Shen Shixiu brought Shen Qianan out. His cold gaze did not hold any emotion, but Shen Qianan knew he was infuriated over the fact that she had exposed the Shen family’s dirty laundry in front of everyone.
Shen Qianan followed Shen Shixiu onto the car. The coldness in the former’s eyes caused Shen Qianan to tremble in fear. “I-”
“Do you even know what you just did?” Shen Shixiu interrupted.
Shen Shixiu lifted his head, his chilly gaze falling on his sister. His eyes held no warmth at all. In an instant, she lost all the courage she had mustered up just to speak up. Shen Qianan bit her lip. “What does any of that have to do with you?” she asked bitterly.
“Of course it has something to do with me!” There it was, that cold gaze again. “It’s no wonder you didn’t want to go. Now I know that it was all because of her. It’s already been twenty years since she abandoned you. Don’t tell me you still want her back?”
“I don’t!” Shen Qianan protested through misty eyes.
“Then tell me, what have you been doing?”
“How can that whore pretend like nothing ever happened? Why must I be the one to carry all this pain? Did she ever think of me when she was successful? No! So why should I let her off? Her fans are blind to be worshipping her like she’s a goddess!”
Shen Shixiu pinched his nose bridge, exasperated. “You shouldn’t concern yourself with that. You’re the daughter of the Shen family and the younger sister of someone as established as I. We share the same mother, got it?”
He looked up, and upon seeing Shen Qianan’s reddened eyes, he instantly turned solemn. “Shen Qianan!”
Shen Qianan sneered. “You say I’m your younger sister, but do you really treat me as if I am? And did your mother genuinely accept me? All she did was put up a front for the sake of the family.”
These were things that she had been long aware of. That was why, ever since she was young, she has wanted to escape from the Shen family – to escape from that cage.
If Shu Qing did not return, Shen Qianan would have never been reminded that she had such a heartless woman for a biological mother. Unfortunately, she did. This was what incited rage and hatred in Shen Qianan – especially when she saw Shu Qing’s fake act in front of others.
“So that was how you felt, huh?”
“How could I not? Even you… I’m sure you hate me too. After all, my biological mother broke up your family, and I’m an only daughter. This made you feel like an outsider in your own family ever since you were little, right?”
Shen Shixiu narrowed his eyes. “You really think of me that way?”
“Yes!”
“Yes, you’re right. Are you satisfied now?” With that, Shen Shixiu stopped talking.
The tense silence caused the already narrow room to seem as if it was closing in on itself. Shen Qianan felt like she was suffocating. She wanted to get out of the car, but she became immobilized by the look on Shen Shixiu’s face. “You think I’ll give up like this? I won’t rest until the day that whore gets what she deserves!”
Shen Shixiu’s eyes suddenly shot open. An unreadable coldness permeated from his dark eyes; they only regained their brightness after a long while. He paused for a moment. “I’ll take care of it, so don’t interfere!” he warned coldly.
Shen Qianan was flabbergasted. “You…”
“It’s fine if you don’t want to return to the Shen family, but don’t involve yourself with Fu Chengyan ever again, or I’ll show you what happens when you decide to go against me!”
Shen Qianan was stunned. A chill spread throughout her body, reaching her bones and halting all her movements.
…
Almost as soon as Shi Nuan left, Fu Chengyan received news of Shen Qianan’s uproar from Fu Xicheng.
Fu Chengyan was on the phone with the overseas partner companies regarding the upcoming launch of the collaboration products. Zhou Zheng’s report caused him to hang up the phone and yell out, “Tell me!”
“It also seems that Mrs. Fu has met with some trouble today.” Zhou Zheng relayed what he heard from Fu Xicheng. When he was done, he saw Fu Chengyan’s eyes lose their sparkle. He added immediately, “Mr. Fu, regarding Mrs. Fu…”
Fu Chengyan raised his hand to stop his assistant. “You said that Shen Qianan went to the news conference? And Shen Shixiu went as well?”
“Yes, and Ms. Shen said in front of all the reporters that Shu Qing was her biological mother. As for Shen Shixiu, he didn’t say much, but he did say a few words before he took Ms. Shen away.” Zhou Zheng then relayed with happened with Shen Shixiu. “The reporters saw Mrs. Fu after Shen Qianan and Shu Qing left, so…”
At that, Fu Chengyan’s eyes sharpened. “What happened to her?”
“She’s having lunch now with her two friends. She seems to not have been affected.”
“You can go now.” Fu Chengyan waved his hand dismissively.
It was only after Zhou Zheng left that he allowed his frown to show.
I didn’t expect things to go down like this. Seems like I was right all along. Something is going on between Shu Qing and Shen Qianan. And between Shu Qing and May, too. Now it makes sense that Shen Qianan and Shi Nuan look so alike. It turns out that they’re sisters, and Shu Qing is their biological mother. Shu Qing’s probably just her stage name- her real name is Jiang Yuan, daughter of Jiang Shizheng.
As these thoughts ran through his head, he could not resist the urge to pinch his nose bridge. This isn’t good.
It’s no wonder Jiang Shizheng and Shi Yunsheng refused to tell me the truth. So Shen Qianan is the daughter of Shu Qing and Shen Feng, but what about Shi Nuan? Is she their daughter too? But why did Shu Qing leave Shen Qianan with the Shen family, but Shi Nuan with the Jiang family?
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