Chapter 102: Three

Shi Youxuan sent the Weibo link over, and the two of them clicked it open to see that a million-follower influencer had posted a set of photos showing the three of them dining together.

Sheng Hanyu and Jian Yining were competing to put food on Yingzi's plate, acting extremely attentive.

The following photos showed the three of them walking into a Villa from behind; although the headline wasn't explosive, it left people with plenty of room for imagination.

Three's company, there must be a love rival!

The photos looked fine, but the comments section clearly had people stirring up trouble.

And the more they said, the more outrageous and excessive it became...

"Screw you!"

"Bang—"

Jian Yining smashed the computer.

Only after smashing it did he realize it didn't seem to be his own computer, and seeing Yingzi glare at him, he hurriedly explained: "Sorry, I forgot it was your computer; I'll buy you a new one later."

After comforting Yingzi, he complained to Sheng Hanyu: "It's all your fault. When Yingzi and I went out, nothing happened, but as soon as you joined, trouble started. We are both single—you, why did you have to join in the fun? Now it's great, we've given people something to gossip about, haven't we?"

"Just you wait, my mother will be calling me before long; it's all over now..."

Before he could finish complaining, Lady Jian's call came in; sure enough, she asked what was going on with this matter and warned her son not to want a girl who wasn't discreet, even if she were capable, he shouldn't have her.

She also asked if he and Sheng Hanyu were pursuing Yingzi together?

How did they end up living together?

His mother had originally had a good impression of Yingzi, but now it was ruined; all the good impressions were gone.

While Lady Jian was earnestly lecturing him on the phone, Sheng Hanyu wasn't idle either; Yun Zhe Hao and Sheng Zerong called one after another to ask what exactly was going on.

Although they used a concerned tone, the thick, undisguisable gossip in their voices made Sheng Hanyu really want to drag them over and beat them up.

Actually, the person he wanted to beat up most was himself.

He didn't know why his brain had short-circuited at noon, why had he been showing such attentiveness to Yingzi?

Now it was great, he'd been caught red-handed and exposed on the internet.

Yun Zhe Hao and Sheng Zerong were quite fast and arrived soon; the five of them gathered together to discuss who had done this and what their purpose was!

The purpose didn't actually need to be discussed; everyone knew in their hearts that someone must be intentionally harming them.

They wanted to create discord within Dingsheng Group and Tianma so that their cooperation would fall apart.

The greatest possibility was that Sheng Yukai was behind it; he had the means, the prior record, and even more reason to do so!

The investigation wasn't difficult; it took less than half an hour to find the person.

The phone number provided by the influencer who posted the photos belonged to Sheng Yukai.

Yingzi gritted her teeth with a "clack" sound: "Sheng Yukai, I will never share the sky with you!"

"You want to play, right? Fine, I'll play with you to the end and see who finishes whom off first!"

Her computer had been smashed by Jian Yining in his excitement, so Yingzi grabbed Jian Yining's computer; it was all the same, she didn't need anything else to finish off Sheng Yukai, one computer was enough.

"Wait."

Sheng Hanyu said: "It's not Sheng Yukai. I know him; if he had done this, he would never have left his own number behind—the flaw is too obvious."

Reminded by him, the others also realized it.

It must be someone killing two birds with one stone, wanting to use their hands to cause trouble for Sheng Yukai!

Who this person was didn't matter, and wanting to use them didn't matter either; what mattered was that they all felt this was a good opportunity to legitimately cause trouble for Sheng Yukai.

Yingzi first published a statement online, explaining that the three of them were just in a normal friendship.

Then she published the number used to contact the influencer and the "evidence" proving that the person was Sheng Yukai for all to see; with a justified cause, they immediately began their action.

It didn't take an hour before the Sheng Family's stocks were all turning green.

Sheng Hanyu also took action, using the name of Dingsheng Group to pressure all of Sheng Yukai's business partners, clearly stating that he would not do business with petty people.

Because of Sheng Yukai's stupidity, Dingsheng Group decided: Dingsheng would not cooperate with anyone who had a cooperative relationship with the Sheng Family!

Dingsheng currently had a very popular military project, but a batch of parts needed to be outsourced; everyone wanted to make money, so everyone had been eyeing this matter.

Now that he suddenly proposed cooperating with Sheng Yukai, they couldn't cooperate with Dingsheng!

Sheng Family Mansion.

The main gate was tightly shut, but many luxury cars were gathered outside; people had originally wanted to come and discuss with the Chairman of the Sheng Family about temporarily stopping cooperation, waiting until the Dingsheng project was secured, or until it was certain the project wouldn't fall to them, before resuming cooperation.

After all, the Sheng Family had been managed by the old man for decades and had deep roots; these people were reluctant to throw away years of cooperation with the Sheng Family just because of one Dingsheng project.

Although they were reluctant to lose the cooperation with the Sheng Family, they were also reluctant to lose the opportunity to cooperate with Dingsheng, so they wanted to wait until this storm passed.

But they didn't expect Sheng Yukai to avoid them entirely, not even giving them a chance to talk.

"This is too outrageous."

Huang Zong was the first to lose his temper: "I've cooperated with the Sheng Family for decades; whether it was when the old Chairman was there or when Sheng Hanyu was in power, they were always polite to me and gave me some face."

"Heh, now that he, Sheng Yukai, has become Chairman, he's arrogant, isn't he? I've been waiting outside for half an hour and can't even get through the gate? I'm done serving him; whoever wants to wait can wait, I'm not waiting anymore."

Huang Zong left in a huff.

The people left behind also began to lose their patience and left one by one!

Sheng Yukai saw through the glass that there were fewer and fewer people at the door, and only then did he let out a long sigh of relief: "Let's see how you can terminate the contract if you can't find me? Hmph, fighting with me, not a chance."

He thought that as long as he ignored them, everything would be fine, but he didn't know he had lost the trust of his business partners.

Bai Xue handed her son a cup of hot tea: "Have they all left?"

"Yeah."

Sheng Yukai nodded and didn't take the tea, but grabbed his coat and prepared to go out.

Bai Xue asked: "It's so late, where are you going?"

Sheng Yukai: "I'm going to find Yingzi and explain it clearly to her; the sooner it's cleared up, the less the loss will be."

"Go, son, take the Blood Bird's Nest I brought back from Indonesia last time for her; it nourishes Qi and improves the complexion, there isn't a woman who wouldn't like this." She not only didn't object, but fully supported it.

It was already midnight when Sheng Yukai arrived at the Jian Yining Villa; he didn't knock on the door, but waited in the car until dawn before ringing the doorbell.

"Ding-dong—"

"Ding-dong—"

"Swish!"

A basin of water was poured down from above, followed by the cheerful laughter of Sheng Hanyu's housekeeper.

"Oh, it's the Second Young Master... no, I should call you Chairman Sheng, sorry, I didn't notice it was you."

The housekeeper opened the main gate and invited Sheng Yukai in, her face full of smiles: "Why did you run over here so early in the morning instead of sleeping? I didn't pay attention and thought a thief had come; you should have made a sound, you gave me a fright..." She didn't even blink while lying.

Sheng Yukai knew clearly that she was deliberately venting her hatred and taking revenge, but at this moment, he couldn't lower himself to her level.

"Where is Ying Zi? I want to see her, I have very important matters to discuss with her." He said while looking up toward the upper floors.

He had already prepared his wording in his mind in case he was refused; today, unless he saw Yingzi, he wouldn't leave even if the housekeeper talked until the sky fell.

The housekeeper said: "She's not here, Chairman Ying seems to have left last night."

"Where did she go?"

"I don't know."