Chapter Fifty: I'll Just Quietly Watch You

This was the first rain since New Year's Day.

The temperature in the south dropped six or seven degrees as soon as the rain arrived, finally giving the place a hint of winter.

Shi Shijie wrapped his long gray windbreaker tighter around himself as he got out of the car. After telling the driver how long to wait, he pressed the doorbell of the Zhang residence.

A servant soon came out and led him all the way to the study of the Zhang family's matriarch, Zhang Li Lanfang.

"Mr. Shi, I won't go in. The old madam is waiting for you inside." The servant left politely. "I'll go pour you a cup of tea."

"Thank you." Shi Shijie replied, "There's really no need to be so polite."

As a veteran of the Zhang Group, Shi Shijie had remained with the family since Zhang Qingrui's father's generation. Now, as the group's general manager, he visited the Zhang residence so often that it was practically routine.

He knocked first. Only after receiving the old madam's response from inside did Shi Shijie straighten his clothes and push the door open. He walked straight to the desk.

Ever since the old woman had fallen and injured herself several months ago, she had been recuperating at home. Apart from the grand birthday celebration some time ago, she had not appeared in public for a long while. Of course, in recent years, the old madam had also kept a low profile and rarely gone out.

There were still plenty of people who wanted to visit her every day, but the servants had turned them away one wave after another.

"Madam, you look much better."

"Shijie, you're here. Sit down." Zhang Li Lanfang smiled.

"Where's the young lady?" Shi Shijie pulled out a chair and sat down