My Multiple Identities Revealed After Marrying the Bigshot
Chapter 383: Just Missing Him

Chapter 383: Chapter 383: Just Missing Him

Zhou Shuyan’s ban on the Lin Family was everyone’s golden opportunity.

Zhou Shuyan didn’t mention these things to Lu Youxi; speaking about it would sound like he was seeking credit.

But Lu Youxi was no layman; she immediately thought of the impact Zhou Shuyan’s actions would have on the Lin Family.

However, because Lu Youxi hadn’t come into contact with Zhou Shuyan in her past life, and by the time she became CEO of Lin Group, Zhou Shuyan had long since passed away.

Therefore, she still underestimated the influence of Zhou Shuyan and the weight of his words.

After hanging up the phone, Lu Youxi suddenly remembered that at this time in her previous life, Chengzhou seemed to have already changed its head of power.

Only at that time, Lu Youxi was still in school and didn’t pay much attention to these matters.

She really didn’t have a very deep impression.

However, although her memory was not deep, it didn’t prevent Lu Youxi from coming to her own conclusions.

If in this life she and Grandma Xu hadn’t found Zhou Shuyan at the side of the road at the entrance to Hexing Village, and if Zhou Shuyan really had died,

then Chengzhou could only be led by Zhou Xueyi.

Just as in this life, when Zhou Shuyan was still in Hexing Village and hadn’t returned, Chengzhou fell into the hands of Zhou Xueyi.

The past life must have been like this.

Zhou Shuyan eventually died by the roadside somewhere unknown, possibly at the entrance to Hexing Village or nearby but elsewhere.

He never managed to return to the Imperial Capital.

Chengzhou completely fell into Zhou Xueyi’s hands.

At first, Chengzhou managed to hold its own under Zhou Xueyi’s leadership because of what Zhou Shuyan had left behind.

Chengzhou’s research and development department continued to study the designs and ideas that Zhou Shuyan had proposed before his death, along with the new products that were not yet on the market but were ready to be launched—all of which were Zhou Shuyan’s designs from when he was alive.

Therefore, Chengzhou managed to hold on for a long time.

But when Zhou Shuyan’s leftovers were exhausted, even if Zhou Shuyan had left some subsequent development plans,

without a detailed idea, without Zhou Shuyan there,

Zhou Xueyi was nothing.

He didn’t understand technology, and even his business acumen was lacking.

Zhou Xueyi’s capabilities were nowhere near enough to support a conglomerate the size of Chengzhou.

Therefore, after Zhou Shuyan’s leftover designs were used up, Zhou Xueyi neither had the ability nor the will to continue the development plans originally designed by Zhou Shuyan.

Chengzhou gradually declined in Zhou Xueyi’s hands, eventually becoming bottom-tier within the industry.

Right now, Lu Youxi was witnessing just how glorious Chengzhou was.

Thinking that Chengzhou, which could have possibly become a world leader, had degraded to the bottom of the industry in her previous life made Lu Youxi feel sad.

In her past life, she had died early and didn’t know what became of Chengzhou afterward.

But judging by the state of Chengzhou she had witnessed while she was still alive, she felt Chengzhou probably wouldn’t last much longer.

Back then, Chengzhou’s subsidiaries were being shut down one after another.

The headquarters were barely maintaining.

When compared like this, it further highlighted the brilliance of Zhou Shuyan.

Thinking how Zhou Shuyan’s efforts were wasted by Zhou Xueyi, and how Zhou Shuyan, so young, had died so early in such a thriving period of his life,

Lu Youxi’s heart couldn’t help but ache.

Why hadn’t she discovered Zhou Shuyan in her past life?

When Zhou Shuyan lay on the roadside undetected, so alone and severely injured.

In the time before he fell unconscious, how desperate and afraid must he have been?

Lu Youxi’s heart ached more and more, her eyes burning.

In the past, although she later researched the decline of Chengzhou, she didn’t really understand Zhou Shuyan.

It’s such a pity that Chengzhou, which was once so glorious, ended up in such a half-dead state.

If Zhou Shuyan knew, he must be very heartbroken.

It just goes to show how important Zhou Shuyan was to Chengzhou and how exceptional Zhou Shuyan’s abilities were.

In the last life, someone so brilliantly talented died alone by the roadside, without a single family member or friend around, and it was unknown how long it took before he was discovered.

Thinking of Zhou Shuyan’s cold corpse lying by the roadside, the burning pain in her eyes finally became too much, and tears flowed down.

Lu Youxi bowed her body, covering her chest.

What was she doing when Zhou Shuyan was severely injured and lying on the roadside in the last life?

At that time, she had not reconciled with Lu Youxue and still disliked him very much.

At that time, Lu Youxue had injured his leg, and after being discharged from the hospital, he returned to school, but because of the issue with his leg, he wasn’t completely agile and it was inconvenient for him to commute home as before.

So he temporarily ate at the school instead.

Feeling guilty towards Lu Youxue, Lu Zhenguo gritted his teeth and scraped together some money for Lu Youxue to allow him to eat at school.

Neither Lu Youxi nor Liu Yushu went to town to bring food to Lu Youxue.

Lu Youxi, who ignored everyone at home, kept a stern face all day, and did not go to the outskirts of the village.

Hence, she did not discover Zhou Shuyan.

Lu Youxi felt regret if only she had not been so stubborn in the last life.

If only she had discovered Zhou Shuyan in the last life.

Then Zhou Shuyan wouldn’t have died.

Even if in the last life she might not have ended up with Zhou Shuyan, maybe she would still have been with the spirit of the Lin’s, and still would have died young from overwork.

But at least she could have kept Zhou Shuyan alive.

Even if in the last life she might not have had any interaction with Zhou Shuyan afterward, and would not have become husband and wife as in this life, or been so close.

She just hoped that Zhou Shuyan could have stayed alive.

She didn’t want such a remarkable person to die so early at the hands of others.

At this moment, Lu Youxi truly hated Zhou Xueyi.

Both from her last life and this one.

Even though Zhou Xueyi in this life didn’t have the memories of his last life, hadn’t succeeded in killing Zhou Shuyan, and was even quite foolish.

But she still hated him.

Lu Youxi looked at her phone and suddenly felt an urgent desire to see Zhou Shuyan.

She couldn’t even wait until evening to see Zhou Shuyan again.

She had never wanted to see someone so urgently before.

Never in either life.

Her heart was pained and stirred for him.

Lu Youxi stared intently at her phone, then suddenly picked it up, and before she fully understood her own thoughts, she had already dialed Zhou Shuyan’s number.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Shuyan answered immediately.

Just a few seconds after she had dialed, she heard Zhou Shuyan’s voice, "Youxi?"

"Are you busy right now?" Lu Youxi asked.

"Not busy, I’m on lunch break, eating lunch in the office." Yu Zeqin had ordered him a simple meal from a nearby restaurant for him.

"I’m coming to find you," said Lu Youxi while already on her feet and out the door.

"Did something happen to you?" Zhou Shuyan anxiously thought Lu Youxi might have encountered something bad.

"Nothing," Lu Youxi thought, she just missed him, but she couldn’t bring herself to say it, no matter how hard she tried.

The words seemed to be sealed as soon as they reached her lips.

"Youxi, if something’s happened, tell me," Zhou Shuyan insisted worriedly.