strictlysupreme Chapter 67 Xu Pingtao's Test
Chapter 67 Xu Pingtao's Test
Shen Yao nodded in thought, "That makes sense."
Before transmigrating, Shen Yao grew up in a family like the General's Mansion. Even though she wasn't old enough to participate in family inheritance and power struggles within the household, she understood the intricacies of these matters.
Shen Yao hadn't thought of these things before, simply because she hadn't considered them, not because she was unaware of them.
Shen Yao is more sentimental than Shen Wancheng in her dealings with people, and many of her actions are based on her feelings.
During this period of time, her interactions with Shen Wancheng led her to completely regard Shen Wancheng as her own sister, making her part of her innermost territory.
Therefore, when Shen Wancheng is around, Shen Yao doesn't think about things too deeply; she's gotten used to having Shen Wancheng by her side.
Of course, Shen Yao's carefree attitude stemmed from her complete lack of interest in competing with or vying with Shen Wancheng. She believed that any benefits Shen Wancheng received would undoubtedly be shared with her.
This is the essential difference between Shen Yao and Shen Mei.
Therefore, even if Shen Yao and Shen Mei switched identities, it would still be Shen Mei who would be mentally unbalanced.
If Shen Mei were in Shen Yao's position, she would compare Xu Pingtao's different attitudes towards the two granddaughters. When she learned that Xu Pingtao valued Shen Wancheng more, she felt resentful.
If Shen Yao were in Shen Mei's position, she wouldn't be someone who just freeloads off Shen Wancheng. She would gladly accept Shen Wancheng's help, carve out her own path, and then repay Shen Wancheng to the best of her ability.
The difference between Shen Yao and Shen Mei is not good or evil, but rather their perspectives, bottom lines, and self-awareness.
Shen Wancheng always knew what kind of person Shen Mei was, after all, she knew Shen Mei's ending in the original book.
Shen Mei is not a bad person; she has her own conscience. During the seven years that her sisters suffered, Shen Mei always had the memory of secretly helping them. Therefore, in the original book, Shen Mei later kept asking Shen Yao for money. At first, Shen Yao gave it to her without caring. However, Shen Yao later realized that her financial returns to Shen Mei could not save her. Shen Mei remained obstinate, so Shen Yao broke off her friendship with Shen Mei.
However, Shen Mei's character flaws are also quite obvious. She is petty, ambitious, and lacks self-awareness. Her ambition is mismatched with her abilities and vision. That's why she attributes all of Shen Wancheng and Shen Yao's experiences to luck, and why she is jealous.
When Shen Wancheng rescued Shen Mei, she clearly separated the money. Even though Shen Mei slept on the sofa every day, Shen Wancheng never mentioned renting a new house together, because Shen Wancheng never considered living with Shen Mei in the long run.
Shen Mei moved to the new residence with Shen Wancheng and the others, but this was only because Shen Wancheng noticed that Xu Pingtao's attitude towards Shen Mei had changed.
Xu Pingtao accepted Shen Wancheng and Shen Yao as his granddaughters without hesitation because there was no substantial financial interest involved in the relationship between them.
To put it bluntly, no matter who this granddaughter is, she can provide Xu Pingtao with emotional value, and he is willing to pay for that value.
However, if he were to choose an heir to his own business and family fortune, Xu Pingtao would naturally not be as hasty and hasty as when recognizing a relative.
Xu Pingtao will definitely observe and test him.
Shen Mei became the first test he could easily put her to the test.
Xu Pingtao, a man over fifty, should have been able to see at a glance Shen Mei's role among the three sisters; Shen Mei would only be the one being taken care of.
Xu Pingtao knew that Shen Mei was a burden, but he not only did not interfere with Shen Wancheng and the others taking Shen Mei with them, but also deliberately arranged a suite with enough rooms so that Shen Mei could continue to live with Shen Wancheng and the others.
Shen Yao could see through Shen Mei's trick of deliberately revealing Shen Wancheng's pregnancy, let alone Shen Wancheng and Xu Pingtao.
However, Xu Pingtao still made no comment, and even seriously considered arranging a job for Shen Mei so that Shen Wancheng could bring Shen Mei to the family reunion banquet.
Did Xu Pingtao just want to see if Shen Wancheng could detect Shen Mei's disloyalty on her own? Did he want to see if Shen Wancheng could deal with Shen Mei cleanly and decisively?
of course not.
If the test is to assess Shen Wancheng's ability to understand people's hearts, Xu Pingtao can arrange for someone more rigorous and professional than Shen Mei to test Shen Wancheng, which is far more challenging than Shen Mei's clumsy acting skills.
The difference between Shen Mei and others is that Shen Wancheng and Shen Mei have emotional ties and gratitude towards each other.
Xu Pingtao wanted to see where Shen Wancheng's bottom line was towards the people around her.
If Shen Wancheng were someone who couldn't tolerate any flaws, then she certainly wouldn't be Xu Pingtao's ideal successor.
After all, everything Xu Pingtao possesses now is not clean.
Xu Pingtao gained all of this by abandoning his first wife and daughter to marry into the He family. Xu Pingtao bears inescapable responsibility for the suffering that Shen Wancheng's maternal grandmother and mother endured.
If Shen Wancheng can't even tolerate Shen Mei's little tricks, which Xu Pingtao sees as just ridiculous, can she really forgive her grandfather who "abandoned his wife and children"?
Therefore, Shen Wancheng cannot completely abandon Shen Mei, but she also cannot avoid abandoning her.
The difficulty lies in how to discard it.
From this perspective, Shen Wancheng was quite pleased to see Shen Mei's lack of self-awareness in making that night, which saved her a lot of trouble.
When Xu Pingtao assigned work to Shen Mei, Shen Wancheng deliberately didn't explain the key points of the job to Shen Mei, saying that Shen Mei should figure it out on her own. In fact, Shen Wancheng knew very well that Shen Mei, who was already attracted to the entertainment industry, could not possibly figure it out on her own.
Shen Mei only felt that the job of a kitchen helper was bad, low-status, and had no future.
Even if Shen Mei doesn't make up her mind tonight because of what she saw at the banquet, Shen Wancheng will find a reason to arrange for Shen Mei to meet with Guo Tao in the next few days so that she can make up her mind.
The falling out between the sisters Shen Mei and Shen Wancheng may seem to have been decided by Shen Mei, but the pace of the conflict was actually controlled by Shen Wancheng.
Finally, the problem was resolved without any unexpected issues.
Shen Wancheng was quite looking forward to meeting Xu Pingtao tomorrow and seeing what he would say.
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The next morning at seven o'clock, Shen Wancheng's residence was bustling with activity.
Xu Pingtao and Gu Jinxing both sent people over.
Xu Pingtao's men came to say that Xu Pingtao wanted to see Shen Wancheng and wanted to take her to the He Mansion.
The people Gu Jinxing sent were there to deliver nutritious breakfasts.
A chef and a man in a suit, leading several young men dressed as waiters, each carrying a nearly ten-layer insulated steamer, stood neatly in front of Shen Wancheng's house.
Who wouldn't feel embarrassed seeing this?
Shen Wancheng didn't let anyone in, but luckily she remembered Gu Jinxing's home phone number yesterday, so she called Gu Jinxing.
He cursed indiscriminately without thinking twice.
Gu Jinxing wasn't angry at all.
Only after Shen Wancheng had finished scolding him did he ask a question in return.
"This pretentious lunatic is inviting you to afternoon tea, could you do me the honor?"