Chapter 49: Just a Friend?

As soon as she arrived in Yinwan, Shen Muyan didn’t even react, rushing straight towards the surfing area.

“Sister, this news is simply nonsense.”

“What’s going on, Uncle Lin?” Shen Muyan finally opened Weibo, seeing several trending topics, her beautiful eyes filled with helplessness, she chuckled in annoyance.

“Brother Xu just got off the car, he didn’t have time to come in yet. He’s on the steps outside, rummaging through his bag for his phone, calling marketing departments, counter-…”

“He’s so busy.”

“This is outrageous!”

This was the first time Shen Yu was angered by such a ridiculous hot search. He had just managed to create some distance with Zhenzhen, and now this kind of hot search was back, it was simply fate.

“Who made them wear masks, it’s really…” Brother Xu’s mouth, like a machine gun, kept firing off curses, but his actions had never been like this.

“【Idle hands, posting some useless stuff, even meddling in a family dinner, what a nerve.】”

Shen Yu personally went onto the marketing account on Weibo to counter them.

He was a famous sharp tongue in the circle, and this was also the reason why Shen Yu was so active, he always won the arguments.

He didn’t often get upset because of his own emotions, and he was always bold and outspoken, daring to fight back against anyone, but Shen Yu’s style was always to enjoy himself.

His scolding words were quite literary, and he could still make people angry.

Once, in the comments section of his Weibo post, he got into a heated argument with someone, and in the end, they gave him a thumbs up, reposted it, and said they wanted to learn the art of counter-attacking from Shen Yu.

Later, Shen Yu posted a grid of his battle achievements on Weibo, with the caption: “【If you’re bad, just practice, bad dog.jpg】”

Shen Muyan replied and then went straight back to her book, continuing her work, ignoring such matters, knowing full well that Shen Yu would handle it.

It took Brother Xu half a day to deal with this matter.

After the public relations statement was released, the situation finally subsided, with everyone chasing after the marketing accounts that were spreading rumors, hammering them down.

By lunchtime, the matter was considered settled.

At the same time, it also exposed Shen Yu’s strong background, but no one dared to dig deeper. These media outlets were afraid of ordinary wealthy families, but when it came to the Shen family, they dared not.

Upstairs, Shen Muyan received a call from Qin Yanzhou.

Upstairs, Shen Yu was making a video call to Yun Zhenzhen to explain.

“The face of the woman who’s being kept is the most genuine, Sister Shen.” Qin Yanzhou deliberately teased her, his legs crossed on the luxurious leather sofa, his voice laced with laughter, treating this matter as a joke.

Lu Lin was the first to discover the hot search and tell her about it. There were no pictures, so he didn’t have much confidence, but after clicking on it, he felt relieved.

Shen Muyan was naturally disappointed, but she teased back: “Mr. Qin, will you still have dinner with me alone? What if there are more hot searches like this?”

“They dare not.” A simple and straightforward word, highlighting the power of the Qin family in Shanghai.

“Who would dare to easily expose Mr. Qin’s private affairs? Unless they want to disappear from Shanghai. We’re all in the same circle.”

“Didn’t you have dinner yet?”

“I’m just about to go downstairs now.”

Shen Muyan stepped into the elevator, looking through the glass door, she saw Shen Yu just ending a phone call. He consciously turned down the volume of his own call, but at the moment he stepped into the elevator door, he still noticed her.

“Yan Yan, who were you talking to?”

Shen Yu didn’t look up, his long eyelashes cast a shadow, and he could see Shen Muyan from the side.

“Who is it? Could it be Brother Xu?”

“It’s a friend.” Shen Muyan’s words were very implicit.

Qin Yanzhou listened quietly, he also interrupted the conversation on the other end. The two words “just a friend” were indeed pleasant to hear, his sword-like eyebrows furrowed slightly, his knuckles tapping rhythmically on the armrest of the sofa.

“Talking and laughing so happily with a friend, who is this friend? Do I know them?” Shen Yu muttered to himself first, then directly asked.

“Just a regular friend.”

Shen Muyan quickly calmed herself down, afraid of revealing any flaws, and being questioned again and again, she turned towards the garden.

However, after these words were spoken, the man on the other end of the phone was extremely unhappy. His originally smiling face instantly turned serious, his deep phoenix eyes sinking.

He snorted with disdain.

“Just a friend? Ordinary friends?”

“You’re so heartless.”

Shen Yu really believed her, he had no idea about these things.

“Just a regular friend, what a lie.”

Once the environment was quiet again, Qin Yanzhou’s words seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth, especially the last word, he bit down on it.

His expression remained as calm as ever, not even a ripple, but his words were sharp.

“Mr. Qin, actually, I’m quite afraid of being seen with my brothers too often.

They’ve been preventing me from being alone with men since I was a child, especially afraid that I would fall in love. They’re very strict.

That time at the Cambridge reunion, I met a very handsome guy, I didn’t really think much of it at the time. We just played a piece of music together, but later, my brother even interrogated that guy alone…”

Shen Muyan walked around the garden, talking about her own affairs intermittently.

In short, Qin Yanzhou only got one conclusion.

This girl wants to fall in love, but she doesn’t have the courage.

Could it be that this is why she’s willing to take the initiative again?

If that’s the case…