Chapter 621: Only in Adversity Do You Know Who Your Family Is

The number of people getting off work gradually dwindled.

The person the "old man" wanted to see still had not appeared.

After a while longer, with no one left in front of the building, he emerged from a corner and hurried toward the building.

"Hey, stop right there. Do you have an appointment?" He was stopped by a Security Guard and not allowed in.

The "old man" looked left and right, then lowered his sunglasses a bit: "I'm looking for Sheng Hanyu, I'm his father."

Even without an introduction, there is no one in Jiangzhou now who doesn't recognize Sheng Jiang.

"Oh! Isn't this our famous President Sheng? Why are you dressed like this..."

"Shh!"

Sheng Jiang placed a finger to his lips to silence him.

He was afraid of attracting those who had invested in "Chicken Lays Eggs"!

The Security Guard "kindly" reminded him: "Don't worry, we don't have any of your clients here. Our Chairman is far-sighted and forbade any of us from buying Chicken Lays Eggs, so no one here is looking for you to demand money."

It was entirely a tone of watching the fun.

Schadenfreude.

But he was right; back then, Sheng Hanyu had repeatedly emphasized in the company that no employee was allowed to buy "Chicken Lays Eggs." If they insisted on buying, they could, but they had to resign first!

Doing so was somewhat overbearing and exceeded his authority.

At first, employees had complaints. Watching others get rich while they couldn't buy made no one happy, but they didn't dare buy secretly either.

Sheng Hanyu had always been a man of his word; when he said something, it was never just casual talk.

Moreover, office workers had to pay off mortgages and car loans, and those married with children had an even heavier burden.

Compared to financial management, a stable, high-paying job with generous benefits was obviously more important.

Because of this, since everyone didn't buy, no one bought, so after the Chicken Lays Eggs incident, Dingsheng was not affected at all.

The several group companies that issued joint statements were largely the same.

Sheng Jiang insisted on going to the office to find his son.

Later, Sheng Hanyu's Assistant came down and took him up to look around in person—he really wasn't there.

Only then did he believe that his son was away on a business trip.

Since he couldn't get through on the phone, he had no choice but to go find Shi Youxuan.

Sheng Jiang wrapped himself up tightly and returned to the place where he used to live.

He didn't dare enter the main gate of the residential compound, nor did he dare enter any other gate.

Only at this moment did he deeply understand the true meaning of the saying: "A rabbit does not eat the grass by its own burrow."

You really can't eat it; once you do, you truly have no place to hide.

Basically all the security guards in the compound had bought "Chicken Lays Eggs." If they saw him, they would tear him to pieces.

Sheng Jiang waited patiently outside the compound until dark. Seeing no one around, he climbed the wall and jumped in, but was discovered the moment he landed!

"There's a thief!"

"Over there."

The Security Guard ran toward him.

He hurried away before the Security Guard could reach him.

Once the Security Guard passed, Sheng Jiang came back again.

After jumping over the wall, he tried his best to walk along the base of the wall.

This was a blind spot for surveillance, making it hard to be discovered.

Sheng Jiang finally arrived home, plopped down on the floor, and panted heavily.

"Dad? Why are you dressed like this?"

Shi Youxuan had someone help her father-in-law up to the sofa. Although it wasn't winter yet, the night was quite chilly.

He was covered in sweat and sitting on the cold floor, making it very easy to catch a cold.

She personally poured hot tea and brought it to her father-in-law: "Please, drink some water."

"Th-thank you!"

Sheng Jiang took it, his old face flushing red.

These past few days, he had lived the life of a street rat.

The higher he had been held up before, the more miserably he had fallen now.

He thought that if he came back and saw Shi Youxuan, she would definitely ridicule him mercilessly!

His daughter-in-law's tongue was as sharp as a knife, and she never hesitated to insult others.

But she didn't.

She didn't say a single harsh word and even showed concern for his well-being.

"Dad, you haven't eaten yet, right? What would you like to eat? I'll have Fang Jie make it."

"Anything is fine, whatever."

He had been running around outside all day and hadn't eaten a thing. He was fine as long as no one reminded him, but now that his daughter-in-law mentioned it, his stomach immediately growled uncooperatively.

"Fang Jie, make a bowl of chicken noodle soup. Remember to add plenty of old ginger and no green onions. Slice a plate of spiced beef. We bought fresh oilseed rape today, so stir-fry a plate of that, but go easy on the chili."

"Alright, I've noted it down." Fang Jie turned and went to the kitchen, and Sheng Jiang was so moved that tears fell.

Usually, Shi Youxuan didn't manage anything at home, and he had also thought that he was like a transparent person, not respected by his daughter-in-law.

But she remembered all his preferences and the things he didn't eat!

After the meal, Shi Youxuan told Sheng Jiang that she had already sent someone to pick up his wife, and from now on they would live at home, as home was always the safest place.

"Xuanxuan, where did Hanyu go?"

There were some things that were not easy to say to his daughter-in-law, and Sheng Jiang still hoped to speak directly with his son.

"Hanyu is away on a business trip to inspect a project; the signal is poor in that place, so the phone won't go through."

This excuse had been prepared long ago, and she said it right off the bat.

Sheng Jiang did not suspect anything, but he was anxious beyond measure.

Originally, he did not want to open his mouth to his daughter-in-law and beg her directly, but now there was no other way; he could not find his son, so only she could help him.

"Xuanxuan, can you do Dad a favor? Contact Chairman Zhu for me... Zhu Xingye."

Shi Youxuan said in surprise, "Dad, what are you thinking? If you can't even find him, how could I possibly have a way?"

Her father-in-law lowered his head dejectedly; he was always like this, either thinking he was omnipotent or thinking others were omnipotent.

Shi Youxuan originally did not want to say too much, but after thinking about it, she felt she should enlighten him and let her father-in-law realize the reality more quickly: "I heard he has already returned to the United States. Jiangzhou and the United States do not have a bilateral extradition treaty, so even if you knew where he was, you couldn't do anything about him."

Sheng Jiang: "I know, I just want to find him and ask him why he lied to me? Can he return the money he swindled? I don't need my money back, but he should return the money to the common people..."

Sheng Jiang was not a bad person; although he was sometimes selfish, he could still distinguish right from wrong when faced with a greater cause.

At a time like this, even though he had been driven into a corner, the first thing he thought of was still those people who had been swindled out of their life savings.

His own entire fortune had also been swindled away, but that was not the most important thing.

Shi Youxuan seemed to be moved by him, so she said, "Fine, I will think of a way for you to see if I can get Zhu Xingye to speak with you directly."

"Good, good, thank you, Xuanxuan. You really are a good child. Everything in the past was my fault; it was me who had prejudices against you. I have let you down..."

She interrupted her father-in-law's rambling, told him to go back to his original room to rest, and went to think of a solution herself.

Shi Youxuan asked Fang Jie to go to their smashed-up home and bring her mother-in-law over as well.

Although she had not seen the situation over there, she had been sending people to observe it quietly.

Robbing and smashing things did not matter, as long as the people were fine.

And for those few days, she had remained a bystander and had not interfered with anything, which was also Sheng Hanyu's intention.

Sheng Hanyu wanted his parents to suffer a little and learn a lesson.

So that in the future, they wouldn't easily believe whatever anyone said.

Now that they had suffered enough and should have learned their lesson, it was time to step in; he couldn't just keep watching forever.

Fang Jie went to pick up Wang Yinghao.

Wang Yinghao felt embarrassed to go back and declined, saying, "No need, I'm doing quite well here."

Fang Jie pointed at the window without glass and the empty four walls: "You call this doing well? Even the glass has been smashed; how can anyone live here?"