Some of the other couples were obviously aiming for Ye Zhen and Lu Beichuan. They were looking for chances to bump into Ye Zhen in order to make her look bad.

  Lu Beichuan furrowed his brow. With Ye Zhen tucked in his arms, he turned a few times to create more room around them and moved them over to Mayor Zhou’s vicinity.

  “Are you okay?” Lu Beichuan quietly asked Ye Zhen.

  Ye Zhen nodded to indicate that she was okay.

  When their intimate appearance fell into Shen Weiyin’s eyes, it was like a raging inferno that burned her, a knife that cut her, and countless needles that pierced her. It collapsed her rationality and put an end to her calm.

  She had to use all of her self-control, and even then, she was barely able to restrain herself from losing her temper in this situation.

  Shen Weiyin tightly clenched her hands. She felt as if she had been burned, cut, and pierced. This pain made her jealousy jump to an extreme degree. Under the myriad of emotions, her eyes suddenly reddened.

  “Other than being kind, I have another great strong point, which is abhorrence of evil. People like Ye Zhen and Lu Beichuan, who show public displays of affection, should be burned to death!” Lu Shaoyan was half-joking. “You don’t want these two people to hurt innocent bystanders by continuing to show public affection, right?”


  Even in such a situation, Shen Weiyin remained outwardly calm. “What exactly do you want to do?”


  “I want Lu Corporation, but other than money, I don’t have any capital to compete with Lu Corporation. If I help out Shen Corporation by giving it funds, can the Shen’s help me get Lu Corporation?”


  “You……” Shen Weiyin looked at him in shock. She was absolutely incredulous. “You’re a member of the Lu’s!”


  “Am I? That hasn’t been true from a long time ago.” Honest people speak the truth. Lu Shaoyan chuckled. “I’ll pay a visit to Old Master Shen. I hope Miss Shen will cooperate with me at that time.”


  He added, “Unless Miss Shen no longer wants to be a white lotus that’s not stained by mud in the entertainment circle.”


  The music stopped.

  Lu Shaoyan let go. He made a gentlemanly gesture at Shen Weiyin, and then he left.

  A woman like Shen Weiyin looked shrewd, but as long as one grasped her weak point, she was easier to control than anyone else.

  After the beautiful music came to an end, the dancers smiled as they left the dance floor with their partners.

  Mayor Zhou looked at his wife, who had been absent-minded this entire time. He smiled and asked, “What’s wrong?”


  “Charlie called and said something came up. He probably won’t be able to come.”


  Charlie was Madam Zhou’s favorite young pianist. Despite his young age, he was already famous and was called a genius in music circles. Madam Zhou was especially mesmerized by his playing of Serenade.

  Charlie didn’t hold concerts often. It was even rarer for him to play at private parties. This time, Madam Zhou happened to find out that Charlie was in Haibin and went out of her way to invite him to her birthday party. To her surprise, he had easily agreed and even said he would dedicate a song to her at her birthday party.

  This had made Madam Zhou very happy, and she had been looking forward to this for a long time. However, shortly before the dancing part of the party had begun, she received news that something had come up for Charlie. This left Madam Zhou extremely upset and disappointed.

  Ye Zhen, who wasn’t far from Madam Zhou, naturally heard their conversation. Looking amused, she looked over in Ye Qing’s direction.

  Tonight’s highlight was coming up.

  Just like in the novel, Charlie hadn’t come, but Ye Qing was present. When Ye Qing heard that Madam Zhou wanted to hear Serenade in the novel, she said she had been practising playing this song since childhood and went up on the stage. Her playing of Serenade flowed as smoothly and naturally as water. When Madam Zhou closed her eyes, it was as if Charlie was the one playing piano.

  However, the truth was that Ye Qing had learned this song specifically for Madam Zhou. She had found out in advance what Madam Zhou liked this song and had done something so that Charlie wouldn’t be available tonight. This is what allowed her to perform in front of Madam Zhou in the novel.

  “Mr. Lu, can you play the piano?” Ye Zhen raised her head and asked him.

  “I know a little bit.”