Chapter 445: Chapter 445: Wash Up and Let You Tease
Shen Chi remained silent; his mind still replayed the words Xiao Mo had just said.

“Don’t stay quiet.” Seeing Shen Chi’s bad mood made Li Beiting surprisingly cheerful, “That woman, how do you plan to deal with her?”

“Play the long game to catch the big fish.”

From Jian Sisi, one could lead to Zhuo Fan, and from Zhuo Fan, to Shen Shihan’s goods, and from Shen Shihan’s goods, all of Shen Shihan’s hideouts…

Indeed, this line needed to be cast long.

But Shen Shihan was always meticulous in his thoughts; perhaps, even with Zhuo Fan lured out, it wouldn’t be possible to snag Shen Shihan’s goods.

The fish had to be caught slowly.

Before this, he couldn’t allow Shen Shihan to find an opening to exploit within Shen Group.

“Shen Chi, no one else is here today, come clean with me—do you have an affair with that Jian Sisi or not?”

“Piss off!”

Mentioning this matter irritated Shen Chi deeply.

“Come on, tell me, there’s no one else here. Seeing how desperate Jian Sisi looks, you must have really let her down, haven’t you?”

“Li Beiting, are you asking for a beating?”

“Consider me asking for it. Don’t feel bad about it; with your status, it would be abnormal if you didn’t have women around you.”

“Nonsense.”

“Looking at your reaction, did you really sleep with Jian Sisi?”

Seeing Shen Chi annoyed, Li Beiting could not help but feel delighted.

His bad mood seemed to vanish with the added effect of a few more drinks, prompting him to joke around with Shen Chi.

“It was just a drunken mistake,” Shen Chi said flatly.

Li Beiting was astonished; Shen Chi was known for his self-control, it was unexpected that…

“When did this happen?” Li Beiting curiously asked.

“This spring, the trip to Paris for the project,” Shen Chi disclosed.

“Shen Chi, impressive. Does your Mumu know about this?”

“I’ve confessed.”

“What was her reaction?”

“No reaction, seemed quite happy actually, as if she couldn’t wait for me to cheat.”

Remembering Xu Chaomu’s reaction at the time, Shen Chi felt irritated.

“Why?”

“Infidelity makes for an easier divorce.”

Li Beiting rubbed his forehead. Wasn’t Xu Chaomu particularly attached to Shen Chi back then?

Could it be that she no longer had any feelings for Shen Chi after five years?

“Then Shen Chi, Jian Sisi is not a person without schemes. That night you got drunk, could it be her plan all along, to take you down and then use it to threaten you?”

“I drank too much on my own that night,” Shen Chi’s voice was deep.

That day, if it hadn’t been his marriage anniversary with Xu Chaomu, he wouldn’t have ended up so drunk that he couldn’t tell night from day.

“You know, Shen Chi, there’s something in this world called ‘drugging’, and it’s not your first time getting drunk all these years. That it just happened to occur on the night you were with Jian Sisi doesn’t strike you as odd?”

As Li Beiting put it that way, Shen Chi fell silent.

Drugged?

That night, he did feel an abnormal heat.

He thought it was from drinking too much, but now with Li Beiting’s reminder…

Could it truly have been Jian Sisi’s plotting?

To have a relationship, and then use it to threaten him, Shen Chi?

This meant that Jian Sisi might have had this planned out for a while.

“Shen Chi, even you can be schemed against?” Li Beiting laughed.

“Piss off.”

Once again, Shen Chi lapsed into deep thought.

It looked like he would have to rethink this when he had the time.

Or, if necessary, he might need to pull up the video from that night at the hotel in Paris.

This time, using the excuse of checking goods at the docks, he could clear up this thread of the case.

If Jian Sisi dared to plot against Shen Chi, he would make sure she had nowhere to lay her body when she died.

…

The sun had been brutally scorching those days, searing the earth with its heat.

With the approach of the hottest days of the summer, the green trees and grass drooped their heads in a wilted manner.

The strands of cloud in the sky also remained motionless, while the sun relentlessly hung high, emitting piercing rays of light and heat.

Even the cicadas perched on the tree tops were too lazy to chirp; at noon in summer, the heat made walking a few steps tiresome.

Xu Chaomu had been waiting for the notice of Shen’s second interview, after which she could attend the follow-up interview.

Apparently, there was a final interview after the second one, which was particularly complicated.

On this midday, she was so hot she didn’t even feel like eating lunch. She hung her head listlessly, just like the flowers and grass in the garden.

She sat on the couch, bored, watching television.

Although it was Saturday, Shen Chi had left for work at the Group early in the morning.

Xu Chaomu stared at the door for a while; the doorway remained still, and she didn’t know what she was looking for.

Just as she felt no desire to eat and only wanted to sleep, her phone rang.

To her surprise, it was Fenfen calling.

“Fenfen…”

“Are the autographed pictures sorted? What about the entry tickets? The game records?”

The barrage of three questions left Xu Chaomu at a loss for words.

“Fenfen, um…”

“Um what? Don’t dodge the question, don’t tell me you haven’t sorted out any of it? Who was it that swore they would handle everything?”

“Not like that, actually, um…”

“Humming and hawing, there must be deceit.”

“The entry tickets and the game records… I didn’t get them… But I did get you the autographed photo of the film emperor! A handsome autographed photo! A genuine autographed photo! Want it or not? Do you?!”

“You think you can appease me with just an autographed photo?” the voice on the other end scoffed.

“Fenfen, we are the best friends from college. To discuss these things between us… it’s too mundane,” Xu Chaomu chuckled.

“So insincere? Well, let me think about it. Should I send you this video, or should I not…”

“Send it, send it, today. The fastest delivery!”

“Oh, in such a hurry? Then give me a sweet deal.”

“Fenfen… I’ll do my best, really, it’s just entry tickets and game records, right? I promise…”

“What’s the use of your promises.” The woman on the other end “tsked” and said, “Forget it, say something nice and I’ll go send it for you right now.”

“Fenfen, you are breathtakingly beautiful, gentle and virtuous, knowledgeable and reasonable, understanding of others…”

“Enough, enough! Xu Chaomu, you always pull this stunt, very insincere, you know?”

“No, I’m very sincere, my dearest is you Miss Fenfen. My love for you is everlasting, enduring beyond the desolation of the seas and the rocks. If need be…” Xu Chaomu coquettishly said, “When I get to Paris, just let me wash up and I’ll be all yours to tease… So, send me the video… darling…”

With a “clang”, before the person on the phone could respond, the living room door swung open.

Xu Chaomu jumped, turning her head to see, it was that beast who had returned.

He rushed back from the outside, dusty and tired, his expression emotionless.

Hurriedly, Xu Chaomu lowered her voice, “Send it today, did you hear? Otherwise, when I go to Paris, I’ll throw you into the Seine River to feed the fish!”

“Dear Miss Xu, about the courier fee…”

“Click,” Xu Chaomu didn’t wait for a reply from the other end before hurriedly pressing the end call button.

Because the person had already approached her.

His brows furrowed, his cold face was filled with a chilly air.

“Who were you calling?” Shen Chi asked flatly.

Xu Chaomu pocketed her phone: “A friend.”

“What friend? One that loves you forever, through thick and thin?”