Me at two years old, a queen!

Looking at the open living room, Lu Junxing noticed that the little troublemaker would occasionally come in for a drink or a snack. Some things weren't suitable for a child to hear, so the group moved to the tea room by the balcony to continue their conversation.

"That eldest brother of the Shen family is named Shen Maolin. He is an honest and upright man. He grew up without a father, and his mother favored his younger brother. He didn't receive much education and dropped out of school early to help support his family."

In his early years, he worked outside the village with literate people, sending every penny of his wages home to support his younger brother's schooling.

"His younger brother is Meng Wanyin's husband, named Shen Maocai. He was spoiled by his mother since childhood and is known throughout the village as a good-for-nothing who would do anything, from stealing chickens to dogs."

"Shen Maolin worked away from home and knew that a diploma was important, so he wanted his younger brother to study more. Shen Maocai barely passed the nine years of compulsory education and failed to get into the town's high school. Shen Maolin even spent a lot of money to send him to a private high school."

"But this Shen Maocai was a good-for-nothing. He skipped classes all the time to go online and got into fights with thugs outside the school. He was expelled and ended up going to a vocational school to study auto repair. It was around this time that he started drinking and gambling."

"The Shen family took a liking to Meng Wanyin from the foot of the mountain, thinking that once he got married, someone would keep him in check and he wouldn't cause trouble all the time. They scraped together 20 yuan for the wedding, and the Meng family married Meng Wanyin off for the bride price."

"The two got married and had a daughter. Old Mrs. Shen was unhappy that Meng Wanyin hadn't given the Shen family a son, but Shen Maocai persuaded them, and the two lived peacefully for a few years."

"Later, just like my older brother Zhao Yuantang said, Shen Maolin would abuse Meng Wanyin when he was drunk. At the worst, she was beaten so badly that she miscarried. She lost a lot of blood and was found by a neighbor and taken to the hospital. Only after the miscarriage did they find out that it was a boy."

"Old woman Shen desperately wanted a grandson to shut up those who cursed their Shen family for having no descendants. In the end, she could only resent Meng Wanyin for not being able to protect their grandson, so she kept pestering her to give her a grandson."

"After they had no children, they discovered that Shen Maolin's drinking had damaged his health. The Shen family had long been depleted by debts incurred over the years to pay off his wedding and gambling debts, making it very difficult for Shen Maolin to find another wife."

"Greedy for a grandson, Granny Shen arranged for Meng Wanyin and Shen Maolin to live together to have one. Shen Maolin later moved in with them, essentially becoming the man of the house to help support the family."

"But Shen Maocai's gambling escalated, and even though Shen Maolin worked on the construction site every day, he couldn't pay off the debts. People would come to their house to collect the debts every now and then."

"Meng Wanyin faked a suicide attempt to find my... Zhao Yuantang, because they had been together in the past, but their families disapproved, and Zhao Yuantang broke up with them, leaving him with a deep sense of guilt."

"Over the years, he has secretly paid off Meng Wanyin's gambling debts and helped deal with troublemakers behind the scenes. Because of Zhao Yuantang, the Shen family has treated Meng Wanyin and her mother quite well."

"Later, when Shen Maolin got into trouble with a thug while gambling and was paralyzed, Meng Wanyin took the opportunity to want a divorce. However, the Shen family was afraid that if she left, they would not be able to get the money and things sent by Zhao Yuantang, and they were also afraid that the debt collectors would come to their door and cause trouble!"

"They just kept watching her and she wouldn't agree. Several times Meng Wanyin secretly ran away, but she was always brought back by Shen's cousins."

"Meng Wanyin dutifully served Shen Maocai, persuading him to let his elder brother gamble so he wouldn't have to work hard and could make money quickly to pay off his gambling debts and cure his leg, but Shen Maolin refused!"

"Later, Meng Wanyin met a hoodlum, and she persuaded Shen Maolin to go out and work with him. After going out, Shen Maolin became addicted to gambling and accumulated a large debt."

"After that, Meng Wanyin faked her suicide and conspired with Zhao Yuantang to kidnap and disappearance. Shen Maolin and that thug led a group of people to kidnap Zhao Yuantang, intending to use the five million to pay off gambling debts."

"I just didn't expect that when my sister-in-law Jiang Jiu didn't see Zhao Yuantang and refused to give her the box containing the money, that thug stabbed her with a knife, and Shen Mao ran away with the box."

"Zhao Yuantang and Meng Wanyin were originally hiding in the bushes, but later, fearing that my sister-in-law would find them, Zhao Yuantang had Meng Wanyin take my sister-in-law to the hospital while he escaped and went into hiding."

"That venomous woman, Meng Wanyin, didn't even call an ambulance. Instead, she secretly took the box containing two million yuan from Shen Maolin and hid it."

"Later, Zhao Yuantang and the thugs suspected Shen Maolin of stealing two million, so one of the thugs beat him to death. After that, Zhao Yuantang took the remaining two million and became a son-in-law of the Shen family in the village, while the thug ran away with one million and his fate is unknown."

Perhaps having accepted reality, or perhaps relieved to know that his sister-in-law's death wasn't intentional on Zhao Yuantang's part, Zhao Jingtang spoke of these matters with remarkable calm.

"Zhao Yuantang did not embezzle company funds?"

"No! I've had several auditors check it, and there's definitely no embezzlement! But I'm not sure how much money he originally had on him!"

"Wasn't the person chasing you that day Zhao Yuantang?"

"He did send people to prevent me from finding him, but it was just a smokescreen, a trap he set before he disappeared. He didn't intend to harm me."

"I fainted on the beach that day. The person who hurt me wasn't him, it was someone my uncle sent. He just wanted to get rid of me so he could take over for Zhao's Entertainment!"

Lu Junxing found it boring at this moment. Zhao Yuantang was ultimately just a coward; he had overestimated him. It seemed the more interesting person was that woman.

In a patriarchal village, she managed to fool the patriarchal old woman, Granny Shen, into not bothering her, and she could also manipulate three men and a scoundrel at will, all while escaping unscathed.

"I've already called the police. Let them handle it however they see fit!"

"I just didn't expect that after Shen Maolin became paralyzed, and Meng Wanyin went through divorce proceedings and dating other men, he would still be willing to help her! To become her accomplice! I underestimated this woman."

"That thug has never been found. He should have been dealt with, but we don't know who did it!"

In truth, Zhao Jingtang had a vague idea of ​​the answer in her heart, but she simply refused to believe it.

The two discussed business matters for a while, but Zhao Jingtang ultimately showed no interest in business and decided to cooperate with the Lu family, hiring their in-house professional managers to run the business, while retaining only his nephew's shares.

Anyway, Zhao's Entertainment is such a small business, and the Lu family wouldn't even look at their meager assets. He doesn't need to be wary of Lu Junxing, and he can focus on taking care of his nephew.

Lu Junxing, however, was not interested in this and had no intention of interfering in other people's company affairs. He only agreed to let his headhunting firm help recruit suitable candidates.

After the meal, Lu Junxing called Qin Yanzhou over and told him to call Zhao Jingtang "Master" and begin learning from him from then on, so as to avoid being beaten up whenever he went out in the future.

Zhao Jingtang was happy to continue practicing martial arts, and even moved to a neighborhood near their house so that her nephew Zhao Yu'an could visit them more easily, and it would also be convenient for her to teach Qin Yanzhou martial arts.