Sheng Ting dropped Shen Weiyi at the villa and saw a car parked at the entrance. Recognizing the license plate, Shen Weiyi’s expression involuntarily darkened.
"What’s wrong?" Sheng Ting noticed his girlfriend’s expression seemed off.
"People from the old house have come," Shen Weiyi frowned.
Given the old house’s character of not visiting without serious matters, their sudden appearance was unlikely to be for anything good.
Having been together for so long, Sheng Ting also knew that her relationship with the old house was strained, "If you don’t want to see them, I can accompany you to eat something first, then bring you back later."
Every time someone from the old house visited, it was never good news; although she disliked the people from the old house, she couldn’t always avoid them.
"You don’t have to go in," she looked at Sheng Ting.
Now that the whole city knew about the alliance through marriage between the Shen and Sheng families, her fear was that those people would target the Sheng Family, thinking only of profit, and she also didn’t want him to see the unpleasant matters of the Shen Family.
"Okay, call me if you need anything."
"Mm!" Shen Weiyi nodded, then opened the car door and got out.
Upon entering, she immediately saw Mr. Shen sitting in the living room, with Uncle Shen standing beside him, though she did not see Second Uncle Shen, presumably because he knew he was unwelcome.
"Weiyi is back," Uncle Shen heard the noise, turned around, and greeted her first.
In the past, they would definitely have waited for her to speak first.
Otherwise, they would say she was rude and disrespectful.
"Grandfather, Uncle."
Shen Weiyi greeted Mr. Shen and Uncle Shen indifferently, then attempted to head to her room, but Mr. Shen called out, "Weiyi, come here and sit down, I have something to discuss with you and your father."
Shen Weiyi didn’t say anything and walked over to sit beside Shen Juanzhi.
Before entering, she had guessed that the people from the old house wouldn’t visit without reason.
Given the situation, it was apparent that the old house had come to ask for something substantial.
Once Shen Weiyi had settled, Mr. Shen cleared his throat and began, "Here’s the thing, the Shen Family has recently taken interest in a project, but we’ve encountered some financial difficulties, so we wanted to ask if you’d be willing to join us in this project?"
"How much money does the project need?" Shen Weiyi knew the Shen Group had been poorly managed over the past two years, constantly running at a loss, but even a lean camel is bigger than a horse. If the shortfall wasn’t significant, they could completely consider a bank loan; there was no need to come to them.
"Not much, just fifty billion," Old Yezi spoke up.
Upon hearing this, Shen Weiyi couldn’t help but show a trace of a mocking expression.
In the past, fifty billion may not have seemed like much, but now, all the liquid assets of the Shen Family combined probably wouldn’t even exceed ten billion. So they planned for the rest of the forty billion to come from them?
Mr. Shen was slightly annoyed by her gaze, but knowing that he was here to ask for a favor, he restrained his temper and said, "This project, if successful, would also benefit Shen Technology."
Shen Weiyi was just about to speak when Shen Juan caught her eye, signaling her to hold her tongue, then heard him say, "Dad, you’re really overestimating me. Although the company has been developing well these years, we are not yet at the stage where we can casually invest tens of billions in a new project."
Mr. Shen was not surprised that he would say this, his face stern as he responded, "You might not have it, but Sheng Group does."
Shen Weiyi looked at him with surprise.