As she was about to be embraced, Shang Wu felt a strong sense of disgust.
She couldn't hold back and snapped, "Don't touch me!"
In the darkness, the voice, filled with disdain, sounded particularly abrupt, heavy, and urgent.
Zhou Yanci froze, and his hand, which was about to hug her, stopped in mid-air.
"Awu, you..."
"I accidentally got some on the sheets, and your clothes will get dirty if you sleep on them."
Shang Wu softened her tone, sat up and nudged Zhou Yanci: "Go sleep outside. I'm on my period and feel hot all over, so it's not convenient for me to sleep with you."
Even after she explained the reason, Zhou Yanci was still somewhat unhappy.
If you won't let me sleep with you, now you won't even let me hug you?
His brows furrowed, and he stood up, barely suppressing his displeasure.
"Okay, then you get some rest, I'll be going now."
Zhou Yanci closed the door and left. She glanced at the room next door, then walked over and gently knocked on the door.
The lights were on in the room, but there was no movement.
He took out his phone to send a message to Chenmian, but received no reply.
Clearly, Chenmian was unhappy about what had just happened and was deliberately ignoring him.
Zhou Yanci gripped her phone tightly in anger, feeling a surge of frustration. No one would open the door for her, so she had no choice but to go downstairs and sleep in the living room.
...
The next day.
Shang Wu got up early, quickly packed her things, dragged her suitcase, and walked into the living room to peek at Zhou Yanci.
Zhou Yanci frowned, looking troubled, and raised her hand to cover her eyes.
"I have something to do at the company, so I'll go now. You can continue sleeping."
Shang Wu greeted them and left the guesthouse without waiting to see if they heard her.
She returned to the company and went straight to the jewelry department office.
A moment later, there was a knock on the door.
Ji Yu sauntered in, a piece of bread in her mouth, her eyes full of curiosity.
"Ah Wu, where is President Zhou?"
Shang Wu opened the document without even lifting her eyelids: "I'll continue sleeping in the guesthouse. I have things to do here, so I came first."
"I heard that Chenmian also happened to book that guesthouse last night? Did anything unpleasant happen between you two last night?"
Ji Yu pulled up a chair and sat opposite her.
Shang Wu closed the file, her cool and aloof expression appearing even more indifferent: "No."
"That's good." Ji Yu stared at her thoughtfully.
Shang Wu was too exhausted to continue working. She raised an eyebrow and asked, "Is there anything else you want to ask?"
Ji Yu gave her a deep look: "I'm just curious, you like Zhou Yanci so much, how can you let him stay at the guesthouse and spend time alone with Shen Mian? You came back by yourself, aren't you afraid that something might happen between them?"
Every word she uttered was a question and a test, as if she wouldn't stop until she saw Shang Wu become jealous and suspicious.
My phone rang.
Upon seeing the meeting time on the schedule reminder, Shang Wu got up to organize her documents.
"Have you memorized the style and design concept of the new product? Instead of worrying about that, you should memorize the script so you don't give yourself away and get exposed as a fake."
She casually retorted, ignoring Ji Yu's unpleasant expression, and headed straight for the conference room.
Ji Yu sat there, watching her back as she walked away, and then slammed her hand on the table in anger.
Only after everyone had completely left did she dare to mutter curses under her breath: "What's with the arrogance! I still think you're that rich girl who was superior to me back then? Saying you're the director of the jewelry department, you're just designing jewelry for me and working for me! And you're putting on airs?"
Ji Yu cursed a few times before she felt better, then narrowed her eyes as she looked at the director's seat that Shang Wu had just been sitting in.
No matter how successful she has been in the jewelry department these past few years, there has always been Shang Wu keeping her in check.
As long as Shang Wu is around, no one in the jewelry department will ever submit to her.
Ji Yu took out her phone and dialed Zhou Yanci's number.
The phone rang for a long time before it was answered.
She scoffed, "President Zhou, what time is it? Still sleeping?"
On the other end of the phone, Zhou Yanci rubbed her stiff neck, sat up, and looked up to see that Chenmian's room door was still closed, while Shang Wu's room was obviously empty.
He frowned, remembering that Shang Wu seemed to have left early in the morning.
"Is something wrong with Chengzhou?"
"Chengzhou is fine, but Shangwu is in trouble." Ji Yu's tone turned somber.
Zhou Yanci's expression tightened: "What do you mean? What happened in Shangwu?"
Ji Yu said unhurriedly, "Your fiancée is really amazing. She knew there was something going on between you and Shen Mian, and even saw Shen Mian sleeping at your house, but she didn't cry, make a fuss, or get jealous. She even left early, leaving you two alone at the guesthouse."
Zhou paused, speaking briefly.
"Don't you think Shang Wu is a little too trusting, even indifferent to you?" Ji Yu continued to coax.
After listening to her words, Zhou Yanci remained silent for a long time before finally saying, "What exactly are you trying to say?"
"What I mean is, Shang Wu has been acting strangely lately. She's not as attentive to you as before, and instead she's focused on winning over the company's influence."
Ji Yu leaned against the desk where Shang Wu usually sat, raised her legs up, crossed them on the corner of the desk, and swung her toes very comfortably.
"Think about it, the jewelry department and the project department are completely under her control, and the advertising and marketing departments are all cooperating with her. She manages four out of the company's ten departments. What exactly is she trying to do?"
Zhou Yanci had never thought of this.
After Ji Yu's reminder, his eyes narrowed slightly.
The doubts that had been ignored during this period suddenly resurfaced in my mind.
Shang Wu suddenly wants to help her brother investigate again to try to get a reduced sentence, asks the nursing home to take photos of her parents and upload them every day, and keeps trying to get more positions in the company...
With all these things piled up, Zhou Yanci suddenly suspected that Shang Wu might know something about the Shang family.
He was instantly wide awake, got up and walked to the French windows, and after a moment's thought, put his phone back to his ear.
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