Zhou Yushen looked at her in silence.
Under the lights, his dark eyes shimmered like glass beads—bright and captivating.
After staring at her for several seconds, Zhou Yushen finally spoke slowly.
“In Fengcheng’s fashion industry, Shen Group is the only company with real growth potential. I’m an investor. I trust my own judgment.”
After hearing his words, Shen Nanyue couldn’t tell whether she felt more relieved or more disappointed.
After thinking for a moment, she said, “I’ll give you my answer tomorrow.”
Zhou Yushen nodded.
Just then, Li Che returned after finishing his phone call.
The atmosphere in the private room had already eased considerably.
Smiling, he sat back down. “You two finished talking?”
Shen Nanyue smiled at him. “Yeah, we’re done. I should thank President Li for connecting us.”
She was smiling, yet Li Che couldn’t detect even the slightest trace of warmth in her eyes.
A bad feeling immediately rose in his heart.
He felt goosebumps all over.
“From now on, we’re all family, so there’s no need to be so polite with me, sis.”
“Who’s family with you? Have you even passed An’an’s test yet?”
“I’ll pass sooner or later!”
And actually, he was already more than halfway there.
But of course, he wasn’t about to say that out loud.
With a grin, he said to Shen Nanyue, “What I mean is, we’ve been business partners for so long already. Haven’t we practically become family by now?”
He laughed awkwardly while secretly turning to glance at Zhou Yushen, hoping he would seize the opportunity to chat with Shen Nanyue a little more.
Unexpectedly, the moment he turned his head, he met Zhou Yushen’s gloomy gaze.
Although Zhou Yushen was dressed in a white suit, his expression was darker than squid ink.
The sharp contours of his face radiated a faint chill, causing Li Che to swallow nervously.
What was this man angry about now?
Shen Nanyue, however, did not notice Zhou Yushen’s gloomy expression.
After hearing Li Che’s words, she merely let out two dry chuckles and said nothing more.
At that moment, the waiters began serving the dishes.
Li Che therefore didn’t find another chance to question Zhou Yushen.
As the host, he simply greeted Shen Nanyue warmly and encouraged her to eat.
Throughout the meal, Zhou Yushen barely spoke.
He only listened as Li Che chatted beside Shen Nanyue.
The two of them had apparently grown quite familiar over the past three months.
Even though Shen Nanyue’s earlier words toward Li Che had carried hidden barbs, after chatting for a while, she gradually returned to her usual demeanor.
Meanwhile, Zhou Yushen sat at the side like an outsider.
Originally, he had been the one closest to Shen Nanyue.
Now, he had become the most distant one.
Watching Li Che happily chatting with Shen Nanyue only made him more and more displeased.
The meal ended under such an atmosphere.
By the time dinner was over, night had already fallen.
Since Shen Nanyue had drunk a little wine, she asked her new butler to pick her up.
The new butler was a man around thirty years old.
He looked fairly young, with upright features and an air of steady maturity about him.
“Then I’ll be leaving first.”
Shen Nanyue walked straight toward the car, casually tossing the keys to the butler.
She herself sat in the back seat.
Zhou Yushen watched with a dark expression as the butler got into the car, his eyes fixed on the vehicle as it drove away.
Only after the car disappeared from sight did he turn to look at Li Che.
“Who is that man?”
Li Che was also confused.
“No idea. I only recently moved out of the Shen residence. I’ve never seen that guy there before. Maybe he’s a newly hired driver.”
Seeing how respectfully the man treated Shen Nanyue, Li Che made a guess.
Zhou Yushen remained silent for a few seconds before turning to leave.
Li Che immediately followed after him. “By the way, this trip of yours to Fengcheng isn’t just a simple work inspection, is it?”
Ever since Zhou Corporation had been mysteriously targeted by a hacker attack, Han Ping had been frantic.
One day three months ago, Zhou Corporation’s operations were forced to shut down for an entire week, causing many projects to stall and losses exceeding tens of millions.
After the hacker attack mysteriously disappeared, Han Ping became the target of attacks from all the shareholders.
They intended to force her out of her position.
But Han Ping suddenly received a massive sum of money that filled the company’s financial deficit.
Only then were the shareholders silenced.
Zhou Yushen discovered that the remittance had come from a bank in Fengcheng.
He had sent people to investigate the bank, but they were unable to find any information about the sender.
So this trip to Fengcheng was not only about trying to reconcile with Shen Nanyue.
He had another objective as well—
To find the person behind the transfer.
His instincts told him that this mysterious sender was likely connected to the group of people who had caused his mother’s death years ago.
“There is indeed something else, but there’s no rush for now.”
As he spoke, he had already gotten into the car.
Just as Li Che was about to get in as well, Zhou Yushen locked the doors.
Rolling down the window, he looked at the utterly confused Li Che and said,
“You can get back yourself.”
With that, he started the car and drove away without hesitation.
Leaving Li Che standing there alone in the wind, completely dumbfounded.
…
When Shen Nanyue returned home, she received a call from Shen An’an.
Knowing that Shen Nanyue had gone to meet Qianzhang Entertainment’s other boss today, Shen An’an casually asked with concern,
“Sis, how did the talk with Qianzhang Entertainment’s other boss go today?”
Thinking of that cold face beneath the sunset, Shen Nanyue frowned slightly.
Lying down on the bed, she answered calmly, “It was alright. What about you? How does it feel meeting your biological parents?”
At the mention of this, Shen An’an sighed.
Shen Nanyue thought she had encountered some sort of difficulty and was just about to ask when Shen An’an suddenly spoke.
“Now I finally understand why my biological mother insisted that I come abroad to meet my biological father. Mr. Zheng is way too over the top! The moment he saw me, he cried miserably. I’ve only stayed here for two days, and every day he either gives me bank cards or cash. He even had tons of designer clothes and jewelry delivered to his manor villa, saying it was compensation for me. Mrs. Bai tried stopping him, but it was useless. Meanwhile, I was completely petrified.”
Shen Nanyue couldn’t help laughing.
“The world of rich people really is different.”
“What are you talking about? You’re rich too, Boss Shen.”
“Oh, please. Compared to your biological dad, I’m just a tiny nobody! If I ever expand internationally in the future, An’an, you’ll be my valuable connection.”
The sisters joked around for a while before hanging up.
The emptiness Shen Nanyue had felt after seeing Zhou Yushen was also soothed quite a bit by the phone call.
She flipped through her messages, replied to a few texts from Zhuyuan and Xiao Qi, then crawled under the blankets and went to sleep.
Early the next morning—
When Shen Nanyue arrived at the company, she was stopped by Chen Mu.
Several months apart had made Chen Mu noticeably sharper.
His entire aura had become more aggressive, and even the contours of his face looked more defined.
When he saw Shen Nanyue get out of the car, he strode toward her.
Lowering his eyes, he looked at her with an emotion Shen Nanyue could not understand.
“I need to talk to you about something. Do you have time?”
After thinking for a moment, Shen Nanyue did not refuse.
The two of them went to the café beside the company and found a quiet corner to sit down.
Only then did Shen Nanyue ask, “If there’s something to say, just say it directly.”
Chen Mu looked at her.
After gathering his courage for a long while, he finally spoke.
“Yueyue… I’ve already broken up with Lin Siwan. Can we get back together?”
— The end of the Chapter–
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