Names: Uncle Zhao Mengsheng, Father-in-law Pei Yihong

awkward!

That was incredibly embarrassing!

Hou Liangping was mortified.

Tian Guofu coughed. "Old Chen, you can't say that."

"That's what I'm saying." Chen Yanshi pointed at Hou Liangping. "No matter how little I liked Qi Tongwei back then, he climbed out of the mountains on his own. And you? Don't you know your own limitations? Don't think that just because you're wearing a mask and standing under the lights, you're the main character. There's a line in the movies, 'What goes around comes around.' You're no exception."

Hou Liangping's lips moved a few times, but he didn't say anything.

Sha Ruijin glanced at him. "Director Hou, you can go out now."

Since they're no longer of any use, let's just kick them out.

"Secretary Sha, I..." Hou Liangping also felt ashamed!

I never expected Old Stone to be so arrogant.

Chen Yanshi repeated the two words, "Get out."

Hou Liangping turned and left.

They really looked utterly pathetic.

They came with high spirits, but left with nothing.

Secretary Bai pretended to look at the flowers and plants in the yard, but she couldn't see them, she just couldn't see them.

Hou Liangping walked to the window, raised his hand to wipe the sweat, and felt his face burning more and more as he wiped.

Inside the living room.

Sha Ruijin looked at Chen Hai, "Chen Hai, why don't you go out for a bit too?"

Chen Hai hesitated, "Secretary Sha, my dad's side..."

Sha Ruijin continued to shoo them away, saying, "Let's talk."

Chen Hai was completely ineffective; getting rid of him was pointless.

Chen Hai looked at his father, then at his mother, nodded, and left.

The door closed.

Only Chen Yanshi, Wang Fuzhen, Sha Ruijin, and Tian Guofu remained in the room.

Sha Ruijin lowered his tone, "Uncle Chen, Liangping might not have felt good hearing what you just said."

"If he's not feeling well, then I'm feeling well?" Chen Yanshi reached for a water glass, and Wang Fuzhen quickly handed it to him.

Look, I'm saying this, Little Gold, you're finding fault with me, what are you saying?

Chen Yanshi took a sip, put the cup back on the table, and said, "Xiao Jinzi, I'm not targeting him."

I just can't stand it.

They all talk a good game, but when it comes to their own business, it's all about making money.

If you say that monkeys don't want anything in return, and you're trying to persuade me, I definitely won't believe you.

Tian Guofu sat beside him and did not refute.

Sha Ruijin felt that the task assigned to him was really overwhelming. "Uncle Chen, today we won't talk about anyone else. We'll only talk about Chen Shan."

If Qi Tongwei or Gao Yuliang were to come, they would probably be turned away immediately and wouldn't even be able to get in.

Chen Yanshi rubbed his hand on the armrest. "Tan, Xiao Jinzi, just say what you want to say!"

Sha Ruijin really didn't dare to say more, "If Chen Shan contacts you, please persuade him to come back."

He was afraid of angering Chen Yanshi.

Chen Yanshi replied righteously, "I will."

He thought to himself, Chen Shan would definitely not call his family.

Tian Guofu interjected, "Old Chen, it's not about scolding him, nor is it about telling him to hide, nor is it about telling him to use connections. It's about having him cooperate with our Discipline Inspection Commission."

Tian Guofu also wanted to make a name for himself.

If things go well, Chen Shan, whom I persuaded to return, might become my own deputy secretary of the provincial party committee.

Chen Yanshi looked up, rolled his eyes, and said, "Tian Guofu, what kind of person do you take me for?"

"I regard you as an elder like a father," Tian Guofu quickly said, pretending to be a grandson.

Chen Yanshi was speechless after hearing this.

Wang Fuzhen also raised her head.

I don't know what to say.

Sha Ruijin chimed in, "Uncle Chen, it's only natural for a father to protect his son."

But now, protecting doesn't necessarily mean hiding him away.

The real way to save him is to bring him back so he can explain everything that needs to be explained.

The case should proceed as it is.

Tian Guofu added, "Old Chen, Chen Shan is no small matter."

If he doesn't come back, many things will just snowball.

"By then, even if he wants to come back, he may not be able to choose his own path."

Chen Yanshi closed his eyes briefly, then quickly opened them again.

"Are you afraid I'll protect him?"

Sha Ruijin didn't flinch; he was "afraid."

Chen Yanshi was speechless for a few seconds, then laughed, "Alright, Little Jinzi, you dare to say that."

"Uncle Chen, if I didn't dare to tell the truth today, I wouldn't be sitting in front of you." Sha Ruijin also wanted Chen Shan to come back, whether he was dead or alive.

Chen Yanshi picked up his reading glasses from the table, then put them down again. "Little Jinzi, I, Chen Yanshi, have never been afraid of anything in my life."

Chen Shanzhen broke the law, and should be sentenced accordingly. But I have a condition.

Tian Guofu looked at Sha Ruijin.

Could there really be a clue?

Sha Ruijin asked, "What are the conditions?"

Chen Yanshi said, enunciating each word clearly, "I want to sever my father-son relationship with Chen Shan."

Wang Fuzhen panicked immediately, "Old Chen!"

"Don't interrupt." Chen Yanshi raised his hand. "His running away is a disgrace to the Chen family ancestors. The Chen family has no son like that. I can persuade him to come back, but from the day he returns, he is no longer my son."

Sha Ruijin frowned. "Uncle Chen, severing ties won't solve the problem."

"Yes." Chen Yanshi stared at him. "At least it can tell outsiders that I, Chen Yanshi, don't protect my own. I accept that the Chen family has produced a coward. But I don't acknowledge this son."

Wang Fuzhen cried and said, "That's your own son."

"Even a biological son can't use ancestral tablets to pay off debts." After Chen Yanshi finished speaking, only the sound of the television remained in the room.

Sha Ruijin looked at the old man in front of him.

Before he came, he had considered many approaches: persuasion, pressure, emotional appeal, and reasoning.

But what Chen Yanshi wants now is not to leave a way out for Chen Shan.

What he wanted was to have a clean place for himself.

As people get older, they become more concerned about their posthumous reputation.

Tian Guofu spoke up, "Old Chen, the organization won't change anything just because you sever ties with them. You need to understand that."

Sha Ruijin handed Chen Yanshi a cigarette. "Indeed!"

"I understand." Chen Yanshi took the cigarette.

Sha Ruijin took out a lighter and lit it for Chen Yanshi. "So you still insist?"

"Hold on." Chen Yanshi said, smoking a cigarette. "Little Jinzi, you want me to cooperate, and I will. When Chen Shan calls, I'll tell him to come back, turn himself in, confess, and admit his guilt. But don't try to persuade me to acknowledge this son. He's already humiliated me. I can't bring myself to call him son again."

Wang Fuzhen covered her face, looking extremely distressed.

Sha Ruijin remained silent for a while.

"Uncle Chen, I respect your attitude."

But this matter can't be resolved with just a statement. Please take care of yourself and also look after Aunt Wang.

Chen Yanshi didn't look at Wang Fuzhen. "My body is like this. I'm half-buried in the earth; I might be taken away any day now!"

"Don't say that." Sha Ruijin stood up. "If Chen Shan contacts you, you must notify us immediately."

Chen Yanshi nodded, "If he dares to hit me, I'll curse him in front of you all."

"You can yell at me, but don't hang up," Tian Guofu said bluntly. "We need to talk for a while."

Chen Yanshi glanced at him and said, "You people from the Discipline Inspection Commission are very calculating."

Tian Guofu also stood up, "When it comes to handling cases, you can't be too rough."

Sha Ruijin reached out and grasped Chen Yanshi's hand. "Uncle Chen, take care."