Chapter 201: Invisible Arrow

Shen Xun let Lin Shutong leave first.

Although he didn't say what would happen to the child, Lin Shutong knew that his child's great method was already at work.

The purpose of coming had been achieved, so Lin Shutong left.

When passing the living room, she deliberately touched her belly in front of the Shen family, as if telling them that Shen Xun already intended to keep the child.

Shen Xi thought she was being provocative: "Mom, wasn't that slut's expression just now a provocation?"

Mother Shen said, "Your brother might want this child."

Shen Xi asked, "What about Jiang Lai?"

What about her money!

Father Shen sighed, somewhat regretful, and said, "Jiang Lai is very unlikely to remarry Shen Xun."

"Why?" Shen Xi retorted, "Doesn't she love my brother a lot?"

Father Shen recalled Jiang Lai's rebuttal to him, and dared not bring it up in front of his son, fearing he might again need to call an ambulance for his son.

Every word Jiang Lai uttered was too hurtful—moral deficiency, bad temperament, personal flaws… based on facts it rose to the level of personal insult, and for a man who had always prized face and dignity, its impact was comparable to a nuclear bomb.

Even those of his age who had seen great storms and waves were left speechless by Jiang Lai's words.

Shen Xun suddenly went out.

The Shen family looked up in shock at him: why did Lin Shutong stay only a while and then he left? Did she go to the kitchen and get him to change his mind?

Shen Xun placed his phone on the table, the chat window still on his conversation with Qiao Chuan.

Qiao Chuan said G Province was snowing, and the evening flight might not take off, possibly needing to be rebooked.

Not only G Province, the weather forecast showed that A City would also have snow in the next two days.

The next line was: "President Shen, I recall the lady's birthday falls on a snowy day."

Jiang Lai's ID listed her birthday as the Great Snow solar term, but that was the date Dean Tang registered for her; no one knows her actual birthday.

However, ever since Jiang Lai learned that the day Dean Tang found her was the first snow in G Province, she said her birthday was whenever the first snow fell each year.

The day of snowfall is never fixed; it varies between provinces and cities, so wherever Jiang Lai is, she uses that place's first‑snow day as her birthday.

Only Dean Tang and Shen Xun knew this.

Shen Xun once asked Jiang Lai why she didn't fix a single date.

Jiang Lai hadn't spoken for a long time, and it was Dean Tang who later told him.

"Jiang Lai is probably waiting for her biological parents to appear, so they can tell her her true birth date; celebrating her birthday on the first snow each year is actually a covert signal Jiang Lai wants to send to her biological parents."

"The day she was found was G Province's first snow; perhaps she wasn't abandoned, just lost."

Although Jiang Lai didn't immediately answer his why, one day she asked him, "Shen Xun, don't you think waiting for a snowy day to celebrate a birthday is romantic?"

That was the first time he heard the word "romantic" from the usually aloof Jiang Lai.

Jiang Lai looked at the heavy snow drifting outside and continued, "I never know which day it will snow, so once winter arrives my heart feels anticipation; maybe it snows in November, maybe in December, maybe I wake up one morning to a world of white and I can have my birthday then."

He asked, "Don't you like stability? In that case, your birthday is unstable too."

Jiang Lai replied, "It's fine, you've already given me stability."

The microwave went "Ding," pulling Shen Xun's thoughts back.

Snow is expected soon, Jiang Lai's birthday is approaching, and he wants to appear a bit more dashing before Jiang Lai.

One morning Jiang Lai tied a tie for him and praised, "That tie really matches your suit, very handsome."

He intends to show up properly before Jiang Lai, no longer as disheveled as last time.

…

When Lin Shutong left the Shen household, she happened to receive a message from Gu Yinxue asking if she had time to meet tonight.

Since Gu Yinxue mentioned Jiang Lai last time, there had been no news for several days; today she finally got in touch.

Gu Yinxue was naturally busy probing the relationships among Lin Shutong, Shen Xun, Jiang Lai, and Ke Zhongyu.

Her brother phrased things ambiguously, so she didn't dare act rashly.

Li Dan didn't know much either; he had just returned from abroad.

The Fu siblings knew a bit more, but Fu Youqing was rather guarded, and Shen Xun's matter involved the Fu Family's tech company, so naturally she wouldn't say much.

Fu Youlin seemed easy to deceive and could be coaxed, but this person was a "Jiang Lai fan"; mentioning Jiang Lai made his eyes light up and his face grin, while mentioning Shen Xun turned the sky from clear to a thunderstorm, yielding little useful information.

Gu Yinxue sorted through the gathered and searched information, and outlined a picture.

Using Jiang Lai and Shen Xun's divorce as the timeline.

Before the divorce.

Jiang Lai had a one‑way arrow to Shen Xun.

Shen Xun and Lin Shutong had a two‑way arrow.

After the divorce.

Shen Xun had a one‑way arrow to Jiang Lai.

Lin Shutong had a one‑way arrow to Shen Xun.

Ke Zhongyu entered the scene, Jiang Lai and Ke Zhongyu a two‑way arrow?

This point is uncertain.

Add her and her brother.

Her brother and Lin Shutong have always been a two‑way arrow.

She has a one‑way arrow to Ke Zhongyu.

However, between her, her brother, and Jiang Lai, there might still be an invisible arrow.

It is precisely this invisible arrow that makes her uneasy.

Gu Yinxue, hearing the commotion, looked up at Lin Shutong who pushed the door open, turned off the tablet in her hand, and placed the stylus into its slot.

Shutong, you're here.

Yin Xue. Lin Shutong sat down, exchanging pleasantries, "What have you been busy with lately? I haven't seen you come to talk to me."

Gu Yinxue smiled, gestured for the waiter to bring dinner, poured hot water for her, and said, "I'm busy with a shoot for a Fu Family brand; there's a lot to handle in the pre‑production, and you know my heart isn't good. At nine p. m. my family will urge me to rest, forbidding me from using my phone any longer."

Lin Shutong, aware of her congenital heart condition, took a sip of hot water and said, "I thought you were here on a trip; I didn't expect you to be working too. That's really intense."

"I'm not as intense as you—I'm pregnant, still joining a project team. My brother told me he admires you most for that." In truth, Gu Yinxue snorted coldly in her heart; Lin Shutong was just building a persona to capture her brother's affection.

If Lin Shutong weren't the enemy of her enemy, the dignified Miss Gu of the Gu family would disdain keeping company with Lin Shutong.

When Lin Shutong learned of her own pregnancy, she was visibly stunned and asked, "Did Zhi Yan tell you?"

Weren't you promised to keep it secret?

How is Gu Zhi Yan so good to his sister Gu Yinxue?

Gu Yinxue didn't answer directly, but asked, "Are you and your boyfriend discussing marriage lately?"

A hint of surprise flashed in Lin Shutong's eyes; Gu Zhi Yan still cared about her, not mentioning directly that Shen Xun had just divorced recently.

Her body relaxed considerably.

"Yin Xue, the Jiang Lai you mentioned last time, I haven't had a chance to ask you about—what's the story?" Lin Shutong asked as if casually.

Gu Yinxue smiled, "I'm afraid to say it and you might laugh at me. The person I like is Ke Zhongyu of the Ke Clan; Ke Zhongyu likes someone named Jiang Lai, and even brought her home to meet his parents. I feel unwilling, so I vent to you, thinking she's quite scheming—just an orphan, yet she can climb onto the great mountain that is Ke Zhongyu."

When Lin Shutong heard she looked down on Jiang Lai, she couldn't be happier inside—aren't they allies?