Chapter 595 - 375: _3
Tang Xi stood to one side, "Why did he die, and why do you say it is related to Mr. Shu?"
"It’s a matter from long ago. Your father was an outstanding individual, the person I deeply loved," Shen Qinglin muttered to these words, "the person I’ve loved for a lifetime."
"Tang Xi, let mom tell you a story about how I established News Group," Shen Qinglin wasn’t wearing very thick clothing, but she didn’t seem to mind the cold, "After getting out of prison, I submitted resumes everywhere trying to find a job. I thought that, having studied at a prestigious school, I would be able to find a decent job. I knew I didn’t have a diploma, but just relying on the education I had received since I was young, proficient in four languages, familiar with clothing and jewelry design from a young age, even though I had just been released from prison, even without an educational background, I should have been able to find a job at a small company."
"But I was too naive back then," Shen Qinglin said with a bitter smile, as if recalling those past events vividly.
"I went to many small studios, but as soon as they saw that I had been in prison, none would hire me, and I couldn’t even pay the rent. Out of necessity, I managed to fake an identity, only then did I go to a small jewelry design company, but not as a designer, rather as a receptionist and errand runner."
"Still, it allowed me to make ends meet. The small jewelry company declared bankruptcy within a year and was quickly acquired. The employees who wanted to continue in this field stayed here, and I chose to stay, because, leaving here to find another job would have been difficult. The new owner was Li Congxing, thirty-eight years old, very astute. He was also starting a business; his family was in the jade business, which failed, and now he was preparing for a comeback. I went with him to Myanmar to buy materials, and on the way, we became involved. I actually didn’t want it, but I was drunk that time."
"I was beautiful when I was young. Li Congxing expressed his admiration for me and said he wanted to take responsibility, he wanted to marry me. At that time, I knew Lu Yanlin had already died, and I was alone, even basic necessities were a problem for me. I wanted to desperately make a success of my career, to find you, and also, to take revenge on Shu Chong’an. I wanted to show him, to prove myself, that as his daughter, I too could make a career. I didn’t want to be a chess piece in a wealthy marriage!"
"Li Congxing treated me very well, he took good care of me. After that night, our relationship progressed quite a bit, tinged with a hint of romance. But I didn’t agree to be his girlfriend. He was also very handsome, tall, and slightly romantic like the poets from the north, he knew how to be romantic. I was honest with him then, I told him I had been in prison and had a child. He was very surprised, the kind of surprise any normal man would have. I thought he was regretting it, after all, no man could tolerate a woman who had been to prison and had a child."
"But what I didn’t expect was that three days later, he took me to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get a marriage certificate."
He said he wanted to marry me.
He also said, he would take care of me, and be by my side for a lifetime.