C1 Mission

"You ungrateful girl!"

When Shen Di returned to the Shen Residence, she was about to open the door when she heard Shen Ren's angry voice, causing her to freeze in place. She lowered her hand, gripping her bag tightly, and leaned gently against the door, her expression cold. Her eyes, as bright as stars, were unusually distant.

"Ha, old man, weren't you the one who sent her to pour drinks for that old geezer? Now that she's been taken advantage of, you're here yelling at her? Why don't you just go to heaven?"

After speaking, Shen Feng picked up the ambiguous photos of Shen Di that had been secretly taken. His eyes were cold. "Old man, haven't you noticed? Some of these photos are just a matter of angle."

As Shen Feng flipped through the photos, he realized that most of them were misleading due to the angles, making the people in them look intimate. Even if one or two showed brief contact, it was clearly just a momentary thing.

A mischievous glint flashed in his eyes. Whoever took these candid shots had some skill, but clearly had a death wish!

Outside the door, Shen Di's expression turned curious. In this house, she was always the one being criticized, and Shen Feng usually didn't get along with her. Yet, his words just now were clearly in her defense.

"You ungrateful son, what's going on? Why are you defending this outsider?"

Shen Feng was heading upstairs when he heard the word "bastard" and suddenly stopped in his tracks. "Old man, don't go too far. Those photos were definitely sent by someone with an agenda. Just deal with them, okay? And... even though I don't like Shen Di, that pushover, I have to remind you, the woman you're calling a 'bastard' is on the same family register as us!"

With that, Shen Feng quickly went upstairs, leaving Shen Ren fuming.

Shen Di thought it best not to go inside at this moment. Shen Ren had never liked her, and she wasn't foolish enough to go in and face his disdain. She decisively walked outside, got into her beloved car, hit the brakes, and sped off. She opened the convertible top, letting the evening breeze wash over her face, which helped ease her mood.

Shen Feng, who had just gone upstairs, heard the car start. He pulled back the curtain to take a look outside, only to catch a glimpse of the tail end of Shen Di's Maserati.

He smirked, "Smart move, not coming back to face the old man's wrath."

With that, he closed the curtain and stopped looking outside.

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The city's neon lights were dazzling, but the night sky was just a black canvas, much like Shen Di's heart, wrapped in darkness and growing numb. She had entered the Shen family with Liu Meng, her mother.

Her biological father was abusive, which ultimately led Liu Meng to choose divorce. Having never felt a father's love, Shen Di's greatest hope back then was to have a dad who cherished her. But perhaps it was her fate to be rejected by Shen Ren, and even her own mother treated her the same way.

She stopped at the most famous bar in town, Endless Night, and walked right in. Over the years, only the people here never judged her because here, money was all that mattered.

“Transfer someone's warmth to another's embrace, let past mistakes reflect in dreams...”

"Hello?"

Shen Di answered the phone, and a male voice came through.

"Eleven o'clock, ET Building!"

With that, the call ended. Shen Di paused for a moment before standing up. Although she had already had quite a bit to drink, her eyes were still bright.