side character transmigration: the final boss is no joke

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There were still traces of tears on Shi Sheng’s face, her eyes reddened from ‘crying’ as she bit on her lip, as if to act strong. Overall, she made for a very pitiful looking appearance. “Auntie, thank you for all these years of looking out for me. We’re both women so you should understand how I feel, I…”

This sentence aimed directly at the sore spot of Mrs Nangong. Nangong Zheng wasn’t as monogamous as Xu Chengyue’s father; He kept many mistresses. Since Nangong Zheng had always been sensible enough to not let any of them get pregnant or make trouble for her, she just pretended like they didn’t exist. Such was the existence of the modern bourgeoise.

Hence it was understandable that Mrs Nangong’s heart softened upon seeing such a young and likable young lady about to follow in her own footsteps. She moved her lips but in the end was unable to say anything.

“Have you thought it through clearly?” Her father was again asked her seriously.

Shi Sheng nodded, “I’ve thought it through.”

She looked at Nangong Jing. That was a face that was clearly heavy with despair yet when Nangong Jing met those eyes, he saw only indifference. Even if there were still some tears left in the corner of her eyes, in their depths, it was an eerie stillness. Nangong Jing felt that there was something wrong, as if she shouldn’t be acting like this. Though upon thinking that he could finally get rid of the engagement, he suppressed that feeling of wrongness and coolly met Shi Sheng’s gaze.

“Chengyue, this isn’t a small matter. It concerns the interests of both of our families. Will you please reconsider?” What was going through Nangong Zheng’s mind was, ‘If father knows that I let these two dissolve the engagement, he’s going to scold me to death.’

As it just so happened, Nangong Zheng was most afraid of his father and hence the one who least wanted their engagement broken. No matter whether it was considering the interests of their two families or from a private angle, dissolving the engagement was not a smart move.

‘If it hadn’t been for this brat… He actually dared to cheat on his fiancée in his own home. Too reckless, he needs more guidance.’

“Mr Nangong.” Chu Tang spoke suddenly, scaring the living daylights out of Nangong Zheng, who hurriedly turned to look respectfully at Chu Tang.

Chu Tang’s lips curved. “I believe the lady has made herself quite clear. I hope Mr Nangong will not delay her in her pursuit for happiness.”

Nangong Zheng glanced at Shi Sheng who had her head lowered out of the corner of his eye. ‘She could actually get Chu Tang to speak out for her…’

“I understand.” Chu Tang was a person who could make a person go broke just because of a disagreement. He didn’t dare to offend him.

Aside from Shi Sheng and Nangong Zheng, it was probable that no one else here knew about Chu Tang’s true identity, hence seeing Nangong Zheng so servile to him inevitably made everyone else extremely curious.

Though, of course, no one dared to ask.

Dissolving the engagement would require calling for a press conference so Nangong Zheng had the matter temporarily delayed for three days. Three days was enough time for anyone who was going to change their mind to do so.

Chu Tang had given Shi Sheng a name card before he left. It was black with silver patterning, giving it the look of subtle yet luxurious. On it was only his name as well as a string of numbers, clearly a private mobile number. Ever since Shi Sheng had got on the car, her father had been looking at it curiously. In the end he couldn’t resist his curiosity and asked, “Girl, that man was…?”