"Fu Yanshen, stop pretending!"

I followed him into the office, glaring at his indifferent back, and said resentfully.

"You took away all the senior executives of Shengshi, crossed the river and burned the bridge, and it wasn't enough to retaliate against my family. Now you're fabricating scandals about me and Beichen to maliciously target my family and retaliate against me. You're truly despicable and shameless!"

I clenched my fists, gritted my teeth, and wished I could rush forward and kick him a few times.

He was heartless and ungrateful to me. It was bad enough that he treated me as a substitute, but he even resorted to such despicable means to deal with his former employer.

They have absolutely no moral compass, values, or sense of shame.

Fu Yanshen ignored me.

He slowly took out a cigarette case from the drawer, shook out a cigarette, put it in his mouth, and lit it.

He changed his lighter; it wasn't the one I gave him before.

The warm autumn sun shone through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows. He stood in the sunlight, wearing a black and white handmade suit that accentuated his slender and well-proportioned figure, making him look tall and capable.

Even bathed in sunlight, he exuded a gloomy and aloof aura.

The man took a deep drag on his cigarette, turned his face, and glanced at me indifferently, as if he didn't want to talk to me.

"Miss Sheng, what makes you think I would retaliate against you?" He exhaled a puff of smoke, his eyes narrowed, his tone sarcastic. "You think you're worthy?"

Upon hearing this, my heart clenched.

What he meant was that, in his heart, I didn't even have the right to be the target of his revenge.

That's incredibly arrogant and overbearing.

Looking at his arrogant demeanor, I pinched my palm hard with my fingertips. Because I used too much force, I aggravated the fracture, and I winced in pain.

"If you're not retaliating against me, then you've also messed with Shengshi. Don't think my dad doesn't know. You've been buying up Shengshi's stock at rock-bottom prices. What are your intentions?"

I glared at him and questioned him through gritted teeth.

In his previous life, he had been secretly buying shares in Shengshi and becoming the largest director, which gave him the right to kick my parents out of the board.

In this lifetime, he divorced me ahead of time, and he was also taking revenge on my family ahead of time.

The man slightly curled the corners of his lips. "What are your intentions? Do I need to tell you? Besides, what right do you have to come to my office and yell at me? What is our relationship?"

He mocked me, then glanced at me with disdain before turning his back.

He never paid any attention to me before, and now that we're divorced, he treats me like I don't exist at all.

I noticed it the day of the divorce and the day I bumped into him at the restaurant; now he treats me like I don't exist.

I clenched my teeth, suppressing the tearing pain in my chest, blinking repeatedly, and swallowing my tears.

"Fu Yanshen, I brought you into the Sheng family against my family's wishes. I'm warning you, if you dare to touch Shengshi or my family again, I'll never forgive you!" I shouted at him with all my might.

As soon as I finished speaking, I realized that my voice was trembling, even carrying a sob of grievance and anger.

I truly regret meeting him, getting involved with him, and bringing trouble upon my family.

Doesn't he feel even the slightest bit guilty towards me for doing all this?

Yeah, how could a scumbag like him have a conscience?

What am I still expecting from him?

Just as I was about to take a step, Fu Yanshen turned around, his face as cold as an ice sculpture, devoid of any expression.

"As for your sordid affair with Sheng Beichen, I find it disgusting and wouldn't stoop to it. If you two weren't having an affair, you wouldn't have been taken advantage of by someone with ulterior motives." He squinted, staring coldly at me, and said mockingly.

“How did I have something sordid with Beichen? He is—” I retorted angrily, but stopped halfway through my sentence. Why should I explain to him?

However, what he meant was that he wasn't the one who exposed my "scandal" with Beichen?

Besides him, who else would be watching my family every day and seeking revenge?

I snapped out of my daze and glared at him resentfully. "Sure enough, people with dirty minds see everything as dirty."

He never liked Beichen, and he disliked my association with him even more.

Every time Beichen came to see me, he would come along.

Back then, Beichen fought with me to stop me from marrying him. That's when they started to hate each other and were irreconcilable enemies.

There was no need to stay any longer, so I turned and left.

At that moment, the office door was pushed open from the outside, and Shi Jin walked in.

When she saw me, in front of Fu Yanshen, she didn't give me a friendly look; the disdain in her eyes was obvious.

Fu Yan loves her deeply, which is why she is so brazen and blatant.

Unlike the previous Shi Xia, who would feign pitifulness and weakness in front of Fu Yanshen and scheme against me.

“Miss Sheng, you’re both divorced, isn’t it inappropriate for you to come looking for my boyfriend? Next time, I won’t let you up here so easily.”

Shi Jin curled her lips and said to me rudely.

Boy friend……

She declared her ownership to me in front of Fu Yanshen.

And they did indeed get together.

I felt terrible. I straightened my back and walked past Shi Jin, heading straight for Fu Yanshen.

I turned around, about to speak, when I saw Shi Jin forcefully lift Fu Yanshen's wrist and take the cigarette from his fingers.

Fu Yanshen let her do as she pleased, without putting up any resistance.

Shi Jin stubbed out the half-smoked cigarette in the ashtray, and at the same time, took the cigarette pack out of his drawer and threw it into the trash can.

"You promised to quit smoking, but you're secretly smoking again." She stood in front of Fu Yanshen, straightened his clothes, and spoke with a hint of reproach in her tone.

Seeing this scene, I felt an overwhelming pang of sadness.

The way Shi Jin treats Fu Yanshen is exactly the kind of relationship I once wanted with him, but he—

"I'll be more careful in the future. You can help me see the guest out, and from now on, I'll put her on my blacklist."

Fu Yanshen's voice brought me back to my senses. He looked down at Shi Jin and said gently.

Put me on the blacklist and don't let me on the site again.

Oh……

He's trying to show his loyalty to the newcomer in front of me, the old friend.

I scoffed lightly, a smile playing on my lips and eyes, and raised my voice to them: "Miss Shi, you can rest assured, he's the man I'd rather jump off a building to get rid of. You may cherish him and treat him like a treasure, but in my eyes, he's just a blade of grass. Besides, I, Sheng Qiaoqiao, never go back to an old flame."

I looked at them, chin slightly raised, my tone haughty.

I will never allow myself to be inferior to them.

Fu Yanshen stared at me, his thin lips pressed tightly together, and he turned his back.

Shi Jin seemed to see me as a thorn in her side, her eyes filled with resentment. "Go ahead, I won't see you out!"

She said angrily.

Why does she hate me? Does she hate me for taking Fu Yanshen away while she was missing?

I had no idea that Fu Yanshen had always had her as his unrequited love. If I had known, I would never have married him, even if it meant my death.

Furthermore, she should hate Fu Yanshen for betraying her.

I stared at her intently.

Shi Jin looked at me fearlessly, squinting as she examined my face, a mocking smile playing on her lips.

That micro-expression seemed to say: You're just a stand-in, what's with the attitude?

The thorn in my heart was nagging again. I glared at Fu Yanshen's back, straightened my back, and walked towards the door.