His petite frame couldn't reach his height, so the other person held the umbrella handle high, tilting the umbrella as high as possible over his head.

Looking at his pale and haggard face, Shen Shuyuan said with heartache, "Brother, go back. You'll get sick if you get wet."

Shen Jinmo, who valued his image above all else, couldn't bear to see others see him in such a sorry state. He pushed aside Shen Shuyuan's umbrella, turned around, and walked towards the car: "Why did you come here so early?"

“I’ve been calling you but you haven’t answered. Lin Jing told me last night that you’ve been waiting for your sister-in-law at the hotel entrance. Grandma asked me to pick you up and take you back to Cuizhu Garden.”

"What is it?" Shen Jinmo got into the car and wiped the rain off his face with a tissue.

His sorrowful mood vanished instantly, and he reverted to his aloof and taciturn demeanor.

Shen Shuyuan closed her umbrella and sat in the back seat. "She said she has something to tell you. She needs you to go back."

Upon arriving at Cuizhu Garden, the old lady saw him limping, pale-faced, and soaking wet, and immediately clapped her hands: "Serves you right! Who was it that insisted on marrying no one but Xia Wanying back then? And now who's begging Weiwei to get back together like a man half-dead? Are you even my grandson? I don't have a grandson as spineless as you. If you had any backbone, you should have grown old with Xia Wanying and never bothered Weiwei again."

The applause and harsh words that seemed to kick someone when they're down were like rubbing salt into Shen Jinmo's wounds.

"Grandma, have you said enough?" Shen Jinmo slumped onto the sofa and took off his suit jacket.

Shen Shuyuan took the coat and handed it to the maid to wash. Then she said to Shen Jinmo, "Brother, let me go to your room and run you a bath. A hot bath will make you feel better. The ginger soup to warm you up is being cooked in the kitchen."

"I'm not your grandmother, you don't need to serve me like this. I'm leaving in a bit." Shen Jingmo felt terrible after being scolded and couldn't stand it for another second, so she declared that she was leaving again.

"Where are you going? Go take a shower and change your clothes. I'll deal with you later." The old lady grabbed a cane from the ground and hit Shen Jinmo on the back with a light but firm blow.

Shen Jinmo was deeply aggrieved after being hit by the stick. He glared at the old lady with his cold, dark eyes and asked, "Why did you hit me?"

"This is to teach you a lesson. This beating was for that girl Weiwei. If I didn't hit her, how could I shamelessly try to help you?" The old lady sighed.

Upon hearing this, a glimmer of light flashed across Shen Jinmo's gloomy expression.

He sat back down next to the old lady: "Do you have a solution?"

"During this time, you better keep a low profile and don't bother her, don't provoke her, and don't go near her," the old lady said sternly.

"What kind of pursuit is this?" Shen Jinmo gritted her teeth.

Seriously, I'm speechless. He's even less reliable than Qi Mingli.

"I'm doing this for your own good, to save face for you in her eyes, and to stop wasting your relationship. Pushing her too far will only backfire. Trust me, Grandma has been through this."

"Okay. I understand." Although Shen Jinmo didn't quite understand the old lady's actions, he still did as she said.

...

For two consecutive days, Lu Zhiwei did not see Shen Jinmo again, and he did not return to the villa.

Without Shen Jinmo's entanglement, Lu Zhiwei felt much more at ease.

After work, Jiang Zhan and I would buy a bunch of snacks, snuggle on the sofa and watch TV series together, or play a few rounds of games.

Jiang Zhan is a genius who excels in every aspect. He is not only exceptionally talented in painting and design, but also in gaming.

The two of them teamed up to play games and their teamwork was exceptionally good.

On the night I accepted the face-drawing challenge.

Lu Zhiwei called Jiang Zhan and told him not to prepare her dinner, as she had something to do that evening.

Jiang Zhan readily agreed: "Sis, I also have something to do tonight, so I don't have time to cook for you."

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Zhan put on his headphones, went into his room, and opened the official live stream room of the Juzhong platform.

Juzhong platform is currently the most popular and largest live streaming platform in terms of traffic.

When I entered the live stream, there were already over 100,000 viewers.

Lu Zhiwei went to the headquarters of the Artists Alliance, where Luo Wuyan had prepared a live-streaming room for her.

"Boss, the models are ready. We can start promptly at eight o'clock."

"Okay, I'll go get ready."

Although she wasn't going to show her face during the live stream, Lu Zhiwei was afraid of being accidentally exposed, so she first put on makeup to look like William, and then entered the live stream room wearing a mask.

The camera could only capture Lu Zhiwei's back, not her face, so the model had to sit in a chair while Lu Zhiwei performed.

The judge appointed by the challenger for the half-face makeup contest was Shen Jinmo, the CEO of the Shen Group.

Lying on the sofa in Cuizhu Garden, Shen Jinmo, dressed in a black loungewear outfit, held a tablet and tapped it a few times with his slender fingers.

Add your registered account to the live stream.

When Shen Jinmo entered the live stream room, the chat was flooded with messages: Welcome, President Shen.

Upon seeing Shen Jinmo enter, the competition host immediately instructed the administrator to carry Shen Jinmo onto the microphone: "Welcome, judge number one, President Shen of the Shen Group."

"Hello everyone, I am Shen Jinmo." A deep, magnetic voice rang out in the live stream room.

Lu Zhiwei was slightly taken aback when she heard that familiar voice.

I never expected that this half-face makeup artist would invite him to be a judge. Do the two of them know each other?

Lu Zhiwei invited Mr. Cheng Yao, the founder and pioneer of the beauty industry, to be a judge. Mr. Cheng Yao did not know how to operate the live broadcast room, so his grandson sat next to him and helped him operate it throughout the process.

With Mr. Cheng overseeing the competition, this event was absolutely fair and just.

The other two judges are the two most popular internet celebrities selected by vote: one is the design genius Zhanlan, and the other is the beauty guru Xiaowanzi.

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