Chapter 258: Good Friends Clear Up Misunderstandings

Jian Yining did not want to continue this topic with her; in any case, it wasn't the first time he had been rejected, and he was already used to it.

Mentioning Alisha again, he told Yingzi to be careful of that person; he couldn't quite put his finger on what was wrong, but he just felt that something was off.

Jian Yining did not yet know that the identity of "Alisha" had been exposed, and that the so-called "Alisha" was indeed Sheng Hanyu in disguise.

Which meant his initial guess was correct.

But when Shi Youxuan told him clearly, he didn't believe it anymore: "Impossible. Do you know why I was in such a rush to leave back then? It wasn't because I was angry at you, but to return to Jiangzhou to investigate whether that person was there. If he wasn't in Jiangzhou, I would have evidence to tell you that Alisha was that person in disguise."

Unfortunately, he was there; he had been in Jiangzhou the whole time and hadn't left, and he even got into a car accident.

Jian Yining recounted everything that happened in Jiangzhou to Shi Youxuan, and Shi Youxuan was stunned again.

Alisha isn't Sheng Hanyu?

But how could Zhu Yiwen say that the boss behind Xuanran Company was him?

She suddenly thought that even if the boss of Xuanran was Sheng Hanyu, that didn't necessarily mean he was in L Country.

Shi Youxuan believed Jian Yining's words and wanted to go tell Zhu Yiwen, but she was currently staging a hunger strike and couldn't speak yet.

After hesitating and struggling for a good while, Shi Youxuan asked: "Is that person okay?"

Deep down, she was still worried about him.

Jian Yining knew this, and felt a slight sense of loss in his heart, but he still spoke the truth, telling Shi Youxuan: "That person has a concussion, a fractured lower leg, injuries on his face..."

Something is wrong.

He suddenly realized that he had never actually seen Sheng Hanyu's face.

Oh my, I'm so stupid.

He told Shi Youxuan about this as well, and in the end, the two of them went over the details again—unanimously agreeing that Sheng Hanyu was currently in L Country.

Alisha was him in disguise.

Jian Yining couldn't sit still anymore; he had to go to L Country immediately. If Zhu Yiwen blocked the normal routes, he would smuggle himself in!

Shi Youxuan told him not to rush over, as she was going to leave L Country, and would contact him after she left.

The plan the two of them discussed was fine, but plans never change as fast as reality.

Early the next morning.

The breakfast the servant sent in remained untouched and was taken back out, as was the lunch.

Shi Youxuan had not eaten for "four meals," continuing her "hunger strike."

Moreover, she no longer protested loudly, lying listlessly on the bed, feeling weak and powerless.

The servants were anxious to death but had no way to help; no matter how they tried to persuade her, even if they knelt down and begged the Madam to eat something, it was useless.

This couldn't go on; if anything happened to the Madam, they would all be buried with her!

The servants dared not be negligent and went to report to Zhu Yiwen: "Head of the Family, please think of a way; the Madam hasn't eaten or drunk anything for two days now. If this continues, her health will suffer..."

"Fine, I know. Go on."

Zhu Yiwen knew she was using a sob story, and he wouldn't let her succeed so easily.

But he felt a bit overwhelmed, because Sheng Hanyu had already started making moves against him from the outside!

In the past, with Shi Youxuan helping in secret, he saved a lot of effort on business matters, and his opponents weren't as powerful as Sheng Hanyu.

Now, Sheng Hanyu was clearly coming for him, and just when he desperately needed help, Shi Youxuan was in her room staging a hunger strike and demanding to leave!

With internal trouble and external aggression, Zhu Yiwen had a headache.

Originally, he didn't want to use this tactic so soon; it was a desperate measure that would chill Shi Youxuan's heart, and her being cold-hearted would only bring disadvantages to Zhu Yiwen, not benefits.

But now there was no other way; only this tactic could produce quick results. He had someone call Shi Ran over: "Daughter, your Mommy is staging a hunger strike. What do you think we should do?"

The little girl blinked her big eyes and asked: "Why does Mommy want to stage a hunger strike? What does 'hunger strike' mean?"

Zhu Yiwen told her: "A hunger strike means not eating, until one starves to death, because Mommy wants to take you away, and after leaving Daddy, you will never see Daddy again."

The little girl burst into tears with a "Wah—".

She ran toward Mommy's room while crying.

Pushing the door open, she saw Mommy lying on the bed, looking as if she were sick.

"Mommy, Mommy, don't starve to death, don't stage a hunger strike, Xiaozhu will be good... Xiaozhu promises to listen to Mommy from now on, and won't pester Mommy for the auntie anymore... Sob..."

The little one was sobbing and gasping for air.

Shi Youxuan's two days of acting were all in vain.

She quickly sat up from the bed, pulled her daughter into her arms, and told her daughter that she was fine and not to listen to the servants' nonsense.

Her daughter was her life; who had been talking nonsense outside that her daughter found out about?

A flash of ruthlessness crossed Shi Youxuan's eyes—she would never let them off lightly.

Seeing that Mommy wasn't as serious as Daddy had said, Shi Ran felt much more at ease and told Mommy: "It wasn't the servants who told me, it was Daddy who specifically told me."

Her heart suddenly felt like it had fallen into an ice hole, freezing cold.

This is too much; how could he do this?

Shi Youxuan suppressed her anger, coaxed the little girl to be at ease, and then returned to her room to study the computer.

As she left the room, the servant immediately asked nervously: "Madam, where are you going?"

"To the Study. You can follow if you want."

The Head of the Family had ordered them to follow the Madam closely at all times; Shi Youxuan walked in front, and the servants followed behind.

As they followed, they felt strange: the Madam was walking quickly and powerfully, not at all like someone who hadn't eaten for two days!

"Bang!"

Shi Youxuan kicked the door of the Study open.

"Zhu Yiwen, you have no bottom line in what you do now, right?" Seeing that a fight was about to break out, the servant immediately closed the door from the outside, shutting it tight.

The Study was soundproofed very well; as long as the door was shut tight, no matter how loud the noise inside was, it wouldn't get out.

He put down the work in his hands and looked her up and down: "You still have plenty of energy to argue; you don't look like someone who hasn't eaten for two days."

Shi Youxuan widened her eyes: "Stop talking nonsense. Zhu Yiwen, you should know my bottom line. You can deal with me however you like if you're dissatisfied, but you cannot target Xiaozhu. She is still a child, she calls you Daddy, how can you have the heart to use her?"

"I am not using her."

Zhu Yiwen told Shi Youxuan that he was not using the child, but rather that starting from today, he would have the child grow up according to his own method of education.

He agreed to Shi Youxuan wanting to leave this home, but the daughter could not go with her; the daughter must stay behind.

He would change the child's surname, have her take the surname Zhu, and in the future, she would be the next Head of the Family of the Zhu Family!

"No, I don't agree."

Shi Youxuan would absolutely not agree to leaving her daughter behind. She said to Zhu Yiwen: "Don't think that I will believe you just because you use this method. Xiaozhu is a girl, not a boy; she cannot be the Head of the Family of the Zhu Family, keeping her is useless."

"Medical technology is so advanced now, you can completely have a child of your own, why must you fight me for Xiaozhu?"

Back then, Zhu Yiwen agreed to let Shi Ran take her surname precisely because Xiaozhu was a girl.

Zhu Yiwen's expression suddenly became grave. He took a cigar box out of the drawer, pulled one out, held it in his mouth, lit it, and slowly exhaled a smoke ring: "Do you still remember the Water Prison from five years ago?"

Although Shi Youxuan did not know why he suddenly mentioned that unbearable time, she still nodded: "I remember, I will never forget it for the rest of my life."

"They put drugs in the water. I will never be able to have my own children in this life," Zhu Yiwen said, revealing a secret hidden for several years.

Of course he knew he could do in vitro fertilization; even without contact with a woman, he could have his own child to inherit his vast family business.

But he could no longer do it. Five years ago, those people put drugs in the water in the Water Prison. That kind of drug had no effect on women, but it could deprive a man of the right to ever be a father!