In a quiet Siheyuan along the South Third Ring.
A lush sycamore tree covered most of the courtyard, bringing a hint of coolness to the scorching summer days.
Shen Jiayue sat on a stone bench under the tree, happily playing with her phone.
In the nearby kitchen, an elderly woman with silver hair was stewing Crystal Sugar pork knuckle in a clay pot.
She was Shen Jiayue's grandmother, Grandmother Shen.
Grandmother Shen's husband had passed away when she was thirty, leaving behind a nine-year-old daughter, Shen Guofang, and a five-year-old son, Shen Guofu. Back then, their family was extremely poor, but she clenched her teeth and raised the two children to adulthood.
Today, her son, Shen Guofu, had become a billionaire.
Her daughter, Shen Guofang, also married into the Chen Family, which was involved in the department store business, and gave birth to Chen Yan.
Yes, Shen Jiayue's grandmother was Chen Yan's maternal grandmother as well, making the two girls cousins.
