If I make you a prosecutor, are you going to be the president of South Korea?

The two spent half a day at this private restaurant.

Initially, Shen Xiulian was trying to please Li Chenghuan and obtain information about her biological daughter, so she served him meals very obediently.

Later, seeing that she was still hungry and looked pitiful, Li Chenghuan felt a little guilty and let her eat his portion, eventually filling her stomach to the brim.

Before leaving, Lee Seung-hwan didn't forget to dismantle the entire surveillance camera and take it with him, leaving no evidence and keeping it as a souvenir.

On the way back, Li Chenghuan couldn't help but sigh.

"Alas, I am ashamed... Although I managed to refuse to embezzle or accept bribes, I couldn't prevent certain wives with ulterior motives from showing me extra concern for my body."

"Ultimately, I failed to overcome my weaknesses. I must reflect on myself next time and never forget my original aspiration and mission! I must be an upright prosecutor who rejects money, gambling, and drugs!"

Meanwhile, Shen Xiulian, after being covered in Li Chenghuan's "qualified" stamps, returned home with incredibly complex emotions including shame, indignation, conflict, entanglement, grievance, and anger.

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Shen Xiulian returned home from Hera's Palace, dejected and heartbroken. Her high heels clattered heavily on the polished marble floor, producing a dull and desperate sound.

Her eyes were empty and lifeless, as if her soul had been ripped out, leaving only an empty shell moving mechanically.

Zhu Dantai had been pacing anxiously in the living room, waiting. As soon as he saw her return, he rushed forward to greet her, his face full of what appeared to be concern, but his eager eyes betrayed his true thoughts: "Xiulian, you're finally back! How did it go with Li Chenghuan? Did he soften his stance and relax the conditions?"

Shen Xiulian slowly raised her head, her gaze shooting towards Zhu Dantai like an ice blade.

That cold glance was filled with all her disgust and disappointment towards this man.

She once thought Zhu Dantai was the husband who would spend his life with her and take good care of her, but she never imagined that this man who had been obedient to her for so many years would have such an ugly face.

Driven by his own ambition, he meticulously planned to marry her, only coveting her family's wealth and connections.

In order to get revenge on her and her ex-husband, he was so heartless as to send her biological daughter abroad to fend for herself.

Now, facing imprisonment, he didn't hesitate to use her as a bargaining chip, giving her to that bastard Li Chenghuan, just to secure his own safety.

Looking at Zhu Dantai's hypocritical face, Shen Xiulian felt a strong wave of nausea wash over her, her stomach churning.

She suppressed the urge to vomit, kept a cold face, and walked silently toward her room.

Her steps were unsteady, each step feeling like walking on thorns, and the pain in her heart made it almost impossible for her to support herself.

Zhu Dantai wanted to say something more, but seeing Shen Xiulian's resolute back, he swallowed back the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

He could only stand there, watching helplessly as Shen Xiulian closed the door, a strange unease welling up inside him.

Shen Xiulian entered the room and slammed the door shut behind her. She slid down against the door and collapsed to the floor, burying her face in her hands, tears streaming uncontrollably down her cheeks.

The sweet memories of the past now feel like sharp blades, piercing her heart with deep pain.

She never imagined that her life would collapse so completely overnight.

After an unknown amount of time, she slowly got up and dragged her heavy steps into the bathroom.

She turned on the tap, and hot water poured down like a waterfall, quickly filling the entire bathroom, the steam blurring her vision.

She slowly removed her clothes, stepped into the bathtub, and let the scalding hot water envelop her body.

The temperature of the hot water made her skin turn slightly red, but she couldn't feel any warmth; all she felt was endless sorrow.

She closed her eyes, and the scenes from the private restaurant involuntarily surfaced in her mind.

Lee Seung-hwan's cold yet lustful gaze and his forceful actions filled her with immense humiliation and anger.

Her pretty face instantly turned bright red, her pearly teeth biting her lower lip tightly, her beautiful eyes filled with shyness and resentment.

"That bastard man is a monster, he has no sense of chivalry whatsoever..."

However, at this moment, her heart was filled with more concern for her biological daughter.

The astonishing secret that Lee Seung-hwan told her before he left exploded in her heart like a bombshell.

She never imagined that the biological daughter she had been searching for for so many years was actually Anna Lee, the tutor who had been dismissed not long ago.

This realization filled her with guilt and regret. She hated herself for not discovering the truth sooner, which caused her daughter so much suffering outside.

Even though her own daughter was right in front of her, she ignored her and watched helplessly as Zhu Dantai's two children bullied her. Although she felt sorry for Anna Lee and gave her some compensation, she still suffered a lot of humiliation and bullying.

After taking a shower, she didn't even bother to dry her hair. Wrapped in a towel, she hurriedly went to the bedside, picked up her phone, and dialed the housekeeper's number.

"Find all of Anna Lee's contact information that she left in our house immediately. I need to talk to her urgently, the sooner the better!" Shen Xiulian's voice was urgent and firm, carrying an unquestionable authority.

Although the butler seemed somewhat surprised on the other end of the phone, he immediately replied, "Yes, Madam, I'll take care of it right away and get back to you as soon as possible."

Zhu Dantai, standing outside the door, felt increasingly uneasy as he knocked on the door without receiving a response from Shen Xiulian.

He paced back and forth at the door, his brow furrowed, trying to guess what Shen Xiulian and Li Chenghuan had talked about.

He simply couldn't accept the fact that he was about to lose control of the company, which meant losing everything to him.

He always felt that as a chaebol, he held a pivotal position in society, and that Lee Seung-hwan should need his assistance, so he was certainly qualified to negotiate.

But he was also afraid, afraid that Li Chenghuan would really expose his shameful old stories. Once those things were made public, he would lose everything and become a rat that everyone despised.

"I can't just sit here and wait to die..." Zhu Dantai thought to himself. "I have to find a way to test Li Chenghuan's bottom line and see if there is any chance of turning things around."

But now that Shen Xiulian is ignoring him, he doesn't know where to start.

Suddenly, he remembered the news he had heard in the past few days. It was said that Li Chenghuan had many women around him, perhaps because Shen Xiulian was old and Li Chenghuan was not interested in her.

Thinking of this, a calculating glint flashed in his eyes, and a new plan quietly took shape in his mind.

"Since he likes young and beautiful women, I'll send him a few to please him first, and then slowly figure out a way to solve the problem."

Zhu Dantai's lips curled up slightly, revealing a smug smile, as if he could already see a bright future where he would regain control of everything.

Shen Xiulian sat on the edge of the bed, gripping her phone tightly, her eyes fixed on the screen, waiting for the housekeeper's message.

Every second of waiting felt incredibly long; her heart felt as if it were being gripped tightly by an invisible hand, the pain making it hard to breathe.

Finally, the phone rang; it was the butler calling.

"Madam, we've found Anna Lee's contact information, along with some of her personal data that she left behind. I've sent them all to you," the butler said respectfully.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work." Shen Xiulian hurriedly hung up the phone and eagerly checked her phone. Her fingers trembled slightly as she finally managed to open the message sent by the housekeeper. Looking at the phone number and address, a glimmer of hope welled up in her heart.

She immediately dialed the number, but all she heard was a cold, dismissive voice: "The number you dialed is currently switched off."

Shen Xiulian's heart sank. She was unwilling to give up and dialed several more times, but the result was still the same.

"Anna, where are you? Why aren't you answering your mother's calls..." Shen Xiulian murmured to herself, tears blurring her vision once again.

She took a deep breath, tried to calm herself down, and began to think about what to do next.