Before He Qiangwei could say a word, she heard the other party hang up.

Her knuckles, gripping the phone, looked deathly pale.

"Chen Yi!"

Filled with rage, He Qiangwei forced out Shen Yi's name through gritted teeth and smashed her phone to the ground, shattering it into pieces.

The thought of Shen Yi spending the night with that woman on the phone, engaging in intimate acts, made her feel disgusted.

At this moment, Shen Yi had been completely erased from He Qiangwei's mind.

Around noon, Shen Yicai came out of the villa where Xiao Shuzhen lived. He lingered, watching Xiao Shuzhen standing by the window looking at him.

Shen Yi was really excited. He never expected that when he got up, the bright red stain on the bed sheet would be so eye-catching. It was his first time, and it was also her first time.

Shen Yi realized that he had truly fallen in love with Xiao Shuzhen.

On his way back to school, he finally turned on his phone and saw dozens of missed calls, some from He Qiangwei and some from his father, with He Qiangwei's calls being the most numerous.

He first called Shen Xiao.

"Hey, Dad!"

Shen Xiao's voice was slightly displeased when his son finally called him back.

"Why did it take you so long to call me back?"

"Excuse me, Dad, did Zhang Yong give the car to the driver?"

"Given it!"

After the major changes at the company, Shen Xiao was filled with anxiety. He reminded Shen Yi about He Qiangwei's current standing in Wu Zhenyuan's heart.

“Yi’er, I’m calling you to tell you that you must treat He Qiangwei well and make her devoted to you. Our Shen family is now hers. Although she said she would help us and transfer the company back to us, who knows? Right now, she has also signed an even bigger deal for the company, the cooperation rights for the 649B area project. If we do this deal, the company can make a lot of money and turn things around!”

Upon hearing this, Shen Yi suddenly thought of Xiao Shuzhen. She was the daughter of the Xiao family in Kyoto and was now his girlfriend. However, his father was trying to match him up with He Qiangwei, which put him in a difficult position. But he couldn't refuse his father's request, so he replied...

"Dad, don't worry, I understand. I'll handle everything myself!"

"Okay, that puts my mind at ease!"

After hanging up the phone, Shen Yi didn't call He Qiangwei back immediately. Instead, he called her after arriving at school, and it took quite a while before the call was finally answered.

"Hey~ Rose, I'm so sorry you called me so many times. I went hiking yesterday and was so tired. When I got home, I took a shower and went to bed. I'm back at school now, so I just called you back right away. Don't be angry~"

He Qiangwei was at school at the time. After the call connected, she heard Shen Yi give her a long explanation, to which she merely scoffed.

"Okay, I'm busy now, I'll hang up!"

Shen Yi was somewhat surprised that He Qiangwei was so cold. He thought to himself that she must be angry because he hadn't answered her call.

I didn't think much of it and went back to my dorm.

Wu Youyou was at a restaurant outside the school, meeting with Lao Huo alone.

Her face was grim; she could hardly believe the investigation materials Old Huo had handed her.

"Old Huo, is all of this true?"

Old Huo frowned. He knew Wu Youyou would find this hard to accept, but the truth was the truth, and it was better to know sooner rather than later. So he slowly said...

“Youyou, this He Qiangwei has now acquired the Shen family’s company and is targeting the Shen family. At first, your father stepped in and cut off their source of income. It wasn’t until yesterday, when we followed He Qiangwei, that we got the latest news: your father acquired the Shen family’s company and gave it to He Qiangwei. Now the Shen family’s company belongs to He Qiangwei. At the same time, your father also gave her the cooperative project of Area B of Project 649!”

Looking at the photos in her hand of her father having dinner and shopping with her, Wu Youyou felt a surge of sorrow in her heart after hearing what Lao Huo had just said.

"So, what you found out about the relationship between He Qiangwei and my father?"

"They're father and daughter!"

Wu Youyou closed her eyes in anguish. So that's how it was. He Qiangwei had been plotting against her all along because of this. She had just heard Lao Mo say that He Qiangwei had taken control of the Shen family's company and had even made contact with her father's very important Project 649.

Wu Youyou instantly recalled the tragic state of her family in her past life, and her hatred for He Qiangwei ran deep in her blood.

"Do you have a paternity test result for her and my father?"

Old Huo was a famous detective; he had already thought of this.

"Don't worry, we'll know the paternity test results tomorrow!"

"very good!"

Wu Youyou looked at Old Huo and continued,

"Old Huo, please help me investigate the matter between my father and He Qiangwei's mother again. I want to know what exactly happened back then!"

"Okay, no problem!"

"Thank you, Lao Huo~"

Wu Youyou had just returned to school when her phone rang; it was Wu Zhenyuan calling.

Wu Youyou stared at the incoming call, unsure whether to answer or not. When she looked up and saw He Qiangwei watching her intently from a short distance away, she finally answered the phone.

"Hey, Dad!"

Wu Zhenyuan's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Youyou, how have you been lately? You didn't go home for the weekend? The college entrance exam is next week. I asked your principal, and the school will hold a general assembly on Monday and then you won't have any classes. You can study on your own. Come home tomorrow!"

Wu Youyou hadn't been home for a long time and missed it, but at this moment she harbored resentment towards Wu Zhenyuan.

"No, I'm not going back. I'll go back after the college entrance exam. The atmosphere is better for studying at school!"

Wu Zhenyuan on the other end of the phone was clearly displeased.

"Youyou, let me tell you something! You're engaged now, so you need to be mindful of your image. You can't let yourself get caught up in gossip with other people's boys, understand?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Youyou frowned, her face showing great displeasure.

"Dad, I don't understand what you mean!"

"What I mean is that you should stay away from Shi Zhan and not be with him all the time. If the Wei family misunderstands, I'm afraid that if you marry into the family, they will make things difficult for you and give you a hard time!"

When Wu Youyou saw He Qiangwei looking at her with ill intent not far away, she immediately understood that He Qiangwei must have been spreading rumors about her and Shi Zhan to her father.

Absolutely outrageous!

Wu Youyou said coldly to Wu Zhenyuan,

"Dad, where did you hear these rumors? Besides, let me tell you today, I will not marry Wei Zhibin. If you really want to form a marriage alliance with the Wei family, I have a good idea: why don't you adopt a daughter and marry her to Wei Zhibin?"

After hearing this, the person on the other end of the phone shouted angrily.

"How dare you!"