Despite feeling angry inside, Gu Yanyu still smiled when he heard Shen Yu Nan's words.
"I don't quite understand what Secretary Shen meant?" Gu Yanyu's tone was quite disdainful. He subconsciously glanced at the surveillance camera hanging on the ceiling.
After lowering her voice slightly, she continued, "What kind of identity do you think you have when you speak to me? We both know perfectly well why you exist by A-Wu's side; it's nothing more than your resemblance to me."
"Ahem..." Shen Yu Nan raised an eyebrow to look at Gu Yan Yu, but he did not show any obvious emotional fluctuations because of Gu Yan Yu's provocation.
Indeed, the secretary Shen beside Pei Wu exists because of her resemblance to Gu Yanyu.
However, Shen Yu Nan, who was once Pei Wu's secretary, never cared that he was Gu Yan Yu's substitute. What he hated was being threatened by someone who had something on him and forced him to stay by her side and do things that disgusted him.
During the three years that Shen Yu Nan was by Pei Wu's side, not a single second did he not want to escape from Diana and from the Pei family's young lady.
Back then, he longed for the two of them to reconcile as soon as possible so that he could escape from hell.
However, at this moment, Shen Yu'nan did have the idea of getting rid of Gu Yanyu, as he minded the other party 'harassing' Pei Wu time and time again.
After much internal struggle, Shen Yu Nan suddenly laughed. "That's right, I am indeed your substitute, Mr. Gu. However, I have never cared about being a substitute... It's just, cough cough..."
Shen Yu Nan was a little out of breath, so he paused for a moment before continuing, "But how much weight do you hold in Miss Pei's heart, someone who can be replaced by a substitute? It's probably just because you've never had her that you're so attached to her."
"Cough cough..."
Shen Yu Nan's body had been lying in the research institute for a long time.
During this period, he relied entirely on injections to maintain the nutrients his body needed.
At this moment, he was not in Ye Shaosang's robot body.
Shen Yu Nan was a real human body. His body, which had been lying down for a long time without moving, was extremely weak. Moreover, he had not eaten since it was well past mealtime, so he looked particularly frail.
"..." Gu Yanyu was speechless with suffocation by Shen Yu Nan's words and couldn't think of a rebuttal for a moment. He just pretended to be calm and stared at Shen Yu Nan.
Shen Yu Nan's gaze swept over the marks on Gu Yan Yu's body again.
"Were Mr. Gu's injuries truly caused by the Xu family?"
Gu Yanyu unconsciously licked his lips as he listened to Shen Yu Nan's words, and after a few seconds of reaction, he slowly opened his mouth to ask a question.
What do you mean by that?
Shen Yu Nan was only guessing about what he had just said, but the other party's reaction did give him a clue.
Indeed, after Miss Xu passed away, her father was unable to accept the blow of losing his daughter in middle age and developed some mental problems. He would blame Gu Yanyu for his daughter's death and the Waterloo of the Xu family business, and would verbally abuse him or even beat him to vent his anger.
"It seems the Xu family has never restricted your freedom, Mr. Gu. You come and go and interact with people every day. The Xu family isn't stupid. Even if they used torture on you, how could they have left such obvious marks on your body?"
"Secretary Shen's words are absurd. Do you think I deliberately injured myself to gain sympathy? Are you just making baseless accusations? Without evidence, I can sue you for defamation."
"Hmm?" Shen Yu'nan raised an eyebrow slightly. "Since Mr. Gu has asked this, then I must also ask you, what evidence does Mr. Gu have to prove that the Xu family did these injuries to you?"
"...."
Shen Yu'nan was most adept at reading other people's every move. He clearly saw Gu Yanyu's brows furrow sharply when he asked about the 'evidence'.
"If Mr. Gu really had evidence, he should have used legal means to protect his legitimate rights long ago, instead of... cough cough." Perhaps he had said too much, his chest was heaving with each breath.
He could no longer stand, so he prepared to sit down on the sofa.
After all, he liked the feeling of looking down on Gu Yanyu.
"Instead of using the popularity of Miss Pei's wedding for publicity."
Shen Yu Nan's voice sounded very weak, and his face looked sickly. He had just washed his face with water in the bathroom, and some of his slightly longer hair on his forehead was wet. The wet hair stuck to his forehead, making his face look even paler.
"Or do you, Mr. Gu, need to go through legal proceedings and have a professional examine your injuries?"
He turned his head slightly to look at Gu Yanyu, a few strands of black hair hanging down his forehead, making him look so fragile that he seemed about to fall to the ground at any moment.
Gu Yanyu unconsciously clenched his hands. In Shen Yu'nan's eyes, Gu Yanyu's silence meant that he had hit a sore spot.
"Now that you've angered the Xu family, you can't escape unscathed, can you?"
"You've tried every means to find a better way out with Miss Pei, but unfortunately she won't listen to you. If she finds out that even the injuries on your body were just a trick you used to deceive her, how do you think she'll treat you? She'll probably just think of you as a... vicious man who will stop at nothing. Then you'll really be in a dilemma."
"What exactly do you want to do?"
Gu Yanyu was finding it increasingly difficult to maintain his composure.
"...Ahem." Shen Yunan covered his mouth and coughed lightly twice, then went to press the remote control on the coffee table.
The next second, the large screen in the reception room lit up, showing footage of Pei Wu and Gu Yanyu talking at yesterday's wedding.
"You've angered the Xu family and taken advantage of the last bit of kindness Miss Pei had for you. What do you think your fate will be?"
Shen Yu Nan slowly stood up, lowering his body little by little to get closer to Gu Yan Yu. "To tell you the truth, I am not as merciful as Miss Pei. If you do not do as I say, not to mention anything else, just this video alone can ruin your reputation immediately. My patience has its limits."
This movement was clearly strenuous, and Shen Yu Nan was panting even more heavily after retracting the movement.
"I advise Mr. Gu to know when to stop while he's ahead."
A thin layer of sweat broke out on Gu Yanyu's back, even though the other person was analyzing the situation in a slow and appropriate tone.
"Didn't you say you didn't care that you were my substitute? So why do you harbor so much resentment towards me? Admit it, you do mind that you are my substitute, and you mind that A-Wu is actually looking at me through you..."
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