Lu Jinzhou saw Shen Nianchu's call when he got in the car. He thought she was anxious and wanted to get home soon, so he just said she would be there soon and didn't ask anything else.

But when I got home, I found that no one was there. Just as I was about to call, I heard the sound of unlocking the door.

As I walked over, I first saw two bodyguards carrying in large boxes of old things.

Shen Nianchu was also carrying a large bag in his hand, which was filled with old photos. "I still have some things for my mother at Shen's house, so I went back home."

The two bodyguards put their things away and left. Ye Huan received a call from Tang Junyue halfway on the way here, and then returned to the company to finish the meeting. There were only two people left in the room. Before Shen Nianchu had time to ask, he was pulled to the restaurant by Lu Jinzhou.

"I just stopped by and bought some desserts. Which one do you want? Blueberry cake or mango mille-feuille?"

Shen Nianchu picked out the blueberry one and said, "This one, the queue for this one is quite long."

Lu Jinzhou wanted to make her happy, so he told her his own embarrassing story.

"Fortunately, I forgot to take my phone while waiting in line, so Pei An paid for it. Passersby even thought I was a gay supported by Pei An."

Shen Nianchu twitched his lips and smiled faintly, "You don't look like someone who is being kept by someone, with your aura. Did you buy it on the way back from the company?"

"Yeah," Lu Jinzhou inserted the milk tea straw and handed it to her, thinking that he should wait until he found out the truth before telling her about Zhu Man's incident.

Seeing that Lu Jinzhou had no intention of saying anything, Shen Nianchu felt a sudden pain in her chest and didn't want to ask anymore, "I want to take a bath."

"Okay, I'll go to the study to take care of some work."

Neither of them mentioned hiding Yu Wanhua's illness.

Shen Nianchu put himself in the bathtub, the warm water swept over his body, and a lot of fatigue dissipated.

I'm really tired.

She was so tired that she didn't have the energy to guess why Lu Jinzhou lied to her.

Why take some things so seriously? If you want to say it, you will say it naturally. If you don’t want to say it, even if you ask her, you may make up other lies to put her off.

That's it.

She blamed Lu Jinzhou for not telling her about Yu Wanhua's illness, but she was even more angry at herself for not paying more attention to it.

She just wanted to have some peace and quiet, so she moved out of her home, completely ignoring the life Yu Wanhua was leading in the Shen family.

He didn't even know that his mother was seriously ill.

If she had not moved out of the Shen family, she would have discovered Yu Wanhua's illness earlier. She would have taken her to receive proper treatment when her condition was not so serious. She should have recovered, right?

Or, if she had gone for the physical examination in person before, the problem could have been discovered earlier, and she could have been taken to visit famous doctors and experts from all over the country, so that she would have suffered less from Old Lady Shen and Shen Huaifeng. Wouldn't she have gotten better?

At worst, if he had not taken that role before, but took Yu Wanhua to Yuncheng to see a Chinese doctor in person, even if she was terminally ill and incurable, at least he could accompany her well through the last few months.

Instead of the situation now, she almost didn't have time to see Yu Wanhua for the last time.

But there aren't so many ifs.

How is she going to live every day of regret in the future?

My chest felt so tight, I couldn't breathe. I just sat up a little when the phone rang. It was Shen Huaifeng:

"What do you want? I've already confessed to your mother, why are you still coming home to make trouble?"

"Don't you know what I'm doing?" Shen Nianchu faintly heard Zhu Man's sobbing voice on the other end of the phone, "Hasn't that woman gotten out yet?"

"How come you're such a grown-up and have no manners at all? Zhu Man is Shen Zimo's mother after all. Even if you don't accept her according to seniority, you should at least call her auntie. You've already had the apartment destroyed. Where will she live after she moves out?"

"It doesn't matter whether she sleeps on the street or lives next door at Lao Wang's house."

"Chen Nianchu!" Shen Huaifeng couldn't bear it anymore.

"What nonsense are you talking about? You've really grown up in the past few years. When did you become so rude?"

Shen Nianchu didn't want to argue, "If you're here to question why I smashed up the Shen family, I can only say that I smashed up anyone I didn't like, and if there's nothing else, I'll just hang up."

"Wait a minute, I understand you're upset. I won't argue with you about what happened today. Your mother wouldn't let me mention it to you before, but you're at the age where you should share the burden of the family. The company has been struggling lately. If you have any conscience, talk to Mr. Lu and ask him to help the Shen Corporation. After all, your mother put a lot of effort into the Shen Corporation. Now that she's gone, we should all live a good life. If the Shen family does well, you won't suffer any loss."

Chen Nianchu closed his eyes. It had only been a short time since Yu Wanhua left, but his mind was already full of money. So was his confession at the mourning hall that day just a show in front of her?

Shen Nianchu was so angry that his hands were numb. He said coldly, "I have no conscience and can't help you. Judging from how much you dote on your son at home, you shouldn't be that short of money. If my mother's hard work is ultimately going to be left for you to support a woman, I would rather the company go bankrupt."

After saying that, he hung up the phone without caring about Shen Huaifeng's roar over there.

As a father, he showed no sadness or concern for his wife after she was buried. His only thought was to use her to make money.

Perhaps this fatherly love had long disappeared, but Yu Wanhua had been trying hard to recreate it, so she had the illusion that Shen Huaifeng cared about her.

…

Lu Jinzhou had indeed put off a lot of work these days, and forgot about time while dealing with it. When Lu Xingzhou called him, he realized that more than three hours had passed.

Lu Jinzhou closed the file, stood up and prepared to go see what Shen Nianchu was doing, "Have you found out?"

"Yes, I found out," Lu Xingzhou said, still keeping it a secret, "but I have even more explosive news now."

Lu Jinzhou has never been one to play guessing games. "Wait for me to ask?"

"Oh, no, that's not it. My sister-in-law came to the hospital this afternoon and asked me to do a paternity test on Shen Huaifeng and Shen Zimo. The results came out, and they are not father and son. I'm on my way to Lanting Yaju now, but this news is so explosive that I can't wait to share it with you."

Lu Jinzhou didn't expect that Shen Nianchu would go to the hospital to do this, "Where is Zhu Man?"

"It's really the story of the old Wang next door. Wang Defa, the boss of Henderson Land Development, is in close contact with the other two. Zhu Man calls the same number every now and then."

"I've checked this number. It belongs to Wang Defa, but he only uses it to contact Zhu Man. I guess my sister-in-law's fictitious younger brother also belongs to this neighbor, Old Wang. Some time ago, Wang Defa also used his personal account to inject some money into Shen's."

Lu Jinzhou: “…”