Chapter 100. Being a Substitute? The Hurts-Body-and-Soul Kind (9)
Shen’s parents struggled in the soundproof room for a long time, shouting and arguing loudly. Shen Wan completely ignored them, laughing and chatting with a beautiful woman as if she couldn’t hear their voices at all.
“That ungrateful girl!” Shen’s mother gritted her teeth in frustration, feeling uncomfortable from being suspended in the air for so long. She could see right through her daughter’s intentions to torment her deliberately.
Starting a company and making money without informing the family – it was obvious she didn’t want them to know about it.
“That selfish brat has always been self-centered since childhood. Don’t think I’ll let this go so easily.”
Shen’s mother thought to herself, “If they want to keep us hanging, so be it. Who’s afraid of whom? The company isn’t going anywhere, and if that girl doesn’t agree, we’ll come here every day. I don’t believe they can keep this up forever.”
Shen’s father also fell silent, his face ashen and eyes filled with rage. He stopped shouting like before, thinking along the same lines as his wife.
If Shen Wan wouldn’t hand over the company to him and Little Bo to manage, they’d come every day. How could a woman possibly run a company well? This kind of thing should be left to their Little Bo.
Both of them assumed Shen Wan wouldn’t dare do anything to them. What’s the big deal about being suspended for a while? They could endure it. After all, she wouldn’t dare do anything else – they were her parents, and if she did, it would reflect poorly on her reputation.
Time passed slowly, minute by minute, second by second. They didn’t know how long they’d been hanging there. Their arms and legs were starting to feel numb, their mouths dry, and their stomachs growling with hunger.
Involuntarily, they glanced towards Shen Wan’s position, just in time to see her leaving with the beautiful woman, both smiling. Shen Bo was also by their side. Whatever Shen Wan had said to him, he could only watch helplessly as the two women departed.
Seeing this, the parents started shouting loudly, trying to remind Shen Wan that they were still there. But she couldn’t hear them. They stared with wide eyes, their mouths dry and voices hoarse.
At that moment, Shen Bo walked towards them, giving them a slight sense of relief.
“Where did that ungrateful girl go?” Shen’s mother couldn’t help but curse as soon as Shen Bo entered the room. “Quickly go and call her back. Tell them to let me down.”
“Sis said she had to have dinner with a client,” Shen Bo replied timidly. Shen Wan’s earlier actions had intimidated him. After all, he wasn’t even twenty years old yet. Though he usually hung out with small-time hooligans bullying students at school, he was genuinely scared when faced with these burly men around him.
Especially when he had been sitting on the side earlier, listening to Shen Wan talking to that Director Dong. He was completely bewildered. His sister, who had always been so obedient to him before, didn’t even spare him a glance now. Whenever he tried to say something, those two bodyguards with menacing faces would stare at him with scrutinizing and fierce gazes, frightening him into swallowing his threatening words.
Shen’s father calmed down and asked, “When will she be back? Did she tell these people to let us down?”
He had also realized that his unfilial daughter was deliberately tormenting them.
The men holding them up seemed unable to understand human speech. It appeared that only Shen Wan could give the order to release them.
“Sis said,” Shen Bo looked weakly at the two of them, “She said you came to see her and must be tired, so you shouldn’t be allowed to overexert yourselves. She wants you to enjoy life a bit, so they should keep holding you up.”
Upon hearing this, Shen’s parents almost burst into curses. How was this enjoying life?
“She also told her assistant to order some food. It’ll be sent over soon. She told me not to wander around. If I want to go out, she’ll find two bodyguards to protect me. She said…” Shen Bo’s voice gradually lowered, even carrying a hint of grievance, “She’s afraid I’ll get lost if I go out alone. If I insist on going out, two bodyguards will carry me out.”
That’s why he didn’t dare to leave.
This was too extreme.
Being carried out by people – if his buddies saw that, they’d laugh him to death.
The parents were furious, but for the moment, all they could do was curse a bit. They couldn’t do anything else.
Sure enough, lunch arrived shortly after. Looking at the aromatic dishes, both Shen’s father and mother swallowed hard. Truthfully, after being suspended for so long, they were starving.
Now that it was time to eat, surely they would be let down, right?
However, when they saw Xiao Hu enter with several bodyguards, wearing a professional smile, they had a bad feeling.
“Miss Shen said she’ll make sure you’re well taken care of,” Xiao Hu instructed the bodyguards beside her. “Come and feed the master and madam. Be careful. If you do a good job, Miss Shen will give you a bonus when she returns.”
“Young master, do you need someone to feed you?” Xiao Hu asked with a smile. If she hadn’t been working for Miss Shen for several months, she would never have imagined things would turn out like this.
Just a few months ago, she was a fresh university graduate just entering society.
Back then, she was so naive.
Accidentally boarding Miss Shen’s pirate ship, that kind and innocent girl from yesterday was gone!
Shen Bo hurriedly shook his head, “No, no need. I’m young and strong. I don’t need anyone to serve me.” He was truly afraid of Shen Wan now. How she came up with such torturous methods was beyond him, and there was nothing he could do about it.
“Let me down. I’ll eat by myself,” Shen’s mother struggled a bit, her expression fierce as she said, “Hurry up and let me down. I’m your Miss Shen’s mother. If I’m not happy, she’ll fire you!”
Xiao Hu replied seriously, “I’m sorry, I can’t disobey Miss Shen’s orders. Xiao Zhang, Xiao Liu, come and serve the master and madam their meal. Don’t be negligent.”
They came in all fierce and menacing, now it’s time to enjoy being filially treated by Miss Shen.
She glanced at Shen Bo, who was hunched over a takeout box in the corner, and left in a good mood. Miss Shen was right; these people were paper tigers. One slap and they deflated like a punctured balloon, amounting to nothing.
At this moment, Shen Wan and Dong Zheng were eating steak at a restaurant. Not only was there steak, but also red wine, and several roses in a vase on the table. Beautiful melodies drifted into their ears, creating a very romantic atmosphere.
“Now that your parents know you’ve started a company, I’m afraid they won’t let it go. They’ll probably come to bother you every day,” Dong Zheng expressed her concern. Families like this, who leech off their daughters, are the most troublesome. They all share a common trait: unreasonable, shameless, and willing to go to extreme lengths just to suck blood from their children.
She was a bit worried that their frequent disturbances would affect Shen Wan’s life.
Hearing Dong Zheng’s concerns, Shen Wan burst into laughter. This made Dong Zheng raise an eyebrow. Being entangled with such troublesome parents, yet still able to laugh?
Those two had a blood relation with her; she could only ignore them and stay far away. If they ran into her, she really couldn’t do much about it.
“You can still laugh about this?”
Shen Wan: “Miss Dong seems to have forgotten that I’m their daughter. They’re so shameless, I must have inherited some of it. As the saying goes, ‘The student surpasses the master.’ They’re shameless, I’m shameless too. Let’s see who’s more shameless. If they want to come, I’ll have people serve them comfortably, treat them like Buddhas, and they won’t even have to walk. These days, it’s hard to find such a filial daughter like me.”
Dong Zheng: This level of shamelessness was indeed beyond her expectations.
188: Good to know. Only you could appreciate such a shameless woman.
“Are you going back after dinner?”
Shen Wan blinked, “Are you busy today?”
“Not busy.” Dong Zheng pursed her lips slightly. If she were busy, she wouldn’t have eagerly come to find Shen Wan in the morning.
“I’m not busy either,” Shen Wan said with a smile. “I recently hired two capable business managers. Now all the company’s business is handed over to them. The company’s reputation is established, we’re not short of business, and with them watching over things, there’s not much for me to do.”
“So what do you plan to do?” Dong Zheng asked casually. Whatever plans Shen Wan had, she believed she would be included.
The two of them were just a small step away from taking their relationship to the next level. Dong Zheng had never found the right opportunity, always feeling that any expression would be strange and out of place. But she wasn’t in a hurry. Haste makes waste, so she’d take it slow.
Shen Wan sighed inwardly and asked, “Miss Dong, have you ever been in a relationship?”
Dong Zheng’s heart skipped a beat. Her beautiful eyes fell on Shen Wan’s face. Why was she asking this? Could it be that this girl was preparing to make a move?
“No.”
Dong Zheng answered truthfully, feeling a bit expectant about how Shen Wan would approach this. After all, she had never revealed whether she preferred men or women, and it was only upon meeting this thick-skinned girl that she unexpectedly fell for her.
Hearing this, Shen Wan clicked her tongue and shook her head. “No wonder…”
“No wonder what?”
“I’ve thought of what we can do this afternoon,” Shen Wan changed the subject again. She looked up at Dong Zheng, “How about we go surfing?”
Dong Zheng: “…” Surfing? She certainly came up with that idea.
“Alright.” Although she rarely played this sport, it sounded quite nice. So why not give it a try? She wouldn’t miss an opportunity to spend time alone together, but she still asked, “What about your parents?”
“I’ve already arranged everything,” Shen Wan took a sip of red wine. “My people will take excellent care of them, ensuring they’re comfortable and well-treated.”
Is being held up in the air comfortable? Dong Zheng smirked, remembering the helplessness of those two and their unreasonable behavior from the investigation. She was also amused.
Just as Dong Zheng thought, Shen’s parents, who had been force-fed, were not comfortable at all. If they didn’t eat, they were hungry, but being fed by others was truly humiliating.
They made excuses to use the restroom midway through, and the bodyguards set them down at the bathroom door.
To avoid being lifted up again, the two of them squatted in the stalls, massaging their legs, not wanting to come out at all. Once they left, they would be lifted up again.
“Miss Shen instructed us to take good care of you. Otherwise, our wages will be deducted,” the head bodyguard answered matter-of-factly. “We’ve also arranged a place for you to stay. Would you like to go there?”
Looking at the bodyguards’ expressions, the parents feared they planned to carry them over. Their legs trembled; they had had enough of being carried for one day.
Although Shen’s mother was full of anger, with Shen Wan not around, she didn’t want to stay and planned to come back another day. She didn’t dare to make a scene; these guys would lift them up at the slightest provocation, and she really couldn’t take it anymore.
“Where’s Shen Wan? Where did she go? Why hasn’t she come back yet?”
Shen’s mother still reluctantly inquired about Shen Wan’s whereabouts, planning to find her at home next time. At that time, without these scary guys around, it should be much better, right?
Xiao Hu had already dialed Shen Wan’s number. At this hour, Miss Shen was probably back home with Miss Dong.
The phone rang twice, and just as Xiao Hu was about to speak, she heard Dong Zheng’s voice, “Are Shen Wan’s parents asking about her whereabouts?” Dong Zheng glanced at the bathroom door. They had just returned home after playing all afternoon and were planning to wash up and go to sleep.
“Yes,” Xiao Hu replied.
Dong Zheng suppressed a smile, “Just tell them Shen Wan is with her sweetheart.”
What? Xiao Hu was stunned for a moment.
“Xiao Hu?”
“Miss Dong.”
“Did you hear what I said?”
“I… I heard.”
Dong Zheng was satisfied, “Then tell them as it is. Take good care of them, don’t leave their side for a moment. Shen Wan said she’ll give you all a bonus when she gets back.”
Hearing about the bonus, Xiao Hu perked up, “Alright, we’ll do our best.”
“That girl is dating again?” Shen’s mother couldn’t help but ask, “Who is it? Does their family also own a company? How does this person compare to Li Zhan?”
Xiao Hu didn’t know so much, of course, and just said a few words before asking if they wanted to go to the place Shen Wan had prepared for them. This question was very effective, scaring the three of them into leaving immediately. They were truly afraid these bodyguards would carry them back.
“Alright, good work everyone,” Xiao Hu waved goodbye to the group. “Let’s go home. The boss said she’ll give us a bonus when she gets back.”
Dong Zheng was in a good mood as she placed the phone on the coffee table. Suddenly feeling something was off, she turned around to see Shen Wan standing behind her, wrapped in a towel, smiling at her. Her little face was flushed red from the recent shower, looking particularly alluring.
“Miss Dong, how come I don’t know I have a sweetheart hiding at your place? Where is my sweetheart?”
So, please hand over her partner. Don’t force her to get rough.