The Birth of Shanghai's First Conglomerate

The conflict between father and son erupted in an instant.

Chen Lu, who had a peaceful personality since childhood and had not yet gone through a rebellious phase, actually started to argue with his father during his university years because of the setbacks Su Xiaoxi had suffered.

He even questioned his own parents so strongly.

This was a very bad sign for Chen Pingsheng.

Fortunately, Su Xiaoxi is a girl with good character. If she were someone with bad intentions, she could have easily fooled Chen Lu.

The situation is now quite clear: Su Xiaoxi feels unworthy to be with Chen Lu, and perhaps she said some unpleasant things.

This caused Chen Lu to lose his composure.

It's actually normal for a boy Chen Lu's age to encounter something like this.

After all, I haven't suffered any major setbacks since I was a child, but now it seems that this setback has been quite significant.

Compared to himself, Su Xiaoxi is probably under even greater pressure.

Chen Pingsheng knew this girl quite well; she was a bit stubborn and inflexible.

She probably wants to pay off those billions of yuan on her own now.

Chen Lu is now showing some rebellious tendencies; he believes that it was his father who forced Su Xiaoxi to leave.

She also believes that even if she has no money, there will still be someone who likes her.

He wanted to prove to his father that he wasn't useless and that he had his own strengths.

Since the silly boy is making a foolish mistake, we can only rely on him to figure it out on his own.

Feeling down, Chen Lu called Chang Dalin and Gao Feng out for a drink.

The three of them came out together in the evening and went to a top-notch bar.

Chen Lu seemed to be trying to numb himself with alcohol, and he also wanted to forget what Su Xiaoxi had said to him.

The bar was brightly lit and colorful.

Those people who shake their heads and sway their heads,

Chang Dalin likes to come to places like this the most. Gao Feng is alright, after all, his father isn't very rich anymore.

He can't compare to Chang Fu, much less to Chen Lu's father, who is incredibly wealthy and powerful.

"Hey Chen Lu, why did you decide to come to the bar with us today?"

"Why ask all that nonsense? Can't I just want to drink?"

"Alright, alright, you never come to bars, did you have another fight with Su Xiaoxi?"

"No, she just doesn't want me anymore."

"There's a limit to your nonsense. With your dad's influence, what woman in the world wouldn't want you?"

Chang Dalin laughed heartily.

"Can you please stop mentioning my dad? Why do you all have to bring him up in everything you say? Do you think I couldn't even find a girlfriend without him?"

"Girls are easy to find, but beautiful women are not. You've probably forgotten about Shen Xi, haven't you? Do you know how famous she is at the university next door?"

Chang Dalin said enviously, "She's a real heiress from a wealthy family. She's proficient in every art form, from music and chess to calligraphy and painting. She speaks three foreign languages ​​as well as Mandarin. If it weren't for your good father, she wouldn't have stood there waiting for you. You should cherish your good fortune. Think about how many rich second-generation guys have wanted to pursue Shen Xi."

The more he said that, the less likely Chen Lu would accept Shen Xi.

This is probably the typical rebellious mentality of boys; they always want to go against their parents.

"Shen Xi is so great, why don't you go after her?"

"I'd like to, but do you think I dare?"

Chang Dalin said, "She's the perfect wife your own mother arranged for you. If I were to pursue her, my mother would beat me to death first, and my father would drag me back and hang me like a corpse for three days. If you ask me, you shouldn't have put all your attention on Su Xiaoxi. Look at Shen Xi, she's absolutely perfect, without a single flaw. You're always clinging to Su Xiaoxi, you probably haven't even considered her feelings."

Chen Lu seemed to recall the three years Shen Xi had spent with him overseas; she had indeed been a good person.

But he kept thinking about one question: if it weren't for his father, would Shen Xi really like him?
The answer is: no.

Because of this, he resisted developing feelings for Shen Xi from the very beginning.

Another major reason is that he genuinely likes Su Xiaoxi. So much so that he developed a rebellious attitude towards his parents because of her explicit rejection.

This is difficult to understand.

Chen Lu drank more and more, and Chang Dalin even invited a few minor internet celebrities from outside the entertainment circle to drink together.

He enjoys having fun, and with family assets of no less than 10 billion, he is naturally very popular with beautiful women.

He had originally intended to arrange a woman with Chen Lu, and Chen Lu neither refused nor made any statement.

The woman asked him, "Which company's son are you from?"

Chen Lu said directly, "You've misunderstood. My dad is an unemployed bum."

The woman didn't believe it, saying that anyone who could drink with Young Master Chang was no ordinary person.

Chen Lu said that he was just his college classmate who came over to freeload drinks.

The woman then asked him, "So, do you all drive luxury cars when you go to college?"

He said no, he rode his bicycle himself.

In just a few minutes of this question and answer, he had brought that pretty young woman to Gao Feng's side.

Women who frequent bars are easy to seduce, but you need to be rich.

Even if you don't have money, you have to pretend you do.

With someone as straightforward as him, which woman wouldn't run away?

This reminded Chen Lu of something his father had said: if he hadn't been born into a good family, no beautiful woman would have liked him.

Regardless of the truth, these words are quite hurtful to one's self-esteem.

After drinking until 11 p.m., Chang Dalin took two young women to a hotel.

He would never play the innocent card, and Gao Feng was influenced by his surroundings; after hanging out with him for a while, he was pretty much corrupted.

Chen Lu didn't like this, so his driver picked him up and took him home after he left the bar.

He no longer wanted to live with his parents and wanted his own private space.

The next day, he instructed the family housekeeper to buy him a small house outside the university.

The housekeeper's understanding of the small house was probably completely different from what he described.

He lives alone in a space of over 400 square meters, which is so big that he's a little afraid of ghosts and has to hire someone to take care of it.

He also plans to buy a smaller apartment, around 100 square meters would be enough.

Whether he likes it or not, his parents are undeniably good at providing for his material needs.

I've always been given the best of everything since I was a child.

He basically has everything he wants, except for Su Xiaoxi.

He doesn't quite understand Su Xiaoxi yet; in fact, from his own perspective, it's difficult for him to comprehend her.

He felt like he had been abandoned.

Perhaps it was because it was useless, or perhaps it was because she ultimately chose money.

Anyway, he was abandoned.

I came up with a whole bunch of reasons, using everything imaginable.

The next day, Chen Lu received a call from his older sister, Erpiya.

Chen Xinyi came over mainly because she received a call from her biological mother, who told her that her younger brother was suffering from a heartbreak.

I'm currently going through a period of existential doubt.

Her silly younger brother, despite having such a good family background, insisted on getting hung up on a crooked tree.

(End of this chapter)