The Favored Heiress
Chapter 264: Li Qiao, His Weak Point

Chapter 264: Chapter 264: Li Qiao, His Weak Point

However, Shang Fu’s desire to enter the Mansion was destined to be dashed.

The afternoon sun shone obliquely from the sky, dispelling the coolness of the mountains, both gentle and warm.

Under the parasol, Shang Fu looked at Shang Yu, sizing up his arm as he held his teacup.

That gold cufflink with its dazzling luster, she was all too familiar with it.

At the Venus Auction House, it sold for the high price of two billion.

Shang Fu bit the tip of her tongue, raising her eyes to Shang Yu’s distant and indifferent expression, she sneered lightly, "Shaoyan, that cufflink..."

Before she could finish, Shang Fu fell silent.

She remembered, on the night of the Venus Auction, Li Qiao entered with a Gold Invitation, a symbol of top-tier membership.

And now that cufflink appearing on Shang Shaoyan meant...

At this thought, Shang Fu looked towards Li Qiao with stormy undertones in her eyes, "The person who competed with me for the cufflinks, was it you?"

It was unlikely that Shang Shaoyan would spend two billion on a pair of cufflinks.

Moreover, he usually didn’t have the habit of wearing cufflinks.

The only explanation was that Li Qiao intervened to oppose her.

At this moment, Li Qiao looked at Shang Fu’s dissatisfied expression, her tone light and breezy as she raised her eyebrows slightly, "Is that a problem?"

Shang Fu cupped her hand over her mouth, scoffing cynically, "Of course not, buying him something with Shaoyan’s money is indeed a child’s way."

Li Qiao’s gaze paused, then, helpless, she shook her head.

When would she change her arrogant ways?

Soon, Shang Fu calmed her emotions, no longer dwelling on the cufflinks. Instead, she looked to Shang Yu, speaking softly, "Shaoyan, you weren’t injured last night, were you?"

"You crossed the boundaries to come to the Mansion just to ask me that?" Shang Yu lifted his eyelids lazily, his gaze towards Shang Fu was distant and cold.

The words ’cross the boundaries’ changed Shang Fu’s expression. Suppressing her lips, sounding somewhat displeased, she said, "Of course not. I’m just here to remind you not to let your guard down. This could very well be just the beginning."

Li Qiao watched Shang Fu intently, an eerie idea suddenly circling in her mind.

It seemed like she was here to ’surrender,’ the act of sibling affection almost too real, yet not quite pure.

In the past, she was someone who could pose a threat to people like Liuyun, yet her recent actions are increasingly brainless.

This was indeed too contradictory.

Li Qiao lowered her eyes, doubts faintly swirling in their depths.

She recalled the few times they had interacted and all of Shang Fu’s behaviors, she couldn’t deny it, she had inwardly sneered at her, and at the same time, had let her guard down.

Would a person rumoured to be ruthless and vicious really act on impulse without thinking?

Meanwhile, Shang Fu took a small sip from her teacup, not hearing any response from Shang Yu, she glanced over with peripheral vision.

At this moment, the man was whispering something to Li Qiao, the two of them speaking softly. The wind carried their voices away, and Shang Fu couldn’t catch a single word.

She pursed her lips and turned her gaze away, seemingly unwilling to see more.

But while her gaze appeared to drift, it was very subtly taking in the layout of South Sea Mountain. Besides the grand and imposing Mansion, on the connecting range of peaks, there seemed to be...

"Liuyun, see the guest out."

Suddenly, Shang Fu heard an order to dismiss, she looked at Shang Yu with furrowed brows, "Shaoyan?"

"I have other matters to attend to, I won’t see you out," the man said as he took Li Qiao’s hand, his voice deep and detached.

As they stood up side by side, Liuyun also approached.

Shang Fu touched her hair with an embarrassed expression, her gaze flickering, "It seems you really don’t welcome me here, making me seem like a fool for coming."

After speaking, she picked up her purse and stood up, walking forward a few steps before suddenly turning back, "Shaoyan, don’t forget my warning."

Little did Shang Fu know, after she finished speaking, Shang Yu and Li Qiao had already walked hand in hand towards the Mansion, ignoring her words.

Shang Fu watched their retreating figures, slowly curving her red lips.

...

Ten minutes later, the helicopter landed on the outskirts of the Mountain Road.

Shang Fu disembarked, heading straight for the Mercedes parked by the roadside.

In the back seat, she slid into the car, looking at the beautiful woman with a shallow smile, "Auntie, sorry to keep you waiting."

Shang Qiongying continued flipping through the car magazine, turning a page at the sound, "Did you make any gains?"

Shang Fu pulled a wry face, her mouth corners twitching, "He still didn’t let me into the Mansion, but when the helicopter flew by just now, I used binoculars to look, and there’s a valley on the other side of South Sea Mountain. It could be his secret base."

"Could be?" Shang Qiongying closed the magazine, her head turning in disappointment towards Shang Fu.

Seeing this, Shang Fu smoothed her brows, her tone soothing, "Don’t worry, Auntie. As you know, Shang Shaoyan is always suspicious. If I were too rash, it would only draw his attention.

Don’t you think it’s better this way? Only by letting them lower their guard can more flaws be revealed.

That Li Qiao... she’s his biggest vulnerability right now."