Chapter 385: Used to Bullying You

Sheng Hanyu agreed to everything one by one, but after chatting with his daughter for a long time, he never caught a glimpse of Shi Youxuan in the video.

He held back for a long time, but still couldn't resist asking: "Ranran, where did Mom go?"

"I'm here." Shi Youxuan immediately appeared in the frame.

In fact, she had been ready for a long time, staying by her daughter's side, just waiting for Sheng Hanyu to ask.

She had originally intended to play it cool, but she had waited too long and couldn't keep it up.

However, Shi Youxuan regretted it the moment she appeared; she had come out too hastily, and she regretted that her endurance wasn't strong enough.

She felt she had lost face, and since she had lost face, she had to get it back.

Yet Sheng Hanyu didn't offer her a way out; instead, he rubbed salt in the wound: "I heard you drank too much yesterday? I've already warned them not to bully you."

The way he said that, it was as if Jian Yixin and the others would actually listen just because he said not to!

Sheng Hanyu's words were only effective on Yun Zhehao and Sheng Han; as for those two women... their status at home was higher than their husbands'!

Shi Youxuan couldn't admit that she had used alcohol to drown her sorrows yesterday; if she admitted it, wouldn't that be the same as bowing her head and admitting defeat?

"I didn't drink too much yesterday, and they didn't bully me either. We were just friends getting together and having a good time. Don't listen to their nonsense."

"Really?"

Sheng Hanyu didn't believe her, which hurt Shi Youxuan's self-esteem again.

She stiffened her neck and said stubbornly: "Of course it's true! I have no reason to lie to you about something like this." To ease the awkwardness, she took the initiative to change the subject and brought up business.

Using a professional tone, Shi Youxuan said to Sheng Hanyu: "You saved my life in L Country, and I am willing to help you expand your business territory unconditionally. I guarantee that with my help, you can become the new richest person in L Country in less than a year."

Ever since Zhu Yiwen fell from power in L Country, his relatives had been like locusts, scrambling everywhere to seize the fruits of victory.

In addition, other ambitious businessmen were preparing to take advantage of the situation; everyone was suppressing each other, engaging in vicious competition, and the business world in L Country was currently leaderless and in complete chaos.

Sheng Hanyu's trip to L Country this time was to reorganize the business landscape of L Country and establish his own status in the industry.

Shi Youxuan was familiar with L Country and had experience, so she was truly well-intentioned in saying this, and it was also a gesture of goodwill!

Jian Yining had told her to take the initiative to show goodwill, so she had come up with this method.

Sheng Hanyu's expression turned cold, looking very unpleasant.

His tone was also icy: "Thank you, Miss Shi, but I, Sheng Hanyu, have not yet reached the point of needing to use a woman to make money. Please do not insult me."

Shi Youxuan:...

She thought to herself, why are you so chauvinistic?

I am showing you goodwill, and not only do you not appreciate it, you actually say I'm insulting you. You are too unable to distinguish right from wrong.

"I'm insulting you with money? Sheng Hanyu, is there something wrong with your brain? There are plenty of people who are eager to cooperate with me and scramble to ask for my help. Don't treat my good intentions like donkey's liver and lungs..."

When arguing, Shi Youxuan was quite sharp-tongued, and all the heartache and entanglement of the past two days turned into anger and were fired at Sheng Hanyu.

After she rattled on and on, she felt relieved, but when she looked at Sheng Hanyu again, his expression was even uglier!

"I'm talking to my daughter." Sheng Hanyu used these six words to end the conversation with her.

"Ranran, come here."

Shi Youxuan gave the computer to her daughter and left the Study in a huff.

She sent a WeChat message to Jian Yining, blaming him for giving bad advice and saying that her good intentions hadn't been rewarded!

But after Jian Yining figured out the ins and outs, he said the same thing as Sheng Hanyu, accusing her of handling the matter incorrectly.

"Where did I go wrong?" Shi Youxuan was unconvinced; she felt she hadn't done anything wrong, and that her good intentions had simply gone unrewarded.

She blamed Jian Yining for not giving her good advice; what kind of "taking the initiative to show goodwill" was that? It was just a hot face pressed against a cold butt.

Jian Yining reminded her, wasn't Zhu Yiwen back then very similar to Sheng Hanyu now?

Both appeared when the foundation in L Country was unstable and heroes were competing for supremacy.

But back then, it was only because of her help that Zhu Yiwen was able to accumulate a vast amount of wealth in such a short time, creating the necessary conditions for him to become the richest person in L Country.

Others didn't know, but the few of them knew that Zhu Yiwen had been a kept man back then!

And later on, too.

Whenever his capital turnover was tight, he would use Shi Youxuan to hedge in the international financial markets to quickly accumulate funds. In Zhu Yiwen's eyes, Shi Youxuan couldn't even be considered a woman, but rather a glittering, money-making tree!

But Sheng Hanyu was not like that; he only wanted her to be his woman.

Zhu Yiwen focused on how much value she could create, while Sheng Hanyu cared about whether his woman was tired.

Sheng Hanyu wanted to shelter her from the wind and rain, not use her as a big umbrella to hold out and shield himself from the wind and rain!

After Jian Yining's analysis, Shi Youxuan wasn't angry anymore.

After thinking it over, she still sent a WeChat message to Sheng Hanyu to apologize, but this message seemed to sink into the sea—there was no response.

Not even a "it's okay."

Shi Youxuan always said that not every "I'm sorry" could be met with "it's okay," but when she didn't get one in return, she started to feel indignant!

Hmph!

Why?

When Jian Yixin came to find her to go shopping and have tea, she told her about this matter.

Jian Yixin asked her: "Do you know how it feels now? Think back to how Hanyu treated you? He even saved your life more than once, right? But how did you treat him?"

She also asked Shi Youxuan if she was still brooding over what happened six years ago.

There was one thing she had never understood, and since the conversation had led there, she asked about the doubt in her heart: "Shi Youxuan, if you really want to blame someone for what happened six years ago, you should blame me. I was the one who orchestrated that whole thing from beginning to end. Why can you forgive me, and even become my best friend, but be so harsh on Hanyu?"

Shi Youxuan lowered her head to drink her fruit juice, drinking the whole large glass of passion fruit mixed juice into her stomach, with the straw still in her mouth, making a "slurping" sound against the cup.

"Alright, if you don't want to talk about it, then don't. Don't take it out on the cup."

Jian Yixin took the cup further away and ordered another one for her, a large one!

Drink up, until you're stuffed.

Shi Youxuan stared at Jian Yixin, just watching without saying a word, making her feel a bit uneasy inside.

She vigilantly moved her chair back a little: "Shi Youxuan, I didn't say anything just now, you didn't hear anything, and for the sake of me realizing my mistake and correcting it early, you can't hold me accountable later!"

Jian Yixin was regretting it now, regretting that she had been loose-lipped.

The woman in front of her was quite good as a friend, so she shouldn't pick up the old grudges again.

"Look at how scared you are; I'm not that petty, if I say I won't hold you accountable, then I definitely won't!"

Shi Youxuan was truly no longer angry at Jian Yixin; her silence just now was because she had thought for a long time, only to realize that she didn't have an answer either.

She also didn't know why she had to make things difficult for Sheng Hanyu at every turn; at first it was anger, but later... she just got used to it?

After figuring it out, she answered honestly: "I'm used to it."

"Used to what?" Jian Yixin didn't react for a moment.

Shi Youxuan said: "It's not that I'm brooding over what happened six years ago and can't forget it, it's just that bullying him... I'm used to it!"

Jian Yixin:...

In the end, she felt that Sheng Hanyu being indifferent to Shi Youxuan now was absolutely correct; she should be made to adapt as well, for the Dao of Heaven is a cycle, and whom has the Heavens ever spared?