Chapter 287: Afternoon Tea
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
On the surface, it was the Shi family and the Jiang family who were opposing each other. The other major families were like va.s.sals of these two families.
However, now that the mastermind had suddenly revealed himself, he began to incorporate the families that weren’t firmly allied with anyone to begin with and gradually began to disintegrate the forces of the two families.
It was difficult for Yuan Shu to estimate how many families the mastermind controlled.
Even Yuan Shu admired him for being able to do so many things without being discovered by the Jiang family and the Shi family.
Shi Bin was in low spirits on the way out of the restaurant with Wei Ci. Sometimes, he didn’t even hear Wei Ci talking to him.
“Shi Bin?” This was the third time Wei Ci called out to Shi Bin.
Shi Bin came back to his senses and apologized to Wei Ci in embarra.s.sment.
Wei Ci smiled and said, “It’s okay. Are you too tired from work? You seem very tired today.”
Shi Bin let out a long sigh and said, “1 guess.”
The two of them were silent for a while before Shi Bin suddenly asked, “Wei Ci, do you think I’m a good-for-nothing?”
Wei Ci asked him why he suddenly thought that way.
Shi Bin said, “It wasn’t easy for Sister-in-law to arrange an internship for me, but 1 caused Sister-in-law to be investigated and Brother and Sister-in-law to quarrel. Their relationship has deteriorated. I’m really worried that the two of them will get a divorce.”
Shi Bin had his head lowered, so he didn’t see the probing look in Wei Ci’s eyes when she heard the news.
Wei Ci pretended to be surprised and asked, “So it’s true that your brother and sister-in-law are in a strained relationship? But they used to be so close. They wouldn’t fall out over such a small matter, right?”
Shi Bin sighed again and said, “The two of them even sleep in separate rooms. Now, Sister-in-law has even moved out.”
“It’s that serious?” Wei Ci said, but her thoughts had already wandered.
The two of them ate in silence. After the meal, Shi Bin was in a better mood and wanted to ask Wei Ci to stay for a while longer, but Wei Ci declined politely and left in a hurry.
Shi Bin was walking back to the company alone when he was suddenly stopped.
He looked around but couldn’t find the person who called out to him, so he thought that he was hallucinating, but then he heard a voice saying, “In a car by the roadside.”
Only then did Shi Bin look at a white Land Rover by the roadside. The driver’s window rolled down, and he saw that the person sitting inside was actually his mentor, Xiao Sheng.
Shi Bin’s mentor coming to see Shi Bin was probably the best thing that happened to him recently.
He hurriedly ran over and shouted happily, “Mentor, why are you here?”
After Xiao Sheng and Shi Bin got into the car, the driver stepped on the accelerator. As the car sped on the road, the wind blew their hair.
Xiao Sheng replied, “I heard that my disciple has been in some trouble recently. If I don’t come now, I’m worried that my disciple will get some sort of mental illness from keeping everything bottled up.”
Shi Bin scratched his head awkwardly and said, “It’s not that serious.”
However, when Xiao Sheng saw Shi Bin’s condition, he knew that he had been very dispirited recently. He didn’t say much to him and only brought Shi Bin to a cafe for afternoon tea.
The strong aroma of coffee with milk spread in Shi Bin’s mouth. As Shi Bin held the cup tightly, he said sadly, “Mentor, why don’t you take me in and let me continue working in your company? I can do anything, even run errands.”
Xiao Sheng smiled and said, “Isn’t it a waste of your talent to come to my company to run errands? Do you think the Shi Corporation will let you suffer?”
Shi Bin lowered his head even more as he said, “It’s precisely because they don’t dare to let me suffer that 1 feel terrible. 1 don’t have anything to do in the company. Whenever I want to do anything, I’ll be stopped by others. How will 1 learn?! This job is meaningless!”
Xiao Sheng teased him, “Isn’t it good to be able to slack off? You’re really discontent.”
Shi Bin and Xiao Sheng had a good relationship. Although the two of them addressed each other as mentor and disciple, the way they interacted was more like buddies.
Shi Bin couldn’t help but complain, “Mentor, if you really think that slacking off is better, why don’t we exchange places? I’ll help you manage the company and you can work my job instead.”
Xiao Sheng hurriedly rejected, “In that case, forget it. It’s not like you don’t know that 1 can’t stay idle.”
Shi Bin sighed. He was a devil incarnate to begin with and didn’t have any ambitions. With Yuan Shu’s help, he finally found some meaning in his life, but in the end, he was beaten back to his original state by Shi Xiao..