"The worst thing is to have your arm turn outwards." The old man held a chess piece and stared at Luo Wuyan.

A piece placed on the board is a sure way to kill the opponent.

Luo Wuyan trembled in fright, intimidated by the old man's imposing presence.

“Dad, I helped An’an out of this predicament only so that my brother would stop bothering Weiwei and could focus on his career. It was also for the sake of the Luo family…”

Luo Wuyan stood up from the sofa and explained to the old man.

"But the friend you made caused the Luo Group's stock price to evaporate by billions overnight." The old man heard Luo Wuyan trying to defend himself.

In a fit of anger, he overturned the chessboard on the coffee table, scattering chess pieces all over the floor.

Luo Wuyan clenched her fingers tightly, not daring to look up.

“Dad, my brother and I will work together to find a way to bring the stock price back up. If that doesn’t work, I’m willing to merge my LUO brand into the Luo’s Group. That would definitely be good news.”

"Alright, you created that brand yourself, keep it for yourself." The old man waved his hand, refusing to accept the LUO brand that Luo Wuyan offered.

Luo Wuyan breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the old man was just angry and ultimately couldn't bear to do anything to her.

Who knew that the next second, the old man would plunge Luo Wuyan into complete hell.

"That way, you'll have your dowry when you marry Steven."

"Dad, what do you mean? Who is Steven?" Luo Wuyan instantly broke down.

“That friend of Dad’s in the business world, the one you met before, is now an arms dealer with considerable influence in both the legitimate and criminal worlds. His wife passed away recently, and he asked me to introduce him to a suitable match.”

The old man spoke casually.

It was as if they weren't discussing their daughter's marriage, but rather a routine business transaction.

"Dad, isn't Steven over fifty?" Luo Wuyan always knew how to control her temper in front of her elders.

At this moment, she truly couldn't hold back anymore.

She began to realize that returning to the Luo family was a huge mistake.

We escaped one Irving, and now here comes another Steven.

"So what if he's older? His business dealings are all high-risk and dangerous. Once he's gone, you can take over all his assets and businesses, which will greatly benefit the Luo family's current economic situation."

"Ha, the Luo family is already powerful enough, why would they need to sacrifice me to solidify the Luo family's position in the M country?" Luo Wuyan was puzzled.

"Not enough, far from enough, otherwise Lu Zhiwei alone wouldn't have been able to shake the Luo family."

Also, don't think I don't know how you and Owen broke up. I saw through all the tricks you and that woman Lu Zhiwei used.

"I won't dwell on this matter, Steven, you absolutely must marry her," the old man declared forcefully.

"I'll only marry you if I die."

"Alright, then we'll tie your corpse to the wedding car. Steven's pretty interested in corpses too."

The old man snorted coldly, got up from the sofa, and went back into the house with his cane.

Frozen in place, Luo Wuyan felt icy cold all over, as if she had fallen into a living hell.

As she walked out of the Luo family's old house, she was like a walking corpse, tears streaming down her face.

The phone in my bag was still vibrating; it must still be a message from Shen Jiarui.

She was no longer in the mood to look at it.

It was destined that she and Shen Jiarui would never be together.

Well, it was just a casual fling with Shen Jiarui anyway.

A short, sharp pain is worse than a long, drawn-out one.

Sitting on a bench by the roadside, Luo Wuyan took out her phone and sent a message to Shen Jiarui.

Let's break up. I'm tired of you.

Shen Jiarui was in a good mood at work when he received this message.

Seeing this news was like being struck by lightning; his expression changed drastically.

He immediately stood in front of the office's floor-to-ceiling window and returned Luo Wuyan's call.

Luo Wuyan did not evade the question and accepted it directly.

Two people living on opposite sides of the ocean who don't see each other for a long time will inevitably drift apart.

Shen Jiarui had anticipated this, but he didn't expect this day to come so soon.

"Did something happen? Why did you suddenly bring this up? Are you in a bad mood? I'll come and keep you company. I'll book the tickets right now," Shen Jiarui asked softly.

"No need, Shen Jiarui. Don't you know your place? I just said I was playing around with you. I can end it whenever I want. You have no right to interfere."

You're not even my boyfriend.

Luo Wuyan held her phone, uttering cruel and harsh words.

Shen Jiarui leaned against the French windows, his fists clenched. [Are you really not going to reconsider?]

Once I've made up my mind, I won't change it. That's it.

Luo Wuyan quickly hung up the call.

She was afraid that if she said too much, her trembling voice would betray her reluctance to part.

Although they don't see each other often, Shen Jiarui always puts himself in her boyfriend's position, and is almost always obedient, gentle and considerate to her, without ever making a mistake.

But if she doesn't take the initiative to break it off.

When the old man intervenes, she won't be the only one who gets hurt.

Innocent Shen Jiarui will also be implicated.

After ending the call, Shen Jiarui didn't dwell on being sad or frustrated.

Although Luo Wuyan appears arrogant and aloof, she is actually very soft and sensitive inside.

He didn't believe there was no reason why she suddenly proposed breaking up today.

Something must have happened.

Back at his desk, Shen Jiarui pressed the intercom to let his assistant come in and hand over the important work he was currently working on, and then booked the earliest flight to the United States.

Shen Jiarui, who had just landed, didn't stop for a moment and went to Luo Wuyan's apartment and workplace to find her.

Not only could they not find her, but her phone was also switched off.

The Shen family manor and old house are not places that an outsider like him can just walk into.

Having failed to find Luo Wuyan and make peace with her, Shen Jiarui could only temporarily return to Shen Jinmo's villa to wait for an opportunity.

We took a taxi to the Shen family villa.

The villa was brightly lit after nightfall, and a row of bodyguards stood at the entrance, making the entire villa impregnable.

Shen Jiarui walked to the door, but was stopped by the bodyguard.

"What's going on? Don't you recognize me? Why are you even stopping me?"

Shen Jiarui was in a bad mood because of the breakup, and now he didn't even have the right to enter his own brother's house, which made him very resentful.

At this moment, the villa's butler hurriedly came out and explained to the bodyguards who were stopping Shen Jiarui: "This is our second young master Shen, the young master's younger brother."

"Sorry, Second Young Master Shen, but we'll still search you once you go in," the bodyguard said forcefully.

Shen Jiarui looked at the butler with a puzzled expression: "Why?"

"Let them search, it won't hurt them." At this moment, Shen Jinmo, dressed in pajamas, walked out of the house.

Shen Jiarui cooperated with the bodyguards to search his entire body before he was allowed to enter the Shen family villa.

Following Shen Jinmo into the house, Shen Jiarui, completely bewildered, chased after his older brother and asked, "Brother, you've always liked to keep a low profile, why did you suddenly hire so many bodyguards to make things difficult for your own people? Did you get traumatized after being kidnapped by that bastard Luo Xiu?"