"Your mother is getting old, and your father is getting old too." That's why she wants to find a good man to take care of her daughter for the rest of her life.

"Mom and Dad aren't old at all," Shen Wangshu said softly, subtly wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

She tried her best to adjust her tone and expression, then smiled and put her arm around Chen's mother's shoulder, leaning against her in a coquettish manner, and said with a smile, "Don't worry about me, I'm about to resign from the Ouyang family."

"What a child." Mrs. Shen hadn't been treated to such a spoiled act by her daughter in a long time. She was helplessly leading her towards the villa when she heard this and was immediately taken aback. "Resign?"

"Are you unhappy with what you're doing? Did someone bully you?" Her eyes flashed with anger.

“That Wang Ouyang Yu… he’s a scoundrel. He looks honest, but he dares to cheat on his wife. Not only that, he even dares to openly take a woman out in public, and I saw it with him.” Seeing that her mother’s face had darkened as she listened, Shen Wangshu quickly said with a smile, “He’s just a man. I used to think he was obedient enough, and marrying him was barely worthwhile. But since he’s so despicable, we don’t need to go through with this marriage.”

She reached out to soothe the furious mother, and said with a grin, "Luckily, this was discovered before the wedding. If it had been discovered after the wedding, wouldn't we have suffered an even greater loss?"

"The Ouyang family is going too far!" Some time ago, her daughter was about to be sold to the Ouyang family. Her daughter was so desperate that she couldn't sleep. She never expected that her daughter would be so devoted to the Ouyang family, yet Ouyang Yu would dare to cheat on her.

He was still having an ambiguous relationship with another woman in front of everyone; wasn't that a slap in the face to the Shen family?

"What use would we have for such a beast?!" Mother Shen paused, then looked hesitantly at Shen Wangshu, observing her expression, and said, "You still like him?"

"I used to like him." The former Shen Shuya truly loved Ouyang Yu with all her heart, but now the body inhabited by Shen Wangshu is hers. She felt a pang of sadness and heartache for the girl who had lost everything for love, and said softly, "Now, all that's left is hatred."

She smiled, hugged her mother's still warm shoulder, and gently rubbed against her mother's body just like Shen Shuya had, saying earnestly, "From now on, I will protect Mom and Dad too." There will be no more of the desolation of her past life.

"Your parents should be the ones protecting you." For some reason, Mother Shen felt a little sad as she gently touched her little daughter, who seemed to have grown up overnight and was no longer innocent.

Thinking of who had caused her beloved daughter to undergo such a transformation, a fierce glint flashed in Shen's mother's eyes.

"Don't worry, the Ouyang family has gone too far, we won't let this go!"

“It’s a waste of time to get entangled with him,” Shen Wangshu said with a smile. “This time I bought some excellent rough stones, which should yield a lot of good quality jade. Making money is our priority.”

Shen's Jewelry is already a powerful company, and with her as a rising star designer, it's a perfect match; things will only get better from here. As for the Ouyang family, internal strife is imminent, so it's not worth her getting involved. Besides, Shen Wangshu is just waiting for Gao Wanning to risk her life gambling on stones for Ouyang Yu. At that time, she'll probably enjoy a period of success, but the higher you climb, the harder you'll fall.

The old man from the Ouyang family is a shrewd old man; he'll probably notice something's off about Gao Wanning very soon.

She smiled, then picked up Mother Shen and they went up the steps of the villa together.

"Walk properly." Just as they were about to reach the door, Shen's mother told Shen Wangshu to let go of her.

Shen Wangshu revealed a wronged expression.

"We have a distinguished guest at home, so we shouldn't make a fool of ourselves." Mother Shen looked helplessly at Shen Wangshu's dirty, high-end women's clothes, sighed, but indulgently took her hand.

"Distinguished guest?" To be addressed as "distinguished" by Madam Shen, one must be of considerable status. After all, even the old master of the Ouyang family did not receive such a title.

A hint of fear flashed in Shen's mother's eyes, but she quickly regained her smile and said softly, "Don't talk nonsense."

She took Shen Wangshu's hand and led her into the European-style main hall of the Shen family villa. There, two rows of cold and stern men in suits stood from the entrance to the center of the hall.

Shen Wangshu walked in through the two rows of menacing people and saw her father sitting on the sofa opposite her with a smile on his face. He was talking to someone sitting in a high-backed leather chair with his back to her. When he saw Shen Wangshu, his eyes lit up, but when he saw her dirty clothes, his face twitched, but he smiled helplessly.

He waved to Shen Wangshu without the slightest displeasure.

Shen Wangshu walked to her father's side, looked up, and suddenly froze.

With black hair and black eyes, dressed in all black, a young man sat in a place where the sunlight did not reach, his expression cold and gloomy, like an emperor of the night.

"This is my daughter, Shuya. She should have gone to change her clothes, but she came to say hello first, otherwise it would be disrespectful to Master Xue," Father Shen said with a witty smile.

As he spoke, he pulled Shen Wangshu to his side and said with a smile, "Master Xue has also prepared a gift for you. Now that you're home, thank Master Xue in person."

He pointed to a small, open velvet box on the table, inside which shimmered and sparkled, and lay a translucent ruby, resting quietly. He spoke for a long time, but received no response from his daughter. He looked up in confusion and saw that his daughter was looking at the young man who even he feared, with a complicated smile on her face.

All the complexities have passed, leaving only joy.

Master Xue hated nothing more than women trying to seduce him. Father Shen's heart skipped a beat. He pulled his daughter behind him and hurriedly smiled apologetically at the young man before him, "My daughter is..."

He was about to explain that his daughter hadn't deliberately seduced him when he saw the listless young man with his unfathomable black eyes staring straight at his beloved daughter's face.

He just stared at her like that, and after a moment of confusion and bewilderment, it turned into unwavering determination.

"Master Xue?" Father Shen asked tentatively, unsure of what was going on.

The handsome young man gave him a gloomy look, reached out, slammed the small box containing the gift shut, and tossed it aside, saying, "This isn't a gift for you."

This action seemed to indicate dislike for his daughter, and the father's heart tightened immediately. Fearing that the young man might hurt someone, he was about to get up to protect his beloved daughter when he saw the young man pause and remove a large gemstone ring from his middle finger.

"This is for you." He stood up, holding up his ring, his cold face trying to appear sincere.

Father Shen fell silent.