“Nonsense!” Shi Yunsheng glared at Shi Wei. “Nuan is your sister! How can you claim that she is not an official member of the Shi family!” Shi Yunsheng turned to glare at Jiang Yu, who in turn trembled in fright.
I haven’t seen him so angry over my last twenty years in the Shi family! ”Dad, Wei is talking nonsense. Please don’t take her words to heart! She is only in a bad mood. Usually, she shares a close relationship with Nuan! Am I right, Wei?” Jiang Yu glanced at Shi Wei through the corner of her eyes.
Tugging Shi Wei’s hands, she continued, “Wei, quickly explain yourself to Granddad!”
“I…”
“Dad, Wei is in the wrong this time. I have not taught her properly.” Shi Jingzheng finally spoke up. He let out a sigh before continuing, “I will teach Wei well. She and Nuan are sisters. This is a fact that nothing can change!”
Shi Wei was no fool and caught Shi Jingzheng’s drift. “I’m sorry, Granddad. I was only a-a bit angry just now because Nuan didn’t discuss her marriage with us!”
“Fine then, since you admit it’s your fault. Don’t commit the same mistake again.”
Shi Yunsheng shook his head and sighed. “It’s getting late. Wei, stay here tonight since you have returned home. But keep in mind that the Fu family is your family too now that you have married Fu Xicheng!”
“Yes!”
After Shi Yunsheng retreated into his bedroom upstairs, Shi Wei sneered, “What’s wrong with Granddad? Nuan…”
“Enough. Don’t say such things again.”
Shi Jingzheng spread out his hands and chided, “Nuan is Fu Chengyan’s wife now. Instead of making use of your sisterly relationship with her, you have actually ganged up with others to go against her. What is wrong with you?”
Shi Wei was stunned for a moment. “I…”
“But you said that there is a woman who resembled Nuan?” Shi Jingzheng and Jiang Yu exchanged glances before the latter caught his meaning and asked, “Oh yes, what did you say about this woman?”
“Her name is Shen Qianan. She claimed to be Fu Chengyan’s ex-fiancée, but Fu Chengyan did not admit to that. I don’t know if it’s true, but this woman has a child with her!”
“Okay, we get it. It’s getting late now. You should go to bed.”
Shi Wei looked at Shi Jingzheng and Jiang Yu before going upstairs reluctantly. After Shi Wei had gone upstairs, Jiang Yu turned around to look at Shi Jingzheng. “Zheng, is that girl…?”
Shi Jingzheng shook his head. “I don’t know. Does she really bear such a strong resemblance to Nuan?”
…
On the other hand, Shi Nuan had been sleeping alone and refused to listen to Fu Chengyan’s explanation since that night. In fact, they had not seen each other for a few days already, thus both of them were in a sullen mood now.
As a result, an air of gloom and despondency settled over the entire Shengyuan building, which was even more apparent during meetings that usually involved lively discussions. Shen Qianan was pleased to see the cracks emerging in the relationship between Fu Chengyan and Shi Nuan and planned to take the chance to win him back. However, things were not working in her favor. Fu Chengyan had messed up her plans by preemptively stopping her from entering his office or getting anywhere near him.
Today, Shengyuan had an important guest- Shen Qianan’s son, Yu.
But he was brought to the office by the Fu clan’s servants and not Shen Qianan. The servants claimed that Old Master Fu could not bear his incessant wailing and gave in to his demand to see Shen Qianan. Thus, he had ordered them to bring Yu to the office.
At this moment, Shen Qianan was photocopying some documents on the 27th floor. I have been trying to find excuses to visit Fu Chengyan in his office these few days. But he is never around. I can’t get near him at all! Though upset, there was nothing she could do about it.
Actually, Fu Chengyan had not been in the office recently because he was busy tracking Shi Nuan down. She had been avoiding him these days by going out of the office for business meetings. Thus, Fu Chengyan could not find a chance to explain things to her. The situation was even worse at home. It is as if Shi Nuan has made up her mind to ignore me! Fu Chengyan had never felt so frustrated in his entire life before.
Knowing that Shi Nuan and Lin Yu would be meeting the representatives from the Prosperous Group today, he decided to ‘ambush’ her. He had given Lin Yu a call after the meeting. His plan worked. Shi Nuan was sitting beside him now at the back of the car driven by Zhou Zheng. But she had been keeping quiet the moment she boarded the car while Fu Chengyan had been showering her with attention. Zhou Zheng was shocked by this side of Fu Chengyan.
“May, Zhou Zheng says that there is a new BBQ restaurant. Shall we try it one day?”
“May, there is a Hollywood film screening this weekend. Shall we watch it?”
“May, we haven’t visited Grandpa for a long while. Why don’t we visit him this weekend?”
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