After Being Betrayed I Married the Glamorous CEO-Chapter 204, They’re Coming to Kill Our Chen Family!

Chapter 204: Chapter 204, They’re Coming to Kill Our Chen Family!

The traffic was surprisingly smooth today.

By the time Shen Fanyun arrived at the school, Lu Jinshu was strolling leisurely, his hands clasped behind his back as he watched the birds in the trees.

As people age, their hobbies and behaviors grow ever more peculiar. What’s so interesting about birds?

"Well, well, a rare visitor," Lu Jinshu teased, looking Shen Fanyun up and down. "Why do you seem to have lost quite a bit of weight?"

"And your face looks pretty feeble, too," Lu Jinshu added earnestly.

Shen Fanyun was left speechless. Really? He had indeed been overworking himself lately and hadn’t been very restrained, but he was young and full of vigor. It couldn’t be that obvious, could it?

"I can’t be bothered with you," Shen Fanyun shrugged and walked around him.

Lu Jinshu shrugged as well. "Find some time to play chess with me."

"No time. Buzz off," Shen Fanyun said, turning his back to Lu Jinshu and rudely flipping him the middle finger.

Li Ruoshui happened to be teaching, with just three minutes left in her class. As she was wrapping up her lesson, a figure in her peripheral vision caught her eye. She instantly blossomed like a flower in the sun, a peachy blush rising on her cheeks.

Three minutes later, Li Ruoshui walked out of the classroom with her textbooks in her arms. "Busy man, long time no see."

"Indeed," Shen Fanyun smiled and reached out to embrace her.

"What are you doing?" Li Ruoshui chided. "I still have a whole class of students watching."

At that moment, a stream of small heads began popping out from the classroom’s doorway and windows.

"Teacher, is that your boyfriend? Wow, your boyfriend is so handsome, like a big movie star!"

"Teacher, how far have you two progressed? When are you handing out wedding candies?"

It had to be said, children have the sweetest way with words. On the surface, Li Ruoshui covered her forehead with her hand, feigning shyness and embarrassment, but in reality, her grin was wider than anyone’s.

"Do you have any more classes?" Shen Fanyun asked.

Li Ruoshui shook her head. "No."

"Let’s go. We’ll go for a walk."

Surprised, Li Ruoshui leaned in and whispered hotly in Shen Fanyun’s ear, "Go straight out for a walk? Before we go, are you sure you don’t want to... do some of our favorite things first?"

Shen Fanyun was at a loss for words.

"You’ve had a hard day teaching. I’d feel bad tiring you out more. Next time, maybe," he added.

Li Ruoshui gave him a skeptical look. This guy... he can’t really just want to take me for a walk, can he? When did he become so thoughtful and considerate?

"Really," Shen Fanyun nodded. "Go change your clothes, then we’ll head out."

When Lu Jinshu had called him feeble earlier, Shen Fanyun had mulled it over and decided he really should practice some restraint. After all, life was long, with countless beautiful sights still waiting for him. He couldn’t afford to be burnt out with no energy in his early thirties, could he?

"Okay," Li Ruoshui said, leading Shen Fanyun to the door of her private dormitory room.

Shen Fanyun tactfully stood at the door without going inside.

This took Li Ruoshui by surprise. Has he really changed his ways? Impossible!

There’s one way to find out. With a sparkle in her beautiful eyes, she cleared her throat and said, "Fanyun, I can’t undo the button on my back. Can you help me?"

"Huh?" Shen Fanyun, suspicious, stepped into the room.

With a sharp click, Li Ruoshui kicked the door shut with her foot. Then, with her back still to him, she slowly turned around. She revealed her jade-smooth skin; there were no buttons to be found—her upper body was completely bare.

HISS. Shen Fanyun involuntarily sucked in a sharp breath. Isn’t she luring me into committing a crime?

Li Ruoshui threw her arms around Shen Fanyun, forcefully pressing his head down. "Kiss me here. It’s been a long time."

"Ruoshui, mmph..." Shen Fanyun seemed to want to say something, but the moment he opened his mouth, it was forcefully silenced.

Like a mother cradling a hungry infant, Li Ruoshui held onto him, reluctant to let go. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Shen Fanyun had wanted to refuse, but the temptation was too great. His hands, with nowhere else to go, instinctively moved to cup her bottom.

"Ruoshui, you’re too wicked," Shen Fanyun said through a grin.

Li Ruoshui giggled, looking like a cat that had gotten the cream. "Hee hee, you might not feel any desire, but I’ve been missing you terribly."

"You finally came all this way. How could I willingly let you go without us doing anything?"

So that’s how it is!

Li Ruoshui let go of Shen Fanyun, took the initiative to kneel, and reached for his belt.

Shen Fanyun wailed internally. I’m going to break my vow of restraint again today. What a sin, what a sin!

「...」

Old Master Chen had left brimming with confidence, only to return with a thunderous expression, his face etched with rage.

After today’s sudden turn of events, the atmosphere in the Chen family residence was incredibly oppressive. It felt as if a massive elemental mountain hung over their roof, ready to crash down at any moment and smash the family to pieces.

"Father, did your old friends agree to help you out?" a middle-aged man asked anxiously, stepping forward.

Old Master Chen sat in silence, his face terrifyingly grim. Even Chen Su, who normally enjoyed teasing him, would have instinctively kept her distance upon seeing such an expression.

"This afternoon, a very lucrative local project emerged," Old Master Chen finally said, his brows knitted into a single line. "Nearly all the spare capital of my old acquaintances flowed into that project."

It was strange. The project’s timing was suspiciously perfect, siphoning away all the capital from his old friends. With their funds tied up in the investment, Old Master Chen went from one to the other, only to find no one who would help him. Some had genuinely valid reasons, others kept making excuses, and a few said they could get him the money in ten days or half a month.

The situation was already dire. In ten days or half a month, the Chen family would have already declared bankruptcy.

"What do we do? If we don’t inject capital immediately to get our cash flow back to normal, our Chen family... will be facing a true disaster."

Only now did Old Master Chen truly grasp that the primary goal of this crisis wasn’t simply to compete with the Chen family. This is an attempt to drive the Chen family to its death.

"This kid... he has some serious skills," Old Master Chen sighed grimly, his hands now beginning to tremble slightly. Even he, usually so calm and composed, could no longer sit still. If they didn’t have a concrete plan to counter this and stop the bleeding by tomorrow morning, the Chen family would collapse.

Great families may appear to possess numerous thriving industries, but they are like castles in the air. Once the capital chain is broken, they collapse into utter ruin.

It was then that Chen Su had a belated realization. Could all of this have been engineered by Shen Fanyun, Zhao Jian’s good brother?

He... he could manipulate so many people to cooperate with him, just to drain the Chen family dry? Chen Su was lost in a daze.

Old Master Chen remained silent. He was beginning to regret it, having pushed the Chen family into this dire situation over a mere twenty million. This money really was too hot to handle!

"I need to think about how to handle this. All of you, leave me be," Old Master Chen waved them away, utterly exhausted.