Chapter 178 Please keep your promise!

Jiang Shiyuan shuddered and felt a chill run down her spine.

Fu Chenzhou's words were like a bucket of ice water, thoroughly dousing Jiang Shiyuan from beginning to end.

The man's expression was indifferent as he prepared to leave, without even the slightest hesitation for her.

"President Fu, wait a moment!" Jiang Shiyuan called out urgently.

Fu Chenzhou stopped and glanced back coolly.

"Do you remember that you once promised me that you would grant me one request?"

Jiang Shiyuan's throat tightened, and she unconsciously clenched the hem of her clothes. She looked calm, but the small gesture betrayed her inner anxiety. "Now, I want to ask President Fu to fulfill your promise and save Yongheng Technology from its predicament."

"Is President Fu the kind of person who goes back on his word?"

Fu Chenzhou narrowed his eyes slightly, staring at her with a deep gaze that made her tense all over and her scalp tingle.

After a long pause, he chuckled softly, "I've already kept my word, Miss Jiang, don't you remember?"

Jiang Shiyuan stared blankly, "When..."

“When you were kidnapped by the kidnappers hired by Wu Hui, you kept asking me to save you on the phone.”

Fu Chenzhou's peach blossom eyes turned dark and deep. "Miss Jiang, you've already forgotten so quickly?"

Jiang Shiyuan's pale pink lips trembled slightly, as if she had been choked and was finding it hard to breathe.

She never expected that this incident would be included, but she couldn't argue against it!

After all, back then, she asked Fu Chenzhou to save her life, and this man did it without considering the consequences or the cost, protecting her completely.

Despite being neither relatives nor friends, I have shown you the utmost kindness and righteousness.

If she makes any more demands, it would be really pushing her luck, but...

"Actually, your uncle showed me this document six months ago, and I clearly rejected him then. Now, I can say the same thing to Miss Jiang again—"

Fu Chenzhou's eyes held a kind of rational and cold-blooded look of a god looking down upon all living beings. "Guangji only creates the future, never miracles."

After saying that, he strode away.

Throughout the entire process, he didn't even glance at the document.

Jiang Shiyuan closed her sore eyelids, lowered her head, and laughed self-deprecatingly.

Where did she get her confidence that finding Fu Chenzhou would definitely work, and that she would be a little different in this man's eyes?

It turns out that he looked down on all living beings and treated them all the same.

Do you resent him?

No.

Fu Chenzhou saved her life; he owes her nothing.

However, she felt an indescribable discomfort in her heart, as if a sharp, thin needle was hidden inside cotton, piercing through her suffocating heart.

After sitting there for an unknown amount of time, Jiang Shiyuan, adhering to the principle of not wasting anything, drank the completely cold coffee on the table in one gulp.

She murmured to herself, her gaze intense:

"Who says eternity isn't a miracle? Eternity will definitely become a miracle!"

...

As night falls, the city lights illuminate the scene.

After attending an academic symposium abroad, Shen Min arrived in Beijing and immediately met up with Fu Chenzhou at a high-end lounge for a drink.

Fu Chenzhou arrived as promised, but his usually unruly demeanor was gloomy and gloomy, with a hint of despondency in his eyes.

He doesn't even look like himself anymore.

"Oh, that sullen little expression is quite endearing."

Shen Min looked meaningfully at the man's handsome and aloof profile, picked up her wine glass and wanted to clink glasses with him, "If you didn't know better, you'd think you'd been dumped by someone."

Fu Chenzhou's slender fingertips touched the rim of the glass, and he moved the glass away imperceptibly. Shen Min missed his target. "I don't have as many impressive achievements as you. The women who have dumped you can fill this bar to capacity."

Shen Min's face darkened. "Master Fu, I was just joking. Can you not be so petty? Besides, all my girlfriends broke up with me because they couldn't stand my work pace. It's not like I have a problem with my character."

"A glorious record... Do you think I'm some kind of stud dog, Xie Jinghuai?"

Fu Chenzhou raised his eyebrows slightly, seemingly quite pleased with the metaphor.

"Speaking of which, while I was on a business trip abroad, I received a call from Xie Jinghuai's secretary."

Fu Chenzhou frowned.

The name Xie Jinghuai always bothered him.

Shen Min rested his chin on his hand, tilted his head, and let out a cold laugh. "His secretary came forward on his behalf and asked me to perform a heart transplant on his old lady."

Doesn't he know we're sworn brothers? His skin is thicker than a bulletproof vest; how could he even open his mouth like that?

Fu Chenzhou lowered his eyes and swirled his wine glass. "You refused?"

"Damn, of course! Xie Jinghuai thinks he's some kind of local emperor, sending a 'eunuch' to deliver his decree. Who does he think he is? Doesn't he know the Qing Dynasty is long gone? He has no sincerity whatsoever. If I agree, I'd be a complete scoundrel!"

The man's voice was deep and somber. "Say yes."

Shen Min nearly spat out his drink. "What?! You want me to be a masochist?!"

"Madam Xie's serious illness is of great importance to the Xie family. If you can't persuade them, Xie Jinghuai will naturally go to your father. At that time, your father will have to persuade you to take on the surgery because of the Xie family's status in Beijing."

"Ha, that's just how rebellious I am, Shen Min. The more you push me, the less I'll do it."

Shen Min slammed his wine glass down on the table. "If they want to curry favor with the Xie family, then let them do it themselves. If Old Shen is capable, then let him do it. If he's not, then there's always Shen Kai."

Ah, if only he could still lift a scalpel.

The Shen family has two sons. The younger son, Shen Min, is a genius doctor who dared to perform major surgeries on people at the age of eighteen. He became the center of attention as soon as he graduated, bringing glory to the Shen family and easily stealing the spotlight from the eldest son, Shen Kai.

Shen Kai, who was also a doctor and had high hopes for his family, was overshadowed by his younger brother's brilliance.

Overwhelmed by depression and stress, he developed an alcoholism. Over time, the alcohol damaged his nerves; when his cravings hit, his hands trembled uncontrollably, and he could no longer hold a scalpel. Ultimately, he had no choice but to abandon his medical skills and go into business.

Fu Chenzhou's captivating peach blossom eyes darkened, and his voice became slightly hoarse:

"Not only because of your father, but I also hope that you can help save Madam Xie."

"Oh my? Old fox, why are you suddenly so kind-hearted? Have you become religious?"

"Believe my ass."

"My uncle believes in Jesus, so why don't you believe in Jesus too?"

Shen Min suddenly narrowed his clear black and white eyes, "Oh~ I know, it's because of Jiang Shiyuan."

Fu Chenzhou's handsome face turned cold, his prominent Adam's apple bobbing as he swallowed a mouthful of burning liquor.

“You know that Miss Jiang regards Madam Xie as her closest relative. You asked me to prolong the old lady’s life because you couldn’t bear to see Miss Jiang sad.”

Shen Min raised an eyebrow and bumped the man's broad shoulder. "Master Fu, you're a tough guy with a soft heart, you've really put a lot of thought into this!"

Fu Chenzhou's eyes flickered. "I've never thought of it that way."

"Never thought of that? Who was it that drank too much that day and hugged me, saying that Jiang Shiyuan was the only one in their heart, looking pitiful like an abandoned wolfhound? Who was it? Who?"

Fu Chenzhou lowered his eyes, his heart pounding for a moment, his voice hoarse, "It wasn't me."

"Fine, keep being stubborn. Even if the sky falls, your diamond-like mouth will hold it up."

Shen Min put her arm around his broad shoulder, leaned close to his ear, and asked curiously, "Whether you like Jiang Shiyuan or not is your business, I won't ask. But can you tell me how you met her? I don't think you two have any connection."