PART 2
“I used to envy the main family, because after being adopted into the main family through an arranged marriage, I realized that except for the status and position, there was nothing good about it. When we were still branches, omegas like us didn’t have so many things to worry about.”
Shu Ci curled his lips and comforted him, “They are all troubles that come with power and status.”
Just like a producer complained to him that the box office wasn’t good, others had 500 million and he only had 300 million, he was so worried. Who would know that when he was a child, he would cherish his two yuan for a week.
People in different positions couldn’t understand each other.
Shen Ti saw a faint sadness in Shu Ci’s eyes, thinking that he was still worried about Gu Lan Zhu coming to his door. Before leaving, he leaned out of the car: “I left two bodyguards for you, bring them with you if you go out.”
Shu Ci looked back at the two burly alphas in the corner.
They wore black suits with their hands behind their backs, and also wore sunglasses. Compared to his cheap husband, they were really unattractive.
While moved by Shen Ti’s strong support, he couldn’t help feeling a little pity.
Even if these bodyguards were by his side, they wouldn’t be able to withstand the top alpha in the plot; taking them out would only cause them needless suffering.
“You guys can rest, I’m not going out today.” Shu Ci was afraid they would stand in the sun all day. After instructing them, he went into the house.
He remembered that not long after the original owner escaped from Gu Lan Zhu, Gu Lan Zhu went to the Shu family. To change the original owner’s tragic plot, his top priority was to quickly sort through the plot he remembered and find a way to break the deadlock.
The Shu family, even if it couldn’t be his support, at least couldn’t be his drag.
City A, Shu Corporation Building.
Shu Changhai sat in the chairman’s office, holding his breath and staring at the young alpha leaning lazily on the sofa in front of him, his back tense. The air conditioner was turned up high, but large beads of sweat still streamed down his forehead.
He had just arrived at the parking lot downstairs when he heard someone say that the eldest son of the Gu family was waiting for him.
He immediately came upstairs.
“Mr. Gu.” Seeing that he didn’t speak, just sitting on the sofa playing with a small gadget, Shu Changhai broke the silence, “It’s rare for you to grace us with your presence. Does Mr. Gu have any instructions?”
Since many years ago, the Shu family had fallen out of favor with Gu Lan Zhu’s father’s team, losing their strongest support, and the entire family’s status plummeted, and their business was also on the decline.
Had Mr. Gu decided to give them another chance?
“It has nothing to do with my father.” Gu Lan Zhu stood up and slowly walked in front of Shu Changhai, opening his hand.
It was an exquisite necklace, the camellia pendant resting in his palm.
Shu Changhai: “This is…?”
Gu Lan Zhu: “I want to find someone, the owner of this necklace.”
Shu Changhai nodded, stretching his neck: “What brand is it? Let me see, I’ll definitely help you find it!”
Gu Lan Zhu put away the necklace, his eagle-like gaze sweeping over Shu Changhai.
The omega’s personal item, and his family didn’t even recognize it?
He turned and glanced lightly at his assistant.
The assistant stepped forward and pushed his glasses up: “A custom-made piece from Shi Chen Jewelry, with raw materials and designs provided by Shu Changze of Shu Technology. The owner of this necklace is the person Mr. Gu needs to find.”
“Shu Changze is my brother, and he’s been dead for many years.” Shu Changhai frowned. “He cut ties with our family long ago, and his belongings were left to that child. Are you looking for his son?”
The assistant glanced at Gu Lan Zhu, seeing him nod, and continued: “Do you have a picture of him?”
They only had pictures from surveillance footage and it wasn’t convenient to show Shu Changhai.
“I don’t have one, I’ll ask my son.” Shu Changhai picked up his phone. “The younger generation should be in contact with him.”
He saw that Gu Lan Zhu’s expression was unpleasant, and his assistant’s gaze was heavy. Thinking that Shu Ci had offended this big shot, he quickly changed his tactic.
“Did that child offend Mr. Gu? If so, I’ll apologize on his behalf! My brother was shameless when he was alive, to be honest, he was an omega, and he suddenly brought a child home without getting married. We didn’t know whose child it was, that wild child has no manners, you shouldn’t take it to heart…”
Shu Changhai’s words flowed like water. He firmly believed that Shu Ci had offended someone he shouldn’t have, and he diligently defamed him, hoping that the Gu family wouldn’t hold the Shu family accountable.
But before he could finish, a domineering pheromone swept over him.
His nerves tingled, and Shu Changhai was terrified, leaning back in his chair, his legs trembling.
“You… you…”
Alphas have a primitive sense of possession, and suppressing others in public with pheromones is common, but he hadn’t done anything, why was Mr. Gu suddenly threatening him?
“I asked you to find someone, not to scold them.” Gu Lan Zhu stood up and walked out. “Three days, bring him to me.”
With a “bang,” the door of the chairman’s office closed.
Shu Changhai instantly relaxed.
“Mr. Shu!” The secretary rushed in. “Several business lines have just received news that the Gu family is withdrawing their investment.”
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the chairman fall from his chair to the ground.
The secretary helped Shu Changhai up, trembling, and quickly made a call: “Hello Shu Can? What who, I’m your father! Do you know where Shu Ci is now?”
Shu Ci was currently having afternoon tea in Shen Ti’s guest room.
Unexpectedly, this world also had his favorite Pu’er tea. He asked the housekeeper to add some goji berries, and he drank it while looking up information online.
After writing down the key plot points he remembered, he started researching the background information of this world, like when he used to plan his scripts.
He needed the basic knowledge of politics, economics, and sociology, so he downloaded several e-books that could be used as textbooks, preparing to download a social media platform after he returned home and got his own phone, to immerse himself in the role.
Right, he also needed a legal foundation, so he searched and downloaded the latest version of the laws.
This was his most powerful weapon besides Shen Ti.
Then he read a lot of social and entertainment news.
Shu Ci learned that this world was composed of different family alliances, competing to elect the council’s ruling officials, and that a new generation was currently taking over. Gu Lan Zhu’s uncle’s opponent was caught up in a scandalous relationship with an omega celebrity.
Sure enough, no matter where he was, once he started gossiping, he couldn’t stop.
When Shen Ti called, he was watching entertainment gossip, which also involved the Shen family. He guessed that Shen Ti had gone back for this matter.
“You still have the mood to look at hot searches and gossip, it seems you’re really much better.” Shen Ti was relieved. “I’ll be staying at the main family tonight, tell the chef what you want to eat, and I’ve already told my husband, you can stay here for the next few days.”
Shu Ci politely refused: “It’s okay, I still need to go home.”
He remembered that after the original owner’s father died, Shu Ci’s uncle took over his father’s shares and property, and it was Gu Lan Zhu who eventually helped him get them back.
He searched for information about the Shu family based on his memory of the plot, but there was no relevant information online.
To avoid ending up in the plot of having a child with Gu Lan Zhu, he couldn’t rely on him to solve the problem.
He still had to go home; maybe the original owner had left some evidence at home?
“No problem, remember to bring bodyguards.” Shen Ti fully supported him. “If you want to get your property back, it’s best to consult a lawyer and don’t act rashly.”
“Don’t worry, don’t worry.”
Shu Ci hung up the phone, took a sip of tea, sat at the desk, and hugged his knees.
In the search bar, were the three words “Lu Wanqing” that he didn’t know when he had typed.
He froze, and the face from this morning appeared in his mind again.
He pressed enter, and countless people with the same name popped up.
Shu Ci jumped from web search to image search, looked around, and closed the webpage with a dark face.
Could anyone with the same name as Lu Wanqing be even one ten-thousandth as handsome as his husband?
No!
He took out the marriage certificate, opened it, and leaned closer, his fingertips resting on the outline of the small picture. He wanted to etch the perfect lines, light and shadow, and colors of that handsome face into his mind.
If he could go back, he would choose the male lead based on this standard.
…
City A International Airport.
Lu Wanqing changed into his uniform, straightened his belt, and walked with long strides through the staff passage to customs.
His colleagues were waiting for him. Seeing him, they immediately straightened up from their lazy posture. They thought they would be glared at by Lu Wanqing as usual, but after he stopped, he suddenly raised his hand and covered his face.
A hint of distortion and crack appeared in his usually calm expression.
“What’s wrong? Toothache?”
Lu Wanqing shook his head.
After a while, he slowly lowered his hand, silently clenching it at his side.
Why did he just feel like someone was touching him?
Was he going crazy, or was there a new type of mental attack?
Author’s Note:
It’s your fishing wife!