Chapter 19: Does Assistant Chen Have It?

Li Fan’s lips curled into a faint smile; she neither refuted nor joined their noisy chat.

Her nails dug deeply into her flesh—so she still felt pain.

006 noticed her emotional fluctuation and sighed.

006: “But such a bad person is rare—she stole your person, stole your graduation project, made you marry on her behalf, and still dared to publicly humiliate you. She’s not afraid of a backlash.”

“She acts fearless because she knows the Shen family’s nurturing grace is like a heavy mountain pressing down on me, trapping me for life.”

If Li Fan fought back, she’d be called ungrateful and insulted mercilessly.

The irony is, everything about the Shen family, including Shen Yuwan’s identity, was stolen from Li Fan.

At this moment, Chen Ji was secretly watching the live stream.

Han Xuzhou didn’t notice. He glanced at his phone.

No notifications.

Li Fan hadn’t added him on WeChat yet.

After withdrawing his gaze from the phone screen, he looked at Chen Ji.

“Assistant Chen, your workload seems a bit light recently?”

Chen Ji hurriedly hid his phone under the table. This kind of self-deception made Han Xuzhou smirk coldly.

“What are you looking at? Another gossip Li Fan sent you?”

Chen Ji: “No, I’m watching my wife’s live show. It seems she and Shen Yuwan aren’t very friendly.”

Han Xuzhou didn’t comment, “Who is Shen Yuwan?”

Chen Ji: “…Fourth Master, she was your ex-fiancée.”

Han Xuzhou raised his eyebrows indifferently.

Chen Ji continued, “My wife also seems to be a jewelry design major, which I didn’t even know.”

Han Xuzhou smiled, “You seem a bit too interested in her.”

Chen Ji quickly explained, fearing misunderstanding, “Maybe it’s because we share a kindred spirit.”

“Oh?”

“Fourth Master might not understand. It’s a resonance born from being wronged by a scumbag party.”

Han Xuzhou scoffed, cracking his knuckles, skillfully twirling a silver pen. His deep and handsome face held a casual, mocking expression.

“So, Assistant Chen, are you seeking revenge on your superior for her?”

Chen Ji’s hairs stood on end, alarm bells ringing.

“Of course not!”

Han Xuzhou glanced at him, teasing: “With all due respect, in terms of misery, she can’t compare to you.”

Chen Ji was stunned, initially not understanding what Han Xuzhou meant.

Han Xuzhou then said coolly: “Thirty million in two years, plus a villa at Xinghua Danyuan—does Assistant Chen have that?”

Chen Ji was heartbroken. Not only did he not earn that, he had spent over ten million on his ex-girlfriend.

And also spent money on his ex-girlfriend’s boyfriend!

His misery buffs stacked to the max.

Chen Ji wanted to cry but had no tears. A working guy is not suited to be the husband of a rich madam.

Han Xuzhou: “Did you tell Li Fan to add me on WeChat?”

Chen Ji nodded, “I already did.”

Thinking Li Fan might have forgotten, he reminded her again.

Li Fan (unbothered): “If I want to contact Assistant Chen, I don’t need to stay in Mr. Han’s friend list to be an eyesore.”

Chen Ji: “.”

Because Shen Yuwan had joined, Li Fan was not in a good mood.

It was hard to endure the night. After the first live stream ended, Li Fan could finally lie on her bed and zone out.

In the meantime, Ruan Li whispered near her ear:

“Did you really grow up in the same house with Shen Yuwan? You don’t look alike at all. Besides being prettier, you’re inferior to her in every way.”

“With the same conditions, you’re not even worth a tenth of her. Why did the Shen family adopt you? What were they thinking?”

“Shen Yuwan said you’re married. Who’s your husband? Is it a wealthy family alliance? But you’re an adopted daughter—you probably can’t marry into a good family, right? Oh no, your man must be some old geezer, right?”

There were no cameras in the room; Ruan Li showed no restraint in her malice.

Li Fan said only one sentence to shut her up:

“If you say one more word, I’ll post the video of the little rib thief sneaking food at noon, and your public image will be ruined.”

Ruan Li quickly shut up, unwillingly.

Because that night, Han Xuzhou urged again.

Chen Ji had no choice but to ask Li Fan again to add Han Xuzhou on WeChat.

Li Fan grew somewhat impatient.

Li Fan (unbothered): “If you need to contact Assistant Chen, don’t get your hopes up—I definitely won’t.”

Li Fan (unbothered): “If Mr. Han wants to chat, why don’t you bring Gu Lan back on WeChat?”

Li Fan (unbothered): “Gu Lan can not only chat with him but is also good at group activities, guaranteeing to keep him comfortable.”

Chen Ji: “[smile]”

Chen Ji didn’t know how to convey these words, so he just showed Han Xuzhou the chat record.

Han Xuzhou sat inside a car, half his face hidden in shadow.

“Heh.” The little cat stretched out his paw.

“Send me her WeChat.”

Chen Ji complied and sent it to him.

He suddenly realized Han Xuzhou’s attention to Li Fan was too frequent recently.

Meanwhile, Li Fan naturally received the friend request.

Han Xuzhou didn’t add any note, and she accepted it.

Li Fan silently cursed him as a lunatic.

006 said: “Actually, it’s not that you can’t play along with him. If he really likes you, smooth him over, then let him deal with the Shen family.”

Li Fan was alone. Fighting the Shen family on her own was unrealistic—better to use the momentum.

There’s still a year left anyway; the divorce isn’t that soon.

Li Fan: “Heh.”

If Han Xuzhou was interested in her, even a pig could climb a tree.

After a while, Chen Ji sent another message asking if she had gone to sleep.

Li Fan immediately sat up, fingers flying across the screen.

Li Fan (unbothered): “Assistant Chen, I have some gossip, want to hear?”

Then, regardless of whether he wanted to, Li Fan told him.

This time the protagonist was Gu Lanyi.

Li Fan (unbothered): “I heard Gu Lanyi is your Fourth Master’s moonlight companion, but unfortunately, your Fourth Master doesn’t like him. She likes Han Ansu instead. Gu Lanyi got close to your Fourth Master because he looks somewhat like Han Ansu!”

Li Fan (unbothered): “Have you read ‘Substitute Literature’? Hahaha, another cuckold hat. Feeling better?”

Chen Ji: “…”

So telling him this was to comfort him?

He looked at Han Xuzhou’s dark and unclear expression and silently lamented—it was unnecessary.

Han Xuzhou immediately answered Chen Ji’s phone call.

Li Fan ran into the bathroom to answer.

“Assistant Chen, you’re off work so early? It’s too late today; I’ll tell you about your Fourth Master’s cuckold later.”

Han Xuzhou’s cold voice came from the receiver:

“Mrs. Han, a reminder: the contract isn’t over yet, and the thirty million hasn’t been received.”

Li Fan was so scared she hung up, clutching her chest and gasping.

Li Fan (unbothered): “Assistant Chen, don’t prank next time. Hearing that voice at night easily causes nightmares.”

After sending this, she still timidly accepted Han Xuzhou’s friend request.