"Me?" Ye Shu exclaimed in surprise, "Why me?"
Only then did Little Brother Kai understand the meaning behind his dad’s words just now, and he immediately jumped up with excitement, "I want to go, I want to go, we’ll go together!"
Ye Shu was a bit annoyed with Sheng Shaochen’s way of acting first and reporting later, "Hey, I never said I wanted to go."
Sheng Shaochen didn’t care whether she agreed or not. He picked up Little Brother Kai and started walking out. Without hearing Ye Shu’s footsteps catching up, he suddenly pinched Little Brother Kai’s butt!
Little Brother Kai yelped in pain and instantly understood. He opened his mouth and started crying, "Wah~~~~."
The sound was pitiful, and those eager little eyes were fixed in Ye Shu’s direction.
"Alright, alright!" Ye Shu really couldn’t resist Little Baozi. She chased after them in a few steps, unable to resist the charm of that father and son duo.
At the Sheng Mansion, Bai Yueru was sitting in the room with a worried look on her face, staring blankly when suddenly Du Shiniang walked in.
"Shi Niang, didn’t you say you were going camping with that father and son duo tonight? Why are you back?"
Du Shiniang’s face was a bit awkward as she said, "Ah Chen asked me to do something else. I came to see if you have any other instructions, Mom?"
"What instructions could I possibly give? Sigh, did he invite Ye Shu to go camping with him?" Bai Yueru asked, very displeased.
Du Shiniang nodded, "Mom, I also saw that Ah Chen seemed to be holding a Yellow Skin Scroll, with something written on it..."
"Yellow Skin Scroll!?" Bai Yueru immediately perked up, "Is it the Business War Chronicles?"
Du Shiniang replied, "Seems like... yes. He didn’t give it to me; he probably intends to give it to Ye Shu."
"How could this happen!?" Bai Yueru suddenly felt terrible all over, "That Yellow Skin Scroll is the business wisdom the Old Lady accumulated over her lifetime, very precious. I’ve seen her, whenever she had time, take it out to revise it when I helped tidy her room, treasuring it like a gem, and she wouldn’t even let me take a glimpse! I didn’t expect she would pass the Business War Chronicles to Ye Shu!?"
Du Shiniang was silently shocked as well and said, "Mom, are you saying that even Grandma is siding with Ah Chen, planning to groom Ye Shu as the successor to the Old Mansion Master?"
"Hmph, I think that’s likely their intention!" Bai Yueru grew angrier the more she thought about it, "One is my son, the other my mother-in-law; why do they never tell me anything they do? Do they think I am that incompetent?"
Du Shiniang saw Bai Yueru shaking with anger and quickly stepped forward to support her, saying, "Mom, don’t be mad, maybe it’s not how we think it is."
"Hmph, there’s no way I’m mistaken. My son has been increasingly out of line. Back then, without a word, he pushed me into the position of Family Head, and now that I’ve finally got it steady, he’s thinking of replacing me without a word again. How could he do this? I am his mother, how can he have no regard for my feelings at all?"
Du Shiniang said, "Mom, even though we shouldn’t harbor ill intentions towards others, we must be cautious. I think, even if Ye Shu doesn’t have the desire for power and profit, we still must take actions, to prepare ourselves thoroughly..."
Bai Yueru was already at her wits’ end with anger. Hearing Du Shiniang’s words, she immediately agreed, "You’re right, we must not sit and wait for death!"