Miss Shen ran away after finishing her meal, which angered her short-lived uncle to the point of res

After slamming the door shut, Shen Mo quickly walked to Shen Feiwan's side.

Shen Feiwan was still sitting on the ground, her hair disheveled.

Shen Mo felt both heartache and self-blame. "Forget it, Wanwan. I didn't know Lin Xiaoyan was in contact with the Zhou family's daughter. You shouldn't marry him."

Before he could finish speaking, Shen Feiwan suddenly put a finger to her lips, signaling Shen Mo to be quiet.

Shen Mo was stunned and looked at Shen Feiwan in confusion. He saw that Shen Feiwan was tapping her phone screen. It turned out that she was calling Lin Xiaoyan.

Shen Mo frowned, opened his mouth but didn't say anything.

The call was quickly answered.

Lin Xiaoyan had just called out "Wanwan" when Shen Feiwan's voice was as still as dead water, "Your mother came by earlier. I listened to you and endured it. You said you'd take care of everything, you weren't lying to me, were you?"

Chen Youen suddenly appeared out of nowhere and shouted exaggeratedly into the phone, "Wanwan! You're bleeding!"

She had barely finished speaking when she deftly pressed the hang-up button.

Shen Mo stared in astonishment at Chen You'en, who had suddenly appeared, his brows furrowing deeply.

As a close friend of her daughter, Chen Youen's appearance at such a suspicious time was rather odd.

She didn't show up at all when her daughter was being bullied, but now she suddenly appears, as if she had been hiding somewhere beforehand.

But why would she deliberately hide?

What made Shen Mo even more suspicious was that Chen Youen's actions were clearly intended to provoke Lin Xiaoyan on the other end of the phone.

Even more strangely, Shen Mo then heard Shen Feiwan ask Chen Youen, "Did you film them all?"

Chen Youen nodded, "Take the picture!"

Shen Feiwan then asked, "And what about the last scene?"

Chen Youen waved her phone, "Don't worry, I didn't film the scene where Uncle Shen dragged people away at the end."

Shen Mo's gaze swept back and forth between the two of them, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper.

He suddenly realized that everything seemed to be under their control.

From the moment Ye Wanjie entered the room until this phone call, every step seemed meticulously planned.

"You... did this all planned? What are you doing?"

Shen Feiwan nodded and admitted, "I'm sorry, Dad. I made you worry just now. I didn't discuss it with you beforehand. This was the only way I could do it."

“Yes, Uncle Shen,” Chen Youen added, “It’s actually quite difficult for Wanwan. When Lin Xiaoyan arrives, you can just pretend you’re not feeling well and stay in your room.”

Shen Mo: "..."

Shen Feiwan: "Dad, we'll listen to Youen."

Chen Youen nodded, then suddenly remembered something and said, "I'll go get some cosmetics to draw a wound on you!"

Shen Feiwan quickly grabbed her, "Don't be silly, you'll only make things worse if you expose yourself."

Chen Youen frowned. "But I already told you on the phone that you were bleeding."

“That’s easy,” Shen Feiwan raised her hand and scratched her forehead hard with her fingernail, leaving a thin, long bloodstain.

Her movements were swift and decisive; by the time Shen Mo reacted and tried to stop her, it was too late.

"Does it really have to come to this?" Shen Mo felt heartbroken seeing her daughter hurt herself. "Are you doing this so that Xiao Yan will pity you?"

Shen Feiwan pondered for a moment, then looked up with unusually clear eyes.

"Yes, I want him to feel guilty. I also want to see just how capable he really is. But I only found out today that the Lin family and the Zou family are going to have a marriage alliance."

"The fact that the two families have reached this point shows that their relationship must have been very good before, or even if it wasn't good, it certainly wasn't bad either."

"However, judging from Lin Xiaoyan's previous attitude towards the Zou family, he probably doesn't have a good impression of them and wouldn't want to form a marriage alliance with them."

Without hesitation, Chen Youen replied, "Yes, he definitely doesn't want to form a marriage alliance with the Zou family because he likes you and wants to marry you."

Shen Feiwan shook her head, a sarcastic smile tugging at the corner of her mouth.

"You know what? I used to think the same thing, just being delusional. I thought he was so obsessed with me that he couldn't have me and was twisted into wanting to marry me, but now it seems that might not be the case."

"What do you mean?" Chen Youen looked at Shen Feiwan, her eyes widening slightly.

Shen Feiwan analyzed, "Over the years, Lin Xiaoyan has long been able to stand on his own."

Her voice carried a hint of coldness, "Deep down, he's not someone who's willing to be controlled by his parents. If he hadn't signaled an arranged marriage himself, Ye Wanjie wouldn't have taken the Zou family's daughter to try on wedding dresses."

"So Lin Xiaoyan changed his mind at the last minute and wanted to break off the engagement with the Zou family. He said he loved me, but he was just using me."

"He didn't want to openly break ties with the Zou family. On the surface, he said he was helping our Shen family, but in reality, he might be trying to deal with the Zou family."

At this point, Shen Feiwan suddenly clenched her fists. "I always thought that something had happened to the Shen family, and that I was the one begging Lin Xiaoyan. But now it seems that I may have misunderstood the Shen family's position in this whole incident."

“The Zou family has problems, and Lin Xiaoyan wants to kick them out. Coincidentally, the Zou family has also set their sights on our Shen family. They dared to frame three scientists with the charge of treason; there's a lot of trouble going on here.”

"Perhaps, even if I didn't ask Lin Xiaoyan for help, he would have taken the initiative to dig deeper into the Zou family's problems. I've been played by him! I've been used by him and I still have to be grateful to him; I've been sold out and I still have to count the money for him!"

“Heh,” Shen Feiwan suddenly sneered, “This is the real Lin Xiaoyan, selfish and unscrupulous Lin Xiaoyan.”