After Being Betrayed, I Married a Tycoon in a Flash

Chapter 33: Chapter 33 Mrs. Sheng Demands Compensation
 

In the taxi, Ye Shu felt her ears burn even hotter.

Despite the distance, she inexplicably felt Sheng Shaochen’s mocking breath poking directly at her ear.

She never considered herself thin-skinned. But at this moment, Sheng Shaochen imposed an invisible pressure on her, causing her to feel overwhelmingly embarrassed.

“Mr. Sheng, I remember you saying that our relationship is a transaction! Since it’s a transaction, it’s inevitable that there will be small issues along the way that require timely and effective coordination. That’s how a win-win situation is achieved, right?”

Ye Shu pressed one hand on her handbag, her fingertips fiddling with the zipper of the bag, her mind racing.

In front of the floor-to-ceiling window, Sheng Shaochen slightly stunned. His fingertips, holding the cigarette, paused, exhaling a puff of smoke. His smoky voice sounded pleasantly, “Mrs. Sheng, I find myself increasingly fond of your little mouth. Tell me, how do you want to ‘coordinate’ with me?”

“Mr. Sheng, I remember the prenuptial agreement we signed had only one requirement for me, which was to bear you an heir for the Sheng Family, am I right?”

“Mhm…” The upward lilt at the end of his hum, while confirming, was heavy with anticipation.

This little woman, even in asking for his help, did so with such a veneer of righteousness, uniquely irresistible.

“And you promised me in return to look into my father’s death and help me take back Ye Group, correct?”

Ye Shu’s tone even had a hint of a lawyer cross-examining a witness.

Sheng Shaochen flicked the cigarette ash, the sparks twinkled under the soft light, drifting away, making his distinct features even more bewitching.

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“Mrs. Sheng, with such a clever mouth known for its eloquent arguments, surely you don’t intend to ask Mr. Sheng to send you off to study law?”

“Mr. Sheng, since everything I’ve said is true, what I want to say next is that you’ve been extracting values from me beyond what was agreed in the contract without my knowledge. On this ground, I would like to ask for appropriate compensation from you.”

“Oh?” Sheng Shaochen hadn’t listened so intently to someone speak in many years. This feeling was indescribably delightful.

“I fail to see what value Mrs. Sheng could have, besides bearing a child,” he prompted.

“The way you tried to embrace your mother today, I saw it all. Thus, I boldly speculate that you want me to be your ‘medicine,’ the cure for your gynophobia, correct?”

The center of Sheng Shaochen’s forehead twitched violently, his smile vanished, he threw the cigarette to the ground and crushed it with his leather shoe.

“Mrs. Sheng, self-proclaimed clever women are not at all charming!”

Ye Shu’s heart suddenly sank, her fingers clenched tightly on her handbag, her body stiffened, and her complexion rapidly paled.

She thought she had crossed Shaochen’s bottom line.

But she couldn’t worry about that now; Ye Zifeng was still detained, at any moment he could be framed by Ye Xinyu and end up in prison.

“Mr. Sheng, I’m willing to obediently cooperate with your treatment! But, you must help get my brother Ye Zifeng out on bail!”

The threatening intent was unmasked.

Ye Shu was gambling that the most important reason he chose her was not to bear his child, but to be the cure for his gynophobia!

Time ticked away in their mutual silence.

Ye Shu could clearly hear Sheng Shaochen’s breathing, and as time passed, her confidence waned, until she almost couldn’t hold on anymore.

Ye Shu felt she had lost the bet and was wondering how to salvage the situation when Sheng Shaochen’s icy voice came through the radio waves, “Shengshi Group Headquarters!”