My Ares Son-in-Law

Zhou Fenfang breathed a long sigh of relief, patted her chest, and muttered to herself:
"I was so scared! I thought he was going to do something stupid..."

Grandma Zhou's complexion improved slightly, but a strong sense of unease inexplicably rose in her heart, like a huge rock pressing down on her.

She looked at Shen Yingying, trying to glean some clues from her face.

But Shen Yingying was staring in the direction Xiao Chen had left, and the expression on her face was not one of dissatisfaction, but rather... awe?
A deep-seated reverence, one that dares not utter the slightest disrespect.

“Mr. Shen,” Mrs. Zhou’s heart skipped a beat, and she tentatively began to speak, her voice slightly strained, “Who was that just now…”

Shen Yingying slowly withdrew her gaze and gave her a brief, indifferent glance.

That glance was as cold as ice.

She stepped onto the stage and calmly took the microphone from the old lady Zhou.

"Ladies and gentlemen," she began, her voice clear and cold, echoing throughout the room, "that gentleman just now is a friend I met by chance. He happened to run into the chairman of our Dansheng Group and asked me to pass on a message."

The entire room fell silent instantly; you could hear a pin drop.

Shen Yingying's gaze slowly swept across the entire room, finally landing coldly on Old Mrs. Zhou, whose face had turned pale.

"The chairman asked me to convey a message to the Zhou family..."

She paused, then spoke slowly and deliberately, clearly, coldly, and unequivocally:
"Dansheng Group is terminating all cooperation with the Zhou family."

boom……!
These words were like a bombshell, exploding in the banquet hall!

The entire place erupted in chaos. Everyone was shocked and stood up, their faces pale, and there was complete confusion.

The color drained from Old Mrs. Zhou's face instantly. She trembled, her legs gave way, and she almost collapsed to the ground.

Zhou Hao hurriedly reached out to support her, his own face pale, his body trembling, and his mind blank.

"Mr. Shen..." Old Mrs. Zhou's voice trembled, and tears were almost in her eyes. "Why...why is this happening? What has our Zhou family done wrong? Please give us a chance, we will change, we will definitely change..."

Shen Yingying looked at her coldly, without a trace of sympathy in her eyes:
"why?"

She stepped off the stage and approached Old Mrs. Zhou step by step, her aura so oppressive that it was hard to breathe.

"Grandma Zhou, when you were on stage just now, publicly announcing that Zhou Hao was the manager of the 10 billion yuan project, did you ever think about who actually won this project?"

Grandma Zhou opened her mouth, but her face was ashen, and she couldn't utter a single word.

Shen Yingying's voice grew louder and louder, each word like a knife, piercing deep into everyone's hearts:

"Ms. Zhou Keying submitted seven versions of the plan for our Dansheng Group. Each version was more complete and more precise than the previous one!"
She provided the most detailed and authoritative market data for the entire western region!
She stayed up all night and wrote a feasibility report that even our group's top professional team praised highly!

Her sharp questioning resonated throughout the room:

"This project was secured single-handedly by Ms. Zhou Keying! It's her achievement, her hard work! What right does your Zhou family have to so easily hand over everything she has to others?!"

The audience was silent.

Everyone was stunned, and the way they looked at Grandma Zhou and Zhou Hao completely changed.

So that's how it was!

Stealing credit! Showing favoritism! Being ungrateful!

Grandma Zhou trembled all over, her face ashen, and she couldn't utter a single word in rebuttal.

Shen Yingying gave her a cold glance, said nothing more, and turned to leave.

As she reached the entrance of the banquet hall, she suddenly stopped and turned around.

"Oh, right." Her tone was calm, yet carried a suffocating pressure, "The chairman also said something..."

Her gaze swept across the entire room, settling clearly on:

“Ms. Zhou Keying is the most esteemed friend of Dansheng Group. Whoever wrongs her is an enemy of Dansheng Group.” The door opened and then closed.

Shen Yingying's figure completely disappeared outside the door.

The banquet hall fell into a deathly silence.

It was so quiet you could hear everyone's heavy breathing and heartbeat.

Grandma Zhou finally couldn't hold on any longer. Her legs gave way, and she collapsed into a chair with a thud, trembling uncontrollably, her face ashen.

Zhou Hao stood to the side, at a loss, his face pale: "Grandma..."

Grandma Zhou suddenly raised her head, her eyes filled with resentment and despair.

"Snapped!"

A crisp, loud slap landed hard on Zhou Hao's face.

The force was so great that it knocked his head to the side, and half of his cheek instantly became red and swollen.

"It's all your fault!" Old Mrs. Zhou's voice was hoarse, almost screaming, "It's all your fault! You ruined our Zhou family!"

She struggled to her feet, leaning on her crutches, and staggered out, crying out repeatedly:
"Ke Ying... Where's Ke Ying? Go find Ke Ying! Go and bring Ke Ying back!"

……

At the end of the corridor.

Zhou Keying was leaning quietly against the wall, staring blankly at the night outside the window, her mind completely empty.

She had no idea what earth-shattering event had occurred in the banquet hall.

She only saw Xiao Chen walk out from inside and stand quietly beside her, without saying a word, yet he was like the most steadfast mountain, shielding her from all the storms.

"You just now..." she began, about to ask.

Suddenly, I heard a series of hurried, frantic footsteps behind me.

Grandma Zhou, leaning on her cane, came running over, panting and stumbling, followed by Zhou Hao, whose face was swollen on one side.

"Keying!" Grandma Zhou grabbed her hand, tears streaming down her face, crying her heart out, "Keying, Grandma was wrong! Grandma is so sorry! Grandma was really wrong!"

Zhou Keying was completely stunned, staring at her blankly.

"The manager of that multi-billion dollar project is yours! He's yours!"

Grandma Zhou's voice choked with sobs as she pleaded desperately, "You take the blame! You take responsibility! As long as you forgive Grandma, as long as you say a word for the Zhou family, Grandma will agree to any conditions!"

Zhou Hao also knelt down with a "plop," repeatedly kowtowing to Zhou Keying, tears streaming down his face.

"Cousin! It's all my fault! I was bewitched and stole your credit! You can hit me, scold me, whatever you want, just please... please go and plead with the Dansheng Group, don't cancel the cooperation, don't let the Zhou family go bankrupt..."

Zhou Keying was completely stunned.

She stared blankly at the dramatic scene before her, her mind completely blank, unable to react at all.

Dansheng Group...cancels cooperation?
why?
She subconsciously turned to look at Xiao Chen beside her.

Xiao Chen stood quietly beside her, his expression calm and his eyes serene.

It was as if the storm that had just overturned the entire Zhou family and shaken the whole place had nothing to do with him.

It was as if he had simply brushed away a speck of dust for her.

Zhou Keying was completely stunned, her mind a mess, countless questions churning in her heart, making her feel agitated.

She instinctively pulled out her phone, her fingertips still trembling slightly, and dialed Shen Yingying's number. (End of Chapter)