Shen Nanyue frowned and looked at him as though he were an idiot.
Chen Mu continued, “I know you’ve already divorced Zhou Yushen.”
“Actually, I should’ve come to find you three months ago, but I gave both myself and you some time. We grew up together as childhood sweethearts. We should have been the closest companions, but I never imagined things would turn out like this. I regret it, Yueyue. Can we get back together? I won’t betray you again in the future.”
Shen Nanyue found it almost laughable.
The waiter brought over the coffee.
Shen Nanyue took a sip.
The bitterness of the iced Americano slid down her throat into her stomach, just like her current emotions.
“Gave me time? But I never needed any time.”
Setting down her coffee, Shen Nanyue said coldly, “The moment you and Lin Siwan humiliated me together, you should’ve known there was no possibility for us anymore. Besides, An’an suffered so much grievance in your family. Do you really think there’s any chance I could forgive you?”
Chen Mu had expected her to say that.
He quickly replied, “I know all of this was my fault. Yueyue, I’m not asking you to forgive me right now. Just give me a chance—a chance to pursue you again.”
His face was full of pleading, his posture lowered to an extremely humble level.
Yet Shen Nanyue wasn’t moved in the slightest.
She only found this childhood sweetheart in front of her increasingly annoying.
“If all you wanted to say was this, then you should leave.”
She stood up and walked away directly.
Leaving Chen Mu sitting there alone, watching her departing figure as he lowered his head in disappointment.
On Shen Nanyue’s seat remained the coffee she had taken only one sip from.
He picked up the cup and drank from it with an almost obsessive attachment.
Feeling the bitterness spread through his mouth before a faint sweetness lingered afterward.
He closed his eyes in satisfaction, and the panic in his heart was forcibly suppressed at that moment.
“Yueyue, I won’t give up on you.”
After leaving the café, Shen Nanyue began feeling discomfort in her stomach.
There was a faint tearing pain pulling at the lower part of her abdomen.
The pain wasn’t intense, but it came in waves.
Perhaps it was because she had been so busy lately that her eating schedule had become irregular, and drinking iced Americano on an empty stomach that morning had irritated her stomach.
Once the wave of pain passed, Shen Nanyue didn’t think much of it.
She figured drinking some hot water at the office would be enough.
But the moment she arrived at her office, she saw yet another uninvited guest.
Zhou Yushen.
She frowned, her sharp gaze landing on Assistant Xu, who was currently serving Zhou Yushen coffee.
Assistant Xu awkwardly rubbed his nose before lowering his head respectfully toward Shen Nanyue.
“President Shen, Mr. Zhou said he had business cooperation matters to discuss with you today, and that the two of you had already agreed on it yesterday.”
“Assistant Xu, did I ever tell you that I was meeting him today to discuss cooperation?”
Assistant Xu looked even more awkward.
Shen Nanyue indeed hadn’t informed him about her schedule.
But regarding Shen Nanyue and Zhou Yushen’s divorce, aside from him, nobody else in the company knew about it.
And Zhou Yushen used to visit Shen Group every few days.
From the front desk downstairs to the secretary’s office on the top floor, almost everyone knew he was President Shen’s husband.
Zhou Yushen had been let upstairs by the reception desk.
By the time Assistant Xu arrived, this man had already swaggered into the office and bluntly declared that he would wait for Shen Nanyue there to discuss the cooperation with Qianzhang Entertainment.
Only then did Assistant Xu realize that this man was actually the owner of Qianzhang Entertainment.
Since he knew Shen Nanyue really was negotiating cooperation with Qianzhang Entertainment, he didn’t dare forcibly drive the man away.
Who would’ve thought that the moment his boss arrived, she would immediately hold him accountable? He felt rather wronged.
“I’m sorry, President Shen.”
For corporate workers, whether it’s truly your fault or not, apologizing first is never wrong.
Shen Nanyue suppressed her temper, trying not to take her anger out on others.
She waved her hand, signaling Assistant Xu to leave.
Once the office door closed again, Shen Nanyue finally looked at Zhou Yushen.
“I said I’d give you an answer today. I didn’t say I’d give it to you this early.”
“I was a little anxious, so I came early to your office to wait for your answer.”
Shen Nanyue: …
Zhou Yushen leaned casually against the sofa, having changed back into the well-tailored black suit she was most familiar with.
A faint smile lingered on his lips as his sharp eyes fixed on her, as though if she didn’t give him a satisfactory answer, he would simply stay there indefinitely.
Just like half a year ago, when he shamelessly clung to her and insisted on marrying her.
Shen Nanyue pressed her lips together and stared at him for a long while.
In the end, she gave up trying to chase him away and silently walked to her desk to begin working.
Zhou Yushen wasn’t in a hurry either.
Calmly, he took out his phone and sat on the sofa handling his own work.
This mode of getting along was exactly the same as it had been three months ago.
The same office. The same two people busy with their respective work.
The only difference was their state of mind.
With another person present beside her, Shen Nanyue no longer had the mood to review documents.
Her expression darkened as she pressed the intercom button and instructed Assistant Xu to prepare for a meeting in ten minutes.
After organizing several documents, she stood and left the office.
From beginning to end, she treated Zhou Yushen as though he were invisible.
Zhou Yushen wasn’t annoyed.
His gaze followed Shen Nanyue as she left the office, only snapping back to himself afterward.
Murmuring softly, he said, “Why is her face so pale?”
Shen Nanyue’s pale complexion was due to stomach pain.
Ever since drinking that cup of coffee, she had felt pain in her stomach.
Then, after being irritated by Zhou Yushen upstairs, she hadn’t even drunk a cup of hot water.
As soon as the meeting began, she could feel the stabbing pain in her stomach gradually intensifying.
She endured the entire meeting.
Only after asking Assistant Xu to bring a cup of hot water to her office did she open the office door again.
At that moment, Zhou Yushen stood before the floor-to-ceiling window, gazing at the scenery outside.
The faint sunlight draped over him, making his noble and elegant figure appear almost godlike.
Shen Nanyue merely glanced at him indifferently before returning to her desk.
Speaking into the empty air toward Zhou Yushen, she said, “President Zhou, regarding the cooperation we discussed yesterday, I’ve already consulted the shareholders. We agree to your conditions. We can sign the contract anytime.”
Assistant Xu delivered the hot water and then quietly left.
After taking a sip, the pain in Shen Nanyue’s stomach eased slightly.
The moment Zhou Yushen turned and saw her, his brows furrowed, and he swallowed back the words he had been about to say.
“What’s wrong with you?”
Instead of responding to her statement, he looked at her with concern.
“It’s nothing. President Zhou, I’ve already given you the answer you wanted. You can go prepare the contract now.”
Her voice sounded cold, as though she were deliberately trying to provoke him and chase him away.
But Zhou Yushen ignored her attitude and walked straight toward her.
Lowering his head slightly, he immediately noticed the hand she had pressed against her stomach.
“Your stomach hurts?”
By now, Shen Nanyue was already somewhat irritated.
She glared up at him.
“That’s none of your business. Hurry up and leave.”
Even her voice carried traces of anger.
Zhou Yushen looked at her for a moment before turning and leaving the office.
Only then did Shen Nanyue collapse onto the desk, enduring the waves of twisting pain coming from her stomach.
She no longer had any mood to work.
She needed to go to the hospital first.
Just as she was about to ask Assistant Xu to take her there, Zhou Yushen returned.
— The end of the Chapter–
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