Mr.CEO, Please Sign the Divorce Agreement
Chapter 301: Various Conspiracies, Already Known

Chapter 301: Chapter 301: Various Conspiracies, Already Known

Su Mu recently felt that there had been too much news about Fu Shinian. Even though no one had mentioned him in front of her in three years, once mentioned, it felt as though she had never been absent.

Jiang Bei belatedly realized:

"Did I talk too much about him?"

Su Mu chuckled, "Whether you speak of it or not, the result is the same. I’m fine."

In the past, Jiang Bei would never speak to Su Mu about Fu Shinian, nor allow anyone to mention him in front of her. However, perhaps due to her pregnancy, many things had started to change.

——

Fu Shinian was jogging in the gym when he received a call from Ji Nanfeng. Seeing the incoming call, he gradually reduced his pace and pressed the answer button:

"Calling so late, something urgent?"

"Late? Even if it were two hours later, I would still be making this call. Am I not your brother? When did you decide to get married without even notifying me?"

Fu Shinian slightly furrowed his brow:

"Me, getting married? Who told you that?"

"Su Mu."

The name Ji Nanfeng blurted out made Fu Shinian instinctively press the pause button. "You said who?"

Realizing his blunder, Ji Nanfeng began to regret and after a few awkward seconds, tried to explain:

"I didn’t mean to mention her in front of you; it’s just that when I heard you were getting married, I was quite surprised and didn’t think much about it. Are you really getting married?"

Fu Shinian was silent for a moment:

"Have you been in contact with her?"

"No." Ji Nanfeng explained the situation. "It should be Xu Yansu looking for a place to shoot wedding photos, and she found Su Mu’s studio. Without your approval, Xu Yansu wouldn’t have done so, right? Or does she know about Su Mu’s identity and did this to deliberately probe?"

Fu Shinian didn’t respond immediately, and after a moment, he spoke softly:

"It’s probably just a coincidence."

Not long after hanging up Ji Nanfeng’s call, Xu Yansu appeared in the gym, holding a bottle of mineral water and standing somewhat cautiously by Fu Shinian’s side; she seemed worried that he might unleash his displeasure on her, yet she tried to please him with a smile:

"Your health isn’t great; maybe you shouldn’t engage in such intense exercise. Just a moderate amount would be better."

Fu Shinian glanced at her indifferently and restarted the treadmill, walking slowly:

"I don’t like to be disturbed while exercising; didn’t you know that?"

"I know, I just came to tell you something."

Fu Shinian didn’t respond but didn’t ask her to leave either. Xu Yansu spoke softly:

"I’ve already booked the date for the photo shoot, the 9th of next month."

"Why should you tell me about your photo shoot? You think I’m free?"

"We’re shooting wedding photos; of course, I need to tell you."

Fu Shinian had completely lost the mood for exercise, and pressed the stop button hard, his gaze burning as he looked at Xu Yansu:

"Who did you say? We?"

"I told you before, we are getting engaged."

Fu Shinian scoffed, stepped off the treadmill, and walked towards the lounge chair by the floor-to-ceiling windows. Xu Yansu watched him silently for a few seconds, then followed:

"The studio I found is very famous in the industry. I visited her studio today; although she looks young and not like a seasoned photographer, those many award-winning works can’t be fake. I believe she can take very good wedding photos for us."

Xu Yansu handed over a bottle of mineral water, but Fu Shinian didn’t even glance at it and spoke indifferently:

"Xu Yansu, can’t you understand human speech? I don’t like you, and I definitely will not marry you."

"I don’t need you to like me, I just want to be with you."

"Being together is an action that two people can establish, not something you can decide on your own." Fu Shinian slowly looked up at her. "You should be very clear about why I keep you by my side; it’s because you could save Grandmother. But what have you done these three years? Grandmother is still the same, and now even I am following in Grandmother’s footsteps. Is this your way of loving me?"

"I..."

"Xu Yansu." Fu Shinian interrupted her. "Right now I have nothing left, only this old mansion, but I still have the ability to drive you out of the mansion. Would you like to try it?"

Xu Yansu knew she wouldn’t get any pleasant words or affirmative answers from Fu Shinian. However, she had never imagined that he was actually considering driving her out of the mansion. She couldn’t help feeling a bit chilly as she looked at Fu Shinian:

"Are you going to drive me away?"

"I let you stay in the mansion for Grandmother, but you have spent all your efforts on me. Do you even remember how long it has been since you last went to the research institute? Do you remember when the old lady last was lucid? Did you ever care about these things? What you care about, you don’t need me to say, you know it yourself."

After finishing these words, Fu Shinian got up from the lounge chair and walked towards the door. Xu Yansu stood silently on the spot for two seconds and then turned to call out to him:

"In your heart, is there only Grandmother?"

Fu Shinian stopped in his tracks, silencing for a few seconds before speaking softly:

"Grandmother raised me since I was little, without her there would be no me today. Her life is much more important than mine. You may not save me, but you cannot treat her life as a joke. I can accept Grandmother leaving me, but I can’t accept her becoming the victim of our power plays."

Xu Yansu looked up at him, feeling as though she had guessed something, yet not daring to be sure:

"You... I don’t quite understand what you mean."

Fu Shinian scoffed:

"No one understands better than you, do they? Why does the old lady’s body have a virus, and why has a virus appeared in my body as well? Do you really think I would believe those explanations of genetics and mutation?"

"When did you find out?"

"Does that matter?" Fu Shinian turned to look at her. "What matters is, when will you stop? You have almost got everything you wanted from me, haven’t you? Fu Corporation has been driven to its current state by you. What more do you want, my life? Fine, I won’t even blink, but first, make the old lady lucid."

Xu Yansu shook her head:

"No, no, I never wanted you to die. I just..."

merely followed orders, Fu Shinian knew, but in his eyes, it was still unforgivable. The harm to Grandmother, driving Su Mu away, and not seeing that child even once in three years, these things imposed on him by them, Fu Shinian could not possibly forget.

Fu Shinian didn’t speak, while Xu Yansu struggled. She hadn’t expected Fu Shinian to know everything, yet he had silently allowed them to do as they pleased for three years, not because he couldn’t stop them, but because they held Grandmother’s life in their hands, and he was powerless.