Very quickly, Shen Nanyue got in touch with Zhou Yushen.
He seemed somewhat surprised to receive her call, but after listening to the whole story, he immediately agreed to come over.
While waiting for Zhou Yushen to arrive, not a single person in the studio left.
Shen Nanyue generously invited Gu Linlang to sit down.
At this moment, Gu Linlang still carried herself like the righteous official girlfriend catching a cheating couple in the act.
But Shen Nanyue still caught the fleeting trace of guilt in her eyes.
“There’s no need. I only came to warn you to stay away from my boyfriend. I hope we never meet again.”
Gu Linlang glared at Shen Nanyue, lifted her chin proudly, and turned to leave.
Shen Nanyue stepped forward and blocked her path.
She clasped her hands behind her back, the smile on her face fading as a cold glint flickered through her beautiful eyes.
“If you leave now, wouldn’t that just confirm the accusation that I’m a mistress? Or did Miss Gu really mistake me for an easy target?”
Seeing the situation unfold, the people in the studio had already begun forming their own guesses.
“Senior Shen already called your boyfriend over, so why not wait a little? If there’s a misunderstanding, it’s better to clear it up,” one of the younger girls beside them spoke up in Shen Nanyue’s defense.
Gu Linlang knew that leaving now would only make her seem guilty.
She stopped arguing, walked to the side, sat down, and remained silent.
Shen Nanyue narrowed her eyes as she looked at the woman before her.
The calm composure Gu Linlang displayed now was completely different from the guilty panic she had shown the moment she heard Zhou Yushen was coming.
Could it be that she and Zhou Yushen really had once been involved?
A layer of coldness crept into Shen Nanyue’s heart.
If Zhou Yushen really had been treating her like a fool, she wouldn’t mind making him infamous throughout Fengcheng.
Fortunately, Zhou Yushen happened to be at the university handling some business, so he arrived quickly.
The sky had already darkened, yet nobody in the studio had left.
Everyone dragged out their work while secretly waiting for the drama to unfold.
The moment Zhou Yushen stepped through the door, countless gazes instantly landed on him.
Under the cool lighting, the noble and distant aura radiating from him made people instinctively intimidated.
His gaze swept through the studio before landing directly on Shen Nanyue.
He strode toward her.
Shen Nanyue merely glanced briefly at his face before looking away.
Gu Linlang, however, saw Zhou Yushen approaching with a dark expression, and her fingertips resting on her knees turned pale.
“I heard we’re dating. Did you forget to inform me about it?”
Without wasting any words, Zhou Yushen opened with a direct strike the moment he faced Gu Linlang.
The younger girls in the studio all stopped what they were doing, gasping as they eagerly listened in.
Sure enough, the best part of gossip was always the plot twist.
Even Shen Nanyue was startled.
That straightforward?
Gu Linlang’s face instantly turned pale.
She stood up and looked at Zhou Yushen in disbelief.
“Yushen, are you still angry with me?”
Her grievance and sadness earned no sympathy from Zhou Yushen.
A trace of impatience flashed across the man’s refined face.
“Miss Gu thinks too highly of herself. I don’t have the habit of wasting emotions on irrelevant people.”
His words were merciless.
But Gu Linlang could see the surging anger hidden beneath his calm expression.
He was angry, which meant she had stirred his emotions.
He still cared about her… didn’t he?
“Yushen, can we go outside and talk properly?”
She stepped forward, trying to grab Zhou Yushen’s hand.
Zhou Yushen sidestepped to avoid her as though avoiding a dangerous beast, his gaze cold and sharp.
“Miss Gu, it seems you still haven’t recognized your place. Since that’s the case, I’ll help you understand it.”
Just as Zhou Yushen finished speaking, movement came from the doorway.
Everyone turned to look and saw two people standing there.
“Senior Sister?”
Shen Nanyue looked at her senior colleague appearing alongside a strange man, visibly surprised.
The unfamiliar man wore a perfectly tailored suit and had a tall build.
His golden hair gleamed brightly beneath the lights.
With blue eyes and cool fair skin, he was obviously a foreigner.
“Linlang! So you really are here!”
“Charles?”
Gu Linlang’s pupils trembled slightly.
As the man strode toward her, she instinctively took a step back.
The foreign man named Charles pulled Gu Linlang into his arms and hugged her tightly.
Shen Nanyue stood up, her puzzled gaze sweeping over the pair before landing on Zhou Yushen.
What was going on?
Zhou Yushen merely curved his lips at her without speaking.
Instead, her senior walked over and explained, “This Mr. Charles is Miss Gu’s boyfriend. He specially came back to China to find her.”
Shen Nanyue raised an eyebrow.
“Boyfriend, huh?”
She deliberately dragged out the last word, causing Gu Linlang—still trapped in Charles’s embrace—to turn red one moment and pale the next.
“Linlang, why did you come to Fengcheng without saying a word? If not for Yushen, I never would’ve found you. Are you trying to break up with me? I refuse!”
The moment those words came out, everyone immediately understood.
So Gu Linlang liked Zhou Yushen and had abandoned Charles after leading him on.
“Miss Gu, I haven’t met many foreigners before, but now I can say for certain that I’ve never met your foreign boyfriend. Why don’t you think carefully again—was the person being intimate with your boyfriend really me?”
The smile in Shen Nanyue’s eyes made Gu Linlang burn with humiliation.
She violently pushed Charles away, her gaze sweeping across Zhou Yushen, who stood to the side watching the drama unfold.
A wave of bitterness surged in her chest.
The contemptuous looks from everyone around made Gu Linlang unbearably ashamed, and Charles was still chattering noisily beside her.
With nowhere to vent her anger, she could only cast Zhou Yushen one last deep look before grabbing Charles and heading for the door.
“Wait.”
Zhou Yushen, who had remained silent for quite some time, finally spoke calmly.
Gu Linlang stopped in her tracks, delight flickering in her eyes.
Was he trying to stop her from leaving?
“Miss Gu not only tarnished Miss Shen’s reputation, but also slandered my innocence. Do you really think you can just walk away?”
Gu Linlang nearly crushed her teeth from clenching them so hard.
Her heart filled with anger and bitterness, yet she had no choice.
In the end, she could only apologize separately to Zhou Yushen and Shen Nanyue before hurriedly dragging Charles out of the studio in embarrassment.
Her senior smiled and patted Shen Nanyue on the shoulder.
“It was all just a misunderstanding. Now that it’s cleared up, everything’s fine.”
She gave Shen Nanyue a teasingly suggestive look before turning around and ushering the younger girls out.
Very quickly, only Shen Nanyue and Zhou Yushen remained in the studio.
The room stayed quiet for several seconds before Zhou Yushen was the first to break the silence.
“Sorry. I caused you trouble.”
“It’s fine. It wasn’t your fault either.” Shen Nanyue waved her hand dismissively.
For a moment, an indescribable awkwardness lingered in the air.
The two of them weren’t officially together, yet they had already gotten tangled up in a ridiculous “other woman” scandal.
It really wasn’t something to be proud of.
Fortunately, the topic wasn’t pursued any further.
Zhou Yushen glanced at the darkening sky and said calmly, “It’s getting late. I’ll drive you home.”
Shen Nanyue had just been about to refuse, but Zhou Yushen had already turned and walked away first.
Looking at his tall, straight back, she swallowed the words that had risen to her throat.
The black Maybach stopped in front of the Shen family villa.
Throughout the ride, Shen Nanyue had secretly worried that Zhou Yushen would ask about the answer to his proposal.
She had completely forgotten about it over the past few days, and if he really brought it up now, she would definitely feel guilty.
Fortunately, Zhou Yushen never mentioned it.
He simply drove her home.
“See you the day after tomorrow.”
From the passenger-side window, she saw Zhou Yushen smiling as he said goodbye to her.
Shen Nanyue stared at the black car disappearing into the end of the road, confusion rising within her.
How was he so sure they would see each other the day after tomorrow?
— The end of the Chapter–
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