The room was filled with the seductive voice of a woman and heavy panting.
Shen Zhonghuan's hand, which was placed on the doorknob, stiffened, and her face took on an unpleasant hue.
The key to Chu Yu's apartment was given to her by Chu's mother, suggesting she give Chu Yu a surprise as they were about to marry. She had been abroad for a while and hadn't properly bonded with her fiancé.
She had chosen a time when Chu Yu was resting at home to surprise him - and indeed, what a 'surprise' it was.
Shen Zhonghuan stood by the door, torn between whether she should venture in or not. If she didn’t, she knew inside that she couldn’t swallow this feeling. If she did and saw something she wasn’t supposed to, she was afraid it would hurt her to the bone.
She decided to stay by the door and take this chance to see how strong Chu Yu's will was, and recorded the scene on her phone.
As his fiancée, she considered herself good-hearted, forgiving him even after being betrayed.
After about ten minutes, the noise inside ceased. As Shen Zhonghuan was still debating whether to enter, the sound of talking emerged from the room again.
"Ah Yu, what we are doing is wrong. If the CEO finds out, she will definitely be angry." The woman was lying on the man's chest, her slender, fair fingers tracing circles on his bare torso.
"So what if she gets angry? We can simply call off the engagement. I've never liked her anyway. If it weren't for my family's disapproval, I would have ended things with her long ago," the man’s handsome face was filled with disdain.
"But after all, the CEO is Miss Shen from the Shen family. If you break off the engagement like this, I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain to the Shen family."
"What’s there to explain? Who would marry such a woman if it weren’t for the Shen family's fortune?"
Everyone knew that the only heir to the Shen family was Shen Zhonghuan, to marry her meant to own the entire riches of the Shen family.
"So, what do we do now, Ah Yu? Are you still planning to marry the CEO?"
The woman's voice carried a hint of grievance, one that Shen Zhonghuan found vaguely familiar, but she couldn't quite remember where she had heard it before.
"If you still want to marry the general manager, A Yu, I would bless you. After all, I'm purely nowhere near as good as you."
"Nonsense! You are my woman, Chu Yu's only woman. How could I let you be wronged? I will let the whole world know, you are my woman!"
Seeing her trying to appease him, Chu Yu felt pain in his heart instantly and pulled her into his embrace while comforting her in a soft voice.
Look at this normally cold and distant CEO, so full of affection. A stark difference to the few interactions of the past where he barely gave a smile.
"But… Wouldn’t we wrong the general manager by doing so?"
Shen Chonghuan was really curious, the woman who referred to her as the general manager - Who exactly was she?
Only those in her company referred to her in that way, even though she was merely a figurehead in the company and hardly ever visited.
"Fool, can you stop being so kind? You feel sorry for her, and you think you'll do right by me by leaving me? I can't go on without you,"
Upon hearing this, Shen Chonghuan got goosebumps all over.
The room quieted down, and just when Shen Chonghuan thought it was all over and they were about to come out, strange sounds echoed once again.
With an eyeroll, Shen Chonghuan no longer had any intentions to go in, she quietly left Chu Yu's apartment, unnoticed.
For her fiancé's infidelity, Shen Chonghuan did not feel too heartbroken, at best she felt a little anger.
After all these years abroad, she came back once in a blue moon, and apart from knowing she had a fiancé, she had almost no emotional connections with Chu Yu.
What she was curious about was who the woman with Chu Yu was. She was an employee from her company, knowing her relationship with Chu Yu yet daring to intrude, she was certainly bold.
After leaving from Chu Yu's, Shen Chonghuan hired a private investigator to gather information about him.
The private detective's information came swiftly. What surprised Shen Zhonghuan was that Chu Yu unexpectedly had an affair with her company's secretary, Li Xuan.
As for Li Xuan, Shen Zhonghuan had a slight impression of her. When Li Xuan had just graduated and started working, she ran into some street punks. Shen Zhonghuan chanced upon the scene and came to her rescue. Seeing that Li Xuan seemed a decent person, she brought Li Xuan into her own company to work as a secretary.
The encounter between Chu Yu and Li Xuan was quite dramatic.
The two met at a nightclub. Chu Yu was under the influence of traditional Chinese medicine, and Li Xuan was drunk. Bizarrely, they ended up having a one-night fling, a common occurrence in such places.
Except, things took an unusual turn when Li Xuan handed Chu Yu a thousand yuan for a night's company, treating him like a gigolo in the club.
At this point of the report, Shen Zhonghuan could vividly imagine how mortified Chu Yu must have been. Knowing Chu Yu's love for his pride and opinionated personality, she was sure he wouldn't let Li Xuan off the hook easily.
And so, the subsequent events unfolded. Because of that thousand yuan, Chu Yu's view of Li Xuan changed, and he always found ways to bother her.
However, Chu Yu began to find Li Xuan different from other flirtatious women. Gradually, he was drawn to her. Li Xuan initially found Chu Yu to be intolerable, but she was eventually won over by Chu Yu's persistent charm and so the relationship between the two improved over time.
Shen Zhonghuan felt that it could be the basis of a best-selling novel, perhaps titled "The Arrogant CEO Fell In Love With Me".
"Miss Shen, there's another interesting piece of information," the detective with a grin handed another document to Shen Zhonghuan.
Shen Zhonghuan glanced at him, then opened the document. The file was thin, with only a few pages and photographs. However, her brows furrowed as she scanned the content.
"What's the meaning of this?" Shen Zhonghuan asked, putting down the document.
"This information is for Miss Shen. Thank you for your business," the private detective began. "Miss Li appears to deny knowing Mr. Chu, but she carries a magazine about him in her bag. In the magazine, Mr. Chu's preferences and frequented places are marked. I believe Miss Shen understands what I'm suggesting."
The detective sipped his coffee. What he thought was a common CEO's Cinderella love story had accidentally revealed a far more fascinating subtext.
"Indeed, this information is interesting. I'll give you a hundred thousand to keep this information confidential for the time being. I will notify you at the right time to divulge this information to a certain individual."
Shen Zhonghuan's mouth curled into a smirk, an indifferent smile plastered across her beautiful face.
"It's always good doing business with a generous person like you, Miss Shen. I'll keep this matter under wraps. Pleasure doing business with you," the detective winked, raising his coffee cup towards Shen Zhonghuan.
"Pleasure doing business with you," she replied.
