THE FAKE DAUGHTER BECAME THE FAVORITE - CHAPTER 123

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Chapter 123: Women Should Be Tough on Themselves

After finishing her makeup, Wen Yan realized it was almost time for her appointment with the producer.

She informed Aunt Zhang that she wouldn't be home for dinner and left in her new car.

The meeting place was chosen by the producer, surnamed Hou.

Coincidentally, it was close to the Shen family villa.

According to the navigation, it would take around twenty minutes to arrive.

It was a secluded tea garden.

Wen Yan had already checked it out on the navigation. The tea garden was quite large, with a rustic and unique architectural style.

Of course, it would be more suitable to go for tea during the day. Even if the environment and scenery were great, it would be a waste to visit at night when nothing could be seen.

But to be fair, the tea garden had good privacy, with few customers, making it convenient for discussing matters.

However, when Wen Yan arrived, she realized that not only were there few customers in the tea garden, but there were also not many service staff.

After parking her car, she nearly got lost.

After wandering around for a while, she finally found the front desk.

However, after confirming the reservation, the staff quickly led her to a private room.

When she entered, the other party was already there.

"Producer Hou, hello. I'm sorry I'm late. This is my first time here, so I was delayed."

"It's alright, there's no need to apologize." Producer Hou seemed amiable. "Actually, I arrived a few minutes early. Please have a seat. Take a look at the menu and choose the tea you'd like."

As he said that, he signaled for the waiter to bring the menu.

After glancing at it, Wen Yan said, "Why don't you choose instead, Producer Hou? I don't have much knowledge about tea, so anything is fine."

Producer Hou chuckled. "Young people nowadays are drinking less tea. In that case, I'll choose."

Wen Yan handed over the menu with a smile. "Please, go ahead."

Producer Hou flipped through the menu and then turned to Wen Yan. "How about a series of floral teas? Ladies tend to like them. How about rose tea? It's good for beauty and nourishment."

Wen Yan didn't really mind.

But his thoughtfulness made her feel comfortable.

"Alright, let's have rose tea then."

However, the more expensive the service, the less attentive it seemed.

Despite the high price of the tea, Wen Yan had to brew it herself. But in this kind of place, the atmosphere was the most important aspect of drinking tea.

Along with the floral tea, they also served sugar cubes and honey.

Producer Hou seemed to be quite knowledgeable about tea. When the water was about to boil, he suddenly paused his introduction to the IP project he had in his hands.

Instead, he asked Wen Yan, "When is the best time to add sugar? How sweet do you like it?"

Wen Yan didn't like it too sweet. "A little bit is fine."

"Alright, I'll add three cubes then."

As he spoke, Producer Hou used a pair of tweezers to pick up the sugar cubes, accidentally dropping one.

"Oops, my hand slipped. It fell to the ground. Did it roll over to your side?"

"I don't think so." Hearing his question, Wen Yan instinctively looked down at her feet.

However, it was in that moment when Wen Yan lowered her head.

Producer Hou, with a pleasant expression, swiftly threw two pills into the teapot.

But when Wen Yan raised her head, all she saw was him adding sugar to the tea.

The two chatted for a bit, and soon the water boiled.

Producer Hou poured a cup for himself and Wen Yan, and advised her, "It's cold outside, drink it while it's hot. Have a few cups to warm up."

After that, they continued their conversation. Whenever Wen Yan's cup was not full, he immediately poured more tea for her.

At first, Wen Yan thought he was being overly enthusiastic.

Little did she know that after ten minutes, she started feeling unwell.

She began to feel dizzy, as if her mind was muddled and unclear.

Even in her dazed state, Wen Yan realized what was happening.

"You put something in the tea!"

At the same time...

Shen Jingchuan returned to the Shen family villa by car.

Originally, he didn't plan on coming back, but he couldn't resist stopping by a street vendor on the way and buying barbecue and crayfish.

He intended to bring these delicious treats back to reward Wen Yan.

After all, she had just donated five million, so she deserved a treat.

But it wasn't until he returned to the villa that Shen Jingchuan remembered that Wen Yan wasn't home at all tonight!

During their phone call in the afternoon, she had already mentioned that she had a dinner appointment.

Realizing this, Shen Jingchuan couldn't help but exclaim, "Damn it."

How could he forget about this? He had made the trip for nothing.

It seemed that he would have to bring all this food back alone.

Just as he was about to start the car, he received a message on his phone.

It was from one of his friends.

"Brother Chuan, I saw a used Ferrari today and I'm interested in buying it. Can you take a look for me?"

Shen Jingchuan rarely refused any topic related to cars.

He immediately replied, "Send it over for me to take a look."

His friend quickly sent a picture and screenshots of his conversation with the salesperson.

Before even zooming in to see the details, Shen Jingchuan felt that the car seemed familiar.

Upon closer inspection, it was indeed Wen Yan's car!

But why would she sell her car?!

Could it be that the five million she transferred to herself was from selling the car?

She's so poor that she still transferred five million to him?!

For a moment, Shen Jingchuan's mind was in chaos, like a knocked-over bottle of mixed flavors.

He was both touched and felt sorry for Wen Yan, and at the same time, he felt that he owed her something.

Apart from the ten million back then, it seemed like he hadn't given her anything financially. After the fake Shen Zhirou incident, he hadn't even bought her any gifts.

But this girl...

Shen Jingchuan didn't know what to say. He exited the WeChat interface and dialed Wen Yan's phone.

In the tea lounge private room, Wen Yan was already lying on the table unable to get up.

In a daze, she saw that the film reclaimer took her phone from the tea table and left.

She didn't quite understand his behavior.

But after struggling to think, Wen Yan came to a conclusion.

That is, things are definitely not that simple.

This bastard wouldn't drug her and do nothing; he was only after her phone.

Now that he had left, there would definitely be others coming.

It was a very scary situation.

Wen Yan knew she couldn't just sit and wait for death.

She had to leave this place or call for help before someone came in.

It's not that she didn't want to call for help, but she didn't know what kind of drug that turtle grandson had given her. After struggling to think, she really didn't have the energy to speak.

Luckily! She remembered that she had pepper spray in her bag.

She was moving as slowly as a sloth. Her actions were sluggish and uncoordinated.

It took her several precious minutes just to retrieve the pepper spray from her bag.

What was even worse was that she now felt weak and exhausted.

Finally retrieving the pepper spray, it made a loud 'clang' as it fell to the ground.

Wen Yan felt like crying. The pepper spray had rolled too far away.

If she wanted to get it back, she would have to crawl over to it.

However, there was also another piece of good news! When she left, she had taken two cellphones with her.

The one that she had in her hand was left on the table and had been taken by the guy named Hou.

The other was in her bag and had gone completely unnoticed by him.

Putting in a lot of effort, she retrieved the other phone, then Shen Jingchuan called her.

She quickly answered the phone.

She didn't have the energy to listen to what Shen Jingchuan said.

Weakly, she said, "Fourth Brother, help~me. I've been drugged."

“What?!” The person on the other end of the phone thought he misheard, “What's wrong with you? What are you doing?"

Wen Yan didn't have the strength to explain, but she went to her WeChat to share her location with him while saying sluggishly:

“Stop~talking. Save~me. Can't~talk.”

Sensing that something was genuinely wrong, Shen Jingchuan's concern was evident. It was as if her whole person was off!

"Wait! I'm coming right away! Don't hang up the phone!"

Wen Yan was speechless: She definitely didn't have the extra energy to hang up the phone. She was on the verge of collapsing!

But who knows where Shen Jingchuan was at the moment. If she really waited for him to arrive, by then she might have already entered the rebirth passage to start the next life.

No, perhaps it's not a human life, maybe the life of a dog, a cat, or a pig.

But if she had to be an animal, Wen Yan would like to be a giant panda in her next life. At least it's a national treasure.

However, she would not succumb so easily!

Glancing at the pepper spray on the table, Wen Yan decided to be tough on herself!

A woman should be tough; otherwise, her status is not stable!

Crawling over to the pepper spray, she did so with determination!

She decided to spray the pepper spray into her mouth.

Wow, that feeling!

It instantly hit a nerve.

She suddenly felt that her head wasn't so foggy anymore.

It seemed that it wouldn't be so difficult to stand up and walk a few steps.

After feeling dizzy and disoriented, Wen Yan immediately dialed the emergency number.

Although Shen Jingchuan had told her not to hang up the phone, the place was too convoluted. If she didn't call for help herself, who knows when or where she'd see a live service person.

Now she felt that she had really slapped herself in the face.

Just before, she was thinking about how peaceful and suitable this place was good to talk business.

In fact, this place was more suitable for crime!

After finishing giving a statement to the police, she was fatigued again.

She had no choice but to take another puff of pepper spray to wake up.

She was just feeling her way to the reception when she suddenly saw a figure in front of her.

Her first instinct was to call for help.

Thankfully, her intelligence didn't drop along with her physical energy.

She couldn't be sure whether the person ahead was a ghost or a human. What if it wasn't a staff member from the tea garden but a co-conspirator of that guy named Hou?

In that case, it seemed like she was voluntarily handing herself over?

So, Wen Yan found a place to hide.

She didn't know what kind of trees they were, but they were round and thick, just enough to conceal her figure.

She hid behind the two small trees until the shadow of the person passed by. Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief.

But as she struggled to stand up and leave, a hand suddenly reached onto her shoulder.

She was most afraid of this kind of shock!

The hand that appeared out of nowhere almost sent her back to the realm of rebirth.

Slowly turning her head back, she found a young man patting her shoulder.

She remembered him slightly but couldn't recall where she had seen him before.

As soon as she looked into his eyes, he began to speak.

"Miss, are you okay? You seem unwell. Should I help you to a room to rest for a while?"

She shook her head. "No need, you can go. I'm waiting for someone. Thank you"

"So, you're waiting for someone," the man observed Wen Yan and smiled slyly. "But it's too dark here, it doesn't seem like a good place to wait. How about I take you to a well-lit area first?"

.......... Wen Yan looked at the man in front of her and increasingly felt that something was off about him.

If he wanted to help her, then help. Why the smirk?

Clearly, he had a malicious intention.

She thought for a moment and tightened her grip on the anti-wolf spray in her hand.

She didn't care whether she was mistaken or not, she would rather hurt someone and see the judge than be too trusting and end up seeing the forensic doctor.

With three "sizzling" sounds.

Wen Yan successfully sprayed the man three times.

The other party instantly lost all ability to resist and couldn't even open his eyes.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Wen Yan made her escape.

However, the other party refused to admit defeat and reached out to grab Wen Yan by the neck and pulled her back.

Although his eyes were no longer functioning, he still had enough strength to overpower Wen Yan.

In just a few moves, Wen Yan's anti-wolf spray was knocked away.

As the two argued, a voice suddenly sounded nearby!

It seemed to be a waiter from this teahouse: "Sir, Miss, what happened? Do you need help?!"

Wen Yan wanted to seek help, but her mouth was covered by the man.

Not only that, the man said, "No need, my wife and I are having an argument, I just need to calm her down. Please continue with your work."

To prove their so-called "husband and wife" relationship, the man forcibly pulled the soft and fragile Wen Yan into his arms.

The waitress seemed to believe the man's words, but also seemed not to. She quickly left the scene.

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Shen Jingchuan drove the car quickly all the way.

Fortunately, the address where Wen Yan was now is not far from the Shen family villa.

Stepping on the gas pedal to the maximum, Shen Jingchuan arrived in about ten minutes.

Based on the real-time location shared on the positioning system, Shen Jingchuan quickly found Wen Yan.

But when he arrived at the scene, he only saw two people lying on the ground.

One man was groaning and moaning in pain, still alive.

And Wen Yan lying next to him, motionless and silent.

When Shen Jingchuan saw this scene, his heart suddenly stopped.

He rushed over and squatted down to take a look. Wen Yan's face was full of blood.

At that moment, Shen Jingchuan's heart was in chaos!

He couldn't find his voice and didn't know how to say the two syllables "Wen Yan".

His eyes turned red! Even his eye sockets were moist.

But at this moment, Wen Yan, who was lying on the ground, suddenly took a deep breath.

"Phew, you finally came, I've been waiting for you so hard.”

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