“Do you want to leave this place?” Shen Yan looked at her.
Wen Rou didn’t speak. Her lips moved slightly.
“Tell me the truth,” Shen Yan interrupted her before she could say anything. “Don’t lie to me. I hate being lied to the most.”
After a long pause, Wen Rou finally squeezed out a tiny “Mm,” softer than a mosquito.
“Good. I can take you away from here.”
Hearing this, Wen Rou suddenly looked up at Shen Yan, her voice trembling with disbelief, “But I’ve already signed a contract with the Platinum Club…”
“That doesn’t matter,” Shen Yan interrupted again. “Anything that can be solved with money doesn’t matter to me. As long as you nod, I’ll take you away. The people at the Platinum Club wouldn’t dare say a word.”
Wen Rou stared at him, dazed.
“If you still need money, I can lend it to you. As much as you want,” Shen Yan said seriously. “All I ask is one thing.”
Wen Rou pressed her lips together, staring at Shen Yan without blinking. Her heart pounded. Shen Yan looked back at her with sincere eyes and a gentle voice.
“That one thing is, no matter what terrible hardships you face in the future, never allow yourself to end up in a place like this again.”
Wen Rou froze again at his words.
That was his only request?
“Wen Rou, let me be blunt. Staying in a place like this too long will only ruin a woman,” Shen Yan said calmly. “How long do you think you can resist the temptations here? Once you get used to earning money with your looks instead of hard work, can you really climb out of this filthy swamp again?”
“I couldn’t bear to see a girl as clean as you get ruined. That’s why I’m giving you a chance.”
“But everything still depends on you. If you don’t even have the courage to fight against hardship, then even if I pull you out of the Platinum Club today, sooner or later, you’ll fall into a place even dirtier and more hopeless. Or… have you already accepted your fate and are willing to live like this for the rest of your life?”
Shen Yan looked into her eyes and said word by word, “Remember, weakness can still be saved, but cowardice is useless.”
Wen Rou trembled all over. She stared wide-eyed at Shen Yan. His deep eyes seemed like they would completely suck her in.
[Ping! Luck point +100.]
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100 luck points! Just a few motivational words he said casually to encourage Wen Rou had earned him 100 luck points!
How much care and love was this girl lacking? Pitiful.
…
Wen Rou stood at the entrance of the Platinum Club. She didn’t even have a suitcase, just a big, deflated old bag.
Shen Yan brought her into his white Lamborghini and tossed her bag to the bodyguard.
The two bodyguards got into another black Mercedes-Benz.
It was her first time seeing such a luxury car. Wen Rou was so nervous she didn’t know where to place her hands. She carefully sat on the Lamborghini’s seat, deliberately lifting her feet slightly to avoid dirtying the car with her soles.
After fastening his seatbelt, Shen Yan naturally looked at her, “Put your seatbelt on too.”
“I… I don’t know how…” Wen Rou’s head nearly drooped to her chest, so embarrassed she felt like crying.
Shen Yan smiled, leaned toward her, stretched his long arm past her waist, and gently pulled up the seatbelt to buckle it for her.
His warm breath brushed against her face. Wen Rou glanced at the rearview mirror and saw her face had turned as red as a boiled shrimp. Her heart was pounding wildly, as if it would leap out of her chest.
But after a few seconds, Shen Yan sat upright again, without overstepping in the slightest.
[Ping! Luck point +100.]
A hint of amusement flickered in Shen Yan’s eyes.
Just tonight alone, Wen Rou had brought him several hundred luck points. His current total was 3,400.
After starting the car, Shen Yan said, “By the way, I’ll take you to a place first.”
Wen Rou quickly snapped back to her senses and nodded gently, “Okay.”
She looked at Shen Yan with complete trust in her eyes, not even asking where he was taking her.
Shen Yan smiled in satisfaction. It seemed the plan to win Wen Rou over was working well.
Wen Rou gently leaned against the seat, relaxing her entire body.
After driving for a while—
Wen Rou kept her head down. Her cheeks were flushed all the way to her ears. Her delicate fingers were nervously twisting together.
“Ah.” Wen Rou jolted and looked up, shaking her head shyly. “I… I’ll follow your arrangements, Mr. Shen.”
“I’m taking you to meet my fiancée in name,” Shen Yan continued. “But once we’re there, no matter what I do, don’t object. Got it?”
Wen Rou suddenly froze, her fingers instinctively clutching the hem of her clothes.
His fiancée… It felt like a bucket of crushed ice was poured over her head, yet her whole body also felt like it was being scorched by fire.
Right, she remembered now.
Earlier at the Platinum Club, that woman who dressed like a man had said something about him getting engaged soon.
Wait, what am I even thinking? Mr. Shen is so outstanding and kind. Of course, countless women would like him. What’s there to be surprised about?
“Mm, alright,” Wen Rou finally responded. Her voice wasn’t much louder than a whisper, “I’ll follow your arrangements.”
The reason Shen Yan wanted to take Wen Rou to see Huo Yunzhi had been carefully considered.
Although he and Huo Yunzhi had already broken off the engagement, outsiders didn’t know that. The invitations for the engagement ceremony had already been sent. So in the eyes of the public, he and Huo Yunzhi were still an engaged couple.
Now, after spending a fortune at the Platinum Club to win Wen Rou and taking her away, if he didn’t provide a reasonable explanation, it would be like publicly slapping the Huo Family’s face.
And tonight, Shen Yan’s goal was to slap the Huo Family in the face. In his view, Huo Shenghan and Huo Yunzhi were nothing good.
But they were still useful, so he needed to give a reasonable explanation—after hitting their face, he’d make them feel grateful too.
It was very likely that by now, all sorts of rumors had already reached the ears of Huo Yunzhi and Huo Shenghan.
If he didn’t handle this well, it would worsen Huo Shenghan’s opinion of him, and Huo Yunzhi would dislike him even more.
Since he was planning to deal with this grandfather-granddaughter pair, Shen Yan couldn’t let such a situation happen.
There was another crucial reason—Shen Yan was preparing to take over the Shen Family’s business. For many years, the Shen Corporation had collaborated with the Huo Family. Both companies had cross-investments. It was hard to say whether the Shen Corporation had any Huo Family insiders planted within.
Shen Yan didn’t want the Huo Family to cause trouble when he was taking over the business. Otherwise, it could still lead to complications.
As for how to handle it, he already had a plan…