Chapter 52: A One-Time Compensation

"Then what should I do? I really have an urgent matter, and it's inconvenient to bring you along." Jian Yining fell into a dilemma.

He vaguely remembered Yingzi telling him the general location of the apartment; it seemed not far from here. He only needed to pull up the real estate developments that opened in the vicinity five years ago, and then go over and ask.

But his plan did not include Shi Yuke.

Sending her back to the Villa was too far; a round trip would waste a lot of time!

Shi Yuke said, "Why don't you open a room for me nearby? I'll have a place to stay first, and you can come pick me up after you finish your business, okay?"

"Alright, let's do that."

Jian Yining thought her idea was excellent, but he never imagined that Shi Yuke wanted to use this matter to scheme against him!

Shi Yuke said she didn't have an ID card, so the room was naturally opened using Jian Yining's ID.

He was at the front desk handling the check-in and didn't notice at all that Shi Yuke was taking a selfie behind him. Both of their figures appeared in the frame, and the forced perspective made them look very intimate.

After handing the room card to Shi Yuke, Jian Yining was about to leave.

Shi Yuke grabbed his hand and said pitifully, "A Ning, I'm very scared. Could you stay and keep me company for a while?"

Jian Yining just assumed she was scared and didn't think much of it, but he couldn't stay; he had more important things to do.

"Miss Shi, don't be afraid. How about this, I'll have my mother come keep you company!"

Shi Yuke pressed down on his hand and hurriedly refused, "No, A Ning, please don't let your mother come over. If she sees me in this state, I might as well just die."

Jian Yining just thought she was afraid of trouble and explained understandingly, "Don't worry, my mother is a warm-hearted person. She won't laugh at you. Since you're scared, it's perfect to have her come keep you company..."

Later, under Shi Yuke's repeated and firm opposition, Jian Yining gave up the idea of having his mother come to keep her company and left in a hurry to find Yingzi.

Shi Youxuan's Apartment.

After crazy exercise to sweat and a cold water rinse, the effects of the drug had finally dissipated for the most part.

Sheng Hanyu felt he could control himself, so he put on his clothes, opened the bedroom door, pulled up a chair to sit opposite Shi Youxuan, and began to look her over carefully.

"What are you looking at? Keep looking and I'll dig your eyeballs out!" Shi Youxuan felt guilty; she didn't want Sheng Hanyu to discover who she was.

Sheng Hanyu spoke, "You are not Yixin!"

With the two of them in close contact face-to-face, that familiar feeling was still very strong, but he could conclude that the person in front of him was not Jian Yixin, he was certain of it!

The last shred of hope in his heart was gone. Sheng Hanyu composed himself and adopted the posture of a negotiation: "Yingzi, let's talk properly now."

"What do you want to talk about?" Shi Youxuan stared at him with a vigilant look, unconsciously moving back two steps.

Sheng Hanyu leaned forward, with a hint of mockery, "Are you very afraid of me?"

"No, I'm not."

To show that she was truly not afraid of him, Shi Youxuan puffed out her chest and held her head high, trying hard to put on a very calm appearance.

But Sheng Hanyu let her deflate with just one sentence: "About what happened that night, I am very sorry."

Regarding the smear of blood on the bedsheets, Sheng Hanyu understood what it meant, so his apology was sincere.

Her face turned red in a flash, but fortunately, she had a mask on, so he couldn't tell.

Yingzi covered up, "What are you talking about? Nothing happened that night. Nothing happened between you and me. You were drunk and misunderstood..."

The way the woman tried her best to cover it up made Sheng Hanyu heave a sigh of relief.

The woman he loved was Jian Yixin, and his wife in name was the missing Shi Youxuan. Although he had done that kind of thing to Yingzi, he really couldn't take responsibility.

"I can compensate you materially. You can make any request; as long as it's not too excessive, I will agree." He wanted to wipe that incident away once and for all.

Shi Youxuan's mood was very complicated; it was like a spice jar had been overturned, and she couldn't describe the feeling!

He had searched for her by every possible means, first for Jian Yixin, and later to provide compensation, which showed that Sheng Hanyu was a responsible man.

Not running away, daring to face the mistakes he had made—such a man was not a bad person, but his business-like tone and attitude made her very uncomfortable. She couldn't say why, but it was just uncomfortable.

She was a bit spiteful and still tried her best to deny it: "I don't know what you're talking about. You just misunderstood. You didn't do anything to me. Maybe it was someone else. Yes, that's it, it wasn't me, it was someone else. You recognized the wrong person."

"You have other women here?" Sheng Hanyu raised an eyebrow slightly.

She took the opportunity to admit, "That's right, I have a sister who also stays here often."

"What is her name, what does she look like, how tall is she, what is her accent?" The embers of hope that had been extinguished in Sheng Hanyu's heart were rekindled, and he grabbed her arm, asking one question after another.

He was too excited, so excited that he even hurt the woman's arm.

"It hurts, let go of me!"

Sheng Hanyu hurriedly let go, "I'm sorry, I was too excited just now."

Shi Youxuan felt even more uncomfortable, so she said, "I don't know what her name is. We are internet friends. She is about the same height as me, has a Jiangzhou City accent, and her face looks like it was burned by fire, which is very ugly, so she never appears during the day and only comes over occasionally at night..." She couldn't say if it was out of spite or some other reason, but she described exactly what Jian Yixin looked like.

Didn't he keep that woman in his heart and couldn't forget her?

Then she would give him hope. Having hope was better than having no hope; even if he couldn't see her, living in hope for a lifetime was also a kind of happiness.

Shi Youxuan didn't think deeply about why the first thing she thought of was making Sheng Hanyu happy. She told herself that she was doing a good deed and accumulating merit.

"Are you sure you're not lying to me?"

Sheng Hanyu was so excited he couldn't sit still and stood up, pacing back and forth in the room.

"Why would I lie to you? To lie to you and not get a large sum of compensation? Do you think I'm stupid? I'm your business partner; lying to you doesn't benefit me. I'm really not the person you're looking for." Shi Youxuan spoke with conviction and righteous indignation.

But in her heart, she kept scolding herself: You are stupid, the biggest fool in the world.

If he wanted to give compensation, why didn't she take it?

It was originally something Sheng Hanyu owed her, and taking it was what she deserved. Shi Youxuan, oh Shi Youxuan, don't you love money the most? Why didn't you take it?

In fact, she knew clearly that she didn't want his money just because she didn't want to get involved with him!

With the mask covering her face, Shi Youxuan had the same expression no matter what she said, and one couldn't tell she was lying.

Sheng Hanyu believed her, and once again believed that Jian Yixin was still alive.

Composing himself slightly to calm down, he said to Yingzi, "Sell this apartment to me, and I'll give you ten percent of Dingsheng's shares."

One percent of Dingsheng's shares would be more than enough to buy the entire residential complex, and now he wanted to use ten percent of the shares to buy this one-hundred-square-meter apartment.

It would be too abrupt if she did not agree.

"Fine, let's sign the contract now, so you won't regret it later."

She actually took out paper and the Hallucinogenic Pen; although there were computers, printers, and everything else on the table, she seemed unable to wait and scribbled it out by hand, handing it to Sheng Hanyu to sign once she finished.

She also handed over an inkpad: "Sign it, and press your thumbprint after you're done."

It was standard block lettering, and there was no difference between what was handwritten and what was printed; Sheng Hanyu looked up at her, then picked up the Hallucinogenic Pen to quickly sign his name and pressed his thumbprint over it.

"Done!"

She folded the contract, put it in her pocket, and stood up to leave: "The house is yours now, goodbye."

"Wait a moment."

Sheng Hanyu called out to stop her: "No rush to leave yet; the first matter is resolved, now let's start talking about the second."