Chapter 23 He only saw Shang Wu
Zhou Yanci smiled.
He didn't care what conditions Shang Wu set, as long as it was something like bags, jewelry, or something related to work, he could provide it.
Zhou Yan's tone became even gentler: "Okay, baby, what are your conditions?"
Shang Wu said calmly, "First, Chen Mian and I will apologize to you in person for what happened last night."
As soon as she finished speaking, Zhou Yanci's smile froze.
He asked incredulously, "An apology in person?"
"Is that not allowed?" Shang Wu retorted. "Then forget it..."
"Wait, I didn't say no."
Zhou Yanci gripped her phone tightly and took a deep breath.
He was very satisfied with what the woman had done recently, and he could clearly see her determination to get back together with him after her return.
While we may be satisfied, we also need to exert appropriate pressure.
Otherwise, angering Shang Wu will only affect the work progress of the jewelry department.
It would be good to have Chenmian come over and apologize.
"I promise you, when you come back, I will bring Chenmian here to apologize to you immediately."
Shang Wu said, "My second condition is that I want you to cancel your investment in the Wang Group."
"An investment from the Wang Group?" Zhou Yanci was taken aback.
He didn't expect that this second condition had nothing to do with feelings or gifts.
“Li Chengzhang is the vice president of the Wang Group. He’s the one who got my brother imprisoned. You should withdraw your investment.”
Shang Wu's tone left no room for negotiation; it was full of commands.
For three years, she was too deeply deceived by Zhou Yanci's facade.
When Zhou Yanci wanted to invest in the Wang Group some time ago, she should have suspected something fishy was going on.
It's clear that the Wang family and Chengzhou are rivals. When her brother got into trouble, Zhou Yanci even helped her brother fight a lawsuit against Li Chengzhang, the vice president of the Wang family, to get a reduced sentence, which caused quite a stir.
Even more surprisingly, when this matter was reported by reporters, the news that Li Chengzhang had lost his fertility and that the heir of Chengzhou Group was favoring Qingmei's family became a trending topic, and Zhou Yanci's reputation was affected for a period of time.
Logically speaking, the two families should never have anything to do with each other again, but some time ago she suddenly heard Xiao Dong say that Zhou Yanci was investing in and supporting the Wang Group's projects.
The project was proposed by Li Chengzhang.
Shang Wu felt uneasy at the time, but comforted herself that since Zhou Yanci wanted to make many cooperations, it was inevitable that she would have to deal with the Wang family.
What's past is past. We can't just abandon projects that would benefit the company because of her.
However, it now appears that Zhou Yanci has maintained a good relationship with Li Chengzhang, and they have cooperated closely for the past three years.
Zhou Yanci must be very grateful to Li Chengzhang for cooperating in sending her brother to prison, right? For this, she didn't hesitate to expose her infertility to the public.
Shang Wu clenched her fist, her nails digging deep into her palm, and on the other side, where Zhou Yanci couldn't see, she revealed a look of intense hatred.
She asked, "Why aren't you saying anything? Is the withdrawal of investment causing you a lot of trouble?"
"...It's really a bit of a dilemma. The funds are the start-up capital for this project. If I withdraw my investment, the project, which has been in preparation for six months, will fall through, which will have a significant impact." Zhou Yan said helplessly, implying that Shang Wu should not make things difficult for him.
Shang Wu smiled faintly: "I don't understand. If you withdraw your investment and their project fails, will you suffer any loss?"
“Mr. Wang will be angry.”
"The Wang family has always been our rivals in the boat business. What good will it do to be angry?"
"Can……"
Shang Wu, impatient, interrupted Zhou Yanci directly: "You used to be willing to do anything for me, what's wrong with you now? Has the appearance of Chenmian really shaken your heart? If so, I can step aside and let you two be together."
Upon hearing the word "quit," Zhou Yanci's heart clenched tightly.
Without hesitation, he said, "Okay, I'll do as you say, I'll withdraw my investment!"
"Yes, the withdrawal of investment has been finalized. I will go back immediately. When I get to the office, I want to see both Chenmian and you there."
Shang Wu hung up the phone and tossed it aside.
In the silent room, only her heart was pounding.
Even when she was playing a game with Zhou Yanci, she was still worried about being discovered, afraid that her well-hidden hatred might be accidentally revealed and alert the other party.
Shang Wu exhaled and looked out the window, surprised to find that it had started snowing outside.
It's still three months until deep winter.
As usual, it started snowing early in Lincheng.
At this moment, snow fell silently in the mountains, and Shang Wu, in this remote and unknown place, felt her heart being torn apart in many ways.
She was in a sanatorium where the medical equipment was beeping.
In a dangerous and ironic prison.
In the brightly lit Chengzhou Building.
Shang Wu couldn't help but kneel down by the window, clasping her hands together in front of the swirling snow and the dark, misty mountains outside.
People only pray to the gods when they are in despair.
But she is far from despairing.
No matter how difficult the road to revenge may be, I always believe that one day the wind and snow will clear and the sun will shine through.
"May God be my witness. I will definitely overcome this difficulty. Even if it costs me my life, I will make sure that their lives are a hundred times more painful than mine and the lives of my loving family."
Shang Wu slowly opened her eyes, her gaze resolute.
Then her phone rang, and Zhou Yanci called, sending her the proof of withdrawal of investment along with the phone.
Shang Wu smiled and looked at the desolate mountain scenery: "Okay, I'll go back first thing tomorrow morning."
...
The next day.
Shang Wu's car was covered with a layer of white.
The guesthouse owner helped her clear the snow.
Fortunately, the snow didn't last too long last night, so I was able to drive home safely.
Even so, Shang Wu was still two hours late to the company, which was originally scheduled for 10 o'clock.
Chenmian was getting impatient. Sitting on the sofa with her coffee, which had long since gone cold, she asked timidly, "Aci, when is Miss Shang coming?"
"Just wait, are you worried about not being able to apologize?" Zhou Yanci fiddled with her phone, hung up the twentieth call from Li Chengzhang, feeling extremely annoyed.
The investment fell through, the project failed, and the Wang Group was thrown into chaos last night.
The project's main person in charge was Li Chengzhang, who also brought in the investment. After all parties were ready, the investors suddenly withdrew.
All their efforts were in vain, and the company held Li Chengzhang accountable first.
It's easy to imagine how devastated Li Chengzhang must be right now.
After hanging up the phone, Li Chengzhang sent a text message questioning and cursing him.
Zhou Yanci was also annoyed. She explained that it was because of Shang Wu, but the other party didn't buy it.
He angrily blocked Li Chengzhang and slammed his phone on the table.
With a bang.
At that moment, the door opened.
Shang Wu followed Xiao Dong in.
Her black cashmere coat was open, revealing a fitted short skirt underneath, and black boots that hugged her long legs up to her knees.
Her waist-length curly hair still carried the chill of the outside air. After entering, she glanced at Chenmian and raised the corners of her eyes slightly.
"I'm in a hurry to get to a meeting in the jewelry department, so I'll give you three minutes."
Shang Wu took off her coat, sat on the sofa, crossed her legs, and raised an eyebrow at Shen Mian: "Let's begin."
Chenmian nervously twisted her fingers, completely losing her composure in front of her, and hurriedly looked at Zhou Yanci.
Zhou Yanci's gaze was fixed on Shang Wu, almost mesmerized, unwilling to let go of her hot figure.
Chenmian suddenly panicked and reminded him with a wronged expression, "Aci..."
Zhou Yanci snapped out of her daze, stood up and went to Shang Wu's side, holding her hand: "A Wu, I'm sorry, I won't give Chen Mian a chance to seduce me again next time, please forgive me, it was my fault."
After saying that, he gestured for Chenmian to apologize.
Chenmian was furious.
In order to appease Shang Wu, he pushed all the problems onto her.
How could Zhou Yanci be so cruel to her!
Chenmian bit her lip, and had no choice but to stand up and apologize to Shang Wu.
"I'm sorry, Miss Shang. I will keep a clean record from now on and will not bother you or A-Ci again."
Shang Wu smiled slightly: "If you had just apologized honestly at the hospital instead of making so many excuses, I wouldn't have splashed water on you. We'll be working together in the future, Miss Shen, so please have some self-respect and don't make things unpleasant for everyone."
She glanced at her phone screen: "Three minutes are up, I have to go to a meeting, I can't keep you company any longer."
“Ah Wu…” Zhou Yanci subconsciously tried to pull her along.
The short skirt Shang Wu was wearing today was so to his liking that he couldn't even see Chen Mian's presence.
Shang Wu dodged before his hand could reach out.
She picked up her coat and nodded slightly: "I've made a reservation at the restaurant. See you tonight."
Zhou Yanci was about to be displeased by her evasiveness, but upon hearing this, her eyes lit up with a smile.
After everyone left, he didn't even look at Chenmian.
"Xiao Dong, see the guest out."
Chenmian's eyes reddened as she watched their affectionate display, and she almost burst into tears.
She bit her lip and hurried away, a sense of crisis creeping into her heart.
Two days ago, Zhou Yanci gave her a necklace and helped her find a resettlement house after returning to China.
Now everything has changed because of Shang Wuyi's commotion.
If things continue like this, she and Zhou Yanci will only grow more and more distant!
Even if Ji Yu said that Zhou Yanci had long wanted to kick Shang Wu away, she couldn't believe it completely now.
We need to think of a solution.
...
Downstairs, the jewelry department.
The return of Shangwu to its former glory is a cause for celebration for all employees.
A group of people surrounded Shang Wu in the office area.
In the side office, Ji Yu stood with her arms crossed, looking on expressionlessly with resentment in her eyes.
Shang Wu knew perfectly well that she was inside and being shunned by her employees, but she pretended not to know and returned to her office.
Aying pushed the door open with a smile: "Now everyone knows how incompetent Designer Ji is. He's a complete idiot!"
"Don't get carried away." Shang Wu opened her computer to check her emails.
The design work by Qiuting has been sent to Ji Yu's email.
She looked up and said, "Go and have Ji Yu take a look at the work. If there are no problems, print it out, circulate it, and then arrange for the publicity team to release some of the information on social media platforms."
Aying nodded and turned to leave.
After everyone left, the phone rang.
The call came from an unknown number.
Shang Wu narrowed her eyes and answered the call.
A man's swearing erupted from inside.
"Shang Wu, you bitch! You vixen! I won't let you get away with this!"
"Your whole family are evil spirits! Your brother beat me up and sent me to jail, and now you're doing this to me, I'll get my comeuppance!"
Shang Wu was not angry, but laughed instead.
The fact that he's jumping up and down like that shows that his sore spot has been hit.
“The projects have all failed, there’s nothing I can do. What’s the point of Vice President Li saying this? No matter what, you can’t just give up this investment money for nothing.”
Shang Wu lightly clicked the mouse, casually browsing the work group.
Li Chengzhang sneered: "I've settled all my scores with your family. If it weren't for your meddling, Zhou Yanci wouldn't have suddenly withdrawn her investment. Over the years, under your very nose, we've still made the money we were supposed to make through cooperation, haven't we?"
Shang Wu's fingertips stiffened slightly, her eyes filled with hatred.
She blinked slowly.
"Yes, I made Zhou Yanci withdraw his investment. What can you do about it? Take revenge on me? I'm the apple of his eye."
Enraged, Li Chengzhang gritted his teeth and said, "You just wait, I'll make you suffer!"
"No need for you to trouble yourself."
Shang Wu chuckled lightly: "How about I do it myself?"
Li Chengzhang was silent for two seconds: "You're insane! You just wait!"
The call ended.
A hint of sarcasm flashed in Shang Wu's eyes. She put down her phone, finished her work, and left the company.
Half an hour later, a phone call came into Zhou Yanci's phone.
"Are you Miss Shang's fiancé? Could you please come to the hospital?"
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