Chapter 130: Free Gift!

"Director Lu, you don't think you can just make up an excuse and pry into my private affairs, do you?"

Lin Yeman crossed her arms over her chest, a playful curve at the corner of her mouth, as if she could see through everything.

Lu Sheng felt somewhat displeased by her gaze, and her tone became even more forceful: "What, is Team Leader Lin feeling guilty, afraid to speak?"

As she spoke, Lu Sheng stepped forward, leaned close to Lin Yeman's ear, and lowered her voice: "Since you don't dare to say it, then I'll say it first."

She straightened her body, her gaze sharp: "Shen Huai and I once had a relationship."

In an instant.

Lin Yeman's expression shifted slightly.

It wasn't that she hadn't suspected the relationship between Lu Sheng and Shen Huai.

It was just that she hadn't expected Lu Sheng to admit it so easily.

They say if an ex cries, the current partner's efforts are in vain.

Alarm bells rang loudly in Lin Yeman's heart.

She narrowed her eyes, looking Lu Sheng up and down.

Exquisite makeup, a figure not inferior to popular celebrities, a mature temperament.

Indeed, it was the type Shen Huai would like.

"... No wonder..." Lin Yeman muttered to herself.

She suddenly understood the look in Lu Sheng's eyes when she looked at Shen Huai.

That kind of intense possessiveness, yet cautious restraint—wasn't it exactly the same as her own?

"I had some misunderstandings with him before, so we were apart for a while, but now the misunderstandings have been cleared up, and I believe we will be back together very soon."

Seeing Lin Yeman speechless, Lu Sheng couldn't help but feel a surge of satisfaction from a successful revenge.

She confidently puffed out her chest, looked at Lin Yeman, raised her hand and said: "Team Leader Lin, now I've finished, it's your turn."

Lin Yeman looked at Lu Sheng for a long time, silent.

"Why aren't you speaking? Is it because you're too shocked? Or are you feeling inferior and lacking confidence?"

Lu Sheng thought Lin Yeman had been stunned by her words just now, and couldn't help but let a look of certainty rise on her face.

Unexpectedly.

The next second, Lin Yeman suddenly withdrew her gaze and looked at Lu Sheng earnestly, "Does Director Lu know what 'ex-girlfriend' means?"

"'Ex-girlfriend' means it's in the past, you know."

Lin Yeman blinked in a way that could infuriate anyone to death, deliberately pausing to observe Lu Sheng's abruptly changing expression.

Only then did she continue unhurriedly: "I, Lin Yeman, am not just his ex-girlfriend..."

In an instant!

Lu Sheng was struck as if by lightning, her whole body frozen in place!

"What are you saying...!?"

The haughty smile that had been on her face became incredibly dull in an instant.

What did she mean by "not just an ex-girlfriend"...

Doesn't this sentence translate to—

Shen Huai and Lin Yeman also dated?? How is that possible! Lu Sheng's mind was in chaos; Lin Yeman's one sentence had completely fried her CPU.

Lin Yeman looked at Lu Sheng's incredulous eyes and added another blow calmly: "And, it was the kind where he cried and begged to go public, but I refused."

...!?

Wh-what? Lin Yeman's two sentences, each one more explosive than the last.

Lu Sheng didn't even know which one to process first.

After being speechless for a long time, Lu Sheng finally recovered from her daze and asked with a trembling voice: "You... also...?"

Seeing this, Lin Yeman pressed on step by step, a trace of mockery flashing in her eyes: "What, Director Lu, you wouldn't be naive enough to think that you are the only 'white moonlight' Shen Huai loves but cannot have, right?"

Lu Sheng's face turned pale and then green.

She wanted to retort, but found herself speechless.

Yes.

Since they met, Shen Huai had never said he liked her, nor had he ever acknowledged her status.

The closest relationship she had to him was merely "neighbor."

"What, nothing to say?"

Lin Yeman raised her eyebrows slightly, sat on the sofa nearby nonchalantly, and crossed her legs.

Lu Sheng's expression changed, a cold glint flashing in her eyes.

She also sat on the opposite sofa without ceremony and said dryly: "Didn't Team Leader Lin just say you refused him? Since you refused him back then, what are you doing now? A prodigal son returning? At least Shen Huai and I have legitimately had each other, but what about you? A secret affair that can't see the light of day—what is there to be proud of?"

"... You!"

Lin Yeman was rarely annoyed for a moment; Lu Sheng's words had precisely stepped on her landmine.

Just as the two were deadlocked.

A cry of surprise suddenly came from not far away.

The two turned to look.

They saw that Shen Huai had already finished dressing and opened the curtain.

In an instant, the shop assistants all crowded around.

"Sir, this outfit looks truly elegant on you."

"Yeah, yeah, it looks even better than on the models!"

"... Sir, your body proportions are just like a walking clothes hanger!"

Shen Huai listened to the flowery flattery in his ears and calmly raised the corners of his eyes.

His gaze swept around the room and slowly landed on Lu Sheng and Lin Yeman: "How is it? I mixed and matched the clothes you two picked out for me; the effect seems... not bad, right?"

Hearing this.

Lu Sheng and Lin Yeman exchanged a glance, closed their mouths in tacit agreement, and turned to look at Shen Huai instead.

"It is indeed not bad, though it mainly relies on my eye for fashion." Lu Sheng curled her lips.

"It's clearly because of the jacket I chose that it holds up at all." Lin Yeman didn't look aside, smiling as she retorted.

"..."

Shen Huai was speechless inside.

The open contention had ceased, but the secret rivalry was ongoing at every moment.

How long is this Shura field supposed to last, anyway?

"This is the one." Lin Yeman stood up and looked at the shop assistant to the side, "How much is this set?"

Upon hearing that they were ready to place an order, the shop assistant immediately scurried over happily: "Miss, this outfit, from design to pattern-making to tailoring, was all completed by our shop owner personally; it is our shop's treasure."

"Your husband..." the shop assistant said, then suddenly paused.

Her eyes darted quickly between Lu Sheng and Lin Yeman, then she immediately raised her smile again and changed the subject, "This gentleman's figure is a perfect match for this outfit."

"Alright, stop with all the buildup, just tell us how much it costs?" Lu Sheng interrupted the shop assistant.

"..." Seeing Lu Sheng so impatient, the shop assistant had no choice but to skip the introduction and get straight to the point: "The whole set comes to 488,888."

"So many eights? Quite auspicious."

Lin Yeman teased, then looked toward Shen Huai, leaning in to joke, "Sorry, I accidentally got you a 500,000 outfit, but you should be able to afford it, right?"

"I can, but there's no need."

Shen Huai was used to being frugal.

Although his identity had been exposed, his long-standing habits from his life as an ordinary person were already etched into his genes.

Spending nearly 500,000 on an outfit completely exceeded the upper limit of value he could accept.

What the hell, even if this clothing were inlaid with gold, it shouldn't be this expensive, right? 500,000 is enough to pay the down payment on a house in a second or third-tier city.

Just to change into this one outfit, and it can't even be machine-washed; it's equivalent to a disposable item.

It really is flashy but impractical.

"It's just a celebration banquet, and I'm not the protagonist; isn't it a bit exaggerated for me to attend wearing something this expensive?"

"How about we go check out some other shops." As Shen Huai said this, he took off the jacket and shook his head, intending to walk out.

Seeing Shen Huai so firm.

Lu Sheng and Lin Yeman couldn't say much else, so they followed him out.

"Wait! Please wait a moment!"

Suddenly, a shop assistant looked down at her phone, her expression changed drastically, and she immediately called out to stop the three of them.

"What is it? Can you offer a discount?" Lin Yeman turned around, smiling without really smiling.

"... That is not it, Miss."

The shop assistant's gaze shifted between the three faces, finally landing on Shen Huai's face with some trepidation: "Our boss just sent a message saying that he would like to meet this gentleman in person."

"As long as the gentleman agrees to meet, this outfit... will be given for free!"

(End of this chapter)