Shang Wu glanced at the agreement, her gaze icy.
Seeing that she remained unmoved, Chenmian smiled.
"Are you afraid, lack the courage to face the relationship between you and Zhou Yanci, or do you have some concerns?"
"What do I have to be afraid of?"
Shang Wu glanced at him mockingly, reached out and picked up the agreement. After flipping through the paper documents inside, a voice recorder fell out as well.
Shang Wu first opened the agreement.
The agreement contains the content signed between Zhou Yanci and Chen Mian.
In the agreement, Zhou Yanci promised that no matter what happened, he would make Chenmian the wife of the Zhou family.
If he violates this rule, he will compensate the entire Chengzhou Group, which is currently in a state of slumber.
Shang Wu paused, put down the agreement, picked up the voice recorder again, and turned it on.
Inside is what Zhou Yanci said when he was drunk in a bar and his speech was slurred.
"Ziqian, Ziqian, do you know? People in this world are never satisfied! I love Chenmian, but she can't help me with work, unlike Shangwu."
He laughed: "Shang Wu has earned me more money in the past three years than Chengzhou has earned in the past ten years. Do you know what that means? The entire Chengzhou is enough with Shang Wu! I want to secure my position as heir, and with her, that's enough!"
Hearing this, Shang Wu still didn't look up.
Chenmian crossed her arms, adopting an arrogant and superior posture.
Gu Ziqian's smile in the recording sounded somewhat helpless.
"Sigh, isn't this normal? There are very few things in this world that are perfect. If you like Chen Mian, then you should take responsibility for her and marry her."
"As for Shang Wu, didn't you already say that you would break up with her soon? To you, she is just a tool to make money for the company, without any feelings for her."
Zhou Yanci remained silent in the recording.
After a full ten seconds, he chuckled softly.
He sighed, "If only I could have both women. If I were to marry Chenmian, do you think of a way to make Shangwu devoted to me as well?"
Shang Wu slowly pursed her lips, her eyes filled with surging hatred.
“She regards me as the savior of her whole family. Even if I don’t marry her, she should repay me for the rest of her life and do anything for me because of this kindness.”
"If I keep her as a lover, she would definitely be willing."
Gu Ziqian gasped, seemingly shocked by his greedy desire to enjoy the blessings of having multiple wives.
He smiled wryly and said, "Then you have to ask Shang Wu if she's willing. I think your idea is quite good, but she's proud and used to be a noble lady. She wants a formal title with you, and she can't possibly be a mistress in secret like you say."
Besides, you've shown her you love her a lot for the past three years. Now you're asking her to be your lover in a clandestine relationship? Do you think she'll be happy about that?
After hearing his words, Zhou Yanci seemed unconvinced and snorted coldly.
"Whether she's willing or not isn't up to you to decide. No matter how proud she is, she'll willingly bow her head for me. Just wait and see!"
Recording has ended.
The room returned to complete silence.
Shang Wu placed the recorder face down on the table, meeting Chen Mian's smug, amused expression as she watched the show unfold.
She raised an eyebrow slightly: "Is this your reason for not caring at all yesterday, even though you knew Zhou Yanci was with me?"
"He just wants to take you in as a mistress, how can you be so smug?" Chenmian curled her lips.
Shang Wu remained silent.
Chenmian rested her chin on her hand, revealing a sweet smile: "If I can become Mrs. Zhou and gain all his love, even if he can't stand the loneliness and wants to take another woman by his side, what can't I do to be magnanimous?"
"To him, you're just someone he can do without. Do you really think that he's cherished you for the past three years because he can't live without you?"
At this point, Chenmian revealed a look of mockery mixed with pity.
Shang Wu watched quietly as she became smug and took becoming Mrs. Zhou as her life's goal.
What era are we living in? People still dream of marrying into a wealthy family and living a life of ease.
Nowadays, the threshold for becoming a wife of a wealthy family is no longer just about looks, as it used to be.
"Shang Wu, you used to be a pampered young lady who never saw the wickedness of people's hearts or the true nature of humanity in this world. In Zhou Yanci's eyes, you were so good at making money, but weren't you just a tool and never won his heart?"
Shang Wu's eyes were cold.
Have you never witnessed the wickedness of human nature?
When a business first runs into trouble, everyone kicks it while it's down, and everyone treats them as a menace to be avoided.
Those elites whom their fathers had once funded and who later rose to power and wealth, as well as the brothers whom their fathers were willing to sacrifice their own interests to support.
And their long-term partners, their father's and brother's close friends, and even the relatives of the merchants, all of them were treated like ants overnight and trampled underfoot.
She went from being a pampered heiress to being shunned by everyone, and she had long since learned what people's hearts were like.
Even when the whole world abandoned them and no one cared about them anymore, Shang Wu didn't break down too much.
Even though she had been surrounded by more kindness than malice since childhood, and had long been in the world of fame and fortune, she knew that everyone was a creature that sought profit and avoided harm.
Given the huge trouble these businesses were involved in and the uncertainty of their future, it's understandable that these people would hastily flee.
What she found most unacceptable was that Zhou Yanci had deliberately caused their family to be destroyed, yet he could still keep her by his side with a clear conscience, watching a victim being kept in the dark, treating him, the enemy of her entire family, as her benefactor, and working herself to the bone to earn money.
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