Chapter 240

Zhu Yiwen did not stop him either; let him smash it if he wanted to, they were all just worldly possessions, and if they were smashed, new ones could be purchased, but he wanted to see how Jian Yining would end this in the end.

After Jian Yining finished smashing the Study, he threw down a sentence: "I am returning to the country, leaving immediately."

He really did leave, carrying his suitcase and walking out the front gate in a huff, and Shi Youxuan couldn't even stop him.

In the end, she could only send people to take him to the airport; Shi Youxuan had originally wanted to see him off, but Zhu Yiwen had sent more than twenty bodyguards to follow, likely fearing that she would elope with Jian Yining.

Jian Yining now felt a surge of anger whenever he saw the Zhu Family's bodyguards and drivers; if it weren't for them generalizing and reporting wildly after seeing only one of his actions, how would he have ended up returning alone?

Last night, he had still sworn that he would definitely take Shi Youxuan and her daughter back to the country this time, yet not even a full day had passed, and he was forced to return alone.

Although he didn't let her see him off, Jian Yining left her with one sentence: "You wait, I will definitely find evidence to prove that you misunderstood me."

Shi Youxuan thought to herself, what did I misunderstand about you?

You didn't say anything at all, did you?

However, before she could ask, Jian Yining had already left.

With Jian Yining gone, the happiest person in the mansion was Shi Ran.

Shi Ran clapped her hands in delight: "Great, this person has finally left; now that he's gone, he won't fight with me for Mommy anymore."

Sheng Hanyu squatted in front of Shi Ran and placed his index finger to his lips in a shushing gesture, telling her to be quieter, as Mommy would be unhappy if she found out.

"Mm."

The little girl was obedient, nodding her head while covering her mouth to giggle.

Sheng Hanyu couldn't smile; he knew that Jian Yining's hurried departure this time must be to return and find evidence.

First, find evidence that he was not in Jiangzhou, then provide it to Shi Youxuan, and then expose his identity; by then, even if he wanted to hide, he wouldn't be able to!

However, he was grateful to Jian Yining; Jian Yining had already recognized his identity but did not expose him on the spot, nor did he expose him in front of Zhu Yiwen.

If his true identity were to be exposed so brazenly like that, whether he would be able to see tomorrow morning's sun would be up in the air.

But Jian Yining returning to Jiangzhou wouldn't do either; Shi Youxuan knew he was not in mortal danger, but the consequences would likely be even more severe!

Shi Youxuan hated it most when others lied to her, because she was intelligent, and being lied to while intelligent felt like a great humiliation.

Once discovered, being kicked out of the Zhu Family or kicked out of L Country would be the least of his worries.

He was just afraid that Xuanxuan would never pay him any mind again from then on, and it would be troublesome if she even grew closer to Jian Yining in a fit of anger.

Jian Yining was not Zhu Yiwen.

He had already understood over these past few days that the marriage between Zhu Yiwen and Shi Youxuan was in name only; there was mutual appreciation, but no love.

However, he also knew how many years Jian Yining had loved Shi Youxuan—longer than his own time, and the intensity had not diminished!

Right now, he still had a tiny sliver of a chance; if Shi Youxuan were to throw herself into Jian Yining's arms in a fit of anger, then there would be no chance at all.

Having finally waited until dark, and with Shi Ran having returned to her own room to sleep, Sheng Hanyu didn't even take off his mask or change his clothes, but impatiently locked the door, took his computer out from the bed's inner layer, and sent a video invitation.

When the two shocked faces of Yun Zhe Hao and Sheng Zerong appeared on the other side, he spoke: "It's me."

One could tell it was him just by the sound of his voice; it was Sheng Hanyu's voice.

"Pfft—"

Sheng Zerong covered his mouth, but couldn't hide the smile at the corners of his eyes and brows.

"Hahahahahaha..."

Yun Zhe Hao burst into laughter.

Just laughing wasn't enough to satisfy him, so he used his fists to "bang, bang" on the table, and soon he laughed so hard he disappeared from view—sliding under the table.

"Get lost—"

Sheng Hanyu was prepared to discuss serious matters with the two of them, but they were laughing like this.

He was so angry he yanked off his wig, then tried to pull the mask off, but it wouldn't come off after a few tugs.

Sheng Hanyu had been farsighted; to prevent Jian Yining from seeing any clues, he had applied the glue extra thoroughly today—not to mention the suffering, but the effect was good enough.

Otherwise, after being pinched and rubbed on the face by Jian Yining during the day, he would have been exposed long ago.

The two on the other side stared at his face with great interest, even offering commentary.

Yun Zhe Hao: "Young Master Sheng, since you've already steeled your heart to dress up as a cross-dressing master, why didn't you choose a better-looking face? This one is too ugly; it looks like a middle-aged aunt."

It was intended to be based on the standard of a middle-aged aunt.

Back then, Sheng Hanyu was trying to enter the kindergarten kitchen, and the kitchen needed a cooking auntie; dressing up as a beauty would have been useless.

"I'm going to wash my face, give me two minutes."

Sheng Hanyu went to wash his face; he had to get the mask off, otherwise, whenever they met in the future, these two would bring this incident up for no reason.

As he went to wash his face, Sheng Zerong explained to Yun Zhe Hao.

But his "explanation" was very infuriating: "Brother Hao, you don't understand; my big brother is trying to get close to my sister-in-law. My sister-in-law is beautiful, so if my brother used a beautiful face, he wouldn't be able to get close—like poles repel, and beautiful women are even more mutually exclusive."

"One beautiful and one ugly is the only way to last forever..."

Sheng Zerong's serious-faced nonsense sounded very credible; it was unclear whether Yun Zhe Hao actually believed it or not, but he nodded repeatedly: "That's right, what you say makes sense..."

The two of them sang in harmony.

It was fortunate that Sheng Hanyu didn't hear it, otherwise these two brothers would have had a hard time ahead.

He returned after washing his face, restored to his normal, handsome face.

It was just that his face was bright red; there was no helping it, Sheng Hanyu was too anxious to get the glue to melt, so the water had been too hot.

"My identity was discovered by A Ning; now he has returned to Jiangzhou to find evidence to expose me in front of Xuanxuan, you two help me." Sheng Hanyu was concise and to the point.

The two who had been laughing and joking just a moment ago immediately became serious upon hearing this.

"Okay."

"What do you want us to do?"

Sheng Hanyu laid out tasks for the two of them on the computer, dividing Jian Yining's possible actions and methods upon returning to Jiangzhou into several major categories.

Then, he listed one, two, three, four... different possibilities under each major category, and subsequently proposed solutions!

The train of thought was clear, and the logic was meticulous.

The two of them listened intently, committing it to memory.

At the same time, they also thought that it was fortunate this person was on their side; if he were an opponent, they feared they wouldn't even know how they died.

"Knock, knock, knock."

"Alisha, are you asleep?"

The sudden knocking and voice from outside the door made the people in the room fall silent instantly.

Sheng Hanyu was wearing headphones while video chatting with them, but even so, the two of them immediately went quiet, terrified that he might be exposed.

The person knocking was Shi Youxuan; she felt uneasy after Jian Yining left, so she came to find Alisha to talk.

If there hadn't been a sound from the room, Shi Youxuan would have assumed Sheng Hanyu was asleep and would have left in disappointment.

But he did not.

He immediately turned off the computer, put on the mask and wig, tidied himself up briefly, and went to open the door.

In any case, the room's lighting was dim, so even without applying glue, the seam between the mask and his chin wouldn't be noticeable.

Shi Youxuan had just turned to leave when the door opened.

She was listless, looking dispirited.

Her hair was messy and uncombed, and she had even come out wearing a bathrobe.

It was clear at a glance that she had already lain down but couldn't fall asleep.

"You're not asleep? I'd like to talk to you, is that okay?"

Although it was a question, she was already walking inside.

Sheng Hanyu closed the door and looked back—his head went "boom," and he felt overwhelmed.

He had turned off the computer but forgotten to put it away, and it was just sitting there brazenly on the table.