Chapter 151 "Have your mother come here and kneel before the master."
Tang Xueli shook Shang Wu's arm.
"Awu, are you alright? Why did you suddenly break off the engagement?"
Shang Wu snapped out of her daze and shook her head weakly. "Can I sleep a little longer?"
"Of course you can stay here. You can sleep as long as you want." Tang Xueli got up and tried to pull the blanket up for her.
There was a knock on the door.
The maid said, "Miss, someone just came by and asked me to pass on a message to you."
Tang Shirley frowned: "What did you say?"
The maid stammered, "Um, it's just..."
Shang Wu's eyes flickered: "Come in and talk. Were you sent by the Yu family?"
The next second, the maid pushed open the door and nodded with a strange expression.
"Yes, the Yu family said that Miss is not allowed to take you in and that you must leave immediately."
Tang Xueli's expression changed: "What's going on? What does the Yu family want? Awu, how did you offend them?"
"Never mind, I'll leave now."
Shang Wu didn't want to cause her any trouble, and she wasn't really that sleepy either.
She was just too tired and needed to calmly sort out her thoughts.
Tang Shirley and the maid helped her up, saying, "How can you walk like this? I'll have the driver take you to your place."
Shang Wu nodded: "Thank you for your help."
She got into the car and leaned against the rear window, watching the scenery flash by.
What if Lu Rang doesn't wake up?
If Lu Rang wakes up and finds out everything, will he have a mental breakdown?
The ridicule and jeers from the outside world, and the inability to get engaged, no longer matter so much.
I must find a way to see Lu Rang.
Shang Wu was lost in thought when the car stopped in front of the apartment building.
She got out of the car and tried to enter the password, but it showed that the password was incorrect.
The next second, the door was pulled open from the inside.
Shang Wu was stunned for a moment, then looked at the complete stranger in front of her: "Why are you in my house?"
"This is no longer your home."
The woman smiled faintly and handed her the phone: "Here's your phone. Check your messages."
Bang!
The apartment door was slammed shut.
Shang Wu gripped her phone tightly, sitting weakly on the steps. After unlocking it, she saw over eighty missed calls and more than thirty text messages.
Aying: [Miss Shang, are you alright? Why did the engagement get called off? Where are you now? I asked Mr. Shang for leave so I could come see you!]
Operations Manager Zhao: [Miss, our studio has been reclaimed for allegedly violating land rental regulations! All equipment, computers, and office supplies have been confiscated. What's going on? Please call back immediately.]
Caiyu Butler: [Ms. Shang, all assets you transferred from the Zhou family have been frozen. Your studio has violated regulations and is required to pay 800 million in compensation. Your cash deposits and equity, including your savings, have been taken as collateral.]
Shang Wu's heart sank suddenly.
The studio is gone, and all the property is gone too?
Shang Wu didn't have time to read the other text messages carefully. She made a call to the studio, but then realized that the studio had been mortgaged and the call wouldn't go through.
Just as she was about to hang up, the call was suddenly answered.
A low chuckle came from inside.
"You only find out now?"
It's Qianjue.
Shang Wu squeezed her eyes shut: "What exactly do you want? Because of my mother's old, trivial grudges with Lu Zheng, you're going to use me and Lu Rang as a scapegoat?"
Lu Zheng had approached her before and threatened her, but he gradually relented, allowing her to be with Lu Rang and eventually get engaged.
He could have used the most direct and brutal means to break them up.
After going through so much trouble, she couldn't think of anything other than the grudges of the previous generation.
Qianjue chuckled: "With the power of the Yu family, wiping out everything about you is a piece of cake. If Master really wanted to deal with you, he would have done it long ago, instead of waiting until now."
"You only need to do one thing, just one thing, and the sir can give everything back to you."
"You can take back what's yours and live a comfortable and wealthy life."
Shang Wu remained silent.
My body feels both light and heavy; it's a combination of a low-grade fever and my emotional state.
She knew that what lay before her was a bottomless pit, and that she was about to fall in.
She had no choice but to jump.
However, she would not let Lu Zheng succeed or be manipulated at will.
This is an opportunity.
"Tell me, what do you want me to do?" Shang Wu asked with her eyes closed, wearing Tang Xueli's coat, her fingers red from the cold.
Qianjue said calmly, "Have your mother, Ruan Yuzhi, go before the master, apologize for what she did back then, kneel down, admit her mistake, and plead for you."
Commerce was in a state of stagnation.
She seemed not to have heard clearly, and repeated uncertainly, "Kneel down and admit your mistake? What did my mother do to offend Lu Zheng? Explain yourself clearly."
"You should ask the person involved; how would I know?"
Qianjue hung up the phone.
Shang Wu gripped her phone, her expression a mixture of surprise and uncertainty.
Looking back on her life from birth until the year the business ran into trouble, her parents had a good relationship and their life was smooth and warm.
She had never heard of her mother having any connection with the Yu family.
She had never heard of her mother ever wronging anyone or getting into arguments with others.
Moreover, Lu Zheng is a shrewd and calculating man; no matter what grudges they have against each other, it should be him who wrongs others.
Feeling agitated, Shang Wu made a phone call to Shang Yun Shen.
Shang Yun Shen already knew about her annulment of the engagement; there were more than twenty missed calls from him.
As soon as the call connected, he asked, "Where are you? I'll come pick you up."
Shang Wu let out a breath and composed herself: "I'm going back to the apartment building where I used to live, to see my mother."
"I'll be right there."
"You can have someone else take me. Aying is very worried about me, so you can have her come."
"No, I'll go myself."
Less than ten minutes after the call ended, Shang Yun Shen drove over.
He got out of the car, picked up his thick coat, and hurried over to Shang Wu to put it on her.
"You look so pale? Come on, I'll take you to the hospital."
Without saying a word, Shang Yun Shen turned his back and waited for Shang Wu to climb on top of him.
"I'll carry you on my back."
Shang Wu was in great discomfort, and cold sweat was constantly seeping from her body.
She grabbed Shang Yunshen's sleeve.
"Brother, I have to go home. I need to see Mom. I have something important to ask her."
Shang Yun Shen remained silent for a moment, then sighed and nodded.
"Okay, when you go back, be nice and apologize properly. Don't say hurtful things like 'cutting off ties' or 'not cutting off ties'."
Shang Wu lowered her eyes and remained silent.
Going back like this would have left her feeling embarrassed and awkward.
When Mingming left, she solemnly told her mother that she would be happy.
But now it's just as her mother said; she's been tricked by the Yu family and has suffered a setback.
Shang Yun Shen drove Shang Wu back, not daring to mention the Yu family at all on the way, for fear of upsetting her.
Half an hour later, the car arrived at the store.
Shang Yun Shen helped Shang Wu out of the car and was about to open the door when it was pulled open from the inside.
Ruan Yuzhi stared at Shang Wu expressionlessly, her eyes filled with indifference: "I told you, once we leave this house, we will no longer be mother and daughter."
Shang Wu's fingertips trembled, her lips pressed tightly together, and after a moment she spoke softly, "I..."
"I know why you've come back. Isn't it because Lu Zheng wants to see me?"
Ruan Yuzhi interrupted her and straightened her collar.
Let's go.
Shang Yun Shen looked completely bewildered: "Who is Lu Zheng? Lu Rang's father?"
Ruan Yuzhi glanced at him.
Shang Yun Shen immediately pursed his lips and remained silent.
Shang Wu frowned, watching Ruan Yuzhi's elegant posture as she walked ahead, and followed her with uneven steps.
Shang Yunshen and Ruan Yuzhi were in front of the car.
She sat alone in the back, sending a message to Qianjue to arrange a meeting.
She didn't want to get involved in the grudges of the older generation, and she would never force her mother to kneel before that man.
As long as Lu Zheng leaves Wanhu, she has a chance to find an opening to make her move.
Shang Wu shifted her posture, her head still spinning. She tried her best to stay alert and began to act according to the plan, quickly sending messages to A Ying by tapping the screen with her fingertips.
A few minutes later, Shang Yun Shen finally couldn't help but take a deep breath: "Mother, you and the Yu family..."
"No need to ask." Ruan Yuzhi looked straight ahead, her tone cold and stern.
Shang Wu glanced at her, then lowered her head and said calmly, "Lu Rang and I were separated because of you."
Ruan Yuzhi suddenly paused.
“If you insist on not acknowledging me, fine, then I should call you Mrs. Shang.”
Shang Wu said expressionlessly, "Mrs. Shang, there is no problem with my relationship with Lu Rang. The current situation is not due to his character, but rather the grudge between you and Lu Zheng that has led to all of this."
"When I see Lu Zheng next, I won't let him hurt or humiliate you, but you don't need to act all high and mighty, as if you already knew Lu Rang wasn't a good match for me. Don't you find that ridiculous?"
Ruan Yuzhi's face grew increasingly grim as she looked at her in the rearview mirror with dark eyes.
They were clearly mother and daughter, yet they inexplicably became the most familiar strangers.
Shang Wu was exhausted and resentful, and didn't want to pay any more attention to her.
They soon arrived at the place arranged by Lu Zheng.
It's the same liquor store.
Shang Wu was threatened by Lu Zheng here, Lu Rang had a seizure here, the wine shop was smashed to pieces here, and now it has been restored to its original state.
She got out of the car and went inside first, while Shang Yunshen stayed by Ruan Yuzhi's side the whole time.
Upon reaching the second floor, Qianjue waited at the door. The moment he saw Ruan Yuzhi, his expression turned fierce and cold, as if he were seeing a mortal enemy. He clenched his fists and took a step forward.
Ruan Yuzhi saw that he had no reaction at all, as if she didn't recognize him.
Shang Yun Shen keenly sensed something was wrong and blocked Qian Jue.
"What are you doing? Get out of the way."
Qianjue sneered: "Of course I'll step aside. Only the mother and daughter can go in here. You wait outside."
Shang Yunshen wanted to protest, but Shang Wu suddenly tugged at his sleeve.
Shang Wu said calmly, "There's no one to look after us outside."
A single sentence calmed Shang Yun Shen down; he nodded and stayed outside.
Shang Wu then followed Ruan Yuzhi inside.
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