Bo Rongxuan was ill, Shen Wanci could only rush back to Kyoto. At the door of the ward, she happened to meet Nie YuCheng who had just finished visiting.

He's been looking for Bo Jingzhou this whole time, the fatigue on his face was evident, but the look in his eyes when they fell on her was still gentle: "Wanci, your grandfather has fallen asleep."

Shen Wanci's hand, which was about to knock on the door, paused. "Oh, then I'll come back this afternoon."

"Your uncle hasn't slept well these past few days, this sleep might be a long one. You look pale, why don't I send you back to rest first?"

"No need," Shen Wanci tucked the hair from her face behind her ear, "I'll just find a nearby hotel to rest for a while. The back and forth is too tiring."

Shen Wanci walked towards the elevator while talking, Nie YuCheng didn't follow up and didn't notice.

Watching her back, Nie Yucheng called out to her: "Wǎn Cí."

"What's wrong?" Shen Wanci turned her head and found Nie Yucheng still standing in place.

"Jingzhou will be back, he's trained in the mountains and on the sea before, and has practiced for all sorts of emergencies."

"Mm," Shen Wanci raised her lips, barely managing a smile, "I know."

This wasn't so much an answer to Nie Yu Cheng as it was a way to comfort herself. Even if she refused to accept it, the fact remained: five or six days had passed, and every inch of sea within a radius of twenty li had been searched, but no trace of Bo Jingzhou could be found.

The reason why they haven't withdrawn yet is just to give the living a little hope.

Nie Yu Cheng: "What are your plans for the future?"

"You should learn to do business, Dad. You're getting too old for this. I can't bear to see you worn out like this. No matter what, until I see his body, I won't believe he's dead. Maybe that Snail Girl saved him and he's recuperating in some little fishing village. I can't just wait for him to heal up and come back to find we're bankrupt."

Nie Yu Cheng : "...."

He’s so venomous, he must have offended a lot of people in his time. If he goes bankrupt, he’ll be bullied to death.

"There might not be a snail girl, there's only a conch girl in the sea," Nie Yucheng wanted to touch her hair, but he raised his hand halfway and then retracted it: "If you need any help, just give me a call."

Shen Wanci said she wanted to go into business, but it was just to appease Nie Yucheng. She said it casually. Bao Rongxuan's health couldn't hold up, so a professional manager could help manage it. The company had so many shareholders and executives, none of whom were stronger than her with no experience.

Some things can't be achieved through hard work alone, and in this regard, she is very self-aware. She simply doesn't have the talent for business. While other classmates ran small businesses or brainstormed various money-making ventures during their school days, she was always the consumer.

But when I went to see Bo Rongxuan in the evening, he brought up this matter: “Wanci, as for our only child Jingzhou, although we don't believe he's gone, we need to be prepared for anything. What are your thoughts on the company side?”

"What are you thinking?" Shen Wanci didn't understand.

"Both me and your mother are getting older, the assets of the Bo family will definitely be handed over to you guys in the future. Jingzhou is not here now, someone needs to take charge at the company. Although we can hire a professional manager, we also need to understand some things ourselves, otherwise it's easy to be cheated." Bo Rongxuan had just woken up and his spirit hadn't recovered yet, speaking very slowly: "If you are willing, go to the company for a while and learn some things. While I still have some energy, I can teach you a little."

Of course, if you don't want to be too tired and prefer to rest at home for your pregnancy, that's perfectly fine too.

He had it all planned out. After he was unable to work anymore, he would sell his company shares, enough to support him and his children for several generations.

Shen Wanci pinched her hand, with a apologetic face: "Dad, I'm sorry, I'm not pregnant. I lied to Mom at the time."

Bo Rongxuan's gaze fell on her belly, then quickly shifted away, a shadow passing over his eyes. Although disappointed, he didn't show it too obviously. "It's better to deceive her, otherwise, I'm afraid she won't be able to get through this. That company..."

"After I hand over the museum matters, I'll go to work at Bo's."

When she told him she was going to work at the Bo family's firm, the most shocked person was Ginger the Second Master. He furrowed his brow and said, "Are the people from the Bo family forcing you? Why would you suddenly switch to business? In that documentary before, didn't you say being a cultural relic restorer was your dream? Didn't you say you wanted to preserve history with your own hands?"

Shen Wanci didn't mention this to him, and it was still his assistant who accidentally bumped into her socializing and told him.

Shen Wanci: "The Bo family didn't force me."

"Didn't I force you to give up your interests and change careers?" Second Master Jiang's face darkened to the extreme, "Bo..."

He pursed his lips and quickly swallowed the two words.

Now everyone at sea has been brought back. Everyone tacitly accepted that Bo Jingzhou was most likely dead, but no one mentioned it, especially not in front of Shen Wanci.

“Whether it's doing business or making connections, when things get busy, I don't think about anything else,” she said. “But the Bo family is like a toothless tiger now, anyone can step on them. You're so beautiful, it's easy to be taken advantage of when socializing outside. Why not hold a banquet and invite all the influential people in Kyoto? Announce that you are the eldest daughter of the Jiang family?”

He had always wanted to officially recognize Shen Wanci as a member of the Jiang family, but he was afraid it would put her in danger before. After that, Bo Jingzhou had an accident, so he didn't dare to bring it up. Now that there was finally an opportunity, he couldn't miss it.

Although the Gingi family has little influence in Kyoto, those people would at least be somewhat cautious.

Shen Wanci didn't really care about returning to the Jiang family. She didn't have deep feelings for Jiang Er, her biological father, after all, they hadn't spent much time together. But when she met Jiang Er's expectant gaze, she couldn't simply refuse: "The banquet isn't necessary."

Mr. Ginger the Second didn't mind: "Let's have a family dinner, with just our own people. Get to know each other? And then let the PR department release a press release."

Shen Wanci subconsciously frowned. She didn't have a good impression of the Jiang family.

Ginger the Second Lord: “There are good things too, not everything is so bad.”

“……”

Because it was a family dinner, the timing was more flexible. They set a weekend evening, and before that, Mr. Ginger had his PR department at Ginger's company release an announcement, so everyone in the Ginger family knew about her existence and there wasn't much of a stir.

Apart from the young celebrity from the Jiang family who had previously harassed her, glaring at her with fury, everyone else was smiling and congratulating her.

Elder Ginger didn't let him get away with it. He slapped him on the head, instantly knocking him unconscious.

"Second brother, now that Wanci has acknowledged her return, when will she formally change her surname to Jiang? This is not something to be done casually, we need to choose an auspicious day."

Ginger's second master glanced at Shen Wanci: "She takes her mother's surname, so she won't change it."

No one else said anything about it either.

Overall, this family dinner was fairly harmonious.

Because she was going to work at Bo's company, the museum job could not be taken care of for now. Shen Wanci stayed up for two nights straight to finish her work and handed over the crown to a colleague in her group.

Three months later.

Shen Wanci went to Bo Rongxuan's office to report on her work. As soon as she reached the door, she heard him say, "The other party is still unwilling to let go?"

"Well, the other party refused to meet me, but their secretary passed on a message saying they wouldn't give up on the bid. If it were a normal process, that would be fine, but judging by their methods, it's clearly targeted at the Bo family."

Bao Rongxuan: "I heard that Lu Yanchi will be attending Mrs. Lin's birthday banquet tonight?"

The Lin family was made up of officials and originally did not plan a big celebration. However, since the old lady wanted to have a lively 80th birthday party, they invited quite a few people.

Lu Yanchi is a recent arrival, the youngest son of the Lu family. In just three or four months, he has single-handedly pulled the Lu family, which was on the verge of being ostracized by high society, back into the circle, and there are even signs that he is about to rise to prominence.

Before this, Bao Rongxuan had never met him. It was said that he wasn't in good health and had been recuperating outside. He only returned home last year.

Chen Xu: “Bo Dong, the doctor said you can’t drink alcohol, and you can’t stay up late.”

But in such circumstances, it's impossible not to drink.

Shen Wanci knocked on the door and went in: "Dad, Chen Xu and I will go together. You listen to the doctor and don't overwork yourself."