their other abilities were, but their destructive power had always been astonishing.

Youyou: "No way, just because you say we don't need to, we don't?"

Taotao: "The three of us are already prepared to act, it's too late for you to regret it."

Mengmeng: "Exactly, we don't want anything extra from you, and we definitely don't want your money; you just need to teach us how to manage a company."

Sheng Zihan: "Deal."

He agreed very readily; what was difficult about this? As long as he didn't have to spend money, wasn't being a mentor simple?

He loved being a mentor most of all; it gave him a great sense of accomplishment.

Zichen asked curiously: "Are you all planning to change majors?"

The triplets' business of changing majors had caused quite a stir back then, and everyone knew that even when things were so chaotic back then, they didn't change majors, so why would they want to now that things were quiet?

But there was nothing strange about it; the triplets had always been the type to have a new idea every minute.

The answer was beyond their expectations: the triplets stated they would not change majors, but they wanted to be like Sheng Zihan and help out at the company in their spare time outside of class.

During the last financial crisis, they had gone to help out for a few days.

Dad was so happy he even cried and praised them, which had left the triplets very moved!

They felt that Dad wasn't omnipotent either, and that they had grown up; it was time to share the burden for their parents.

There was also another very important reason—their current major couldn't satisfy their thirst for knowledge, and they wanted to learn more things and be as omnipotent as the women of the Ji Family!

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