"Xiao, I'd like to get to know this person. Care to introduce her to me?" Shang Zewen's lips curled into a wanton smile. His voice was flippant and lazy, full of mockery. "Hey, my long-lost baby."
Xiao Yanzhi raised an eyebrow slightly, his eyes sizing up the two of them. Then he laughed. "It seems there's no need for introductions. You two know each other."
At the word "baby", Yu Wan's face paled visibly. Her hands, which were hanging at her sides, trembled like sifting sieves. Clearly, she was terrified. But she managed to maintain her last shred of dignity. "Mr. Shang."
"Oh, baby. If you call me like that, I'll be heartbroken." Shang Zewen feigned surprise and pretended to look sad.
He walked past Xiao Yanzhi and laughed pointlessly. Then he leaned closer to Yu Wan's ear. His voice was as low as a demon's. His hot breath fanned against her earlobe. "You know I like it better when you call me—"
"Mr. Xiao, he's sexually harassing me." Yu Wan stiffened as she interrupted him. She took several steps back and her teeth were still chattering. Her eyes were full of pleading as she turned to Xiao Yanzhi. "Please chase him out!"
Shang Zewen opened his arms and shrugged. "I'm afraid that won't be possible. I'm a guest invited by your boss, here for business."
He laughed and turned to look at Xiao Yanzhi. "Moreover, your boss promised me just now that I could pick any woman to take away."
"Baby, guess who I'll pick?" He laughed so hard he shook. He pinched her cheek with his hand, applying pressure with his fingers. His words were full of insinuation. "You know the answer, my sweetie."
At this moment, Yu Wan was so frightened that her adrenaline was spiking. Her survival instincts forced her to look at Xiao Yanzhi desperately. She wanted to take him as a life-saving straw. "Mr. Xiao, I'd like to talk to you!"
Her voice was almost a scream.
Xiao Yanzhi frowned slightly. His eyes darkened. But his expression remained unchanged. His voice was flat. "Mr. Shang, please allow me to talk to my artist."
"Fine. You're the boss here." Shang Zewen pushed her away as if she was a toy. He snapped his fingers and made way. He was smiling. "But don't make me wait too long."
Only then did Yu Wan feel like she was granted amnesty. She finally had a chance to catch her breath in the suffocating environment.
"Come to my office."
The moment Xiao Yanzhi finished speaking, he turned to walk towards his office.
Yu Wan wanted to follow, but her feet felt like they were filled with lead. She couldn't muster any strength. She bit her lips hard to calm herself down before walking over.
"Sit."
Yu Wan's face was still bloodless. Her lipstick couldn't lift her complexion at all. She looked like she was drained of all her energy, her soul lost.
Looking at the woman opposite him, Xiao Yanzhi's eyes darkened as he stared at her. He said expressionlessly, "What do you want to talk about? I don't have much time."
Yu Wan took a deep breath and closed her eyes. "Can I have a glass of water?"
After getting his permission, she got up to get a paper cup. She lifted the teapot on the table and poured herself a glass of water.
Her hands were shaking while she was pouring the water. She was trembling so much that some of the liquid spilled onto the table.
It was obvious that she was badly frightened.
Yu Wan slowly drank the water in the cup. Her emotions began to stabilize. She pursed her lips. Her eyes instinctively welled up with a layer of water mist. "A Yan, please save me."
The office fell silent.
He was unmoved by her tearful eyes. "Who wants to harm you?"
"It's Shang Zewen! He's a demon! He's a madman!" Yu Wan mentioned her ex-husband. The calm and grace she had maintained just now vanished. "He'll kill me! He definitely will!"
She suddenly lost control of her emotions. Her noisy voice made Xiao Yanzhi frown. "What's your relationship with him?"
From the previous information, Shang Zewen was just a madman who liked to play with women.
"Ex-husband. He's my ex-husband."
Yu Wan noticed the disgust in his eyes. She swallowed her saliva and didn't dare to make a ruckus. "The reason I divorced him was because he was constantly abusing me, locking me up and controlling me."
She couldn't bear to look back on those days. "He locked me up in the villa and made me unable to see the sun for months. He used cigarette butts to leave burn marks on my waist and back. He beat me up every day and tortured me in various inhumane ways."
The more she said, the more choked up she became. "A Yan, I finally managed to escape from his hands. In court, when the judge announced our divorce, he was very arrogant and said, 'You'd better pray to God that you don't fall into my hands again.'"
Yu Wan finally couldn't help crying. It was a kind of fear and panic from the bottom of her heart. "Shang Zewen's influence in France is very strong. I spent a lot of effort to divorce him. I can't—"
"Why should I believe you?" Xiao Yanzhi pursed his thin lips. He didn't even lift his eyelids. "Your one-sided words aren't enough for me to offend my business partner."
Yu Wan's face instantly became pale again. "A Yan, you don't believe me?"
She didn't expect Xiao Yanzhi not to believe her.
She had just cried her heart out. She wished she could tell him everything that happened in the past in detail. But he didn't feel sorry for her or pity her. Instead, he didn't believe her?
"It's getting late. I'll leave first."
Xiao Yanzhi tidied his suit and got up coldly. "This is China. He won't do anything to you. If something really happens, you can choose to call the police."
"A Yan!" Yu Wan could tell that he was taking an attitude of indifference. She panicked and called out to him. "You don't believe me, right? Then I'll prove it to you!"
After she finished speaking, she immediately tore open the collar of her dress. The fabric quickly made a "tear" sound as it ripped. Soon, a large area of her chest was revealed.
Xiao Yanzhi's first reaction was to turn his face away. His voice turned cold. It was full of warnings and commands. "Yu Wan, you're crazy!"
"I'm crazy! I'm really crazy!"
Her eyes were red. She forcefully tore at her dress. Then she took a step towards Xiao Yanzhi. She was smiling. "A Yan, you don't believe me, right? You can touch these marks on my body. They're real."
Just as she walked halfway, Xiao Yanzhi's phone suddenly rang. Someone was calling him on video.
Xiao Yanzhi saw the caller ID and was stunned for a moment.
"Who's calling you?" Yu Wan was very sensitive. She walked over and saw the name "Jiang Li" on the screen.
She smiled. "You won't answer it?"
His face was extremely dark. His eyes were slightly narrowed.
It was rare for Jiang Li to call him on her own initiative. Maybe she had something important to tell him.
But in this situation, how could he answer it?