Chapter 137

In the dimly lit private room at Sheng Tang, the violent effects of the drug on Dong Shu continued until dawn.

Sensing that she had regained consciousness, the three male escorts gathered their clothes and took the opportunity to leave the room.

When Dong Shu woke up and saw the filth all over her and the strangeness of her body, she sat frozen on the floor, scenes of her catering to a strange man—and more than one man at that—flashing through her mind.

Each scene felt like a slow slicing of her flesh.

Clutching her broken body, Dong Shu erupted into hysterical screams.

Early in the morning, Dong Mingchang received a call from a Bodyguard saying that Dong Shu had gone to Sheng Tang last night and never come out.

Her phone was turned off when he called, and Dong Mingchang vaguely sensed that something was wrong, so he hurriedly took his Bodyguards to Sheng Tang.

At the entrance of the private room, the Bodyguards were leaving one after another; Dong Mingchang led his men to chase after them, but failed to stop them, only to see his daughter sitting naked on the floor the moment his subordinate pushed open the door.

The large and small purple and red marks and welts on her body were shocking; it was hard to imagine what had happened before.

"Ah—"

Dong Mingchang kicked the subordinate who had pushed the door open, blocking the others' view.

He rushed into the room; Dong Shu had fainted from the shock, so he took off his coat to wrap her up, picked her up, and stumbled out of the room, roaring as if he had lost his mind, "Who did this, who!"

The corridor was empty; those Bodyguards had already left, and the male escorts were nowhere to be seen.

Dong Shu was sent to the hospital, and when Madam Dong arrived and saw her daughter's state, she fainted from crying.

"Mr. Dong, it was Young Master Sheng Jiayu's room," a Bodyguard said, walking up to Dong Mingchang.

Dong Mingchang glared with bloodshot eyes; he looked abruptly at his daughter, who was still unconscious on the hospital bed, and tears of remorse welled up in his eyes.

He should not have let his daughter be so willful, causing her to suffer such a tragedy.

Dong Mingchang immediately gathered his men and headed for the Hot Spring Villa.

On the way, Sheng Hongyao called him.

"Chairman Sheng, my daughter has been harmed like this by your son; as a father, I cannot swallow this!"

On the other end of the line, Sheng Hongyao said in a deep voice, "It is my failure in raising my son."

"This has nothing to do with you. There are few people in Kyoto City who don't know how deranged Sheng Yu is. I just didn't expect that, even though my daughter is a friend in his circle, he wouldn't show any consideration at all!"

Sheng Hongyao was furious, "Do whatever you want; you don't need to consider my feelings. Even if you didn't take action today, I would have cleaned house myself!"

With these words from him, Dong Mingchang became even more determined to deal with Sheng Yu.

The Dong Family was, after all, one of the Five Great Families; Sheng Yu actually dared to completely disregard the Dong Family!

After hanging up the phone, Secretary Jiang said to Sheng Hongyao, "Dong Mingchang cannot touch Young Master Yu."

"But after this incident, I will have an ally who is more loyal to me," Sheng Hongyao sneered.

Assistant Jiang suddenly realized, "You knew Miss Dong was trapped at Sheng Tang last night but didn't tell Dong Mingchang, just to maximize the conflict. In this way, the Dong Family will hate Young Master Yu to the bone. Dong Mingchang was still hesitant about cooperating with you before; it seems this cooperation will be finalized soon."

Sheng Yu heard Situ say that the Dong Family had gathered men to block the outside of the Hot Spring Villa, but there was no emotion on his face.

They were discussing business, and Zhu Yuan was about to leave while holding Feiyuan.

It wasn't that she was sensible; it was that she couldn't be bothered to listen to Sheng Yu's affairs.

However, Sheng Yu held her hand and wouldn't let go, saying to Situ, "I was the one who was almost drugged last night; they really have some nerve, and they still have the face to come to my door?"

Feiyuan, held in Zhu Yuan's arms, whimpered a few times as if it had been grabbed painfully, looking up at Zhu Yuan with confusion and grievance.

Zhu Yuan was holding it with one hand and her other hand was being forcibly held by Sheng Yu; unable to free a hand to comfort it, she lowered her voice and said, "I'm sorry, Feiyuan."

Sheng Yu glanced at her and reached out, rubbing his palm over Feiyuan's head a few times, and Feiyuan became obedient in a second.

"Tell the Dong Family: I am the only one who can cause them trouble; it is not their turn to come to me and throw a tantrum. If they don't get lost, pack up the surveillance footage from the room and send it to them as a gift."

Situ nodded, "Understood, Young Master Yu."

He turned around and heard the man's heartless, cold tone from behind him, "As for Dong Shu, permanently ban her from Kyoto City."

Situ went out.

The hand being held was struggling constantly.

Sheng Yu simply pulled her into his arms, encircling both her and the dog, "Are you that impatient?"

Zhu Yuan turned her head to look elsewhere, still maintaining an attitude of ignoring him.

"I'll have Qi Jing change the dinner time to the evening; I'll take you to the Jingjiao Prison to see Zhu Jingyao, how about that?"

He stared at Zhu Yuan's profile, watching the obvious change in her expression; her eyes even brightened, and her emotional shift was clear.

Sheng Yu laughed in anger.

So it turned out that just any stray cat or dog, any random man, could make her emotions fluctuate.

A week before the public performance, Zhu Yuan went to the Jingjiao Prison; she could only see Zhu Jingyao once a month.

Only half a month had passed, and when Zhu Jingyao heard the prison guard say someone was visiting, it clearly wasn't the scheduled visiting time—who would come at this time?

However, when he saw Zhu Yuan, Zhu Jingyao couldn't help but quicken his pace.

"Did something happen?" Zhu Jingyao sat down and immediately picked up the receiver to ask Zhu Yuan.

Zhu Yuan shook her head and hurriedly said, "Nothing, I'm fine, Grandpa is fine too; I just missed you, Brother."

"It's almost the New Year; Grandpa is being discharged in two days, and I have three days of vacation during the New Year, so I plan to accompany Grandpa back to Yucheng."

"That's good," however, Zhu Jingyao frowned, "What's wrong with your lips, and why is your voice so hoarse?"

Zhu Yuan subconsciously pursed her lips; it wasn't just her lips that hurt, her tongue hurt too.

But how could she tell her brother about these things?

She said "oh" and said dismissively, "I have internal heat."

"If you have internal heat, eat less spicy food. By the way, how did they agree to let you see me?"

"I have a friend who is quite powerful. I just happened to be off today, so I thought I'd come see you, afraid I wouldn't have time in a few days."

Zhu Jingyao did not doubt her, "Once my patent application is approved, I will try to get my sentence reduced, and once I get out, you won't have to work so hard."

Zhu Yuan shook her head, thinking of how his patent proposal was still in Sheng Yu's office, and a wave of bitterness washed over her heart.

She dared not tell Zhu Jingyao the truth, nor did she want him to worry, "It's not hard work, Brother. I can get quite a lot of dividends from this play; it should be enough to help you get a wife."

Zhu Jingyao's expression darkened, "Why would I need to get a wife?"

"We can't let the old Zhu family line end," Zhu Yuan muttered with her head lowered.

She did not notice the man looking at her with deep, profound eyes.

Outside the visitation room, a black sedan was parked in the snow.

Through the surveillance footage and audio monitoring, Sheng Yu pulled out a cigarette and lit it when he heard Zhu Yuan say, "I just missed you, Brother."

Then, hearing Zhu Jingyao show such concern for why Zhu Yuan's lips were swollen and why her voice was hoarse.

He let out a cold sneer.

He shouldn't have brought her here!