Song Guangyuan had only one precious daughter in his life. His career and the empire he had built would all belong to his precious daughter someday.
From childhood to adulthood, Song Guangyuan had never demanded too much from Song Jia academically. But in every other respect, he had always cultivated her with great care. Whether it was her way of thinking, her perspective, especially her mental strength and abilities in all areas, Song Jia was more outstanding than other girls her age.
At the very least, when Song Guangyuan retired someday, Song Jia would be able to take over the family business without any difficulty.
In Song Guangyuan's heart, the only thing he worried about was Song Jia's future choice of boyfriend.
Since ancient times, poor boys had always held an inexplicable attraction for wealthy young women.
And for wealthy young women, marrying a poor boy usually did not end well.
So in Song Guangyuan's eyes, even if his daughter found a wealthy young man of equal social standing, even one who was somewhat mediocre, it would still be far better than finding a poor boy.
After all, a poor boy's temperament and the personality formed through years of hardship were like a ticking time bomb.
Once he gained Song Jia in the future, or even took complete control of the family business, no one knew what he might do once he was no longer restrained!
Song Guangyuan absolutely would not allow his daughter to risk a lifetime of happiness on something like this!
"Jia Jia, what do you think of Ma Yuan from the company?"
Hearing Song Guangyuan ask this, Song Jia instinctively recalled Ma Yuan's affected behavior around her and that hypocritical face he had shown in the conference room.
She snorted in annoyance. "Hypocritical. He's a very annoying person."
Song Guangyuan smiled and nodded. "Then, Jia Jia, what if Dad wanted you to date Ma Yuan, or a boy like Ma Yuan? What would you think?"
Hearing that, Song Jia reacted like a frightened cat. "Dad! What kind of joke are you making?!"
"With someone like Ma Yuan, I'd rather die!"
Song Guangyuan nodded in satisfaction at his daughter's reaction.
Even Song Jia had seen through Ma Yuan's unrealistic little schemes toward her. There was no way he could have hidden them from Song Guangyuan.
"Jia Jia, if Dad isn't mistaken, you and Liu Shang must know each other at school, right?"
"But you aren't familiar with each other. You may not have even spoken before?"
"And Liu Shang started doing part-time work to make money as soon as he entered his freshman year. His family circumstances must be fairly ordinary, right?"
Although Song Guangyuan's guess was not entirely accurate, she could not completely deny it either. She did know Liu Shang, and Liu Shang truly was a child from an ordinary family.
So Song Jia frowned and remained silent, indirectly acknowledging it.
At this point, Song Guangyuan nodded as if he had suddenly understood, then let out a long breath.
"If that's the case, then perhaps Dad understands."
"I have to admit, Liu Shang is far more outstanding than students his age."
"He has worked hard at learning petroleum technology. Even in his freshman year, he had already mastered the theoretical foundation that others only acquired after four years of university."
"And he's more mature and composed than boys his age. Even when faced with so many people's doubts and accusations in the conference room, he could handle it with ease without changing expression."
"But this person is too calculating and too deeply scheming!"
"If I'm not mistaken, the real reason he came to our company wasn't for that 4,000-yuan salary."
"His real target should be you, Jia Jia!"
"At university, it wouldn't have been difficult for him to learn information about you. Then he deliberately came to our company to get close to you and attract you."
"As long as he could win you over, he could become my, Song Guangyuan's, son-in-law and Huahai Company's successor."
"For a poor boy from an ordinary family, this would undoubtedly be the easiest shortcut to success."
Before Song Guangyuan could finish, Song Jia could no longer bear listening to him.
"Dad! Dad!"
"I'm begging you, stop with your bootleg Sherlock Holmes theories and deductions."
"What even is all this?"
"At school, I did know of Liu Shang, but Liu Shang didn't know me at all."
"And it's even more impossible that, as you said, he deliberately plotted to apply at our company for the sake of our family business, just so he could get closer to me and pursue me."
"Impossible!"
After all the years of Song Guangyuan's upbringing, the now-grown Song Jia had her own accurate understanding and judgment of the outside world.
From their brief contact just now, Song Jia could tell that Liu Shang truly did not know her.
Besides, Liu Shang had already won over Jiang Ruolin, the best girl in Wind City's social circle, whose family background was far superior to hers. There was simply no need for him to deliberately set his sights on her.
And she herself could never like that type of boy.
Besides, Liu Shang already had Jiang Ruolin. Perhaps in Liu Shang's eyes, he did not even think much of her or her family's little business.
So hearing her father smugly speculate and analyze, Song Jia truly did not know whether to laugh or cry.
Seeing his daughter react so strongly to his words only further confirmed Song Guangyuan's earlier suspicions.
It seemed that Liu Shang and his daughter knew each other far better at university than he had imagined!
Song Guangyuan sighed softly, then said earnestly in a gentle tone, "Jia Jia, you need to know that in this world, the only people who would never harm you are Dad and Mom."
"Maybe you don't like hearing what Dad says right now, but good medicine tastes bitter, and honest advice is hard to hear. When it comes to choosing a boyfriend, you must be extremely cautious."
"And you must never let calculating, deeply scheming boys like Liu Shang deceive you..."
Before Song Guangyuan could finish, Song Jia stood up directly and waved her hands impatiently. "Dad!!!!"
"What are you even talking about?!"
"Oh my God, I'm really going crazy!"
"Fine, fine, I'm not talking to you anymore. I'm going out to hang out with my friends..."
With that, Song Jia grabbed her bag and dashed out the door, leaving Song Guangyuan alone there, sighing.
His daughter had successfully become immune to mid-tier poor boys like Ma Yuan, but now it seemed that her defenses might fall before a higher-end poor boy!
This was a serious matter! He needed to go home and warn the child's mother right away!
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