"Baby, I've checked this guy. His background isn't exactly clean, but he doesn't have any powerful backers either."
When they got back yesterday, Shi Wan immediately told him that she had met Shen Mingshang before.
"Are you sure?"
"Sure."
A look of doubt flashed across Shi Wan's face. "Then let's leave it at that for now. I'll call Nian Yi and see."
"Okay." Shen Siyan said softly. "Baby, there's a gathering tonight. Wanna go?"
"Whose?"
"Wenren Jin's."
"Not going."
"Then I'll tell him we're not coming."
Just as Shi Wan was about to nod, she suddenly thought of something. "Isn't he trying to ask you out?"
"No, he mainly wants to curry favor with you through me."
"Curry favor with me?"
The man chuckled. "Isn't that right? You're the richest person now. Who wouldn't want to curry favor with you? Besides, you're his boss."
"So, does that mean you're also working for me?"
"Which time wasn't I?" He pulled her into his arms. "Don't I 'deliver the goods' every day?"
Shi Wan: "..."
She somehow understood.
"Let's go then."
"What? Not 'receiving the goods' tonight?"
He deliberately teased her. He found it really amusing to see her shy yet pretending-to-be-calm expression.
"I'm leaving some for you."
As soon as the words left her mouth, Shi Wan almost went crazy. Truly, one takes on the characteristics of those one associates with. Now that she was with this man, she was learning all these things.
The words just blurted out without thinking.
She looked at him, and he looked back at her. The atmosphere grew a bit quiet.
The man's wolf-like gaze seemed as if he was going to devour her the next second.
He leaned back and wrapped his big hand around her, preventing her from moving. "There's plenty. You can have it now if you want."
"Enough."
This topic just wouldn't go away. When did it become okay for her to casually talk about such things with a man?
"Wasn't it you who said it?"
Shen Siyan reached out and scraped the bridge of her nose, smiling indulgently and recklessly.
"I don't know who led me astray." She kicked her leg. "Are we going or not?"
"Not going. I'm 'delivering the goods' tonight." His hand slid down to her collarbone and then lower. "Rather than going to those boring gatherings, I'd much rather do the 'routine operations' with you."
She gave a start and almost fell off his lap. Had the second young master turned into a wolf?
Before, he seemed to need mental strength just to hug and kiss her, but now he didn't need anything.
No need for mental strength at all.
"Why are you so excited?"
"Do you think I'm excited?"
The man thought for a while. "Excited and enthusiastic."
Shi Wan: "..."
She didn't want to talk.
"I still want to go and have some fun."
Stopping the man's restless hand, she almost gritted her teeth as she said this.
She was afraid she'd die in bed.
"Let's go."
...
From the moment Wenren Jin made the call to the moment he hung up, he waited for over an hour before he saw the two of them slowly approaching. They didn't look like they were coming to a gathering; they looked more like they were on a date.
Soon, his thought was confirmed.
"Sister-in-law, Siyan, you're finally here." There was still a phone on Wenren Jin's table, and on the phone screen was Mu Weiran, who was on a business trip.
Seeing the two of them, Mu Weiran snorted. "You sent me away before, and now you want me to come back?"
"If you don't want to come back, then you don't have to for the rest of your life."
"You're ruthless!"
Mu Weiran gritted her teeth.
"Sister-in-law, come and sit down quickly."
Wenren Jin was like a sycophant as he greeted Shi Wan, completely forgetting that Shen Siyan was still there.
"Do you think I'm dead?"
Seeing that he was about to pull Shi Wan to the other side, the man said coldly.
Wenren Jin immediately let go of his hand and looked at them hesitantly.
Mu Weiran on the video screen averted her gaze. She couldn't bear to watch this guy act like this.
"Do you need something?"
Shi Wan asked.
"Well... Sister-in-law, I heard you have a lot of connections?"
"Not bad, but compared to you guys, I might still be a bit lacking."
This wasn't sarcasm; it was the truth.
The identities of Shen Siyan and these people were mysterious. Some unimportant identities had been revealed, but if they dug deeper, no one knew what would happen.
"Well... thank you for the compliment. I was hoping Sister-in-law could help me find someone."
"If even you guys can't find this person, it'll probably be difficult for me too." Seeing the disappointment on his face, she said, "But I can give it a try."
"Thank you, Sister-in-law." Wenren Jin's eyes lit up. He took out a photo and placed it on the table. "Her name is Sheng Nan. She's 22 years old and from the capital city..."
"Is it her?"
"What?"
Hearing Shi Wan's confused voice, Wenren Jin's voice trembled.
"Sister-in-law, have you met her?"
"Yes, when I was abroad. Time has passed, and I don't know how she is now."
Shi Wan frowned and thought for a while. "When I saw her back then, she was in a really bad state. She had nowhere to live, and she was still wearing a dress in the middle of winter. It seemed like... she was begging on the street or something?"
Maybe the little girl was so pitiful back then that even she, who was on a mission at the time, couldn't help but take a second look.
"Begging on the street..."
Hearing these words, Wenren Jin's eyes turned red, and he couldn't say a word.
Even Shen Siyan fell silent.
"Sister-in-law, tell me the address."
After a while, he said hoarsely.
Shi Wan gave him an address. She had gotten injured there at the time, so she still remembered the location quite clearly.
"It's very dangerous there... be careful."
It was a dangerous place, and Sheng Nan was just a little girl. Maybe she was already gone.
"Did you hear that? Hurry up!"
Shen Siyan suddenly said. Mu Weiran on the video screen suddenly came to her senses.
"Didn't we go there before?"
Wenren Jin nodded. "Yes, but we didn't meet her."
Otherwise, he would have brought her back long ago.
How could Sheng Nan, who had been doted on since childhood, survive in such an environment?
"She's probably avoiding you."
After Mu Weiran said this, no one at the scene said a word.
Shi Wan had known Wenren Jin for so long, but she had never seen such a look of loneliness and hatred on his face before.
This time, he was filled with it.
"If you can't talk, no one will think you're mute."
"This is the truth." Mu Weiran laughed. "Even though we're brothers, I still have to say this hurtful thing. If it were me back then, I would have beaten you to death. See you? I probably wouldn't even want to see you for the rest of my life."
Wenren Jin's eyes turned even redder.
He closed his eyes. "You're right."
But he still wanted to find her. The Sheng family had lost its former glory, and he wasn't the Wenren Jin of the past either. Maybe things could still be redeemed.
After all, she loved him so much.
Shi Wan didn't ask any more questions after hearing this. She was completely taken aback until Wenren Jin said something.
"I'm definitely going to find her. I'm leaving tonight, and I might not be back for a long time. Let's take a photo for a keepsake."
"I haven't come back yet."
"Aren't photos always taken like this? Dead people won't come back."
Mu Weiran's face changed. "Wenren Jin, how dare you?!"
"Come on, Siyan, take a photo."
"Get lost."
Just as Shen Siyan was about to cross his legs, Shi Wan slapped his leg.
"Don't cross your legs."
The man obediently put his legs down and grabbed her hand. "I won't cross them anymore."
"That's better."
"Fine, I'll let you off this time."
Seeing the two of them showing their affection again, Wenren Jin had no choice but to give up.