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

Shen Xinyi quickly took out the bank card Lu Ze had given her from her bag and handed it over: "But he gave me this card, so you can take it for emergencies, brother."

Shen Yifan snatched the card, his brow furrowed. "How much is inside?"

"Ten million."

Upon hearing this, Shen Yifan scoffed twice, his eyes filled with mockery and despair: "Ten million? The Lu family is treating us like beggars on the street! The company is currently facing a funding gap of hundreds of millions, and a mere ten million is just a drop in the bucket, completely useless."

As soon as he finished speaking, he slumped back onto the sofa, muttering to himself, "It's over, it's completely over now."

He was filled with resentment. He had been reborn and wanted to make great strides, but the Shen Group was about to go bankrupt and be liquidated.

Shen Xinyi suddenly remembered Lu Ze's advice earlier and quickly spoke up to calm the flustered Shen Yifan: "Big brother, we haven't reached a dead end yet. Let's go to Mom and ask her to use the Li family's resources to help us. The Li family is very powerful..."

Although the Li family's overall strength is slightly inferior to the Lu family's, it is more than enough to fill the current financial hole in the Shen family. As long as the Li family is willing to lend a helping hand, the company's crisis can definitely be resolved smoothly and turned from danger to safety.

Shen Yifan seemed to have suddenly grasped a lifeline, his eyes regaining their light: "That's right, there's the Li family, and my mother! I'll personally go to her to plead for her tomorrow."

Shen Xinyi readily declined, saying, "Then I'll leave this to you, brother. I have other plans for tomorrow and can't get away."

"it is good."

After the two reached an agreement, Shen Yifan stayed alone in the living room and immediately dialed Lin Wanqing's number.

Inside the Li family villa, Lin Wanqing had just finished washing up and was sitting at her dressing table preparing for her skincare routine when her phone suddenly rang. She picked it up and saw that the caller was her eldest son, Shen Yifan, who hadn't contacted her in a long time.

The moment Lin Wanqing saw the caller ID, a rare look of joy flashed across her eyes.

Ever since her divorce from Shen Mobai and her remarriage to the Li family, her eldest son, Shen Yifan, has harbored resentment and never approved of her choice, firmly siding with his biological father. Over the years, the mother and son have become estranged, with almost no communication, and Shen Yifan rarely calls her on his own initiative.

No matter how distant or estranged they became, Shen Yifan was still the flesh and blood she had carried for ten months and given birth to herself, a child she could never sever from her heart. Even though the bond between mother and son had long been fractured, the tenderness and longing in her heart had never completely disappeared.

Lin Wanqing swiped her finger across the screen, gently answering the phone, her voice exceptionally soft: "Yifan? What made you decide to call your mother today?"

On the other end of the phone, Shen Yifan hesitated, his tone deliberately reserved and tentative: "Mom, there's something I'd like to ask you. Are you free tomorrow? Let's meet and discuss it in detail."

Lin Wanqing asked with slight confusion, "What is it? Can't I say it over the phone?"

"It's better to talk about it in person." Shen Yifan paused, deliberately softening his tone, and added, "I... miss you a little too."

These words fell lightly, yet they struck Lin Wanqing's heart hard.

Over the years, she had never heard her stubborn and inflexible eldest son utter a single word of longing.

The pent-up resentment, alienation, and regret that had been building up in her heart for so long melted away in that moment. Even though she knew there must be a reason for her son's sudden show of goodwill, Lin Wanqing couldn't help but soften her heart and, almost without hesitation, softly agreed, "Okay, Mom is free tomorrow, let's meet."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Wanqing felt a lingering sense of joy.

She raised all three children of the Shen family single-handedly. As the eldest son, Shen Yifan received the most care and attention from her, second only to her youngest daughter, Shen Xinyi. Ever since her divorce from Shen Mobai and remarriage to the Li family, her eldest son had always sided with his biological father, harboring resentment towards her and almost never contacting her. Today, however, a phone call from him, in which he even expressed his longing for her, melted her heart. She didn't dwell on the difficulties he might be facing, but instead wondered what trouble her son might have encountered.

A few days ago, she went shopping and did skincare with a group of wealthy wives. During the outing, someone subtly brought up the Shen family to test her reaction.

Lin Wanqing was completely immersed in the comfortable and prosperous life of the Li family, unaware of the rumors circulating outside, and utterly confused. The ladies present were all astute and could immediately tell that she had been kept in the dark.

In wealthy circles, propriety and discretion are paramount. Outsiders won't expose other people's family scandals directly, lest they be branded as gossips. They'll just gloss over it with a few words and never delve deeper into the Shen family's predicament.

The three members of the Li family, father and sons, were also in perfect sync and never mentioned the Shen family's broken financial chain and heavy debt to Lin Wanqing. She was still kept in the dark until this moment.

Meanwhile, Shen Jingshu returned to her room for a short rest, but the exhaustion still lingered. Today, administering acupuncture to Grandpa Mo had depleted a significant amount of her spiritual energy, and without Lu Jingxing by her side to utilize his rich imperial purple aura for quick recovery, she could only decide to broadcast a divination to avert calamities for others, accumulating merit to nourish her soul and quickly replenish her depleted spirit.

She glanced at the time and saw that it was her usual broadcast time. She immediately turned on her computer, put on her face mask, and started the live stream on time.

As soon as the live stream went live, countless viewers who had been waiting flocked in. The screen was flooded with messages of enthusiastic greetings from fans.

Many loyal fans remarked that Master Shen's live streams have become more frequent recently, expressing their enjoyment and wishing she would stream 24/7. However, Shen Jingshu has always had a rule: she only selects three people for divination each time she streams, and after explaining just three matters, she ends the stream on time, always leaving the audience wanting more.

Because every story in Shen Jingshu's live stream is real, and every cause and effect story is dramatic and suspenseful, many netizens tune in every day, treating the live stream as a source of entertainment and stress relief.

Shen Jingshu's gaze fell on the screen, and she saw that the ID of the first winner of the night was Chuxia. She said softly, "Is Chuxia there? If it's convenient, please request to connect."

A few seconds later, the video call connected, and the girl's figure appeared in the frame. The background was exquisitely decorated, clearly a private room in a restaurant.

Chu Xia smiled and greeted the camera: "Good evening, Master Shen! Hello everyone in the live stream! I'm so lucky to have won a spot to connect! By the way, Master, you started your live stream much earlier than usual today."

The comments section started scrolling rapidly.

"I was on the subway home from get off work when a live stream notification popped up, so I immediately put on my headphones!"

"+1, currently on the bus, watching the live stream the whole way."

Shen Jingshu explained calmly, "I came back early today, so I started the broadcast ahead of schedule. I didn't expect so many people to still be on their way."

"We'll watch the stream no matter what time the master starts! Even if he starts streaming at midnight, I'll be online on time."

"I specifically set up a special follow list so I'll get a notification as soon as you start a live stream."

Shen Jingshu surveyed the private room in the camera's view and casually asked, "Are you in a private room at a restaurant for a family gathering or a friend's birthday party? You're all dressed up; are you perhaps the birthday person today?"

Chu Xia smiled and shook her head, no longer keeping everyone in suspense: "No, I'm here today to meet my boyfriend's parents."

Upon hearing this, the live stream chat erupted in groans of despair.

"Such a beautiful girl is already taken. I'm heartbroken as a single person."