Shocking! A Hong Kong socialite gave birth to three heirs to a wealthy family.

Chapter 54 The Importance of English

Shen Wancheng went to bed early and was the first to get up the next day.

She got up at seven in the morning, drank a glass of warm water, stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looked at the bustling cityscape of Central, Hong Kong Island, which resembled a modern city, and did some simple stretching exercises.

At 7:15, the doorbell rang in the living room. Xu Pingtao had sent someone to deliver breakfast, along with a Filipino maid who was responsible for taking care of Shen Wancheng.

Xu Pingtao's subordinate told Shen Wancheng that Xu Pingtao had an important meeting at the company in the morning and wouldn't be coming, and instructed Shen Wancheng to eat on time and take good care of her health.

Shen Wancheng felt a little helpless, yet also a little warm, because Xu Pingtao treated her like a child and gave her those instructions.

Xu Pingtao's subordinates also said that the Filipino maid could do everything, the only drawback being that she didn't speak Cantonese very fluently, and they were already having her learn it.

Shen Wancheng said it was nothing, and then asked the Filipino maid some questions in fluent English, much to the surprise of her subordinates standing nearby.

He was actually Xu Pingtao's personal assistant, always by Xu Pingtao's side, so he knew that Shen Wancheng had only been in Hong Kong for a short time.

Shen Wancheng's fluent English really impressed him.

The assistant secretly made a mental note of it, intending to tell Xu Pingtao when he got to the company.

Shen Wancheng wasn't one to show off, so her display of skill in front of Xu Pingtao's personal assistant was obviously intentional.

When Xu Pingtao asked her, Shen Wancheng was about to recreate her image as a top student from her previous life.

No, this time it's the genius student persona.

She must have a photographic memory and be able to learn anything instantly in order to lay the foundation for her future omniscience and omnipotence.

Shen Wancheng's English wasn't acquired through the knowledge and skills of a translator; rather, she was already fluent in English in her previous life, and could easily engage in daily conversations with her Filipino maid.

After Xu Pingtao's personal assistant left, Shen Yao and Shen Mei woke up one after the other. They were very surprised to hear Shen Wancheng communicating with the Filipino maid without any difficulty.

Shen Mei exclaimed, "Cousin, your English is so good!"

Shen Yao searched through the original owner's memories to find out what English was. The original owner hadn't even finished junior high school, and had only studied English for two years. After so many years, Shen Yao didn't know any of it, but that didn't stop her from praising Shen Wancheng.

While eating a char siu bun from the table, Shen Yao said, "Of course, my sister's grades were so good in junior high school. If it weren't for those heartless Shen family members, my sister would have gone to high school and taken the college entrance examination. She would definitely have been admitted to Peking University."

"puff."

Shen Wancheng was drinking water and almost spat it all over the table.

"At least think before you brag, okay? You're not ashamed, but I am."

Shen Yao chuckled, but stubbornly insisted, "What I said is the truth."

Shen Wancheng shook her head and chuckled. She noticed that Shen Yao had become increasingly doting on her sister lately.

Shen Mei inexplicably felt that Shen Yao's words, "the Shen family is heartless and treacherous," were also implying something about her.

But then she felt that Shen Wancheng or Shen Yao had always been good to her, so they probably wouldn't be subtly criticizing her; it must be that she felt guilty.

Shen Mei responded indifferently, "Sister Wancheng is indeed very capable."

Shen Yao glanced at Shen Mei without leaving a trace, inwardly dismissing Shen Mei's insincere praise.

Seeing that Shen Yao was almost finished with breakfast, Shen Wancheng reminded her, "You haven't been to the horse farm for two days. You should go today, or you'll be embarrassed if you get fired."

When horses were mentioned, Shen Yao immediately became excited.

“I am now the owner of champion horse Xiao Hei. The people at the racecourse are too busy praising me to possibly fire me.”

"A horse owner is a horse owner. If you want to ride Little Black on the track yourself, you still need to upgrade your jockey level first."

Thinking of her identity as a jockey trainee, Shen Yao immediately wilted.

"Well, you're right. I think I'll go to the horse farm later."

Shen Yao's mood improved, and she turned to Shen Mei with a smile, asking, "Shen Mei, do you have any plans for later?"

Shen Mei thought for a moment and said, "You should go find a job."

“You don’t know anyone in Hong Kong except Guo Tao. If you’re willing, sister, could you ask Grandpa to arrange a job for Shen Mei? I’m about to leave and don’t have time to talk about it now.”

Shen Wancheng nodded in agreement.

Shen Mei's eyes lit up with delight. "Okay, then I'll trouble you, cousin."

Shen Yao wanted Xu Pingtao to arrange a job for Shen Mei, not because she wanted to be nice to Shen Mei, but because Shen Yao no longer trusted Shen Mei.

Shen Yao wasn't comfortable leaving Shen Mei at home with Shen Wancheng; she thought it better to let Shen Mei go out to work.

Shen Yao was the legitimate daughter of a general's family and belonged to the upper class. Of course, she knew that money and power made things easier. In her opinion, it would be a simple matter for Xu Pingtao to arrange a job for Shen Mei.

Shen Yao asked again if it was time to leave, but she was a little reluctant to part, so she asked Shen Wancheng.

"You guys are all free this afternoon, why don't you come to the racecourse to see me? There are horse races today, sis, you can place a few bets for fun."

Shen Wancheng shook her head, "I don't want to play."

Shen Wancheng used to gamble on horse racing just to raise some money as start-up capital for her business. Now that she has enough working capital, there is no need for her to take the risk of gambling on horse racing again.

After all, horse racing is still gambling.

Now that Shen Wancheng has a choice, she doesn't want to put her money at such a high risk.

However, seeing Shen Yao's dejected look, Shen Wancheng comforted her, saying, "Shen Mei and I will pick you up from get off work this afternoon. We'll go try on dresses together."

What kind of dress?

"A dress for an evening banquet."

Xu Pingtao told Shen Wancheng and Shen Yao yesterday that the family reunion banquet would be held tonight.

Xu Pingtao was really anxious and didn't want to waste a moment. He just wanted Shen Wancheng and Shen Yao to publicly acknowledge him as their maternal grandfather as soon as possible.

Therefore, the banquet was arranged for tonight.

Shen Wancheng and Shen Yao had only bought two or three sets of clothes to change into, and hadn't bought any dresses, let alone formal wear for banquets.

Shen Yao didn't know what banquets were like in this era or what was required, so she just nodded as if she understood, "Okay, then I'm going to work."

"Yes, Grandpa has arranged a car and a driver to be on standby downstairs, so you don't need to take the bus to work anymore."

Shen Yao was changing her shoes in the entryway when she heard Shen Wancheng say this, so she gave Shen Wancheng an OK sign.

Since starting work, Shen Yao has learned a lot about this era and now basically has no ancient habits left on her.

After Shen Yao left, Shen Wancheng asked Shen Mei again.

What are your thoughts on the new job?

"No, Wan Cheng, whatever you arrange is fine."

Shen Wancheng nodded and sat on the living room sofa to call Xu Pingtao using the landline.

After Shen Wancheng mentioned arranging a job for Shen Mei, Xu Pingtao said that arranging a job was no problem, and casually asked what Shen Mei could do and whether she could speak English.

Shen Wancheng frowned and thought for a moment, not knowing what Shen Mei could do, so she asked Shen Mei in English, "What can you do?"

Shen Wancheng naturally wanted to check Shen Mei's English level, since Shen Mei was already in her second year of high school in the mainland, so she should theoretically know some English.

Shen Mei understood Shen Wancheng's question, but her answer was so halting that Shen Wancheng, who was fluent in English, couldn't understand what Shen Mei was saying at all.

Shen Wancheng switched to Chinese to remind Shen Mei, "You need to learn some English in private. Most people in Hong Kong use a mix of Chinese and English to communicate. You'll be at a disadvantage if you don't know English."

Shen Mei, whose face had turned red from speaking English, nodded in agreement.