Xiang Nanzhi was almost right behind him, her mind filled with thoughts of how to explain to him that she should have told him immediately after she asked Li Luchuan to help her secure the export contract.
But she was afraid he would overthink it, afraid he would be overly sensitive.
When she entered the construction site, she was stopped by the security guards outside. "Who are you? What are you doing here?"
The people at Zhang Yandong's construction site naturally didn't recognize her. "If there's nothing going on, stay away from here. We can't afford to take responsibility if something happens."
No unauthorized personnel allowed; Zhang Yandong's rules were very strict.
"I need to speak with your Director Shen about something very important."
Shen Shixun was the highest-ranking official in charge of this construction site besides the investors. Whatever he said went, and whatever he said needed to be changed had to be changed.
"Are you Director Shen's?"
"I am his wife."
After she said that, the security guard stopped her and handed her a helmet, saying, "Wear this when you go in."
Xiang Nanzhi took it and was about to put it on when he smelled a strange odor.
With so many people using it, this thing can't possibly be new. Xiang Nanzhi shook his head. "Give me a new one."
The security guard was also taken aback for a moment. "Okay, wait a minute."
He went back to look through them, but didn't find a new one. However, he found a relatively new one that had obviously been worn by someone.
Xiang Nanzhi couldn't bear it anymore and called Shen Shixun, but the man didn't answer, and her heart sank even further.
She wasn't answering the phone; was she still angry? Knowing she was in the wrong, she couldn't complain about the dirty work hat anymore. Suppressing her nausea, she tried to pull the hat over her head, asking Nanzhi, "Can I not wear this?"
"No, then you can't go in." The security guard said, reaching for the hat in her hand.
"I'll wear it, I'll wear it."
The security guard was straightforward and unafraid of offending Director Shen's wife. According to the rules, unauthorized personnel are not allowed to enter, but he had already relaxed the rules. If he didn't even wear a helmet, how could he bear the responsibility if something happened?
Xiang Nan made a snap decision, pulled the hat up, and was hit with a plastic smell and another indescribable odor. The smell made her feel nauseous and she felt like throwing up.
"Excuse me, where is your Director Shen?"
"I don't know."
Xiang Nanzhi then went to find the middle-aged man who looked a bit like a construction foreman, "Hello, may I ask where your Director Shen is?"
"Director Shen?"
Middle-aged contractors are usually a bit overweight, slightly chubby, and don't do much work; they just sit around taking notes in a notebook.
Hearing her ask Director Shen, he straightened up a bit and casually pointed to the building, "Isn't it over there?"
Where?
"It's hanging from a rope on the roof."
Looking up from the bottom, Xiang Nanzhi was so frightened that her heart stopped for a few seconds, and her face immediately turned pale.
Just as the foreman was about to speak, she had already strode over, bypassing a pile of cement, a pile of cutters, and a pile of sand. Xiang Nanzhi's eyes were red with anger.
She's about to give birth, and he's doing these things at heights—is he courting death?
"Shen Shixun!"
She called out, but the man didn't hear her. Shen Shixun was looking intently at the flawed spot.
"Shen Shixun!" Xiang Nanzhi shouted at him with all her might from under the building. Only then did the man hear her and look down.
On the chaotic construction site, Xiang Nanzhi's figure stood out. She looked so small, like a ball.
The man ignored her and continued to finish his work. He had someone hand him his tools. Xiang Nanzhi was furious with him and was about to go up when she glanced at the elevator and was so frightened that she backed out.
I can't describe how I feel; I'm scared, angry, and frustrated.
Shen Shixun applied glue, covered it with materials, and used a rope as weight to slowly make his way to the top floor window by walking along the outer wall.
Xiang Nanzhi yelled at him, "Get down here!"
Shen Shixun didn't look at her, but he heard her voice.
What can he do if he doesn't roll down?
"Director Shen, that person is..."
"My wife."
As Shen Shixun spoke, he got up and took the elevator downstairs.
He tried to convince himself not to be angry. He knew that Li Luchuan framing him was a matter between men, and there was no need to drag a woman into it. Since she and Li Luchuan were friends, they should keep things separate. Since they were friends…
What kind of friend are you? They've already kissed, and you still call them friends?
As the elevator slowly descended, Shen Shixun's entire body tensed up, his facial features taut, expressionless, almost completely black.
Shen Shixun manually pushed open the iron mesh door.
A resounding slap came right at my face...
The man was taken aback. Xiang Nanzhi realized she had acted impulsively. The hand that hit him had its fingers slightly bent. "Are you sulking with me? Do you know how scared I am?"
Is she afraid?
Shen Shixun gritted his teeth, then suddenly smiled, "Is there something you need?"
"Stop pretending to be stupid. Did you come to my studio?"
"Excuse me, Miss Xiang."
"I asked Li Luchuan for help with the export contract. Chairman Li is too hard to find. I'm afraid that if we don't finalize it soon..."
For this contract, she didn't contact Xiang Jingyi or Xiang Ciyuan, but instead contacted Li Luchuan.
So, for her, Li Luchuan was someone even closer than family?
“I’m afraid that if I don’t make a decision soon, Chairman Li will leave soon, and it will be very difficult to find him later.”
The man nodded, seemingly unconcerned; he couldn't bear to hear the name "Li" now.
He thought of his mother, such a good person, who was reduced to a plaything, whose life was ruined by someone, who gave birth to two children and was then cruelly abandoned, who lived such a bitter life, and in the end, she had no status at all.
The murderer did all this just to trick a Buddha statue into inheriting the family business. He successfully inherited the business, married, had a son, an illegitimate daughter, and a second wife.
He might have been attracted to his mother for novelty and excitement, but he was very clear-headed and left once the novelty wore off.
He never thought of taking his mother away from the grassland. He secretly left Saigon, left him, and left Jila, carrying the Buddha statue, leaving the three of them to fend for themselves on the grassland.
“Shen Shixun, Li Luchuan asked me to do something. Should I be more polite to him? He asked me to make a birthday gift for his mother. He came to see me today. What you just saw was him discussing the details of the birthday gift with me.”
His mother's fate was no different from his; it was only a matter of time.
They were all bewitched by someone who didn't belong to their own world, and they fantasized about being able to merge with him.
Seeing that the man hadn't reacted at all to her explanations, Xiang Nanzhi asked, "Shen Shixun, don't you believe me?"
He wanted to say, "How could I not believe you? I believe you."
But he found it hard to say something against his will, so he just glanced at her and said, "Go back."
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