Chapter 91 Mother of Shen Pleads for Mercy
Ruan Yao had just finished lunch when intern Chen Cheng rushed over, her face pale and flustered.
"Sister Ruan Yao! No, something terrible has happened!"
"What's wrong? Tell me slowly."
Chen Cheng lowered her voice.
“A woman who calls herself Madam Shen has come down to the reception room and specifically asked to see you. She…she looks like she’s going crazy.”
Shen Yu's mother?
The smile on Ruan Yao's face faded.
What is she doing here?
Ever since she had a falling out with Shen Yu at the party, she has intentionally or unintentionally avoided all people and things related to the Shen family.
She asked Chen Cheng to go and comfort her first, while she turned and walked into the private break room in the office.
Ruan Yao glanced down at the men's watch on her wrist.
The silver stainless steel bracelet gleamed with a cold, hard light under the lamp.
She took a deep breath, suppressing the sudden unease in her heart, and turned to walk towards the reception room.
The moment she pushed open the door, Ruan Yao was stunned.
The aunt Shen who was always impeccably made up and had an elegant demeanor in my memory now had a sallow complexion, sunken eyes, and wrinkles in her Chanel suit, as if she hadn't slept for days, having lost all her dignity and composure.
"So graceful!"
Upon seeing Ruan Yao, Mother Shen grasped at a straw, stood up abruptly, rushed over, and grabbed Ruan Yao's hand.
Her hands were ice-cold and trembling.
"Yaoyao, please save the Shen family, save your uncle and your brother Shen Yu!"
Chen's mother's voice was hoarse, and as soon as she spoke, tears streamed down her face like a broken string.
"Yaoyao, your aunt has been forced into a corner. Could you please, for the sake of... for the sake of the many years of friendship between our two families, and for the sake of how much your aunt has doted on you, go and talk to Huo Yanzhi, beg him to show mercy and spare the Shen family's life!"
"Auntie, please let go first, let's talk this out." Ruan Yao endured the stinging pain in her wrist and tried to comfort her.
Chen's mother pulled Ruan Yao down, almost making her kneel.
“Our family is finished. The company’s cash flow has dried up. The banks are chasing us for repayment every day. All our partners have terminated their contracts with us! Shen Yu… he’s locked himself in his room for days and won’t see anyone…”
Ruan Yao felt a mix of emotions.
The woman in front of her, who was in a state of collapse and disarray, was once one of the gentlest and kindest elders in her memory.
When she was little, she would visit the Shen family, and Aunt Shen would always prepare her favorite strawberry cake and gently pat her head, praising her for being cute.
Aunt Shen was indeed very kind to her, but that kindness turned sour the moment Shen Yu drugged her.
“Auntie, I don’t understand business matters, and I have no intention of interfering.” Ruan Yao hardened her heart, pulled her hand back, took a step back, and created some distance. “This is Huo Yanzhi’s company, and I can’t interfere with his decisions.”
Madam Shen was surprised that she would refuse so decisively, and the pleading on her face froze instantly.
She looked at Ruan Yao in disbelief, as if she were looking at a stranger.
"You don't understand? How could you not understand?" Madam Chen's voice suddenly became sharp. "Huo Yanzhi dotes on you so much, he cherishes you like a precious gem. One word from him is more effective than a hundred from us! Now that you're the future young mistress of the Huo family, you've climbed the social ladder, have you forgotten about us old friends?"
"Ruan Yao, where is your conscience?"
She pointed at Ruan Yao with great emotion, her voice cracking with excitement.
"How have we, the Shen family, ever treated you badly? You and Shen Yu grew up together, and we've long considered you like a daughter! Now that our family is in trouble, you actually refuse to help us? You ungrateful wretch!"
Harsh accusations came at me like knives.
Ruan Yao was so angry at these distorted words that she felt a chill run down her spine. She stared in astonishment at the completely unfamiliar woman in front of her.
“Aunt Shen,” she looked at Shen’s mother’s face, which was contorted with anger, and suddenly found it ridiculous, “before you accused me, did you ask Shen Yu what he did to me?”
Madam Shen was taken aback for a moment, then her eyes darted away as she tried to defend herself.
"Ah Yu... he just likes you too much! He was just confused for a moment, blinded by jealousy! What man wouldn't do something impulsive when facing someone he likes?"
"A moment of confusion?" Ruan Yao felt a chill in her heart.
It turns out that in this mother's eyes, her son is always innocent.
The last trace of reluctance she felt for the Shen family in the past vanished at that moment.
Ruan Yao didn't say another word, turned around and pressed the internal phone button on the table.
"Call security and ask Madam Shen to leave."
Madam Shen was stunned. "Ruan Yao, how dare you!"
"Why wouldn't I dare?" Ruan Yao looked at her coldly. "This is Lexing Island, the Huo family's company, not a place where you can run wild."
Soon, two tall security guards walked in.
"Please ask this lady to leave." Ruan Yao turned her head away.
"Ruan Yao! You'll get your comeuppance!" Madam Shen was held up by the security guards on either side and began to struggle frantically.
"Do you think Huo Yanzhi is any good? He deliberately set up a project trap to ruin the Shen family, causing your brother Shen Yu to invest all his money! Now he's lost everything!"
"He's a cunning and ruthless devil who'll stop at nothing to achieve his goals! If you follow him, you'll be devoured alive by him one day without even realizing it!"
Ruan Yao paused in her steps as she was about to leave.
She slowly turned around.
"Explain yourself clearly, what project are you referring to?"
Seeing that she reacted, Shen's mother immediately broke free from the security guard.
"What? Scared? Let me tell you, Huo Yanzhi is the kind of person who will stop at nothing to achieve his goals! He can treat Shen Yu like this today, and he can treat you like this tomorrow! You really think he loves you? He's just using you to target Shen Yu!"
Just then, Ruan Yao's cell phone suddenly vibrated in her pocket.
Three words appeared on the screen: Huo Yanzhi.
At the same time, in the top-floor president's office of the Huo Group.
Huo Yanzhi stared expressionlessly at the segmented surveillance footage on the screen in front of him.
The scene shown is the reception room of Happy Star Island.
His hand was under the table, and the air pressure around him instantly dropped to freezing point.
In the reception room, Ruan Yao answered the phone in front of Shen's mother.
The cold, wary expression she had just displayed softened the moment she answered the phone.
"Hey, Yanzhi."
Huo Yanzhi's deep, gentle voice came from the other end of the phone.
Are you busy?
"It's alright, I'm meeting with a client." Ruan Yao turned to the side, her back to Chen's mother. "What's wrong?"
Huo Yanzhi chuckled softly on the other end of the phone.
I miss you, so I'm calling to hear your voice.
This straightforward love confession made Ruan Yao's ears turn red instantly.
She whispered, "Can I call you later? Let's finish this first."
"Okay, I won't bother you anymore."
After hanging up the phone, Ruan Yao took a deep breath, and when she turned around, her face had returned to calm.
She looked at Chen's mother, who was still throwing a tantrum.
“Aunt Shen, I trust my husband. I know him better than anyone else what kind of person he is.”
"As for the business competition between the Shen family and my husband, I will not comment. But I know that even if he really did use some means to deal with the Shen family, it was definitely your son who deserved it."
Instead of cursing others here, you should go back and ask Shen Yu how all of this started.
After saying that, she didn't look at Madam Chen again and made a gesture to the security guard.
"Ruan Yao! You ungrateful wretch! You'll regret this! You'll definitely regret this—!"
Madam Shen's resentful curses were shut out behind the heavy door.
The reception room finally returned to silence.
Huo Yanzhi watched the calm return to normalcy on the monitor, and looked at the girl who had put up all her defenses to protect him.
The man's previously tense jawline finally relaxed at this moment.
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