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Chapter 123 - 123 122 Trap
Chapter 123 - 123 122 Trap
?Chapter 123: Chapter 122 Trap Chapter 123: Chapter 122 Trap “Oh! I know about this too.”
Just a moment ago, Wenyan didn’t know how to answer Shen Jingxiu’s question, but now she had an out, and she quickly nodded to join the conversation.
“Actually, I’ve discussed this issue with Mom before, including with second brother and fourth brother. I’ve mentioned it to them as well. But you know how both of them are—one is arrogantly stubborn and the other does whatever he pleases with a temper to boot. It seems very difficult for them to take the first step to mend their relationship willingly.
“However, I think these things can’t be rushed because the rift has been there for so many years. Without the right opportunity, it really is difficult. Plus, everyone has their own personality and temper, making it hard to find a balance.
“Which is to say, in short, it’s not simple and not as easy as one would imagine.”
“…Yeah, you’re right.” Having successfully shifted the topic, no matter what Wenyan said, Shen Jingxiu was nodding along, even if what she said was all nonsense.
Actually, Wenyan herself knew she was spouting nonsense, but she had no choice.
Discussing family trifles with Shen Jingxiu felt so odd!
Shen Jingxiu was well aware of Wenyan’s awkwardness.
He knew that his reserved nature and cold aura didn’t seem to mix well with idle chat.
He didn’t want to make Wenyan uncomfortable, so he glanced at her and said, “Are you tired? Take a nap, I’ll call you when we arrive.”
Wenyan let out a big sigh of relief in her heart. She had to be tired—it was impossible to keep the conversation going.
Just now, she had been talking non-stop about Shen Jinghe and Shen Jingchuan, too embarrassed to bring up the tattered relationship between Shen Jingxiu and Shen Jinghe.
After all, one of the people involved was sitting right beside her.
But… Wenyan’s thoughts shifted.
[Big Brother suddenly told me to rest, he must have noticed my awkwardness and nonsense rambling. Actually, he’s quite considerate. Thumbs up for Big Brother!]
Thinking this, Wenyan couldn’t help but show a smile to Shen Jingxiu.
“Then I’ll leave the driving to you, Big Brother. I’ll take a short nap.”
Maybe it was because Shen Jingxiu had set the car’s temperature just right, but soon after, Wenyan really fell asleep.
When the car arrived back at the Shen Family residence, Shen Jingxiu woke Wenyan up.
However, Shen Jingxiu did not join Wenyan in entering the villa but stayed in the car to make a phone call.
It wasn’t just talk when he said he wanted Qiao Kexin out of A City—he had also arranged for someone to keep an eye on her.
If she hadn’t left, he would intervene personally.
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Qiao Kexin knew not to mess with Shen Jingxiu because the next day she received a call from a stranger.
The caller offered her a ticket service, which sounded nice, but Qiao Kexin knew very well that this was Shen Jingxiu keeping an eye on her, giving her a warning.
In fact, she had been planning her escape, just not so soon.
She had already gotten her hands on the password to her mother’s safe box and was waiting to quietly open it before leaving.
But with Shen Jingxiu pressuring her, she had to speed up her actions.
Qiao Kexin quickly got in touch with Min Xiasha. The two of them, both harboring ill intentions, huddled together and concocted a wicked scheme in great harmony.
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That day, Wenyan was negotiating a car sale.
She was planning to sell her Ferrari sports car.
One, because she wasn’t comfortable driving it and wanted to switch to something more ordinary and comfortable, and two, she felt that she should repay the ten million she had borrowed from Shen Jingchuan.
Although Shen Jingchuan had said there was no need, and although she couldn’t come up with that much all at once, she figured she could pay it off in installments.
For several days, she hadn’t seen him come home; when asked, he said he was out trying to attract investments.
Seeing how hard he was working, Wenyan felt that she should repay whatever she could.
As she was wrapping up her chat with the agent, a strange call suddenly came in.
After connecting, the person on the other end immediately introduced themselves.
He said he was a producer from a certain company, currently preparing an IP, and wanted to invite Wenyan to join and meet in person to discuss the details.
Since Wenyan didn’t have an agent at the moment, she negotiated all her jobs on her own.
Therefore, getting calls from producers or directors wasn’t unusual for her.
However, she was still cautious. Although she had not encountered similar scams, she had heard of cases where people pretended to be scouts or directors to defraud others.
So, she didn’t immediately respond to the caller but hung up and searched online.
The results showed that the company and IP project mentioned by the caller were indeed real.
She even discussed it with Shen Jinghe.
Coincidentally, Shen Jinghe also knew about the producer and his IP project and suggested Wenyan should give it a try.
Since Shen Jinghe affirmed the project, Wenyan naturally wouldn’t refuse.
She proactively contacted the producer again and arranged a time and place to meet.
Since the meeting was scheduled for the evening, Wenyan had plenty of free time for herself during the day.
First, she took her Ferrari to sell it, and right after receiving the money, she transferred five million to Shen Jingchuan.
When Shen Jingchuan received the five million, he experienced a whirlwind of emotions.
Just then, he had been rejected by someone who had spoken quite rudely, making him feel as though he were a beggar, begging for someone else’s charity.
Yet at that moment, Wenyan sent him five million.
This girl, she didn’t even say a word after sending the money.
After some thought, Shen Jingchuan didn’t hesitate to stand up and leave the meeting room, then he called Wenyan.
The call was quickly answered, and Shen Jingchuan chuckled.
“You’re really generous, aren’t you? Dropping five million just like that, what do you mean by this?”
Wenyan’s giggly voice came through the phone.
“You guess.”
“I can’t guess.” Shen Jingchuan joked, then continued, “Do you look down on me or what? I’ve already said you don’t have to repay me, and you transferred the money without even a heads-up. Don’t I have any dignity?”
Wenyan snorted, “Can you eat dignity? Besides, if I had tipped you off beforehand, you definitely wouldn’t have accepted it.”
“That’s right! You should be saving for your own studio, not foolishly giving your money to me. My club and your studio are not the same; your five hundred thousand wouldn’t even fill the gaps between my teeth.”
“A mosquito’s leg is still meat. If you receive five million every day, won’t you be able to build a club soon enough? Look, let me tell you this, I got this money from winning the lottery, so stop fretting over me, okay?”
“I don’t believe you. Are lottery wins that easy to come by?”
“They’re not easy, but someone always wins, right? If someone’s bound to win, why can’t that person be me? Alright, I won’t talk to you anymore, I have a dinner to get to, need to touch up my makeup, bye.”
The two ended their conversation quickly.
Shen Jingchuan’s agent also found him in the emergency exit.
“What do we do now, are we leaving?”
“We’re not leaving. We’ve come all this way, I want to try again.”
“Are you serious? Did the sun rise from the west today? You looked really angry just now, and you still want to go back and take that attitude? That’s not like you.”
“Can attitude be eaten? To get the money in someone else’s pocket, what’s wrong with listening to a few harsh words?”
Even Wenyan, that little pauper, had pulled out her last five million to support him; how could he not push himself to try harder?