Stealing ML’s White Moonlight C15

Chapter 15

Having served as the CEO for over a decade, Shen Jiashu quickly got the hang of company affairs, and in no time, he had Shen Corporation running smoothly. Even if the senior executives had reservations, they dared not voice them openly.

Returning to the Shen residence late at night after closing a business deal, Shen Jiashu handed his suit jacket and briefcase to a servant. He accepted a cup of tea from the butler, took a sip to soothe his throat, and showed signs of fatigue.

“Young master, you must be tired. Go take a bath to relax. I’ll have the servants prepare hot water for you.”

Seeing Shen Jiashu’s tired state, the butler promptly instructed the servants to prepare the bath.

Shen Jiashu smiled gently and did not object. He placed the teacup on the huanghuali wood table and remembered he had something to discuss with Shen Zhongyuan. He asked, “Uncle Wu, has father gone to bed yet?”

The butler nodded, “The master has retired for the night. You know how people of his age prefer to sleep early.”

Shen Jiashu stood up, stretching his neck, “Alright, I’ll talk to him tomorrow. Uncle Wu, you should go to bed too.” After all, the matter he wanted to discuss wasn’t urgent.

“Young master is considerate, I shall do as you say.”

The butler smiled, his face creasing with wrinkles.

Shen Jiashu watched the butler leave. In his younger days, the butler had somewhat replaced the image of his father in his heart because, in the vast Shen household, only his elder brother and Uncle Wu would protect him. When he left the capital with Qinglan, apart from his elder brother, the person he missed the most was Uncle Wu.

Now that his elder brother had passed away, and Uncle Wu was getting old…

Shen Jiashu walked up the stairs step by step. Ever since he heard his daughter’s words, he had harbored suspicions about his father and sister-in-law, secretly having them monitored. If his father and sister-in-law were indeed involved, did his elder brother know about it? Did his elder brother have a sudden cerebral hemorrhage out of rage upon discovering their disgraceful affair?

Shen Jiashu wiped his face, his eyes gradually turning cold. If it really was as he suspected, he wouldn’t mind turning against his own family for justice.

Shen Lihuan returned to her room early that night. She had received a message from the ivy that Shen Zhongyuan would visit Liang Yinqiu’s room that night.

Uncertain whether her hints were too subtle or her father hadn’t given it much thought, she hadn’t seen any action from her father these days. Thinking that if her father wouldn’t act, she would create the conditions herself, she had previously prepared a non-venomous snake and placed it in Liang Yinqiu’s room. About an hour after Shen Zhongyuan entered Liang Yinqiu’s room, she instructed the snake to act as the situation warranted.

The snake, an ordinary tiger-striped neck groove snake, had been hiding under the bed without making a sound until the orchid brothers swayed their bodies to call it out. It then crawled out from under the bed, climbed up the bedpost, and saw two people lying on the bed without clothes under the clear sky. Disgusted at the thought of getting a sty, it hissed to scare them.

The little master had said that even a snake should have ideals and take action. The people in this room had disrupted ethics, and it had the responsibility and obligation to expose their disgraceful affair, so the snake hissed even more vigorously.

Liang Yinqiu lay in Shen Zhongyuan’s arms, utterly exhausted. Even though Shen Zhongyuan was old and not as capable, his tricks could still wear her out. In her daze, she seemed to hear a hissing sound. She opened her eyes in alarm and found a snake with a red neck and green body by the bed, raising its body and flicking its crimson tongue at her and Shen Zhongyuan!

“Ah!”

Liang Yinqiu instinctively let out a short scream. Women are always afraid of smooth, hairless creatures like snakes, but upon realizing, she immediately covered her mouth. She hadn’t forgotten that Shen Zhongyuan was still in her bed. If others were to come, she would be ruined.

Hearing her frightened scream, Shen Zhongyuan opened his eyes and propped himself up, about to ask her what was wrong when he followed her gaze and saw the snake happily flicking its tongue.

“…!”

Shen Zhongyuan’s heart skipped a beat. How could there be a snake in the room? Uncertain whether the snake was venomous, he dared not act recklessly. He held his breath, staring at the snake, clutching the blanket, ready to press down on the snake with it if it attacked.

Seeing the pale woman covering her mouth and not making a sound, the snake, failing to achieve its goal of attracting people, swiftly slithered onto the woman’s body, wrapping its thick body around her neck, its small eyes glowing green. Now you should make some noise…

Liang Yinqiu disappointed its expectations. Even with the snake wrapped around her neck, she still dared not make a sound, only crying as she grabbed the snake’s head and body, trying to pull it away.

Seeing this, Shen Zhongyuan did not step forward to help but quickly threw off the blanket, jumped out of bed, and started dressing. He was also panicking, feeling as if something bad was about to happen, and only wanted to leave his daughter-in-law’s room as quickly as possible, the room he shouldn’t have been in at this hour.

Through her tears, Liang Yinqiu saw that Shen Zhongyuan was only concerned with dressing and didn’t even glance at her, and her heart turned cold. Although she had been half-hearted when they first got together, wanting to cuckold Shen Jiayi to anger him, years had passed, and she couldn’t say she had no feelings for Shen Zhongyuan. But now that she was in danger, Shen Zhongyuan only thought of running away alone!

She had been foolishly loyal.

She should have let him die with Shen Jiayi back then, and now she wouldn’t have to be so cautious everywhere, having to watch his every move, and even having to spit out the Shen Corporation she was about to swallow, handing it over to Shen Jiashu.

Once a woman’s heart turns cold, she becomes crazy. Now facing the threat of death, she would drag Shen Zhongyuan to die with her! Liang Yinqiu pulled even harder at the snake’s head and body, stumbling out of bed and running to Shen Zhongyuan’s side.

The snake was almost flipped over by her pulling. Had this woman taken some strength-enhancing pill? How did she suddenly become so strong? The snake was in agony.

Liang Yinqiu grabbed Shen Zhongyuan, who was putting on his pants, “Don’t think about running. Since you’ve abandoned me, let’s perish together!”

Shen Zhongyuan’s hands were held by her, and without support, his pants fell down again. Feeling the coolness on his lower body, Shen Zhongyuan’s face stiffened, and he instinctively tried to push her away but failed, “Are you crazy? Do you want to attract people?”

He cursed in a low voice, and Liang Yinqiu laughed like a madwoman, “I am crazy. Since I’m going to be strangled to death by a snake, wouldn’t it be better to drag you down with me before I die?”

The snake understood their conversation, blinked its small eyes, released Liang Yinqiu, and swiftly slithered onto Shen Zhongyuan, aiming to bite his thigh hard. After all, the snake was non-venomous, and a bite wouldn’t cause any harm.

The snake miscalculated its aim. It had originally targeted the right thigh, but Shen Zhongyuan’s hand slapped it, causing it to bite right in the middle of his legs…

Just as the snake found the taste of the flesh unusual, a piercing scream shattered the tranquility of the entire Shen residence.