The CEO’s Substitute Wife Is A Genius
Chapter 222: Play a Game, Confess in Public

Chapter 222: Chapter 222: Play a Game, Confess in Public

Compete with Jiang Man for Lu Xingzhou?

Nan Juefeng’s slender fingertips trembled slightly, hovering above the mouse button, and he did not scroll down for a long time.

"President, the tea has cooled. Shall I get you a fresh cup?"

Seeing his unpleasant expression, Shen Yu stepped forward at the right moment, tactfully reminding him.

Only then did Nan Juefeng react, glancing at the tea that still had wisps of steam rising from it.

"No need to change it."

He closed his laptop and stood up from the sofa.

"President, where are you headed?"

"I’m going to check out the banquet hall. It wouldn’t do to let the entrance ticket go to waste; might as well meet a few new friends, right?"

"Yes..." Shen Yu agreed awkwardly.

The president was reclusive by nature, devoid of any friends by his side.

Make new friends? Wasn’t it probably just an excuse to gaze at Jiang Man a few more times?

Fate truly wasn’t fair. If it had brought two people together 15 years ago, why did it tear them apart midway?

If destined to part, it would have been better to do so thoroughly.

Yet now, it had arranged for them to meet again, one of whom was already married.

It was ultimately the one who harbored an unrequited love and remained single who suffered more; the bitterness in his heart couldn’t be voiced, forcing him to silently endure.

Shen Yu felt a sourness in her heart. Just as she was preparing to follow Nan Juefeng, her phone inside her bag rang.

She switched her crossbody bag to hang off one shoulder and took out her phone.

When she saw ’Mom’ displayed on the caller ID, she hesitated for quite a while.

Seeing the call wasn’t going to be disconnected, she reluctantly answered.

"Hello? Mom?"

"Xiaoyu, are you busy?"

"Hmm, a bit."

"Then I’ll keep it brief. Your Aunt Wang arranged a blind date for you. The young man is a year older than you, also from our town, struggling in the northern city just like you. Aren’t you planning to stay in the northern city and not come back? Well, he’s provided a 130-square-meter apartment there, ready as a marital home."

"Mom, I’ve said I’m not thinking about marriage yet."

"You’re already 26; in another couple of years, you’ll be an old maid, even a high-risk pregnant woman! You’re going to marry Liu Jie by the end of the year, and have kids next year. It’s perfect!"

"Mom, my age isn’t considered big here in the northern city," Shen Yu tried to reason with her mother in the calmest voice possible.

But the other party not only refused to listen but became even more agitated, "Is it because of that boss of yours? Xiaoyu, give up your impractical thoughts! And besides, the profession of a secretary isn’t respectable; you’d better quit soon!"

"Mom!" Shen Yu, who had been keeping her temper in check, finally lost control, "Why are you insulting my job by just declaring I should get married?"

"What, is your job anything honorable? A secretary, aren’t they just the boss’s little secrets? Everyone knows what that implies, don’t they?"

Beep... beep... beep...

Shen Yu couldn’t bear to listen to her mother’s slander any longer.

She tossed her hair back and took a deep breath.

In those few short seconds, she collected herself and quickly reverted to the capable and aloof Secretary Shen.

She had thought her crush on her boss was well concealed.

This year, during the Lunar New Year when she thought home would be a haven where she could unload the fatigue brought by trying to survive in the city, it did not happen.

Her family wouldn’t stop rushing her into marriage, arranging various blind dates.

The candidates were either short, poor, and ugly or cheesy guys.

When she refused to advance any relationship with the suitors her mother favored, her mother secretly took her phone, using her fingerprint to unlock it while she was asleep.

She rummaged through her phone, finding the secrets hidden in her notes.

——You are the wind, I’m the fish. One in the sky, one in the water; are we destined never to be together?

——Loving you is a solitary affair. You’ve loved her for 15 years, and I’ve only loved you for five; do I need to wait another ten years for you to glance my way?

——I love you, Nan Juefeng. So very much.

Her diary was spied upon by her mother.

Her mother, holding her phone, scolded her for being unrealistic and shameless.

Her mother even questioned her about how many times she had been intimate.

No one knew, beneath the façade of the ice queen, her heart was already shattered to pieces.

She didn’t seek to possess Nan Juefeng, she only wished to continue being by his side, serving him tea, and assisting him with his work.

...

When Shen Yu returned to Nan Juefeng’s side, she stood tall and proud, her demeanor both cool and stunningly beautiful.

As people greeted Nan Juefeng, they would also give her a slight nod.

"Secretary Shen is so beautiful."

"Isn’t she? The only female secretary by President Nan’s side."

"Impressive, she must be exceptionally capable, otherwise, given President Nan’s indifference to women, it would be hard for him to keep her around."

"It’s said she has been with President Nan for five years, practically his right-hand woman."

Passing socialites couldn’t help but give Shen Yu another look.

She stood at about one meter seventy, not merely pursuing a gaunt beauty, but rather a figure with curves in all the right places.

Her hair, silky as satin, hung down her back, making her look beautiful even from behind.

Her sense of style, naturally, goes without saying, always clad in office lady attire.

Today she wore a white mermaid skirt and a pale pink blouse, tied at the front with a white pleated bow.

The whole persona was both intellectual and charming, cool yet stunning.

"Come on, come on, it’s time to dance, the dance party is starting!"

Nan Juefeng was in luck, having just come out as the networking dance party began.

Men and women in the banquet hall immediately put down their wine glasses and eagerly started looking for their desired dance partners.

Even if they couldn’t find one, they couldn’t be seen alone, or else being unchosen would be too embarrassing!

Jiang Rou, upon receiving a call from Zhang Doudou, quickly grabbed her purse and ran off.

Zhang Doudou said the Zhang Family was done for, her father had been taken away by the Administrative Bureau, and she pleaded with Jiang Rou to ask Jiang Man to spare her family.

Jiang Rou dared not get involved in this mess, so she hastily made her escape and ran to Liu Qinglong, hoping to ask him to find out what exactly was going on between Jiang Man and Nan Juefeng.

The banquet hall wasn’t affected by the absence of Jiang Rou, Zhang Doudou, and those few underdogs, everyone just partied even harder.

Some people even publicly competed for dance partners, initiating an on-the-spot battle.

Jiang Man, sitting on the side, immediately envisioned an old Taiwanese idol drama, seemingly called "The Summit of the Forbidden City".

In it, a classic scene involved two men having a dance battle, while the female lead pleaded, "Stop fighting, please stop."

It was truly a visually thrilling feast!

Jiang Man thought about washing her eyes, almost dying of cringe from the battle scene in front of her.

"Manman."

Jiang Man was about to snack on some seeds when Jiang Man unexpectedly came up beside her.

"Hmm?"

"Could you let me and Nan join us later? I want to be his dance partner..."

Jiang Man felt perplexed, "If you want to be his dance partner, just invite him, why tell me?"

Jiang Man didn’t argue, pursed her lips, nodded her head, and walked towards Nan Juefeng’s direction.

"What does she mean? Why the attitude?" Wu Yingfan snatched the seeds from Jiang Man’s hand, unable to help himself from commenting.

Jiang Man gave him a look, "So many seeds on the plate, and you need to snatch from my hand?"

"Yours smell nicer."

"Really? I just went to the bathroom and didn’t wash my hands."

"Man, don’t... don’t tease me like that, I can’t handle it."

"Yeah right," Jiang Man shot him a look, "Believe it or not."

"I don’t need them anymore." Wu Yingfan, frightened, tossed the seeds onto the table, "Let’s dance, shall we dance together?"

"You better go annoy someone else," Jiang Man raised her eyebrows.

Wu Yingfan pinched his nose, "If you say so."

He would get carried away while dancing, sometimes bursting into spontaneous moves, often confusing his dance partners.

Soon everyone found their dance partners.

Someone loudly suggested, capturing everyone’s attention.

"How about a game? Ten songs, ten dances, those who get through all of them win, and each winner gets a chance for a public confession, and the confessee can’t refuse, how about it?"

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