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As they entered the office, both of them lowered their heads simultaneously.

The soft carpet made footsteps very quiet.

The office is very large, with a large desk directly in front of you.

All they could see was the office chair behind the desk and a pair of hands resting on the edge of the desk.

Those hands were very young, which surprised Sun Mei.

She originally thought that the person who could control Mingzhu Private Bank should at least be a senior figure in the business world of similar age to Sun Qingliang.

Before she could even look up and take a closer look, Chen Wen's serious instructions echoed in her mind once again.

Do not look at the chairman without permission.

She had no choice but to lower her head even further.

Shen Jianjun walked to the desk and immediately bent over.

"Chairman Shen, hello. I am Shen Jianjun, chairman of Jianjun Group. This is my wife, Sun Mei."

"I have come here today to earnestly request that you give Jianjun Group a way out."

Sun Mei bowed and said, "Hello, Chairman Shen."

Neither of them noticed that the Chairman Shen they were talking about was sitting right in front of them, looking at them with a half-smile.

Shen Ze didn't speak. He just leaned back in his office chair and quietly watched Shen Jianjun, who was bent over.

He also watched as Sun Mei, who was always aloof, adopted an unprecedentedly humble posture in front of him.

Back when he and his mother were kicked out of the Shen family, Shen Jianjun was sitting on the sofa in the same way.

No matter how much the mother pleaded, the other party refused to leave behind the property that had been promised to be given to her.

Sun Mei sat to the side, making sarcastic remarks.

She said that whether Xu Ying and her son live or die is none of the Shen family's business.

She also said that people at the bottom of society should recognize their own status.

But now, the two people who once held their fate in their hands are standing in front of his desk, not daring to even look up at him.

With just a word from him, all of Jianjun Group's mortgaged assets will be put into auction.

A business empire once worth hundreds of billions can collapse completely in the shortest amount of time.

Shen Jianjun waited a few seconds, but heard no response, so he bent down even lower.

"Chairman Shen, I know that Jianjun Group currently owes Mingzhu Private Bank a lot of money."

"But we didn't intentionally delay payment."

"No one expected that the new regulations for river ecological management would be introduced so suddenly."

"If you are willing to extend the repayment period, I can immediately sell part of the group's assets."

"I will do my best to repay the loan within six months."

"If Jianjun Group can overcome its difficulties, I, Shen, will never forget your kindness."

"If you ever need my help in the future, I will definitely repay you in the best of my ability!"

These words were spoken with utmost sincerity.

If this had happened a month ago, who would have imagined that a former billionaire in Shanghai would be so humble and pleading with others?

But Shen Jianjun himself didn't feel particularly embarrassed.

He came from humble beginnings and, in his youth, he had to ask countless people for favors in order to secure projects, funding, and connections.

To get closer to Duan Longsheng, he would serve him tea and water.

In order to climb up the social ladder to the Sun family, he was willing to abandon his wife and biological son who had helped him build his fortune from scratch.

As long as you can turn your life around, bowing down and begging for help is nothing.

Sun Mei, however, was different. She was pampered since childhood and was always surrounded by people wherever she went.

In the past, even if someone brought her valuable gifts, she might not be willing to meet them when they asked her for favors.

After marrying Shen Jianjun, she began to accompany her husband to various social events and occasionally bowed to people of higher status.

But at that time, she had the Sun family backing her.

No matter who she's facing, the other person won't embarrass her too much.

Today is completely different.

Chen Wen set so many rules along the way, and she followed them all.

After entering the room, she didn't even dare to look up.

The resentment stuck in her chest, making her extremely uncomfortable, but she dared not vent it.

The person in front of me controls 6.9 billion yuan in loans, and even more so, the life and death of Jianjun Group.

If she angers the other party, everything she owns will be auctioned off.

Sun Mei could only continue bending over, forcing herself to lower her voice.

"Chairman Shen, what Jianjun said is true."

"We are willing to pay higher interest rates and offer more assets as collateral."

"I only ask that you give Jianjun Group a little more time."

"We will definitely repay you handsomely once the funds are available."

As Shen Ze listened to their pleas, a faint smile slowly appeared on his lips.

They never dreamed that the people who would decide their fate were the very children they had so cruelly suppressed and abandoned back then.

They would never have imagined that the bank chairman they were now begging was Shen Ze!

He had imagined this scene many times.

But when he actually saw the two of them bending down and standing in front of him, he didn't feel as happy as he had imagined.

Because no matter how disheveled Shen Jianjun and Sun Mei were, their mother would never come back.

After leaving the family with nothing, my mother did consider starting a new life.

She sent out resumes everywhere and found a few jobs.

But each time, the other party would change their mind in the shortest amount of time.

Even though the job offer had already been agreed upon, she would be notified the next day that she didn't need to go.

Even after finally renting a stall, people will keep coming to make things difficult for you.

Later, Shen Ze realized that it was not a coincidence.

Sun Qingliang had already made arrangements with various parties in Shanghai.

No one would want to offend the Sun family of Longdu, whose assets are close to one trillion, for the sake of a powerless woman.

Unable to find work, the mother had no choice but to work from dawn till dusk selling vegetables at a market stall.

In the early hours of a winter morning, while others were still asleep, she would ride her old bicycle to the market to buy goods.

My hands were cracked from the cold, and they trembled with pain when they came into contact with water.

Even so, Sun Mei still didn't let her off the hook.

The mother had considered leaving Shanghai, but the old house left by her grandmother was the only place for her and her son to stay.

Once the house is sold, after paying off the debts and living expenses, there's hardly any money left.

Moreover, my mother always believed that Shanghai had better educational resources.

Having lost all hope for herself, she placed all her hopes on her son.

She told Shen Ze every day that he must study hard and make something of himself in the future.

Don't end up like her, trampled underfoot by others without even the ability to fight back.

Now, Shen Ze has finally done it.

He controls hotels, hospitals, conglomerates, banks, and Douyin (TikTok).

He sits in the top-floor office of Mingzhu Private Bank, and with just a single sentence, he can decide the fate of that former billionaire.

But the person who most wanted to see all of this was no longer alive.

What he finds even more unsettling is that his mother's death back then was likely not an ordinary accident at all.

Why would a minor, low-risk surgery suddenly lead to serious problems after the procedure?

Why did the attending physician in charge of the surgery resign shortly after his mother's death and then quietly leave Shanghai?

These things can never be explained by mere coincidence.

Shen Ze recalled his mother's gentle smile in the photo, and his eyes slowly reddened.

He raised his hand and gently rubbed his slightly reddened eyes, forcibly suppressing his surging emotions.

He was determined to find out the truth behind his mother's death.