She is the Side Character! — Watch Her Change her fate!

After about a week, on the surface Ah Chen seemed to be screening for traitors around her, but in reality she was just putting on a show, leaving everything for the housekeeper Lira to handle.

Of course, in the end they did root out a few people who weren’t doing their jobs properly, and she used the opportunity to fire them all.

She’d been living at the estate lately, and the Shen Family seemed very busy. Even Chen Qing hadn’t called to say much, let alone say she missed her.

Ah Chen knew they were trying to stall for time, drag things out until Rong Yu died of his illness.

Unfortunately for them, that wasn’t going to happen.

After that, she did quite a few things to scare the Shen Family.

That day, she found out where Shen Muzhi was attending a business function, and when it was almost over she pretended to ”run into him by chance,” then helped the completely wasted Shen Muzhi into her own car.

The reason Shen Muzhi got that drunk, of course, was because of her.

But when he went for tests afterward, it would just show as alcohol intoxication. Nothing else would come up.

The Shen Family quickly learned that she’d taken Shen Muzhi away and grew very anxious, rushing over immediately to bring him back.

As they were leaving, Ah Chen sent them off with a heartfelt line.

[What a pity. The Shen Family watches Shen Muzhi way too closely. It’s really getting in the way.]

When Chen Qing heard that, her expression darkened.

Since she was already in the car, she didn’t bother to hide it much.

She could feel Qiao Chen’s threat, and she grew even more concerned about her two sons’ safety. Of course, even at this point she still had no intention of giving up the Qiao Family’s assets.

So much money, and who knew how many hidden assets there were—who could walk away from that?

In fact, if she would just give it up and tear things completely with Qiao Chen, she wouldn’t have to worry as much about her two sons’ safety.

But after planning for so long, it wasn’t something you could just abandon on a whim.

Watching the car pull away, Ah Chen smiled, ducked into her own car, and said to Liu Weiming, ”Back to the estate.”

”That really was a coincidence, bumping into Aunt Chen like that.” She murmured, and the words made Liu Weiming’s heart pound.

By now, Liu Weiming no longer believed she was just some simple teenage girl. When she turned ruthless, she was terrifying.

Of course, that only happened when it involved Rong Yu. Being ruled by romance was truly harmful.

At the Shen Family’s own hospital, Shen Muzhi woke up and saw Chen Qing sitting beside him. Remembering that the last thing he saw before blacking out was Qiao Chen, his mood soured.

”Go get your blood checked.” Chen Qing said coldly. Even though they’d done this several times before and never found anything, she still refused to give up.

She just couldn’t figure out what Qiao Chen had done to her eldest son that left no trace of any drugs in the tests.

Shen Muzhi nodded. He didn’t really hold out much hope for the results.

Sure enough, when the results came back, both mother and son looked even worse.

”Didn’t I tell your bodyguards not to let anyone take you away?” Chen Qing asked.

Shen Muzhi closed his eyes briefly. ”Maybe the bodyguards were bought off.”

”Then we’ll replace the whole batch.” By now, Chen Qing was already starting to feel some resentment toward Qiao Chen. Fortunately they could keep a constant watch on her; otherwise, with her skills, who knew how many times she might’ve already sent her son onto an operating table.

Qiao Chen was a very dangerous person—Chen Qing had no choice but to admit it.

That day, Shen Muyang was out at a gathering with friends.

When it was over, Ah Chen ”ran into him” and picked him up in her car.

As for Shen Muyang’s bodyguards, under her influence they didn’t stop her at all.

Looking at Shen Muyang beside her, dead drunk and unconscious, Ah Chen’s lips curved slightly as she told the driver, Liu Weiming, ”Back to the estate.”

”And step on it.”

The veins stood out on Liu Weiming’s hands gripping the steering wheel, but he still replied, started the car, and headed for the estate.

The Shen Family, of course, found out again, and this time intercepting the car halfway didn’t seem like a good option.

So instead, Shen Muyang’s phone rang.

Ah Chen picked it up and glanced at the screen—it was Shen Zhenxiong. She answered.

”Uncle Shen, Brother Muyang is drunk.”

Shen Zhenxiong cursed Shen Muyang a few times, then switched to a pleasant tone. ”In that case I’ll have to trouble Xiao Chen to bring this brat back home. This little bastard never lets us relax—he’s got serious business tomorrow and still dares get drunk out there.”

Ah Chen looked regretful, but a faint smile flashed in her eyes as she replied, ”Alright. I was going to head back to the estate and take Brother Muyang there to rest anyway, but since he has things to do tomorrow, of course I’ll send him home.”

The Shen Family.

Seeing Shen Muyang return in one piece, everyone in the Shen Family couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

At some point, the way they looked at Ah Chen had gained a few degrees of wariness.

Ah Chen watched Shen Muyang being helped upstairs by the servants; a flicker of regret and frustration flashed through her eyes so quickly, but the Shen Family still caught it.

Sure enough, if they hadn’t stepped in, the third son might have been in danger tonight.

This Qiao Chen really was vicious.

Noticing the Shen Family’s reaction, Ah Chen just found it amusing.

On her way out, she gifted them with a few more ”inner thoughts.”

[Last time it was Chen Qing, this time it’s Shen Zhenxiong. Those two old geezers really are in the way.]

[Rong Yu doesn’t have much time left. We can’t keep delaying.]

[We have to take one of the Shen Brothers, no matter what.]

[Unless we’re absolutely forced to, I really don’t want to go too far. But if there’s no other way, then we’ll pick one of the two brothers and give all of his kidneys to Rong Yu. After all, this kind of thing can’t be exposed—the best way is to destroy the corpse and erase all traces.]

Cold sweat beaded on the Shen Family’s foreheads as they listened to Ah Chen’s inner monologue, each drop falling. They could hardly believe her heart was that cruel and twisted.

Looking at that fair, innocent face, they all felt a vague sense of panic and unease inside.

The Qiao Family had actually produced a real savage.

Was this the horror of being ruled by romance?

[But thinking it through, even if it worked, the Shen Family wouldn’t just let it go. They’d definitely investigate, and it would mean endless trouble. Especially Shen Zhenxiong and Chen Qing—people like that clearly dote on their sons. They really are inconvenient.]

Shock flashed in the Shen Family’s eyes. So she was still planning something?

How could they not feel that Qiao Chen had antisocial personality tendencies? Otherwise, how could she have such a perverse idea?

In that instant, the Shen Family finally felt a slight wavering in their own plan.

Only slight, of course.

Since Qiao Chen was that vicious and ruthless, they could carry out their plan without any pangs of guilt.

[If the Shen Family ended up with no one left, then there’d be nothing to worry about...] With that final inward comment, Ah Chen walked out of the Shen house.

Only when they heard the car driving away did the Shen Family come back to themselves, sitting there for a long time without speaking.

When Shen Muyang was finally woken up, the whole group sat in silence for a long while in Shen Zhenxiong’s study.

”Let’s first see what she’s going to do. No matter what, she’s out in the open while we’re in the shadows. Everything is still under control, and if we can get evidence, all the better.” Shen Zhenxiong said after taking a deep breath.

Shen Muyang said, ”Dad, Mom, the bodyguards are too unreliable. They’ve given me all kinds of explanations, swearing they weren’t bought off. I don’t believe them.”

”Then stop going out to fool around. Stay home for now.”

Shen Muyang scratched his head. ”Can’t we just stay away from Qiao Chen? Cancel the plan? You must have noticed too—she’s scary. Maybe she’s not that easy to control.”

”Actually, it wouldn’t be hard to ’deal with’ Qiao Chen directly. What’s difficult is having a tie to her. As long as we’re connected, there’s nothing we can’t control.” Shen Muzhi said.

But Shen Muyang was genuinely scared now.

Only someone who’s gone through it would know what it’s like to be knocked out without knowing how, with zero strength to resist, and then be taken away.

It was really horrifying.

He was honestly afraid that one day his family would react too slowly and he’d wake up again on an operating table, chest cut open and his organs being taken out.