Chapter 47 Chapter 47 So, you are regretting being with me...
The meal ended unexpectedly.
Shao Chengzhang took Chen Zhuo out of the private room, leaving everyone in the room looking at each other in bewilderment, at a loss.
"Wait a minute, Shao Chengzhang!" After walking out of the revolving door, Shen Zhuo broke free from Shao Chengzhang's hand and looked up at him. "Answer me a few questions first."
Shao Chengzhang said, "Okay."
"They said you were the big boss of Dreamora. What did they mean?"
"Literally, I'm the founder and CEO of Dreamora."
"So there are no sex toy stores?"
"No."
Chen Zhuo stared at him blankly, "So why did you lie to me?"
"I didn't mean to lie to you." Shao Chengzhang glanced around. The doorman and the receptionist standing at the door glanced over from time to time. "Baby, let's go home and talk, okay?"
Chen Zhuo turned around and quickly walked down the stairs. After getting in the car, he started it without waiting for a second.
Besides being shocked, Shen Zhuo felt even more angry.
She had seen a similar post online before. A girl posted that her boyfriend was hiding his identity as a rich second-generation. The poster was very angry, but everyone in the comment section was responding enthusiastically. She was also talking without any hesitation at the time. Isn't it great to have a rich boyfriend?
Now that it was her turn, she only felt that this was Shao Chengzhang's lack of trust in her.
She recalled that when Shao Chengzhang asked her to live with him and she asked him to find the hidden money from Dreamora, he seemed to smile. He asked himself, is that it?
From his perspective, he must have thought I was playing hard to get, right?
Chen Zhuo was so angry that he slammed his hand on the steering wheel and accidentally pressed the horn, which made a sharp sound.
Shao Chengzhang had been following Shen Zhuo. There was no car in the lane next to him, so he changed lanes to catch up. Shen Zhuo glanced at him and stepped on the accelerator to throw him away.
The two people drove into the parking lot, got into the elevator, and entered the house one after the other.
Hearing the door closing, Shen Zhuo did not turn around. She said with her back to Shao Chengzhang: "We are home, now you can explain."
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to lie to you." Shao Chengzhang said, "I thought about explaining, but I realized that my profession doesn't seem to be important to you. Even if you misunderstood, it wouldn't affect our relationship, so I didn't explain."
Shen Zhuo turned around and looked at him with wide eyes: "How can this be a trivial matter?"
Shen Zhuo's emotions suddenly rose. She couldn't help but raise her voice and said something without thinking, "If I knew you were the president of Dreamora, I would never have asked you to find Lumi's hidden version and agree to live with you. Then I wouldn't have fallen in love with you!"
These words pierced Shao Chengzhang's heart like a needle. He frowned and his tone instantly turned cold: "So, you regret being with me?"
"No, that's not what I meant."
"So what do you mean?" He spoke in a restrained, yet low voice.
Chen Zhuo was stunned for a moment, his throat dry: "I just feel... that you don't trust me. I told you that I hate being lied to the most, and you've lied to me for the second time!"
"I'm not lying to you." Shao Chengzhang paused, suppressing his anger. "I just think this matter isn't that serious at all. There's no need to bring it up specifically."
"You think something is unimportant, but now I know it from other people. Do you know how I feel? We have lived together for more than two months. You have countless opportunities to tell me, but you didn't. In the end, I don't even know what your real job is!"
She held her forehead and walked a few steps, "I thought...we could be honest with each other."
"I've said before that I've always been honest with you. I just don't think this matter needs to be emphasized. If this makes you feel deceived, then I apologize. I'm sorry, I didn't realize this. Can you please not be angry?"
After hearing these words, the emotion on Shen Zhuo's face did not ease, but became even more lost.
"Forget it, you don't get what I'm saying at all." She sighed, "Let's calm down for a moment."
Shen Zhuo picked up his bag and turned to walk out.
"Where are you going so late?" Shao Chengzhang stretched out his arm to block her.
"I'm going home."
Shao Chengzhang looked down at her and said in a hoarse voice, "Isn't this your home?"
"No." Chen Zhuo met his gaze and said clearly and firmly, "This is your home, not mine."
The electronic door clicked shut gently, a sound that was particularly jarring in the quiet of the house. Shao Chengzhang stood there motionless, his mind blank, like a machine that had been paused. He suddenly didn't know what to do.
The cold light reflected on the car window clearly revealed a tense profile. Chen Zhuo looked at the information he had found on his phone, feeling a mixture of emotions.
From Dreamora to Shao Chengzhang, and from Shao Chengzhang to the Shao family, she gradually pieced together the true outline of the man who always took care of every aspect of her life.
Six years ago, when Dreamora went public, Shao Chengzhang graced the cover of a financial magazine. In the photo, Shao Chengzhang, dressed in a suit, looked stern and unsmiling, yet his sharp edge was evident. With Dreamora's continued expansion overseas, he broke into the top ten of Forbes China's Real-Time Rich List three years ago.
Not to mention the Shao family, the famous Shao Heng Group covers multiple fields including finance, real estate, culture and tourism, publishing, fashion, and pan-entertainment. It is a veritable capital empire.
Chen Zhuo was a little dazed. Those worlds that she originally thought were very far away from her suddenly appeared in front of her in an unexpected way.
Shen Zhuo looked at the information and suddenly felt that Shao Chengzhang was a stranger. At this moment, she realized that the man who cooked for her, walked with her, and would quietly apologize in front of her was not the "ordinary person" she thought.
Between them lay not only an undisclosed identity but also countless layers of glamorous data. This alone was enough to create a chasm between them.
Shen Zhuo started the car stiffly. She didn't even know how she got back to Zhonghu. After unlocking the door, the house was pitch black. Jiang Jun was not at home.
She urgently needs to find someone to talk to.
"Hello..." Chen Zhuo called Jiang Jun, "Jiang Jun, where are you..."
Jiang Jun was at her own home, which her mother had bought for her five years ago. It was far from the city center, so she usually stayed at Shen Zhuo's place. Seeing that it was Shen Zhuo calling, she ordered the man to stop and calmed her breath before answering.
Shen Zhuo didn't say what it was, but she heard something was wrong in Shen Zhuo's tone, so she said she would be there right away.
After hanging up the phone, the man lying on top of her spoke, "Why, are you going to abandon me now?"
Jiang Jun slapped the man on the butt and ordered, "I'll give you two minutes, hurry up."
The man "tsk"ed and said, "You really are good at insulting people." Losing interest, the man simply withdrew. Jiang Jun was too lazy to care about him. She pushed him away, got up, and went to the bathroom to take a quick shower, dried herself hastily, and put on her clothes.
Before leaving, she left a message for the man: "Clean up the room before you leave, or don't come back again."
The man supported his head with his elbows, his long hair stuck to his face because of sweat, but it did not affect the delicacy of his face at all. He suddenly smiled. There were many women who wanted to sleep with him, but Jiang Jun was the first woman who dared to ask him to do so.
Jiang Jun grabbed the motorcycle helmet at the entrance and left. She didn't have a car, but she did have a Harley-Davidson. She put on her helmet, hopped on the motorcycle, and headed straight for Zhonghu.
Forty minutes later, Jiang Jun opened the door, and a soft light shone through the crack. The main lights in the living room were off, only a row of small spotlights were on. Chen Zhuo sat on the sofa, a little dazed. When she heard the sound, she slowly looked up and said in a daze, "You're here."
Jiang Jun put the helmet away and walked over to check on her. "What's wrong with you? Why are you like this?"
"Do you know, Shao Chengzhang..." Shen Zhuo hesitated when the words came to his lips, gesturing with his hands.
"Huh? What happened to him?" Jiang Jun's eyes widened. "Did he cheat on his wife? Go bankrupt? Or was he diagnosed with cancer and dying?"
"..." Is this a good word? Shen Zhuo shook his head, "He... I only realized today that he is too rich. It is beyond my comprehension."
"..." Now it was Jiang Jun's turn to be speechless. She slapped Shen Zhuo on the arm and said, "Hey! You called me here just to show off to me. Your husband is so rich, isn't he?"
"No," Shen Zhuo held his head with his hand and sighed, "Just search his name online and then search for Shao Heng Group."
Jiang Jun took out her phone to search, and a minute later she exclaimed "Oh shit".
She slowly raised her head and looked at Chen Zhuo, "Baby, you are marrying into a wealthy family!"
Shen Zhuo rolled his eyes at her.
There were several bottles of beer on the coffee table. Chen Zhuo and Jiang Jun sat on the mat, leaning against the sofa, each holding a bottle in their hands.
"...Since we are already together, it's not wrong for me to ask for honesty between each other, right?" Shen Zhuo said after taking a sip of beer.
"That's right." Jiang Jun agreed, "But let me be fair, he didn't hide it from you on purpose. Didn't you go to his parents' house? Didn't you notice anything at all?"
Shen Zhuo sighed, "I'm stupid, actually. I already looked up Kaleidoscope, but why didn't I take a closer look at his investors? But even if I saw that the founder of Dreamora was Shao Chengzhang, I might have thought it was a name that matched my surname."
Jiang Jun nodded: "It's something you can do. I'm not saying that you're really dull in this area."
"Actually, it was true that Shao Chengzhang initially said he didn't want to marry someone his family arranged. Arranged marriages are common in families like his. Perhaps... he chose to marry me because I wasn't from their class, and I could be used to 'fight' against my family."
"Hey, don't work that backwards," Jiang Jun said. "What did his initial decision to marry someone have to do with his social status? You two were both trying to make ends meet. Think about it from another perspective. Don't you think it was just fate?"
"What the hell is destiny? If it wasn't me, he would have found someone else to marry to satisfy his family."
"That's not necessarily true. If it weren't for you, he might not have thought of getting married. You thought it was a coincidence, but he chose you. Don't you think this is the most fascinating thing about fate?"
Chen Zhuo shook his head. "Destiny is not charming. It only makes people see the reality clearly."
Jiang Jun put down the wine and stared at Chen Zhuo, "Baby, what are you afraid of?"
"I'm not scared..." Shen Zhuo laughed and retorted.
"You did." Jiang Jun exposed her mercilessly, "Or after you knew his true identity, you became less confident in your relationship and even a little inferior."
Chen Zhuo closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "Jiang Jun, you know, you're the only one in this world who can say this to me without being strangled to death by me."
"Oh my God." Jiang Jun smiled and gave her a knight's salute. "My pleasure."
Chen Zhuo covered his eyes with his hands and admitted, "Maybe it's because I'm not confident. I thought his family was well off, but I didn't expect it to be that good. Plus, he never told me about his job, so I suddenly felt a little confused."
"I think you're really confused. You have a house, a car, and your own job. You're financially independent, beautiful, and capable. You could leave him at any time. I don't know what the hell you're feeling inferior about!" Jiang Jun looked like she was disappointed in him. "Besides, you're already married. Even if we take a step back, the worst outcome for you two is breaking up. Before that, why not just enjoy your relationship?" Jiang Jun counseled her, "Although our economic conditions are unequal, equality of character is what matters most."
Shen Zhuo listened without saying anything.
Jiang Jun suddenly lifted her head and shook it, "No matter who you are, get off Chen Zhuo and return that confident and ambitious baby to me!"
Chen Zhuo burst out laughing. She held Jiang Jun's hand and said with a smile, "You're back, you're back!"
"Do you still think it's a problem?" Jiang Jun asked.
"I really think too much," Chen Zhuo said. "But after our argument tonight, I realized that sometimes we really can't agree on anything. We argue about different things, and you know the tone he used when he spoke to me at the end, as if I was being unreasonable..."
Bottle after bottle of beer emptied until late at night, when the only light left on in the building finally went out. The moonlight was dim, and the night fell like a quilt, covering up all the unspoken words.
*
She said she had figured it out, but she was still a little embarrassed to take the initiative to show her friendship to Shao Chengzhang. However, to her surprise, Shao Chengzhang didn't send her any message the whole day.
As the workday was about to end, Chen Zhuo glanced at WeChat. Apart from work messages, there were also public account notifications.
Okay, okay, if he has the ability, then don’t look for her.
Shen Zhuo packed up her things and prepared to go home after get off work, but she didn't expect Shao Chengzhang to be waiting downstairs of her office building.
His solitary figure was lengthened by the setting sun. When I approached and looked at him carefully, I saw a faint bluish color under his eyes, as if he had not slept well the night before.
Shen Zhuo walked up to him and spoke first: "Why are you here?"
"I thought about it for a long time last night." Shao Chengzhang looked at her and whispered, "I know I was wrong and I want to apologize to you. By the way... I'll take you home."
Seeing him acting so well-behaved, Chen Zhuo couldn't bear it, so he gave him a way out: "Okay, I'll give you a chance, go home and tell him."
Shao Chengzhang breathed a sigh of relief. On the way back, he behaved very well, fearing that he would say or do something wrong and make Shen Zhuo unhappy again.
When they arrived at the door, Shen Zhuo was about to push it open when Shao Chengzhang suddenly covered her eyes from behind.
"What are you doing?" She subconsciously grabbed his wrist.
"Don't be afraid, you'll know in a moment."
He slowly guided her into the living room and didn't let go until she was standing still.
Chen Zhuo opened her eyes and saw the sofa piled high with gift boxes of all sizes, all of which were branded by high-end brands she recognized: Chanel, Hermès, Dior, Montblanc...
Shao Chengzhang stood in front of her holding a bouquet of red roses and whispered, "Wife, I was wrong. I'm here to apologize."
After a long while, Shen Zhuo's gaze shifted from those high-end boxes to his face. She sneered, "Shao Chengzhang, is this the conclusion you came to after reviewing all night? Is this what I need?"
He was stunned, a hint of hesitation flashed across his face: "I just want to make it up to you and make you happy..."
"You really don't understand what I care about at all." Shen Zhuo said calmly, but his voice was full of disappointment. "This is not an apology, it's a bribe."
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