The Real Heiress Has an Appraisal System

’A raise? That idiot will give me jack shit!’

At that moment, Lin Kai felt like he’d spent ten years gutting fish; his heart had grown as cold and hard as stone.

He made an excuse and said he had to get back to work.

He didn’t want to say another word to Lu Chaoyang, afraid the look in his eyes would give him away. After all, you can’t hide the urge to murder someone!

Lin Kai made a series of turns and drove straight to the apartment in Wanliu District.

All because of a single message from his boss: "Come find me."

He didn’t dare delay for a second, heading directly to Lu Shijing’s place.

He’d heard that the Young Madam was living in his boss’s old apartment from before he "died," and the boss had bought the one across the hall.

’Oh my god, I’m dying! It’s too perfect!’

’The boss was just being stubborn. He bought the apartment across the hall because he wanted to see the Young Madam. He can just run into her by opening his door.’

Thinking about all those tropes from overbearing CEO novels, Lin Kai couldn’t stop laughing. He was laughing so hard his cheeks were starting to hurt!

He even started laughing so hard his stomach ached. After getting out of the elevator, he was still clutching his stomach and giggling in the hallway. For a hardcore shipper like him, this was better than Christmas.

He never expected Gu Shengsheng to walk in on him enjoying his private little moment.

Gu Shengsheng, holding an antique she was in the middle of restoring, came out of her apartment wearing an apron and saw the whole scene.

For a moment, she had no idea how to greet him.

She froze on the spot. ’What is wrong with this assistant, Lin Kai?’ she thought. ’Does he have a screw loose?’

Lin Kai was the first to speak. "Miss Gu!"

Gu Shengsheng glanced around. "Are you... here to see me?"

He almost blurted out, "President Lu told me to spy on you," but quickly corrected himself. "Don’t worry, Young Madam, I’m not here for you."

’I have a...’ ’Friend? Superior? Boss? One of my spy bosses?’

He had no idea how to explain his relationship with Lu Shijing.

Just then, Lu Shijing walked out, casually dressed in slippers, gray pants, and a white shirt.

Gu Shengsheng’s eyes immediately locked onto the faint outline of his abs before she nonchalantly looked away.

"He’s my friend," he said.

Lin Kai quickly chimed in. "Yes! Yes! I’m here to catch up with my friend. Young Madam, what a coincidence!"

"My friend lives right across from you, haha."

His laughter was incredibly awkward, and even Lin Kai himself felt it.

Gu Shengsheng didn’t pay them any more mind and went back inside to continue her restoration work. The few items she’d brought back today had all been artificially aged.

She planned to spend the next few days working on them at home, hoping to restore them quickly.

She was quite busy, so she quickly forgot about the incident with Lin Kai.

She had always been like that, never paying much attention to things that didn’t concern her.

Lin Kai followed Lu Shijing into his apartment and gasped for air as soon as the door closed. "The Young Madam scared me to death just now. I was just standing there laughing my head off when she appeared."

"It was so awkward. She doesn’t think I’m crazy, does she?"

"Mm," Lu Shijing nodded.

Lin Kai said excitedly, "Boss, you deliberately moved in across from the Young Madam because you’re worried about her, right? What’s the difference between this and living together?"

"Forget living together, I bet you two are already sleeping in the same room. I can’t even imagine it, you two must be dying of happiness!"

"...One more word of nonsense and I’m throwing you out." He crossed his arms and gave Lin Kai a cold look.

"I saw what happened at the private auction," he said. "We have to give him a chance to come back to life. The more he scrambles around, the more weaknesses he’ll expose. That will make it easier for us to make our move in the end."

When we do make a move, it has to be a fatal blow.

"But the He Family is definitely going to target the Young Madam now! And Lu Chaoyang thinks that by provoking the Lu Family, he’ll get them to ’clean up’ the Young Madam for him."

"He told me to keep an eye on the Young Madam and see when she kicks the bucket."

After he said this, Lu Shijing replied, "It’s fine."

"Damn! Boss, how can you be so heartless? That’s your wife, are you just going to leave her to fend for herself?" Lin Kai stared at him as if he were a heartless scumbag.

"..." Lu Shijing was speechless.

"She’s Lu Chaoyang’s sister-in-law, and she’s the one who took the antique. With Lu Chaoyang helping He Chen, it’s the perfect way to lose something worth one or two hundred million."

As he spoke, Lin Kai tried to piece it all together.

He said, "Shit! President Lu and the Young Madam are family. The Young Madam will look like a woman being manipulated by her brother-in-law. Chairman He will suspect that Lu Chaoyang is the real culprit."

"Exactly," Lu Shijing nodded.

While Chairman He was investigating, he had even deliberately arranged for someone to feed him information—plenty of evidence proving Lu Chaoyang was insidious and cunning.

As for Gu Shengsheng, no matter how much they investigated, she was just the "real daughter" of the Gu family from Rui City, who had been brought back from the countryside. She grew up in a rural village and had no abilities to speak of.

She’d even been abandoned by her parents and was only here as a substitute bride.

To Chairman He, the hidden machinations were crystal clear.

The final conclusion would be that the whole affair was orchestrated by Lu Chaoyang himself.

That was also why the He Family was willing to sign the contract and even provide funding—they were just waiting for the right moment to bring Lu Chaoyang down.

And as for Gu Shengsheng, with her background as a complete nobody, Chairman He wouldn’t give her a second thought, let alone see her as a threat.

Once Lin Kai understood, he sighed. "I really was worrying for nothing. But Boss, have you noticed? You set up this whole scheme just to help the Young Madam."

"Otherwise, Lu Chaoyang would have ended up courting death on his own, with or without our help."

"Sigh, you’re hopelessly in love with the Young Madam, it’s a shame you won’t admit it."

"Shut up," he said, looking at Lin Kai.

"There’s nothing between her and me. I was the one who dragged her into this, so of course I have to ensure she gets out of it unscathed. When I officially return, I will divorce her."

Hearing this, Lin Kai just shook his head.

’This man has absolutely no clue what’s in his own heart!’

’Oh well. I’ll just wait for the boss to eat his words later.’

Gu Shengsheng had made a huge haul this time.

The antiques she’d bought from the street vendor, the ones hidden in bags of Twin Feed, were likely stolen from a tomb.

As for the items from the He Family, packed in a red plastic bag, they were also of the highest quality.

Gu Shengsheng wasn’t in a rush. It would take her ten to fifteen days to restore everything by herself.

And after that, she would still need to find buyers to sell them to.

’It’s nothing special. She just feels more at ease with money in her hands.’

After restoring half of one antique, her eyes started to hurt. She gave up and sat on the sofa to scroll through short-form videos.

Just then, the doorbell rang.

Gu Shengsheng went to open the door and saw Mrs. Lu Sr. and Lu Linlin standing on her doorstep.

Lu Linlin threw her arms around her. "Ta-da! Surprise!"

Gu Shengsheng caught a whiff of barbecue on them. "Did you guys bring barbecue to eat with me?"

Just as she was about to be touched, Mrs. Lu Sr. said with a smile, "Linnin and I already ate at a little stall outside. We got a portion to go for you."

"Take your time and eat. We’re not going back to the family mansion tonight, we’re staying here."

"..." Gu Shengsheng looked at the bag of barbecue and said with a smile, "Why didn’t you ask me to come with you?"

"Linnin and I went out to have some fun and were just wandering around. You never even crossed our minds."

"You’re such a homebody, you just stay cooped up all day. Even an old lady like me has more of a social life than you do!"

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