Shen Nanyue met Mi Xin’s eyes, which were filled with contempt and mockery.
She let out a light laugh. “Miss Mi, are you very close with Miss Gu?”
“More than close! We—”
Mi Xin was about to launch into a long explanation, but seeing Shen Nanyue’s calm and composed expression, she suddenly felt that something was off.
After a brief pause, she said, “We’re very good friends. That’s why I can’t stand watching you and President Zhou bully her together!”
“We? Bully her?”
Shen Nanyue felt as though she had just heard the funniest joke in the world.
Three months ago, that staged kidnapping orchestrated by Gu Linlang had been the very thing that made her finally decide to divorce Zhou Yushen.
With schemes that deep, was Gu Linlang really someone Shen Nanyue could simply deal with?
Besides, she hadn’t even had time to settle accounts with Gu Linlang yet.
When she was truly free to start “bullying” her, anyone who came to seek justice for Gu Linlang would have to leave behind a pound of flesh before they could walk away.
“Miss Mi, before standing up for your best friend, perhaps you should do some proper investigation first.”
Shen Nanyue had no desire to continue arguing with her.
“I’m very busy right now. If you’re not here to discuss business, then please leave.”
Seeing Shen Nanyue stand up as if to leave, Mi Xin quickly spoke up.
“I am here on business! If you don’t explain things clearly, then our cooperation is canceled!”
For some reason, a particular word caught Shen Nanyue’s attention.
She stopped in her tracks and turned around.
“Then tell me, what business are you talking about?”
Mi Xin immediately replied, “The business is that you’re not allowed to keep pestering our President Zhou!”
Shen Nanyue raised an eyebrow, a meaningful smile appearing at the corner of her eyes.
“And what if I insist on pestering him?”
Shen Nanyue was beautiful to begin with.
Her slightly upturned eyes carried an innate charm, and her exquisite, glamorous features gave her the air of a temptress capable of bringing down kingdoms.
At that moment, Mi Xin finally understood why President Zhou had been captivated by this woman.
Even she had nearly become entranced by Shen Nanyue’s beauty.
But the moment she thought of Gu Linlang lying in a hospital bed, all traces of admiration vanished.
“You really are a vicious woman! Not only did you cause Sister Linlang to be hospitalized, but you also seduced President Zhou and kept him from going home. You’re a shameless mistress!”
The smile in Shen Nanyue’s eyes remained, though it never reached their depths.
“I caused Gu Linlang to be hospitalized? I seduced Zhou Yushen? I’m a mistress?”
How had those words even managed to fit together into such a ridiculous accusation?
“Heh, stop pretending! A while ago, President Zhou tied Sister Linlang up in an abandoned building deep in the mountains for two days and two nights. That’s why her health deteriorated so badly. Don’t tell me you knew nothing about it. You must have been the one who put him up to it!”
Shen Nanyue was genuinely surprised.
She truly hadn’t known about that.
“Sister Linlang and President Zhou used to be the envy of so many people. But the moment they came to Fengcheng, President Zhou got together with you. You must have seduced him!”
Watching Mi Xin glare at her with righteous indignation, Shen Nanyue found it all rather amusing.
“Miss Mi, you’ve poured such a huge bucket of slander over my head without investigating anything. I honestly didn’t expect you to be such a rash person.”
Mi Xin frowned unconsciously as she looked at Shen Nanyue’s increasingly cold gaze.
If anyone deserved praise for acting, she felt it was Shen Nanyue sitting across from her.
Gu Linlang was lying in a hospital bed with such serious injuries, yet Shen Nanyue showed not the slightest concern or remorse.
How could someone like this exist?
Mi Xin suddenly stood up, staring directly at Shen Nanyue.
“Since President Shen has absolutely no intention of repenting, don’t blame me for being impolite.”
Holding her handbag, her face full of disdain, she said, “President Shen, we’ll meet again.”
With that, she turned and left the office, her high heels clicking sharply against the floor.
Shen Nanyue watched her departing figure, the coldness in her eyes growing stronger.
Bang!
A loud crash came from the lounge.
Shen Nanyue’s attention was immediately drawn toward it.
She quickly got up, knocked on the lounge door, and then pushed it open.
Inside, Zhou Yushen looked unexpectedly disheveled.
Wrapped in a blanket, he was sitting half-upright on the floor.
One hand covered his head, and his eyes were still hazy with sleep.
The corner of Shen Nanyue’s mouth twitched.
The concern she had felt was quickly replaced by an almost uncontrollable urge to laugh.
“You… were sleepwalking?”
And you even fell out of bed!
The lounge bed wasn’t small at all—a full 1.8-meter bed.
What kind of dream had he been having to roll all the way onto the floor?
Zhou Yushen looked somewhat embarrassed.
This was the first time in over twenty years that he had ever fallen out of bed in such a pathetic manner.
He hadn’t slept well for days.
Having finally found a familiar and comforting place to rest, he had slept deeply.
For once, there had been no dreams at all—just an incredibly comfortable, blissful sleep.
He didn’t know what had happened either.
He had merely turned over in his sleep, and somehow he had rolled right off the bed.
To make matters worse, Shen Nanyue had pushed the door open almost immediately afterward.
Looking at the corners of Shen Nanyue’s mouth, which she was barely managing to keep from curling upward, Zhou Yushen took a deep breath and tried to suppress his embarrassment.
Pretending that nothing had happened, he stood up, put the blanket back on the bed, and wore an expression so calm that it was as if the incident had never occurred.
“I slept very well.”
Shen Nanyue was still holding back her laughter when Zhou Yushen’s inexplicable remark reached her ears.
“What?”
Zhou Yushen walked over to her.
Shen Nanyue noticed that the dark circles beneath his eyes had lightened somewhat.
It seemed he really had slept well.
“Whenever I sleep at home, I have nightmares. But here, I didn’t dream at all. I think this place is my true sanctuary.”
Shen Nanyue watched as the corners of his lips curved upward in a familiar smile.
The cold, noble features of his face softened as though spring sunshine were melting winter snow, revealing traces of warmth and tenderness.
Then he uttered a few words that left her speechless.
“From now on, I’ll sleep here.”
Shen Nanyue almost rolled her eyes but managed to stop herself.
“Who gave you permission to make that decision? This is my company, not yours.”
“As business partners, helping each other is only natural. If I don’t sleep well, my work performance will suffer, and that affects President Shen’s interests as well. I’m only thinking of you when I choose to sleep in your lounge.”
Zhou Yushen’s shamelessness was nothing new.
Shen Nanyue let out a cold snort.
“What twisted logic. Don’t use our partnership as an excuse. I’m already considering whether I should continue working with you at all.”
One of his actresses had firmly believed that she was the mistress who had come between Gu Linlang and Zhou Yushen!
If the contract hadn’t already been signed, she might have impulsively backed out of the collaboration just now.
The thought made her glare at Zhou Yushen.
“Letting you stay this afternoon was already more than generous. Now hurry up and leave.”
Noticing that Shen Nanyue was in a bad mood, Zhou Yushen frowned slightly.
What had happened while he was sleeping?
“I can pay rent.”
Shen Nanyue finally couldn’t hold back and shot him another glare before turning to leave.
Zhou Yushen followed her out of the lounge.
The air was filled with a strong scent of perfume.
His brows knitted together.
Besides Shen Nanyue’s familiar fragrance, there was another scent lingering in the room—one so strong that it was almost unpleasant.
Combined with Shen Nanyue’s sour mood, his instincts told him that something had happened.
He reached out and caught her wrist.
“Who was here just now?”
— The end of the Chapter–
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