Zhou Yushen looked toward the Shen family villa, where the security guard was staring at his direction with undisguised hostility.
He said calmly, “Got it.”
Only after he drove away did the guard finally sit back down.
After returning to the living room, Shen Nanyue was immediately greeted by Huo Zhu hurrying forward.
“Miss, you’re finally back.”
Shen Nanyue still needed to change clothes before heading to the company.
Seeing the worried expression on Huo Zhu’s face, she paused mid-motion while changing her shoes, then smiled helplessly.
“Didn’t I send you a message last night? The way you’re looking at me, it’s like I just came back from some wolf den.”
Huo Zhu sighed inwardly.
Maybe not a wolf den—but she was about to run into wolves and jackals soon enough.
He spoke again, “I’m just worried about you, Miss. It’s unsafe for a young woman to be out alone.”
“How old are you?”
Huo Zhu froze briefly before answering,
“Thirty-three.”
“And you have a daughter?”
Huo Zhu nodded again.
Shen Nanyue laughed softly.
“As expected. Only fathers with daughters worry so much about girls being out alone. Don’t worry, I’m fine.”
“Your daughter must be very happy.”
Before heading upstairs, Shen Nanyue said that to Huo Zhu again.
After speaking, she turned and walked upstairs without caring about his reaction.
Huo Zhu stared thoughtfully at Shen Nanyue’s retreating figure.
He had already been working as the Shen family’s butler for several days now.
Had Shen Nanyue really never investigated his background before?
Was this truly the first time she’d learned he had a daughter?
After remaining silent for a while, he took out his phone and sent someone a message.
While changing clothes in her room, Shen Nanyue’s phone rang again, and she finally answered it.
It was Chen Mu.
“Is something wrong?” Her voice sounded lazy and relaxed.
Chen Mu fell silent for two seconds before finally questioning her in a dark tone.
“Where did you go last night?”
Shen Nanyue paused while brushing her hair.
Looking at the words “Chen Mu” on the phone screen, she narrowed her eyes.
“Why are you asking where I went last night?”
The breathing on the other end suddenly halted.
Only then did Chen Mu continue speaking.
“I called and messaged you last night, but you never replied. I was worried about you.”
Shen Nanyue had already seen all the calls and messages once her phone finished charging.
She simply hadn’t replied because she didn’t want to.
She had just woken up and didn’t feel like pretending with him.
And she still didn’t feel like pretending now.
“I’m fine. No need to worry.”
Her voice remained cold and indifferent.
Looking at her bare face in the vanity mirror, she frowned slightly.
When had that little bump appeared on her right cheek?
She quickly applied some light makeup and used concealer to cover the small swelling.
Only then did she put the cosmetics down in satisfaction.
Meanwhile, Chen Mu on the other end seemed to be carefully considering how to speak without arousing Shen Nanyue’s suspicion.
After a long silence—so long that Shen Nanyue thought he had hung up—he finally spoke again.
“My friend went to the mountaintop restaurant last night. They said they saw you there with Zhou Yushen.”
Shen Nanyue didn’t hide anything and answered calmly, “That’s right. I had something to discuss with him. What friend of yours was up there?”
Completely ignoring her question, Chen Mu finally found an outlet for his emotions.
Raising his voice, he demanded angrily, “So it really was you! What could you possibly have to talk about with Zhou Yushen? Haven’t you already divorced him? Why did you still go to a hotel with him and get a room?”
Shen Nanyue silently set down the setting spray.
The phone lay on the vanity table, and she slammed the spray bottle heavily beside it.
The dull thud exposed just how irritated she was at the moment.
“Chen Mu, in what capacity are you questioning me?”
“…”
Having grown up with Shen Nanyue since childhood, Chen Mu naturally understood her temperament.
Afraid of angering her, he hurriedly explained, “I just think that since you and Zhou Yushen are already divorced, there’s no need for you two to keep meeting. I genuinely don’t understand what you could still have to talk about. And you didn’t come home all night…”
His voice was low, his attitude extremely humble.
Yet Shen Nanyue showed no sympathy whatsoever.
She spoke coldly, “You had someone follow me?”
“I didn’t!” Chen Mu quickly denied.
Shen Nanyue sneered, clearly not believing his denial at all.
She raised her voice slightly, anger coloring her tone.
“Chen Mu, agreeing to be friends with you doesn’t mean you get to control me. My affairs are none of your business, and I don’t need to report every detail of my life to you. You should understand your place.”
Heavy breathing sounded from the other end of the line.
Chen Mu seemed furious, but a few seconds later, his tone returned to normal.
“Yueyue, I’m just worried about you. And I really didn’t have anyone follow you. If you don’t believe me, you’re welcome to investigate anytime.”
“That’s good then.”
Shen Nanyue replied indifferently and didn’t continue pressing the matter.
Seeing her tone soften, Chen Mu cautiously spoke again.
“Do you want to have dinner tonight? A new restaurant just opened near Jinzuo. I heard the food’s really good.”
“I have something to do tonight. Tomorrow at noon instead.”
“Okay! Then tomorrow at noon—we’ll meet there.”
Now that he had a definite time arranged, Chen Mu sounded delighted.
After hanging up, Shen Nanyue stared darkly at the extinguished phone screen.
Did Chen Mu really have a friend at the mountaintop restaurant last night?
Or had he truly sent someone to follow her?
Whichever it was, she needed to be more vigilant.
After getting ready, she left the villa and headed straight for the company.
…
Shen Nanyue received the invitation Zhou Yushen had promised her the night before the exchange gathering.
That evening, Zhou Yushen was waiting outside the Shen family villa.
The moment Shen Nanyue returned home, she spotted his car.
Instead of driving into the garage, she stopped where she was.
Zhou Yushen got out of the car and walked over to hers.
As Shen Nanyue stepped out, Zhou Yushen handed her the invitation.
Surprised, she asked, “You waited here in the middle of the night just to give me this invitation?”
He could’ve easily had someone deliver it to her.
At worst, he could’ve just called, and she would’ve sent someone to pick it up.
Was there really any need to wait outside her house late at night until she came back?
“You blocked me. I couldn’t get through.”
Zhou Yushen’s tone was calm, without sounding accusatory at all.
Shen Nanyue felt slightly awkward but said nothing more.
She simply reached out to take the invitation from his hand.
But Zhou Yushen suddenly withdrew it.
Shen Nanyue looked at him in confusion.
Only then did Zhou Yushen speak.
“We count as business partners now, right?”
Shen Nanyue didn’t understand why he suddenly asked that, but she still nodded slowly.
“Take me off your blacklist and add me back on WeChat.”
Shen Nanyue: …
Ever since the day she separated from Zhou Yushen, she had deleted every possible way of contacting him.
But considering that Zhou Yushen was now the big boss of Qianzhang Entertainment and that they were business partners, she thought about it for a few seconds before taking out her phone.
She removed his number from her blacklist and added him back on WeChat.
Only then did Zhou Yushen hand her the invitation.
“See you tomorrow.”
After saying that, Zhou Yushen got back into his car and drove away.
Watching the taillights disappear into the distance, Shen Nanyue frowned slightly.
Had he really made this trip just to add her back to his contacts?
— The end of the Chapter–
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