The Birth of Shanghai's First Conglomerate

After moving back to Shanghai, 62-year-old Chen Pingsheng settled near the Bund.

It's a small apartment of less than 300 square meters, with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Huangpu River.

The night view is beautiful, and the brilliance and prosperity of Pudong are on full display.

Xiao Jiye is still on summer vacation and will be starting junior high school in September.

An'an's eldest son, Sun Sile, has already finished his first year of high school. He has been well raised by the Sun family, and his innate aristocratic air makes him particularly popular at school.

However, my family was very strict, and I wasn't allowed to date at school until I went to university.

After university, they won't care much anymore.

After Chen Pingsheng moved here, he lived a leisurely life, spending his days playing chess with the retired old men in the community or practicing Tai Chi together.

Three generations of my family are still in the learning stage, and it will be at least seven or eight years before they graduate from university and officially enter the workforce.

He was living a comfortable life until Song Yanxi called him.

"Old Chen, aren't you going to do anything about your son's affairs?"

"There's nothing we can do about it; children and grandchildren have their own destinies."

"Fine, if you don't care, I won't care either."

Song Yanxi hung up the phone. They were an old married couple, and there was no need to worry about Chen Lu's little matter.

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Guangdong, Baiyun.

Chen Lu's small investment company is also located in this area. After leaving Yuanmeng Fund, he has not relied much on his family's resources.

Even the small business owners who cooperated with him were unaware that he had such a powerful father.

Chen Lu didn't start his business alone; he brought some friends with him from the Dream Fund.

Zhao Kai is now his right-hand man.

Over the years, Chen Lu has completely lost the will to prove himself; he only wants to find the best balance between life and work.

He has all the benefits that employees of the Dream Fund enjoy, from 9 am to 5 pm and weekends off.

Chen Lu is quite satisfied with what he has achieved so far.

Comparing myself to my two older sisters would only make me unhappy.

As for Su Xiaoxi, she only comes back once every ten days or half a month. She used to call every day, but now she only calls once a week.

Chen Lu never thought about separating from Su Xiaoxi, but he also needed more family love.

I've achieved financial freedom, but my wife is often away from me. Over time, I've started to have more thoughts about this.

Just then, Shen Xi's reappearance made him somewhat unable to extricate himself.

He began to reminisce about the moments he had spent with Shen Xi, and he couldn't help but want to get closer to her again.

With her immense fame and status as a renowned national music goddess, Shen Xi naturally has no shortage of suitors.

She no longer had the same feelings for Chen Lu.

The two only became ordinary friends after their next contact. As soon as Song Yanxi sent word, Shen Xi quickly disappeared and went abroad to settle down again.

This made Chen Lu very depressed, and he drank for several days. Even Zhao Kai couldn't persuade him to stop.

When Su Xiaoxi returned to Baiyun, the cold war between the two was particularly evident.

However, Su Xiaoxi was still considerate of his feelings and didn't say anything from beginning to end.

Chen Lu, emboldened by alcohol, asked her, "Xiao Xi, if one day I find another woman, will you leave me?"

"will not."

"why?"

"Because I can never repay the debt of gratitude I owe your father in this lifetime."

"Just because of my father?"

"Because you saved my youth and also redeemed my mother."

Chen Lu leaned back on the sofa. The two had been childhood sweethearts since they were young, and after ten years of marriage, they were already parents of two children.

Now, however, they've begun to doubt their relationship. "Xiao Xi, are you willing to give up your career in Hong Kong and stay with me to run this small investment company?"

"I don't want to."

Su Xiaoxi wasn't lying to him; she was no longer the college girl who needed Chen Pingsheng to teach her everything.

She has witnessed far too many joys and sorrows in wealthy families.

Once problems arise in a marriage, regardless of whether it's the man or woman, if either of them dares to give up their career to become a housewife or a stay-at-home husband, the end result will definitely be very tragic.

Chen Lu is currently feeling empty and lonely, and he could change his mind at any time because of a girl outside.

Under these circumstances, Su Xiaoxi is even less likely to give up her career.

Ten years is a long time; it can change so much.

This also caused the once childhood sweethearts to become different from what they used to be.

This is probably the most beautiful love story in TV dramas, a true reflection of what it's like ten years later.

Su Xiaoxi stayed at home for two days before leaving. Actually, Chen Lu could have gone to Hong Kong, but he just didn't want to go there.

The two remained deadlocked until a female college intern came to apply for the job.

Everything was quickly disrupted. The girl's name was Zhang Qian, and she was the most beautiful campus belle during her university years.

They have a very pure and innocent appearance, giving people an extremely innocent feeling.

Chen Lu quickly gained a sense of accomplishment from her that he had never experienced before.

He wanted to spend money on this girl, and every time he spent money, he would receive admiring and adoring looks from her.

Even though he wasn't very successful at home, he has now built a small investment company on his own.

With a net worth of billions and still young, these combined factors make them incredibly attractive to young women just entering the workforce, even if they are already married.

In just half a month, Chen Lu spent more than 30 million yuan on Zhang Qian.

I bought her a Rolls-Royce Cullinan and a luxuriously furnished small apartment in Baiyun District.

Chen Lu rediscovered in her the passion and adoration that men had lost.

After drinking one night, the two naturally ended up sleeping together.

After receiving the message, Su Xiaoxi remained silent for a long time, and tears streamed down her face involuntarily.

She didn't rush to Baiyun immediately, nor did she notify anyone around her.

They simply responded to all of this with silence.

It wasn't until Song Yanxi also discovered this that she immediately rushed to Baiyun and used five million to send Zhang Qian abroad.

With more children in the family, dramatic and sometimes outrageous things are bound to happen.

Chen Pingsheng acted as if nothing was wrong, refusing to care about things he couldn't control.

When a man cheats, it's either zero times or countless times.

Now that Chen Lu has started this, he can't possibly only have Zhang Qian in the future.

If Song Yanxi can get rid of one, can she keep doing it?

This kind of thing is perfectly normal for wealthy families.

It's fair to say that no man in a wealthy family is faithful to his wife until death.

It's a miracle that Chen Lu hasn't been able to find anyone in ten years.

At least within their circle, it must be considered a miracle.

It all depends on Su Xiaoxi's own attitude.

As her father, he felt too ashamed to advise her to be more magnanimous.

As for divorce, that's out of the question. Even if Su Xiaoxi leaves Chen Lu, can she guarantee that the same problem won't occur with her next partner?

Since there's no way to guarantee anything, maintaining the status quo and turning a blind eye is the best approach.

This method is also widely used in wealthy families.

(End of this chapter)