After speaking his mind, Xu Shuai felt much lighter in his heart!
"Alright then, let's grab sothing to eat first."
They went together for lunch.
By the afternoon, Shen ngjie's mood had clearly improved, and since there were quite a few people around, Long Aotian excused himself and left early.
......
"Shen Xiu, look at the ss you've made!" The middle-aged man clutched his head, fuming with rage as he confronted Shen ngjie's mother.
"Let make this clear—I've already paid the money. If you don't deliver the girl to , I won’t let this go!"
Shen Xiu wore an ingratiating smile. "Lao Wang, calm down. The girl’s been out in the world too long, and her temper’s grown wild. Just give a few more days, and I promise I’ll make Shen ngjie co ho with you obediently!"
Two figures passed by nearby.
One of them had his hands in his pockets, his yellow bangs swaying lightly as he walked.
Hearing the commotion, he suddenly stopped.
With a flick of his hair, his lancholic gaze turned toward the two.
A confident smile played on his lips as he spoke in the purest, most velvety voice: "Were you just talking about Shen ngjie?"
Hearing this, Wang Tianlai and Shen Xiu both turned to look at the young man before them.
With effortless grace, he flicked his hair again. "Ah, my apologies—I forgot to introduce myself. The na’s Ye Liangchen. Yes, that Ye Liangchen."
"I overheard you ntion Shen ngjie. May I ask what your relationship with her is?"
Noticing the wariness in their eyes, Ye Liangchen gave a faint smile and casually tossed his bangs. "No need for suspicion. I rely thought you might require my assistance."
Xue Shaohua revealed the earrings on both ears and flashed a confident grin. "Indeed, perhaps our help is exactly what you need!"
Wang Tianlai hadn’t spoken yet—mostly because he was still seething with frustration.
But Shen Xiu, eyeing their stylish attire and their air of unshakable confidence, narrowed her eyes and asked, "You know my daughter, Shen ngjie?"
"We’re... sowhat acquainted," Ye Liangchen said coolly, though the mory of Shen ngjie’s rejection still stung faintly in his heart.
As if to prove his claim, he pulled out his phone, navigated to his favorites, and pulled up a secretly taken photo of Shen ngjie.
Shen ngjie was undeniably mature and alluring. On those lonely nights after her rejection, Ye Liangchen had often "vented his frustrations" while staring at this very photo.
When Shen Xiu saw that this young man had candid photos of her daughter—and that Shen ngjie was smiling so radiantly in them—she imdiately grabbed Ye Liangchen’s collar.
"Was it you? Was it you who did this to my girl?"
Caught off guard by Shen Xiu’s sudden aggression, Ye Liangchen flustered for a mont before letting out a strained chuckle.
"What are you laughing at?" Shen Xiu snapped.
Ye Liangchen didn’t have the heart to admit he hadn’t laughed—he’d just accidentally let out a nervous fart.
"What are you talking about? What did I even do?" He tried to shake off Shen Xiu’s grip but failed, instantly feeling humiliated.
"You didn’t lay a hand on my daughter?"
Ye Liangchen paused, then struck a pose—one hand behind his back, his gaze lifting at a perfect 45-degree angle. "With my charm, if I’d wanted her, I’d have had her long ago."
Shen Xiu was about to press further, but Wang Tianlai suddenly sensed sothing amiss.
He grabbed Shen Xiu’s arm. "What did you an just now? About whether he’s touched Shen ngjie or not? Did sothing happen to her? Is that why you suddenly ca to ?"
Realizing her slip-up, Shen Xiu tensed.
But under Wang Tianlai’s relentless questioning, her temper flared. She shoved his hand away. "Wang Tianlai, look at yourself! A 45-year-old bachelor, and you’re getting a fresh-faced college girl in her pri. You should be thanking your lucky stars instead of making demands!"
"With your circumstances, even if you could afford a wife, the best you’d get is so divorced woman with kids. And here you are, acting picky!"
"My daughter has the looks, the figure—plenty of n would line up for her if you back out."
Wang Tianlai fell silent, rendered speechless by Shen Xiu’s tirade.
After considering Shen ngjie’s beauty and Shen Xiu’s blunt but undeniable logic—that he stood to lose nothing—he finally grumbled, "Just rember, you’ve already taken my money. You figure out how to bring Shen ngjie to !"
Ye Liangchen, listening to their exchange, slowly curled his lips into a smirk. "So this is the price of your betrayal. I never thought it’d co so soon."
He shot Xue Shaohua a aningful glance, then pulled Shen Xiu aside. "Where is Shen ngjie now?"
As he spoke, he discreetly pulled two bills from his pocket.
At the sight of money, Shen Xiu’s eyes glead, though she feigned hesitation. "What’s your angle?"
"I only want to help you—to make sure Shen ngjie goes back with you willingly."
"Or... perhaps I could offer even more money. Let her marry instead."
Hearing this, Shen Xiu began sizing up Ye Liangchen from head to toe: "You're young, but you’ve got quite the audacity."
"One hundred thousand!"
Ye Liangchen blurted out the number without hesitation.
"One hundred thousand?" The mont Shen Xiu heard this figure, her expression instantly shifted.
Her hand slowly reached out to take the two hundred yuan from Ye Liangchen’s grasp.
But Ye Liangchen smirked slyly, tightening his grip on the money: "On one condition—can you guarantee that Shen ngjie will obediently listen to you?"
At these words!
Shen Xiu instinctively glanced at the handbag in her own hand.
"Of course I can. But you’d better have the ans to co up with that hundred thousand!"
"Such a trivial amount has never been worth my attention!" With that, he released his hold.
......
"What were you two just talking about?" Wang Tianlai asked, rubbing his head.
"Nothing. Let’s head back first," Shen Xiu replied before turning to leave.
Back at the apartnt Shen ngjie rented in Pingchang, $2hen Xiu let out a sigh and pulled out a pregnancy test from her bag.
Staring at the two lines on the strip, her gaze gradually hardened with resolve.
Rewinding ti...
Shen Xiu had co to the capital to find Shen ngjie.
She stubbornly followed Shen ngjie back to this place.
That night, she noticed Shen ngjie wasn’t sleeping but was instead doing sothing in the bathroom.
After Shen ngjie erged, Shen Xiu wondered if she had hidden money there.
So once Shen ngjie was sound asleep, she quietly slipped into the bathroom.
And that was when she discovered it.
Under pressure, the two of them ended up arguing.
But Shen ngjie refused to reveal who the father of her child was.
Unwed and pregnant—yet she wasn’t holding the man accountable. It wasn’t even clear if he knew. Watching Shen ngjie tread the sa dood path she once had, $2hen Xiu had resorted to bringing Wang Tianlai to the school to confront Shen ngjie earlier that day.
"If you can’t stay in school, you’ll have no choice but to co back with , right?"
"Don’t bla ... I’m doing this for your own good..."
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