After Lu Yuan left, the room fell into another bout of silence.
Suddenly, Lu Jinsheng reached out and pinched Shen Jianyi on the waist. "Still pretending?"
Caught off - guard by his sudden move, Shen Jianyi couldn't help bursting into laughter and flopped onto the bay window.
"You're way too exaggerated in your acting! Lu Jinsheng, you just seemed like a total jerk."
Shen Jianyi laughed uncontrollably, tears streaming from the corners of her eyes.
Lu Jinsheng was both amused and helpless by her laughter.
He hugged her and sat on the bay window, then vengefully tweaked her nose. "How did you know she'd come?"
"Didn't you deliberately put on that intimate show in front of me just to make us quarrel? I guessed she'd come and check."
Shen Jianyi shrugged. "I didn't expect her to really show up."
Strangely enough, Shen Jianyi could always guess what Lu Yuan was thinking, as if they had some sort of telepathy.
She wriggled out of Lu Jinsheng's embrace, stood up, took out an evening dress from the wardrobe, and talked while changing. "Did your old man tell Lu Yuan to sow discord between us?"
"Actually, your old man's idea isn't bad. Lu Yuan is a woman with both means and looks, and she was trained by him. Marrying you would be the best thing for him."
Lu Jinsheng folded his arms across his chest, admiring the beauty in front of him changing clothes. His eyes wandered over her curvy figure.
"Lu Ziqian isn't that bored."
Lu Jinsheng said calmly, "After all, Lu Yuan is his adopted daughter. Even though they're not blood - related, it would still be a laughingstock if it got out. He can't afford to lose that face."
Shen Jianyi smoothed her hair, walked up to Lu Jinsheng, and wiggled her body, signaling him to zip up her dress.
"You mean someone else instigated Lu Yuan to drive a wedge between us?"
"Yeah."
Lu Jinsheng's eyes were a bit fiery. Instead of zipping up her dress, he slipped his hand behind her and naturally cupped her full breasts.
"You've grown up."
He murmured in a hoarse voice.
Shen Jianyi's skin broke out in goosebumps from his touch. She twisted her body and slapped him. "Mr. Lu, don't forget, we're still in a fight."
Lu Jinsheng scratched his nose, retracted his hand awkwardly, and obediently zipped up her dress.
"How do you want to find out who's behind this?" After saying that, he immediately added, "I refuse to act."
The acting just now was his last concession.
The last time they acted, he had to sleep alone for several days.
He didn't want to experience that feeling a second time.
Shen Jianyi was amused by his words and made a concession. "Okay, no acting then."
She actually thought they could act to let Lu Yuan lower her guard, and then find the person behind her when she contacted them.
Since Lu Jinsheng was against it, she had to abandon this plan.
After all, seeing his aggrieved look, she really felt a bit soft - hearted.
...
In the banquet hall.
Lu Yuan was wearing a long black lace dress. Different from her usual innocent look, she looked extremely charming today.
The light shone on her exquisitely made - up face, with a hint of irresistible temptation.
Thinking of the quarrel between Lu Jinsheng and Shen Jianyi at the beginning, a faint smile appeared on her face.
Sure enough, as she expected, the trust between Shen Jianyi and Lu Jinsheng, who got married in a hurry after knowing each other for only one or two months, was far from enough.
With just a little trick, she made them quarrel like this.
It seemed that it was only a matter of time before Shen Jianyi left the Lu family.
Just as she was thinking, the crowd in front gradually dispersed, and Lu Jinsheng in a black suit and Shen Jianyi in a matching evening dress appeared in her sight.
The smile on Lu Yuan's face froze, and her eyes locked on their tightly clasped hands.
How could this be?
Weren't they just quarreling? How could they have made up in just half an hour?
Noticing Lu Yuan's gaze, Shen Jianyi curved her red lips. She was wearing a very light makeup, and her features were as delicate as a painting, making it hard for people to look away.
Lu Yuan clearly sensed a hint of mockery in her eyes.
She immediately realized that the scene she saw in the room just now was a false show deliberately staged by Shen Jianyi...
It was just to verify if she was the one who deliberately made them quarrel!
Realizing this possibility, the smile on Lu Yuan's face gradually faded.
"Let's welcome Mr. Lu to the stage to give a speech."
The host's voice rang out, and Lu Jinsheng took the stage amidst the applause.
The spotlight shone on Lu Jinsheng's face. His handsome, sculpted face instantly attracted countless eyes.
Shen Jianyi swayed the red wine glass in her hand, and her eyes were involuntarily drawn to Lu Jinsheng.
"He's very outstanding, isn't he?"
Lu Yuan walked up to her at some point and whispered.
Shen Jianyi didn't look at her. Her eyes were still fixed on Lu Jinsheng. "Is this why you're getting close to him?"
"Sister - in - law has really good acting skills."
There was a hint of undisguised admiration in Lu Yuan's voice.
"I can't compare to you."
Shen Jianyi retorted coldly. "Trying to steal my man?"
"Who wouldn't be tempted by a man as outstanding as Big Brother?"
He seemed cold and noble, but in fact, when faced with someone like her who was neither a friend nor an enemy, he still couldn't help but reach out and help her.
"Lu Yuan."
Shen Jianyi finally deigned to look at the woman beside her.
"I don't care what you do, and I'm too lazy to ask what Lu Ziqian told you to do. But if I see you deliberately getting close to Lu Jinsheng again."
Her hand slowly stroked Lu Yuan's fair face.
"You wouldn't like to have scars on your face, would you?"
Inside the sleeve of the evening dress, a short knife glinted coldly, but it was still not as cold as the woman's eyes.
Shen Jianyi thought this woman would curse or at least show a hint of panic in her eyes.
But she didn't.
She was like a wooden doll that didn't know fear, always wearing an appropriate smile on her face. "I'll listen to sister - in - law."
Shen Jianyi withdrew her hand and continued to watch Lu Jinsheng on the stage.
"I've spared you several times, Lu Yuan. Don't challenge my bottom line."
She wouldn't allow herself to be soft - hearted anymore.
After saying this, Shen Jianyi turned around and left the banquet hall.
She walked onto the deck, took out her phone, and tried to contact Xia Liang, wanting her to investigate who Lu Yuan had been in contact with.
But Xia Liang didn't answer the phone no matter how many times she called.
"This girl. Could it be that she just didn't hear it?"
A sense of uneasiness welled up in Shen Jianyi's heart. Her intuition told her that maybe Zhou Sang had discovered the relationship between her and Xia Liang, but after thinking about it carefully, she thought it was unlikely.
After all, Xia Liang was the daughter of the Xia family. Just this fact alone would make the organization wary.
Maybe she was taking care of Old Master Xia and didn't notice the phone?
It seemed that she could only visit the Xia family after they got ashore.
Shen Jianyi put away her phone. The speech in the banquet hall was over, and the people in the banquet hall began to pour out onto the deck.
Lu Jinsheng found Shen Jianyi in the crowd.
"Why did you come out?"
"Just getting some fresh air."
Shen Jianyi smiled and suppressed her uneasiness.