"The owner has already said. I appraised it. Furthermore, I could not even differentiate real from fake with the equipment the owner gave us. How would she be able to with her bare eyes?" The expression in Shen Qianshu's eyes was calm as she said that. They continued shopping around. Along the way, there was a sudden silence.
Li Zhiyuan kept looking at her face from the side. Shen Qianshu's side profile was so attractive.
Some people look good from the front but have an average-looking side profile.
She was a beauty who looked great from all angles. Her side profile was even more beautiful.
She shopped at over ten stalls, gathering information meticulously. Li Zhiyuan looked as she spoke to clients smilingly. From the way she spoke to many stall owners, it could be seen that she was familiar with many of them, and she was very popular. Both male and female owners liked her.
But he could not see the smile from the expression in her eyes.
Lin Xuan and Shen Lin affected her mood.
She was unhappy, but she did not show it out.
Shen Qianshu and Shen Lin. They both had the Shen family name.
But it was unheard of that the Shen Family had two daughters.
Currently, the media knew that Tong Hua had an angelic mother, and even fewer people noticed the news from years ago where people found out that Tong Hua was adopted. Everyone saw them as mother and son. Li Zhiyuan did some investigation before finding out that they were not biologically mother and son.
But many people say that Qianshu was pregnant. What about that?
Tong Hua is her biological son?
The thought existed in his brain for ten seconds.
So what if he was?
The only difference was that he had to know how to deal with the conservative people at home.
Shen Qianshu found the manager of the Spring Court Fair. Gubelin had gotten cooperation with the police, and the management got her samples quickly. Shen Qianshu contacted Chen Qiuxiang, and the two of them worked separately. Chen Qiuxiang also gained a lot. The pair had been busying themselves until three in the afternoon tirelessly, and they collected a lot of information. Shen Qianshu felt as if she was going blind. That was why she felt that wearing a white lab coat in the gem lab doing tests suited her more.
Chen Qiuxiang sent the information to the office while Shen Qianshu could knock off from work immediately.
"CEO Li, how free. You followed me for a day."
He did not go to work in the afternoon either.
"You only had two packets of biscuits in the afternoon. Are you hungry? Can I treat you to a meal?"
Shen Qianshu had been extremely hungry for a long time and was thinking of cooking at home. She also wanted to organize her reports for the following month. Li Zhiyuan made the invitation, and she also remembered that Li Zhiyuan had helped her much today. The pair seemed to have achieved a friendship revolution.
"Let's make it clear. I'm treating."
"Since forever, when a man goes out with a lady, there is no such thing as a lady being the one who treats."
Shen Qianshu said, "… You accompanied me for the entire day. It is only right that I treat you. Otherwise, I'm going home."
What a chauvinist. Fortunately, she had met a chauvinist like Ye Ling.
"You shall treat!" CEO Li was straightforward about it.
Shen Qianshu chose to eat at a restaurant with Cantonese cuisine.
It was too early to order food for a proper meal.
She listened to Li Zhiyuan's suggestion and had afternoon tea before having a proper meal.
Shen Qianshu looked at the busy road beneath her and looked like she had something on her mind.
Li Zhiyuan asked, "What's with you and the Shen Family? How are you related?"
Shen Qianshu regained her composure and smiled. "You finally asked after holding it in for so long."
Li Zhiyuan felt awkward, but he was indeed curious.
"When Shen Lin and I were born, the hospital gave the wrong child to the wrong family. I was the princess of the Shen Family for fifteen years before the truth unfolded. Shen Lin was taken back the Shen Family," Shen Qianshu said calmly. This incident changed her life.
Li Zhiyuan was astonished. "So it's actually possible for wrong babies to be given to wrong families…"
It was no wonder that Shen Lin's attitude towards her was so odd.
"I don't know who my parents are… I was left in the hospital. So Shen Lin had no parents and was adopted by welfare homes. It is normal for her to treat me like her enemy. After all, I took up fifteen years of her life." Shen Qianshu's feelings towards Shen Lin had always been filled with guilt.
If Shen Lin was not so aggressive, she thought that she would live hidden in Shen Lin's shadow for her entire life and consistently feel guilty towards her.
"Qianshu, it isn't your fault."
"In this world, nothing is absolutely right or wrong."
"The Shen Family cannot chase you out of the house just because they realized you aren't their biological child. After all, you have been calling Mr. and Mrs. Shen your dad and mum for fifteen years. The relationship built in fifteen years is deeper than the one with a daughter who had just appeared." Time was needed to foster and maintain relationships between humans.
"At the start, it was so," Shen Qianshu said. "When Shen Lin just returned to the Shen Family, mum and dad treated me very well just as before. They always worried that I would overthink, and they constantly told me that even if Shen Lin was back, they still loved me and wanted me to get along well with Shen Lin. Whenever we had some conflicts, mum and dad would stand on my side. But… as the days went by, different relations are bound to have different treatments."
Shen Qianshu did not wish to mention whatever that had happened during that period of time. But even if she did not mention them, Li Zhiyuan could roughly make a guess.
A fifteen-year-old teen girl who lived in hardship from a young age had returned to a wealthy family. Seeing a girl who took up her spot in her family, she was bound to treat her like an enemy. It was natural of her to be so brutally cynical… and want to claim territory by driving Qianshu away.
Shen Lin definitely did something overboard to Shen Qianshu.
Shen Qianshu's guilt towards her was held in.
Over the years, the heart of her parents became biased.
"My mum and dad… loved me a lot since I was young." Shen Qianshu thought of her parents from the Shen Family and was very disheartened. In this life, her biggest regret was being unable to be their daughter. "It's such a pity that I can't be their daughter for life."
"Lin Xuan and you grew up together?"
Shen Qianshu nodded.
Li Zhiyuan could imagine everything that happened into a big show. He felt sorry for her.
Shen Qianshu was not at fault, yet Shen Lin did not think so.
She did not wish to mention whatever that had happened between her and Lin Xuan, and Li Zhiyuan did not probe further. He was not foolish to the extent of asking about Tong Hua.
"Li Zhiyuan, do you like me?"
Li Zhiyuan froze. He was a little shocked.
"Yeah, I'm trying to woo you."
"Give up on that. They were right. I was pregnant when I was eighteen. I had a child, but he didn't survive. I adopted Tong Hua, and the heart in his body belonged to my son," Shen Qianshu said calmly. "I grew up in the Shen Family since I was young, so I know some stuff. Your parents will never accept a person like me who is powerless and even had a child once. So, you don't have to try so painstakingly to impress me. There's no point in that."
Li Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Qianshu, dating is a thing between two people. Leave the issue of my parents to me. I will settle that. You considered about my parents, so do you like me a little too?"
"You're overthinking," Shen Qianshu looked at him and said. "I enjoy being friends with you, but I have no feelings. I gave all my love to Tong Hua. I won't fall in love easily, and I don't want my friend to be disappointed. I also don't wish to deal with your complicated family, and I don't want my child to be talked about by your parents. It's this simple."
She never reinvents the wheel.
That was her personality.
The Paris from seven years ago was really such a mistake.
Yet it was a beautiful mistake.
If it was not for that nightmarish night, those moments would have been great.
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