The next day, the news that the wedding of Lu Jinsheng and Shen Jianyi would be held as scheduled once again made the front page of the newspaper.
At the Lu family banquet, many people saw Lu Jinsheng enter the Lu family's villa with an ordinary - looking woman.
All of a sudden, various speculations were rife.
Some said that Lu Jinsheng finally decided to rekindle his old romance with Shen Jianyi because of appearance.
Others said that the ordinary - looking girl was actually Shen Jianyi in disguise.
Anyway, at least the wedding of Lu Jinsheng and Shen Jianyi could be held as scheduled.
Before the wedding, Shen Jianyi kept thinking about Xu Wenji.
In just three days, it would be the time she had agreed with Xu Wenji.
Thinking that the matter would soon be resolved, Shen Jianyi's tense mood relaxed a little.
...
In the quiet private room of the coffee shop.
The core members of the Tianji team were rarely gathered together.
Shen Jianyi was lying lazily on the sofa. Xia Liang was holding a notebook, munching on potato chips while watching a drama. Sam and Vivian were cuddling with each other.
Zhou Sang took a sip of tea, glanced at these outstanding students under his hand, and finally fixed his eyes on Shen Jianyi.
"A, do we need to help with Xu Wenji's matter?" Zhou Sang asked softly, with a hint of worry between his eyebrows.
"No need. Xia Liang and I will go. Too many people will only tip off the enemy." Shen Jianyi answered lazily, her slender fingers inserted into the empty coffee cup, swirling it around randomly.
The coffee cup swayed on her fingertips but didn't seem to fall.
Zhou Sang curved his lips into a smile. "I'm very relieved to leave the matter to you. But you still need to pay attention to your safety. Xu Wenji is a deep - thinking person. I'm afraid he will do you harm."
Do her harm?
Shen Jianyi squinted her eyes, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, exuding a lazy and aloof temperament.
"After we find the chip, what do you plan to do with it, Professor?" Shen Jianyi asked softly.
The chip was developed by them together.
She and Xu Wenji were the main forces in developing the chip at that time.
At first, they just wanted to conduct a research for data storage. Unexpectedly, during a trial, they found that this chip could record and transmit everything the user saw and heard to the operator.
If used in legitimate business, the chip would be a good storage technology.
But judging from the current situation, the existence of the chip clearly had more disadvantages than advantages.
Those merchants who bought the chip might not even know that all their secrets had been exposed.
Such a thing really didn't need to stay in this world.
"What do you think we should do?" Zhou Sang smiled and asked Shen Jianyi.
Except for Xia Liang who didn't care much about the chip, Sam and Vivian both looked at Shen Jianyi.
"Me?" Shen Jianyi scoffed. "It was an accident when we developed it. In my opinion, we should just destroy it in the same way we developed it."
She played with the lighter on the table. A flame rose slowly and flickered on her fingertips.
Zhou Sang's eyes darkened, and he didn't respond to Shen Jianyi.
"By the way." Zhou Sang suddenly became serious. He looked at Shen Jianyi and said earnestly, "A, after you handle this matter well, I hope you can go back abroad with us. I'll take care of the Lu family's matter. You don't need to interfere anymore."
Hearing this, Shen Jianyi paused in her actions.
She couldn't go back abroad with the professor. So far, they still hadn't found Tingting's whereabouts, and besides, there was Lu Jinsheng...
She pursed her thin lips and said softly after a while, "Let me think about it."
Let her think about how to persuade the professor to let her stay in Shencheng and in the Lu family.
Actually, she could just tell the professor directly that she didn't want to leave Lu Jinsheng. But considering the professor had spent a lot of effort on their training, in the end, Shen Jianyi couldn't bear to say it directly.
Zhou Sang glanced at Shen Jianyi through his glasses and fell silent.
After a moment, he sighed faintly. "A, I believe they don't want to lose you as a partner."
"Why don't you persuade Lu Jinsheng to join our organization?" Vivian raised her eyebrows with a half - smile. Sam was about to chime in, but was silenced by Shen Jianyi's cold look.
She hadn't settled the score with him for the last time when they were secretly photographed. If he dressed more decently and didn't act like a playboy, things wouldn't have turned out like this.
Suddenly, she thought of Lin Zhirou whose face had been scratched.
Now that her leg was disabled and her face was disfigured, she presumably wouldn't cause any more trouble.
At this time, in the airport lobby, a woman wearing a hat was walking quickly towards the ticket - checking gate.
She covered her left cheek with her hand, as if afraid that others would see the hideous scar on her face.
Mother Lin looked at her with red eyes. "Rourou, there will be doctors to pick you up after you arrive in Country M. Don't worry. Mom has arranged everything for you."
Lin Zhirou pulled down her wide hat to cover the gauze on her left face.
Her eyes were full of bloodshot, and she looked haggard as if she hadn't slept well for ten or half a month.
Because of Shen Jianyi and Lu Jinsheng, her face was completely ruined.
Now she hardly appeared in the public eye. Even when exposed to a little bit of sunlight, she felt as if she could hear others' ridicule.
All these were the humiliations bestowed on her by Shen Jianyi and Lu Jinsheng!
"Go quickly. Mom is waiting for you to come back." Mother Lin wiped her tears and urged in a low voice.
"I know." Lin Zhirou replied casually, but her eyes were fixed on the display screen in the airport lobby.
On the screen, Lu Jinsheng in a suit was standing in front of the media.
"Mr. Lu, I heard that you invited a young lady to dance at last night's banquet. Why did you finally get back together with Miss Shen Jianyi?"
Lu Jinsheng shot a glance at the reporter with his long and narrow eyes. "My wife and I have never been separated."
"I heard that the young lady is Miss Shen Jianyi. Is this true?" the reporter asked persistently.
When Lu Jinsheng mentioned Shen Jianyi, his eyes softened, and he involuntarily showed a faint smile.
"Yes."
Yes?
Lin Zhirou's pupils suddenly dilated.
She finally understood why that woman was so confident that Lu Jinsheng would choose her.
It turned out to be like this.
That woman was actually Shen Jianyi!
All these were a play staged by Shen Jianyi and Lu Jinsheng!
And she, Lin Zhirou, had become a laughingstock for everyone because of their self - directed play.
Anger, disgust, and hatred almost distorted Lin Zhirou's face.
She stared venomously at Lu Jinsheng on the screen. "Shen Jianyi, Lu Jinsheng, what you owe me, I will make you pay back a thousand or ten thousand times over."
She murmured in her heart and then turned around resolutely and walked into the boarding gate.