Mr. Shen, your love-struck wife doesn't want you anymore!

Perhaps because he had reviewed things so many times, Shen Chengyan remembered a small detail he had forgotten.

He said, "That noon I woke up and went to the toilet. My room doesn't have a private bathroom, so I had to use the one outside. When I came out of the bathroom, Deng Wen ran up from downstairs. She blocked me in the hallway and asked me why I wasn't in my own room. She also asked me when I woke up. She was very angry and got really angry. She locked me in the room and told me to stay in the room and study hard and not to come out before dinner."

Jiang Yu slammed her hand on the table: "This is it! Something must have happened while you were napping. Can you remember anything?!"

Shen Chengyan couldn't help but laugh: "I was taking a nap at the time."

"Oh, right." Jiang Yu slapped her forehead. "I'm too excited."

Shen Chengyan peeled a shrimp and put it in her bowl. "Whether or not we can figure out why Deng Wen's attitude changed is not important."

Jiang Yu's excitement gradually faded.

He's right.

The bad thing has already happened; getting caught up in those trivial details will only make him relive the pain he felt back then.

The two finished their barbecue in silence, and Jiang Yu paid the bill.

They walked back.

On the way, Jiang Yu asked him when he was going back.

Shen Chengyan asked calmly, "When are you going back?"

"I have to listen to President Wei," Jiang Yu said.

"Is this job really necessary?"

Jiang Yu glared at him: "What do you mean? Are you trying to interfere with my work?"

"I wouldn't say anything if you did any other job, but this job requires you to travel to Beijing frequently and come into contact with them. I'm worried about that."

Shen Chengyan looked at her seriously: "I'll worry."

"Afraid that Deng Wen will acknowledge me?" Jiang Yu scoffed. "Am I some kind of despicable person? Just because she wants to acknowledge me, does that mean I have to? I have absolutely no relation to her. She's my biological mother, but I've considered her dead for a long time."

The harmonious atmosphere of eating barbecue has completely vanished.

Jiang Yu started to get agitated again: "But if I really acknowledge her as my sister, what will our relationship be? Are you my brother? Am I your sister? Wouldn't that be a mess..."

Before he could finish speaking, Shen Chengyan covered his mouth.

He glared at her: "What nonsense are you talking about? What blood relation do we have?"

Jiang Yu slapped his hand away, rolled her eyes at him, and continued walking forward.

Shen Chengyan followed her for a few steps, then quickly stepped forward and took her hand: "I'm afraid Song Yanjie will cause you trouble."

Jiang Yu was even more disdainful. "He's a vice president of a group, and I'm just a nobody. We have nothing to lose. He should think twice before he causes trouble for me and consider whether he can handle the consequences if things get out of hand."

"You said that he always pretended to be very sensible in front of adults when he was a child, and he pretended to be even more so in front of you for two years before his true nature was revealed."

Jiang Yu turned to face him, put her hands behind her back, and walked backwards. "I guess before he returned to the Song family, his life must have been very bad. After being taken back to the Song family, in order to stay in the Song family, he began to pretend to be an obedient and sensible child."

"It was the same during the event just now. As soon as he heard me say that things had blown up and it wouldn't do him any good, his expression changed, and he stopped pursuing the matter and taking responsibility against you."

"A person who is so greedy for wealth and status will definitely think twice before acting."

"Don't worry, it's not me who's afraid of him now, it's him who's afraid of me."

Jiang Yu laughed as she spoke, but her joy turned to sorrow. She tripped on both feet and was about to fall when Shen Chengyan quickly stepped forward and caught her.

Jiang Yu fell into his arms.

He looked down at her, his eyes dark and calm, and said, "You can't think of him like a normal person. He's a madman, his mind isn't right."

A madman is capable of anything.

Jiang Yu was stunned for a moment.

**

The next day, Jiang Yu received a call from Deng Wen.

Knowing that he would be meeting her, Jiang Yu didn't react much, and said calmly, "I refuse."

Deng Wen laughed on the other end of the phone and said, "Don't you want to have dinner with your mom?"

Jiang Yu: "I'm not really willing."

Deng Wen was silent for a few seconds: "Let's meet. I have something to tell you."

"I made myself very clear last time in Jiangcheng."

"What if I invited you as your boss's boss?"

Then Jiang Yu had no reason to refuse.

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Yu got up, washed up, and went to see Deng Wen.

Shen Chengyan and Wei Zongming sent her messages on the way.

Jiang Yu replied to them with the same message: "President Deng invited me to lunch, so lunch is taken care of."

Shen Chengyan called immediately, but Jiang Yu didn't answer.

Soon his message came: "Why didn't you tell me?"

Jiang Yu lowered her head and replied, "What, are you really afraid that I'll acknowledge her as my mother?"

Putting aside the question of whether Deng Wen is her biological mother, Deng Wen is now a leader at the company headquarters. Even if she makes an excuse to avoid meeting this time, as long as she keeps her job, they will eventually meet again.

Instead of hiding and avoiding each other, it's better to listen to what the other party has to say before making any further plans.

Deng Wen asked to meet her at a shopping mall. When Jiang Yu arrived, Deng Wen was already drinking coffee.

Jiang Yu hadn't eaten breakfast, so she asked the clerk if they had anything to eat at this time. The clerk gave her a menu, and Jiang Yu ordered a plate of spaghetti.

Deng Wen didn't rush to speak. She waited until she had started eating before asking, "Yanjie asked me to ask you, did you really record a recording last night?"

Jiang Yu: "Is this the main reason you came to see me?"

Deng Wen shook her head: "It was just a casual question."

Jiang Yu thought of Shen Chengyan's words last night, calling Song Yanjie a madman. After swallowing the food in her mouth, she gave a neutral answer: "As long as he acts as if what happened last night didn't happen, I didn't record it."

Deng Wen smiled and said, "You're quite cautious."

Jiang Yu suddenly asked, "Did you really abuse my husband?"

Deng Wen still smiled: "Did he tell you that I abused him? It's true that being a stepmother is difficult; if you're even slightly strict, people will hold a grudge."

Jiang Yu put down her fork: "Don't worry, I didn't record it. Don't make yourself sound so innocent."

Deng Wen's face darkened: "He resented me for taking his mother's position. From the first day I entered the Song family, he disliked me. I asked myself if I had done anything to wrong him, but he went to great lengths to get close to you, married you and had children with you, and even brainwashed you and tried to sow discord between my mother and me."

Jiang Yu gestured for her to stop: "Ms. Deng, stop talking nonsense. You have never fulfilled your responsibilities as a mother, and I have long since considered you dead."

Deng Wen: "You really don't want to acknowledge me?"

Jiang Yu: "I assumed you were dead a long time ago."

"I know you still care about me as your mother."

"Don't try to glorify yourself."

Deng Wen laughed and said, "Is it really me trying to embellish my image? If you don't care about me, why are you still called Jiang Yu even after changing your name?"

Jiang Yu paused.

Deng Wen held her hand: "You're afraid that if you change your name, it won't be so easy for me to come back to you. I've changed my name too. When someone wants to completely sever ties with their past, they'll only choose a name that has no connection to what they used to have. You changed Yu to Yu, isn't that because you still have a sliver of hope in your heart?"