The City’s Strongest Son-in-law

Chapter 989: Chapter 988: Persuading Shen Zhenbang

Just when Shen Siwen and Shen Donglin were arguing, Shen Zhenbang walked over, glanced at Shen Siwen and Shen Donglin, as if he hadn’t seen them.

Currently, Shen Zhenbang regretted it more than anything, even dreaming of hoping the heavens would let him return to the past, he was sure he would treat Su Changfeng well.

In the past, he always thought Su Changfeng was useless, so his attitude towards him was cold and indifferent. But he never imagined that Su Changfeng actually turned out to be the young master of the Ye Family from Beijing and had such achievements now. Sometimes Shen Zhenbang couldn’t help but wonder if he’d been friendlier to Su Changfeng back when he was with their family, would he be more arrogant now?

When with those old friends again, Shen Zhenbang held the lowest status, and every time he was invited by old friends, he tried every way to refuse. The reason he did this was because during every gathering, his old friends would always talk about how impressive Su Changfeng is now and lament how close the Shen family once was to Su Changfeng. What if they could have had some ties with Su Changfeng? In Jiang City, they would definitely be very arrogant, able to have whatever they wanted.

Of course, Shen Zhenbang was thinking this in his heart, wishing their Shen family could establish a relationship with Su Changfeng, even if it meant being his driver, he would be willing, but all of this could only remain a thought.

”Father, Su Nian’s hundred-day celebration is coming up, it’s quite the spectacle, you must have heard about it, right?” Shen Donglin asked Shen Zhenbang.

”A hundred-day banquet is now causing a sensation throughout the city. Just an invitation alone has been priced at a million, it’s hard not to know about it,” Shen Zhenbang said helplessly.

Just from looking at this invitation, you can see Su Changfeng’s weight in Jiang City now. Even in the past, Gu Changsheng’s banquets couldn’t sell an invitation at this price.

But that’s not the most important thing. Spending over a million is just to buy an invitation and be qualified to enter. Surely, going in means giving Su Nian a gift. This gift is the best reflection of sincerity and the best way to curry favor. If the gift is presented well, it would surely leave an impression on Su Changfeng, but the rarer the treasures, the higher the price undoubtedly gets. Regardless, families big and small in Jiang City are willing to spend considerable sums to attend.

”Father, do you have any tricks up your sleeve? Our company is at its wit’s end right now. If we want to completely change the current situation, we’ll still need to rely on Su Changfeng,” Shen Donglin said. The reason Shen Donglin was speaking to his father this way was that he really couldn’t think of any solution. There was simply no way to solve it, so he wanted his father to come up with an idea.

”Tricks?” Shen Zhenbang snorted coldly and said helplessly, ”If in the past we had treated Su Changfeng and Shen Hanxue properly, respectfully, perhaps there would still be a way now. But putting ourselves in their shoes and considering what we did to Su Changfeng and Shen Hanxue in the past, if I were Su Changfeng, I definitely wouldn’t forgive, might even seek revenge.”

Shen Donglin knew all too well what he had done to Su Changfeng, and how many rumors about Su Changfeng outside were spread by him. After entering the Shen Family Group, Shen Siwen also targeted Shen Hanxue everywhere.

But in Shen Donglin’s eyes, all these matters have passed, there’s really no need to bring them up again. What’s more, they are family with Su Changfeng in the first place, there’s no need to make a fuss over these trivial matters.

”If it were me, I would definitely forgive,” Shen Donglin said nonchalantly.

Shen Zhenbang heard Shen Donglin’s words, shook his head helplessly, and felt it was very amusing in his heart. He knew Li Wei’s temperament all too well; if it was not Ye Changfeng who was in power now, but him, not to mention forgiving, it would be good enough if he didn’t strike at Su Changfeng and Shen Hanxue mercilessly.

”Shen Donglin, Shen Donglin, who are you telling these lies for now? Whether you would really forgive or not, everyone knows clearly. As for Su Changfeng, I have no solutions either,” Shen Zhenbang said shaking his head.

”Father, you haven’t even tried, haven’t gone to see Su Changfeng, so how can you possibly know what the outcome will be? I think you also don’t want to be mocked by your old friends, right? I’m very aware that you’ve constantly used various excuses to avoid gatherings just because you’re afraid of being mocked by them. But if we could get Shen Hanxue to forgive us and return to the Shen Family Group, which of your old friends would dare laugh at you?” Shen Donglin said earnestly.

These words just struck a chord with Shen Zhenbang, who felt that being mocked by his old friends was his biggest hurdle now. Even though the Shen family wasn’t a prominent family in Jiang City in the past, they were a well-known family with a reputation. But now? What do they really count as?

Shen Zhenbang knew well that if he attended social gatherings, the topic of discussion would be Su Changfeng, and if he didn’t attend, he would be the subject of idle chit-chat among his old friends.

Thinking of these things made Shen Zhenbang disproportionately angry, and he wanted to change this situation.

”Father, no matter how we say it, we are family to Shen Hanxue. Shen Hanxue should still call you uncle. If you personally go to see him, he has no reason not to meet you,” Shen Donglin persuaded again.

Shen Zhenbang clenched his fist and gathered his courage to say, ”Alright, I’ll put my old face on the line. Even if Shen Hanxue doesn’t want to see me, it doesn’t matter.”

Hearing his father say this, Shen Donglin was overjoyed and hoped that with Shen Zhenbang going to see Shen Hanxue personally, there would be some changes. Otherwise, he really couldn’t come up with any other ideas.

Meanwhile, in the villa, Su Changfeng told Shen Hanxue what had just happened, word for word. After hearing this, Shen Hanxue was quite indifferent to them. After all, in Shen Hanxue’s eyes, Shen Siwen and Shen Donglin were like strangers; it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say they weren’t even strangers, and naturally, he felt nothing towards them.

”If you ask me, knowing Shen Donglin’s nature, if he can’t get anything from me, he surely won’t stop there. For now, he still relies on you,” Su Changfeng said with a smile to Shen Hanxue.