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

Shen Jingshu smiled and closed the jewelry box, her expression calm: "Alright, I'm not looking anymore. I'll take it back and store it properly when I have time tomorrow."

Xu Zhixia nodded in agreement, her face serious: "We must keep it safe! There are so many people coming and going in our dorm, it's not safe to leave such valuable things here."

Shen Jingshu responded, secretly understanding the situation.

When she said she would take it home to store it, it was just an excuse. Once her roommates were busy and no one was paying attention, she would quietly put the jade jewelry into her personal space and store it safely, ensuring it would be safe from any mishap.

Meanwhile, Beijing No. 1 Hospital.

Shen Yifei and Li Yubai both returned from overseas medical studies, but their treatment was vastly different.

Upon returning to China, Li Yubai was immediately appointed as the youngest vice president in the entire academy, holding a high position and wielding real power.

Shen Yifei, on the other hand, was just an ordinary attending physician after returning to China, and he hadn't even been promoted to chief physician. Their statuses were worlds apart.

At today's routine morning meeting, the hospital director publicly praised Li Yubai in front of all the medical staff.

He was highly praised for his courage and selflessness in protecting the public during yesterday's emergency room riot. He was commended for his calm and decisive actions in the crisis, his orderly command of the rescue efforts, and his ability to minimize casualties. He is a model doctor who combines compassion and responsibility.

He received widespread praise and attracted the attention of the public.

Sitting in the audience, Shen Yifei listened to the endless praise, his heart filled with bitterness and jealousy.

He considered himself exceptionally talented, with an impressive overseas study resume, and among the best of his peers in medicine. But in the face of a true top genius like Li Yubai, all his proud qualifications, talents, and achievements were instantly crushed and rendered insignificant.

Thinking of Li Yubai's current success and the relationship between Shen Jingshu and Li Yubai, Shen Yifei felt increasingly resentful and unhappy. He already harbored resentment towards Shen Jingshu, and consequently, he had no good feelings towards Li Yubai either, feeling nothing but hostility.

After the morning meeting ended, a group of doctors and department heads surrounded Li Yubai, showering him with compliments and offering their congratulations.

Shen Yifei stood far away in a corner, coldly watching the scene of being surrounded by admirers, but never stepped forward.

Only after the crowd had completely dispersed and the corridor was empty did he slowly walk forward and greet Li Yubai with a polite but slightly reserved manner: "Dean Li."

Li Yubai raised his eyes and glanced at him indifferently, already knowing the identity of the newcomer in his heart.

Last night, Li Beichen had already told him everything about the Shen family and Shen Jingshu's entanglement with her family of origin.

He knew perfectly well that the person in front of him was Shen Yifei, Jing Shu's extremely biased, cold and selfish second brother.

After learning about the past, Li Yubai no longer felt any goodwill towards the Shen family, and was even filled with resentment.

Such a kind, insightful, and capable younger sister who has saved lives and accumulated good karma on numerous occasions, yet the Shen family members are blind to her worth and discard her like trash. They are completely biased towards the pretentious Shen Xinyi, and repeatedly mistreat, neglect, and exploit Jing Shu. It is simply foolish and absurd.

Li Yubai secretly rejoiced.

Fortunately, Jing Shu had already completely lost heart and severed all ties with the Shen family.

Now she is Li Yubai's beloved younger sister, protected by her brothers, and no longer has to suffer any grievances from the Shen family.

Looking at Shen Yifei, who was feigning politeness, he felt a sense of amusement.

These brothers of the Shen family were all deceived by Shen Xinyi's green tea face. They couldn't distinguish right from wrong, and they were completely fooled.

In his eyes, Shen Jingshu, who was aloof, insightful, highly skilled, and kind-hearted, was a thousand times better than Shen Xinyi, who was hypocritical, pretentious, and all show and no substance.

In comparison, the Shen family's choice was so foolish it was beyond words.

Upon realizing this, the warmth in Li Yubai's eyes completely dissipated, his expression became indifferent and aloof, and his aura became cold and distant. He showed no response or warmth to Shen Yifei's greetings.

Li Yubai completely ignored Shen Yifei's greeting, disregarding him and walking straight past him without stopping.

Being treated so coldly in front of everyone, Shen Yifei's face turned pale and then red, extremely embarrassed. Fortunately, most of the people in the conference room had already left, and not many people witnessed this scene, otherwise he would have truly lost face and felt utterly ashamed.

Early in the morning, Lin Wanqing rushed to the hospital ward to visit Shen Yifan.

Shen Yifan has regained consciousness and is out of the coma, but he is still very weak and lies in bed resting. Only Shen Xinyi is by his side in the ward. Shen Mobai is out dealing with the mess left behind by the Shen family's bankruptcy.

The Shen family's old mansion and villa, as well as all the companies under their name, were seized and frozen by the bank, leaving them with nothing overnight. Shen Mobai and Shen Xinyi then simply moved into the apartment that Shen Yifei rented near the hospital.

The house is about 100 square meters, which is not considered small. When Shen Yifei lived there alone, there was plenty of space.

The Shen family was used to living in a spacious villa. It was easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality. Suddenly being squeezed into an ordinary apartment, they felt restricted and awkward everywhere, and no matter how they lived, they felt uncomfortable.

All three rooms were occupied by the father, Shen Mobai, and Shen Xinyi. After Shen Yifan, who was still hospitalized, was discharged, he had no choice but to return to this apartment to stay.

Currently, of all the assets of the Shen family, only the apartment rented by Shen Yifei remains, which is not within the scope of seizure and liquidation.

The thought of his entire family having to live crammed together in this place filled Shen Yifei with helplessness and a heavy heart. He had devoted himself to his medical career and had longed for a quiet and simple place of his own, but now he was caught up in the changes in his family and could never return to the peaceful life he once had living alone.

Lin Wanqing pushed open the ward door and went inside.

Shen Yifan lay on the bed, still very weak. When he saw that his mother was all alone and Shen Jingshu was not behind him, he was filled with anger and his face darkened instantly.

"Mom, that ungrateful Shen Jingshu has ruined me like this, and she won't even show her face!"

Lin Wanqing quickly stepped forward and gently comforted him, "Yifan, don't get angry and hurt yourself. I've already talked to her, but your sister..."

"I don't have a sister like that." Shen Yifan interrupted her sharply, his eyes filled with resentment. "From now on, I only have Xinyi as my sister."

He took a few deep breaths, his gaze fixed on Lin Wanqing, his tone laced with sarcasm: "And you, Mom. Now that you're Mrs. Li, your status is different, and you don't even care about your own children. If you had just persuaded the Li family to help the Shen family back then, I wouldn't be in this state."

"In the end, the reason you divorced Dad and remarried into the Li family was because you were attracted by their wealth and power."

Every word and phrase pierced Lin Wanqing's heart like needles, making her feel cold all over and her heart chilled.

"Yifan, in your heart, is this really the kind of person your mother is?"

"Isn't that right?" Shen Yifan retorted, refusing to listen to any explanation.

Lin Wanqing felt utterly miserable. She never imagined that her own son would view her in this way.

She turned to look at Shen Xinyi, who was accompanying her, thinking that her youngest daughter could speak up for her.

But Shen Xinyi was also harboring resentment, and she completely agreed with her elder brother's words. In her opinion, if Lin Wanqing had been willing to use the Li family's connections and resources to help, the Shen family would never have gone bankrupt.