Maximize Interest, My Money Grows Infinitely-Chapter 298 - 202 I Fooled You_2

Chen Cheng gently caressed Wen Shulin’s cheek near her eye, "We are one, remember? Your affairs are my affairs. Now, tell me, why did she come to find you?"

Wen Shulin bit her lower lip tightly, and after a moment, said to Chen Cheng, "Husband, if I tell you the truth, will you think less of me?"

"The more you talk, the more wrong it sounds." Chen Cheng said with a smile.

"I’m serious. Mr. Jin must have told you about my past with Piert, but he doesn’t know many of the details." Wen Shulin’s body tightened.

Chen Cheng rubbed her shoulder, "Go ahead."

"I signed an agreement with him."

After she finished speaking, Wen Shulin stood up from Chen Cheng’s embrace and walked to the curio shelf. With a push of both hands to the sides, a wall-mounted safe appeared before Chen Cheng.

Wen Shulin’s hand hovered over the keypad, hesitating to press it.

She was unclear how Chen Cheng would view her after seeing this humiliating agreement.

But the present Wen Shulin had no other options.

Beep beep beep beep...

A succession of keypad tones sounded, and Wen Shulin took out two keys, inserting them into the unlocked keyholes.

Click!

The safe door opened.

Chen Cheng glanced over the desk and saw neatly arranged documents inside.

Wen Shulin hesitated again and again before pulling out the black folder.

Holding this object, light in weight but heavy like thousands of tons upon her heart – even life-altering – she returned to Chen Cheng’s side.

Chen Cheng didn’t rush her, quietly waiting.

Wen Shulin took another look at the item in her hands, and finally, handed it to Chen Cheng.

"This is the contract I signed with Piert back then."

Chen Cheng did not reach out to take it, and Wen Shulin continued, "It states the conditions for me being kept."

She pushed the folder a bit more towards Chen Cheng.

Chen Cheng extended his hand.

Wen Shulin’s hand was trembling uncontrollably.

This was the past she least wanted to mention, a past unknown to anyone else.

Now handing it to Chen Cheng was tantamount to complete confession.

Unexpectedly to Wen Shulin, Chen Cheng didn’t take the document but instead held her hand in his palm.

Wen Shulin’s eyes reddened; she hadn’t anticipated such a reaction from Chen Cheng.

"Aren’t you going to look at it?" she asked softly.

"No need," Chen Cheng said firmly. "I trust you."

Those simple four words felt like a thousand pounds pressing on Wen Shulin’s heart.

Her nose tingled and tears could no longer be held back, streaming down her face.

Chen Cheng pulled her into his embrace, patting her back and softly comforting, "It’s okay, it’s all in the past, everything has passed."

Wen Shulin leaned into Chen Cheng’s embrace, freely releasing the grievances and pain repressed in her heart for so many years.

After crying for a while, Wen Shulin’s emotions gradually calm down.

She raised her head and looked into Chen Cheng’s eyes, saying earnestly, "Husband, thank you."

Chen Cheng smiled and said, "Silly, there’s no need to thank me."

He paused, then added, "Now, can you tell me why she came to find you?"

After releasing her emotions, Wen Shulin opened up, saying,

"There were two copies of the agreement originally. Both he and I had one."

"Piert has been gone for ten years, and I never thought Alina would find it."

Wen Shulin paused before continuing, "This time she came to demand that I voluntarily resign from CGG and return everything Piert had given me."

Chen Cheng roughly understood Alina’s intention upon hearing this.

"She wants to take back everything Piert gave you?"

"Yes, and no."

Wen Shulin shook her head, explaining, "Besides the money transferred to my account every month, Piert also gave me shares in CGG’s Beijing branch, property, and cars."

"I stopped touching the money in that account after the second year."

Wen Shulin went on, "Over the years, I’ve been living off the money I earned myself. As for the shares of CGG..."

"I had planned to transfer all of these shares to Li Ya once she grew up a little more."

Chen Cheng hadn’t expected Wen Shulin’s love for Su Li to be so selfless and pure.

She didn’t love Piert, yet Su Liya was her dearest.

"Shulin, you truly are a good woman," Chen Cheng said sincerely.

"Actually, I’m not such a good woman."

Wen Shulin spoke in a low voice, "Back then, if it weren’t for the money, I wouldn’t have..."

"Stop there."

Chen Cheng interrupted Wen Shulin, "Let the past be past, what we need to do now is to solve the current problem."

"What do you think I should do?"

Chen Cheng looked at the unopened agreement and asked, "It has no legal effect anyway and the property and shares have already been given to you, what are you afraid of?"

Wen Shulin replied, "If I don’t agree to her, she will publicize the contents of the agreement."

Chen Cheng’s brows furrowed tightly. He understood the tricky nature of the situation.

If Alina really did that, it would be akin to stripping Wen Shulin bare.

And this agreement was like a ticking time bomb, ready to explode at any moment, potentially obliterating everything Wen Shulin had worked hard to build.

The facade of a powerful woman, CGG director, financial queen – all would vanish with the public disclosure of the agreement.

Wen Shulin looked at Chen Cheng, "I don’t know, I don’t know what to do..."

Her voice trembling, she said, "I only know I can’t lose CGG, can’t lose my current position, and I definitely can’t let Li Ya find out about this."