Stepdaughter of a wealthy family? The little darling of a Beijing tycoon

No problem. Also, Mr. Mo might not know, but besides medicine, I'm also proficient in physiognomy and divination.

Mo Hanzhou raised an eyebrow, his face showing surprise: "Miss Shen is actually skilled in divination?"

"I have dabbled in all of these; they are all part of my training." Shen Jingshu said calmly, "Judging from the overall fortune of the Mo family, this alliance with the Li family is a win-win situation. Both families will rise step by step through cooperation, which is entirely beneficial."

"I'll keep it in mind and will carefully evaluate it later," Old Master Mo solemnly agreed.

After the discussion, the Mo family grandfather and grandson rose to take their leave. Shen Jingshu simply rose and gave a slight nod, instructing the butler to see them off on their behalf; she did not personally escort them to the gate. Since the Mo family needed her to treat the old man's long-standing ailment, she felt it was sufficient to observe proper etiquette; there was no need for excessive humility or formality.

After the butler saw Mo Hanzhou and Old Master Mo off and returned to the living room, he looked at the pile of expensive gift boxes in the entryway and couldn't help but ask, "Miss Jing Shu, do these gifts need to be inventoried and categorized?"

"Just register everything briefly and send it all to my room for storage."

After giving her instructions, Shen Jingshu went straight upstairs to her bedroom to meditate and cultivate.

The housekeeper stayed downstairs to count and register the gifts one by one. Not long after, Lin Wanqing, who had just returned from shopping, passed by the living room and saw a pile of exquisitely wrapped, valuable gifts on the floor. She stopped and asked about their origins out of great curiosity.

The butler answered truthfully, "Madam, it is a thank-you gift from Mr. Mo and Mr. Mo Hanzhou of the Mo Group who came to visit today."

"The Mohist School? Which Mohist School?" Lin Wanqing didn't usually get involved in the top business circles and didn't know much about the multinational Mohist family. He didn't delve into it and just casually answered before going upstairs to rest.

After nightfall, Li Wenqian returned to the Li family villa after finishing his social engagements. The butler gave a detailed report on the events of the afternoon, including the visit of the Mo family grandfather and grandson to express their gratitude, discuss medical treatment, and Shen Jingshu's recommendation of the Li family to participate in the cooperative bidding.

Li Wenqian was initially astonished, but then he thought that Shen Jingshu had real skills in the Xuanmen sect, and could even cure her long-standing illness. It was only reasonable that a powerful family like the Mo family would lower themselves to visit her personally. After a moment, he calmed down and waved for the butler to leave.

On the other hand, Mo Hanzhou acted swiftly and efficiently. He arranged the follow-up coordination that very day. The next morning, Li Beicheng proactively visited the Mo Group to discuss cooperation matters, and Mo Hanzhou personally received him in his top-floor office.

As Mo Hanzhou perused the meticulously crafted cooperation proposal from the Li family, his satisfaction deepened. The proposal was logically sound, resource-matched, with a clear profit plan and comprehensive risk mitigation measures. In terms of both scope and implementation details, it was worlds apart from Shen Yizhou's cobbled-together, empty-framework copy.

He was already certain that the Li family was the most reliable and suitable candidate for the Mo family to return to China and cooperate.

When Mo Hanzhou returned to China to prepare for cooperation, his top choice was the Lu family, which had a deep foundation and a long-standing relationship with him. The Li family was firmly in second place, with its overall strength second only to the Lu family among the wealthy families in Beijing.

After carefully reviewing the complete cooperation proposal submitted by Li Beicheng, he found that the meticulous and complete business logic, sufficient industrial support, and comprehensive risk contingency plan all perfectly matched the Mo family's plan to relocate its overseas industries back to China, and were highly consistent with his ideal partner.

The decision to cooperate with the Li family was based on two factors: firstly, a rational business judgment, and secondly, it also served as a way to curry favor with Shen Jingshu, achieving two goals at once.

Therefore, Mo Hanzhou acted decisively and efficiently, finalizing the cooperation intention on the same day, and arranging for the group's senior management and legal team to draft the cooperation details overnight, making the process incredibly fast.

As soon as the news broke, the word spread quickly throughout the upper echelons of Beijing that the Mo family had officially announced a deep cross-border strategic cooperation with the Li family. Various powerful and influential families called the Li family to congratulate them.

The moment Shen Yifan, who was in his top-floor office at the Shen Group, received the news, his blood seemed to freeze instantly. He gripped his phone tightly, unable to believe this inevitable outcome, and his pent-up anxiety and rage finally erupted.

He swept all the teacups, custom-made pens, project documents, and decorative items off the desk, shattering glass and scattering papers everywhere, leaving the large CEO office in a complete mess.

His eyes were bloodshot, and he questioned through gritted teeth, "Why? Why did the Mo family choose the Li family over my Shen family? It must be Shen Jingshu! She's definitely behind this!"

But in an instant, he was plunged into immense self-doubt. Shen Jingshu was just a nineteen-year-old student; how could she possibly have the ability to influence the decisions of the multinational giant, the Mo family? But the undeniable facts before him left no room for denial. The plan he had painstakingly replicated using his memories from his previous life had become a worthless piece of paper, and all his ambitions, built upon the advantages of his rebirth, had vanished in an instant.

Before Shen Yifan could recover from his huge defeat, an even more fatal crisis followed. In order to secure this cooperation and increase his bidding leverage, he had risked everything by mortgaging the core factory of the Shen Group and his own shares, and borrowing high-interest loans from underground banks. Now, the repayment deadline was approaching.

He had hoped to settle the principal and interest with the initial payment from the cooperation with the Mo family, but now, after a disastrous bid, his cash flow has completely dried up, and the enormous debt accumulating with interest is suffocating him. If he is unable to repay on time, the assets pledged by the Shen Group will be seized and auctioned off by the money lender, and the Shen family's hard-earned business will be completely bankrupt, leaving the entire family burdened with debts they can never repay in their lifetime.

In a panic, Shen Yifan no longer cared about his image or dignity. He immediately found Shen Xinyi and asked her to seek help from Lu Ze.

With all avenues of retreat cut off, the only way to temporarily stabilize the situation is through an emergency capital injection from the Lu family. If Lu Ze refuses to lend a helping hand, the Shen family will be in dire straits.

Upon hearing Shen Yifan's anxious and flustered words, Shen Xinyi was instantly stunned, her eyes widening in disbelief: "Big brother? How could it have escalated to the point of bankruptcy? Our company has always been doing well, how could it suddenly collapse?"

At this moment, she was still unaware of the crisis within the company, let alone that Shen Yifan had already taken a dangerous risk.

Shen Yifan was so anxious that cold sweat beaded on his forehead, his voice completely panicked and out of control. He gripped her arm tightly and pleaded, "Xinyi, only you can help the family now! You must go and beg Young Master Lu to help us out. This time, no one but the Lu family can save the Shen family!"

"Is it really that serious?" Shen Xinyi still couldn't believe it.

"Of course it's serious! You have no idea!" Shen Yifan's tone was broken and anxious, completely abandoning his usual composure. "The company has been continuously losing money, and the cash flow is on the verge of collapse. In order to save the situation and secure the cooperation with the Mo family, I not only mortgaged my assets to borrow a huge sum of money from the bank, but also, in desperation, borrowed high-interest loans from underground money lenders!"