Chapter 152: Shen Xian Must Be Found

Among Shen Xian's documents, there was a single page.
It was the agreement regarding the acquisition of shares in Yu'an Media.
Yet it had been pulled out by Chen Rumeng!
Ning Cai remembered the conversation she had with Shen Xian that day, when she demanded that he pay the breach of contract penalty.
She had even asked Shen Xian, "Is money really that important to you?"
Over and over again, she had used Shen Xian's vulnerability to attack him.
Her heart hurt so much.
Ning Cai pressed a hand to her chest, feeling a sudden difficulty in breathing.
She recalled all the little moments spent with Shen Xian. In the company, Shen Xian had always walked on eggshells around her, always wearing a radiant smile.
When Shen Xian left that day, she had asked him what on earth he wanted to do.
Shen Xian had only replied with one sentence: "I want to get as far away from all of you as possible."
Come to think of it, Shen Xian must have been utterly heartbroken by her, right?
"Chen Rumeng!" Ning Cai raised her head, her eyes bloodshot, gazing with heartache at her former roommate.
What pained her was that she had always treated this roommate and vice president generously, trusting her implicitly. Otherwise, she would never have entrusted her with the spare key to her office.
Yet in the end, this was how she was repaid?
What hurt her even more was that because of Chen Rumeng's actions, she and Shen Xian had suffered a complete falling out!
"Chen Rumeng, I have always been so good to you."
"With your educational background and work capability, the absolute peak you could earn at an outside company would be twenty or thirty thousand a month."
"But what about me? I gave you a full one hundred thousand a month! With your year-end bonus, that's one point five million a year. I even provided you with a house and a car. Is this how you repay me?" Tears streamed down Ning Cai's face.
Yet, her overwhelming emotion was a deep ache for Shen Xian.
"Caicai, I'm sorry." Chen Rumeng looked at Ning Cai in panic.
Ning Cai wiped away her tears. "Go to the finance department to settle your wages, and hand in your resignation."
Chen Rumeng's face instantly turned pale. "Caicai, are you really going to break off our friendship over a man?"
"Leave," Ning Cai closed her eyes.
Ye Qiu watched this scene in absolute silence.
"Later, we'll go find Shen Xian together." Ning Cai opened her eyes and looked at Zhou Wan.

"I'll go too, I need to apologize to him," Ye Qiu sighed.
"I'll go as well," said Ye Yuning, as she flipped through the documents. "The QR code was prepared by Shen Xian, the website was built by Shen Xian, and the pricing was handled entirely by him from start to finish."
Ye Yuning suddenly realized that Shen Xian was truly an ideal marriage partner.
He could sort out any matter with absolute clarity and immaculate organization, leaving her without a single thing to worry about.
She pulled out the final A4 sheet of paper, which bore a corporate account number.
Shen Xian had said when he left that if they were satisfied with this transaction, they should transfer the payment.
Ye Yuning immediately instructed the finance department regarding the sales figures. The wild geese, together with the stockpiled down from previous years, had generated over three hundred million in total sales. With advance payments and other items included, it reached around four hundred million.
According to their agreement, she owed Shen Xian forty million.
Ye Yuning instantly directed the finance department to transfer the forty-plus million directly into Shen Xian's account.
"Mommy, I want Daddy." Having finished playing, Qingqing walked over and hugged Zhou Wan's thigh.
Her chubby little wrists were adorned with a string of golden bead bracelets, engraved densely with Buddhist scriptures—the very ones obtained back then at Jinshan Temple. Looking at her neck, she also wore a jade Buddha, a supreme treasure of Gushan Temple.
Ye Qiu glanced over, his eyes narrowing instantly. He walked closer and looked down at Qingqing. "Wanwan, may I take a look at Qingqing's bracelet and pendant?"
Zhou Wan nodded. "Sure. They're worthless little things Shen Xian bought at a scenic spot, cost about a hundred yuan, I think."
Without a word, Ye Qiu unfastened the bracelet and the jade Buddha, and his breathing immediately grew ragged.
His hands trembled slightly as he cradled the two treasures. "These cost a lot more than a hundred yuan!"
It was the first time Zhou Wan had ever seen Ye Qiu so agitated, and she sensed something was amiss. "How much are they worth?"
Ye Qiu turned the two treasures over and over in his hands, his lips trembling with excitement. "The market auction price for either one of these is no less than ten million! These are supreme treasures of Gushan Temple and Jinshan Temple. Not long ago, the matriarch of the Lin family celebrated her birthday and offered twenty to thirty million to buy these two Buddhist treasures, but she was turned down!"
"I heard later that a young man composed grand and magnificent couplets for both Gushan Temple and Jinshan Temple, and walked away with these two supreme treasures. Now that I think about it, that young man must have been Shen Xian!"
Hearing this, everyone present was struck with overwhelming shock.
"Does Shen Xian know the value of these two items?" Ning Cai asked.
Ye Qiu replied, "He definitely does!"
With an expression of utterly complex emotions, Zhou Wan stared at the two Buddhist treasures. Could someone who casually hands over items worth tens of millions for a child to play with really be obsessed with money?
"Then, Brother Ye, could you take a look at this one for me?" Remembering something, Zhou Wan extended her fair wrist, upon which hung a bracelet.
That was a treasure of the Magpie Bridge Taoist Temple, placed upon her wrist by a Daoist priest back then.
"Hiss... Isn't this the Red Thread of Fate?" Ye Qiu gasped. "Though it should be a pair. I actually went to look at it back then; the eldest daughter of the Song family loved it dearly, and the young master of the Qin family offered a staggering thirty million to buy it, but the Magpie Bridge Taoist Temple refused!"
"Besides, there is a luxury brand abroad that mimics this design, but what you have on your wrist is the genuine article!"

Hearing this, Zhou Wan felt the remorse in her heart plunge even deeper.
He had given her items worth tens of millions without batting an eye, yet she had accused him of doing anything for money!
Ning Cai looked at Zhou Wan's wrist in silence, let out a soft sigh, and thought, "Shen Xian is nothing like what we imagined!"
A cool tear slid down Zhou Wan's delicate cheek. She was crying and laughing at the same time. "Why didn't this fool tell us beforehand?"
For Shen Xian, she felt an overwhelming ache in her heart.
During this time, he must have suffered terribly, hadn't he?
Especially that night in the rain, when he braved the biting cold to come find her, yet she refused even to see him...
She suddenly felt how cruel she had been.
Especially since, prior to this incident, Shen Xian had even told her to trust him.
"Let's go have dinner first, and we'll go look for Shen Xian after we eat," Ye Qiu said. "I'll drive."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Ye Yuning immediately instructed the master chef in the kitchen to prepare a meal.
Yet none of them had any appetite.
Shen Xian's figure seemed branded into the minds of Zhou Wan and Ning Cai, refusing to fade away.
Ning Cai knew Zhou Wan liked Shen Xian, and that Shen Xian liked Zhou Wan.
Yet now, the two of them had broken apart.
"I'm sorry, but matters of the heart are selfish. If Shen Xian no longer has feelings for you, I'm going to fight for him too," Ning Cai muttered inwardly to herself.
Zhou Wan also knew Ning Cai had feelings for Shen Xian, but one thing was certain: Shen Xian did not like Ning Cai.
"Caicai, I'm sorry. Romance is far easier to lose oneself in than friendship," Zhou Wan whispered internally.
The two women exchanged a glance; nothing was said, yet everything had been communicated.
"Since everyone has no appetite, let's go straight to find Shen Xian," Ye Qiu said, sensing the heavy atmosphere.
Both Zhou Wan and Ning Cai agreed.
"Let's go to that KTV on Langxi Road first. Xiaoyang will definitely know where he is," Zhou Wan said.