Chapter 257 How did you two get together?

Inside the Western restaurant, the waiter arranged the dishes one by one, poured red wine, then clasped his hands together, bowed, and turned to wait aside.

Lin Xuesha picked up her wine glass and smiled at Fu Shenyuan, saying, "Shenyuan, come on, let's have a drink. It's been so long since I've had a meal with you. I really miss the days we spent together."

Fu Shenyuan didn't pick up his wine glass, but went straight to the point: "What was that thing you were talking about when you were a child?"

Lin Xuesha smiled knowingly, knowing in her heart that only this could control Fu Shenyuan.

"Don't be in such a hurry. We just arrived at the restaurant. Let's eat something first, okay? I haven't eaten all day and I'm feeling really unwell. You should eat something too," Lin Xuesha said, deliberately stalling for time.

Since Lin Xuesha had said so, she picked up her cutlery and began to eat in small bites.

Fu Shenyuan didn't say anything. He couldn't possibly not give her time to eat. He wasn't in the mood to eat, so he just ate a couple of bites of food and put the food down.

Lin Xuesha wasn't in a hurry this time, and ate slowly for a long time before putting down her utensils.

"Can you tell me now?" Fu Shenyuan asked immediately when he saw her movements.

Lin Xuesha nodded, preparing to say what she had already thought about.

“Shen Yuan, didn’t you ask me about my childhood last time? To be honest, I was quite sad when you asked me. I didn’t expect you to suspect this. But then I thought about it, and it’s understandable that you would think that way. After all, so many years have passed, and even the most memorable things can be forgotten.”

Lin Xuesha took something out of her handbag and pushed it in front of Fu Shenyuan.

"What's this?"

Fu Shenyuan picked it up hesitantly. On the table was a transparent file bag.

"Open it and you'll see," Lin Xuesha said with a bright smile.

Upon hearing this, Fu Shenyuan opened the file bag and pulled out a yellowed greeting card, which was clearly quite old.

"Shen Yuan, oh no, Brother Xiao Chuan, do you still remember this? You gave it to me. At that time, you said that the death of your parents was a big blow to you, so I comforted you and gave you some very beautiful flowers, all of which I picked myself. I wasn't very good at writing back then, so there was nothing written on the card I gave you. But you wrote these words and gave them to me. I've kept them until now. I didn't tell you before because I wanted to keep them secretly, but after you said those things last time, I thought I'd show them to you. I hope Brother Xiao Chuan won't forget me."

Fu Shenyuan looked down at the childish yet vigorous handwriting on the greeting card; it was indeed his handwriting from his childhood.

The words on the greeting card were clearly a return gift, and the signature read, "To my starlight—Brother Xiaochuan."

Seeing Fu Shenyuan's expression visibly change, Lin Xuesha knew that taking out this thing was absolutely the right thing to do.

Fortunately, I managed to keep this item back then, otherwise I really wouldn't know what to do to keep Fu Shenyuan now.

His guilt towards Xingguang was her best protection.

Lin Xuesha continued, "So Shen Yuan, can you please stop pushing me away? I know you only have Ranxing in your heart now and don't care about me anymore. I won't blame you for that, but I really can't live without you. From a very young age, you have been my everything, more important than my life. I really can't live without you."

Lin Xuesha's words were so pitiful and touching, especially these words, which made Fu Shenyuan feel guilty.

Fu Shenyuan said, "Xue Sha, I was wrong about some things, please don't mind them."

"It's alright, Shen Yuan, I know how you feel, I won't blame you," Lin Xuesha said considerately. "It's enough for me to see you often. I won't compete with Ranxing for you, don't worry."

Lin Xuesha's words put Fu Shenyuan at ease.

Lin Xuesha's strategy of retreating to advance was also very useful to Fu Shenyuan. As long as she didn't stand against Jiang Ranxing, she wouldn't touch Fu Shenyuan's sore spot.

"By the way, Shen Yuan, there's something I need your help with. When I was in a hurry for money, I mortgaged my house. I haven't found a place to stay yet. Could you lend me your empty house for a few days?"

"Okay, I'll have Tan Shen arrange it for you. He'll give you the keys later." Lin Xuesha said with a smile and a sweet voice, "Thank you, Shen Yuan."

Fu Shenyuan didn't say anything more to Lin Xuesha before bidding her farewell.

After he left, Lin Xuesha called Lin Heyuan.

“Fu Shenyuan has agreed to give me the money. I’ll keep some for you. That should be enough to cover this problem,” Lin Xuesha said.

Lin Heyuan's voice came from the other end of the phone: "More or less, he must have given quite a bit, at least enough to preserve the foundation of our Lin family."

Lin Xuesha: "Dad, I advise you to just pack up and sell off the Lin family business. Get rid of this hot potato so we don't keep pouring money into it."

Lin Heyuan's voice suddenly rose as he said, "That won't do! The Lin family is the last bastion of our family's reputation. If we can't even save the company, our Lin family will be completely ruined. It absolutely cannot be sold! And don't even think that I would sell the Lin family. Otherwise, let me tell you, Fu Shenyuan will look down on you, and you will no longer be some noble young lady, you know that!"

Lin Xuesha felt a headache coming on after being yelled at by Lin Heyuan.

"Okay, okay, but Dad, if the Lin family keeps burning through money like this, I don't have that much money left. We need to think of other ways."

Lin Heyuan: "Isn't there Fu Shenyuan? He has countless amounts of money. The money that the Lin family needs is just the tip of the iceberg for him."

Lin Xuesha said helplessly, "Dad, you know that Fu Shenyuan's attitude towards me is not the same as before. With Jiang Ranxing by his side, how could he possibly be willing to give me the money!"

"Didn't you say before that Jiang Ranxing was nothing? Why is Fu Shenyuan still entangled with her?"

"How should I know? Fu Shenyuan is infatuated with this woman as if he's been drugged. No matter how I try to persuade him, it's no use. So what do you want me to do?"

Lin Heyuan: "Xue Sha, you need to know that the only man you can hold onto is Fu Shenyuan, and you have to hold onto him. If you lose him, no real wealthy family will dare to accept you. Do you really want to live a miserable life with that Zhou Mozheng?"

"Dad! Why did you bring him up out of the blue? It's bad luck!" Lin Xuesha said unhappily. "I can't be with Zhou Mozheng anymore. I heard he's completely finished abroad. He's incapable of getting back on his feet. Besides, Fu Shenyuan warned him before that he wouldn't dare to come back to China!"

"I hope so. By the way, we can't find any of our business dealings and accounts with Zhou Mozheng anymore, right? We absolutely can't let them come out now and then try to cover it up!" Lin Heyuan said with some worry.

Lin Xuesha: "It shouldn't be. It's been so long, Zhou Mozheng can't have made any progress. Okay, Dad, I've asked Shen Yuan to arrange a house for me. I'll go live with him and slowly win him back. I'll talk to you now. Xiao Che will stay at home. You and Mom will take good care of him."

"Don't worry, we will definitely take good care of our grandson. You don't need to worry about that."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Xuesha drove away from the Western restaurant by herself.

Later that evening, Tan Shen delivered the prepared room key to Lin Xuesha.

“Miss Lin, this is the key to Mr. Fu’s luxury apartment in the city center. Would you like me to take you there?” Eject asked respectfully.

Lin Xuesha nodded: "Okay, let's go."

Lin Xuesha didn't take it seriously at first, but when she got to the apartment building, she ran into Jiang Ranxing. She was still wondering if she was being arranged to live with Jiang Ranxing, and she was still thinking about why Fu Shenyuan did this.

Jiang Ranxing was waiting downstairs for Mia to come over for dinner, and didn't notice Lin Xuesha standing in front of her at all.

"Burning Star, what a coincidence! I didn't expect to run into you here. Assistant Tan and I just arrived." Lin Xuesha's tone was not without a hint of provocation.

Jiang Ranxing looked up and saw Lin Xuesha with a smile on her face, as well as Tan Shen standing behind her with a guilty expression.

"Assistant Tan? How did you two end up together? Could it be..."

Jiang Ranxing chuckled, then nonchalantly stopped talking.

Lin Xuesha added fuel to the fire, saying, "Don't misunderstand, Assistant Tan just came to deliver my room key. After all, it's Shen Yuan's house, so it's normal for Assistant Tan to come and deliver it, right?"

Tan Shen hadn't expected to run into Jiang Ranxing and rushed forward to explain, "Madam, things aren't as you think. Mr. Fu and Miss Lin aren't..."

"Alright, stop talking. I don't want to hear any more of this. You can leave now," Jiang Ranxing said, waving her hand in refusal.

At that moment, Tan Shen understood that he had undoubtedly failed in his mission and had once again caused his wife to misunderstand President Fu.