Chapter 1812: This is a Test, and Also a Trial

Sheng Zihan was calculating very carefully.

Shi Youxuan continued: "But water, electricity, gas, and property management fees, added together, are also a significant expense. Are you sure you want to move out?" She knew what her son was planning in his heart.

Moving out so he wouldn't be under her nose meant he could stop following the terms of the "contract," right?

Sheng Zihan nodded and said with great certainty: "Yes, I'm sure."

"No, I don't agree." Shi Youxuan ultimately refused: "You cannot move out; you must live with us!"

Sheng Zihan protested: "On what grounds? Big Brother, Second Brother, and Zirui can all live away from home, so why am I the only one who can't?"

"They don't live at home because their workplaces are far away, but you are close to home, so you must stay here."

"No, I protest. This isn't fair."

"Fair or not, what I say goes, and you are staying at home." Shi Youxuan brought out her parental authority, prepared to make it a one-sided decision.

Sheng Zihan seized the opportunity to negotiate: "It's not impossible for me to stay at home, but you cannot interfere with my freedom to make friends, and that unequal treaty signed a few days ago must be abolished."

"Hmph! No!"

"Then I'm moving out."

"Also no."

Sheng Zihan:...

Shi Youxuan said to her son: "When you were dating Yuanyuan, weren't you quite normal? Why are you switching from one to another without stopping now? Tell me, what exactly are you thinking?"

Sheng Zihan gave his reasons; although they were bizarre, they were not without logic.

He said: "The girls I date might look like I'm just taking advantage of small benefits, but in reality, they all play a very good role in improving our family's international influence."

"I will always be the man they cannot have. If they want to pursue me, they have to do business with me. You can ask my dad if I haven't negotiated many difficult deals?"

It would have been better if he hadn't mentioned this, but as soon as he did, Sheng Hanyu was so angry he couldn't get it out.

"Since when does our Sheng Family need to rely on selling our looks to do business? You don't do proper business and instead do these base things. You unfilial son, get out!"

"Dad, think it over. I am currently the only one in the family who can help you. If you want to train Yueyue and Shi Yuan, it will take another ten-plus years. Are you sure you want to kick me out too?"

"Get out!"

"I would rather dissolve Dingsheng than use a base thing like you."

Trying to threaten him, Sheng Hanyu, was simply impossible.

Sheng Zihan didn't leave, but instead said with a cheeky grin: "Don't be angry, anger is bad for your health. I'll listen to you and not move out, okay?"

His attitude did a sudden one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn, and he began to butter him up.

Sheng Zihan was the child in the Sheng Family with the least "backbone," but it wasn't that he was useless; he just didn't want to make his parents sad.

So he "submitted to humiliation to serve the greater good," but while he agreed well on the surface, he actually kept doing what he was doing, only now he did it in secret instead of out in the open.

The couple couldn't do anything about this son either.

He was already an adult and couldn't be educated the way they did when he was a child, and even though they raised all their children the same way, one playboy just happened to emerge; they couldn't figure it out, but they were helpless.

Sheng Zihan left, and Sheng Hanyu asked: "Which one of us is this child actually like? How could I have a son like this?"

Shi Youxuan retorted unceremoniously: "Of course he's like you. In any case, he can't be like me; I have never been fickle."

Sheng Hanyu:...

"Hey, what is wrong with you? That's all ancient history from how many years ago? Is it interesting to keep digging it up?"

"It wasn't me who brought it up first; you were the one who brought it up first."

In the end, he was defeated.

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Ministry of Commerce.

Minister Kang said to Zirui: "Pack up, prepare to go on a business trip with me, we leave this afternoon."

"Understood."

Zirui used the fastest speed to arrange his work for others, then prepared everything for the departure.

Such business trips happened almost several times a month, and it was something he was used to doing, but today, when Zirui saw the destination on the form, he still paused slightly.

Country L.

A distant yet familiar country.

There was the person he missed the most but did not want to see!

Seeing him freeze, Minister Kang asked: "What's wrong? Do you have any difficulties? If you don't want to go, it's no problem; I can send someone else. You don't have to force yourself."

The past between Zirui and the President of Country L, Qi Shishi, was no secret—at least in the eyes of someone like Minister Kang, it was no secret.

Zirui did not hesitate and immediately stated his position: "Minister, I have no difficulties. I can go; it will not affect my work."

"Good, then prepare to set off."

"Yes."

Zirui quickly collected his emotions and began to prepare in an orderly manner.

Minister Kang appeared busy on the surface, but in reality, he was calmly observing Zirui. Seeing that his performance was completely normal, he felt relieved.

This trip was a trial.

It was also an important test.

If he could pass this test, Zirui's career path would be much smoother.

Although it was a test, it was not easy; how many people could pass the trial of the heart?

Boarding the plane, Zirui sat in his seat, looking at the blue sky and white clouds outside. His expression was calm, but his heart was turbulent.

The last time he went to Country L felt like it was only yesterday.

At that time, he was still the Heir of Dingsheng, representing Dingsheng on the trip.

Now he was the Secretary to the Minister of Commerce, no longer the primary figure, but he was representing the national image and had to be even more cautious in his words and actions than last time.

Is she doing well?

She is already engaged; her fiancé must be a perfect match for her, right?

Before this, Zirui had always numbed himself with high-intensity work, deliberately trying his best not to touch upon anything related to her.

But now, it was as if Heaven was playing a joke on him.

Kang called to him: "Secretary Sheng, do you know anything about Qi Shishi's fiancé?"

"I do not."

"I'll give you three hours; get his file in front of me as soon as possible. Any problems?"

Zirui:...

Fine, this was part of his job; he could not avoid it.

"No problem."

"Very well. Since there's no problem, then start quickly. I don't want to see just the information that can be found online."

"Understood."

Zirui returned to his workstation and immediately began to work.

The Minister did not want to see just the information that could be found online, but the online information could not be completely ignored either.

He first called his uncle Wang Yong via satellite phone, asking him to tell him about Liu Hao's situation.

Liu Hao was Qi Shishi's fiancé, the current Military Region Commander of Country L.

Wang Yong immediately began to ramble on: "That little bastard is no good; if it weren't for his uncle Liu Kai, he would be nothing. The jerk, the bastard, daring to snatch a woman from my nephew—Zirui, you just say the word, and Uncle can make him unable to continue his position..."

"Who doesn't have a good uncle?"

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