"What is it? Miss Xia, please speak frankly." Lu Zhiwei lowered her voice, making sure that her second identity did not reveal any flaws.
"I'm also an artist and I participated in this year's design competition. I've long admired Mr. William's name, and I'm truly delighted to meet you today. My fiancé has been eager for the Shen Group to join this design competition, but you've consistently refused. I'd like to ask you, what would it take for you to agree to his participation?"
"Did he send you to ask me this?" Lu Zhiwei looked at the woman in front of her with a calm expression, her clear eyes untainted.
"No, no, I came on my own initiative. It has nothing to do with him. I used to have mental issues and always held him back. Now that I've finally recovered, I want to help him in his career as much as I can. As long as Mr. William can state one condition, I will do my best to fulfill it," Xia Wanying said sincerely.
Xia Wanying from Lu Zhiwei's perspective.
She was like a pitiful person carefully protecting her beloved. No matter how impossible it was, she would try for him.
“Go back, silly woman. Business cooperation can’t be achieved in just a few words.” Lu Zhiwei stood up from her seat.
She had to rush to review the manuscript and didn't have time to help her with her work.
Xia Wanying hesitated for a moment, then said, "Mr. William, you should agree, or you'll regret it."
This statement is both a reminder and a warning.
Lu Zhiwei felt that this person was strange.
I ran to her place in the middle of the night and made a request that I knew she would never agree to.
"Regret? I never regret the decisions I make. Someone, see her out." Lu Zhiwei called Luo Wuyan over to escort Xia Wanying out of the building.
Lu Zhiwei returned to the review room to continue reviewing the manuscript.
Luo Wuyan had just seen Xia Wanying off.
Shen Jiarui's Porsche pulled up in front of the company building shortly after.
A pair of long legs stepped out of the sports car and rushed anxiously to Luo Wuyan: "Where is Xia Wanying?"
"She just got into a taxi."
"Do you know where she went?" Shen Jiarui asked, frowning. He was too late.
"How would I know? Why are you the one looking for her? Where is your young master Shen?" Luo Wuyan asked curiously.
"My brother is in the hospital right now. Where did this woman run off to? My brother even told me to find her and send her abroad. I hope nothing bad happens to her." Shen Jiarui scratched his hair in frustration.
"Sent abroad? Your brother actually sent his white moonlight abroad?" Luo Wuyan seemed to have heard some kind of world wonder.
"It's a long story, I'll have to go find someone now."
Shen Jiarui didn't have time to linger before getting back into the Porsche and speeding away.
Xia Wanying got out of the taxi and went into a small, run-down rental room.
When Song Ye saw her return, he happily greeted her: "Did you take pictures of everything?"
Xia Wanying took out a small camera from her bag and handed the video she had just recorded in Lu Zhiwei's office to Song Ye: "What exactly do you want to do?"
Song Ye took the camera, turned on the video, and stared at the partial structure of the office captured in the video, beaming with joy.
"You'll find out then. As long as you cooperate with my act, you can successfully return to Shen Jinmo's side."
...
The next morning, at the Shen family's old residence.
Shen Jinmo, who was discharged from the hospital early and returned to her old house, moved back to the master bedroom on the second floor. The master bedroom had been completely renovated, and the original decoration style had been changed.
He sat at his computer desk in his study, waiting for the preliminary results of the design competition to be announced.
The results will be announced at 9 a.m., which will inevitably impact Shen's stock.
He needs to find a way to deal with it.
Thump thump thump—
An urgent knocking sounded on the door.
Shen Jinmo said in a deep voice, "Come in."
The study door was pushed open.
The maid stumbled and ran to Shen Jinmo to report, looking flustered and hesitant to speak.
"Young Master, Miss Xia is back. The maid found her lying at the villa entrance when she went out to buy groceries this morning. When she was found... she..."
"What's wrong with her?" Shen Jinmo's expression turned serious.
After running away from the hospital last night, Shen Jiarui searched for her all night but couldn't find her.
Song Ye and she disappeared almost simultaneously from his sight.
"Her dress was torn to shreds, her body was covered in hickeys, and..."
"And what?" Shen Jinmo raised his voice, a bad feeling creeping over him.
"Miss Xia seems to have been violated. The maid who was taking care of her was preparing to take her back to her room to clean her up when she discovered that her underwear was missing and there was blood on it."
At this point, Shen Jinmo gripped the armrests of his wheelchair tightly, his cold and stern face radiating chill.
"Don't clean her yet; we need to preserve evidence of the crime on her."
"Okay, I'll give the order right away."
They arrived at Xia Wanying's room.
She was huddled at one end of the bed, her lips swollen, and there were suggestive, ambiguous marks all around her.
Like a rag doll, she clung to the corner of the blanket, trembling.
Shen Jinmo slowly got up from his wheelchair and, with the help of a servant, sat down on the edge of the bed.
He gazed silently at the broken Xia Wanying, reaching out to touch her, but she pushed him away forcefully: "Don't touch me, don't touch me. Go away..."
She kept repeating the same sentence over and over, her expression dazed, as if she had returned to a state of mental instability, and she didn't even recognize him.
Shen Jinmo grasped her shoulders, trying his best to soothe her emotions: "Yingying, it's me, Brother Shen."
She looked up, her watery eyes meeting his. In that instant, she suddenly realized what was happening and opened her arms to hug Shen Jingmo tightly: "Waaah, Brother Shen, it hurts so much! It hurts everywhere! That person is on top of me, constantly bumping into me! I'm dying of pain..."
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