Chapter 41: Interrupting Shi Yuke's Good Fortune

"Hey, get down here, this is breaking and entering."

Jian Yining also hurried up the stairs, taking two steps at a time, shouting as he ran: "Fine, so your eyes can actually see? If you can see, you can see, is pretending to be Xiazi fun..."

Shi Youxuan had wanted to bolt the door, but after a moment's thought, she braced herself and went out, running right into Sheng Hanyu.

"Move aside, where is Yingzi?" Sheng Hanyu's gaze was scorching; he pushed Shi Youxuan aside and strode inside, pushing open door after door to search.

She was knocked against the wall, her back aching from the impact, but she felt a sense of relief in her heart.

Jian Yining caught up, gave her an apologetic look, then chased after Sheng Hanyu and grabbed him: "Don't go too far, this is my house. Do you think everywhere is your territory? You go wherever you want? Get out, get out now."

"Move."

"I won't."

The two stood in a stalemate, neither willing to yield. Sheng Hanyu had his back to Achou, and Achou opened her mouth to silently mouth two words to Jian Yining: "Idol."

Jian Yining understood immediately and began to ramble: "Hanyu Ge, what is wrong with you? You're already married, is it appropriate to keep chasing after other women like this?"

"My sister-in-law, your wife, is currently missing—no sign of her alive or dead—so why are you looking for Yingzi instead of your wife? Yingzi is called Yingzi precisely because she comes and goes without a trace; she isn't easy to find..."

Jian Yining was too talkative; once he started, he wouldn't stop. Sheng Hanyu's mind had been clear, but after being stirred up by this mess, he even forgot what he was looking for Yingzi for.

"Shut up."

Sheng Hanyu's face was so dark it could drip ink; he snapped a rebuke and turned to leave.

"Bang!"

Watching Sheng Hanyu walk away, Jian Yining immediately locked the door, hurried back, and grabbed Yingzi to leave: "Let's go, let's go while he's still stunned by my anger. If we wait for him to come to his senses, we won't be able to leave."

"I won't." Yingzi shook off his hand, refusing.

"Aren't you afraid he'll find out?" Jian Yining was surprised at first, then suddenly realized: "Oh, you two have met, right? He didn't recognize you."

Shi Youxuan nodded in agreement: "Mm, he doesn't know I'm Yingzi. I told him my name is Achou. You should call me Achou from now on, too, to avoid giving the game away."

Jian Yining looked her up and down for a long time and commented: "The name fits; you really are ugly."

"Get lost—"

Jian Yining didn't get lost, and Sheng Hanyu returned as expected a short while later.

Upon returning, he didn't continue to dwell on seeing Yingzi, but instead warned Jian Yining and Achou not to let anyone know he could see, and then he left.

Just as he left, a call from Yun Zhe Hao came into Jian Yining's phone: "President Jian, what is the meaning of this?"

"What did I do?" Jian Yining was completely confused.

Yun Zhe Hao said: "Do you dare to do it but not admit it? Our two companies are clearly in a partnership, yet you are withholding the upstream supply. What exactly are you trying to do?"

Jian Yining was even more bewildered: "I don't understand what you're talking about. I haven't done anything."

Yingzi pointed at herself and mouthed silently: "I did it."

"I see, President Yun. Let me hang up and investigate, I'll call you back in a moment."

Jian Yining hung up without waiting for a reply, then asked Yingzi what had happened!

Shi Youxuan didn't hide anything and recounted what she had done that morning to Jian Yining. Only then did he understand why his father had so readily let him out!

The problem that had left his parents at their wits' end had finally been solved by Yingzi.

He pulled Shi Youxuan into his arms, gave her a tight hug, and then let go: "Thank you."

"Don't thank me. Aren't you going to explain to Yun Zhe Hao? How about this, don't bother calling, just go there in person."

"What will you do if I leave?" Jian Yining was worried.

Shi Youxuan smiled slightly: "I'm fine, don't worry, go ahead. Tell Yun Zhe Hao to just go to the warehouse to pick up the goods on the due date."

Sheng Hanyu had seen the "appearance" of Yingzi in surveillance and at the cocktail party, so that mask had already become his preconceived notion of Yingzi's face. Now that Shi Youxuan had changed her disguise, Sheng Hanyu didn't link her to Yingzi at all.

Knowing this, she stayed behind boldly.

"Got it." As Jian Yining walked out, she felt uneasy and added a reminder: "Ask for a high price."

"Don't worry, I won't forget."

When it came to taking advantage of a crisis, the two of them had always been in sync and had never had a disagreement.

Shi Family.

Shi Yuke was locked in her room by her father, pounding on the door: "Dad, let me out, I really have something to do. How long are you going to keep me locked up?"

She was incredibly anxious. She had an appointment with Sheng Yukai to look at a Villa today, and Sheng Yukai had even told her to bring her ID, saying the Villa would be in her name.

Shi Yuke was overjoyed and had dressed herself up brilliantly early on, ready to go out, but her father had strictly forbidden her from leaving and had even snatched away her handbag!

Her phone was in her bag, and she couldn't even call Sheng Yukai for help.

"Dad, open the door, open the door..."

Shi Yucheng pulled up a chair and sat by the door to guard it: "Stop knocking. Do you think you can get out of this house even if you knock the door down?"

"I believe you, but could you please open the door? I really have an emergency."

Shi Yuke said anxiously.

Shi Yucheng was completely unmoved: "No. Even if you talk until the sky falls today, I won't let you out." He had been fooled by his eldest daughter too many times these past few days; the "boy who cried wolf" had been played three times, and no one believed her anymore.

And in just a few short days, the number of times Shi Yuke had deceived Shi Yucheng was far greater than three.

"Do you think I don't know what you're going out to do? You're definitely going to see that scoundrel Sheng Yukai again. He finished messing up the Sheng Family and now he's bringing disaster to our Shi Family. I saw that thing wasn't any good since he was a child; sure enough, he's grown into a disaster..."

Shi Yuke didn't take a single word of Shi Yucheng's earnest advice to heart; she just looked down at her watch, becoming more and more anxious.

If she dawdled any longer, she would really be late. What was she to do?

At this moment, her phone rang inside the bag, and Shi Yuke became even more impatient: "Dad, give me the phone. You don't have to open the door, just slide it through the crack."

Shi Yucheng hadn't intended to pay attention, but hearing her say that, he opened the bag and took out the phone—it was indeed that "disaster" calling!

He was just about to hang up, but then he thought better of it, took a few steps forward, and answered: "Second Young Master, Yuke is getting engaged soon. Please do not look for her anymore. We, the Shi Family, are a small household and cannot afford to climb the social ladder to your deep, walled-in mansion. You should look for a young lady from a family of equal status. I wish you happiness."

She finished saying it all in one breath, then hung up, thought for a moment, and turned off the phone!

"Dad—"

Tears streamed down Shi Yuke's face, and she shrieked hoarsely: "What nonsense are you spouting? Am I even your biological daughter, huh? Why can't you wish me well? I finally managed to climb up to Sheng Yukai, and today he was going to buy me a Villa, but you ruined all my hard work these past few days with just two sentences..."

"You are not my dad, I don't have a father like you!"

"Sob, sob, sob..."

Shi Yuke collapsed onto the floor, crying very sorrowfully, her heart filled with despair and even more filled with hatred for her father!

Jiang Yadan came out of the room and persuaded her husband: "Old Shi, don't lower yourself to the child's level. She is still young and doesn't understand things; she will be fine when she grows up."

"Still young? She is already twenty-three. Yuke has been spoiled by you since she was little, spoiled to be selfish and only think of herself..."

Unexpectedly, Jiang Yadan did not argue with her husband this time, but instead gently and submissively admitted her fault, her attitude exceptionally good: "Yes, it is all my fault. Everything you do is right. Just listen to me once, go into the room and check your blood pressure. If it's high, take your medicine immediately, okay? I will stay here and keep watch for you."