"What did Xiao Yi say to you?" Shen Muzhi didn't hear clearly, but seeing the smile on her face, she asked.
"I'm not telling you." Xiang Zhilan raised an eyebrow, lay down on the bed, rested her chin on her hand, and looked at him, saying, "Why don't you tell me first what you said to him?"
Shen Muzhi looked at her, not intending to hide it from her, and said in a deep voice, "Su Yan is Xiao Yi's cousin."
Xiang Zhilan was surprised; this was something she had never expected.
“A few days ago, Su Chengwen suffered a stroke and collapsed. Wansheng Media Group has not yet nominated a new CEO. Su Yan, being Su Chengwen’s only daughter, is the most popular candidate to succeed him.”
"Isn't this perfectly reasonable?" Xiang Zhilan didn't understand what was so interesting about it.
"I feel like something's not right. Things are too coincidental." Shen Muzhi frowned, but couldn't quite put his finger on it.
Xiang Zhilan blinked, thought for a moment, and said, "You're just worried and confused, because Su Chengwen is Su Yan's father."
She works in photography, so of course she knows a lot about Su Chengwen, a tycoon in the news industry. Su Chengwen and his first wife had their daughter in middle age, and Su Chengwen was already over forty when Su Yan was born.
She's almost in her seventies now, and there are a lot of elderly people who have strokes at that age, but she doesn't think there's anything wrong with it.
Seeing Xiang Zhilan acting like an outsider again, mentioning Su Yan in front of him and not caring at all that he cared about Su Chengwen because of Su Yan, Shen Muzhi was furious. Couldn't she show that she cared about him a little?
Xiao Yi just said that she felt more than just gratitude towards him, but how come he didn't see any other feelings from her? At least not the kind of feelings a woman should have for a man she likes.
"What's wrong?" Xiang Zhilan saw him staring at her without saying anything and thought she had said something wrong, so she quickly explained, "I'm not against you caring about Su Yan's father. It's your freedom to care, and I will absolutely not interfere."
Shen Muzhi's face darkened even more. The more she explained, the less she cared about him. At this point, shouldn't a normal wife be angry and forbid him from caring about the father of the girl he once had a crush on?
"You really don't need to worry about me, I'm not that petty," Xiang Zhilan repeatedly emphasized sincerely.
"Who asked you to be so generous!" Shen Muzhi turned away angrily, completely forgetting Xiao Yi's instructions to him.
Xiang Zhilan couldn't understand what she had done to offend him. Was it wrong for her to be generous and understanding? Could it be that he wanted her to be angry?
But why should she be angry? He wants to get involved in the Su family's affairs. What does that have to do with her? Does she expect her to stop him from interfering?
Xiang Zhilan frowned and thought about it carefully, then suddenly realized that he wanted her to be jealous, didn't he? He wanted her to mind that he had Su Yan in his heart?
Isn't he just making trouble for himself? If she really minds Su Yan and makes a scene, wouldn't he be the one suffering? How will he live his life after that?
Moreover, being jealous of a dead person is a bit too difficult for her personality.
"Shen Muzhi." Xiang Zhilan felt she had to make things clear so he wouldn't keep teasing her and making her jealous. She said seriously, "You really don't need to use Su Yan to test me anymore. I can't argue with a woman who's no longer here. Don't make things difficult for yourself either. Whether she's your white moonlight or your cinnabar mole, she's gone forever."
"Your magnanimity is all based on the fact that you don't like me," Shen Muzhi said in a deep voice, turning to look at her.
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