Chapter 540: Chapter 540: Ruthless and Merciless
“We need to meet,” Shen Heyu said to Chen Wenzhou after he answered the phone. He then gave Chen Wenzhou the time and location, hung up the phone, grabbed his coat, and left.
As he walked out the door, he clenched his fists tightly, his teeth gritted with determination to make Shen Heyu regret it.
He would never let Shen Heyu easily escape his control or leave his side. At this moment, he seemed to understand what Pei Yansi had thought initially.
He soon arrived at the meeting place arranged with Chen Wenzhou. Chen Wenzhou arrived with a frown. On the phone, Lu Yi hadn’t made things clear, but he had heard some rumors.
Chen Wenzhou hadn’t even sat down when he started rebuking Lu Yi, “I heard you ended your engagement with Shen Heyu. Have you lost your mind? At this time, you actually agreed to register for divorce with Shen Heyu. I think you don’t want Shen Heyu at all.”
Chen Wenzhou really knew how to hit where it hurt. Lu Yi was already troubled by this matter, but Chen Wenzhou was rubbing salt into the wound. Lu Yi clenched his fists angrily and slammed the table hard, causing the cup on it to tremble.
“I never agreed to end the engagement with Shen Heyu, nor have I ever been to the civil affairs office to register for marriage. It was just today when I was at the company that I mysteriously received a package. I opened it, and it was a divorce certificate between me and Shen Heyu. Initially, I thought it was Shen Heyu showing dominance.”
“Only after I had someone check the records at the civil affairs office did I discover this wasn’t a prank or a show of force, but for real. Our marriage was mysteriously dissolved. I went to find Shen Heyu immediately to ask her what was going on, and she herself also said she was clueless.”
Upon hearing Lu Yi’s words, Chen Wenzhou frowned deeply, “Are you suggesting that someone is plotting behind the scenes?”
“Exactly, I suspect it’s either Pei Yansi or Gu Siyu. Gu Siyu is Yuexue’s attending doctor, and he’s a new pretty boy who’s come into the picture. He seems interested in Shen Heyu,” Lu Yi thought of Gu Siyu, almost grinding his teeth in anger. It was already enough of a headache with Pei Yansi entangling with Shen Heyu.
Now there was this pretty-boy doctor. What’s crucial is that this pretty boy, quite handsome and pleasing to Shen Heyu, was Yuexue’s attending doctor, inevitably involving him a lot with Shen Heyu.
Chen Wenzhou frowned. “Isn’t Gu Siyu the future heir of the Gu Group? I didn’t expect him to get involved in this matter as well, which makes it a bit more complicated.”
“He’s just a doctor. How can he be the heir to the Gu Group?”
Seeing the puzzled look on Lu Yi’s face, Chen Wenzhou picked up the glass of water in front of him, took a slow sip and explained a few words, “You might not know this, but the heir of the Gu Group is a stubborn mule, stubbornly refusing to come home and inherit the estate. I heard from gossip in the circle that the heir of the Gu Group is determined to be a skilled doctor, hence he has been studying medicine abroad and only recently returned.”
Lu Yi frowned deeply, “If this Gu guy has been studying medicine abroad all this time and only returned recently, then why does it seem like he and Shen Heyu have known each other for many years?”
“I don’t know the details either, but you’ve strayed from the point. The key issue isn’t Gu Siyu, but rather that without that marriage certificate, Shen Heyu won’t take you seriously. You know that as well as I do.”
When this matter was mentioned, Lu Yi felt as if a stone were weighing down his heart, heavy and burdensome. He glared at Chen Wenzhou with force.
“That’s why I came to you, to see if you could help me figure out what to do next to make that divorce certificate real.”
“It’s not complicated. Since the person helping Shen Heyu was able to meddle so deeply, obviously driving you apart, I certainly have ways to manipulate the divorce too. Don’t forget, neither of you has filed a divorce agreement at the court nor registered the divorce at the civil affairs bureau.”
“Are you saying there’s still a way to salvage my relationship with Shen Heyu?”
Chen Wenzhou smiled at Lu Yi. He wasn’t helping Lu Yi; he was helping himself. If Chen Lingmeng found out about this, there was no telling how she would react.
“Of course. Give me a few days, and I can restore your relationship with Shen Heyu to how it was before. Don’t worry, this is easy to fix since the loophole is right in front of us.”
“I’m relieved to hear that.”
“And Shen Heyu can’t wait much longer because he has only one week left to get the antidote.”
“The poison in Yuexue’s body has a one-month incubation period, doesn’t it? It’s been less than a week since then; why does Shen Heyu have only a week left?” Lu Yi, seeing Chen Wenzhou’s confidence, frowned in puzzlement. Chen Wenzhou looked at him with a hint of disdain and scorn in his eyes.
“That’s because I administered an adult dosage of poison to Yuexue, who is just a three- or four-year-old child. The amount she ingested was far too great, so the incubation period of the poison in her body is significantly shortened to only half a month, and a week has already passed.”
“What?” Lu Yi had just heard the news, and anger clenched his fist tightly, like it was welded shut.
“Why so surprised? Yuexue isn’t your daughter. Besides, the urgency is beneficial. It will push Shen Heyu to act quickly. The longer time they have, the more likely they will have evil intentions. You don’t know about the genius older sister of Gu Siyu who has been studying abroad.”
“His genius older sister is particularly skilled in making and countering poisons. She is returning to the country in a few days, and she will begin preparing poisons then. The longer they have, the greater our risk, so I hope the poison in her body acts quickly,” said Chen Wenzhou, his tone light, as if Yuexue’s life meant nothing to him. Lu Yi’s fist hardened almost as if it was a stone.
“But still, Yuexue is just a three- or four-year-old child. This is too cruel of you. If you have a problem, you should target Shen Heyu and Pei Yansi, not drive a child to her death.”
Chen Wenzhou raised an eyebrow, surprised by Lu Yi’s words, “Don’t forget, Yuexue is the daughter of your archenemy, Pei Yansi. She has no blood relation to you.”