Boss Sheng ignored the surprised gazes of the bystanders, bent down, and scooped her up, aligning her line of sight with his at the same height. When his deep eyes met hers, they transformed into endless tenderness.
"Don’t be afraid, I’m here," Boss Sheng said, and planted a fierce kiss on her forehead, leaving behind a sweet mark.
"Mhm, I’m not afraid!" Although Ye Shu had long been mentally prepared for the hardships of prison, faced with Mr. Sheng’s affectionate consolation, she couldn’t help but bury her entire head in his chest like a little girl.
"Ye Shu!" Suddenly someone called out, "The paperwork is ready, come with me!"
"Yes!" Ye Shu struggled to get down from Sheng Shaochen’s embrace and flashed him a smile. "I’ll go in first. The rest, I’ll leave to Mr. Sheng."
Sheng Shaochen gave her an OK gesture and watched her until she walked through that iron door to the other side.
As night gradually fell, Ye Xinyu hid in the hotel, dazed. With such a significant incident having occurred, the Gu Family couldn’t possibly be unaware.
Yet, Gu Zuocheng hadn’t come out to seek justice for her, not even a phone call, which made her feel as if there was nowhere safe left for her in the world.
Finally, the phone rang!
When she saw it wasn’t Gu Zuocheng’s number, but an unknown one instead, disappointment flashed across Ye Xinyu’s eyes, and she instinctively swiped to answer.
"Hello, who is this?" Ye Xinyu asked listlessly.
A strange voice came through the phone, "Miss Ye, you can call me the Masked Hero, or, Little Note."
Little Note? Ye Xinyu instantly perked up, "So it’s you! Where are you? We should meet!"
"Meet? Hahaha!" The person on the phone clearly used a voice changer, "No need to meet, but I’ll be in touch often from now on."
Ye Xinyu said urgently, "Then tell me, why did you take so long to call me?"
"It can’t be helped, Miss Ye. Who would have thought that Sheng Shaochen wouldn’t stand up for Ye Shu, and would instead watch as she was sent to prison? This completely derailed our original plan. We have to strategize all over again."
"Strategize all over again? No way!" Ye Xinyu bit her lip and said bitterly, "Ye Shu killed my father and made me an orphan. I can’t wait to see her dead!"
"Miss Ye, do you have a pig’s brain or what? Didn’t you hear what I just said? Our plans have been completely disrupted. Don’t you find it strange that Sheng Shaochen would just watch as his girl is sent to prison? For safety’s sake, we’d better hold off and observe a bit longer."
"At the end of the day, you’re just afraid of Young Master Sheng, right? Then why keep helping me secretly? Just go and be a lapdog for the Sheng Family!" "Miss Xinyu, we’ve said all we’re going to say. If you don’t want to listen to us, we won’t bother helping you anymore."
"Don’t help then, I don’t care!" Ye Xinyu hung up the phone with a snap!
The affair with her father had finally blown up into a widely known scandal. If she didn’t strike while the iron was hot, and the public’s enthusiasm faded, it would be much harder to press Ye Shu into submission using public opinion.
With that in mind, she immediately picked up the phone and dialed Xu Yan’s number, "Hello, Uncle Xu? I need your help to sue Ye Shu right away. I want her to pay the price she deserves!"