You're already divorced, why are you so anxious about him becoming a succubus?

"At a relative's house?"

Shen Man was taken aback upon hearing this.

Lu Ci's parents passed away in the second year of their marriage. He was an only child and had no siblings.

As for those distant relatives, they took advantage of her family's wealth in earlier years and used various pretexts to borrow money from her. After she couldn't repay the loans after a few times, they simply cut off all contact with her.

Where in Jiangcheng could he find relatives to take him in, and for several days at that?

Seeing the growing doubt and confusion in Shen Man's eyes, Yuan Yuan, standing to the side, couldn't bear the pressure any longer. She gritted her teeth and cautiously added in a voice barely audible:

"Not Mr. Lu's relative... yes, it's your relative's family..."

"My relative?"

Shen Man's pupils suddenly contracted.

Her brain started working frantically in an instant.

Her relatives? Although the Shen family has many relatives in Jiangcheng, absolutely none of them would dare to take in Lu Ci behind her back.

and many more.

In a flash, a figure that was both utterly absurd and perfectly aligned with all the clues appeared in Shen Man's mind.

Lu Ci and she returned together from the family dinner that day!

Even when it was time to leave, she shamelessly insisted on following Lu Ci with her!

The figure she saw from behind last night on the second floor of the Western restaurant was in the business district near Jiangda University!

That person is now studying at Jiangda University and moved out of the dormitory a long time ago, renting a spacious two-bedroom apartment on his own!

Shen Man's face turned extremely ugly at this moment.

She stared intently at the two part-time workers in front of her, practically spitting out two words through gritted teeth:

"Shen Nian?!"

Xiaoya and Yuanyuan stopped talking to each other completely.

The two women kept their heads down, their hands tightly twisting their aprons. A strong sense of shame for betraying their former boss made them unable to look at Shen Man's murderous gaze.

But their silence was the best answer.

"Great...very good!"

Shen Man laughed in anger, her chest heaving violently.

She grabbed the designer handbag from the bar, slammed the door shut in her high heels, and stormed out.

Although this group of studio apartments near Jiangnan University can't be considered top-of-the-line luxury homes, it boasts a tranquil environment and excellent security and landscaping.

A conspicuous Porsche screeched to a stop in the open-air parking space below the apartment building.

The car door opened, and Shen Man stepped out in her high heels. She looked up at the apartment building, which was over ten stories high, and her beautiful eyes were filled with extremely complex emotions.

To be honest, since Shen Nian moved out to live here during her freshman year of college, she, as the older sister, has only set foot here a handful of times in the past three years.

The most recent time was after a family gathering during the Mid-Autumn Festival last year. Shen Nian stayed at the mansion for two days and left behind her laptop for her research project when she left. Shen Man happened to be going that way, so she drove over to deliver it to her.

Shen Man stepped into the elevator in her high heels and pressed the button for Shen Nian's floor.

As the elevator numbers kept changing, her usually calm heart was now filled with anxiety and frustration.

Only at this moment was she forced to confront an issue she had been subconsciously avoiding: "Shen Nian's own conditions."

From childhood to adulthood, because of her status as an illegitimate child, Shen Nian was always the little nobody in the Shen family who kept her head down.

Shen Man never regarded her as a "threat".

But now, stepping outside the framework of the Shen family, Shen Man, with a woman's intuition, had to admit that her younger sister was indeed exceptionally beautiful.

That innocent, naive face, paired with a devilish figure that even she, a woman, would find irresistible... it was simply the "ceiling of pure desire" that men could not resist.

The most fatal flaw is that Shen Nian is only a junior in college this year, and at most she is only in her early twenties!

Although Shen Man is well-maintained and beautiful, she is already twenty-eight years old this year.

There is a cruel yet true saying in this world: Men are always faithful because they always prefer younger men.

The thought that Lu Ci might have been living under the same roof with such a young, vibrant, and hot girl for the past few days filled Shen Man with dread.

The elevator doors opened.

Shen Man took a deep breath and walked with slightly messy steps to the door of Shen Nian's rented room.

She was about to raise her hand to bang on the door, but her hand stopped abruptly in mid-air.

No.

If she knocks on the door now, the person inside will definitely be on guard. If the two of them really have something shady going on, they will definitely cover up the scene if they hear any noise.

As the saying goes, you catch a thief red-handed, and you catch an adulterer in the act.

If we're going to catch them, we have to catch them red-handed, so they can't defend themselves!

Shen Man bit her red lips tightly, quickly took out her phone from her bag, and opened the pitifully small chat window between her and Shen Nian on WeChat.

She scrolled up the chat history quickly, all the way to the Mid-Autumn Festival last year.

really!

Shen Nian was in class at school at the time, and to make it easier for her to put her computer in, they sent her the password for the apartment's electronic lock via WeChat.

"I wonder if this girl has changed her password in the past six months or so..."

Shen Man's heart was pounding so hard it felt like it was going to jump out of her throat.

She extended her slightly trembling index finger and lit up the electronic lock's screen. To give the person inside no time to react, she moved extremely quickly, rapidly pressing the numbers on her phone.

"Click".

With a soft click of a mechanical pin, the heavy security door swung open!

I didn't change the password!

Shen Man suddenly flung open the door and slipped into the apartment.

The entryway was quiet, and there was no one in the living room either.

But Shen Man's gaze was instantly fixed on the floor next to the shoe cabinet.

There, a pair of men's casual shoes were placed.

Shen Man recognized these shoes very well; they definitely belonged to Lu Ci!

Shen Man's mind was still clinging to the last shred of hope that "maybe it's a misunderstanding" or "maybe it's just Xiaoya and the others talking nonsense."

The moment I saw these shoes, I was completely overwhelmed.

They really do live together! He'd rather live in this tiny rented apartment than bow down and go back to that big, single-level apartment!

Shen Man's delicate and aloof face instantly became somewhat distorted due to extreme anger and grievance, and her eyes reddened in an instant.

She gritted her teeth and, in her high heels, tiptoed toward the bedroom.