Chapter 147 Let's Break Up
The phone rang for a long time before being answered, and Fu Xuan's voice sounded somewhat distant.
"Shuang Miao?"
"Fu Xuan, I need your help!" Shen Shuangmiao said urgently, disregarding pleasantries. "It's about Zhu Jin, he..."
Before she could finish speaking, Fu Xuan interrupted her: "Shuangmiao, if it's about Zhu Jin, I don't want to hear it, and I can't help you."
Shen Shuangmiao was stunned: "Fu Xuan, you..."
"I'm on Mo Bai's side." Fu Xuan's tone turned cold and hard. "Shuang Miao, wake up! Zhu Jin is a madman! Have you forgotten how he treated you before?"
"He's putting on this act of being on the verge of death just to gain your sympathy! You and Mo Bai are the legally married couple, you two..."
"Fu Xuan!"
Shen Shuangmiao interrupted him in disbelief, her heart sinking deeper and deeper. "How could you think that? You know Zhu Jin, he..."
"I don't know, and I don't want to know!" Fu Xuan's voice was tinged with annoyance. "Shuang Miao, I think you've been completely bewitched by him. If you insist on getting entangled with him, then we're on different paths and can't work together."
Shen Shuangmiao held her phone, her fingertips icy cold.
She never expected that even Fu Xuan, whom she considered a friend, would stand so resolutely against her, even at the cost of severing ties.
Shen Shuangmiao remained silent for a few seconds, and when she spoke again, her voice had regained its calmness.
"Alright, Fu Xuan, I understand. Since you've chosen to side with Zhao Mobai, there's no need for our studio to continue."
"Let's break up. I'll have my lawyer contact you regarding the relevant matters."
After saying that, she hung up the phone immediately, without giving Fu Xuan any time to react.
Is it over?
Who can she trust around her anymore...?
Seeing her face turn pale instantly, Old Madam Su sighed with heartache and gently patted her shoulder: "Child, you've had a hard time."
Shen Shuangmiao shook her head, forcefully suppressing the stinging sensation in her nose.
Now is not the time for sadness.
She had to find a way.
Just when she was at her wit's end, the external situation also underwent a dramatic change.
When Zhu Jin gets serious, the energy he displays is terrifying.
Previously, Zhao Mobai was unstoppable, but now, under Zhu Jin's full-scale counterattack, he is being forced to retreat step by step.
The failure of several key projects and the defection of important partners.
The Zhao Group's stock price has plummeted, resulting in a staggering loss of market value.
It is said that Zhu Jin even made a phone call to Zhao Mobai himself. No one knows what the conversation was about, but after the call ended, Zhao Mobai smashed the entire office.
Soon after, well-informed sources revealed that Zhu Jin had issued a final warning to Zhao Mobai.
"Behave yourself and keep a low profile, otherwise, I won't mind changing the Zhao family's surname."
This was an obvious threat, yet no one doubted its authenticity.
Last time, the Zhu family was like that, but Zhu Jin was still able to take over the whole family in one fell swoop.
From this point on, Zhao Mobai began to refrain from making any rash moves.
He was forced to swallow the bitter pill of defeat and chose to endure it.
At least on the surface, he stopped all actions against Zhu Jin and began to shrink his battle lines in order to protect himself.
However, beneath the surface of calm, things are not so simple.
A few days later, Shen Shuangmiao received a call from Zhao Mobai.
His voice sounded very calm.
“Shuangmiao,” he said, “I agree to the divorce.”
Shen Shuangmiao's heart tightened; instead of feeling relieved, she had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, Zhao Mobai continued, "Shouldn't you come and pick up some of your personal belongings that you left in the apartment? After all, they won't be related to you anymore."
His tone sounded reasonable.
Shen Shuangmiao did indeed leave some important personal belongings in the nominal marital home she shared with Zhao Mobai.
The situation was chaotic before, and I never had a chance to retrieve it.
She hesitated for a moment.
Reason told her that she shouldn't have any more contact with Zhao Mobai, but those things were very important to her.
"I'll find time to pick it up myself," she replied cautiously.
"I'm going on a business trip tomorrow and won't be back for a long time," Zhao Mobai refused. "I'll leave the key with the property management. You'd better come and pick it up today, lest something unexpected happens."
His reasoning wasn't wrong.
After thinking for a moment about those precious things, Shen Shuangmiao finally agreed.
"Okay, I'll go there this afternoon."
Even after hanging up the phone, Shen Shuangmiao still felt uneasy.
She wanted to tell Zhu Jin, but considering his recent poor mental state and the fact that he had just dealt with a company crisis, she didn't want to trouble him any further.
She took only two bodyguards assigned to her by Zhu Jin with her to the apartment she hadn't lived in for long.
Everything in the apartment was as usual, but it felt somewhat empty and deserted.
Her belongings were neatly arranged in several boxes in the living room.
Shen Shuangmiao checked and found that the manuscript and some important items were still there.
She breathed a slight sigh of relief and was about to have the bodyguards move her things away when Zhao Mobai came out of the inner room.
Didn't he say he was on a business trip?
Shen Shuangmiao instantly became alert and took a step back: "What are you doing here?"
Zhao Mobai looked at her, his face no longer as calm as it had been on the phone, his eyes now terrifyingly deep.
"I've come to pick up something," he said casually, his gaze fixed on Shen Shuangmiao. "And I'll give you a 'gift' as well."
Before he could finish speaking, the apartment door was slammed shut and locked from the outside.
At the same time, several agile men appeared silently and subdued the two bodyguards that Shen Shuangmiao had brought with them at lightning speed.
Everything happened in a matter of seconds!
"Zhao Mobai! What do you want to do?" Shen Shuangmiao was both shocked and furious, her heart sinking to the bottom.
Zhao Mobai walked towards her step by step, his face finally revealing undisguised madness and possessiveness.
"What do I want to do? Shuangmiao, I gave you a chance, but you didn't take it."
He suddenly reached out and grabbed Shen Shuangmiao's arm with such force that she cried out in pain.
"Didn't you want to save him? Didn't you want to stay with him for the last month?"
Zhao Mobai leaned close to her ear, his voice vicious, "But I've changed my mind. For this last month, you're not going anywhere. You'll stay by my side. I want him to die without ever seeing you one last time!"
"You bastard! Let me go!" Shen Shuangmiao struggled desperately, but Zhao Mobai held her firmly in his grasp.
One of the strangers stepped forward, took out a handkerchief with a pungent smell, and suddenly covered Shen Shuangmiao's mouth and nose.
A strong feeling of dizziness washed over her, and Shen Shuangmiao's struggles gradually weakened, her vision beginning to blur.
Finally, what came into view was Zhao Mobai's gaze, which was filled with obsession.
Shen Shuangmiao's consciousness was completely plunged into darkness.
When news of Shen Shuangmiao's disappearance reached Zhu Jin's ears, he was in his study, lost in thought, staring at several psychology books.
The head of the bodyguards practically burst through the door, his face deathly pale and his voice trembling: "Miss Shen went to Zhao Mobai's apartment to pick something up, but she's gone! Our men have been taken down!"
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