HCB Chapter 424 Pretending to be Ignorant
Chapter 424 Pretending to be Ignorant
"As for your proposal to exchange 50% of the shares for me to find suitable management talents for you, I can indeed do this, but the price you need to pay is too high. I know you do this to thank me, but I don't need it, so I will not agree to this deal."
Hearing Lin Chuyi's refusal, the hope in Madam Shen's eyes slowly disappeared, and her eyes gradually became dim.
"Actually, if you want to find a partner to manage the Shen family business, it doesn't have to be me. Isn't there a very suitable person around you?" Lin Chuyi suddenly asked back.
Madam Shen was stunned, and immediately understood that the "right person" Lin Chuyi was referring to was Lin Jinxiu. She also knew that if she really needed to find someone to help, Lin Jinxiu was actually the best choice.
But she didn't want to do that, because she didn't know since when, the way Lin Jinxiu looked at her changed. She no longer treated her as a teacher, a friend, or a partner as before, but as a lover.
She had once loved someone like this, so she could understand the meaning of Lin Jinxiu's eyes.
When she first felt this way, she thought she was overthinking it, because Lin Jinxiu was a woman like herself, so how could a woman like another woman? Moreover, she was much older than Lin Jinxiu.
She tried to ignore her unrealistic thoughts, but once the idea came up, she couldn't stop.
She began to pay uncontrollably attention to Lin Jinxiu's every word and action, trying to get the answer she wanted to confirm from her reaction.
After several cautious tests, Madam Shen already had the answer in her heart. Lin Jinxiu did have different feelings for her.
The day she came to this conclusion, she was so upset that she didn't know how to face such a relationship, so she locked herself in the room.
When Lin Jinxiu came back, she couldn't find her. She learned from the servants that she had not gone out all day. She was worried that something had happened to her, so she hurried to her room to see her without even drinking a sip of water.
After confirming that she was fine and breathing a sigh of relief, he began to show concern for her, arranging this and that for her, and taking care of her in every possible way.
She looked at Lin Jinxiu who was busy in her room, and she couldn't say no to her. She didn't want to hurt this sincere girl, nor did she want to accept the outcome of the two of them parting ways after making things clear. So she chose to escape, pretending that she knew nothing about it, and continued to enjoy Lin Jinxiu's wholehearted treatment.
Madam Shen knew that what she did was very despicable, but after experiencing such a heavy betrayal, there were still people willing to treat her sincerely without asking for anything in return. This kind of warmth is addictive, and once you have it, you won't be willing to give it up.
So when she was enjoying Lin Jinxiu's kindness to her, she often felt guilty. She thought she was sorry for Lin Jinxiu and had wasted her youth.
It is precisely for this reason that no matter what decision Lin Jinxiu made over the years, she did not object. Instead, she did her best to help her achieve her goals and compensate her in other ways so that she could live a happy life.
Today, the Shen family's business is back in her hands. Although it looks prosperous on the outside, it has actually been hollowed out on the inside and is no longer comparable to what it was a decade ago.
In the current Shen family business, not only have the managers and shop assistants changed, but even the regular suppliers of raw materials have all been replaced. It is common for inferior products to be passed off as good ones.
The good reputation her father had built up over his lifetime had long been squandered by Liu Sheng, and the shop's turnover was in a vicious cycle, decreasing year by year.
Some shops have less than 20% of their previous operating profits and are merely kept open to maintain their image.
If you want to restore the Shen family's business to its former glory, you need to invest a lot of manpower, material resources and energy.
Lin Jinxiu's career is booming now. How could she have the heart to take advantage of her feelings for him and let her take over such a mess?
After asking the questions, Lin Chuyi used the mind-reading skill to listen to Madam Shen's mental journey. When she heard the end, she couldn't help but curl her lips secretly: So, you can't bear to let Lin Jinxiu suffer, so you just want to drag me into it.
Complaints aside, Lin Chuyi could still read from Madam Shen's inner voice that she cared about Lin Jinxiu. Madam Shen knew how Lin Jinxiu felt about her, but she had been hesitating and struggling for so many years. It seemed that she still had some feelings for Lin Jinxiu, but she was in the situation and couldn't see her own heart clearly.
This situation is much better than what Lin Chuyi had previously imagined. All she needs to do is add a little catalyst between the two of them and let Madam Shen face up to her feelings for Lin Jinxiu, and then they will be able to succeed.
However, she still needed to think about this matter carefully and not be in a hurry. The most important thing right now was to tie Lin Jinxiu and the Shen family's business together and deepen the interest connection between the two of them.
Doing this can, on the one hand, let Madam Shen deeply understand how much Lin Jinxiu cares about her and how devoted she is to her through her actions. On the other hand, there will be a deeper interest bond. In the future, when they become a couple all the time, no one will notice anything wrong. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.
So Lin Chuyi cut the Gordian knot and made a decision for Madam Shen. "What are you still hesitating about? You and my eldest sister already have a cooperative relationship. No one is more suitable to help you than my eldest sister. I see that she has made a lot of money recently and she is a little unsure of it. She has become a little arrogant. I will take this opportunity to let her go to Qingquan County to deal with the mess left by that scumbag and calm down."
Upon hearing this, Madam Shen quickly spoke out to stop him, "No, I don't want Jinxiu to take over the Shen family's business."
"Huh? Why is that?" Lin Chuyi pretended to be confused, then deliberately misinterpreted Madam Shen's meaning and said, "Are you worried that my eldest sister will have some intentions on your Shen family's assets? Well, my eldest sister is an outsider to you after all, so it's normal for you to be worried."
"Then let's do this. The profit ratio will be 40% to 60%. You get the majority and my elder sister gets the minority. Now you should be relieved, right?"
Madam Shen was stunned after hearing this. She had never thought about this before. No, it should be said that she had never worried that Lin Jinxiu would covet her family's property. Where did this conclusion come from?
She quickly denied it, her hands left afterimages in a hurry, "That's not what I meant..."
Before Madam Shen finished speaking, Lin Chuyi responded: "What do you mean? You have to give me a reason."
Looking at the confused Lin Chuyi, the words that Madam Shen was about to explain suddenly got stuck in her throat and she couldn't utter a word.