My stepmother forced me to donate bone marrow, so I retaliated by slapping my scumbag father in the

"I wouldn't dare."

Shen Jianjun quickly shook his head: "I just feel that since this has already happened, there's no point in pursuing it any further."

"It's meaningless?"

Sun Qingliang sneered: "Shen Ze took 30 billion, and you call that meaningless?"

"That's the Sun family's chance to turn things around!"

"If the Sun family can secure this fund, they will not only be able to make up for their recent losses, but also enhance their reputation through the charitable foundation."

"But now? Shen Ze has become a philanthropist in everyone's eyes, while the Sun family has become a laughing stock in Longdu!"

With each sentence he spoke, Sun Qingliang's chest heaved violently.

The driver glanced in the rearview mirror and immediately slowed down.

Sun Xiu clenched his fists tightly, his nails digging into his palms: "Grandpa, I will find a way to make amends for this."

"What else can you do to fix this?"

Sun Qingliang turned to look at him: "Go all the way to Shanghai and snatch back the 30 billion?"

Sun Xiu's expression changed, and he dared not say anything more.

Sun Qingliang closed his eyes and leaned back wearily in his chair.

Sun Xiu was the person he valued most in the past.

In his eyes, Sun Xiu was more stable than Shen Cong, smarter than the other younger members of the Sun family, and more qualified to inherit the Sun family's business.

But what happened today made him begin to doubt his own judgment for the first time.

Sun Xiu was indeed intelligent, but his intelligence bordered on arrogance.

He only trusts his own judgment and only sees superficial status and wealth.

Therefore, he looked down on Shen Jianjun and also on the old man in the old tracksuit.

Shen Ze, on the other hand, was quite the opposite.

He didn't know who Ma Kang was, nor did he receive any benefit from him, yet he was willing to take off his coat and give it to a stranger late at night.

This is the difference, and this is where the Sun family lost to Shen Ze.

After the car arrived at the airport, the Sun family staff had already arranged a passageway in advance.

When Sun Qingliang got out of the car, his body swayed noticeably.

Shen Jianjun and Sun Xiu quickly supported him from both sides.

"I can walk by myself!"

Sun Qingliang shook off their hands, but after taking only two steps, he started coughing violently again.

Passengers passing by turned their heads.

Someone recognized Sun Qingliang and began to whisper among themselves.

"Isn't that the head of the Sun family?"

"I heard that the Sun family has suffered heavy losses recently, and they've even lost access to Longsheng Group's distribution channels."

"Is that young man next to you Sun Xiu? I heard he personally lost a 30 billion yuan charity fund."

"Really?! Three hundred billion can be lost?"

Several voices reached his ears, and Sun Xiu's face turned even uglier. He wished he could leave the airport immediately.

But Sun Qingliang walked very slowly, each step feeling like a trampling on his dignity.

Shen Jianjun lowered his head, but his heart was filled with complex emotions.

As he watched the planes taking off and landing outside the airport, he suddenly thought of Shen Ze.

The son he abandoned has now reached a position with assets of 300 billion.

His biological father, however, could only stay by the side of the Sun family, like a dispensable appendage.

If we hadn't abandoned Xu Ying and Shen Ze back then, would things have been completely different?

Once the thought appeared, it could no longer be suppressed.

Shen Jianjun took out his phone and found Shen Ze's number.

He secretly saved this; he never dialed it.

He dared not, and was unwilling to, admit that he had made a mistake.

But now, he has no other choice.

The Sun family cannot support a bankrupt son-in-law forever.

Once Sun Mei and Sun Qingliang both fall, he will completely lose his support.

Only Shen Ze.

Only his son, whom he had abandoned for many years, still possessed enough wealth to help him turn his life around.

Shen Jianjun stared at the number, his finger hovering over the dial button, hesitating to make a move.

He remembered how Shen Ze used to hide behind Xu Ying when he was a child, looking at him timidly.

At that time, he only felt that the child was an eyesore.

After Xu Ying became seriously ill, he didn't even visit the hospital more than a few times.

Later, when the mother and son were kicked out of their home, he never looked back.

Looking back now, Shen Ze must have hated him to the core.

But after all, they are father and son. As long as I am sincere enough and willing to admit my mistakes, Shen Ze might soften his heart.

Even if she didn't want to forgive him, she shouldn't just stand by and watch her father end up homeless.

Shen Jianjun gritted his teeth and finally pressed the dial button.

The phone rang for a long time before it was finally answered.

"Who?"

Shen Ze's voice came from the other end of the phone, calm and indifferent.

Shen Jianjun's throat tightened, and he quickly adopted a gentle tone: "Xiao Ze, it's me."

There was a few seconds of silence on the other end of the phone.

"What's up?"

The simple word "simple" stung Shen Jianjun's heart.

He forced a laugh: "It's nothing serious, I just haven't been in touch for a long time and wanted to ask how you've been lately."

"Good."

"That's good, that's good."

Shen Jianjun quickly said, "I heard you recently secured another 30 billion yuan cooperation deal. You've really made something of yourself."

Shen Ze's tone remained cold: "You called just to say this?"

Shen Jianjun quickly explained, "Of course not, I just... I just wanted to talk to you."

"Xiao Ze, I'm sorry for what I did to you in the past."

"Dad knows he was wrong."

There was no response on the other end of the phone.

Shen Jianjun gripped his phone tightly, continuing to adopt a humble tone: "It was indeed wrong of me to abandon you and your mother back then."

"But I was also deceived at that time."

"Sun Mei has been stirring up trouble for me. She told me that my mother can't help my career at all, and that I will be a burden to her."

"I was confused for a moment, that's why I did those awful things."

"I've actually regretted it a lot all these years, I really regret it."

As he said this, his eyes actually turned red.

Of course, he wasn't in pain because of the mistakes he made back then, but because he was afraid that Shen Ze would reject him.

"Xiao Ze, you have no idea how difficult it has been for me in the Sun family all these years."

"After Jianjun Group was gone, everyone in the Sun family looked down on me."

"They treated me like trash; even Sun Xiu dared to humiliate me to my face."

"I'm a grown man, and I'm living worse than a servant."

Shen Ze said indifferently, "What does this have to do with me?"

Shen Jianjun's breath caught in his throat, and he quickly said, "It's related! It's related! You're my own son!"

"I know you hate me, but we are still father and son."

"Xiao Ze, if you're willing to give me a chance, I'll definitely make it up to you."

"I can leave the Sun family and never have anything to do with them again."

"That woman, Sun Mei, is a jinx!"

Shen Ze held his phone, his gaze unwavering.

Shen Jianjun became increasingly agitated as he spoke: "She ruined your mother back then, and she also caused me to lose everything."

"If it weren't for her, how could I have abandoned you and your child?"

"She brought all the disasters upon us!"

"Don't worry, if you're willing to help me, I'll personally go and settle the score with her!"

"I can slap her in front of you, to avenge you and your mother!"

In the ward.

Sun Mei had opened her eyes at some point.

As the effects of the sedative wore off, her consciousness slowly returned.

She wanted to call for help, but upon hearing Shen Jianjun's voice, she froze on the bed.

"I can slap her in front of you, to avenge you and your mother!"

These words were like a sharp blade, piercing her heart.