Chapter 79 Su Mingyuan has been gambling heavily lately
In the villa's dining room.
Ruan Yao hummed a little tune as she arranged the dishes in the kitchen.
These past few days, Huo Yanzhi seems to have been exceptionally busy, but no matter how late it is, he always goes home.
The two of them are getting along more and more like a real newlywed couple, all sweet and loving, except for the lack of marital relations, everything is perfect.
Huo Yanzhi came in from outside and saw that slender figure busy in the kitchen, wearing a somewhat comical cartoon apron.
He walked over, wrapped his arms around her waist from behind, and rested his chin on her small shoulder.
"What delicious food should I make?"
"Borscht." Ruan Yao turned around, as if presenting a treasure, "Tangtang said this is delicious, low-fat, and healthy, so I'll give it a try."
The two sat down at the dining table, the atmosphere warm and peaceful.
Halfway through the meal, Huo Yanzhi casually brought it up.
"Has Shen Yu contacted the Ruan family recently?"
Ruan Yao paused for a moment while scooping the soup.
She looked up and saw Huo Yanzhi looking at her, his deep, unfathomable eyes filled with complex and unreadable emotions.
Ruan Yao shook her head. "No, I told my brother about it. He was furious and wanted to beat him up, but I stopped him. He told me not to tell Mom and Dad, because he was afraid they would be upset."
Huo Yanzhi hummed in response, then lowered his eyes, making it impossible to discern his emotions.
He paused for a few seconds, as if carefully choosing his words.
"The Shen family has recently run into some problems with their business in several overseas ports, and their cash flow is very tight. They want to cooperate on a new energy project to alleviate the pressure."
He paused, then looked directly at Ruan Yao. "I want to take this opportunity to suppress them."
After he finished speaking, he raised his eyes and stared at Ruan Yao's face, not missing a single change in her expression.
This was a move he had been planning for a long time.
But he was still afraid.
Perhaps Ruan Yao still harbors some affection for the childhood sweetheart who has been with her for so many years.
Even if it means a complete falling out, she will still plead for Shen Yu.
Even the slightest bit of harm would be enough to undo all his previous efforts and force him to retreat back into his shell of unease and jealousy.
However, Ruan Yao simply looked at him calmly and then softly said "Oh".
Her tone was so flat, it was as if she were saying, "The weather is nice today."
"Do what you want to do."
For her, the name Shen Yu had already been shattered to pieces along with herself the moment she jumped off the building in her previous life.
In this life, she originally wanted to give him a chance before anything happened, but Shen Yu ruined it himself.
Huo Yanzhi looked at her, at the openness in her eyes, and his anxious heart finally felt a little more real.
What he didn't say was that he had more to do for Shen Yu than just that.
"good."
*
It was late at night.
Ruan Yao had just finished showering and was about to go to bed when her phone suddenly vibrated.
She picked it up and saw it was Lin Weiwei.
For her to contact me so late at night, something must have happened.
Ruan Yao immediately pressed the answer button.
"Hey, Sister Weiwei?"
The phone line was filled with deafening music and the laughter of men and women; it was incredibly noisy.
Lin Weiwei's voice was very low, with a hint of barely perceptible tension, and it struggled to get through the gaps in the noise.
"Yaoyao, I'm outside. I'm calling you while I'm in the bathroom."
Ruan Yao's heart immediately jumped. "What's wrong? Where are you?"
“I’m at the ‘Nightfall’ club, accompanying Su Mingyuan… to meet a few clients.” Lin Weiwei’s voice was filled with exhaustion and disgust. “I have a feeling something’s going to happen. Su Mingyuan has been gambling more and more heavily lately. I secretly looked at his phone, and he owes a lot of money. He’s robbing Peter to pay Paul and is almost unable to pay it back.”
"These so-called clients today don't look like legitimate businessmen at all; they seem more like loan sharks. Su Mingyuan was bowing and scraping to them like a lapdog."
"And what I find most suspicious is that these past few days, he has been secretly making phone calls in the office, as if he is contacting someone and wants to use the company's name as collateral to borrow money."
Ruan Yao's expression turned cold.
Su Mingyuan, you've finally reached this point.
"In his office, is that contract about the new materials supplier that needs his signature ready?"
"Once it's ready, put it in the most conspicuous spot on his desk."
"Very well." Ruan Yao's voice turned cold. "Does he have any special plans for today?"
“Yes,” Lin Weiwei replied immediately. “He postponed next week’s meeting this afternoon, saying he was going to the outskirts of Beijing to meet a ‘big client’ and discuss a ‘big deal.’ I guess he was going to gamble, and he wanted to take this opportunity to win back all the money he had lost before.”
Suburbs of Beijing.
Major clients.
In his past life, Su Mingyuan was tricked by the Zhou family to go to the outskirts of Beijing. In a carefully designed gambling game, he incurred a huge gambling debt that was enough to crush the Ruan family.
Finally, under the coercion and enticement of the Zhou family, he signed that fatal guarantee contract.
In this life, she will make him stumble in the same place, in the same way.
However, this time, that contract will be the Zhou family's death warrant.
"Sister Weiwei, do as we agreed before." "You must protect yourself, don't drink alcohol, find a chance to leave, and don't pay attention to him."
"I know." Lin Weiwei took a deep breath. "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. I'll stop here for now. If I stay out too long, he'll get suspicious."
The call was abruptly ended.
Ruan Yao gripped her phone, wide awake.
She walked to the window and looked out at the deep night.
Su Mingyuan, the Zhou family...
In your past life, you owed the Ruan family a debt; in this life, she will make you repay it tenfold.
"Nightfall" Club, VIP Room.
Lin Weiwei pushed open the heavy door and walked in, greeted by a cacophony of noise and the mingled smells of smoke and alcohol.
She had just sat down in her seat when Su Mingyuan grabbed her wrist, his face showing impatience from being drunk.
"Why are you acting like you've fallen into the toilet? Stop dawdling! Don't you know Brother Wang is waiting for you to offer him a toast?"
The man known as "Brother Wang," with his beer belly, had his eyes lecherously lingering on Lin Weiwei. Upon hearing this, he immediately brought over his wine glass.
"That's right, Miss Lin, we've been waiting for you. Come on, you have to drink this, or you're disrespecting me, Mr. Wang."
Lin Weiwei looked at the wine glass handed to her and felt a wave of nausea wash over her.
She forcefully pulled her hand away from Su Mingyuan's, but managed to force an apologetic and weak expression onto her face.
"I'm so sorry, Brother Wang, I really feel bad."
As she spoke, she deliberately raised her hand to scratch her neck, where a small red mark had already appeared due to nervousness.
"I've had a bad cold for the past few days. I just took cephalosporin before going out, and the doctor told me I absolutely cannot drink alcohol. Look, I seem to have developed a rash. If I drink alcohol again, I'm afraid I'll really have to go to the hospital."
As she spoke, she revealed a small patch of skin on her wrist that was also red.
That was actually something she had just pulled out of the toilet herself.
The lights in the private room were dim, and it was impossible to tell Wang Ge and Su Mingyuan apart.
Upon hearing "cephalosporin" and "hospital admission," both men's expressions changed.
It's not worth getting into trouble over a woman.
Su Mingyuan was embarrassed and felt that Lin Weiwei had spoiled his mood, so he waved at her irritably.
"Alright, alright, if you can't drink, then get out of here and stop getting in my way!"
Lin Weiwei immediately felt like she had been granted a pardon. She quickly grabbed her bag and bowed to the people in the private room.
"Well then, gentlemen, I won't disturb your enjoyment any longer. I'll be leaving now."
After saying that, she fled the private room as if she were escaping.
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