Chapter 13 Seeing Some Things I Shouldn't Have Seen
Zhou Yanci seemed to awaken from a dream, forcefully pushing away her slumber.
Chenmian slammed against the wall, letting out a low cry of pain.
Zhou Yanci ignored her and dashed out around the corner.
A waiter walked towards me in the corridor; there was no one else.
Zhou Yanci stared intently at the waiter: "Was there anyone here just now?"
The waiter shook his head and said respectfully to him, "No, sir, only me."
Zhou Yanci waved his hand, the doubt in his eyes disappearing.
The person left.
His breathing was unsteady, and the soft touch on his lips seemed to still be there, yet he felt inexplicably irritated.
It was meant to be ignored and allowed to slumber, but it failed to do so.
The thought that Shang Wu was waiting for him in a private room not far away made him inexplicably angry.
Zhou Yanci turned around, his face completely grim: "Chenmian, I'm warning you, this is the last time. Don't make any rash moves!"
Chenmian bit her lip and walked towards him step by step, her eyes reddening.
“Ah Ci, you clearly have a reaction to me.”
"Are you really willing to marry Shang Wu? You don't love her, the marriage won't last long."
No matter what she said, Zhou Yanci remained silent: "Go away, and don't look for me again!"
He deliberately uttered harsh words and left without looking back.
Silence fell outside, with only the faint sound of the wind in the corridor.
Everything was pitch black. Shang Wu was pulled into the man's arms from behind. His strong arms stretched out from the side of her face and were pressed against the door of the stairwell, just in case someone pushed the door open.
She smelled a faint scent of ink on the man, and her heart raced, unsure whether it was from shock or from the close physical contact.
Shang Wu composed herself and calmed her racing heart: "They should have left already."
The man didn't react, he just held her tightly.
Shang Wu pulled at his arm that was wrapped around her.
"Let me go, Lu Rang."
The person behind him shifted slightly.
Shang Wu turned to look at Lu Rang.
He wasn't wearing a lawyer's suit today, but a dark gray cashmere sweater and a black wool coat, exuding a lazy air, and his usual aura of unapproachability was somewhat less pronounced.
What are you planning to do?
He lowered his eyes and stared at Shang Wu.
Shang Wu withdrew her gaze from him and said, "You have good taste in clothes."
She opened the door to go out, but Lu Rang pulled her back.
"They've already taken photos, are you still going to put up with it?"
Shang Wu finally frowned slightly.
She didn't like what Lu Rang said.
It's as if she can endure anything for some kind of benefit, just like Zhou Yanci, who is capable of anything.
Shang Wu coldly emphasized, "This is my business, Attorney Lu."
Lu Rang paused, opened the door and went out, bringing with him a gentle breeze.
Shang Wu stood there, slowly exhaled, and only left after a long while.
Inside the private room, Ji Yu got completely drunk.
Zhou Yanci was sitting at the table. When she saw Shang Wu arrive, she put away her phone, looked up at her, and smiled: "Why did you take so long to go to the restroom? Did you see something interesting and gossip about it?"
That was a deliberate and strange question.
Shang Wu stared straight at him: "Yes, I saw some things I shouldn't have seen."
Zhou Yanci's heart tightened, and her back tensed slightly: "What did you see?"
Shang Wu approached, looked at his lips, which were slightly swollen from the intense kiss, and smiled: "I saw a man bring his mistress to dinner and get caught by the wife. It's right next to our place."
"Really? I didn't know, I didn't hear anything." Zhou Yanci relaxed again.
Shang Wu picked up her bag: "So you must never do anything wrong, or you'll be punished when you're caught."
She smiled at Zhou Yanci and said, "I really believe in karma and retribution. You should do more good deeds and accumulate good karma for yourself."
Zhou Yanci's expression shifted slightly upon hearing this.
He immediately stood up and helped Ji Yu up, then winked at Shang Wu and said with a helpless smile, "Isn't this considered doing good deeds?"
Shang Wu gave a half-smile and turned to leave.
She watched as Zhou Yanci shoved Ji Yu into the back seat: "Let Ji Yu stay at my place tonight."
Zhou Yanci raised her hand to signal the designated driver to come and drive, and then opened the other car door for Shang Wu.
"Now that you've had your conversation, it's time to get back to each other."
Shang Wu sat down and looked out the window.
After arriving home, Zhou Yanci placed Ji Yu on the sofa, drank a glass of water, sat for a short while, and then left.
No sooner had the person left than Shang Wu picked up Ji Yu's bag, took out her phone, and unlocked it using Ji Yu's fingerprint.
After turning on her phone, she immediately opened the social media app, intending to see her chat history with Zhou Yanci, but instead found that Chenmian's name was listed below Zhou Yanci's chat window.
Shang Wu paused, then tapped the chat box with her fingertip.
The last sentence of the chat log was clearly a location sent by Ji Yu.
Sleeping: [Sister Ji Yu, do you think A-Ci really doesn't like me anymore?]
Ji Yu: [No, don't worry. You're the one he cares about most. Even if he's having dinner with Shang Wu, he'll find a way to see you if you come.]
Watching Ji Yu act like a caring older sister to Shen Mian, Shang Wu slowly tightened her grip on her phone, her eyes turning cold.
Ji Yu and Shen Mian did not know each other originally.
They seem to have a good relationship now, but one of them wants to get closer to Zhou Yanci with Ji Yu's help, while the other thinks that she should be the boss's wife after she falls asleep, so they want to maintain a good relationship and try to bring them together.
Shang Wu exited the chat window, clicked on Ji Yu and Zhou Yanci's messages, and scrolled through them, ignoring the criticisms of her work, to find useful information.
Soon, her hand stopped.
At noon today, before Ji Yu went to Zhou Yanci's office to find him, she asked about her parents on her phone.
Zhou Yanci said that she had arranged for doctors to treat her properly, and that it didn't matter whether her parents were healthy or not, since they didn't pose any threat, so she might as well use this to fool her.
Seeing this, Shang Wu felt both disgusted and relieved.
Fortunately, she discovered their true colors before the winter limited edition design was released.
Otherwise, if her hard-earned work were released, Cheng Zhou would make a fortune, elevate Ji Yu to a new level, and Chen Mian would have already returned to China and started vying for it again.
When she's no longer of any use, I can't imagine what will happen to her and her parents.
Given Zhou Yanci's ruthless nature, he would absolutely not allow anyone who could pose a threat or know his true colors to live peacefully in this city.
Like her brother, let's try to send her to jail.
Shang Wu felt a little short of breath, and casually browsed through Ji Yu's email and photo album, unexpectedly discovering several very sensational photos.
They were all Ji Yu's affairs with several men.
Shang Wu was taken aback, not expecting Ji Yu to have so many similar photos, and felt her eyes were dirty.
She forced herself to endure the nausea, uploaded the photo to her phone, and then sent a message to Lu Rang.
[Attorney Lu, is it illegal to release someone's indecent photos?]
Today's event was just a setup. If it's really exposed and we don't clarify, who knows if it might backfire?
Lu Rang quickly replied: "My job is to investigate your brother's case, not to give you legal advice."
Shang Wu found the reply amusing.
So vengeful.
She tapped the chat box with her fingertip, trying to think of something to say to gain the upper hand, but she forgot that by constantly bringing up the chat box, it just kept showing "typing" on the other end.
Lu Rang opened the refrigerator door, took out a can of ice water, drank half of it, but still didn't receive a reply.
The woman on the other end of the phone seemed too angry to know how to reply.
Lu Rang put down the water bottle and tapped the screen a few times.
bite--
A sentence suddenly appeared on Shang Wu's phone screen.
[By exposing this, you have damaged someone's reputation, and the dissemination of the photos has had a negative impact. This is, of course, illegal.]
She paused for a moment, deleted the sarcastic message she wanted to send to Lu Rang in the chat box, and silently sent a thank-you emoji.
Their conversation ended there.
Shang Wu glanced at Ji Yu, who was sprawled on the sofa and fast asleep, and thought about throwing the sofa away and getting a new one tomorrow.
Who knows if Ji Yu has any infectious diseases? People keep coming to her house all the time.
In the past, when Ji Yu got drunk and didn't go home, she would come to her place, and there would always be a hangover soup and honey water that she had made herself.
Shang Wu would also change Ji Yu into her own comfortable pajamas and coax her upstairs to sleep.
She believed she treated Ji Yu, a friend with no blood relation, as well as her own family.
Unfortunately, people's hearts are dark. Even if she gave Ji Yu her own blood, such a person would not remember her kindness in the slightest.
Shang Wu's eyes turned cold. She walked over, grabbed the blanket, and threw it in Ji Yu's direction.
The blanket was on the floor, and it looked like Ji Yu had misbehaved and dropped it.
Shang Wu went upstairs, no longer caring about Ji Yu's life or death.
Ji Yu was shocked when she woke up the next day.
I hadn't changed my clothes or taken off my shoes, there was no hangover soup or hot breakfast, and I don't even know when the blanket fell off. My throat was sore, and I caught a cold right away.
Ji Yu was rummaging through drawers looking for medicine when she saw Shang Wu come out and complained, "Why didn't you take care of me yesterday? You didn't even take off my shoes!"
Shang Wu sneered inwardly and went downstairs to explain, "I also drank too much yesterday and felt really unwell. I didn't have the strength to help you with these things."
She rubbed her neck as she got down: "You're not short of money, why don't you hire a maid to take care of you at home? Why do you come here every time you're drunk?"
"Aren't you just my maid?" Ji Yu blurted out, clearly annoyed.
Shang Wu paused, glancing at her lightly across the island platform.
For some reason, Ji Yu felt a slight unease.
She swallowed hard and quickly explained, "I, I didn't mean that..."
Shang Wu smiled gently: "I know. Anyway, don't come here when you're drunk. The company has been too busy lately, and I also need to make sure I get enough sleep so I don't run out of energy."
Ji Yu didn't think anything was wrong.
After all, Shangwu is indeed particularly busy at this time of year.
But after she's done with the busy period and the new products are released, the jewelry will sell like hotcakes, and she can enjoy the praise in style.
Ji Yu rested her chin on her hand, staring at Shang Wu with great delight, and said half-jokingly, "Ah Wu, if Yan Ci doesn't want you in the future, I will want you. I will hire you at a high salary to be my exclusive ghostwriter and do my designs for life, how about it?"
She genuinely believed that this day would come.
Shang Wu made himself a cup of coffee and smiled when he heard this.
"Maybe in the future, it won't be Zhou Yanci who doesn't want me, but me who dumps him."
"You dump him?" Ji Yu showed an exaggerated expression of disbelief. "You wouldn't be willing to dump him. Only a fool wouldn't be Chengzhou's CEO's wife!"
Shang Wu slowly took a sip of coffee, leaned against the island counter, smiled without saying a word, only a cold light flashed in his eyes.
Ji Yu rarely gets up early for work; she lay down on the sofa and took another nap.
Shang Wu left home, her destination being Dingfeng Law Firm.
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