woman's ambition

Qin Ruohan's face gradually turned cold as she looked at Fu Jianfeng. "So, what do you think we should do?"

Hearing Qin Ruohan ask for his opinion, Fu Jianfeng felt delighted. "I believe that hidden explosives like Chen Liuhe should be removed as soon as possible."

As he spoke, Fu Jianfeng felt extremely proud. Sneering, he thought, "Chen Liuhe, do you really think you can compete with me? In this club, I am the hero. In front of Qin Ruohan, I am the most helpful person to her."

"Even if you are skilled, so what? Even if you have shown off tonight, so what? I can still kick you out."

But before his joy could fully surface, Qin Ruohan's words instantly crushed him.

"Fu Jianfeng, you used to be quite a decent person in my eyes. But today, you have truly disappointed me. If I remember correctly, it was Chen Liuhe who saved your life, right? It was Chen Liuhe who stepped forward to save the lives of all of you?"

Qin Ruohan looked at Fu Jianfeng with a cold smile, her anger hard to contain. "How can one's character be so ugly? Fu Jianfeng, don't think I don't know. If it weren't for your arrogance and conceit tonight, this tragedy would never have happened."

"In other words, it was Chen Liuhe who helped you clean up the mess, it was Chen Liuhe who helped you resolve the trouble you caused. Just moments after someone saved your life and the lives of over a dozen employees, you dare to turn around and bite them?"

Qin Ruohan could not contain her anger. "Do you really want me to fire a hero who has made great contributions to the club and saved it from disaster? Think about it, do you think it's possible?"

"If it weren't for Chen Liuhe, what kind of tragedy would have happened tonight? Don't say I dare not think about it, do you dare to imagine it? Fu Jianfeng, tonight you have shown the ugliest side of yourself to everyone. Don't force me to call you shameless."

With these sharp words, Fu Jianfeng's face turned pale. He couldn't believe what he was hearing from Qin Ruohan. Feeling embarrassed and angry, he said, "Qin, how can you speak to me like this? Just for Chen Liuhe? Don't forget who has been the most helpful to you. Don't forget who has helped you manage the club so well!"

Qin Ruohan's smile became even colder. "Then don't forget who gave you, a graduate of a third-rate university who was frustrated, a platform to show your talents. I don't expect you to remember my kindness, but I hope that in the future, you can be more honest and humble, and put away your arrogance."

"Qin Ruohan, there can only be one of me and Chen Liuhe. With or without him, with or without me!" Fu Jianfeng growled lowly, feeling that his dignity had been trampled upon time and time again tonight.

Qin Ruohan turned and left without looking back. "You can submit your resignation at any time."

"What? Are you crazy?" Fu Jianfeng couldn't believe his ears. "Qin Ruohan, you are shooting yourself in the foot. Without me, you can't sustain this club!"

Qin Ruohan stopped and turned around, not to explain anything to him, but to say expressionlessly, "If you want to continue staying in this club, then let me remind you, you better not provoke Chen Liuhe in the future, don't go against him. You better not interfere in anything he's involved in. As you think, he is indeed an extremely dangerous person. If you provoke him, no one, not even I, can save you."

With these words, Qin Ruohan walked away gracefully in her high heels, the sound of her footsteps echoing elegantly.

"You're crazy, all of you are crazy. I will make you pay a heavy price!" Fu Jianfeng's face was ferocious, his eyes filled with resentment.

In the courtyard, Chen Liuhe, enjoying the quiet night with Shen Qingwu, hung up the phone, looked up at the bright moon in the sky, and chuckled softly, shaking his head.

"Brother, what's wrong?" Shen Qingwu, sitting in a wheelchair, asked softly. She always seemed calm and composed, even when she was in a situation where she was besieged and helpless a year ago, she did not sound hoarse or forced.

"Nothing much, a few small fries were jumping around in Qin Ruohan's club tonight, so I took care of them," Chen Liuhe said, pausing. "It's just that this little girl, Qin Ruohan, has some thoughts. It seems she wants to make something out of those three small fries. Today, I just realized that she has some ambitions."

"Many people are forced out. When they live a life of ease and luxury, they are naturally carefree. Once fate destroys them, they can only struggle desperately," Shen Qingwu said. 

"What I fear most is that some people have only the ambition to struggle, but lack the wisdom and skill to match it. Such people often end up playing with fire and burning themselves." Chen Liuhe lazily leaned back in his chair.

"Brother, what you call wisdom and skill is more aptly described as experience and training in this cruel world," Shen Qingwu said, tilting her head.

"Haha, you know, brother is just a rough and uneducated man, not paying attention to details," Chen Liuhe said cheerfully, not at all discouraged.

His sister, with her unusually high intelligence, was not much different from him in terms of wisdom and knowledge. It was like many people who used to call him a monster, but there were also many who called Shen Qingwu a monster! 

"But you are fluent in seven languages," Shen Qingwu revealed the truth in one sentence.

Chen Liuhe laughed and shook his head. What's the use of being fluent in seven languages? Wherever he went, he communicated with others in the awkward Chinese language. People who could communicate with him in a foreign language were few and far between in this world!

In Chen Liuhe's own words, he learned multiple languages so that when others scolded him, he could readily retort, no matter what nationality or language they spoke.

"Brother, life is too mundane and boring every day, making me feel like a useless person. I want to find something to do." Suddenly, Shen Qingwu whispered, glancing at Chen Liuhe.

Chen Liuhe was slightly startled, and his eyebrows twitched imperceptibly. "Afraid I can't afford to support you?"

Shen Qingwu shook her head and said softly, "Brother, you know, it's not like that."

Chen Liuhe sighed and nodded, asking, "I'm a bit curious now. What kind of job could interest you, the talented woman whom the Liu Corporation couldn't hire?"

The Liu Corporation, one of the top ten companies in China, sincerely invited Shen Qingwu to be an honorary consultant three years ago, but she directly refused, causing quite a stir at the Beijing University that year.

Shen Qingwu blinked and tugged at Chen Liuhe's sleeve, saying, "Tutoring."

"Tutoring?" Chen Liuhe looked at Shen Qingwu in surprise. Shen Qingwu nodded. "Teaching a child in primary school."

A hint of surprise flashed in Chen Liuhe's eyes. He laughed and said, "Huh, the other party dares to ask you, a talented woman who was almost invited to join the Chinese Academy of Sciences at sixteen, to be a tutor? Aren't they afraid of shortening the lives of their entire family?"

Pausing, Chen Liuhe asked, "So, what's their background?"

"Surname Zhao," Shen Qingwu softly uttered the two words.

Chen Liuhe raised an eyebrow, his eyes filled with amusement. "The Zhao family in Hangzhou?"

"The one you're thinking of," Shen Qingwu said.

After a moment of contemplation, Chen Liuhe laughed again, this time with a hint of playfulness. "Interesting, the Zhao family has some guts, still daring to associate with us siblings in this situation?"

Chen Liuhe self-deprecatingly said, "You know, ever since Grandfather, the pillar of our family, passed away, in everyone's eyes, the Shen family has already fallen. We siblings are like bugs in a dung heap now. Although no one is frowning at us for the time being, to outsiders, we're just disgusting creatures crawling in filth."

"Brother, you're mistaken about one thing. In the eyes of most people, our Shen family is indeed like that. But in the eyes of a few truly wise people, as long as you, Chen, are still in the Shen family, who dares to say that the Shen family has completely fallen? Shen Qingwu's face was filled with unparalleled confidence. "Even in the eyes of those big families in Beijing who are in a precarious situation, they wouldn't dare think so!"

Once, when Chen Liuhe was at the height of his power, how many prominent families feared him? Once, when Chen Liuhe was unrestrained, how many descendants of the red nobility feared him like a snake?

In those years when Chen Liuhe, who was once called a national treasure, was around, many members of the crown prince faction, despite not being part of it, were in awe of him!

Chen Liuhe didn't respond to Shen Qingwu's words, but said, "Although the Zhao family in Hangzhou is inconspicuous in the deep waters of Beijing, it's still quite decent in Hangzhou."

Pausing, Chen Liuhe asked, "Qingwu, have you thought it through? Getting involved with the Zhao family may mean the end of our peaceful life."

Although they had no dealings with the Zhao family before, and were once far apart in Beijing and Hangzhou, Chen Liuhe had heard some rumors about the Zhao family in Hangzhou.

The Zhao family was a local tyrant in Hangzhou, not too big or too small as a family, but they had quite a wide range of involvement, with decent influence in both business and politics.

But as far as he knew, since the death of Zhao Lao Ye, who was at the ministerial level in the Hangzhou Zhao family, the family's momentum was not as good as before, showing a downward trend. Fortunately, a few talented individuals from the younger generation of the Zhao family managed to stabilize the family's current position.

In short, the Zhao family was not considered top-notch among the high-and-mighty families in Beijing, but in Hangzhou, they could barely be considered good, hovering between first-rate and second-rate.

However, Chen Liuhe would never have thought that the first family to have any dealings with them would be such a family. It seemed that since Grandfather passed away, the people of the Shen family had truly been forgotten by many.