Regarding the matter of Lin Siwan being sent to prison by Shen Nanyue, Zhou Yu had already come to see her countless times.
This time, Zhou Yu came directly to Shen Nanyue’s office.
The arrogance she once carried on her face was long gone, replaced only by exhaustion and haggardness.
“Yueyue, I’m begging you this time. Siwan is still your younger sister after all. Please let her off just this once. She’s already promised that she’ll change.”
Since forceful methods did not work, she switched to pleading softly instead.
Shen Nanyue had thought that any mother-daughter affection she had for Zhou Yu was already gone.
But seeing Zhou Yu willing to abandon the pride and dignity she had protected her entire life for the sake of Lin Siwan, her heart still tightened painfully.
In Shen Nanyue’s eyes, Zhou Yu had always been someone who would stop at nothing for profit.
Whether daughters or other relatives, to her they were merely items to be exchanged.
One could tell from the way she had interfered in Shen Nanyue’s marriage ever since childhood.
Yet Lin Siwan alone received all of Zhou Yu’s favoritism.
She could not understand it.
She had even secretly arranged a DNA test for herself, Lin Siwan, and Zhou Yu.
The results showed that she and Zhou Yu were truly biologically related.
But that was exactly what she could not understand.
Why was none of Zhou Yu’s love or favoritism given to her, the actual biological daughter?
Her heart ached until it became numb.
After giving Zhou Yu a faint glance, she finally said, “This isn’t the first time.”
Shen Nanyue set down the documents in her hands and looked seriously into Zhou Yu’s eyes.
“The moment she betrayed me together with Chen Mu, she stopped being my sister. And now she even wanted me dead. Do you really think I’m such a magnanimous person?”
“But you weren’t actually hurt, were you?”
Zhou Yu immediately replied, impatience flashing through her eyes.
To her, these were trivial matters, not something serious enough to escalate into a legal case.
Shen Nanyue shrugged, not angered by the remark.
“That works too. I can choose not to send her to the police station.”
“Really?” Zhou Yu’s eyes instantly lit up.
Shen Nanyue nodded.
“But I have one condition.”
Under Zhou Yu’s expectant gaze, Shen Nanyue slowly spoke.
“I want Lin Siwan to experience everything I went through back then as well. Tied up inside an abandoned building, rough ropes digging tightly into my flesh. The physical pain itself wasn’t severe, but as time dragged on, it gave rise to endless despair.”
As Zhou Yu’s expression subtly changed, Shen Nanyue stood up and walked over to sit on the sofa beside her.
Her eyes settled lightly on Zhou Yu’s face.
There was no accusation in her gaze; instead, it was calm and clear, as though she were merely rationally stating her demands.
“And then find several strong-looking men. They don’t have to be handsome, but they should be greasy enough. Three to five would do. They’d crack their knuckles, grin obscenely, and look at me as though I were a feast laid out on a plate. Their mouths spewing filthy remarks, determined to pin me down and ravage me.”
At this point, Zhou Yu’s expression completely changed.
The smile at the corners of her lips vanished, replaced by seriousness.
Yet Shen Nanyue continued calmly, “Oh, of course, I wouldn’t actually let those men violate my dear sister. I just want her to experience what I felt back then. Once she fully goes through it all, perhaps the anger in my heart will finally die down.”
Zhou Yu pressed her lips together slightly, seemingly not expecting that Lin Siwan had truly done such a thing to Shen Nanyue.
Hadn’t she said it was merely a prank?
That Shen Nanyue embarrassed her at the company, so she only tied Shen Nanyue up there as revenge?
What was all this about those men?
“Mom, my request isn’t excessive, is it?”
Only after Shen Nanyue pressed her did Zhou Yu snap back to reality.
She looked at Shen Nanyue in silence for several seconds before finally speaking coldly.
“If you really dare do that, then I’ll sever our mother-daughter relationship.”
The smile at Shen Nanyue’s lips froze.
The disappointment she had been suppressing crashed over her like a tidal wave.
Looking at Zhou Yu’s serious expression, she suddenly felt like a complete joke.
How could she still hold expectations toward this mother?
How could she still foolishly believe that after hearing what Lin Siwan had done to her, Zhou Yu would show even the slightest bit of pity or love for her?
After gathering her thoughts again, Shen Nanyue looked at Zhou Yu and spoke softly.
“Fine. Then let’s sever our mother-daughter relationship. I’ll have a lawyer draft an agreement. From now on, our lives will have nothing to do with each other.”
Zhou Yu was stunned.
She had not expected Shen Nanyue to agree so readily.
“Shen Nanyue! Do you even know what you’re saying?”
“Wasn’t this your suggestion first, Madam Zhou?”
Shen Nanyue’s expression had already turned cold.
“For all these years, you’ve never treated me like your daughter anyway. This mother-daughter relationship is meaningless. We might as well end it.”
“Shen Nanyue! You’re unfilial!”
“I’ve always been a cold-blooded person. It’s not your first day knowing me.”
Shen Nanyue stood up and made it clear she was dismissing her guest.
“You should go back now, Madam Zhou. Once the agreement is prepared, my lawyer will contact you. I still have a meeting, so I won’t accompany you any longer.”
As she spoke, she walked toward the door.
Suddenly, Zhou Yu stood up and called after her.
“If I sign the agreement, will you let Lin Siwan go?”
With her back facing Zhou Yu, Shen Nanyue’s lips curled into a mocking smile.
“Let her go? Maybe in the next life.”
With that, she opened the door and walked out, shutting Zhou Yu’s furious curses behind her.
Shen Nanyue was not someone who tolerated suffering in silence.
If she let Lin Siwan off this time, then next time Lin Siwan’s methods would only become even crueler.
Besides, once she severed ties with Zhou Yu, the Lin family would no longer have any connection to the Shen family.
…
Because Zhou Yushen had returned to the capital, all the work in Qianzhang Entertainment was handed over to him by Li Che.
Li Che himself was more than happy to relax.
He spent all his time following Shen An’an around like her little attendant.
One day, Shen An’an brought Shen Nanyue to meet him, her “little follower,” and proposed a collaboration with Qianzhang Entertainment.
Li Che was rather surprised.
Since Shen Nanyue and Zhou Yushen were already married, shouldn’t business cooperation be discussed directly with Zhou Yushen?
But he quickly realized that Qianzhang Entertainment was a business secretly operated by Zhou Yushen.
Perhaps Zhou Yushen had not had the chance to tell Shen Nanyue yet.
As the second-largest shareholder of Qianzhang Entertainment, Li Che discussed the collaboration with Shen Nanyue while secretly asking Zhou Yushen for instructions.
Zhou Yushen did not immediately reply to Li Che’s message.
At that moment, he was in the Zhou family study, meeting Old Master Zhou eye to eye.
Old Master Zhou’s eyes were wide with anger, his face dark and livid.
Meanwhile, Zhou Yushen had his head slightly lowered for once, looking very much like someone being scolded.
“I told you to find me a granddaughter-in-law, and after only a few days of marriage you pull this flash-divorce nonsense? Is marriage some kind of toy to you people?”
Zhou Yushen did not answer.
Truthfully, he had not wanted the divorce either.
For the next half hour, Old Master Zhou continuously berated Zhou Yushen without pause.
Zhou Yushen listened quietly without showing the slightest impatience.
Finally, after Old Master Zhou grew tired from talking, he took a sip of tea before angrily snorting at Zhou Yushen.
“I don’t care. You have to win my granddaughter-in-law back. Our Zhou family has never had a precedent of betraying one’s wife.”
After thinking for a moment, Old Master Zhou added through gritted teeth, “Your father excluded!”
— The end of the Chapter–
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