Chapter 287 Don't think you're different from other women
Su Xier changed into the neat black uniform of a bodyguard and tied up her black hair, which Shen Zhantang had personally dried.
Before leaving, she paused in the mirror, taking one last look at her own reflection—a figure that was both dashing and indifferent.
Perhaps because she was pregnant, her eyes and brows had a touch of maternal gentleness.
Her long eyelashes trembled, and she slowly raised her hand, gently placing it on her abdomen, her palm trying to feel the little life that she was nurturing.
People are just so fickle.
After returning from the hospital check-up, her attitude towards the child subtly changed within just a few days.
With each day the child grew in her womb, she felt that she was less averse to the child and less resistant to being a mother.
Just as Su Xier was lost in thought, Secretary He's urging voice came from outside:
"Miss Su, please come down quickly. Mr. Shen is anxious."
"Yes, immediately!"
Su Xier took a deep breath, lowered her head, and murmured, "Baby, Mommy has to go to work. Goodnight."
...
Throughout the journey, Shen Zhantang's face was ashen, and his eyes were as cold as night.
Su Xier sat beside him, using her mobile phone to arrange and deploy the Shen family's bodyguard team, calmly and methodically.
Even though she was very tired and somewhat restless due to her pregnancy, she was, after all, the captain of the bodyguard team and the person Shen Zhantang trusted most. At this moment, she had to play her role.
"President Shen, I have arranged for all available bodyguards to be dispatched. They will arrive at Nightfall in as little as fifteen minutes." Su Xier put down her phone, her tone calm and emotionless.
A fierce emotion surged in Shen Zhantang's eyes, his expression indescribably sinister:
"Tell them that anyone with a gun should take it with them."
"no."
Su Xier frowned and immediately objected, "The crackdown on organized crime in Beijing is in full swing. Last week, the police were still conducting large-scale raids on nightclubs. Tonight's high-profile rescue of Miss Er is already too ostentatious. If it causes a scene, it will definitely attract the police. Then, one charge of affray and another of endangering public safety, two charges aren't enough, Mr. Shen, do you also want to add the charge of illegal possession of firearms?"
"The Shen Group is a legitimate company, not a criminal organization like Donglian. As the president of the Shen Group, you should consider the bigger picture. Guns absolutely cannot be present at the scene, at least not tonight."
Over the years, she has always obeyed Shen Zhantang's orders and has rarely objected.
Tonight, for the first time ever, I helped him analyze the pros and cons and said so much, which is truly rare.
"Do you know who the people who blocked my little sister are? They're the notorious and wicked Donglian! That organization is involved in all sorts of prostitution, gambling, and drugs; they're a bunch of animals! The young master of Donglian, Gao Sheng, has blood on his hands. He even killed two girls at a nightclub before, and his father paid a lot of money to settle the matter. He's completely inhuman and lawless!"
Shen Zhantang slammed his fist into the car window, his heart pounding with overwhelming anger and fear, his whole body trembling. "I can't bear to think about it... I simply can't bear to think about it... When Gao Sheng finds out that Yun'er is my sister, what cruel methods he will use to bully my sister... If he dares to touch my sister, I will shoot him ten thousand times over!"
"President Shen, I understand how you feel."
Su Xier spoke gently, trying her best to communicate with him, "But now you are not only the second young lady's brother, you are also the president of Shen Group and the heir of the Shen family."
If you misbehave at this critical juncture and are labeled as a member of organized crime, then the Shen family will never achieve great success in the Beijing business world again, and the entire Shen family will be gradually blacklisted and shelved by the government.
Can you afford this enormous price?
Shen Zhantang's eyes were bloodshot. "Then what do you want to do?!"
"When the time comes, once we have enough people, we'll surround Nightfall and I'll accompany you upstairs to talk to them. We'll try our best to use peaceful means to stop the East Alliance from making things difficult for Miss Two."
Su Xier remained calm. "We live in a society governed by law now. Although they are from the underworld, things are tense right now. They're probably just making a fuss and don't really intend to do anything."
In fact, throughout the journey, Su Xier always felt that there was something strange about this matter.
Regardless of how Gao Sheng recognized Shen Yunlang as Shen Zhantang's younger sister in such a large nightclub, the fact that Donglian set up such a grand spectacle at the nightclub, braving the crackdown on organized crime, and acting so ostentatiously, strongly suggests a setup.
But at this moment, Shen Zhantang was burning with rage and wouldn't listen to anything:
"Su Qier, are you out of your mind? You think you can negotiate with a bunch of scum? You're delusional. All brawn and no brains!"
Su Xier clenched her fingers, wishing she could use her powerful fists to smash all his teeth.
Her child is definitely not lucky to have such an emotionally unstable father.
"Do you know what the stupidest thing in the world is? It's pretending to be a gentleman in front of an animal. You try to speak to him like a human being and do him like a human being. Does he even deserve it?!"
Shen Zhantang's chest heaved with anger. Suddenly, he looked at Su Xier with a strange gaze. "Hey, you're acting a bit strange today."
Su Xi'er's heart tightened. "What's wrong?"
"Normally, you're always the one who goes wherever I tell you to, rushing to the front without a word of nonsense. Tonight, aren't you talking too much nonsense?"
"I just feel..."
"Heh, I know what you're thinking."
Shen Zhantang let out a cold laugh, his clear black and white eyes filled with contempt. "Actually, you don't want to save Yun'er, do you?"
Su Xier's heart sank suddenly.
Sure enough, she was daydreaming and indulging in wishful thinking.
How much must this man despise her to treat her like this?
“You don’t like Yun’er. Ever since the day Yun’er came back, you’ve been acting very strangely.”
Shen Zhantang coldly withdrew his gaze from her pale face. "Su Xier, why do you always have such unrealistic fantasies?"
You don't think that just because you've been by my side for a few years and slept in my bed, you're any different from other women, do you?
Yun'er is my younger sister whom I watched grow up. She is the apple of my eye, and no one can replace her.
If you fail to protect Yun'er tonight, I will punish you severely!
...
Soon, the entire night was surrounded by more than a dozen black cars belonging to the Shen family, with both the front and back doors completely blocked.
But something's off about the night tonight.
A place that should be bustling and lively is unusually quiet at this moment.
But Shen Zhantang couldn't care less about all that. He only wanted to rescue his younger sister, and he was willing to go through fire and water for her!
He burst through the door, his imposing manner drawing Su Xier and her entourage straight to the private room where Shen Yunlang was.
As soon as they reached the top of the stairs, they were surrounded from both sides by people from the East Union, who attacked them from both the front and the back.
"careful!"
Su Xier's eyes flashed like lightning, and she immediately saw one of the men pull out a baton from his sleeve and strike it straight at Shen Zhantang's face!
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