“Shang Xingyu??????!!!!!!”

Shang Xinglu’s voice changed tone.

Originally, she had the confidence of “Go ahead and investigate, let’s see what you can even find!” But with Shang Xingyu’s so-called clever interference, she was now in a full-blown panic.

She could accept becoming an abandoned wife—that aligned with the original story. It would even allow her to be rich and single.

Perfect, no problem at all.

But she absolutely could not be labeled a cheating woman!

If President Lin hired a top-notch lawyer, wouldn’t she end up losing everything, down to her underwear?!!!

Even though she wasn’t actually a cheater…

But, but… this!!!

Shang Xingyu’s so-called clever maneuvering had completely thrown Shang Xinglu into chaos. A rush of blood surged through her veins, and a cold sweat broke out all over her back.

She glanced at Lin Heng, sitting across the table.

He had been looking at his phone, but now he slightly lifted his gaze. His eyes were as cold as water…

Shang Xinglu’s heart turned ice-cold.

Her hot sweat turned into cold sweat. She shivered.

Meanwhile, Shang Xingyu was feeling quite pleased with himself.

Wow, he was so clever! Look—his brother-in-law was so sharp; he must have figured out that his sister had stolen financial reports.

His sister must have lied to him. Well, in that case, he had to cover up for her properly!

“Big Sis, why are you calling me? Weren’t we just together a moment ago?”

“Shang Xingyu!!!! Get over here this instant!!!!”

Shang Xinglu was so furious that the veins on her forehead twitched.

“Immediately! Right now! At once!!!!”

Shang Xingyu sensed that something was wrong.

Wait… his sister hadn’t stolen M&E’s financial reports. If she had stolen Yunshi’s and gotten caught by his brother-in-law… so what?

Something… wasn’t adding up?

“Did you hear me?!!!” Shang Hanglu continued to roar in rage.

Shang Xingyu, without thinking, blurted out, “It’s already midnight. You live in the villa district—how am I supposed to get there? You want to send someone to pick me up or reimburse my taxi fare?”

Shang Xinglu: “….”

A dignified young master of Yunshi, and he was this stingy now?

She was speechless.

“Fine, I’ll reimburse you. Just get over here.”

Though their testimonies had conflicted, Lin Heng’s suspicions unexpectedly eased at this moment.

Shang Xinglu and Shang Xingyu had always had a close sibling relationship—something rare among wealthy families.

If they had colluded in advance, Shang Xinglu wouldn’t have made the mistake of calling Shang Xingyu herself just now.

And if Shang Xinglu had truly been somewhere else and wanted Shang Xingyu to cover for her, he definitely would have.

Between his sister (family) and his brother-in-law (an outsider), his choice would be obvious.

So why had Shang Xingyu lied instead? Most likely for the same reason that Shang Xinglu had been vague earlier.

Lin Heng leaned back on the sofa, interlocking his fingers over his knee.

He asked, “Where were you, and why didn’t you answer my calls?”

Shang Xinglu only replied that she had been with Shang Xingyu at Yunshi, carefully avoiding any mention of what she had been doing.

This was a classic technique—being deliberately vague while still answering the question. And it was effective.

It implied that she wasn’t hiding who she was with, but rather what she had done.

So Shang Xingyu’s lie, claiming they weren’t together, must have been for the same purpose—to cover up what she had done.

Lin Heng concluded, “Xingyu is right. He’s staying in the dorms, so it’s inconvenient for him to come over now. We’ll talk tomorrow.”

Shang Hanglu’s ears perked up.

Key detail: Lin Heng had said, “talk tomorrow,” not “drop it.”

That meant the crisis was not over!

What Shang Xinglu couldn’t figure out was—sometimes President Lin seemed absolutely disgusted by NTR situations, and other times he acted like he didn’t care at all.

So… did he care or not?!

She wheeled herself closer, stopping right across from Lin Heng.

She stared at his face. Looked again. And again.

She rubbed her eyes, then looked again.

Lin Heng’s face was still Lin Heng’s face. His gold-rimmed glasses were still the same gold-rimmed glasses.

His poker face was still that same poker face.

…Nope. She couldn’t tell.

President Lin’s thoughts were like needles at the bottom of the sea—impossible to grasp!

But she absolutely could not gamble with her ultimate goal: single and wealthy, with billions in her bank account.

She made up her mind.

“Let him come over. Let’s clear things up so you don’t misunderstand.”

Lin Heng was slightly surprised at Shang Xinglu’s frankness.

Earlier, her confrontational approach had been fueled by anger over being wrongfully accused.

But now, she was genuinely open.

Lin Heng raised an eyebrow, a hint of amusement in his gaze.

“You’re afraid I’d misunderstand?”

Shang Xinglu nodded matter-of-factly.

“Of course I’m afraid you’d misunderstand.”

If Lin Heng misunderstood, would there be any good outcome for her?

She had figured it out by now—she was destined to be dumped. And yet, she still had to worry about whether Lin Heng wouldn’t dump her, forcing her into a fate where she could only rely on her billions for company.

Ah, what a difficult life. So tragic. She’d probably cry herself awake in her sleep.

Lin Heng let out a soft “Oh” and said nothing more.

Shang Hanglu remained sitting in front of him.

Silence.

More silence.

Even more silence.

They continued to look at each other in silence.

Shang Xinglu appeared calm, but inside, she was a mess.

Lin Heng was still the same Lin Heng—his thoughts unreadable.

Shang Xinglu was calculating in her mind, wondering just how high Lin Heng’s imaginary “green hat value” had soared.

Normally, she didn’t care about Lin Heng’s affection level, but when it came to the matter of putting a “green hat” on him, she had no choice but to be concerned.

Shang Xinglu asked, “Do you… want a divorce?”

She had no idea that Lin Heng had already figured out everything with just a few clues. So, she asked cautiously.

Lin Heng glanced at her.

Seeing her looking uneasy yet trying to suppress it, Lin Heng thought—was she afraid he’d misunderstand and ask for a divorce?

Did that mean…

Lin Heng asked, “Why are you suddenly bringing this up?”

Shang Xinglu didn’t answer.

A brief silence.

Lin Heng immediately responded, “But I can give you an answer. For now—”

Then, gurgle—

Shang Xinglu’s stomach growled.

She had been so focused on stealing the financial reports earlier that she was too nervous to eat dinner.

“You were saying?” Shang Xinglu asked curiously.

“Bring a late-night snack,” Lin Heng raised his hand and called for the servant.

The topic was cut off.

Shang Xinglu glared at her own stomach.

You useless thing! I don’t know you anymore!

“Two portions,” she turned her frustration into hunger.

Lin Heng sighed. “I can’t eat much, but I’ll accompany you.”

“Uh…” Shang Xinglu scratched her cheek, “I meant… I need two portions for myself.”

Lin Heng: “…”

Shang Xinglu continued guiltily, “Actually… make it three?”

“No need,” President Lin crossed his arms and rejected her coldly.

…

When Shang Xinglu was hungry, she felt like she could eat a whole cow.

In reality, she only managed one and a half portions.

Since wasting food was bad, the other half was finished by the same cold-hearted President Lin who had just said “No need.”

After they finished eating, Shang Xingyu arrived.

On the way over, his brain finally started working.

The more he thought about it, the more he realized something was off.

Think about it—middle of the night, his sister didn’t come home, her husband called, and a man answered the phone…

Even though their marriage was kind of plastic…

Could it be…?

Had his brother-in-law misunderstood that his sister was cheating?!

And what did he just do???

What did he just do?!

Even if his sister had cheated, he should’ve helped cover for her! Let alone the fact that she hadn’t!

Sitting in the car, the more Shang Xingyu thought, the more he regretted it.

By the time he arrived and saw Lin Heng and Shang Xinglu sitting silently on opposite ends of the sofa, the atmosphere tense, his heart dropped in fear.

—Fear that his sister was about to skin him alive.

Shang Xingyu shouted, “Brother-in-law! My sister was with me just now! We were at the company! You have to believe me, she absolutely wasn’t cheating! Seriously!”

Lin Heng and Shang Xinglu turned their heads.

Lin Heng’s expression remained unchanged.

Shang Xinglu, on the other hand, was shaking with fury.

Just a moment ago, he had provided an alibi, and now he was immediately overturning it—on top of that, he said “she absolutely wasn’t cheating,” which sounded a lot like “I swear she totally did cheat!”

This idiot little brother—was he here to clarify things or to make them worse?!

Shang Xinglu forced a smile. “Say that again, I dare you?”

Shang Xingyu: “My sister really was with me! She wasn’t cheating!!!”

Silence filled the room.

Shang Xinglu was so mad she laughed.

“…I was threatening you, not asking you to repeat it!”

Shang Xingyu: “…………”

Uh…

His sister’s instructions were too hard to understand. Online request for an IQ upgrade—urgent!

For once, Lin Heng, the usually domineering CEO, played the role of peacemaker.

“Alright, I know you were at Yunshi,” Lin Heng said. “From what I know, Yunshi is currently having a company retreat, and business isn’t very busy. So, it’s unlikely you were working overtime for business reasons this late. Then… what exactly were you two doing?”

Since Shang Xingyu had sworn on his sister’s innocence, his credibility was at stake—he couldn’t go back on his word.

With the spirit of a martyr, he lifted his chin and said, “I’m not telling you!”

Shang Xinglu was surprised. Was Lin Heng really this easy to fool when it came to “green hat” matters?

Then she hesitated.

But… the financial report thing…

The reports were a small matter, but billions of dollars were a big deal!

Besides, she had kept it from Yunshi’s people to avoid alerting certain figures. Lin Heng wasn’t related to Yunshi anyway…

Fine, she might as well tell him!

Shang Xinglu made a snap decision.

She pulled a USB drive from her pocket and said, “I went to copy the financial reports.”

Then, she handed the USB drive to Lin Heng.

“Sis????” Shang Xingyu’s voice cracked.

Didn’t you say not to tell anyone?! What kind of traitor move is this?!

But out of everyone present, Shang Xingyu had the least say in this matter.

Lin Heng asked a servant to bring his laptop and immediately started looking through the files.

There wasn’t just the financial report—Shang Xinglu had also compiled a bunch of other data.

When Shang Xingyu had glanced at it earlier, he had only caught part of the report.

Lin Heng, however, was fast. While not quite speed-reading, he could take in five or six lines at a time—and unlike Shang Xingyu, who was just a CEO-in-training, Lin Heng was a full-fledged president.

There was a fundamental difference in their abilities.

He quickly found something suspicious.

“The venture capital firms rejecting the funding request—it’s odd,” Lin Heng said calmly. “Right now, 5G projects are highly favored by investors. In my opinion, it’s not that the business isn’t good enough—someone might be deliberately trying to discredit Yunshi.”

Wow. So much data, and he found a key issue this quickly…

No wonder he’s rich!

Lin Heng closed the laptop for now. “I’ll take a closer look tomorrow and ask around to see what’s going on.”

Oh oh oh! That sense of security—Shang Xinglu suddenly felt confident about avoiding bankruptcy!

She scooted closer and wrapped her arms around Lin Heng’s arm, fawning, “Hubby, you’re amazing!”

Lin Heng adjusted his glasses.

…Suddenly, he felt a little… pleased.

Then Shang Xingyu sat down on Lin Heng’s other side and grabbed his other arm. “Brother-in-law! You’re amazing!”

Lin Heng: “…”

With a blank expression, Lin Heng coldly pulled his arm away and silently pushed Shang Xingyu aside.

Shang Xingyu: “…?”

Rejected… What did I do wrong?!