Chapter 324: Shen Nian, By What Right?

"Lu Cheng, I..."

Meng Sijia looked at Lu Cheng, her face a mask of grievance. She wanted to play the victim and explain herself.

However, she had barely opened her mouth before Lu Cheng cut her off.

"Please call me Mr. Lu."

A name like "Lu Cheng" wasn’t something just anyone could use. Moreover, the cloying way Meng Sijia said it really grated on his ears.

His wife’s voice, on the other hand, sounded so much better when she said his name. Of course, it was even better when she called him ’Ah Cheng’.

Shen Nian had only called him ’Ah Cheng’ a few times, but Lu Cheng had already grown to love it.

Hearing Lu Cheng’s words, Meng Sijia’s face instantly paled. Her body trembled slightly, as if she had suffered a massive blow.

Shen Nian watched Meng Sijia. ’That pitiful, damsel-in-distress look probably works wonders on most men,’ she thought.

’Too bad the man in front of her is Lu Cheng! And he’s *my* Lu Cheng!’

Meng Sijia was devastated by Lu Cheng’s words, but Shen Nian was inwardly ecstatic to hear them.

She also hated the cloying way Meng Sijia addressed Lu Cheng. ’The man is already married, but you still show up at his door playing the victim. Are you afraid people *won’t* figure out what you’re up to?’

Having already learned her lesson from Qin Xueling, Shen Nian had zero sympathy to spare for this kind of manipulative, woe-is-me act.

"M-Mr. Lu."

Meng Sijia had wanted to say "Lu Cheng," but after a glare from him, she obediently corrected herself to "Mr. Lu."

Seeing the joyful Shen Nian leaning intimately against Lu Cheng, Meng Sijia’s heart burned with even greater jealousy and hatred.

’It’s all Shen Nian’s fault. If it weren’t for her, Lu Cheng would never treat me this way! Just you wait. At the party, I’ll make you pay!’

"Mr. Lu, Mrs. Lu is right. I did come to see her about the group’s holiday party. Mrs. Lu just agreed to perform. Since that’s all settled, if there’s nothing else, we’ll be leaving now."

Ordinarily, Meng Sijia would have been desperate to spend more time with Lu Cheng. But Shen Nian was here now, and she still hadn’t recovered from the blow he’d just dealt her.

’If I have to keep watching Lu Cheng and Shen Nian be so lovey-dovey in front of me, I’ll go insane!’

After saying her piece, Meng Sijia turned to leave. However, just as she started to turn, Lu Cheng stopped her.

"Wait."

Meng Sijia turned back, her expression filled with hope as she looked at Lu Cheng.

’Lu Cheng stopped me. Could it be... has he finally seen my good qualities? Does he...?’

However, before Meng Sijia could let her imagination run wild, Lu Cheng didn’t even spare her another glance after stopping her. He turned to Shen Nian beside him.

"Do you want to go? If you don’t want to, no one can force you."

After he spoke, Lu Cheng shot a warning glare at Meng Sijia. It was obvious he suspected that Meng Sijia had forced Shen Nian into agreeing to perform.

Meng Sijia’s hands, hanging at her sides, clenched into tight fists, her nails digging into her palms. The hope that had just bloomed in her heart turned to ice.

’He suspects me! He didn’t even bother to ask; he just immediately assumes I’m guilty! And judging by that terrifying look in his eyes, if Shen Nian claims I forced her, he’ll come after me without a second thought!’

’Why? Why does Shen Nian get to have all this! Why does she get his gentle treatment? Why!’

Shen Nian saw the resentment in Meng Sijia’s eyes but said nothing. She looked away from Meng Sijia, then turned to Lu Cheng with a smile and shook her head.