Chapter 3877

Shen Zhongtian did not expect that Lan Lili was quite well-behaved in front of him, but she was so high-profile outside, and actually caused such a thing. Such a thing was a big taboo for a family like theirs. How could this not make him gnash his teeth in hatred at Lan Lili?

Although after the incident, he still used his influence to make the police issue an announcement favorable to Lan Lili, he wished he could kick Lan Lili away with one foot. He did this not to pull Lan Lili, but just to minimize the impact.

He now hated those smartphones very much. In the past, when there were no smartphones, how could there be so many things? But now everyone had a smartphone, and when they encountered any novel things, everyone could take out their mobile phone to film this thing and then put it on the internet.

The reason they put the video on the internet was, of course, because they wanted to be popular. In this internet era, I don't know how many internet celebrities became popular overnight, and I don't know how many video bloggers also became popular overnight, just because their videos were popular.

Shen Zhongtian himself also used a smartphone, and he usually liked to brush some funny videos. He originally thought smartphones were very interesting, but now that the matter had fallen on his own head, he no longer felt smartphones were interesting. He looked at his smartphone and wished he could smash it.

However, he was after all a person of about forty years old, and he was not that childish, so he just had such a thought and did not put it into action. He sighed and walked into the courtyard of the Shen family.

The courtyard of the Shen family was also a Sihe Academy. The courtyard was not big, and it was where his second uncle's family lived. This was also where Shen Lao used to live, so whenever they had any matters in the family, the whole family would return here to discuss them.

Shen Zhongtian's father was the eldest and retired from a department-level position. His second uncle was a deputy ministerial-level cadre, but he was in some committee and didn't have much real power.

The most powerful person in the Shen family at present was Shen Zhongtian's third uncle, Shen Zhengwu. He once served as the deputy minister of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee. Later, although he did not become the minister of the Organization Department, he became the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. He was the only ministerial-level cadre in the Shen family.

Shen Zhongtian being able to become the deputy secretary-general of this charitable organization was, of course, arranged by Shen Zhengwu. For him, the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, arranging such a position was too easy.

Although Shen Zhengwu had the highest status, whenever their family had any major events, they would still come to this old house to discuss them, so today, several elders of Shen Zhongtian had all arrived here.

Although Shen Zhongtian tried his best to pretend that nothing had happened, his hands still betrayed him. His hands were constantly trembling, because his father and uncles were all very strict people, and this time the disaster he caused was too big.

Sure enough, as soon as Shen Zhongtian walked into the main room, he saw his parents and several uncles and aunts sitting inside. He had just prepared to greet them with a smile when he heard his father, Shen Zhengping, give a sharp shout: "Kneel down for me!"

Shen Zhongtian knelt down almost as a conditioned reflex, and these elders did not speak, looking at him coldly. The room was silent.

Fortunately, the heating in the main room was very sufficient, otherwise, in such weather, Shen Zhongtian would have frozen stiff within a few minutes of kneeling. But even so, kneeling on the hard blue bricks in the main room, he started to tremble within a few minutes. He hadn't suffered such hardship in these years.

Seeing Shen Zhongtian like this, his mother, Liu De'e, felt heartache: "Zhengping, let the child stand and talk."

Shen Zhengping glared at Liu De'e angrily and said: "You are still talking, it is you who spoiled him into this state. How old is he? Still a child? Look at what he has become now? A forty-year-old person should be in his prime, look at his weak body, he started trembling after kneeling for a few minutes."

Liu De'e did not dare to say anything more. She knew that her son was indeed spoiled by her into this state. Her son was born during that period of turmoil and suffered a lot in his childhood, so she was indeed very doting on her child. Now that Shen Zhongtian was like this, she had to bear a great responsibility.

Liu De'e could only look at Shen Zhengwu for help. She knew that now only Shen Zhengwu could speak to persuade Shen Zhengping.

Although Shen Zhengwu did not look at Liu De'e, he could feel Liu De'e looking at him. He also knew what Liu De'e meant by looking at him. He sighed. In any case, Shen Zhongtian was still his nephew; he couldn't let him kneel to death here, right?

Shen Zhengwu said to Shen Zhengping: "Big brother, let Zhongtian stand up and talk."

Shen Zhengwu was the person with the highest status in the Shen family now. In China, where the official-standard ideology was serious, he naturally became the person with the most say in the Shen family. Of course, he still respected his eldest brother and second brother on the surface.

Since Shen Zhengwu had spoken, Shen Zhengping naturally had to give him face. He snorted coldly and said: "Then get up."

Shen Zhongtian felt as if he had been granted amnesty. He really couldn't stand kneeling anymore. If he knelt for a while longer, he felt his knees would shatter. He scrambled up from the ground.

Shen Zhengping said: "Shen Zhongtian, you have such great courage!"

Shen Zhongtian lowered his head and did not speak.

Shen Zhengwu said: "Zhongtian, tell me, what is your relationship with that Lan Lili?"

Shen Zhongtian stammered and said: "No relationship."

Shen Zhengping gave a violent shout and said: "What is 'no relationship'?"

Shen Zhongtian was startled by this violent shout and trembled all over. He looked at his father in horror. His father had been a soldier when he was young and had a violent temper. He didn't know how many times he had beaten him, and he still had psychological shadows to this day.

Liu De'e said: "Zhengping, you are also old, don't be angry, it's not good for your health."

Shen Zhengping shouted: "Can I not be angry? It would be fine if this little rabbit died, don't implicate the whole family!"

Shen Zhongtian was as silent as a cicada in winter, not saying a word.

Liu De'e said: "He wouldn't implicate the whole family, would he?"

Shen Zhengping said: "Why are you so confused? Don't look at our Shen family as glorious on the surface, but the old man left early, and the foundation has long been unstable. Now we only rely on Zhengwu to support the scene. This time it was Zhengwu who arranged for this little rabbit to be the deputy secretary-general. If this little rabbit has an accident, can it not implicate Zhengwu? If Zhengwu has an accident, can you imagine what will happen to the Shen family? I don't know how many people are waiting to see the Shen family's jokes."

Although Shen Zhengping himself was not a big official, he saw through some things in this officialdom very clearly. He knew that the Shen family was not like it was when the old man was alive. In the years after the turmoil when the old man resumed work, the Shen family's days were still very good, but now it was different.

I don't know how many jostling and contradictions there were in Jingcheng, and I don't know how many people called each other 'brother' to their faces but touched weapons behind their backs. Over the years, the Shen family had also offended many people. Even if they hadn't offended anyone, because of interests, others also had reasons to want to see the Shen family's jokes.

In this world, there were people who sent charcoal in the snow, but there were many more who threw stones at someone who had fallen into a well.

Shen Zhongtian being the deputy secretary-general was arranged by Shen Zhengwu. That charitable organization was managed by the Ministry of Civil Affairs. If Shen Zhongtian had an accident, could it not implicate Shen Zhengwu? If Shen Zhengwu had an accident, the Shen family would basically never have a chance to turn over.