Chapter 303: Zhu Yiwen Has Lost His Patience

"Ring-ring—"

The phone rang in the living room.

Shi Youxuan threw on a coat and went out to answer the phone; it was Zhu Yiwen calling.

"Hello, sir, is something the matter at this late hour?"

Zhu Yiwen: "I've had someone buy tickets for you all. Give me the address, and I'll have someone deliver them to you tomorrow."

Shi Youxuan said: "We can't go back for the time being; my father cannot travel far."

Zhu Yiwen: "Staying for a while is fine, but my people will bring Xiaozhu back; she still has classes here that cannot be dropped."

Classes and the like were merely a pretext; Zhu Yiwen's true goal was to use Shi Ran as a hostage. That way, even if Shi Youxuan were at the ends of the earth, he wouldn't have to worry; sooner or later, she would obediently return to continue being his cash cow!

Shi Youxuan didn't hesitate at all and refused: "No, my daughter must be with me. I don't trust handing her over to anyone else."

Although both of them were already well aware of the situation, there was still a layer of window paper between them that hadn't been torn through.

Zhu Yiwen didn't tear it through for the sake of profit.

Shi Youxuan still cherished the sentiment of how Zhu Yiwen had taken her in back then, giving her and her daughter a place to stay and a status!

But Zhu Yiwen was very unhappy about being refused, and his tone turned cold: "Shi Youxuan, you had better not play any tricks on me. If you don't appear at home by the time, don't blame me for being impolite."

"Beep, beep, beep—"

He hung up the phone first.

"Think I'm afraid of you? I just won't go back." Shi Youxuan was also angry and simply turned off her phone.

She returned to the room, lay down beside her daughter, and soon felt sleepy.

It was strange, too; she suffered from severe insomnia in L Country, but she was fine once she left that mansion.

So many things had happened today, yet there were no signs of insomnia; her eyelids soon grew heavy, and she fell asleep.

"Ding-dong—"

"Ding-dong, ding-dong—"

"Ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong—"

The doorbell rang densely and urgently.

Shi Youxuan heard it but didn't want to get up to check, yet the doorbell rang stubbornly without end, waking even Shi Ran, who was usually a very sound sleeper: "Mom, someone is ringing the doorbell outside."

"Mm, I'll go take a look, you go to sleep, be good!"

Shi Youxuan rubbed her sleepy eyes and climbed out of bed to check.

When she went to the living room and turned on the light, seeing the wall clock show the time was 4:30 AM, the anger in the bottom of her heart shot to its peak.

When she looked through the peephole, she was even angrier.

She didn't recognize the person outside; a young man in his twenties, with delicate features, yet he didn't act like a decent person!

His hand was pressed right on the doorbell and wouldn't let go at all; no wonder it kept ringing.

"Who is it? Are you sick? Stop pressing it, or I'm calling the police." Shi Youxuan kicked the front door from the inside to vent her dissatisfaction.

The man indeed stopped ringing the doorbell and said from outside: "Madam, the Chairman asks you to turn on your phone; he has important matters to discuss with you."

Shi Youxuan:...

She was furious, but her voice was exceptionally calm: "Are you saying you were sent by Zhu Yiwen?"

"Yes."

The person outside said: "Madam, I am Xiaodong. We spoke on the phone during the day; you haven't forgotten, have you? The Chairman asked me to deliver the tickets to you, and another thing is to have you turn on your phone."

Shi Youxuan gritted her teeth: "Yes, I haven't forgotten. I won't forget you; I'll remember you even as a ghost."

"Don't be like that, Madam, I was wrong. Please, a person of your stature shouldn't hold a grudge against a small person like me. I had no choice... The Chairman told me to do this, and I didn't dare not to listen..."

"Get lost—"

Shi Youxuan squeezed a few words through her teeth: "If you don't get lost, I'm calling the police!"

"I'm going, I'm going, I'll go right away."

Before leaving, Xiaodong kindly reminded her: "Madam, you must call the Chairman, call him right away, otherwise even if I leave, someone else will come."

The person left, and Shi Youxuan's head was buzzing with pain.

Although she was angry, she still had to make the call.

Zhu Yiwen sending someone at this hour wasn't because there was truly an urgent matter that had to be said.

It was to convey three messages to her.

One: He could find where she was staying.

Two: This was just a warning; if she didn't listen, there would be other tricks to deal with her next time.

Three: Return to L Country immediately and don't play any tricks.

Shi Youxuan turned on her phone, and countless missed calls and messages flooded in.

The missed calls were all from Zhu Yiwen, and the messages were all sent by him, with a stern tone asking why she couldn't be reached, and threatening her that she must return to the country, or else she would have to bear the consequences, and so on.

Seeing these, Shi Youxuan felt something was not quite right.

He had never been this impatient before; Zhu Yiwen seemed to be in great need of her. There must be a problem with his business, and he urgently needed her to go back to make money, otherwise he wouldn't be like this!

Having figured this out, she felt confident.

Before she could dial, the phone rang again. Shi Youxuan answered: "Zhu Yiwen, let's get straight to the point. I want to divorce you; you state your conditions."

"Divorce? Ha, you're dreaming!"

Zhu Yiwen didn't state any conditions, but instead kept saying he "loved her."

He said that after she left with the child, he realized his world was dim and lusterless without the two of them, and life was devoid of joy!

He also said he missed Shi Youxuan day and night, hoping she would return to his side quickly, and that in the future he wouldn't look for anyone else, just stay with her and the child and live a good life forever...

Hearing these sweet nothings coming out of Zhu Yiwen's mouth, she felt disgusted enough to break out in goosebumps all over.

Only now did Shi Youxuan realize that Zhu Yiwen was too hypocritical.

For money, he could sell anything.

He actually thought that by using false affection, he could make Shi Youxuan fall in love with him, and then willingly work for him and make money.

She could no longer tolerate it: "Zhu Yiwen, stop disgusting me. Do you think I don't know you have two sons outside? Having them is fine, I don't care, but you cannot use my Ranran as a shield."

The other end of the phone suddenly went quiet.

Zhu Yiwen's tone was no longer "deeply affectionate," returning to a detached manner: "You investigated me?"

"Yes, I investigated you."

Shi Youxuan did not mention anyone else, taking full responsibility for the matter herself: "You have two sons, the older one is ten, and the younger one is even younger than Shi Ran."

"So everything you told me that day was a lie—that you were infertile, that you couldn't let the Zhu Family line end... Your Zhu Family line won't end; you just wanted to use my Ranran to hold me back, am I right?"

Zhu Yiwen did not make a sound, probably wondering how to give her a perfect explanation so that she would change her mind.

But that was impossible; from the moment Shi Youxuan decided to leave L Country, she never intended to go back.

Although she was well-provided for there, it was like being a bird trapped in a golden cage, without freedom.

Shi Youxuan's ideal from beginning to end had always been freedom!

It just had never been realized.

How miserable.

After a long while, Zhu Yiwen said: "You should rest, it's getting late, we will talk about this matter later."

After speaking, he hung up the phone.

The sky outside the window was already showing a fish-belly white; at this hour, how could she sleep?

Shi Youxuan took out her computer, opened a webpage, and hacked into the financial system of Zhu Yiwen's company.

She didn't know until she looked, and she was shocked once she did.

There were massive deficits in the company, and quite a few assets had already been mortgaged to the bank.

And there were several accounts that had a direct or indirect connection to Sheng Hanyu, with very large sums involved.

No wonder he was so desperate for her to go back; now, only she could earn a large amount of money in a short time to plug these holes.

Shi Youxuan knew that her opportunity had arrived!

She wanted to seize this chance and use it as a bargaining chip to exchange for her freedom.

But this thought did not last for a few hours; soon, she changed her mind again.