If You Could Hear My Heart

After crying for a while, Xu Chaomu realized something important—her life was her own, and she had to keep on living well.

She picked herself up from the ground and sat down at the table to eat.

Having sat on the floor for too long, her legs were weak, and she almost fell. When she grabbed the table to steady herself, her hand scraped against the wall, causing intense pain.

Biting her lip, she lowered her head and forced down the white porridge in her bowl.

When she was at the Shen Family’s home, she had been particularly picky and disliked white porridge.

Every time the butler Ling served her white porridge, she would push it to Shen Chi, “Fourth Brother, I don’t want this. I want milk and cake.”

“Today there’s only this, if you don’t eat, you’ll go hungry!” He was always very fierce.

Pouting, she would turn and run, “If I don’t eat, then I don’t eat. I’d rather be hungry. I refuse to eat plain porridge; it has no taste. How can I eat white porridge when I’m still growing?”

“Sit down properly!” Shen Chi would pull her back with a stern face and force her to sit down.

“Fourth Brother, you’re abusing a child, I’m going to report you!”

“Fine, go report after you finish eating. Do you even know how to get to the court?”

“You, you, you—stop picking on me because I’m young.”

“I’m picking on you because you’re flat-chested,” someone scoffed coldly.

Such remarks could only be taken seriously when they came from that person’s mouth.

“Damn you, you’re shameless!” Xu Chaomu glared at him.

“So much nonsense, eat!” He sternly placed the chopsticks in her hand and even peeled a boiled egg for her.

As these memories flooded back, Xu Chaomu, who was eating porridge, began to cry again.

Her tears fell into the bowl, making the white porridge even more tasteless.

Her hand shook, the chopsticks fell to the ground, and she cried, burying her face into the table, sobbing uncontrollably…

Zhou Peitian had left the warehouse only a short while ago when he received a call from Lu Feili.

Lu Feili was still in the hospital, and for this project, she was one of Shen Shihan’s financiers.

“Peitian, why is there still no movement from you?” Lu Feili sounded clearly displeased.

“What’s wrong? In South Africa, haven’t we got someone negotiating with Zuma?”

“Peitian, are you even taking this project seriously? Do you know Zuma has gone missing?” Lu Feili scoffed coldly.

“Missing? Didn’t we just talk about the price with him yesterday?”

“He’s been missing for hours now, and the news is still being kept under wraps. I spent a lot of money to find out.”

“How could this be? If he’s missing, who do we discuss the project with?”

“Peitian, don’t you think you should go to South Africa and check it out? I suspect that Shen Chi has already signed off on Zuma’s diamond mine!”

“Impossible, Shen Chi doesn’t have the funds to facilitate such a deal.”

“You’re underestimating Shen Chi. Funds? What’s impossible about that?”

“Director Lu, I understand, I will follow up immediately.”

“Move quickly, or you’ll lose the project. You don’t need me to tell you how much profit the later stages of the project can bring, do you?”

“Of course I know.”

“Peitian, to survive you have to be ruthless. No matter how despicable the means, as long as you don’t get caught, it counts for nothing. Do you understand?”

Zhou Peitian was silent for a few seconds; indeed, when women become ruthless, they are more dangerous than any man.

Seeing that Zhou Peitian wasn’t speaking, Lu Feili stoked the fire, “I heard you kidnapped Bai Man; since you’ve already taken her, make good use of her. I refuse to believe that Shen Chi can just watch as Bai Man dies.”

“Director Lu, compared to you, I feel quite inadequate.”

“Don’t act modest with me. I’m still lying here in the hospital. If it weren’t for my useless son, would I be in this situation now?”

“Director Lu, he’s your only son, are you afraid he won’t come back?”

“Enough, let’s not talk about these upsetting things. I’ve given you the idea, now it depends on how ruthless you can be.”

“I understand.”

Zhou Peitian and Lu Feili talked for quite a while, until a nurse came to examine Lu Feili, then she finally hung up the phone.

Zhou Peitian couldn’t help feeling inferior to Lu Feili’s schemes.

Little did he know, as soon as Lu Feili’s call ended, Shen Shihan’s call came through.

“Peitian, pack up immediately and prepare to go to South Africa.”

“What happened?”

“Shen Chi has already signed off on the project.”

“What? Where did he get the funds?”

“I’m not sure about the specifics, but I know he has secured the project. Right now, he’s on his way back to the country. Moreover, he secretly switched the company’s private seal, so I can’t access the company’s money!”

“No worries, Shihan, isn’t this even better, saving us the trouble of negotiating with Zuma? Zuma is a tough and greedy negotiator. Since Shen Chi has the contract, shouldn’t it be easier for us to just take it from him?”

“Then I’ll leave this matter to you.”

“Who else but me? You can’t bear to see Xu Chaomu suffer, can you?”

Shen Shihan remained silent.

Zhou Peitian continued, “So, just relax at home and wait for the project to come to you, and keep your phone on for my call. As for how I deal with Xu Chaomu and Bai Man, don’t worry about it.”

“Don’t hurt her.”

Zhou Peitian shook his head, “Aren’t you, Shen Shihan, always ruthless? People say that between you and Shen Chi, neither of you has a heart. Now, you can’t bear to see that girl suffer?”

“She is very kind,” Shen Shihan said lightly.

His younger sister had always been kind, he’d always known that. Her world was pure and beautiful, free from any impurities.

“Kind? Since you’ve already stepped out, you can only move forward. By the way, Shihan, let me tell you some news, good news.”

“What?”

“Bai Man is pregnant, with Shen Chi’s child.”

“Bai Man is pregnant with Shen Chi’s child?”

“Yes, Bai Man said so herself. It seems true. With her and the child, I think, Shihan, you are definitely going to lose. Don’t forget the wager between us when the time comes.”

“How could Shen Chi touch Bai Man.” Shen Shihan frowned.

“Shihan, Bai Man is Shen Chi’s fiancée. Isn’t it normal for her to be pregnant?”

“Impossible.”

“Ha ha ha, Shihan, stop disbelieving. Remember the bet, I will collect on it later.”

“Peitian, no matter what, don’t hurt Chaomu.”

“Alright, I know.”

Zhou Peitian hung up the phone and immediately had someone pack up.

He calculated the schedule; Shen Chi should be on the ferry by now.

If he left C City immediately, he should be able to intercept Shen Chi at sea.

In the warehouse, Xu Chaomu hadn’t finished her bowl of porridge yet, and she had already cried herself out of strength.

With her chopsticks, she scraped up the rice, grain by grain, tirelessly.

The tears on her face had dried, making her little face look even more haggard.

Before, when she didn’t want to eat, Shen Chi would always call her spoiled. She was, indeed, spoiled back then; the more he called her that, the more she refused to eat.

As a result, after a few instances, Shen Chi had no way to deal with her.