"There's nothing we can do," Mom sighed, her face ashen.

As soon as the news broke that the bank had terminated its loan to Shengshi, Shengshi's stock price, which had just rebounded, continued to fall for more than half a month.

"Qiaoqiao, tomorrow is the Shen family's matriarch's 80th birthday. Come with me to wish her a happy birthday." My mother specially called me home that day. When she saw me, she held my hand.

Grandma Shen is Shen Yu's grandmother.

She is related to her mother by marriage.

"Mom, can I not go?"

The thought of possibly running into Shen Yu made me shudder.

After Shen Yu was exposed by Fu Yanshen for his lower body, he went abroad for medical treatment under the pretext of further studies, and no one in the industry knew about this scandal.

He recently returned to China, and I heard that he's become promiscuous again, just like before. I wonder if he's really cured.

I don't want to see him. If he sees me, he'll definitely take the opportunity to kick me while I'm down.

Why should I offer myself up and invite humiliation?

Mom stood up. "Fine, you're not my biological child, so why are you obligated to accompany me to social events?"

With a resentful tone, she left those words and went upstairs.

Is Mom angry that I refused to go to the Shen family with her?

However, I didn't soften my heart.

The next day, she went to the Shen family's house alone to celebrate their birthday. In the evening, she called.

My mother sounded anxious on the phone, saying that she had mistakenly packed the wrong bracelet she was giving to Grandma Shen for her birthday. The one she was supposed to give her was in her safe, and she asked me to bring it to her immediately.

She didn't trust someone else to deliver it; it was a glass-type jadeite worth tens of millions, and there was no market for it.

The situation was urgent, so I didn't hesitate. I found the bracelet and immediately delivered it to her.

My mother said she was waiting for me in the pavilion in the backyard of the Shen family villa. When I arrived, she was nowhere to be seen. Just as I was about to make a phone call, someone hugged me from behind.

The faint, familiar scent of that scumbag made me shudder.

It's Shen Yu!