I was just playing tricks, how come I became Bai Yueguang

Bamboo Garden.

The TV screen was frozen on a close-up of Yao Jun's face as he was making an impassioned speech. Shen Guiling was lying in a rocking chair under the window with her eyes closed, a sarcastic and cold smile on her lips. The hypocrisy of politicians was more noisy than the cicadas in summer.

"Buzzing—"

The phone on the coffee table suddenly vibrated. Shen Guiling took a look and saw that strange number again.

He answered the phone slowly.

"dad."

"What happened? Why didn't it work?" Shen Qian asked about the ineffectiveness of the allergy treatment last night.

Shen Guiling thought about it and felt that Xiao Aidun's motive was very strange. He had always been cautious, so he didn't intend to tell Shen Qian until he figured out the matter.

"I don't know, but I did what you asked."

Shen Qian said calmly, "A Ling, don't lie. You should understand your position."

Shen Guiling had a cold smile in his eyes, but his tone was unusually gentle, "Dad, you should know very well whether I lied or not. Could it be that Butler Zhao didn't explain it clearly to you?"

Last night, Zhao Ping specially cooked a bowl of scallop porridge. At that time, Shen Guiling guessed that he was Shen Qian's man.

His father had been suppressed by the old man all his life and his psychology had been seriously distorted. In addition, it was not the first time that Shen Qian had placed spies around him, so Shen Guiling was no longer surprised.

Shen Qian was silent. What Shen Guiling said was right. He had indeed asked Zhao Ping for confirmation before. It was precisely because Zhao Ping didn't notice anything wrong that Shen Qian was just testing him out of inertia. If there was really any evidence, it wouldn't be as simple as a phone call.

The call was deadlocked for a few seconds, and Shen Qian's tone became much calmer. "A Ling, Dad didn't mean anything else. You are isolated and helpless in Shenyuan, and Zhao Ping is there to help you. I didn't say it at the beginning because I was afraid you would think too much. After all, you and your classmates..."

"I don't remember what happened before, and you don't need to take it to heart, Dad." Shen Guiling interrupted gently.

Shen Qian paused for a few seconds. "Okay. Let's not talk about it. Go to Qin Garden more often these days and pay attention to who comes to visit Shen Garden. Who does the old man meet? Tell me everything, big or small. Understand?"

"Ok."

Shen Guiling's eyes were full of sarcasm as she glanced across the TV screen. She felt that the man on the other end of the phone was even more disgusting than the face on the screen.

*

Fu family, villa halfway up the mountain.

The old man of the Fu family was holding a pipe in his mouth, fiddling with the jade beads with his fingers, his brows furrowed, and I wonder what he was thinking about?

Fu Jiaming was not as calm as Mr. Fu. He stood and sat, as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

"Dad, didn't you say this was foolproof? What should we do now? Yao Jun is being investigated, and there's such a big commotion. It must be the Shen family's doing."

Mr. Fu's eyelids moved slightly, and a dark light was hidden under his sunken eyelids. "I heard that a few days ago, a cargo ship at Nanwan Pier had already left the port and entered the high seas, but was inexplicably sunk."

"Dad? What do you mean?" Fu Jiaming didn't react at once. In his opinion, these two things were completely unrelated.

Old Master Fu slowly exhaled a puff of smoke, calmly and calmly, "Think about it, who else in Lian City has such great power? Who dares to open fire on the high seas without any evidence of guilt?"

Fu Jiaming immediately reacted, "Are you talking about the Shen family?"

Old Master Fu sighed softly and twirled his pipe. "It seems that the lion of the Shen family cannot be moved for the time being. We can't win this game. Go to Shen Garden tomorrow and bring your wife and children back."

"This!" Fu Jiaming was stunned. "Dad, this is just the beginning. Yao Jun is only accused now, and they have no evidence. Isn't it too early for you to make a decision?"

Old Master Fu frowned, feeling rather disappointed. "If you could use your skill in playing with women's hearts for the right purpose, I wouldn't be struggling here at my age! Use your pig brain to think about it. Who is this Shen Zhuang?! He actually dared to attack on the high seas. There must be something wrong with that ship. Yao Jun visited me a few months ago and gave me a tribute from the early Qing Dynasty official kiln. Do you know where these things come from?"

Fu Jiaming was scolded so much that he dared not say a word.

Mr. Fu said, "Those treasures are priceless, and they're all hidden from the public! The ship that left the harbor that night was loaded with Yao Jun's bribe money. He sold the land at Jinshan to Country M for military construction, but claimed it was military aid. Now the ship has been sunk and impounded. Do you think Shenzhuang has evidence?"

Fu Jiaming couldn't stand such excitement and was almost scared to death. "Then...what should we do? Dad, we accepted benefits from Yao Jun in the past, and it was you who arranged the land in Jinshan. If Yao Jun steps down, won't our Fu family suffer as well? How come the old man of the Shen family is so powerful? We have been planning for so long, and he found out everything in one go."

Old Master Fu shook his head and reflected deeply. "We were too impatient. We originally wanted to use the Jinshan land to drag the Xiao family into the water, but we didn't expect that it would arouse the vigilance of Shenzhuang. He was so stubborn that he would rather let his son lose his position as the chairman of the council than join our ship. After all, we underestimated him."

Fu Jiaming couldn't help but shudder when he thought of his father-in-law. "Dad, I thought this would definitely work out, so I didn't hide Xiaoyan's affairs. What should I do now? Shen Jiao already knows about Xiaoyan's existence, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to persuade her."

"You bastard!" At this point, Mr. Fu started to get angry again, picked up the beads in his hand and smashed it at Fu Jiaming's face.

"What did I tell you back then? I told you to act well, go to Shen Garden more often during this period, stabilize your wife first, and then deal with everything after Yao Jun takes the position. But you turned a deaf ear to my words. Not only did you not go to Shen Garden, you even went out there and had a life of debauchery. Are you trying to piss me off to death?"

Fu Jiaming didn't dare to refute at all, looking irresponsible, "Dad, I know I was wrong, so what should we do now?"

Fu Lingnan gritted his teeth, "What should we do? I don't care whether you beg or kneel, you must bring Shen Jiao back tomorrow. As long as Shen Jiao and Sui'er are at the Fu family, we still have room for negotiation with the Shen family."

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