novelkee 65 Sheng Shen (2)
65 Sheng Shen (2)
The lights in the old neighborhood corridor flickered on and off. The man at the door had fair skin, but it seemed pale and sickly. His fingers were gripping the door tightly, the veins on the back of his hands were bulging, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was completely lifeless.
"Susu, why? Why won't you want me anymore?"
Su Su's face was streaked with tears, but her eyes were cold. She subconsciously touched her slightly itchy arm, and met his sorrowful, red eyes.
“Do you know? After we got married, I kept getting all sorts of explicit photos of you and other women. The first time I received them, I didn’t believe it. I always thought I’d come back and show them to you so we could settle things face to face. If you cheated on me, I would divorce you without hesitation. I’m not that despicable as to want a man who sleeps with everyone. But, Sheng Shen, sometimes things just happen by chance. You were away on a business trip.”
On almost the same day, her sister Bai Linlin even filmed him entering a hotel with another woman, making all her waiting seem like a self-comforting joke.
Sheng Shen's eyes were filled with disbelief. How could there be explicit photos of him with another woman?!
He doesn't usually get close to women when discussing business, let alone take those kinds of photos.
He quickly calmed down and immediately said, "Su Su, I'll send someone to investigate right away. This afternoon, no, at the latest tonight, I will definitely give you an explanation."
One autumn rain brings a chill, and the cold wind howls outside.
The atmosphere in the corridor was equally impressive.
Evening? How much longer will he stay here?
Su Su subconsciously looked back and saw that An An was still under the bed. Although the child was well-behaved, he was a little scared in the dark under the bed and wouldn't stay there for long.
Sheng Shen made the call right in front of him, his tone urgent and his voice as cold as ice. His gaze was fixed on Su Su like an iron lock, as if afraid she would disappear at any moment.
Su Su bit her lip and replied, "Come see me again when you've found out. I won't entertain you then."
She was about to close the door after she finished speaking.
With lightning speed, Sheng Shen wedged his foot into the gap of the closing door. His shiny black leather shoes were squeezed and deformed slightly, but the man remained unfazed as he wiggled his foot inward. Once the pressure was evenly distributed, the pain subsided.
"What are you doing?" Su Su was a little at a loss. Before things were cleared up, Qi An absolutely could not be discovered.
She couldn't gamble with Sheng Shen's conscience by risking Qi An's.
What if Sheng Shen really changes his mind and wants to sue her for custody of the child?
The Sheng family of the capital is so powerful that no one dares to take their case!
"I told you, come find me after you've figured things out. I need to be alone and calm down right now."
Su Su found a reasonable excuse to drive him away without easily arousing suspicion.
Sheng Shen used to be very gentle, gentlemanly and polite to people, but when he was pursuing her, he used all sorts of shameless tricks.
But as time goes by, just like after a beautiful story ends, no one knows whether the heroine was truly happy.
Sheng Shen remained silent for a while, his reluctant and restrained gaze shrouding her. Seeing that Su Su was unwilling to back down, he reached out and untied the pendant around her neck, handing it to her through the crack in the door.
A red cord, threaded through a delicate and smooth safety buckle, lay quietly in the man's large palm.
“Su Su, this is the gift you gave me on our first Valentine’s Day after we started dating in college. Do you remember? I’ve always carried it with me. You said it could protect me and keep me safe. It has protected me for a long time. I cherish it and love it very much. Now I’m returning it to you. If I really cheat on you, the ethics of this world will not tolerate me, and even the gods and Buddhas will no longer want to protect me.”
Sheng Shen's mother is religious. When Su Su received her first Qixi Festival gift from her boyfriend, it was a pair of custom-made pink crystal shoes that were sparkly and beautiful.
Sheng Shen said that Su Su will always be his little princess.
Su Su was very touched, but also embarrassed and didn't know how to respond. Her father never gave any money to the family; all the money went to her brother. Her mother's money was only enough to pay for her and her sister's tuition. At that time, she earned her living expenses by working part-time jobs, and she didn't have much money.
But after finishing another part-time job, she passed by a gold shop with an advertisement for Qixi Festival (Chinese Valentine's Day) written on the door, and the celebrity spokesperson on the sign was wearing a peace buckle on his chest.
For some reason, the image of her boyfriend's tender and doting gaze inexplicably flashed into her mind, seemingly colliding with the jade in front of her.
Couples coming and going seemed keen to browse the jewelry store. Su Su had to stand on tiptoe to see the entire signboard. She squeezed in, stood on tiptoe, and her eyes immediately fell on the numbers.
It said it was only 299, and Su Su was tempted.
Recalling this, Su Su stared blankly at the safety amulet, then silently took it back. "I'll take it. You can go now."
This time, having learned from her experience, she took the jade buckle and immediately closed the door without the slightest hesitation.
She casually put the jade clasp in her pocket and hurriedly went to the bedroom to retrieve Xiaobao.
Sheng Shen, standing outside the door, looked at the door with considerable annoyance, his whole demeanor gloomy.
He glanced at the door across the street, walked to the stairwell, and subconsciously reached into his pocket, wanting to smoke a cigarette to calm himself down. After looking down for a while, he finally sighed and decided to give up.
Sheng Shen took a deep breath of the cold air, his heart and lungs aching from the cold. He reached for his phone and made a call.
"Qi Zhu, find out who lives in apartment 302 on the third floor of building 13 in Yunxia Xiang. Whoever it is, tell her to make her demands directly. Buy this apartment for me no matter the price."
302 is Shenxi's old lair.
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in the room,
After Susu brought Xiao Qi'anla out, the child was covered in dust, her big eyes blinking curiously as she asked in a childish voice,
"Mommy, has that naughty uncle left yet?"
Su Su pursed her red lips slightly, looking at Qi An's obedient eyes, feeling a little sad. "He's gone. Baby, are you hungry? Let Mommy wash you first, and then we'll eat, okay?"
Xiao Qi'an nodded slowly, her round eyes glancing at the doorway before looking away.
After the two finished showering, Su Su and the child were eating when Su Su received a call from Shen Xi.
Shen Xi wondered why lately people kept giving her money for no apparent reason.
First, Jiang Ci offered her money and paid leave to wander around freely, then the landlady's daughter called to say that someone wanted to give her money and told her to move out quickly, asking if she agreed.
The landlord's daughter then said that she should negotiate with the person who wanted to buy the house directly, and if Shen Xi was unwilling, they would not sell the house for the time being.
The landlords are still honoring the contract.
Shen Xi immediately thought of Su Su and wanted to ask her if she knew anything.
After this phone call, Shen Xi was bombarded with information.
Is it a case of "chasing after one's wife is like going through a crematorium"?
The domineering CEO didn't even know he had a child?
Su Su said that she did not want Sheng Shen to know about the child's existence for the time being.
Shen Xi slapped her thigh and exclaimed, "That's easy!"
She immediately called Jiang Ci, asking him to send people to lure Sheng Shen away, and then have the rest of the people take Su Su and the child away.
Su Su agreed.