Chapter 197: Showing Off the Wedding Ring

Jian Yining was in a difficult position.

He did not want to see Sheng Hanyu; he did not want to see him even for a glance.

But if he did not go, the other party would certainly not let the matter rest, and it was even a question of whether the company could be moved at all!

The two companies were too closely linked; they had long since reached a point where they were intertwined, and it was simply not that easy to completely sever ties now.

Shi Youxuan made the decision for him: "You should go, I will wait for you at home."

"Alright, then you rest for a while, I will be back very soon."

Watching Jian Yining walk out, Jian Yixin emerged from the shadows like a ghost and walked into the Apartment.

"Ding-dong—"

"Forgetting your keys again? What did you leave behind this time?" Shi Youxuan thought Jian Yining had returned.

But before going to open the door, she looked through the peephole on a whim, only to see that the person outside was Jian Yixin.

"What are you here for? Leave, I don't want to see you."

Shi Youxuan was glad she hadn't opened the door just now; she was still wearing maternity clothes, and it would be troublesome if Jian Yixin saw her.

"I want to talk to you. If you don't agree, I will call Sheng Hanyu and tell him you are here."

Shi Youxuan didn't fall for her act and sneered: "Go ahead and tell him, tell him right now. I don't believe you are willing to." If she had wanted to say it, she would have done so long ago.

Jian Yixin was not annoyed at being exposed, but she didn't leave either, still persistently demanding to talk to Shi Youxuan.

Shi Youxuan said: "The coffee shop downstairs, you go wait for me there, I'll change my clothes and come down." Avoiding her was clearly unrealistic, so she would see what tricks she wanted to play.

Jian Yixin said: "Alright, then I'll wait for you at the coffee shop. You won't not come, will you?"

"Not necessarily, depends on my mood."

Hearing her say this, Jian Yixin felt relieved instead.

The "click-clack" sound of high heels at the doorway gradually faded away. Shi Youxuan changed out of her maternity clothes and put on a loose, pure cotton pullover casual shirt, sweatpants, and Spring Shoes.

She had never liked wearing makeup, but today she applied a smoky eye look and painted her lips with a bright, vibrant red lipstick.

She looked left and right in the mirror and felt something was off, finally finding the reason—the makeup did not match her clothes.

It was too deliberate; she was afraid Jian Yixin would see that the child was still there, so she had dressed too heavily.

Shi Youxuan took a deep breath and said to herself in the mirror: "Don't be nervous, don't be nervous, my name is 'Don't Be Nervous'. Jian Yixin also has two eyes, one nose, and one mouth; she's not a demon, can she really eat me?"

She washed off the heavy makeup and applied a light, natural look instead, just enough to make herself look more energetic and refreshed.

By the time Shi Youxuan arrived at the coffee shop, Jian Yixin had already been waiting impatiently.

However, upon seeing Shi Youxuan, she immediately put on her signature smile: "I'm not a tiger, are you afraid I'll eat you? You wouldn't even let me into your home, how stingy."

Jian Yixin picked up her coffee and took a sip; the massive diamond ring on her ring finger made Shi Youxuan's eyes ache.

She didn't ask, but Jian Yixin fiddled with the ring and said: "Hanyu gave this to me, is it pretty?"

"It's just a rock, what's pretty about it."

Shi Youxuan didn't quite believe her words, but she felt a sour, unpleasant sensation in her heart.

"That's true."

Jian Yixin stopped showing off the ring on her hand and followed her lead: "I forgot that Miss Shi is an investment genius with plenty of money; if you want to buy rocks like this, you can have as many as you want, right? But the meaning is different."

"The diamond itself doesn't have much value; it is love that gives it its precious meaning. Does Miss Shi agree with me?"

Shi Youxuan didn't want to engage with her and prepared to cut the conversation short.

"If Miss Jian came to find me just to say these things, then since you've finished, I'm leaving."

"Don't be in such a hurry, Miss Shi. I have other things to discuss with you." Jian Yixin said with a smile: "Hanyu is searching the world for you, you know that, right?"

Shi Youxuan: "So what if I know, and what if I don't?"

Jian Yixin: "It doesn't matter, I just wanted to tell you why Hanyu is looking for you, so that there won't be any misunderstandings."

"Your divorce from Hanyu was actually the right thing to do. Even if you hadn't brought it up, Hanyu would have. The person he loves is me; marrying you was just an accident, a mistake."

"Now the mistake has been corrected, but there are still some issues that haven't been resolved. I heard you are going abroad again, so I came to find you..."

She rambled on, mostly showing off how loving she and Sheng Hanyu were, without getting to the point for a long time.

Shi Youxuan didn't want to listen to her nonsense and interrupted with a cold face: "What exactly do you want? Get straight to the point and stop saying useless things."

"Alright."

Jian Yixin finally got to the point: "Shi Youxuan, you used my name and my ID to invest in many industries back then. Now that you are preparing to go abroad, have you thought about what to do with these industries?"

Shi Youxuan finally understood her motive; it turned out she was after her assets.

She had already transferred more than half of those industries into her own name, but there were still many that hadn't been transferred.

It wasn't that she didn't want to, but it involved correcting them, which required the person themselves to be present.

When she used Jian Yixin's identity back then, the bank notarization system wasn't as advanced, and it didn't require facial recognition or personal verification.

But later it did, so the matter had been dragged out.

"What do you want?" Shi Youxuan asked.

Jian Yixin smiled triumphantly: "It's not what I want, but my husband feels that you occupied five years of my life, and it's reasonable to use these to compensate me. But it wouldn't be appropriate not to tell you, and we couldn't find you, which was really frustrating."

Shi Youxuan exposed her lie: "You're lying, Sheng Hanyu would never say such a thing."

Jian Yixin took a document out of her bag, placed it on the table, and pushed it toward Shi Youxuan: "If you don't believe me, look for yourself."

The document was a certificate proving that Jian Yixin reasonably and legally owned these industries, and the person certifying it was none other than Sheng Hanyu himself.

Shi Youxuan recognized his handwriting; it couldn't be wrong.

And it wasn't just a signature; there were fingerprints, a personal seal, and an official seal!

Everything proved that these were real and valid, and if Shi Youxuan didn't agree, she would have to face a lawsuit.

Shi Youxuan didn't want to go to court; money didn't mean much to her. As long as she was around, she could earn as much as she wanted.

"I can give these up and give them all to you, but you must promise not to harass me again," Shi Youxuan said.

Jian Yixin was visibly delighted; to her, Shi Youxuan's condition was as good as no condition at all.

She couldn't wait to never see Shi Youxuan again; such a condition was a freebie, something she couldn't have wished for more.

"Fine." She agreed readily.

Shi Youxuan stood up, ready to leave, but just as she stood, she sat back down: "How did you find me?"

Even Sheng Hanyu couldn't find her, yet Jian Yining had found her home with ease; she couldn't help but suspect there was something fishy going on.

"A Ning told me, of course."

Jian Yixin spoke as if it were only natural: "Shi Youxuan, you aren't so naive as to think A Ning actually likes you and wants to be with you, are you? Him being good to you is nothing more than using you, because you can make money and are a good business partner..."

Jian Yixin deliberately slandered Jian Yining in front of Shi Youxuan.

To her, Shi Youxuan was a massive threat, and it would be best if they had absolutely no contact in the future.

"What else did he tell you?"

"Sorry, I can't tell you that." Jian Yixin feigned mystery, looking smug.

However, from her expression, Shi Youxuan concluded that Jian Yining had not told her any secrets.

"You pay the bill; from here on, our paths diverge, and we shall never meet again." Shi Youxuan turned and left.