Chapter 62.2

Translator: Hua

When he was speaking, the door of the office was knocked suddenly.

Immediately after, a middle-aged man wearing a white coat with glasses on top of his sparse head probed in: “Huh? President Shen… Mr. Yan is not here?”

Yan Guangzhuo subconsciously thought he was calling him, but he heard President Shen say: “Mr. Yan is downstairs. He will be back in a minute. What do you want from him?”

“There is data I want to ask Mr. Yan for advice…… Then I will come up later.” The middle-aged man said, “President Shen, then I will excuse myself.”

With that, he retracted his head.

But a short while later, the office door was pushed open again, this time Jing Xun had returned.

He was still wearing the same white suit that he had changed with Shen Yijin. He was asked by the major laboratories to solve some problems when he returned to the company. Jing Xun was so busy that his feet didn’t touch the ground.

This time he didn’t come in alone. He was also accompanied by two people who seemed to be network engineers. Jing Xun, who pushed the door in, said to them in a low voice: “Wait a minute, I’ll take a look at the latest data……”

After speaking, Jing Xun’s voice stopped abruptly when he noticed that there were others in the room.

He didn’t expect Yan Guangzhuo to arrive so soon, but it was in accordance with his expectation. Jing Xun said: “Mr. Yan is here? Wait a moment for me, I will finish things here first.”

Yan Guangzhuo: “…..”

Yan Guangzhuo no longer knew what kind of reaction he should make now.

…What did Yan Jingxun just call him? Mr. Yan?

What was Yan Jingxun talking about? What was he going to do?

He really did not hide somewhere to eavesdrop!

Just as Yan Guangzhuo was surprised and doubtful, Jing Xun ignored him and walked to his desk.

He turned on the computer, quickly typed in a program, and after retrieving the data, he pointed to the computer screen and gave a long speech to the two engineers who came in with him.

Yan Guangzhuo couldn’t understand what he said.

Those were mostly technical terms.

But those two were obviously older than Jing Xun, and they were gathering around the computer listening to Jing Xun speaking as if they were listening to the teacher in class.

“……”

Yan Guangzhuo stood there blankly, forgetting to sit down.

At this moment, the middle-aged man who had knocked on the door before saw Jing Xun coming back and rushed over to line up to ask questions.

The things they researched seem to be really profound, and sometimes they even wrote and drew on the whiteboard. One white board was not enough, and the one behind President Shen was pushed out to continue writing.

President Shen seemed to have gotten used to this kind of situation. He looked at the tablet in his hand again.

Only Yan Guangzhuo stood there alone in the whole room. Being left out in the cold and impacted by the scene in front of him made him puzzled and completely didn’t know where to ask.

——Is this young man with clear eyes, and eloquent speech, who was lecturing others in high spirits really his second son, Yan Jingxun?

This time, Yan Guangzhuo finally picked up the stack of materials on the table and looked through it seriously.

Although there were many things that he couldn’t make head or tail of, if he looked at them carefully, how could he not understand the achievements and results he had made.

The more Yan Guangzhuo looked, the more his hands trembled.

At the beginning, he and Yan Zhengbo’s mother were childhood sweethearts, but due to family arrangements, he eventually married Yan Jingxun’s mother.

So his first love, Yan Zhengbo’s mother, became the white moonlight1Unrequited love in his heart.

After getting married, he learnt that his first love was pregnant. Seeing the hardship of bringing up the baby alone, the two of them still kept in contact even after his marriage.

After a long time, he felt more and more sorry for his first love.

During that period, the two of them also had an on and off relationship. It was not until many years later that Yan Jingxun’s mother finally found out that he had someone outside. Yan Guangzhuo did not feel ashamed, and even considered it as a kind of relief.

He failed in business during that period,​ and had real difficulties on his hands.

Instead, Yan Jingxun’s mother had a formal job and the conditions were not bad, so the two sides reached an agreement that the child would be raised by his mother. But the two sides had a very unpleasant quarrel.

Jingxun’s mother was a heartless person, calling his first love a mistress, and her word was particularly ugly. Yan Zhengbo’s mother was also not someone who was easy to deal with. The two women met up and had a fight. In the end, everyone parted on bad terms, and hadn’t been in touch for many years.

Over the years, Yan Zhengbo’s mother had not allowed him to secretly contact their mother and child, let alone pay alimony!

He knew that his son Yan Jingxun was having a difficult time, although it wasn’t as he wished, he still let him borrow some money that year he went to college…..

As a matter of fact, after so many years, the white moonlight had long become mosquito’s blood on the wall2A reference from Zhang Ailing’s novel titled “Red Roses and White Roses”. In other words, a man always has two women in his heart, and when he marries one, the one who does not belong to him becomes especially dreamy and beautiful, aka his white moonlight. When he married a red rose, he would miss the white rose in his heart, and he would feel that his wife is especially boring after seeing her for a long time. He would think she is eyesore like a blot of mosquito blood on the white wall.. In particular, Yan Zhengbo’s mother was domineering and often made trouble out of nothing. After a long time, Yan Guangzhuo also felt annoyed.

Their children were also becoming more and more useless. They didn’t have the ambition and courage, let alone the ability to start a business from scratch. So occasionally, he would think of his other son, Yan Jingxun. He would also be proud and happy that he was admitted to a prestigious school. But he had already missed once, and could not be wrong a second time.

Of course, he sincerely wanted to arrange for Yan Jingxun to work in his company.

Later, when his conditions got better, he also regretted it.

He regretted not insisting on taking him home and raising him carefully.

Especially that winter, when Yan Jingxun, who had just been in college for half a year, came to pay him back, he really regretted it.

At that time, he thought of honing him a few more years, and when he graduated from university, he would recruit him into his company…

What standard of a waste Yan Zhengbo was, he knew in his heart. He had thought a long time ago that he couldn’t completely hand over the company to that trash.

Although his second son had little affection for him, after seeing the grown-up Jing Xun, Yan Guangzhuo also knew that he was a decent, obedient, smart and motivated youth. He believed that he would be able to call him back and train him to manage the company with his brother. In time, it would be possible.

To say the least, Yan Jingxun was also his own son. After graduating from college, how could he let him step into society and start from scratch like him? No matter what, he had to leave some family property for him.

But before it was put into action, Yan Guangzhuo was deeply shocked. And there was more than one thing.

“Does this mean that… Jingxun already owns nearly 30% of Yiwei’s shares?” Yan Guangzhuo asked incredulously.

…Yiwei was about to become a listed company in this newly developed industry, it was completely incomparable to their kind of small real estate company!

Let alone owning 30% of the shares, even if it was only 3%, that would be enough to eat for a lifetime!

Shen Yijin heard the sound and raised his eyes to look at him noncommittally.

Yan Guangzhuo continued to look back.

“…Jingxun is a senior consultant here?… Those senior engineers are coming to ask him questions?” He looked at the young man who was still solving the problems in front of the whiteboard not far away. His eyebrows were as gentle as jade, and his appearance was tall and upright. He couldn’t even imagine that this was his son!

“Now that you have seen it, I might as well say it directly. Jingxun is priceless to the company.”

At this time, Shen Yijin finally spoke up again. His voice was very low, a volume that wouldn’t affect the person who was in deep thought next to him, but each word was sonorous and powerful: “Not only the company, but in the field of science and technology, no one can replace him. So are you aware of Jingxun’s worth?”

“……”

At this point, Yan Guangzhuo was really dumbfounded.

…..President Shen’s words must be serious.

There was no need for him to joke.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

…..Could it be that they were all mistaken from the beginning……

It was not Jingxun who climbed Shen Yijin.

But… it was President Shen who grabbed Jingxun and didn’t let it go…?

Although this idea was rather hard to swallow, when he saw those few people over there surrounding Yan Jingxun to discuss something, even if Yan Guangzhuo was blind, he couldn’t help but believe it.

Therefore……

Instead of relying on Jingxun’s relationship to ask President Shen for help and cooperation, how about… relying directly on his son? ?

His son… Yan Jingxun.

President Shen’s implication couldn’t be clearer——as long as Yan Jingxun opened his mouth, he would do anything.

But unfortunately, he never set his eyes on this son of his.

He always thought about using him as a stepping stone…

He had lost his only chance.

His legs seemed to lose strength, and Yan Guangzhuo fell directly into the chair.

Another unknown amount of time had passed, and the problems discussed over there seemed to have finally been resolved.

Those people greeted President Shen respectfully, and left the office one after another. Yan Guangzhuo saw Yan jingxun turning back. Like he didn’t know him, he also had the same indifference in his eyes.

“Mr. Yan? You’re still here?”

Yan Guangzhuo: “…..”

The implication is why you haven’t left yet.

Not only was the implication of driving away the guest very obvious, but there was also a trace of doubt in Jing Xun’s bright eyes.

He looked at Shen Yijin without any qualm, and asked bluntly: “Sir, is there anything else you haven’t explained to Mr. Yan?”

“Nothing.” Shen Yijin stood up and walked to him automatically: “I have said everything that should be said.”

Yan Guangzhuo: “…..”

Only then did he realize that Jing Xun and President Shen were wearing couple outfits.

“Oh, that’s good.” Jing Xun turned his head and said to Yan Guangzhuo: “That’s how it is. Although Mr. Yan did not pay any alimony when I was a child, you still raise me until eight years old. So when you are old and need support, you can apply to the court. After the legal procedure, I will pay you the alimony in accordance with the amount decided by the court. Is there anything else you don’t understand or have objections to?”

Yan Guangzhuo: “…………”

He shouldn’t have complained about President Shen being too straightforward.

When his son opened his mouth, he was even more straightforward and ruthless than Shen Yijin!

….President Shen even said a few heartfelt words to him somehow.

How dare Yan Jingxun only talk to him about alimony!

Is he missing that little alimony!

However, Jing Xun ignored the other party’s pale and blue faces, and sincerely negotiated: “This is already very fair. Mr. Yan, if you still have any other demands, you can also say it first. Today, we have asked you to come here to negotiate together.”

“You……”

Yan Guangzhuo couldn’t stand it anymore, “I am at least your father, and this is how you talk to me?!”

When saying this, he was about to reach out and grab Jing Xun without much thought. In any case, his hand had already stretched out before brain could function.

But that outstretched hand was quickly captured, and there was a sudden tingling on his wrist, then he ran into a pair of cold eyes.

Shen Yijin’s voice was pressed extremely low: “Mr. Yan, please talk properly.”

Yan Guangzhuo: “…..”

It was impossible to hit him…..With President Shen as a shield, it was difficult for him to approach Yan Jingxun!

Obviously, the plot of punishing the unfilial children at the company in those TV dramas couldn’t be implemented…With Shen Yijin guarding him, how dare he?

Yan Guangzhuo was deeply aware that the two men had already given him enough face when they called him here today to talk about severing the relationship between father and son.

——Even if they didn’t contact him, what could he do to Yan Jingxun who was so closely protected?

But at this point, in Yan Guangzhuo’s heart, there was much more remorse than anger towards this son.

Especially when he saw Yan Jingxun standing far behind Shen Yijin, carefully keeping a certain distance from him, and staring at him calmly but detachedly….

Those clear and innocent almond-shaped eyes that once longed for paternal attention had disappeared.

He looked at him as if he was looking at an ordinary negotiation partner.

No sadness, no joy, no special emotions.

At that moment, Yan Guangzhuo knew that his image as a father had long collapsed in the eyes of his second son and he had become a passerby in his heart.

He might not even be an ordinary passerby, but a person despised by Yan Jingxun.

He could no longer borrow Yan Jingxun’s light.

Even if his skin was thick enough, he couldn’t ask for anything.

What’s more, he really had no face to confront this son again.

….Perhaps he deserved to be treated like this.

President Shen was right.

In the past, he hadn’t really cared about his son, and Yan Jingxun’s present achievement had nothing to do with him.

At the thought that he had been indifferent to his son over the years, yet the other party had become a talent, and when he thought of the mediocre and useless Yan Zhengbo who he held in his palm, Yan Guangzhuo felt that he was really blind!

He felt sorry for Jing Xun… and for his mother.

If he had come back to find this son earlier, if he had treated him better…

“I think Mr. Yan should have no objection.” Shen Yijin, who had been observing his expression all these times, said suddenly.

He raised his hand and pressed a button on the phone: “After this meeting, Mr. Yan can always contact Jing Xun’s lawyer if you still have any objections.”

An assistant soon appeared outside the office.

Shen Yijin said: “Send Mr. Yan downstairs.”

Yan Guangzhuo finally left.

After sending him away, Jing Xun was a little surprised: “What did sir talk to him about for so long…”

The problem was discussed for at least 20 minutes, during which Shen Yijin had been sitting with his slag father.

A person like sir usually told his subordinates to do things in a concise and comprehensive way, so he could say a little less.

Just now he had been talking to the slag dad for so long…?

“Nothing, I just told him something about Xiao Xun.”

“About me?” Jing Xun blinked in confusion.

They invited the slag dad over, wasn’t it because they wanted to sever the relationship once and for all, and never to be disturbed again?

“What’s the matter with me?”

Shen Yijin didn’t answer, he just said: “Will Xiao Xun go somewhere with me first?”

Then Jing Xun was led into a laboratory located diagonally across from the office.

Even though there were many research projects in Yiwei, the entire seven floors were not filled with laboratories.

For example, on the seventh floor, currently there were the president’s office, financial room, conference room, secretary assistant office, etc. There were no laboratory personnel working here.

And this laboratory was the one that was vacated recently.

Jing Xun visited once before and thought it was a storage room.

But now when he came in again, he found that it had been named AI Lab.

And it was cleaned up quite well, with some extra basic electronic equipment, even including a …… supercomputer?!

Standing at the door, Shen Yijin naturally inserted one hand into his pocket, and asked him casually: “Does Xiao Xun like it here?”

Jing Xun: “!”

“Sir is planning to build another AI laboratory?”

“En.” Shen Yijin said: “This time I will focus on AI, and I will only do leapfrog high-tech intelligent research and development.”

“That’s great.” The main project of the AI ​​lab downstairs was only the kind of whole house intelligent system… It was nothing more than humanizing the fields of voice control and light control as much as possible to serve the public.

But Shen Yijin’s main target was the fully automatic smart chips, which were mainly used in high-precision instruments, and finally used in the fields of aerospace exploration, diving and surveying, to achieve all kinds of things that humans wanted to do but could not do.

That’s why it was called leapfrogging.

This was what sir had always wanted to do.

When they were chatting before, Jing Xun heard the other person mention it more than once.

Because there were many technical difficulties to break through, Shen Yijin seemed to have no idea whether he could really start the era of real artificial intelligence, and this project had not been implemented.

Now that the other party had finally made up his mind, Jing Xun was also happy for him.

He wanted to say a few words to encourage the other party, and then suddenly heard Shen Yijin say: “So is Xiao Xun interested in being the director of this project?”

“Me?” Jing Xun opened his mouth wide.

…For such a difficult project, at least dozens of professors like Elder Huo had to be invited to research and develop together in hope of a breakthrough. Sir, unexpectedly…wanted him to be the team leader?

Shen Yijin: “I think technically and professionally, Xiao Xuan has no problem.”

“……”

No problem meant there might be no major issues.

Jing Xun had always had some ideas of his own in this regard.

To be honest, he would actually like to try to do research in this area.

It was just that, in the current situation, he was obviously not qualified enough for such a big project!

“You are qualified enough.” Shen Yijin walked forward with graceful posture.

The jet-black eyes inexplicably had the power to attract people’s attention. Shen Yijin’s closed thin lips gradually opened, “The most important thing is, Xiao Xun really has the strength, right?”

“Uh.” Jing Xun, who was gazed at with fixed concentration, suddenly blushed a little.

During this period of time in this world, he had learned a lot of things. He was confident that he could give it a try, and maybe come up with something.

But even in the original world, Jing Xun had never had the experience of being in command and leading others.

What’s more, compared with this leapfrog project that could really be applied to various fields, his previous research and competitions were all trivial.

This project was still too big…Once it succeeded, it would surely shock and change the whole world…

“It’s good to be this big, the bigger the better.” Shen Yijin raised his hand, and one hand easily wrapped around the young man’s waist.

The distance suddenly narrowed, and his voice seemed a little more hoarse.

After a careful listen, there was some untraceable and hard to detect excitement in it.

“I want everyone to know how great Xiao Xun is.”

Why did he take the time to deal with Yan Zhengbo and explain so much to Yan Guangzhuo?

Because after knowing their relationship, those people dared to use Jing Xun as a means to curry favor with him.

This behavior touched Shen Yijin’s bottom line.

He wanted  his Jing Xun to be respected, honored, and loved by others.

Not because he was Shen Yijin’s partner.

1Unrequited love2A reference from Zhang Ailing’s novel titled “Red Roses and White Roses”. In other words, a man always has two women in his heart, and when he marries one, the one who does not belong to him becomes especially dreamy and beautiful, aka his white moonlight. When he married a red rose, he would miss the white rose in his heart, and he would feel that his wife is especially boring after seeing her for a long time. He would think she is eyesore like a blot of mosquito blood on the white wall.