Rose Manor: Tycoon's Relentless Chase
Chapter 44 - 41: Installing a Surveillance Camera

Chapter 44: Chapter 41: Installing a Surveillance Camera

Yin Shuyao flipped through the encrypted album, selected a photo, did a bit of processing, and sent it to Shen Jianian.

The moment the message was sent, a red exclamation mark appeared ahead, unable to be delivered.

Shen Jianian had blacklisted her.

A surge of anger shot up Yin Shuyao’s forehead, she bit her lip hard, re-registered a small account, added Shen Jianian’s WeChat, and filled in the remark section: Shen Jianian, I’m Yin Shuyao, I have something important to tell you.

After waiting a few minutes, the other side didn’t pass it.

Yin Shuyao’s fingers rested on her lips, biting her nails, with a dense haze between her brows and eyes, Shen Jianian was really something, planning to play dead until the end?

Originally, she wanted to leave her some leeway, but now it seems completely unnecessary.

Yin Shuyao sent another friend request, this time with a different pitch: My family still has many of your mother’s relics, keeping them is useless, I can give them to you.

Soon, Shen Jianian accepted her friend request and sent two terse words: "Conditions."

Shen Jianian knew Yin Shuyao wouldn’t be so kind-hearted, the repeated incidents were enough for her to see through this person’s nature. Yin Shuyao’s heart was black, how could she give her benefits for nothing, there must be conditions.

Yin Shuyao curved her lips.

Shen Jianian indeed did it on purpose, clearly saw her friend request, deliberately ignored it, only willing to approve it when she used special means.

Yin Shuyao: "You didn’t reply to my message yesterday, I sold your cello, three million! At least it didn’t bury this treasure."

Shen Jianian didn’t respond to her.

Yin Shuyao imagined Shen Jianian’s frantic state, she couldn’t be in a better mood.

Shen Jianian: "Stop talking nonsense, my mother’s relics, what do you want to give them to me?"

Yin Shuyao: "Cousin, should I call you naive or stupid? People are dead, what’s the use of those items, only a fool like you would hold onto relics as keepsakes. If I were you, I would have exchanged the cello and jade bracelet for money long ago, living comfortably. Although less affluent than when you were a young lady, it’s better than ordinary people."

Shen Jianian didn’t want to drag on about these unrelated things, repeatedly reminding her: "My mother’s relics?"

Yin Shuyao: "To be honest, there are no relics, I lied to you."

At the moment she saw the message, Shen Jianian wanted to blacklist her, Yin Shuyao seemed to guess her thoughts, sending another message right after.

Yin Shuyao: "Leave Yicheng, or I’ll put your photos online for everyone to admire the fallen body of the Beicheng Shen Group’s heiress."

Message sent successfully, Yin Shuyao smirked.

Shen Jianian was still so dumb, of course she wouldn’t know that approving the friend request meant falling into the trap set for her.

After seeing those lines clearly, Shen Jianian’s finger pressed on the phone screen trembled fiercely.

What photos?

Yin Shuyao: "I’m not joking with you."

Yin Shuyao: "[Image]"

Shen Jianian didn’t click to enlarge the image, just by looking, she recognized the person in the photo was herself. Wet black hair was sticking to the exposed skin, key parts were processed, blocked by mosaics. The photo’s perspective was from above, with a hazy, misty look.

The background tiles adorned with golden patterns, Shen Jianian recalled it was the Yin Family’s bathroom.

All the blood in her body solidified in an instant, frozen into ice.

Yin Shuyao installed surveillance in the bathroom where she usually showered?

Is she insane!

In the attic where Shen Jianian lived at the Yin Family, she didn’t have a bathroom, she showered at the outdoor bathroom at night, no one else lived on the third floor, the bathroom was basically used by her alone.

Yin Shuyao withdrew the photo and sent a message: "Last warning, leave Yicheng before my wedding, or you’ll be sorry."

Before getting off work, Shen Jianian sat at her workstation, body stiff, face pale, with an oppressive aura of sadness and anger, someone beside called her twice without snapping her out of it.

Yao Qi helplessly called a third time: "Shen Jianian?"

Shen Jianian’s gaze gradually focused, looking at the person in front, throat dry as if rubbed on gravel, with a slight tremble: "What... what?"

"Rongfeng’s materials, Xiaolei said they’re with you, I’m waiting to use them, it’s almost time to clock off." Yao Qi saw she wasn’t in good shape, asked more, "Are you on your period?"

At first, colleagues at the secretary’s office witnessed Shen Jianian getting into the same car as the big boss, speculating they were closely related, not daring to interact with her, fearing saying the wrong thing, she’d go home and pillow talk, affecting their careers. Working together this while, everyone discovered Shen Jianian was quite nice, no airs, even chatting occasionally about work unrelated topics, getting along quite smoothly.

"No." Shen Jianian found the folder Yao Qi needed from a pile on the desk, trying hard to maintain surface calm, "I might have to leave work early, if Secretary Zhu asks, just say I went to the police station."

Yao Qi was stunned, mouth hanging open emitting a monosyllabic sound: "Ah?"

Before she could ask in detail, Shen Jianian grabbed a few items from the desk, stuffed them into her bag, and dashed out of the secretary’s office, her face gloomy and cold, for a moment, she reminded Yao Qi of Mr. Chen.

Zhu Yilan came out of the office, found Shen Jianian’s workstation empty, and indeed asked: "Where is she?"

Yao Qi repeated what Shen Jianian said before leaving: "She went to the police station."

Zhu Yilan paused, doubting she heard right: "What?"

"Secretary Zhu, don’t ask me, I don’t know either, she told me this."

Yao Qi shrugged, holding the folder, returned to her workstation, took a deep breath, and started busying with work.

*

A black Maybach parked at the office building’s main entrance, Fu Jichen in the back seat single-handedly unbuttoned his suit, raised his wrist to check the time, six thirty, Shen Jianian hadn’t come down yet.

Messages unanswered, calls unpicked, unclear what she’s up to this time.

Qu Mo focused on his own affairs, feeling the spreading low pressure in the car, playing the role of a statue in the driver’s seat.

"Go up and see what she’s busy with." Fu Jichen spoke.

Qu Mo responded, opened the car door and went back into the company, took the elevator upstairs, couldn’t find Shen Jianian in the secretary’s office. Seeing Zhu Yilan working overtime in a separate office, Qu Mo knocked and went in to inquire about Shen Jianian’s whereabouts.

Zhu Yilan flipped through a thick stack of materials by her side, her face expressionless: "Heard someone said she went to the police station, not sure about the specifics."

Qu Mo was stunned, the police station?

Zhu Yilan raised her head, grinning with a fake smile: "Don’t look at me like that, I really don’t know."

Qu Mo returned to the car, conveyed Zhu Yilan’s exact words to the person in the back seat.

Fu Jichen furrowed his brows, his sharp jawline tensed, after a while, his thin lips slightly parted, coldly spit out two words: "Go home."

Qu Mo started the car, secretly worried for Shen Jianian, he could clearly sense the boss’s dissatisfaction.

Actually, he could understand the boss’s thoughts, Shen Jianian lived under the same roof, with that kind of relationship, no matter what happened, Shen Jianian ought to inform him, going to the police station alone was baffling.

As his thoughts twisted and turned, Qu Mo heard the person behind him say indifferently: "Go to the police station."

In less than a minute, he changed his mind, showing some concern for Shen Jianian.

Qu Mo glanced at the rearview mirror, after saying that, Mr. Chen closed his eyes, with a trace of wrinkle between his brows, looking somewhat discontented.