Shen Nanyue’s expression did not change much.
Looking at the anticipation on Chen Tianming’s face, she smiled lightly.
“An’an is doing quite well now. It’s just a pity about little sister Chen Ting. Such a young age, born with a congenital illness, yet exhausted from taking the blame for the Chen family. Really tragic.”
Compared to Shen Nanyue’s calmness, Chen Tianming’s face darkened considerably after hearing those words.
Shen Nanyue shifted her gaze again, landing on Chen Mu, who was chatting with the Han family’s daughter not far away.
“The Han family’s daughter is graceful and intelligent—a truly refined young lady. I wonder whether Chen Mu is willing to get acquainted with her.”
Her voice was calm, as though she were merely commenting on something unrelated to herself.
But Chen Tianming understood clearly that if Shen Nanyue caused trouble, Chen Mu would definitely offend the Han family’s daughter.
That was the daughter-in-law he had carefully chosen after much consideration—good family background and easy to control.
If Shen Nanyue ruined this marriage arrangement, he would never let her off!
“Shen Nanyue, you’d better think carefully. The Shen family only has you left supporting it now. Weigh whether you really have that capability.”
Shen Nanyue smiled.
“Uncle Chen, are you threatening me? What, threatening members of the Shen family has become addictive to you?”
Chen Tianming’s expression changed abruptly.
“What do you mean by that?”
“I don’t mean anything. The Shen family only has me left now, a lone orphan. If Uncle Chen still had any sentiment toward my father, you wouldn’t be threatening me like this.”
Why suddenly bring up her father?
Did Shen Nanyue discover something?
Chen Tianming narrowed his eyes slightly.
Shen Nanyue said nothing more.
She simply smiled at the two men and turned to leave.
Chen Tianming stared at Shen Nanyue’s back, his expression shifting unpredictably.
Meng Yan glanced at the two of them and came to certain conclusions in his heart.
“Mr. Chen, I’ll go say hello.”
He smiled and nodded politely at Chen Tianming before leaving.
Ever since Shen Nanyue took over the Shen Group, her former reputation as a spoiled heiress had gradually been corrected through her hard work managing the company.
Over the past three months, every project handled under her leadership had been completed successfully.
At first, many business partners had cooperated with her merely to test the waters, but in the end they were deeply impressed by her.
As such, Shen Nanyue had gradually built quite a network of acquaintances over these months.
Since she had the chance to attend such an exchange banquet, she naturally intended to use this opportunity to expand her connections—connections that might help the Shen Group in the future.
Watching Shen Nanyue converse and socialize with such ease, Zhou Yushen could not help but feel somewhat lonely.
Even as Shen Nanyue’s business partner, she did not seem nearly as warm toward him as she was toward everyone else.
Why exactly had she suddenly insisted on divorce three months ago?
As he pondered this, he stepped forward, intending to head toward Shen Nanyue.
But beside him, Gu Linlang grabbed his hand.
“Ah Shen, I’m feeling a little unwell.”
Her face remained pale, and her eyes carried a fragile vulnerability.
Yet Zhou Yushen showed not the slightest bit of pity.
“You knew your health wasn’t good, yet you still insisted on coming. Feeling uncomfortable is normal.”
He coldly shook off Gu Linlang’s hand and walked without hesitation toward Shen Nanyue.
“Meng Yan left. Want to follow him?”
He spoke softly beside Shen Nanyue’s ear.
Following Zhou Yushen’s line of sight, Shen Nanyue saw Meng Yan chatting with a middle-aged man in a suit as the two walked upstairs together.
She nodded.
Tilting the wineglass in her hand, she “accidentally” spilled red wine onto the hem of her dress.
“Excuse me, I need to go clean this up.”
With that, she turned and left, Zhou Yushen following behind her.
Shen Nanyue turned her head to look at him.
“Why are you following me?”
Wasn’t Gu Linlang still behind them?
“I also want to see what this transaction is about. Don’t forget, I still have things of my own to investigate.”
Shen Nanyue pursed her lips.
“Your Miss Gu is standing over there all alone.”
She spoke calmly.
It was not jealousy—just a simple statement of fact.
She had no desire whatsoever to get dragged into the love-hate entanglement between Zhou Yushen and Gu Linlang ever again.
After hearing Shen Nanyue’s words, Zhou Yushen subconsciously frowned before saying, “She’s not mine.”
Shen Nanyue curled her lips dismissively and ignored him.
She quickened her pace and walked ahead.
Zhou Yushen naturally followed after her.
Standing where she was, Gu Linlang watched the two of them leave one after another, and anger spread through her heart without restraint.
Why was it that the moment Shen Nanyue appeared, she captured all of Zhou Yushen’s attention?
Grinding her teeth, she was just about to follow them when Chen Tianming suddenly walked over to her with a smile.
“You seem to dislike Shen Nanyue quite a bit.”
Gu Linlang did not recognize Chen Tianming.
She took a step back coldly.
“Sir, I don’t know you.”
“Then let’s get acquainted. My name is Chen Tianming. My son is Chen Mu, who used to be Shen Nanyue’s fiancé.”
Shen Nanyue’s former fiancé?
That immediately piqued Gu Linlang’s interest.
She looked at Chen Tianming.
“What do you want?”
“Nothing much. I just want to give Miss Gu a piece of advice—don’t fight against Shen Nanyue. You won’t win against her.”
Gu Linlang frowned, irritation rising instantly in her chest.
She had thought Chen Tianming disliked Shen Nanyue too and had come to join forces against her.
She had not expected him to speak up for Shen Nanyue instead.
She shot Chen Tianming a fierce glare and turned to leave.
One of the men following behind Chen Tianming stepped forward and asked quietly, “Mr. Chen, why were you speaking up for Miss Shen?”
“You think I was speaking up for her?” Chen Tianming sneered.
“When women deal with women, that’s when they can strike directly at each other’s weakest point.”
Only then did the man behind him suddenly understand.
So he was deliberately setting up enemies for Shen Nanyue.
Meanwhile, Shen Nanyue saw that the elevator had stopped on the sixth floor.
She and Zhou Yushen also exited there.
The moment they stepped out of the elevator, two bodyguards blocked their path.
Shen Nanyue frowned. “What are you doing?”
“This floor has been reserved by our boss. No one is allowed to enter.”
“Your boss—is it Meng Yan?”
The bodyguards said nothing.
Their cold eyes were filled with hostility, as though the moment Shen Nanyue and Zhou Yushen took another step forward, they would not hesitate to use force.
Shen Nanyue frowned and was about to move forward when a large hand wrapped around her waist.
“Sorry for the disturbance.”
Zhou Yushen spoke calmly as he guided Shen Nanyue back into the elevator.
Once inside, Shen Nanyue brushed his hand away, though she said nothing.
The elevator stopped on the seventh floor, and Zhou Yushen pulled Shen Nanyue out with him.
“If I’m not mistaken, there are guards at the stairwell too. Meng Yan handles things very carefully. We can’t force our way in, or we’ll alert them.”
Hearing that, Shen Nanyue did not object.
She reached into the hidden pocket at the side of her dress and pulled out her phone.
The corner of Zhou Yushen’s mouth twitched slightly.
She must have designed this dress herself, right?
Shen Nanyue sent a message to Xiao Qi.
Xiao Qi replied almost immediately.
“Sister Yue, I hacked into all the hotel surveillance cameras. Several areas have malfunctioning cameras—the No. 1 elevator, the stairwell, and the sixth-floor hallway.”
Shen Nanyue handed the phone to Zhou Yushen.
“They really leave no loose ends when they do things.”
— The end of the Chapter–
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