Chapter 19

The previous night, Shen Yishu had asked Zhu Li to reserve a private restaurant in the city for six o’clock.

At five forty, Ji Xiangyu’s car stopped in the restaurant’s parking lot. The two of them entered separately.

Ji Xiangyu booked a private room and casually ordered several dishes after sitting down. Her phone screen showed that she was currently on a call with a contact named Shen Yishu.

It was already past six ten when the members of the Shen family finally arrived.

Perhaps they feared Shen Yishu might say something she should not, because only Shen Gaozhuo and his son, Shen Yidao, attended the meeting.

Shen Yishu had seen Shen Yidao several times in the original owner’s chat history. It could be said that he always appeared immediately before the original owner did something foolish.

One was an Alpha who deliberately encouraged others to do evil, while the other was an Alpha stupid enough to lose all reason.

The poor upbringing within the Shen family was obvious.

“Eldest Uncle, Brother.”

Suppressing her discomfort, Shen Yishu greeted them affectionately.

The moment she thought about what the two of them might have done, her entire body felt uncomfortable. The beautifully presented and fragrant dishes before her completely lost their appeal, leaving her faintly nauseated.

“Xiao Shu, how have you been recently?”

Had it not been for their previous phone call, Shen Gaozhuo’s question would have made him sound like an ordinary elder concerned about a younger relative.

“I’ve been getting by.”

Shen Yishu gave a disdainful smile.

“The people on the production are unbearably fake.”

By “the people on the production,” she specifically meant Lin Luosheng.

In the original owner’s chat history with Shen Yidao, she had repeatedly complained that Lin Luosheng deliberately embarrassed her everywhere. Shen Yidao had offered numerous malicious suggestions in return.

In the original novel, Lin Luosheng resolved each of those schemes one by one, while Shen Yishu suffered considerably in retaliation.

“It’s still your fault for not recording her last time.”

Shen Gaozhuo picked up the bottle beside the table and poured Shen Yishu a glass of alcohol.

“If you had taken a video, this matter would have been much easier to handle.”

Shen Yishu emptied the glass in one swallow and pouted.

“But I don’t remember anything that happened that night. You keep saying something happened between Lin Luosheng and me, but I don’t remember it at all. Eldest Uncle, are you lying to me?”

Shen Yidao filled her glass again and tried to smooth things over.

“How could your eldest uncle lie to you? Xiao Shu, you know my father has always treated you like his own daughter. He spoils you even more than he spoils me. People even joke that you’re the biological child.”

Shen Yishu drained another glass.

“But I genuinely don’t remember. Tell me everything you know. Maybe it’ll help me remember.”

Shen Yishu was betting that neither of them knew the truth about that night.

Everything they believed had happened came from the outcome described in the original novel.

If so, anything she managed to draw from them would merely reveal the conclusion they had expected their plan to produce.

“You truly don’t remember anything?” Shen Yidao asked.

He did not suspect that Shen Yishu might be deceiving him.

She had imitated roughly ninety percent of the original owner’s spoiled and arrogant behavior. In Shen Yidao’s eyes, the original Shen Yishu had always been an idiot, so he barely considered the possibility that she might lie to him.

“How many times do I have to say it? I really don’t remember!”

Shen Yishu slammed the table.

“If I remembered sleeping with her, would I still be sitting here complaining about her? She’s so irritating!”

Outwardly, Shen Yishu looked furious.

Inside, she was almost crying.

Sister, my wonderful Sister, please don’t repeat what I’m saying today to Lin Luosheng. I genuinely have [read the original at bailiantales.com]no desire whatsoever to oppose the female lead of the original novel.

On the other end of the call, Ji Xiangyu’s chopsticks paused in midair when she heard Shen Yishu insulting Lin Luosheng.

A faint smile appeared at the corners of her lips.

“Don’t be angry, Xiao Shu. You’ve already slept with her.”

While pouring more alcohol, Shen Yidao coaxed her, his words becoming increasingly vicious.

“She had just been marked. All you need to do is use your pheromones to seduce her and force her into heat again.”

Shen Yishu thought that neither Lin Luosheng, whom she had never marked, nor Ji Xiangyu, whom she had actually marked that night, was someone she dared seduce with her pheromones.

The Shen father and son truly treated the original owner like a complete fool.

Had Shen Yishu not transmigrated, however, that complete fool probably would have followed Shen Yidao’s instructions.

“Really? Why didn’t I know I slept with her?”

Shen Yishu lifted another glass.

The original owner probably had poor alcohol tolerance, which was why the father and son kept giving her drinks in hopes that she would reveal the truth while intoxicated.

Shen Yishu took advantage of this and pretended to be drunk. Her gaze became unfocused, and her words slightly slurred.

“You probably drank too much. That night, my people delivered Lin Luosheng to your bed. As long as you were capable, then you definitely…”

Seeing that Shen Yishu appeared drunk, Shen Yidao relaxed and finally began discussing what had happened that night.

“Of course I’m capable!”

Shen Yishu shouted.

“Now that you mention it, I think there was a woman who kept holding my hand and saying… ‘Mark me’?”

She spoke the final two words with extreme difficulty.

Her face was flushed, and she leaned lazily against the chair while swallowing glass after glass of alcohol.

To the Shen father and son, she merely appeared drunk.

The more Shen Yishu said, however, the guiltier she felt.

The woman who had held her hand and begged to be marked that night was currently listening from the other end of the call.

“So, Xiao Shu, seduce her a little. An Omega can’t cause much trouble.”

Shen Gaozhuo placed two bites of food into Shen Yishu’s bowl and spoke meaningfully.

“I understand!”

Pretending to be thoroughly intoxicated, Shen Yishu patted her chest. She acted so senseless that she seemed to have regressed into a primitive ancestor.

“Then we’ll leave first. We still have something to do. We’ve called a pretty young woman to keep you company during dinner.”

Having achieved their goal, Shen Yidao lost all interest in eating with an idiot.

“Go, go.”

Shen Yishu waved them away carelessly.

Inside, she was panicking.

What did they mean by calling a beautiful woman to accompany her during dinner?

Was it the kind of “accompanying dinner” that appeared in television dramas?

She revealed nothing outwardly and reminded herself not to alert them.

She could simply invent an excuse and flee later.

Before the private room door had even fully closed, an extremely innocent-looking woman entered.

Shen Yishu continued pretending to be drunk, intending to use intoxication as an excuse to leave.

“President Shen, I’ve finally met you.”

The woman showed no unfamiliarity whatsoever. The moment she sat down, she pressed herself against Shen Yishu and rested her head on her shoulder.

A powerful fragrance rushed into Shen Yishu’s nose, making her want to sneeze.

The woman’s long hair brushed across her face, and discomfort traveled from the top of Shen Yishu’s head to the tips of her toes.

It took considerable effort not to shove her away immediately.

“Do we know each other?”

Shen Yishu tried to shift to the side and used a little force to push the woman away.

She was an honest, respectable person.

She could not handle such extravagant games.

“I know you one-sidedly.”

The woman sighed faintly.

“Everyone in the circle says you like innocent and beautiful women. Why am I the only one you don’t like?”

Shen Yishu: “…”

She would have to ask the original owner that question.

The current Shen Yishu refused to admit that she liked innocent-looking women.

“I have something to do today. We can discuss this another time.”

Shen Yishu stood, picked up her bag, and prepared to leave.

Setting aside the fact that she had no interest in this dazzling world of pleasure, even if she had, Best Actress Ji was still connected to the call.

Even with ten times her current courage, she would not dare engage in anything inappropriate directly beside Ji Xiangyu’s ear.

“President Shen, what exactly am I lacking?”

The woman had no intention of letting her escape. She forcefully grabbed Shen Yishu’s wrist, preventing her from leaving.

“You aren’t lacking anything. I genuinely can’t do it today.”

Shen Yishu tried her best not to fall out of character as a spoiled playgirl.

She nearly wanted to cry.

“If you can’t, it’s enough that I can.”

The woman seemed to seize upon those words and became even more determined not to let Shen Yishu leave.

“You…”

Shen Yishu desperately wanted to shout, Let go of me! There’s a hooligan here!

The door was suddenly thrown open.

The gust of air nearly blew Shen Yishu’s soul out of her body.

Although she was not drunk, the alcohol had gone slightly to her head and delayed her reaction. For a moment, she could not speak.

“Apologies, but she already has an appointment today.”

Ji Xiangyu had wrapped herself up completely, yet the cold and [read the original at bailiantales.com]distant aura surrounding her could not be concealed.

Anyone could tell at a glance that she was an extraordinary beauty.

“That’s right. I already have an appointment today.”

Shen Yishu placed an arm around Ji Xiangyu’s shoulder and immediately supported her statement.

“You should’ve said so earlier.”

The woman rolled her eyes, picked up her bag, and walked straight out.

“That was terrifying. I was afraid she might say something even worse.”

Shen Yishu looked toward the direction the woman had left, still shaken.

She had genuinely feared the woman might say that three people could participate together.

If Ji Xiangyu heard something like that, Shen Yishu feared even ten thousand deaths would not atone for her guilt.

“Mm.”

Ji Xiangyu ended the call on her phone.

“I actually don’t like innocent-looking women.”

Shen Yishu irritably patted the place where the woman had rubbed against her.

The moment she returned that night, she would post on Moments and publicly announce that her preferences in romantic partners had already changed.

“I know,” Ji Xiangyu said in her clear voice.

“?”

Shen Yishu stopped moving and looked at her blankly.

“You like delicate, spoiled ones.”

Shen Yishu: “?”

When had she ever said she liked delicate, spoiled women?