The ashtray in the Chu family's study was piled high with cigarette butts.
Chu's father stared at the red-headed document announcing Chu Chenzhou's detention on his phone screen, his eyes bloodshot.
"President Liu replied that he can help... but... but on the condition that he wants... he wants Yiyi."
Chu's mother pushed open the door and entered, holding a gold-embossed business card between her fingers, looking somewhat embarrassed.
"He's the same age as me, and his wife just died!"
Chu's father suddenly looked up, his face turning grim.
"That's what I was thinking too... but it's just an engagement first, not a wedding right away. That way, we can rescue Chenzhou first, and after the engagement, there's still some time before the wedding. We can just find some excuse to call off the engagement then..."
Chu's mother placed the business card on the table. The card, printed in gilded lettering, read "Liu Tianfu, Chairman of Longchang Group," a nouveau riche who had just lost his wife and inherited her company, and thus possessed considerable influence.
The rain outside the window was getting heavier and heavier, and the raindrops hitting the glass sounded like countless tiny mocking sounds.
Is the person your cousin introduced reliable?
Mr. Chu picked up the business card, rubbing it between his fingers as he pondered its feasibility. To be honest, he didn't really trust his mother's cousin.
"His deceased wife's cousin knows my cousin. It's said that this Mr. Liu inherited 60% of his wife's group shares, so he can definitely help us!"
"Yiyi...it's time for her to contribute something to the family."
Mrs. Chu swiped through her phone's photo album and stopped at a picture of Chu Baiyi at a banquet.
She felt that Chu Baiyi wouldn't refuse, nor could she refuse, the opportunity to contribute to the family!
After several days of business engagements, Chu Baiyi received a large sum of pocket money and finally had time to go shopping. She stood at the entrance of the mall carrying large and small bags. Her father said that a business partner happened to be nearby and could take her home.
She naturally got into the luxury car, casually drank the bottled water that Mr. Liu took out from the car's refrigerator, and even said thank you to him. Then she felt a little dizzy and lightheaded.
"Miss Chu? Miss Chu?"
"Oh dear, you're so drunk, I'll have to take you upstairs to rest..."
Mr. Liu's greasy voice seemed to come from a very far place; these were the last words Chu Baiyi heard before she completely lost consciousness.
When she opened her eyes again, the first thing she saw was the hotel lights, followed by the feeling of being naked, and finally, Mr. Liu, who was dressed the same way, standing next to her with his phone pointed at the bed, his belly fat glistening in the lens.
"The little beauty is awake?"
"Didn't your parents-in-law tell you? Tonight is our engagement night..."
Liu Tianfu turned his head and saw that she was awake. He grinned, revealing that his gold teeth looked extremely ugly.
His words were interrupted when the door was suddenly kicked open with a loud bang.
Before Chu Baiyi could react, seven or eight mobile phone cameras were already shoved in front of the bed, their flashes as bright as day.
"Liu Tianfu! You heartless bastard! My sister just died, and you're already bringing your mistress to a hotel room!!!"
"Oh my! Your little lover is a familiar face!"
"Look everyone! This is Miss Chu! At such a young age, she willingly slept with someone like my cousin-in-law for money!"
A plump woman adorned with jewels rushed to the front, her rhinestone-studded nails holding a phone with the screen almost poking Chu Baiyi's face as she shouted at the reporters behind her.
Chu Baiyi's screams were drowned out by the clicking of camera shutters and the reporters' chatter. As she pulled the blanket over her body, a reporter's lens captured her face precisely.
"No!! This fat pig drugged me!! No, he raped me!! How could I possibly be interested in this fat pig..."
She tried to explain, but Liu Tianfu, enraged, slapped her back onto the bed: "What the hell are you pretending to be innocent for! Your parents promised to send you to my bed!! You dare to curse me after asking me for a favor?!"
"Little S is still trying to deny it! You and my brother-in-law even have photos of us on a date! Last week at a Michelin-starred restaurant, and the day before yesterday at a golf course!!!"
The fat woman pulled a stack of photos out of her Hermès bag and threw them on the bed.
Chu Baiyi stared intently, stunned.
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