As dusk settled, the pale moon hung high in the sky.
After finishing her work at the restaurant, she returned to her small rented room of less than ten square meters. Fang Zhen sat on the bed for a while, then took out her phone and made a call.
Amidst the sounds of mahjong tiles and shouts, Fang Zhen slowly spoke, "Mom, I saw her today."
"Who did you see?" Aunt Pang asked casually. "Wait, five of them."
Fang Zhen squeezed each word out of her mouth, her voice unusually heavy, "I saw Fang Zhile."
The plump aunt paused in her hand, then slammed down the card, raising her voice, "You mean that brat!"
The shrill, hoarse voice was extremely annoying to hear, and Fang Zhen frowned, her expression turning cold.
Brat?
Her mother probably doesn't know that Fang Zhi is now even more extravagant than a rich heiress.
"You really saw her?" Seeing that her daughter didn't answer, Aunt Pang asked again, and then cautiously probed, "Zhenzhen, you didn't go up there to cause trouble for her, did you?"
Fang Zhen coldly replied, "No."
"That's good." Aunt Pang was still shaken by the beating she had received earlier, and patted her chest, saying, "Listen to your mother, don't go and provoke her."
Fang Zhen felt annoyed by Aunt Pang's words. Given her and her father's experience, how could she dare?
A hint of resentment arose from the boredom.
Her mother was truly blind. When the person who adopted Fang Zhi came to their home, her mother wanted to call her back, and perhaps she would have been taken away by the person who adopted her.
The plump aunt on the other end was still instructing her daughter when Fang Zhen said impatiently, "I know, I'm hanging up. It's a waste of phone bills."
After hanging up the phone, Fang Zhen threw her phone onto the bed and then flopped down on it herself.
The parents came to Haicheng hoping to get another large sum of money from Fang Zhi and her adoptive parents, but before they could find them, they were grabbed by a group of masked men, taken to the outskirts, beaten black and blue, and given a warning.
There were no surveillance cameras nearby, no traces of the crime were left at the scene, and the police report was ignored.
It was a rookie police officer who, out of impatience with them, let slip that he told them not to waste their time, as his superiors had ordered them not to get involved in the matter.
When Qingshan Village was still there, the highest-ranking official she had ever met was the village secretary, and she didn't think he was anything special.
It wasn't until her parents were beaten and the people around her avoided her that she realized the difference between people. It was then that she vowed to climb up the social ladder.
During her junior high school years, her parents took all of her family's compensation money and savings and invested it with others. In the end, they lost everything and owed a lot of money to relatives and friends. They started hiding from their debtors every day, and she followed them around. She had no choice but to drop out of school.
So she came to Haicheng with the mindset of becoming someone superior.
At first, she was very worried, fearing that she would be discovered and kicked out like her parents. Fortunately, the person who adopted her seemed to be unaware of her existence or did not care.
She was able to stay in Haicheng, but staying wasn't as easy as she had imagined. She couldn't get good jobs, and she didn't want to do the tiring and dirty work.
She had almost run out of money and was about to sleep on the streets when she bumped into a middle-aged man.
The two exchanged contact information.
After chatting for a while, they got to know each other better. He told her he was divorced and managed the restaurant at Ocean University, so she started dating him.
She didn't believe his claim of being divorced. If he were truly divorced, why would he need to rent her a place instead of living together?
He was just deceiving her, after her body. She was happy to play dumb; he was just a short stick for her to climb up the social ladder.
She smelled like an old woman, but when she slept with him, she almost looked like a Hollywood star.
Once she finds someone new, she'll dump him immediately.
Thinking of men, Fang Zhen suddenly thought of Qi Shen, the person who adopted Fang Zhi...
The president of SQ is worth billions. Not only does he have a powerful family background, but he is also more eye-catching than male celebrities.
Fang Zhen sat up abruptly. No, she had to find a way to get close to Fang Zhi.
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As night falls, the city lights intertwine, creating a dazzling and bustling scene.
The car slowly drove onto the main road, and only then did she realize that she had eaten too much and felt a little uncomfortable, so she listlessly leaned against the man's chest.
"Are you feeling better?" Qi Shen gently massaged her stomach to soothe her, his handsome face showing little emotion. "Stop eating when you're full. No matter how delicious the food is, you can't make yourself feel uncomfortable."
"It won't happen again." Fang Zhi was afraid of his cold expression and didn't want to be scolded again, so she changed the subject, "Brother, why didn't you go sit with your friend for a while?"
They then realized that Qi Shen's friend was Cheng Shiyan, and they happened to bump into Cheng Shiyan as they left the private room.
"It's inconvenient." Qi Shen lowered his eyelids slightly, glanced at her for a moment, and said ambiguously, "Zhizhi seems to be very interested in him."
Two years ago at Tingshui Cui Pavilion, she still vividly remembered the scene of watching Cheng Shiyan for half a day. Although the little girl denied that Cheng Shiyan was good-looking at the time, they all had eyes and knew what Shiyan looked like.
Is it really that good-looking?
Why has she been so bothered by just one meeting?
He is described by others as low-key and humble, but in reality, it's because very few people are truly worthy of his attention.
Men are more critical when they look at other men.
He didn't even take the Jiang family boy who used to fawn over the little girl seriously. He only took action to teach him a lesson because he was jumping around too much.
But his brother and he, in all honesty, were equally accomplished and good-looking.
Even though he knew that Shi Yan and Fang Zhi had absolutely nothing to do with each other, Qi Shen still felt an indescribable bitterness and resentment in his chest.
A man's mind raced before he realized he hadn't noticed.
She lowered her eyes, her mind filled with the fleeting glimpse of the woman's profile in the private room. She said slowly, "It's not that I'm interested in him. I just heard that his wife is the most beautiful campus belle at Ocean University, so I wanted to see her."
The girl's soft, gentle voice was like a warm breeze, slowly blowing into Qi Shen's heart and soothing his troubles.
"You mean Lin Yisheng?" he said calmly.
They were both in high society, but had never met or interacted, though they were aware of each other's reputations.
Thinking of the Lin family's eldest daughter's troublesome temperament and style as others described her, Qi Shen frowned slightly and looked at Fang Zhi, saying gently, "She has a bad personality and is not easy to approach."
Fang Zhi gave a perfunctory "Oh." Was she bad-tempered? But she was truly radiant, beautiful, and exquisite. She had never seen anyone so beautiful; every smile and gesture exuded charm.
Even just the side profile is unforgettable.
Qi Shen wanted to tell the girl to keep her distance when she saw her, but then he thought that they wouldn't have any chance to get to know each other anyway.
He swallowed his words back.
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