After Ling Nuan returned to her room, she sent a message to Shen Shaoqing.
"I've shown my sincerity. I hope you'll abide by our agreement."
Although she hadn't divorced Huo Linsheng yet, she had already filed for divorce, which counted as her sincerity.
Shen Shaoqing wasn't stupid. He naturally knew that Ling Nuan couldn't forgive him so easily. Her current contact with him was merely to use him to destroy Huo Xiao.
But so what?
He was well - aware of this too.
It didn't matter that Ling Nuan was using him to destroy Huo Xiao. His goal was to separate Ling Nuan from Huo Linsheng and then win Ling Nuan back.
Both of them had their own hidden agendas.
Shen Shaoqing replied to Ling Nuan: "Check your email tonight."
Ling Nuan had just read the message and hadn't had the chance to reply when Huo Linsheng came over. He snatched the phone from her hand and casually smashed it on the ground.
Using great force, the originally high - quality phone's screen was smashed to pieces.
Ling Nuan glanced at it and then looked away.
"Ling Nuan." Seeing her silent, Huo Linsheng had to call her first.
Ling Nuan looked at Huo Linsheng. "What can I do for you, Mr. Huo?"
"Do you have to talk to me like this?" Huo Linsheng was furious.
"Then what do you expect me to say?" Ling Nuan sneered. "Huo Linsheng, every time you chose Meng Shuluo, I've had nothing more to say to you."
"Can you stop making unfounded accusations? I have nothing to do with Meng Shuluo. If I did..."
Ling Nuan directly interrupted Huo Linsheng. "Yes, if you really had something going on with Meng Shuluo, I wouldn't have any say in it. You two were originally engaged and proper fiancés. I'm just a second - choice woman who got to where I am through scheming. I'm the third wheel, right?"
Huo Linsheng frowned. "Ling Nuan, do you really see me like this? And yourself like this?"
"That's the truth." Ling Nuan replied.
Her heart was aching as if it were bleeding, but her pride wouldn't let her bow her head in front of Huo Linsheng.
"I've explained to you many times. I have no relationship with Meng Shuluo. We're just friends, and there's nothing improper between us. Ling Nuan, don't you think it's too hasty for you to judge me like this?"
Huo Linsheng was dissatisfied with Ling Nuan's accusations.
"On the contrary, you're still lingering with Shen Shaoqing. Do you still remember your identity?"
Ling Nuan sneered. "Have I done anything improper with Shen Shaoqing? No. Meng Shuluo is your friend. Besides being my ex - boyfriend, Shen Shaoqing is also my college classmate and a comrade - in - arms who has strived with me. In terms of our relationship, he's much closer to me than Meng Shuluo is to you."
"Ling Nuan!" Huo Linsheng was furious. He grabbed Ling Nuan and pinned her against the wall. Unable to vent his anger and not daring to hurt Ling Nuan, he finally punched the wall behind her.
Ling Nuan was startled.
Maybe Huo Linsheng was usually too steady. His sudden emotional outburst, along with his annoyance, was not the him she used to know.
"Ling Nuan, do you really want to piss me off?" Huo Linsheng gritted his teeth.
Ling Nuan looked at Huo Linsheng, staring into his eyes for a long time. Then she suddenly smiled and said, "Huo Linsheng, I'm in pain."
Huo Linsheng was stunned for a moment.
Ling Nuan lowered her head and looked at her ankle. "Since the moment you came back, you've never cared whether I'm in pain or not."
Huo Linsheng suddenly had nothing to say.
Ling Nuan also fell silent.
A silence fell between them.
After a while, Huo Linsheng composed himself, took two steps back, and distanced himself from Ling Nuan.
"I think now you really should stay in the old mansion." Huo Linsheng said. Beneath his calm surface was an impending emotional outburst, so his words were inevitably harsh. "You really should learn how to be a Mrs. Huo. As for other things, I think you won't have the energy or ability to take care of them."
After dropping these words, Huo Linsheng turned around and left.
Ling Nuan suddenly laughed.
She laughed silently with tears in her eyes, and then wiped them away as if nothing had happened.
"Huo Linsheng, you've already ruined my plan once. Do you think I'll let you ruin my second plan?" Ling Nuan murmured.
She closed her eyes, not wanting to think about anything else.
...
As promised, Shen Shaoqing sent Ling Nuan the evidence of Huo Xiao's campus bullying back then.
As an appetizer, the evidence was solid, but its impact might not be that great.
In return, Ling Nuan would give Shen Shaoqing the code of her new technology, with the authorization only for Qing Nuan to use.
"Go find Sheng Sheng. The code is in her hands." Ling Nuan said.
"Huang Sheng?" Shen Shaoqing was a bit surprised.
Ling Nuan hummed in affirmation. "There's a backup on my home computer. But are you sure you can get it?"
Shen Shaoqing: "..."
It was easy to get into Ling Nuan's house, but it would be very troublesome to get into her computer and obtain what he wanted.
"Sheng Sheng has the initial version of the code of the new technology. I can't give you the final product now." Ling Nuan said. "You can check out the effect first. The final version will only be better than the initial one. After seeing the effect, you can play your card."
Hearing this, Shen Shaoqing agreed. "Okay."
Although he said that he just wanted Ling Nuan to come back to him, when something was within reach, Shen Shaoqing wouldn't give it up.
After hanging up the phone, Shen Shaoqing went to find Huang Sheng.
When Huang Sheng saw Shen Shaoqing again, she immediately frowned. "What are you doing here, scumbag!"
Shen Shaoqing wasn't interested in talking nonsense with Huang Sheng. He directly said, "Nuan Nuan asked me to come to you to get the initial version of the code of her new technology."
Hearing this, Huang Sheng frowned. "What are you talking nonsense about? How could Nuan Nuan ask you to come to me? And what initial version of the code of the new technology? I don't have such a thing at all."
Shen Shaoqing wasn't surprised.
With Ling Nuan's cautious personality, she probably just gave the thing to Huang Sheng without telling her what it was for.
Shen Shaoqing directly dialed Ling Nuan's phone on speaker.
"Nuan Nuan, tell Huang Sheng." Shen Shaoqing got straight to the point.
Huang Sheng was anxious. "Nuan Nuan?"
"It's me, Sheng Sheng." Ling Nuan's voice came through.
Huang Sheng was stunned. "Did you really ask Shen Shaoqing to come to me?"
"Yes. Give him the USB flash drive I gave you to keep before." Ling Nuan said.
Although full of doubts, since it was Ling Nuan's words, Huang Sheng would naturally follow them. Despite her unhappiness, she still gave the USB flash drive to Shen Shaoqing.
After getting the USB flash drive, Shen Shaoqing couldn't wait to leave.
Shen Shaoqing was on guard against Ling Nuan in his heart.
But sometimes he was too confident.
His assistant advised him, "It's true that Ling Nuan is dissatisfied with Miss Huo, but she's also been merciless to you, Mr. Shen, during this period. The accident in our company was even caused by her. Mr. Shen, I'm afraid there might be something unexpected about the USB flash drive she gave. After all, Ling Nuan is an expert in computer science."
"Nuan Nuan hates me only because I was an accomplice of Huo Xiao. Compared to me, she wants to get rid of Huo Xiao more. I've offered enough chips. Moreover..." Shen Shaoqing was confident. "Even if she wants to do something, she won't do it at the beginning. She'll at least give me some sweetness first and then deal me a fatal blow. Besides, she's been in the old mansion during this period and hasn't seen Huang Sheng. She couldn't have planned this so early."
The assistant was convinced.
He watched as Shen Shaoqing inserted the USB flash drive into his computer.
There was indeed code in the USB flash drive. After running it, the effect was quite good.
Just when Shen Shaoqing was happy, a call came from the technology department of the company.
"Mr. Shen, something's wrong with the company!"