My Multiple Identities Revealed After Marrying the Bigshot-Chapter 480: Enemies on a Narrow Road

Although the office building in Software Park wasn’t as tall as other commercial buildings, each floor offered an especially large area.

Lu Youxi had rented only one floor, but the space was terrifyingly vast.

Even if Little Pink Book and Youshu Real Estate were to hire more staff, they still wouldn’t fill up this entire floor any time soon.

The old master had arranged all the necessary documents and requirements for starting a real estate company for Lu Youxi.

Lu Youxi was only responsible for hiring staff.

While hiring for the real estate company, Lu Youxi also managed to sort out hiring new staff for Little Pink Book.

After all that trouble, no sooner had Youshu Real Estate completed its hiring than Lu Youxi had to start school again.

She hadn’t been idle at all.

Not long after the school term started, it was time for the land auction.

Lu Youxi hadn’t managed to attend the last one because the company wasn’t set up in time.

Fortunately, that piece of land had been so undesirable that it was left to continue being auctioned this time.

On the day, Lu Youxi went to the site with an assistant.

Just as they reached the entrance and were about to go in, they heard someone exclaim in surprise nearby, "Lu Youxi?"

Lu Youxi stopped and turned to see Lin Jingshen walking over with Mr. Lin at his side.

"Lu Youxi, I just thought you looked familiar," Lin Jingshen said. "I didn’t expect it to actually be you."

Lu Youxi raised her eyebrows and sneered, "What, are you going to take another photo of me here and spread false rumors about me on the university’s intranet?"

"I’m really sorry, but you definitely won’t succeed this time. Today, it’s just me and my female assistant," Lu Youxi said coldly. "You can’t possibly say I’ve switched to liking girls now, can you?"

Mr. Lin, of course, had been informed of Lin Jingshen’s major demerit by the school.

Mr. Lin had scolded Lin Jingshen harshly upon learning of it and had reduced his pocket money, confiscating his credit cards as a punishment.

However, Mr. Lin’s punishment of Lin Jingshen was not because Lin Jingshen had slandered Lu Youxi, which Mr. Lin saw as a wrongdoing.

Instead, it was because Mr. Lin thought Lin Jingshen had been foolish and not meticulous enough in his actions.

If he was going to slander Lu Youxi, he should have done it without leaving any trace, not getting caught so easily.

Yet Lin Jingshen, despite his intentions to do wrong, lacked the capability to do so effectively.

Being easily exposed was what made Mr. Lin most angry.

Adding to this, the Lin family had angered Zhou Shuyan, and they hadn’t managed to meet Zhou Shuyan to plead for leniency.

Zhou Shuyan had also remained unyielding, resulting in the Lin family struggling with their business up until now.

Although not to the extent of having no business at all, it was much more difficult than before.

This time, Mr. Lin personally brought Lin Jingshen along to participate in the land auction, letting Lin Jingshen learn from the experience.

Having him take on more work might keep Lin Jingshen from causing trouble elsewhere.

If Mr. Lin was furious at Lin Jingshen’s foolishness, his dislike towards Lu Youxi was of a different nature.

All of Lin Jingshen’s follies were because of Lu Youxi!

First, it was because of spreading rumors about Lu Youxi and Zhou Shuyan, which had angered Zhou Shuyan.

Lin Jingshen’s intentions were quite clear; he had hoped Zhou Shuyan would confront Lu Youxi.

However, Zhou Shuyan didn’t actually seek out Lu Youxi to cause trouble. Instead, she blacklisted the Lin Family in their private social circles.

The second time, it was Lin Jingshen along with Lu Youbang who slandered Lu Youxi, using questionable photos and edited videos taken secretly in a hotel room, claiming that Lu Youxi was involved in immoral activities.

Unfortunately, they didn’t do a thorough job; the university easily found out and gave him a severe reprimand.

Getting reprimanded wasn’t a big deal as they owned a company, and whether Lin Jingshen’s record looked good didn’t really matter.

But it was embarrassing!

If it happened again, it would mean direct expulsion!

Originally, having someone like Lin Jingshen, who got into Jing University on his own merits without paying, was a matter of pride for the Lin Family.

If Lin Jingshen continued this nonsense leading to an expulsion from Jing University, the Lin Family’s reputation would plummet too far!

Mr. Lin even asked Lin Jingshen just why he was targeting Lu Youxi.

If Lu Youxi were insignificant like an ant, Lin Jingshen would have squashed him without a thought.

But with each incident, while Lu Youxi remained unscathed, Lin Jingshen’s situation got increasingly worse, even implicating the Lin Family.

Lin Jingshen just insisted that he simply couldn’t stand Lu Youxi.

"Do people of our class need a reason to bring down someone they dislike?" Lin Jingshen told Mr. Lin, "I don’t believe that during your school days, in your youth, you never ostracized a classmate or bullied someone just because you disliked them."

Mr. Lin laughed; Lin Jingshen’s thought wasn’t wrong at all.

With their wealth and power, it was all too common to encounter people they simply disliked and wanted to see fail.

But Mr. Lin knew Lin Jingshen wasn’t telling the truth.

Especially since he had met Lu Youxi before Lin Jingshen began targeting him.

He remembered the time when he saw Lu Youxi dining with her husband at Crab Restaurant while they were there because Lin Jingshen had a matchmaking appointment with Jiang Zilin.

Lin Jingshen even called out to Lu Youxi at that time.

Back then, Lin Jingshen’s attitude towards Lu Youxi didn’t seem like one of dislike at all.

That’s why Mrs. Lin was initially so anxious, seeing Lu Youxi dressed so modestly and knowing her background, worried that Lin Jingshen might fall for such an ordinary girl and be bewitched by Lu Youxi to the point of no return.

That anxiety eased when she later found out Lu Youxi was married.

No matter how much Lin Jingshen liked her, he wouldn’t lose his senses to chase a married woman.

However, because Mr. Lin had seen Lu Youxi and knew she was attractive,

he trusted Lin Jingshen’s flimsy excuse about disliking Lu Youxi even less.

Mr. Lin even suspected that Lin Jingshen’s hostility stemmed from his unrequited affection for Lu Youxi, despite her being married.

Lin Jingshen might have had to let go, but deep down, he found it challenging.

His unresolved feelings perhaps made him resent Lu Youxi’s happiness, increasingly aiming to tarnish her reputation.

Moreover, Mr. Lin speculated whether Lin Jingshen hoped that destroying Lu Youxi’s reputation—and the rumors he spread—would make her husband suspect her, potentially leading to conflict and ultimately, divorce?

Even if they didn’t divorce, the strain on Lu Youxi and her husband’s relationship would make it unsustainable eventually.

But even if Lu Youxi were single, their family would still not consider her suitable, let alone if she were divorced.

At this point, Mr. Lin grimaced, not expecting Lu Youxi to openly ridicule Lin Jingshen to his face.

Clearly, Lu Youxi was still young, lacking patience, and had now crossed paths with Lin Jingshen.

If it had been one of those seasoned businessmen like them, no matter how much they stabbed each other in the back, they would still wear broad smiles in person, maintaining a cordial facade.