Chapter 96 Those who cause trouble will not escape.
Zhou Yanci turned to the side and saw Lu Rang enter; her expression instantly turned ugly.
What are you doing here?
Lu Rang walked straight in without pausing, as if he didn't see the displeasure written all over his face.
He walked past Zhou Yanci, came to Shang Wu, took the contents of the thermos out of the container, and placed it on the table.
"Dinner's ready."
Seeing this, Zhou Yanci gritted her teeth and looked at Shang Wu, demanding, "Why is he here? Didn't you fire him and say you'd never have anything to do with him again? Tell me, why is he here!"
His words carried a hint of displeasure and a demanding tone.
Before Shang Wu could speak, Lu Rang's lips curled into a very subtle, almost mocking smile.
He stared coldly at Zhou Yanci: "If I don't bring her food, who will? Is it Aying, who's still busy at the company? Or Xiao Dong, who's investigating the car accident for you? Or—"
Lu Rang's tone was meaningful: "Or is it you, a useless person sitting in a wheelchair?"
One sentence instantly froze the atmosphere in the entire ward.
Zhou Yanci gritted her teeth in anger, staring intently at Lu Rang. Her hands, which were resting on the armrests of the wheelchair, tightened suddenly, her knuckles turning a faint white from the force.
He looked at the food on the table and scoffed, "Shang Wu must have been blind to ask you to take care of her. You have no idea what she likes to eat. Only I know A-Wu's preferences. She doesn't eat green peppers."
Lu Rang took the bowl out of the thermos and placed it on the table in front of Shang Wu.
He said coldly, "You shouldn't just treat your brain. Go see an ophthalmologist. I brought winter melon and pork rib soup, but I didn't put any green peppers in it, not even one."
Lu Rang's voice was steady and cold, each word striking Zhou Yanci clearly.
Zhou Yanci was instantly embarrassed.
He was about to speak again when Shang Wu suddenly broke the tense atmosphere between them.
"alright."
She leaned against the pillows, her face pale, but her eyes were calm and unwavering as she looked at Zhou Yanci in the wheelchair.
"You should go back first. Don't run around if you have a concussion. Just rest well."
Her voice was soft, yet carried a faint hint of command.
Zhou Yanci's body jolted, provoked by her indifferent tone.
He turned to look at Shang Wu, his eyes filled with disbelief and astonishment.
"You actually want to kick me out and let him stay? You still have feelings for him?"
Shang Wu slowly frowned, her eyes growing increasingly indifferent.
She said coldly, "I'm doing this for your sake. What are you doing here instead of recuperating?"
Zhou Yanci was speechless, and in anger, she raised her hand and slammed the call button on the wheelchair.
The nurse quickly pushed the door open and came in with a professional smile on her face.
"Walk!"
Zhou Yan squeezed out a single word through gritted teeth, his tone heavy with hostility.
The nurse was startled by his words and quickly stepped forward to push the wheelchair.
The wheelchair turned around.
Just as Zhou Yanci was about to leave, she turned to look at Shang Wu, a meaningful glint in her eyes.
"Anyway, you're going to get the marriage certificate with me tomorrow."
Lu Rang glanced at the doorway without leaving a trace, his brows furrowing slightly, before silently handing the bowl and chopsticks to Shang Wu.
The fragrant aroma of the pork ribs rose and spread.
Shang Wu was indeed a little hungry. She picked up the spoon, then looked at Lu Rang with a hint of hesitation.
Lu Rang urged calmly, "Drink it while it's hot."
His voice was low and emotionless.
Shang Wu leaned against the hospital bed and asked cautiously, "Are you angry? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Lu Rang paused, looking at her: "Why do you ask that?"
Shang Wu didn't know why she asked that question.
Her eyelashes fluttered.
“Even with this marriage protection law, I’m still going to get the marriage certificate with Zhou Yanci tomorrow. He feels that everything is too coincidental, too many things just happen to be obstacles to us getting the certificate. Even if he still has a concussion and can’t be discharged from the hospital tomorrow, we’re still going to get the certificate.”
After Shang Wu finished speaking, she looked at Lu Rang's deep, pool-like eyes.
She said softly, "I also think that the marriage law was enacted at the perfect time. Why did it come out just when I was facing the crisis of getting a marriage certificate with Zhou Yanci? Does it have anything to do with you?"
Lu Rang's gaze paused slightly, then he said calmly, "What if it has something to do with me?"
Shang Wu asked, "How did you do that?"
Lu Rang pursed his lips and remained silent.
A faint silence filled the space between the two.
Just then, a sudden cell phone ring broke the atmosphere between them.
Shang Wu also sensed that Lu Rang did not want to reveal his identity, nor did he want to lie or make up an excuse to gloss over the matter, so she remained silent.
She didn't ask any further questions, but simply reached for her vibrating phone on her right.
The screen was lit up, and the caller ID displayed two words—Aying.
Shang Wu pressed the answer button and held the phone to her ear.
"Speak." Her voice was very soft, without any inflection.
Aying's voice came from the other end of the phone: "President Shang, I've found out. The original sender of the photos that were leaked to Mr. Zhou was Chen Mian. She sent them to Mr. Zhou's private lawyer via email, and that lawyer then forwarded them to Mr. Zhou."
Shang Wu slowly narrowed her eyes, a layer of invisible frost forming in her gaze.
Her face was expressionless, but a sharp, cold smile appeared on her face.
"What's the lawyer's name? Lu Wuwei?"
“Yes, Lu Wuwei.” Aying’s tone was slightly surprised, as if she hadn’t expected that she would guess it was this person.
"knew."
Shang Wu spoke into the microphone, uttering those three words in a soft voice, yet with an unmistakable chill in it.
Without waiting for A-Ying to say anything, she hung up the phone decisively.
The phone screen light went out.
Shang Wu's eyes never left her phone.
She tapped her fingertips lightly twice on the smooth glass screen, as if striking the enemy's heart.
The screen lit up again very quickly.
Shang Wu swiped down and precisely found a name in the contact list.
Tang Xueli.
Lu Rang stood by the bed, silently gazing at her.
Seeing that she was busy and showed no intention of eating, I simply picked up the bowl and scooped up some pork rib soup with a spoon.
He blew on it to cool it down and brought it to Shang Wu's lips.
Just as Shang Wu was about to make a call, she met Lu Rang's unwavering and steady gaze, and had no choice but to open her mouth and drink.
Lu Rang smiled slightly.
The call was answered very quickly.
A cheerful yet slightly worried voice came from the other end: "Awu, how are you? I was just about to call you to ask how things are going."
"I'm safe, just a minor leg injury." Shang Wu quickly got to the point. "Could you do me a favor?"
On the other end of the phone, Tang Xueli laughed, a hint of delight in her voice.
"Okay, tell me, what do you want me to do for you?"
Shang Wu spoke with unusual calm: "Last time you mentioned that you asked someone to buy some medicine to deal with your old man's unruly mistress. Do you still have that medicine? Have you used it all?"
There was an instant silence on the other end of the phone.
Tang Xueli remained silent for a few seconds, her voice extremely low, as if she were in a situation where it was inconvenient to speak directly.
"Of course, there are still some left. They're right here with me. What, you... want to use them?"
She asked the last two words with extreme caution, as if she couldn't imagine that Shang Wu would need these things.
Shang Wu responded softly, but before she could finish speaking, another spoon appeared at her lips.
Her gaze fell on Lu Rang.
Lu Rang brought the pork rib soup to her lips again, raising an eyebrow.
Shang Wu opened his mouth and said, "Yes, I need to deal with some people."
She said "some," not "one."
Tang Xueli gasped, realizing she had to do something very important and that couldn't go wrong. She immediately said, "I'll have my secretary send it to you. I guarantee it will be in your hands within half an hour."
Thanks.
Shang Wu hung up the phone.
Whether it's Chen Mian or Lu Wuwei, this time we'll deal with them all in one go.
Not one of them will escape!
Lu Rang, holding the soup bowl, simply sat on the edge of the bed, blew on the soup in the spoon to warm it, and then steadily handed it half an inch towards her.
"Let's have some soup, and we can talk about everything else later."
Shang Wu gave a helpless smile as Lu Rang fed her rib soup, and she was still pondering what to do tonight.
Tomorrow, she definitely doesn't want to go with Zhou Yanci to get the marriage certificate.
We must act tonight, and tonight is the only truly opportune time.
...
Soon, night fell.
The night was as thick as ink.
In the hospital ward, Zhou Yanci lay on the bed, her phone constantly lighting up in front of her.
He was upset and feeling unwell, which brought him an indescribable sense of irritability.
Just then, my phone started buzzing with notifications, like a barrage of alerts.
Zhou Yanci took a deep breath, barely managing to calm herself down, and grabbed her phone to take a look.
After reading it, his face turned cold.
The person who sent the text message was Chenmian.
The screen was filled with threatening words.
Zhou Yanci's eyes grew increasingly gloomy.
Each of the messages from the dormant one was short, but each word carried a hint of hysterical madness.
"Zhou Yanci, you're getting your marriage certificate with her tomorrow, aren't you? If you dare go, I'll jump off the top floor of the Chengzhou Building tomorrow!"
【I'm pregnant with your child, and now Shang Wu has ruined me like this. Don't you even give me an explanation or a proper status? Why am I just your mistress? Why did she later meet someone who became your wife?】
[You promised me you'd dump her, so why did you insist on marrying her! Couldn't you just take over the company from her and let her stay at the branch to make money for you? You're becoming increasingly indifferent to me!]
[You wait. Tonight at midnight, I'll be waiting for your answer. If you still don't agree to marry me, I really will jump!]
Upon seeing these text messages, Zhou Yanci's eyes turned icy cold, like knives.
"idiot!"
He squeezed out two words through gritted teeth, his fingertips flying across the screen, each word of his reply laced with impatience.
Behave yourself and don't cause me any trouble! You should know what you're doing now. After I take over the company, you'll receive every penny of the compensation you're owed. If you go crazy again, you'll face the consequences.
After sending the message, he slammed his phone face down on the desk, as if even glancing at the name was too dirty.
He tried to close his eyes to alleviate the nauseating physical reaction to the concussion.
Before he fell into a deep sleep, it was nothing more than an obsession he could never forget.
Now that he's back by his side, he's completely fed up with him.
To him, Sleep was nothing more than a troublesome ex-lover.
He simply didn't believe that someone as life-loving as Chenmian would truly be determined to die.
They were just using some underhanded tactics to force him to comply.
But when he's with someone, who he wants to be with, and who he wants to marry are not things that Shenmian can control.
Just as Zhou Yanci was thinking about all this, her phone rang again.
But this time it wasn't a text message notification sound.
It's the sound of an email being sent.
Zhou Yanci frowned, picked up her phone, and found an email containing a photo sent by Xiao Dong.
His movements suddenly stopped, his brows slowly furrowed, and his eyes gradually darkened, becoming sinister and cold.
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