Shen Chaohuai looked at her intently, smiling, but without any hope, as if he didn't want her to rescue him.

"You've arrived? You're not related to the Shen family by blood, so you're naturally excluded. Isn't that a good thing?" After a long while, he smiled softly.

Su Qi clenched her fists and placed them on her dress. She lowered her head, closed her eyes, and finally looked directly at him: "I asked you for help, not for you to get yourself involved!"

Shen Chaohuai shook his head indifferently: "He's just getting himself involved; he won't be locked up for long."

"At most three days. They will let me go once they find no evidence on me. The Shen family's assets are all in my name now. Even if something happens to Shen Tiancheng, they can't take them away."

His tone was nonchalant, as if he were talking about something trivial.

But at this moment, Su Qi was in a state of unprecedented panic.

"You won't be locked up for long? Shen Chaohuai, you really feel like a stranger to me now!"

Beneath her deep pupils, the whites of her eyes were stained red.

"You told me not to act impulsively, but now you've gotten yourself into this mess. Was it worth it?"

He was somewhat surprised by Su Qi's current behavior; the usually composed young nobleman suddenly seemed a little flustered.

“Su Qi, you can take a look at the comments about Shen Tiancheng online. As long as the person is sent away, it’s a victory for you. Nothing else matters.”

Su Qi took out her phone to check her blog, trying to calm herself down.

[False compassion, I would never vote for him in next year's general election!]

But soon, she saw what others were saying about Shen Chaohuai.

[A son is a reflection of his father; Shen Chaohuai's arrest is entirely justified.]

Su Qi angrily placed the entry in front of him.

He hesitated for a few seconds before laughing after reading it: "It's just an evaluation without knowing the whole picture. I'll figure something out when I get out..."

Before Shen Chaohuai could finish speaking, Su Qi's slap landed.

When he made the move, he felt that Su Qi had clearly held back some strength, and his face didn't hurt as much.

But he still held his shackled hands, slowly covered his cheeks, and then looked at her in surprise: "Xiao Qi..."

Realizing she had gone too far, Su Qi incredulously withdrew her hand: "I'm sorry..."

She swallowed hard, her nose stinging: "I feel sorry for you. How can you not cherish yourself?"

"You can use your connections and all your resources to mobilize people to investigate the Shen family, but you insist on humiliating yourself, Shen Chaohuai, I... "

She wanted to say she was disappointed in him, but at the same time, she couldn't bring herself to say it.

What else could she say? He did all this for her, for that phrase "as she wished"?

"What about me?" He lowered his hand, head bowed in thought. "Was it disappointment, sadness, or something else...?"

He paused suddenly, as if he had realized something, and looked at Su Qi with a surprised expression.

However, the person in question doesn't even understand that her criticism of him stems from her deep concern for him.

Shen Chaohuai was somewhat surprised, and couldn't help but laugh, his body twitching.

"Is it funny?" He quickly received another accusation from her.

He slightly covered the corner of his mouth, revealing his sharply defined profile, turned to look at her, and suddenly whispered reassuringly, "Alright, who am I? How could I possibly get myself into this mess? I'll be out soon."

"If you really care about me, you should think about what kind of fancy meal you'll treat me to after I get out."

"A big meal? Aren't you afraid of dying?!" Su Qi was furious.

He was no longer afraid. If he died at this critical moment, he could forever remain the white moonlight in her heart that died young.

She stood up, intending to reach out and touch her reddened cheeks, but her hands froze in mid-air, unable to take the next step.

Shen Chaohuai didn't think much of it and actually grabbed her hand and pressed it against her face, deliberately saying, "Xiao Qi, it hurts so much."

Su Qi instinctively tried to pull away, but he grabbed nothing.

She turned around and said, "I'm not here to care about you. You'd better come out."

"So what if we can't come out?" he asked deliberately.

“I…you are one of my cash cows, and I’m counting on you…to make my life a little better.”

Shen Chaohuai muttered softly, a smile playing on his lips: "Stubborn to the end."

As soon as Su Qi left the interrogation room, he immediately contacted various people in his network, hoping to bail Shen Chaohuai out.

In her haste, she even accidentally sent the message to Lynn's phone.

When Lynn called, her first words were a rant: "Miss, are you crazy?! I heard you even messaged Cui Ying asking for backup?"

"Why are you so worried about Shen Chaohuai going to jail? He's not your own brother."

Rumors circulated online that the two had that kind of relationship. After thinking about it carefully, Lynn suddenly became anxious: "No, you don't actually have an affair with that Shen Chaohuai, like what's said online?"

Su Qi finally realized what was happening, her ears turning bright red: "I..."

Yeah, why is she in such a hurry?

He should find a way to get out on his own.

Su Qi put down her phone, trying to distract herself, but the system suddenly issued a notification.

Hello, your popularity is steadily rising due to the increasing popularity of the Qi-Chao CP (couple pairing). Please continue to follow...

She casually knocked the screen away, and Lynn sent another message: Hey, you and Shen Chaohuai, either go public or break up directly. Don't act like a female celebrity, keeping a secret relationship and acting all timid and hesitant. What kind of image is that?!

Su Qi ignored the message and threw her phone into her bag.

Shen Chaohuai did indeed keep his promise; three days later, the prison released him.

At the same time, the judge also helped Shen Chaohuai announce the trial results to the public, proving that Shen Chaohuai had nothing to do with the Shen family's private possession of antiques worth hundreds of billions.

When the truth came out, public opinion about Shen Chaohuai was restored across the internet.

Everything was indeed under his control, with almost no deviation.

Shen Chaohuai certainly had the confidence to take this risky move, but Su Qi was now unable to explain his previous panic.

When confronted by Shen Chaohuai, he said, "You hit me that day, and I will get back at you."

She stammered, "I didn't mean to."

He extended his long, slender fingers and pressed them against her neck, and the two gradually drew closer.

She thought he would really "get back at her," but to her surprise, he simply moved his finger and pinched her cheek.

"Shen Chaohuai!"

He laughed and joked with her, but in the end she twisted his ear.

At that time, both of them were in Su Qi's small villa.

His clothes brushed against the table lamp, and with a "rip," white shards of glass shattered all over the floor.

Shen Chaohuai and Su Qi stopped abruptly, suddenly realizing that he was holding her, and the two instinctively pushed him away.

The surrounding sounds suddenly fell silent, even deathly still.

It was drizzling outside, but now it's pouring rain, and lightning is tearing the glass window apart.

There was a knock at the door. She went to open it, and he silently went to tidy up the broken pieces of the lamp.

Xie Tian walked in, panting, put away his umbrella, and his trouser legs were wet: "I knew you'd be here when I couldn't get anyone to answer the door at the villa next door."

Seeing the debris scattered all over the ground, Xie Tian exclaimed, "Damn, what were you guys doing just now? It looks like a battlefield."

"I have bad news for you. Shen Tiancheng has been released from prison."

Su Qi and Shen Chaohuai even said in unison, "Yes."

After a long while, the two of them finally reacted: "Huh?!"

"Shen Tiancheng is out of prison?!"

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