20: Another side of Lin Shuyi

Zhang Linlin trembled with rage, pointing at Lin Shuyi, momentarily at a loss for words to retort.

Lin Shuyi slapped her hand away and lifted her small face, saying:

"Why are you pointing at me? Want to hit me? Are you jealous because I'm prettier than you? Even if I splashed sulfuric acid on my face, I'd still look better than an ugly monster like you!"

Knowing she couldn't outtalk this little girl, Zhang Linlin raised her hand to slap her.

Jiang Chuan hadn't joined in their shouting match, but naturally, he wouldn't let Lin Shuyi be hit.

He stood up, grabbed her arm, and forcefully pushed her away, shielding Lin Shuyi behind him as he pointed at the other woman.

"I don't hit women, but if you lay a hand on Xiao Yi again, I don't mind making an exception!"

Zhang Linlin fell to the ground, her eyes wide as tears streamed down her face, looking at Jiang Chuan in disbelief.

"You... you hit me? You swore to me before that you'd love me forever, and now you're hitting me for another woman?"

Jiang Chuan sneered, "You think you're worthy of being compared to Xiao Yi? A single strand of her hair is more precious than you."

Jiang Chuan took Lin Shuyi's arm and said to her, "Since she won't leave, let's go. Don't stoop to the level of someone unreasonable."

Lin Shuyi dropped her previously defiant posture. Looking at her arm being held, she followed his lead out of the barbecue shop with a blushing face.

Jiang Chuan took out a thousand yuan, placed it on the counter, and shouted, "Uncle Li, we're leaving!"

"Alright!" Uncle Li jogged over, breathing a sigh of relief. He had been truly afraid that the two would start a physical fight.

Seeing them leave the shop, Zhang Linlin covered her face. Too ashamed to stay any longer, she ran outside.

She happened to see the man called Uncle Li respectfully open the door of a Mercedes-Benz business van, and Jiang Chuan led Lin Shuyi inside.

Zhang Linlin ran to a tree. Reaching her physical limit, she crouched on the ground and dialed Sun Kai's number.

But no one answered even after three consecutive calls. She curled up and cried in despair, as if she had lost her entire world!

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Sitting in the car, Jiang Chuan gave a thumbs-up and praised, "Appearances really are deceiving! I didn't expect you to be so fierce, leaving her speechless."

Lin Shuyi lifted her face and said proudly, "Hmph! Who told her to try and bully me? I'm no pushover!"

Jiang Chuan said with a smile, "I won't let you be bullied either. Are you full? Want me to take you for a late-night snack?"

Lin Shuyi crossed her arms in front of her chest and said:

"Stop tempting a Female Anchor. I usually only eat salad at night! I need to go back; I promised my fans I'd stream tonight!"

"Alright then. Uncle Li, please take Xiao Yi home," Jiang Chuan said to Uncle Li.

"You got it, Mr. Jiang!" After this incident, Uncle Li felt closer to the two and also admired Lin Shuyi, this young girl.

Jiang Chuan said goodbye to Lin Shuyi as she got out of the car. Watching her skip home, he assumed she was happy because she won the argument, and the corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously.

"He said a single strand of my hair is more precious than that woman!" The more Lin Shuyi thought about it, the happier she became, returning home in high spirits.

Looking at Jiang Chuan in the rearview mirror, Uncle Li said with a smile, "Mr. Jiang, this is the happiest smile I've ever seen on you."

Jiang Chuan pulled back his smile and asked with a straight face, "Oh? Did I smile? Then tell me, was I not happy when I smiled before?"

Uncle Li took a long time to organize his thoughts before saying slowly, "Before, it was like you were hiding a heavy burden. Your smiles didn't seem happy. But just now, you smiled very happily, like it was from the heart, not just smiling for the sake of it."

"It's also the first time I've heard you say so much." Jiang Chuan looked at his eyes reflected in the car window, feeling that the person in the reflection seemed a bit like a stranger.

"Revenge is a part of life, but it can't become all of life."

"Luckily, I have a bundle of joy like Xiao Yi around, otherwise, I don't know what I would have become."

Jiang Chuan rubbed his temples, relaxing his tired body, and mocked himself inwardly: I've been too obsessed. Only by enjoying life can one master it.

Back at the hotel, he swiped his card and entered his room. Because he had appeared in Xiao Yi's stream at noon, his popularity in the system had climbed another step.

[popularity: 134524]

After washing up, he put on his pajamas and lay in bed, looking at the reports sent by Oldest and Fourth. Everything was going very smoothly.

People from out of town couldn't come to Falling City for interviews. It was fine if they were close, but it was too much trouble if they were far away.

He didn't have time to go there either, and video interviews weren't very effective, so he could only use contracts to bind them.

The liquidated damages in out-of-town contracts were higher than those in Falling City, with more restrictions to prevent the tragic scenario of someone becoming famous and then jumping ship.

Jiang Chuan sent the organized contracts to them, gave some instructions, and resolved some problems they had encountered.

Jiang Chuan wasn't worried about Fourth. After all, his family ran a company; if there was something he couldn't solve, he could just ask the people in the company.

But Oldest was different. His family was just an ordinary one, so he could only rely on himself.

Most of the things Jiang Chuan instructed were meant for Oldest.

Seeing that Third had finished arranging the work, Shen Jincheng couldn't hold back his little pride and said in the group:

[Shen Jincheng: Oldest, Fourth, keep working hard. I signed ten Streamers in one day.]

[Pan Renxing: I can sign at least a dozen Streamers a day. You only signed ten and you're bragging?]

[Shen Jincheng: No way! How did you do it?]

[Pan Renxing: Isn't it simple? I just got people from my dad's company to split up and sign them with me.]

Shen Jincheng was stunned, his little heart suffering a huge blow. He thought in shock, "Holy crap! You can do that? Then what was the point of my face hurting for so long from the sunburn?"

Shen Jincheng didn't want to look at the group messages anymore. He tossed his phone aside and, lying in bed, remembered what he had promised Third.

"Sigh! My life is so bitter!"

He stood up and walked out of his room. Seeing light under the study door, he knew his dad was still in the study.

He poured a cup of tea in the living room, stood at the study door, opened his phone camera to check his flattering smile, and after seeing no issues, he reached out and gently knocked on the door.

"Enter."

Carrying the tea, Shen Jincheng pushed open the door and said with a smile, "Dad, take a break. I poured you a cup of tea. Drink it while it's hot."

"What's gotten into this kid today?"

Father Shen took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes, took a sip of the tea, and said:

"Hmm, do you have something to ask me?"

"Dad! How can you say that? I was just worried you'd be too tired, so I brought you some tea," Shen Jincheng lied through his teeth with a straight face.

"It's different once you start working; you finally understand how hard I've had it all these years."

Father Shen sighed inwardly. His expression softened significantly, and he said with gratification:

"Good, very good! You've really matured a lot lately. I still have some documents to process, so you go to sleep first."

The good news was that Shen Jincheng had learned thirty percent of Jiang Chuan's skills.

The bad news was that he only learned thirty percent, and it was the first thirty percent!

Shen Jincheng's brain worked rapidly, thinking about how to naturally bring up his goal and get his dad to agree.

Seeing his son hadn't left but wasn't speaking either, just standing there, Father Shen asked in confusion, "Do you still have something?"

Shen Jincheng couldn't think of a way no matter how hard he racked his brain, so he just gave up and said directly, "Dad, it's like this. Our company has been a bit short-handed lately..."

Father Shen: ???