Daily life of working as a substitute bride for a wealthy family

Chapter 129 The Powerful

Sheng Yang gritted his teeth and looked at her coldly: "So you think even if I find out... I'll still think it's nothing?"

Su Yiqing's eyes twitched. "I just think that you, Sheng Er, have never bothered to be a romantic, and you will not do anything extreme just for a woman. You will definitely put the overall situation and interests first and make the choice that is most beneficial to yourself..."

"Just a woman? The overall situation and interests are more important?"

Sheng Yang seemed to have heard something funny and actually laughed out loud. "Only men from the lower classes and those who need help would have such ideas about marriage. Even the Su family was barely a match for the Sheng family back then. I, Sheng Yang, didn't even want to get married before. Now that I've been in charge of Yixing for over a year, do I need help? Or—do you think our Sheng family needs help now?"

"I——" Su Yiqing choked.

"Poor men at the bottom of society probably hope to use marriage to pursue sexual desire and procreate. Men with a bit of money...but who aspire to be more successful might use marriage as a stepping stone. But some, who currently have neither money nor power, are still very greedy..." The man suddenly leaned down and asked her with a smile, "Do you know what they are looking for in marriage? What are they pursuing?"

Su Yiqing widened her eyes and was speechless.

"Of course you don't know, because you are not qualified to think about this question!"

Sheng Yang raised his body and said with a sinister smile, "As for reputation—do you think someone like me cares about reputation?"

"I was born an illegitimate child, but so what? As long as my father and grandfather acknowledge me, and I work hard, won't I still be able to control Yixing? So - my son's future doesn't depend on who his mother is, but on how I, his father, cultivate him in the future!"

As he spoke, he gently lifted up the sleeves of his shirt, revealing faint muscle lines on his forearms.

"Just try to touch me!" Su Yiqing screamed in fear, "If you touch me, the Su family will never let you go!"

"Well, I really won't touch you, because - I'm afraid of dirtying my hands." Sheng Yang gave her a look of disgust.

"As for the extreme behavior you mentioned—when have you ever seen people like us do something like this...without having to do it ourselves? It's obvious you're not a member of the Su family, otherwise...how could you not even understand such a principle?" He pulled a recorder from his trouser pocket. "It just so happens that I recorded everything you said before you went to the bathroom."

"Why did you record it all? What do you want to do?" Su Yiqing asked.

"Shhh—of course I recorded some...evidence that could expose you pretending to be my wife. Are we recording what we are talking about now? Since you are unwilling to reveal the whereabouts of my wife—" Sheng Yang made a hushing sound and picked up the phone...

Suddenly the headlights came on.

The door was pushed open, and five or six people rushed in from outside.

Everyone comes with bad intentions.

There were a few big guys, and they were obviously martial artists.

Finally, a man in a suit with oiled hair came in, holding a briefcase and standing there in a nonchalant manner.

Because Su Yiqing was wearing "cool" clothes, she was suddenly exposed to everyone and hurriedly retreated behind Sheng Yang.

Sheng Yang was extremely disgusted and dodged to the side.

He asked everyone, "Everyone, why are you visiting so late at night with such a big fanfare? Are you here just for this woman?"

At this time, the man in the suit stepped forward and said with a smile, "Mr. Sheng, I'm Zheng Ke, a lawyer from Galaxy Entertainment. Our Fei Ge received a call from the hotel staff saying that they found Xiao Yan, who escaped from our nightclub a few days ago, here!"

Another man in a flowered shirt stepped forward and said, "This matter...is of great importance. We must take this woman away today."

Sheng Yang looked up. "I was just questioning this woman. She actually colluded with the Yue family's old nanny and came to my house pretending to be my wife. Unexpectedly, I recognized her at a glance. Since you keep saying that this involves the society's internal affairs... then you can take her back for identification first."

At this time, Su Yiqing was so scared that she crawled under the table, buried her head in her knees, and trembled.

Lawyer Zheng said with a smile: "As long as we are sure it is not Mrs. Sheng, we brothers will not hesitate to kill her-"

"It's definitely not my wife. Everyone knows that my wife is a well-behaved woman. She's especially open-minded about having a son or a daughter. None of the three wishes she made last year were related to having a son. The wish plaque is still hanging on the ginkgo tree in Huishan Temple... A high monk can testify to this, but when I tentatively asked this woman about it just now, her answer was full of loopholes—"

Sheng Yang then pressed the play button on the recorder, "Everyone, listen to this..."

Late at night, the sound from the recorder is particularly clear.

"Yiqing, do you remember the three wishes you wrote on the wishing card that day? The third wish was—you hope to give birth to a big fat boy for me. I was wondering... would you be disappointed if you gave birth to a daughter in the end?"

"Of course I remember! Having a son is definitely better..."

Someone in the crowd immediately shouted, "Damn! That voice, that thought is definitely from Xiaoyan herself. She's usually not honest with people drinking in nightclubs. She just wants to drug the customers, have a son, and then extort money."

Sheng Yang paused his recording pen. "If necessary, you can also take that treacherous nanny back for questioning. I'm sure she has some significant connection with this Miss Xiaoyan. As for me, I'm keeping this recording to give an explanation to my family. But my beloved wife's whereabouts are still unknown. Who knows, maybe these two people are responsible..."

"Don't worry, our Brother Fei is so skilled that he can pry out the whereabouts of someone even from an iron mouth." The man in the flowered shirt said with a smile.

At this time, someone else shouted, "We must take that old nanny away. She must be Sister Ying, the madam of Xiaoyan's former brothel. I heard that before she became a madam, she was trafficking children near the train station."

"Huh? What? We in the underworld don't do things like kidnapping and trafficking children. It's absolutely unscrupulous!"

"Quickly pull that woman out from under the table and let's take a look. Let's check under the light to see if it's Sister Xiaoyan!"

"You're wearing so little, and you're trying to cover up in front of the big boss. What are you trying to do? Don't you have any idea how slutty you were in the nightclubs before?"

As he spoke, a big man in black with a face full of flesh walked towards Su Yiqing.