Chapter 334: Chapter 334 - 329: Mianmian Is With Us

Jing Jihan pinched her slightly cold cheek in the dark, neither admitting nor denying it.

Shi Su had long guessed that Jun’s sudden decision to invest in her was definitely connected to him. After all, it was a hundred million. Even if Jun sold her house and car, she still couldn’t come up with that much money.

"Why didn’t you come to me directly?" Shi Su raised an eyebrow. "Did you want to protect my pride? Even if I had pride, I’m not that sharp or sensitive. I understand your good intentions, and since Jun was involved, I knew it was you anyway."

Jing Jihan kissed the forehead of the understanding little woman in his arms: "Your studio needs a partner. Cen Jun may not be performing that well in artist management, but she does have some merits in other areas. She’d be a good choice as your partner. You two know and trust each other, and that’s what’s crucial."

Most importantly, Cen Jun knew almost everything about Shi Su, including Shi Mianmian.

Shi Su nodded in his arms: "So if I accept this investment through Jun, then even if I set up a studio on my own later, you’ll still be my boss?"

The man’s kisses moved gradually downwards, landing on her nose, and then on her lips. Their eyes met up close, his composed and handsome face looking both refined and alluring in the dark.

"Yu Jing Group has clear rules that there can’t be any relationships beyond work between superiors and subordinates. Since the investment is through Cen Jun, I’m Cen Jun’s boss, not yours." The man said this while letting out a smile at the corners of his lips, kissing her again, and rubbing her chin with his long fingers as he spoke deeply against her lips, "That’s a big difference."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shi Su suddenly felt the man tighten his grip on her waist, lifting her entirely from the driver’s seat and placing her directly on his lap.

Panicking, Shi Su immediately propped herself up against him with her hands: "I, I, um... I suddenly got hungry... Didn’t your secretary say last time that a French restaurant opened across the street? I want to eat there..."

...

They did go to the French restaurant, but only after Jing Jihan had kissed her enough did he let her out of the car.

Luckily, Shi Su wore a mask when she entered the restaurant, otherwise, it would have been easy to notice what was going on with her lips being so red...

During the meal, Shi Su asked, "When is Aunt coming back to the United Kingdom?"

"The day after tomorrow."

Shi Su was silent for a moment. She actually wanted to tell him about the connection between Shi Yunyin and Jing Sixue.

But she didn’t have concrete evidence.

After all, Jing Sixue was Jing Jihan’s sister, even if only nominally. However, she was still a member of the Jing Family. She couldn’t just recklessly voice her suspicions without evidence, even though Jing Jihan wouldn’t think anything of it if she did.

But the little account on Weibo she discovered, which belonged to Shi Yunyin, didn’t count as complete evidence.

Jing Sixue didn’t seem easy to deal with, but whether there truly was any connection with Shi Yunyin was something she couldn’t conclusively determine.

Shi Su felt she should say something, yet also felt she shouldn’t.

She struggled with this for a long time, until Jing Jihan noticed her absent-minded demeanor.

The man placed the cut steak in front of her, which finally brought her back to reality. Lifting her eyes, she saw that Jing Jihan had clearly seen through her thoughts, and she immediately refocused and began eating the steak.

After taking a couple of bites, Shi Su suddenly asked, "Your sister..."

Suddenly receiving Jing Jihan’s indifferent gaze, Shi Su switched the term: "Has Jing Sixue still not planned to live on campus?"

Seeing the man didn’t respond, it was clear he hadn’t bothered to understand Jing Sixue’s situation domestically, nor did he want to say much on the matter. Shi Su added, "When we returned to the Jing Family last time, Mr. Jing seemed quite distant from Jing Sixue. I wonder if they’ll become closer in the future."

Despite Jing Sixue being nominally the old man’s granddaughter, she wasn’t his biological granddaughter after all.

No matter how obedient and lovable Jing Sixue was, the old man remained distant toward her, prioritizing blood ties above all.

The old man longed for a great-grandson who hadn’t arrived yet, but he first encountered Shi Mianmian, who shared no such relationship.

What would the old man think?

Shi Su lowered her head, eating as she drifted back into her thoughts.

Though Shi Su didn’t continue to speak further, nor did she voice her inner thoughts, Jing Jihan had already put down his cutlery by now.

"Next month, we’ll return to the Jing Family for the Spring Festival, with Mianmian joining us."

This statement fell clearly into Shi Su’s ears.

Shi Su almost choked on the steak she hadn’t swallowed yet, suddenly lifting her eyes to look at him in bewilderment —

Wasn’t it supposed to be for the Spring Festival?

Wouldn’t the old man be furious...

A week later, the crew was heading to the Imperial Capital for filming. Shi Su hadn’t had much opportunity to visit the Imperial Capital since returning to the country two years ago. Following the "Honey Ferris Wheel" crew was a chance to see the grand snow in the Imperial Capital with her own eyes.

Yet, she didn’t expect that just the day after arriving in the Imperial Capital, she unexpectedly received a call from Shi Lingkang.

That night, she was suddenly taken by someone from the Shi Family in the Imperial Capital to a certain authority’s blood test hospital, where several tubes of her blood were drawn.

It wasn’t until she received the DNA report the next day that she learned Shi Lingkang, after being trapped at the Shi Family in the Imperial Capital, had his inheritance rights completely reclaimed by Mr. Shi, and they hadn’t allowed him to return to Jiang City.

Just a few days before, following when Shi Yunyin went to see Jing Jihan, the news that Shi Yunyin wasn’t a biological child of the Shi Family somehow spread to the Imperial Capital.

Upon learning that Shi Su had arrived in the Imperial Capital, Mr. Shi had her brought over for a blood test to verify her blood relations, and likewise, although far in Jiang City, Shi Yunyin faced the same treatment.

Shi Yunyin was always confident in her origins, as Mrs. Shi never told her about her messy affairs back then.

So when Shi Su received a check report and was returned to the crew to continue filming as if nothing had happened, Shi Yunyin was in Jiang City with a DNA report, tearing it apart on the spot, continuously calling Shi Lingkang in the Imperial Capital, crying and insisting it was impossible. The Shi Family directly disconnected the call, not giving Shi Yunyin any chance to contact Shi Lingkang again.

The shoot at the Imperial Capital lasted five days. On the last day of filming, just as Shi Su was about to head back to the car, she suddenly saw a Lincoln parked beside her RV.

The car door opened, and a well-dressed young man approached her with respect, saying, "Young Miss, the Chairman wants to see you. He’s in the car."

Shi Su looked at that low-key yet luxurious Lincoln, remaining silent for a while.

She was indeed surnamed Shi.

But back when she was at the Shi Family, she was never acknowledged, and her name had long disappeared from the Shi Family’s registry.

Moreover, she’d never even seen her own grandfather.

Also, from the person known as Mr. Shi in that car.