A Stern Mistress from the Ancient Past Becomes the Cannon-Fodder in a Wealthy Family

Chapter 156: Shi Corporation

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

To Yuan Shu’s surprise, Shi Xiao didn’t bring her to see Lin Xi. Instead, he stopped in front of the Shi Corporation’s building.

The tall buildings and the one-way glass that reflected the sunlight, including the architectural style of the entire building, revealed the extravagance of this corporation.

This was the first time Yuan Shu came to the Shi Corporation and it was much bigger than she had imagined. Yuan An couldn’t compare to it.

Seeing that Yuan Shu was standing in front of the building without moving, Shi Xiao smiled and held her hand. Then, he placed his hand on his arm as he said, “Don’t you want to go in and take a look?”

Yuan Shu frowned. No matter what Shi Xiao did to her, Yuan Shu could only feel his distrust from his actions. This kind of interaction made her feel very uncomfortable.

Yuan Shu guessed what he was thinking. He suspected her motive for marrying into the Shi family, so he brought her to the company to see how she would react.

It was a good move.

Yuan Shu didn’t pull her hand away. Instead, she straightened her back and followed Shi Xiao into the building.

There were 20 floors in this building, and each floor was filled with different departments. Shi Xiao brought Yuan Shu to patrol every floor in a high-profile manner.

Yuan Shu was puzzled. Why was Shi Xiao’s current attitude completely different from in the book? By bringing her around, he was basically telling everyone that she was his wife. This wasn’t beneficial to getting a divorce.

However, Shi Xiao seemed to be oblivious to Yuan Shu’s thoughts. He even introduced her to every department seriously, as if afraid that Yuan Shu wouldn’t understand.

After they walked around the entire building, it was already one in the afternoon. At this moment, the staff canteen had already gone to break and there was no warm food. Shi Xiao asked Zhao Mian to buy some food and bring it to the President’s office on the top floor.

Shi Xiao even asked Yuan Shu considerately, “Are you tired after walking all morning?”

Yuan Shu couldn’t stand this formality, but she couldn’t find a suitable time to lay her cards out on the table. She could only frown and shake her head gently without saying any superfluous words to him.

She could roughly guess the purpose of Shi Xiao’s actions today. He wanted to test her attitude regarding the Shi Corporation’s secrets. Even if he didn’t manage to get anything out of her today, he would continue to test her tomorrow.

Shi Xiao was different from ordinary people. Yuan Shu could clearly feel that he was calculative and paranoid. Instead of being probed by him, it was better to have a frank chat with him.

Seeing Yuan Shu shake her head, Shi Xiao smiled and said, “Sit down and rest for a while. I’ll deal with some other things.”

As he spoke, he got up and prepared to leave the office.

The purpose of doing this was too obvious. He wanted to leave Yuan Shu alone in the office and see if she would find the core information in these offices based on what she had learned about the Shi Corporation this morning.

Just as Shi Xiao was about to open the door, Yuan Shu called out to him.

“Shi Xiao, why don’t we have a chat?”

“Oh really?” Shi Xiao slowly lowered his hand that was about to pull the door handle. Then, he turned around and smiled at Yuan Shu, but it was more like a look of warning. “What do you want to talk about?”

Yuan Shu sat in the comfortable leather chair in the office and pointed at the armchair opposite her. “Please sit.”

Shi Xiao actually followed Yuan Shu’s instructions very obediently.

Yuan Shu unbuttoned her suit jacket and sat up straight. Then, she crossed her legs and placed her hands on her knees. “Rather than testing if I have ulterior motives for entering the Shi family, why don’t we have an open chat and work together?”

“Cooperate?” Shi Xiao felt that this term was very interesting. What could Yuan Shu offer in order to cooperate with him? The Shi family’s market value wasn’t twice as much as the Yuan family’s, but a hundred times! Where did Yuan Shu get her confidence from?

Of course, Yuan Shu understood what he was thinking. At this moment, she had to show her trump card first before the other party would be willing to continue chatting with her.

Yuan Shu said, “I know what you’re worried about. I don’t listen to anyone and that I’m only loyal to myself. I also know how much pressure public opinion has on me and you now. You can’t divorce me so easily, so why don’t we help each other? We can each do our own things without disturbing each other.”

Shi Xiao found her words interesting.. “How can we help each other?”