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What would it be like to have a boyfriend with an incredibly high sex drive?
Shen Bijun slowly awakened and thought of the intense battle from last night, feeling a slight headache.
Who would have thought that man, Handsome beyond description, had such astonishing stamina? All night, he seemed tireless and... had done it several times!
Was it because he was too excited from the successful marriage proposal last night?
She sat up on the hotel's large bed and discovered that Chu Yanshen wasn't in the room.
Shen Bijun picked up her phone and dialed his number, feeling it necessary to discuss the matter of restraint, but an abrupt voice from the phone made her heart sink:
"Hello, the number you have dialed is not in service."
...Chu Yanshen had disappeared.
Shen Bijun went to all the places where he might have been, but no one had seen him. Worried that he might have met with some misfortune, she eventually chose to report it to the police, but the investigation concluded—
There was no such person at all!
Whether it was his supposed work address or family residence, even the hotel's check-in records and surveillance footage from last night bore no traces of him.
He had vanished into thin air as if he had never existed.
Shen Bijun even entertained a ludicrous thought: Could the past half year of dating have been nothing but a dream?
But soon, she discovered she was pregnant.
There was an uproar in the Shens' household, and Old Madame Shen, in particular, was furious, driving her and her parents out of home and stripping their names from the family register.
In just over a month, she went from the respected Miss Shen of a high-ranking family to a well-known castaway, rumored to have fallen from grace, living a down and out life after giving birth to her child.
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Five years later, at the Shimao Intercontinental Hotel.
"Shhh!"
Shen Bijun rode in on an old motorcycle, coming to a stop at the entrance, her long legs steadying the bike.
The five-year-old Chu Tianye skillfully jumped down from the back seat, took off his little helmet, scratched his naturally curly hair, and his quirky big eyes sparkled with excitement: "Mommy, are you sure daddy is here?"
"Certain."
Shen Bijun also took off her helmet; she was dressed in loose clothes, her long hair casually tied up, her bright features shrouded by an air of lazy alienation, which made her stand out awkwardly among those dressed in dazzling outfits in the lobby.
Today was the birthday of the Matron of the Chus, the first prominent family, and a grand birthday banquet was being held inside where the attendees were either rich or powerful.
Ever since she was expelled from the Shens, she had not attended such an event.
However, an hour ago, she received an anonymous email, which contained the latest financial news, with the headline: "Chu Yanshen, heir to the first financial consortium, returns to the country to celebrate his mother's birthday!"
The picture was taken at the airport, with the man in a black suit; his tall, upright figure overshadowed the entire airport. His features were sharp, and his eyes deep and piercing seemed as if they could cut through the screen. It was the man who had claimed to be her "ordinary" boyfriend back then!
She came today to ask what exactly had happened back then?
As soon as Shen Bijun parked the motorcycle and entered the lobby with Chu Tianye, a surprised voice suddenly rang out:
"Look! Isn't that Miss Shen who was kicked out of her family?"
Looking in the direction of the voice, she saw seven or eight girls clustered around Lin Wanru, the heiress of the Lins, standing not far away.
Upon seeing her, Lin Wanru's pupils shrank sharply, her smile freezing on her face: "Shen Bijun, what are you doing here?"
Her voice contained surprise and hostility.
Shen Bijun looked down and calmly countered, "Why can't I be here?"
As soon as these words came out, someone immediately scolded:
"Shen Bijun, how can you speak to Miss Lin like that? Do you think you're still the Miss Shen who was once equal to Miss Lin?"
"Although you and Miss Lin were once called the twin beauties of Sea City, now you're not even worthy of carrying Miss Lin's shoes!"
"Exactly, Miss Lin has caught the eye of Madame Chu and is about to get engaged to Master Shen!"
Shen Bijun hesitated slightly, "Chu Yanshen?"
"You think you have the right to say Master Shen's name?"
"What are you? Back then, without any decency, you had relations with several men at the same time and gave birth without knowing who the father of the child was!"
"You must be so destitute that you can't even afford an evening gown!"
"Shameless, Shen Ruotong, your family really needs to reinforce its teaching."
Shen Ruotong was Shen Bijun's cousin and also among this group of young ladies from wealthy families. She was furious and ashamed, and she angrily rushed up to Shen Bijun:
"Shen Bijun, do you lack self-awareness? A fallen woman cast out of her own house, you dare to come here... just leave quickly, don't embarrass yourself here, and don't drag me down with you!"
A hint of mockery flashed through Shen Bijun's eyes.
Back then, she was clearly the victim, yet someone has twisted the facts, causing her reputation to be ruined, making her someone everyone avoided like the plague.
Strangers did this, but even her relatives who knew the true story were cold-hearted and indifferent.
She didn't want to argue with irrelevant people, but Chu Tianye couldn't let Mommy suffer this kind of insult. The little figure stood behind her and crisply said, "Mommy, I was wondering why there's a smell of the ocean; turns out these people's heads are all filled with water!"
Shen Ruotong became furious, "You little bastard, who are you cursing? Come out here!"
As things looked like they were about to escalate, Lin Wanru suppressed the astonishment in her heart and spoke up, "Enough!"
As the future daughter-in-law favored by Madame Chu, she was responsible for the reception today, and any problem in front of all these people was her responsibility.
She stared at Shen Bijun.
The woman's skin was as smooth as creamy jade, her lips rosy, a red mole on her nose adding allure, and her peach blossom eyes were slightly downcast with a sense of world-weariness, bewitching yet not vulgar.
... She must not be allowed to appear at the Chus' banquet!
Lin Wanru clenched her fingers and then seemingly kindly said, "Miss Shen, may I ask if you've brought a gift of money? It's not enough to just have an invitation to take a seat, you also need to give a gift of money..."
Shen Bijun hesitated slightly, "What gift of money?"
"You might not have attended banquets for a long time and are unaware of the Chus' rules."
Lin Wanru's voice rose, "Madame Chu loves money by nature. She only accepts cash for her birthday banquet, not gifts, so there's an unwritten rule at the banquet."
"Those who give a million dollars sit at one table."
"Those who give ten million dollars sit at one table."
"Miss Shen, how much gift of money did you bring?"
Shen Ruotong was so angry she stamped her foot, feeling humiliated, "Where would she get the money? Her family is so poor they don't even have money for milk powder! Shen Bijun, you're not here to beg, are you?"
The others also laughed mockingly:
"The Chus' banquet isn't something that any Tom, Dick, or Harry can attend. And she even brought that little bastard; how laughable, she must be looking for a father..."
"Miss Lin, you're just too soft-hearted; just call security and have them throw her out!"
Lin Wanru revealed a triumphant smile, "Miss Shen, if you didn't bring any money, you should leave quickly, otherwise it would be bad to be thrown out..."
Just as everyone was waiting to laugh at her predicament, they saw—
Shen Bijun suddenly curved her lips and pushed Chu Tianye, who was eagerly watching the chaos, in front of the butler, "Please enquire with the Matron where to seat a grandson?"