Nan Yu's gaze followed Tan Linyuan's arm and landed on his left pinky finger.
His fingers were long and well - jointed. His cold - toned white skin made the blue veins on the back of his hand quite prominent.
She easily spotted the plain ring.
However, why did he wear it?
Nan Yu looked up at Tan Linyuan and suddenly felt a little touched in her heart.
She stared at it for a while and unconsciously got lost in thought for a long time until Qu Jiaran called out to her, "Nan Yu, do you recognize the brand of this ring?"
"U - no, I don't." Nan Yu came back to her senses and shook her head slightly. "But it looks like a very old - fashioned style."
Tan Linyuan looked at her, his gaze gradually deepening.
"Do you mean that there are no such - style rings on the market now?" Qu Jiaran looked a bit dejected.
Nan Yu pursed her lips. "The ring styles on the market are all very trendy now. If you want to find a similar one, you may have to go to a vintage store."
Qu Jiaran was completely deflated. "Forget it then. I'll pick couple rings with Linyuan later. It's not urgent anyway."
In any case, today's shopping spree could finally end.
Before Nan Yu could bid them farewell, Qu Jiaran started a conversation, "Nan Yu, what are you going to do next?"
"What do you mean?" Nan Yu didn't understand her.
Seeing her innocent look, Qu Jiaran couldn't help but feel anxious for her. "Your fiancé had an affair. Don't you think you should get an explanation for this?"
If Qu Jiaran hadn't reminded her, Nan Yu would have almost forgotten about this.
Nan Yu frowned slightly. It wasn't really because she was troubled by this matter, but because she was thinking about how to deal with Qu Jiaran.
Given Qu Jiaran's personality, even a small thing would be made into a big deal that everyone would know about.
But Nan Yu didn't want to make a scene. She even wanted to act as if she had never seen Wen Ying.
So she looked up and winked at Tan Linyuan.
Tan Linyuan glanced at her and nodded, indicating that he understood. "It's really not a small matter."
Nan Yu closed her eyes.
...What a lousy teammate!
Sure enough, with Tan Linyuan's encouragement, Qu Jiaran was even more indignant on Nan Yu's behalf and insisted on going to the Shen family to seek an explanation.
Qu Jiaran vowed, "Nan Yu, don't be afraid. Since you've been wronged, let Uncle go to the Shen family to support you!"
After saying that, she nudged Tan Linyuan with her elbow. "Linyuan, am I right?"
Tan Linyuan hooked his lips lazily. "It depends on her opinion."
In the end, Qu Jiaran excitedly pulled Nan Yu. Regardless of whether Nan Yu accepted it or not, she insisted on accompanying her to the Shen family to get an explanation.
On the way to the Shen family, Nan Yu still tried to dissuade Qu Jiaran, but with little effect.
Qu Jiaran was a decisive person. Once she made a decision, no one could stop her.
Helpless, Nan Yu couldn't help but look up and meet Tan Linyuan's eyes in the rear - view mirror. She clearly read the attitude of enjoying the show from his calm eyes.
Just thinking about the upcoming storm made Nan Yu have a splitting headache.
In the end, she just thought, "There must be a way out. There will always be a solution."
Seeing that Nan Yu had been gloomy all the way, Qu Jiaran couldn't help but comfort her, "Yuyu, don't be sad because of that unnecessary man."
Nan Yu replied calmly, "I'm not."
She just knew clearly that even if she caught him in the act, the engagement between her and Shen Yanche couldn't be cancelled for the time being.
"You're just being hypocritical. You silently bury your pain in your heart. I understand."
...Nan Yu thought, "You don't understand shit."
Qu Jiaran thought she had seen through Nan Yu, and her eyes became more and more pitying. "When we get to the Shen family later, you don't need to do anything. Just sit there and cry. Linyuan and I will take care of the rest for you."
As soon as she finished speaking, there came a sneering laugh from the driver's seat in the front row, and Nan Yu's temples throbbed.
Her intuition told her that Tan Linyuan must be up to something.
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The Shen family didn't expect that these two big shots would come at the same time in the evening.
One was the young miss of the Qu family, and the other was Tan Linyuan, who was regarded as a god. As soon as they stood in the Shen family's living room, the atmosphere obviously became tense.
Shen Suhai came out with a smiling face to greet them. He told the nanny to serve tea and water and asked them to sit down and rest. His expression was extremely amiable.
Qu Jiaran didn't appreciate it at all. She held Nan Yu's arm throughout and showed her airs as a young miss. "I don't care. No one is allowed to bully our Yuyu!"
Shen Suhai's eyes lightly swept over Nan Yu, and his face wrinkled with a smile. "Miss Qu misunderstood. Nan Yu is a noble guest of our Shen family. How could we bear to bully her?"
After learning the reason, his face darkened a bit, but soon he smiled again. "I'll talk to Yanche right away. Please wait outside for a moment."
In the study.
A sharp sound of ceramic shattering rang out. Shen Suhai threw the teacup on the ground.
The teacup was instantly shattered into pieces. "Good for you! Don't you know that family scandals should not be made public!"
He was so angry that he gasped for breath. "Now it's fine. Not only did you make the Qu and Tan families laugh at us, but you've also offended both families. I'd like to see what you'll do in the future!"
"Are you so unable to resist temptation that you have to find trouble outside?"
This trouble referred to Wen Ying.
Shen Yanche didn't expect Wen Ying to find Nan Yu either. His face suddenly changed.
He gritted his teeth and lowered his voice. "Dad, it's not my fault."
"Whose fault is it if it's not yours?"
"Nan Yu... " Shen Yanche paused and said with some difficulty, "Nan Yu won't let me touch her. I'm a normal man. It's inevitable that I have physical needs."
He gave a reasonable explanation for his woman - hunting.
Shen Suhai looked at his son with hatred for his failure to live up to expectations. "Since that's the case, then go and get the marriage certificate with Nan Yu quickly. After you get married, even if she doesn't want you to touch her, she has to let you."
"By then, you should urge her to have a child soon. Only in this way can we stabilize the root of our Shen family. Do you hear me!"
...
A few minutes later, Shen Suhai came downstairs with a cold face, and Shen Yanche followed behind with his head down.
Shen Suhai stood still and shouted in a booming voice, "Yanche, kneel down and apologize to Yuyu!"
Shen Yanche obediently walked in front of Nan Yu and knelt down neatly. "Yuyu, I'm sorry. I've made you sad."
His sudden kneeling stunned Nan Yu.
Shen Yanche lowered his head and continued to repent. "I've always loved only you. There has never been any other woman in my heart."
"Yuyu, I promise I'll cut off all ties with other women. We're already engaged. Please give me one last chance, okay?"
Nan Yu remained indifferent to all this.
She knew very clearly that she could only give one answer, and she had to answer him like this. "Okay, I forgive you."