Because Shen An’an couldn’t make large facial movements, she took out her phone and typed a message to Shen Nanyue.
‘Sister, I’m very happy.’
Shen An’an smiled faintly when Li Che suddenly spoke from the side.
“Miss Shen, I have an unreasonable request.”
Shen Nanyue raised an eyebrow. “Go ahead.”
“Could you let me stay here for a while? I want to keep an eye on her and change her dressings every day.”
As he spoke, he glanced at Shen An’an with visible disdain.
“She’s way too careless. If nobody watches her, I’m afraid she won’t take the doctor’s instructions seriously at all!”
Shen An’an shot him an annoyed glare and jabbed him in the stomach with her elbow.
Li Che immediately bent over dramatically in cooperation.
Seeing the two of them, Shen Nanyue couldn’t help laughing.
She crossed her arms and looked at Li Che. “President Li, I’m An’an’s sister. Do you think I wouldn’t supervise her?”
“You’ve just taken over the Shen Group. You’re busy out of your mind—how would you have time to watch her? I’m not reassured.”
He sounded completely justified.
Shen An’an viciously pinched his arm, only for him to grab her hand in return.
“Besides, if I stay at your place, I’ll definitely pay rent or something. When we discuss the contract later, I can probably give you some favorable terms.”
Shen Nanyue looked toward Shen An’an.
Ever since Li Che made the suggestion, Shen An’an didn’t seem opposed to it at all.
“An’an, do you mind?”
Li Che lowered his head and glared at her. “If you say you mind, then I’ll never listen to you again.”
Shen Nanyue didn’t understand the implication behind his words, but Shen An’an did.
The matter she had asked Li Che to investigate still hadn’t produced results.
If he quit halfway, it would indeed cause her a lot of trouble.
She shook her head at Shen Nanyue.
After thinking for a moment, Shen Nanyue agreed as well.
After all, she really was extremely busy lately and had no time to keep an eye on Shen An’an.
Li Che, on the other hand, seemed fairly free and genuinely attentive toward Shen An’an, which reassured her somewhat.
“Since An’an has no objections, then neither do I.”
That very night—Li Che moved into the Shen family villa.
Shen Nanyue arranged for him to stay in the first-floor guest room.
Li Che then sent Zhou Yushen a photo of dinner.
The photo mainly showcased the lavish meal, but he very deliberately included Shen Nanyue in the frame.
Very quickly, Zhou Yushen called him.
Holding the phone, Li Che grinned at the two sisters. “I’m going to take this call.”
After finding a quiet spot, he finally answered.
“Why are you at the Shen residence?”
The moment the call connected, Zhou Yushen interrogated him aggressively.
But Li Che wasn’t afraid at all.
“I’m living at the Shen residence now.”
Zhou Yushen immediately recalled what Li Che had previously said about pursuing someone.
Standing beneath the eaves of his uncle’s house, his face darkened as if water could drip from it.
His voice was heavy with restrained anger.
“The person you said you were chasing before… was Shen Nanyue?”
Li Che hurriedly denied it.
“Of course not!”
The instant Zhou Yushen heard the denial, his expression visibly eased.
Aside from Shen Nanyue, there was only Shen An’an in the Shen family.
Could it be that the person Li Che liked was Shen An’an?
The next second, Li Che explained himself.
“The one I like is Shen An’an. Don’t go putting labels on me randomly. If she hears that, I’ll die without a burial place!”
Only then did Zhou Yushen finally relax.
“When did you meet Shen An’an?”
And he was acting as though he were deeply in love with her.
Shen An’an had disappeared three years ago.
Did that mean Li Che had known her for three years already?
“I’ve known her for a long time. I’ll tell you about it later. But someday you have to tell me what exactly happened between you and Shen Nanyue—how did you two go from a flash marriage to a flash divorce?”
Zhou Yushen said nothing.
Li Che caught Shen An’an glancing over from the dining room out of the corner of his eye and quickly added, “Alright, I was just showing off a little. I’ll leave the work matters to you.”
After saying that, he hung up and returned to the dining table.
Meanwhile, after ending the call, Zhou Yushen’s gaze landed on a moth fluttering beneath the garden lights.
His already deep-set eyes were now covered with an even colder frost.
That guy really did succeed in showing off.
“Ah Shen! Dinner’s ready!”
His uncle’s voice came from behind him.
Zhou Yushen turned and walked inside.
His mother’s family was also a renowned prestigious clan in the capital.
Back then, the Tan family and the Zhou family had been evenly matched in strength.
But because his mother had been forced by Zhou Sinian to remain his mistress for many years, and because his uncle Tan Qi had attempted to seek justice for his sister by confronting Zhou Sinian, the Tan family was ultimately suppressed by the Zhou family.
In the end, the Tan family’s reputation plummeted, causing them to fall to the fringes of high society.
Zhou Yushen sat at the dining table.
At the head of the table sat his grandfather, Tan Zhongyang.
On his right was his grandmother, Yang Xiao, and beside her sat his aunt by marriage, Wu Jinshu.
Zhou Yushen sat opposite his grandmother, with his uncle Tan Qi beside him.
The whole family was gathered together for dinner, and everyone in the Tan family was delighted.
His grandmother smiled at Zhou Yushen.
“Ah Shen, I heard you met a very nice girl in Fengcheng. Why didn’t you bring her back for us to meet?”
“She had something to do.”
Although Zhou Yushen was surprised that his grandmother knew about it, considering how much attention Tan Qi paid to him, it no longer seemed that strange.
His grandmother looked a little disappointed.
“Next time, you must bring her for me to see. A girl who can win our Ah Shen’s heart must be exceptionally outstanding.”
Tan Zhongyang teased his wife.
“Oh, come on. Back when Ah Shen brought that girl Gu Linlang home, you sure had plenty of bad things to say about her.”
Yang Xiao was a blunt and straightforward person.
She snorted coldly.
“But Ah Shen doesn’t even like that Gu Linlang! Besides, she looks delicate and harmless on the surface, but she’s full of schemes inside. I can’t stand that kind of person!”
She looked at Zhou Yushen, her face suddenly turning serious.
“Ah Shen, don’t tell your grandmother that you actually like that Gu Linlang?”
Zhou Yushen shook his head.
“It’s not her.”
“That’s good.”
As long as it wasn’t Gu Linlang, Yang Xiao felt relieved.
Back when Zhou Yushen first brought a girl home, she had actually been very happy.
But after spending only one afternoon with Gu Linlang, she became extremely dissatisfied with her.
Gu Linlang had tearfully mourned Zhou Yushen’s mother and said that Zhou Yushen was the sole heir of the Zhou family, destined to become a powerful figure in the future.
Either she was praising Zhou Yushen, or lamenting sorrowfully.
Every word and action implied that she was trying to curry favor with the Tan family in this manner.
But every attempt at pleasing them stepped directly onto the Tan family’s sore spots.
The tragic death of Zhou Yushen’s mother was a deep pain for the Tan family.
Gu Linlang had come as a guest, yet she kept bringing up the deceased—it was extremely disrespectful.
Moreover, the Zhou and Tan families had long become enemies.
The Tan family never wanted Zhou Yushen to inherit the Zhou family business, so her remarks were practically dancing on their landmines.
After that incident, Yang Xiao developed a very poor impression of Gu Linlang.
She had even firmly told Zhou Yushen that she would never acknowledge Gu Linlang as her grandson’s wife.
Tan Qi nodded in agreement with his mother.
“Stay away from that Gu Linlang. Don’t let her lead you astray.”
— The end of the Chapter–
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