Chapter 142: Deliberately Provoking Shen Congyue

In the novel’s summary, there’s a passage stating that the Shen family has been long-time friends with the Ling family. Old Master Shen has three sons, and those three sons have six grandsons.

Old Master Shen particularly dotes on his granddaughter; since he himself has no daughters, he showers her with special affection.

Especially Shen Congyue, who has been obedient since childhood. Although she is the heiress of the Shen family—whose wealth amounts to several billion—she conducts herself with remarkable humility.

Moreover, no one ever knows she’s wealthy, nor does she act arrogantly at home out of favor. This quality is truly rare and admirable.

However, ever since she first met Ling Hanyu as a child, she has been smitten with him.

It was because of Ling Hanyu that she chose to attend university in City A, traveling thousands of miles to be by his side.

For Ling Hanyu’s sake, she concealed all her talents and has been working as an accountant at his company ever since.

Little did she know that, thanks to Old Master Shen’s favor, she originally had the right to inherit the family fortune. Yet she voluntarily gave it up for Ling Hanyu and willingly stayed in City A to work as an ordinary white-collar employee.

Still, to her, the original female supporting character is nothing but a worthless piece of trash, someone Shen Congyue never takes seriously. Plus, since the original female supporting character doesn’t even come to the office, the two never meet, which also means there’s less scheming and plotting against her.

But Shen Congyue is by no means a good person. The reason Ling Hanyu rarely faces harassment from women at the company is precisely because Shen Congyue secretly eliminates anyone who stands in his way.

Although they’re not officially together and there’s nothing substantial between them, Shen Congyue takes full advantage of her access to the company to see Ling Hanyu whenever she wants, never holding back on their interactions.

The two months she hasn’t been seen are actually because she had important business to attend to—a funeral back home.

Rumor has it her mother fell gravely ill and passed away, so she went back for a while. During that time, the novel says, Song Yinyin seized the opportunity to step in.

But it was really after Song Yinyin got married that Shen Congyue began to make her presence felt, repeatedly putting Song Yinyin in awkward situations and forcing her to swallow her pride and endure humiliation rather than dare to do anything against her.

Meanwhile, Shen Congyue herself managed to maintain a respectable public image.

As for Song Qingtian, she’d completely forgotten about this.

Logically speaking, Shen Congyue loves Ling Hanyu and would stop at nothing for him.

So she simply couldn’t tolerate Song Yinyin’s existence.

Yet she watched as Ling Hanyu married Song Yinyin and even had children with her. What could her real motive be?

Just as Song Qingtian was pondering this, a sudden flash of insight struck her—she suddenly understood.

The novel only mentions the few years after Song Yinyin’s marriage; there’s no mention of what happened afterward.

If that’s the case, her true goal must be the daughter left behind by the original female supporting character—that is, she’s waiting for Song Yinyin to personally kill Ling Nuonuo before she makes her move.

Then she’ll take over Song Yinyin’s child and resume her pursuit of Ling Hanyu.

By using the child as leverage, she won’t arouse any suspicion that she’s been plotting all along.

Seeing Song Qingtian, Shen Congyue paused for a moment, then nodded politely: “Hello!”

Song Qingtian didn’t respond. Being the shrewd, venomous scorpion that she is, she simply couldn’t smile calmly at Shen Congyue.

After all, the original female supporting character may be naive, but she can still tell that Shen Congyue isn’t a good person.

Women are naturally sensitive, especially when it comes to the men they like.

And the original female supporting character certainly demonstrates this trait.

She recalls a scene where the original female supporting character mocked her for harboring ulterior motives.

Yet instead of getting angry, Shen Congyue just smiled magnanimously and let it go.

On that occasion, Ling Hanyu was extremely displeased with Song Qingtian.

Thinking about it, Song Qingtian decided she had to stand up for the original female supporting character.

So she wrapped her arms around Ling Hanyu’s waist, buried her face in his clothes, and rubbed her cheek against him—deliberately provoking Shen Congyue.

How could such a woman possibly tolerate her beloved man embracing another woman in an ambiguous way?

In the past, Shen Congyue always controlled everything; today… it’s her turn!

Shen Congyue was momentarily taken aback, feeling somewhat embarrassed. Her strikingly black-and-white eyes shifted from Song Qingtian to Ling Hanyu’s face.

“Sorry to bother General Manager Ling.”

Shen Congyue looks down on people like Song Qingtian—self-deprecatingly infatuated and utterly useless.

With the help of her daughter, she manages to ruin even the best hand she’s been dealt.

Only Song Qingtian could pull off something like that.

Ling Hanyu remained silent, his expression grim.

Only when he was being hugged did he raise his hand to flip through the financial statements, then picked up a pen and signed them before handing them to Shen Congyue.

Shen Congyue’s complexion turned slightly pale upon receiving the documents.

Ling Hanyu hadn’t even pushed Song Qingtian away!

“Anything else?” Ling Hanyu asked coldly.

“No.”

Shen Congyue glanced at Song Qingtian before turning and walking away.

Only then did Song Qingtian emerge.

As soon as she came out, she pressed her face against Ling Hanyu’s and lunged forward to kiss him.

Ling Hanyu was caught off guard by Song Qingtian’s sudden move, but his hands instinctively wrapped around her.

Who knew whether this woman wanted him again?

This time, however, Song Qingtian deliberately made a loud noise, creating quite a commotion. Shen Congyue caught a glimpse of it from the corner of her eye as she stepped into the elevator.

Her fists clenched tightly before she finally entered the elevator.

End of Chapter 142: Deliberately Provoking Shen Congyue