Source Of Calamity - Ch 9

“Shi Qing, when you go to the Qin family manor, you must behave well.” The woman took Su Shiqing’s hand, “Listen to Mama, no one can be trusted. You must follow Qin Yue closely after you go over.”

“Find a way to follow him and make him trust you.”

“Shi Qing, this is your only chance.”

Su Shiqing woke up from the dream, covered in cold sweat, he walked to the bathroom and looked at his face in the mirror.

It was the face of a young man in his prime, with youthful beauty and adult handsomeness.

He thought of Qin Yue’s suggestion during the day, having him be the adopted son of the Shen family.

Su Shiqing grinned at his image in the mirror, and soon, he was going to change his name to Shen Shiqing, and won’t even be able to keep his own surname.

Why? Because the Shen family was stronger than the Su family.

If that was the case, why not have him change his surname to Qin?

Only the surname Qin could stand on the top, Su Shiqing wiped his face.

One day, he would no longer suffer from such grievances. What Qin Yue gave, he would take, and what Qin Yue couldn’t give, he would also take.

The night before the beginning of autumn, Shen Zhen put on a black windbreaker. He was 1.82 meters tall, statuesque and straight-backed, with particularly good proportions, his legs long and straight. Inside he wore a dark bottom layer, and on his feet were fine handmade leather shoes, and his hair appeared a little windswept, but it was very styled and layered.

Mama Zhang looked him over a few times, and said with a look of joy: “I have never seen anyone more good-looking than Young Master!”

Shen Zhen was accustomed to being praised by Mama Zhang, and said with a smile, “I’m going outside with Uncle today, you don’t have to wait for me to come back, rest early.”

Mama Zhang: “Master Qin is taking you out? That’s a good thing! Young Master, show more of your ability.”

Shen Zhen smiled and said, “I know, don’t send me off.”

Mama Zhang chuckled: “Ai!”

The car was already waiting at the gate. Shen Zhen opened the car door and sat in the back seat. Qin Xing was already sitting inside. There was a lot of space in the back seat. There were two rows of sofas, one on the left and right, a car refrigerator, and a crystal table. Qin Xing dressed a bit similar to Shen Zhen today, but Shen Zhen’s clothing was a little more casual, while Qin Xing wore a white suit with a gray coat over it.

Qin Xing always wore a suit very rigorously, with shirt buttoned up to the collar, which showed that they were going to an occasion that Qin Xing attached great importance to. In addition to the shirt, there was the vest, then the suit, and then the overcoat.

Shen Zhen sometimes felt that this kind of dressing style was rigorous and handsome, but it was also too complicated.

“Uncle.” Shen Zhen sat in the car with a serious posture.

Qin Xing’s sitting posture was very relaxed. He saw that Shen Zhen was uncomfortable and said, “Don’t be nervous, I am just taking you to meet some people.”

This was a treatment that only Qin Yue and Qin Li have had.

Shen Zhen was flattered, he truly didn’t know why Qin Xing was so kind to him.

This feeling of being suddenly valued by Qin Xing did not give Shen Zhen any sense of reality, but made Shen Zhen even more nervous.

Could it be that Qin Xing wanted something from him? Shen Zhen laughed at himself, what did he have that was worth coveting? His good looks?

He couldn’t figure out what Qin Xing was going to do, so he could only observe.

Shen Zhen evoked a somewhat difficult smile: “I’m not nervous.”

Qin Xing turned to look at him, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Shen Zhen’s heartbeat suddenly slowed down a few beats. Today, Qin Xing didn’t wear gold glasses, his eyes were no longer covered, and the charm when he raised his eyes made Shen Zhen almost unable to put up resistance.

Beauty was seductive, and male beauty was also beauty.

It was a party they were going to attend that evening, but it was a formal business party. There was no seductive hostess to accompany the wine, and there was no glib public relations. It was just some older men bringing their family’s junior over to open up a network for the children, and then meet and connect with their peers.

The general idea was: “Look closely, this little piglet belongs to my family, and it is likely he will inherit my mantle in the future. When calling you uncle in the future, give his old man some face.”

Shen Zhen really didn’t expect to be able to go to such an occasion. In fact, he didn’t dare to think about it. After all, his surname was not Qin. Such a formal occasion, even Qin Li might not be able to attend, let alone him. Only Qin Yue was qualified.

But this time Qin Xing left Qin Yue and brought him instead.

This was indeed supporting him, but after supporting him upwards, he also became a target.

Shen Zhen clenched his fists.

Qin Xing gave the opportunity, and he had to hold on and seize the opportunity.

When they arrived at the destination, Qin Xing took Shen Zhen in together, but Shen Zhen did not wall too close to Qin Xing, and the young people who attended the party only knew Qin Yue and never met Shen Zhen, so they actually didn’t connect Shen Zhen and Qin Xing together.

As soon as Qin Xing entered, several middle-aged men greeted him.

“You didn’t bring your Ah Yue this year?”

Qin Xing smiled and said, “The child has grown up.”

“Then us old people chat talk more and let the young people not be too restricted.”

“Come come, I bought a bottle of good wine last time, let’s try it together?”

As soon as Qin Xing left, Shen Zhen walked from the middle of the hall to the edge. He didn’t know any of the people in the hall. Generally speaking, when the elders had not delegated power, these second generations did not have the opportunity to come to the front of the stage. Unless they themselves were high-profile people, otherwise not even a single photo would be revealed, especially if they were viewed more seriously by their family, the less likely they were to be exposed.

And the people Shen Zhen knew in his previous life were basically not favored by the family, and there was no chance at all for them to come to such an occasion.

“Your first time coming here?” Someone beside him spoke to Shen Zhen.

Shen Zhen turned his head to look, and the man smiled at Shen Zhen and stretched out his hand: “My surname is Yang, Yang Changsheng.”

This name was auspicious.

Shen Zhen stretched out his hand and shook it: “Shen Zhen.”

Yang Changsheng’s face changed instantly, his smile disappeared, his warm attitude disappeared, and only the most basic courtesy remained: “The drinks are over there, I’ll go first.”

Shen Zhen nodded, watching the other walk away like he was a plague, and began talking with a few other people.

Some of them also raised their eyes to look at Shen Zhen, directly meeting Shen Zhen’s gaze.

The man probably didn’t expect to meet his eyes, and immediately turned his eyes away.

The surname Shen was really nothing in this venue.

The events for which Qin Xing could accept invitations were basically from the older families, and all still held influence and power in the business world. But it could not be said that all of them were like this. There were some families who were old enough but did not have much wealth and power and were in fact even going downhill.

Their goal was not to draw connections, but to prepare to hug golden thighs.

Able to hug one was one, the elders go to hug the elders, and the juniors go to hug the juniors.

It was simply having come here prepared to be a boot licker.

There was no one around Shen Zhen, but he himself was not in a hurry, and instead poured a glass of red wine and drank slowly while leaning against the edge of the table.

“Your surname is Shen?” The newcomer had a visible eye tooth, which could be exposed with a smile. His hair was dyed blond, which stood out among a group of black haired heads. He also dressed boldly, in a baseball jacket and ripped black jeans. He himself also felt quite proud of his taste, “My surname is Li, Li Jiaxing.”

Shen Zhen thought of Yang Changsheng in his mind, these people’s names were quite auspicious.

“Don’t bother with them, all of them have eyes that grow on their foreheads.” Li Jiaxing also poured himself a glass of wine and rolled his eyes, “They call others inferior, but they themselves are the ones who look down on others.”

These words were too straightforward, and Shen Zhen didn’t know how to respond for a while.

“Li Jiaxing, you aren’t going to suck up to Brother Chen today?” Someone laughed on the side.

Li Jiaxing rolled his eyes again: “Don’t have the time, I’ll suck up to you, okay?”

The person was still laughing: “Come on then, I’m only afraid you won’t come. Last year, you shouted ‘Brother Chen, Brother Chen’ so happily, but this year you treat him as a stranger.”

Li Jiaxing: “Last year I was blind.”

Shen Zhen only then remembered Li Jiaxing at this time. The Li family also had a glorious past. At that time, the Qin family had not yet even come to power. In the last century, if the Li family dared to be the second, then no one dared to be the first, but then again so what of it? The luck turns and the business world changes rapidly.

When they were strong, a group of followers followed behind them, and when they were down and out, everyone scattered.

Li Jiaxing was the only presentable heir to the Li family in this generation.

There was no other way, Li Jiaxing’s father was absurd and had a bad relationship with his wife. He was like a duck to water outside and had many illegitimate children.

However, old traditional families would not recognize the inheritance rights of illegitimate children. Generally, they would just give some money to support them, and only value children born in wedlock.

So Li Jiaxing was stuck in a miserable situation. He had to tend with several illegitimate brothers back at home, and then meet with disrespect when outside because the Li family had gone downhill.

Shen Zhen estimated that this person’s days were no better than his own.

“Li Jiaxing.” Several people came over with one person clearly at the center of attention. He estimated that it was Brother Chen who they were talking about just now.

“What your Li family is like, I don’t even need to say more, right? I won’t ask anything else of you, after all, the conditions are like that. But you must still have some upbringing, right? How did the Li family educate you?”

“Apologize to Brother Chen, then this matter is over.”

Forcing him to apologize in front of so many people was to make Li Jiaxing unable to stay at this venue, and be unable to come next year as well.

The Li family’s face would be completely lost.

“Li Jiaxing, don’t be stubborn, people will always meet a time when they have to bow their heads.”

“Brother Chen has a good temper, but it will not be so easy if this was someone else.”

Li Jiaxing grinned, revealing his eye tooth: “What kind of idiot are you? I don’t have manners, yet you do? What business is this of yours?”

The person was provoked, his eyes were full of anger, but he still resisted and said, “It seems that you have changed to a new target to suck up to.”

These few didn’t know the details of Shen Zhen, they just saw an unfamiliar young man standing on the side, dressed appropriately, with a cold and aloof aura, which was very intimidating at first glance.

Someone next to him said, “The one next to him is called Shen Zhen.”

Shen? This surname didn’t seem to belong to any prominent family, how did this person get in?

“Just any kind of random stray cat or dog can come in now?” This time, Shen Zhen became the center of the war.

Completely meeting with an undeserved catastrophe.

“Where’s the security?” These people frowned and looked at Shen Zhen, “This is not a place where people like you can come. Get out as soon as possible, it won’t look good to drive you out.”

Li Jiaxing: “You guys are really interesting. So long as it is someone next to me you people will make trouble for?”

Those several people laughed: “That’s right, make trouble just for you.”

This was almost like a schoolboy quarrel.

Shen Zhen thought silently, like that Brother Chen, letting the toadies beside him charge in front without saying a word, now this was the normal operation.

“Surnamed Shen, that’s right, you, get lost.”

“Surnamed Shen” straightened his collar, raised his chin slightly, and mocked: “How to get lost, why don’t you show me?”

“Come on, let me take a look.” Shen Zhen said, “Remember to up the difficulty factor, it is best to flip in the air and do a 360-degree roll with hands around the knees, come on, keep the movements aesthetic, with a full score of 10, let’s begin.”

AN: Everyone: “…..F**k, this is too demanding, it can’t be done, it can’t be done.”

Shen Zhen (looking sideways): “Trash, everyone here is trash.”