After her identity was stolen, she lived in the short-lived villain's phone.

Chapter 24 Shen Hongguo's Apology
Shen Yanzhi's gentle and considerate words made Chi Yu feel flattered.

Was Shen Yanzhi being too nice to her?

She was just a cell phone, but Shen Yanzhi not only quickly accepted that she was different from other cell phones, he even planned to take her out to play on the weekend?

Chi Yu fell silent, a rare occurrence for him.

Shen Yanzhi continued working.

Around noon, Shen Yanzhi received a call from his grandfather.

Yesterday, Chen Jin delivered the bugging device to the Shen family's old residence and emphasized that it was found in Shen Yanzhi's car. Old Master Shen did not show any reaction in front of Chen Jin, but after Chen Jin left, Old Master Shen immediately flew into a rage and summoned Shen Hongguo and Shen Yuanzhong to his study, questioning them about who had installed the bugging device with a location transmitter in Shen Yanzhi's car.

The fact that Shen Yanzhi handed him the bugging device made it very clear that it must have been secretly planted during his recent trip back to the old house for dinner.

Shen Yuanzhong was originally seeking help from Shen Hongguo. He didn't want to sign the contract as Shen Yanzhi wished, but he couldn't just watch Huang Sheng go to jail. He was in a real bind.

After being summoned to the study by Old Master Shen, Shen Yuanzhong and Shen Hongguo learned about the bugging device, but both refused to admit that they were involved.

Shen Yuanzhong had some doubts about Shen Hongguo, but after hearing that Shen Hongguo also refused, he immediately sneered and said that it must be the treacherous Shen Yanzhi who orchestrated this to frame him and his elder brother.

Old Master Shen did not believe him. Since Shen Yuanzhong and Shen Hongguo did not admit it, he would investigate himself.

Fortunately, Shen Yanzhi discovered it early. When Chen Jin delivered the bugging device, no one in the Shen family's old house had left.

Not only Shen Yuanzhong and Shen Hongguo, but also the butlers and servants who worked in the villa did not leave.

When Mr. Shen was young, he was in charge of the Shen Group for decades. Using his shrewdness and cunning to investigate this kind of thing is like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

In just one night, Old Master Shen found out who was behind this incident.

“I never expected your uncle to do something like this.”

On the phone, Mr. Shen spoke with some fatigue, as if he hadn't slept well last night.

“I told him to hand over the management and operation rights of the Xiangshan Hotel to you as an apology for his mistake this time.”

Fragrant Hills Hotel was a private property under the name of Mr. Shen. On Shen Hongguo's fifty-first birthday, Mr. Shen gave Fragrant Hills Hotel to Shen Hongguo as a gift.

Fragrant Hills Hotel is located at the foot of Fragrant Hills, a top-tier tourist destination in China. Fragrant Hills offers different scenery in all four seasons and receives countless domestic and international tourists every year, with virtually no off-season.

This hotel is nestled against Fragrant Hills; it's practically making money just by lying down.

Shen Hongguo had long coveted this hotel, mentioning it repeatedly, but the old man refused to give it to him until Shen Hongguo turned fifty-one, when it was finally gifted as a birthday present, granting him only the operating and management rights. Now, because of Shen Hongguo's unauthorized bribery of a servant to install a listening device in Shen Yanzhi's car yesterday, the old man directly ordered him to give away the operating and management rights of the Xiangshan Hotel to Shen Yanzhi as an apology gift. One can imagine how angry the old man was.

Shen Yanzhi was not surprised at all when he heard that Shen Hongguo had installed the bug in his car.

Compared to his hot-tempered third uncle, this smiling tiger uncle was the most difficult to deal with.

"Thank you, Grandpa," Shen Yanzhi said.

When Old Master Shen heard his thanks, he sighed, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he said nothing. He only told Shen Yanzhi not to work too late, to balance work and rest, and to go back and visit his old man more often when he had free time.

Shen Yanzhi agreed to everything, and the grandfather and grandson quickly ended the call.

Not long after that call ended, Shen Yanzhi's phone rang again.

Chi Yu glanced at the phone and realized that it was his heartless uncle who was calling Shen Yanzhi this time.

Not long after being reprimanded by Old Master Shen, Shen Hongguo felt somewhat ashamed even though he was usually shameless and often lied through his teeth. He hesitated for a while before dialing the number.

After the call connected, Shen Hongguo gripped the phone tightly in his right hand and immediately apologized, "Nephew, I'm so sorry about what happened yesterday. I was momentarily blinded by greed and made the servant do something wrong. The old man has already criticized me, and I know I was wrong..."

"But you've all misunderstood me. I didn't have any bad intentions when I had that installed; I just wanted to know how you were doing. Do you remember when you were little, your parents were often not home, and your uncle would take you to the amusement park? But I guess you were too young then to remember."

Shen Hongguo spoke more and more fluently: "You've always been a well-behaved and obedient child. I could tell back then that you were the most promising of the younger generation, and I often took you out to play. Now that you're older, you've gradually drifted apart from your uncle because of some misunderstandings and frictions. This time..."

Before he could finish speaking, Shen Yanzhi coldly interrupted him: "Are you referring to those times when I was four or five years old, when you deliberately left me in crowded, unfamiliar places under the guise of taking me to the amusement park, and I ended up finding the security booth myself and contacting a driver to pick me up?"

Shen Hongguo's expression froze. He never expected that Shen Yanzhi would remember such a small matter! He even recounted the details!
If Shen Yanzhi hadn't described it in such detail, he would have almost forgotten how he had abandoned Shen Yanzhi time and time again back then!

Chi Yu on the phone was also shocked. Last time in the office, she felt that Shen Hongguo was a hypocritical elder with a wicked heart. She never expected that he would do such a terrible thing to Shen Yanzhi!
"No, no, Uncle, how could you do such a thing? You must be mistaken." Shen Hongguo wiped his sweat anxiously, feeling extremely regretful. He should have known better than to have pulled Shen Yanzhi aside to reminisce. He really knew to bring up the most sensitive topic. The matter of installing the bugging device yesterday hadn't been resolved yet, and now he had dug himself another hole.

He quickly changed the subject: "How about this, my dear nephew, I'll give you the two projects I've been working on recently, as an apology."

Chi Yu: ...

She finally understood why Grandpa Shen had called specifically earlier. Besides giving Shen Yanzhi a personal answer over the phone to avoid hurting the relationship between grandfather and grandson, he was also wary of Shen Hongguo's underhanded tactics!
Sure enough, he just agreed to everything with Old Master Shen, but now he's starting to pull stunts with Shen Yanzhi again.

However, this also proves that the profits of the Fragrant Hills Hotel are definitely considerable, otherwise Shen Hongguo would not have risked becoming a deadbeat with Old Master Shen in order to keep the operation and management rights of the Fragrant Hills Hotel in his own hands.

(End of this chapter)