If You Could Hear My Heart

Once inside the taxi, she removed her mask.

“Miss, where are you going?” the taxi driver asked.

“To the factory in Shallow Bay,” Mo Shuifu replied indifferently.

A few nights ago, while bathing, Shen Shihan was on the phone the entire time. She always felt that he was hiding something from her.

Taking advantage of his distraction, she peeked at his cell phone.

All the text messages had been deleted, leaving only one that read, “Meet at the Shallow Bay factory.”

This factory was Shen Group’s turf, and some of Shen’s goods were stockpiled there.

Early this morning, Shen Shihan said he was going to the Group for work, but when she went to Shen’s, she couldn’t find him.

She grew suspicious and wanted to go to the factory to find him.

Oftentimes, although women are sensitive, their intuition is very accurate.

She felt that Shen Shihan was keeping something from her, but he definitely wouldn’t tell her.

“Okay,” the driver responded and drove towards the factory.

The factory was located in a remote part of C City, and it was quite a long journey from here to there.

Worried for Shen Shihan, she often saw him troubled and always wanted to ask him about it.

But every time, he would say it was business matters, and that she wouldn’t understand even if he explained.

Mo Shuifu, with her gentle nature, didn’t usually concern herself with these matters, but lately, her eyelids would incessantly twitch.

She always felt that Shen Shihan was hiding something important from her.

Though their relationship started with his aggressive pursuit, deep down Mo Shuifu hoped he was all right.

He was good to her, she knew that.

The closer the car got to the factory, the more desolate the surroundings became.

In the bustling city center, skyscrapers dominated the skyline while the desolate outskirts showed no such heights.

Shen Group’s factory in Shallow Bay was huge, a dark mass in the distance.

There were warehouses, assembly lines, workshops…

In such a vast place, Mo Shuifu came to try her luck, uncertain if she’d encounter Shen Shihan.

As the car traveled along a wide, deserted road toward the factory, it soon came to a stop.

“Miss, we’ve arrived,” the driver said.

Mo Shuifu paid the driver and got out of the passenger side.

As soon as she did, she put on her mask and looked around.

She had exited right by the warehouse section, which was primarily used for storing goods and where few workers were seen.

She weaved between the buildings, her heart pounding incessantly.

Many warehouses had been sealed off with tape, in a locked-down state, with no entry for unauthorized personnel.

Mo Shuifu felt uneasy and walked close to the walls.

The scorching sun beat down on her, and despite not feeling the heat, a cold sweat broke out on her back.

Mixed scents pervaded the warehouse area, which made her wrinkle her nose and feel uncomfortable.

She followed the path, passing many sealed warehouses, without discerning anything significant.

The warehouse area was very quiet, absent of workers. As she walked forward, she suddenly heard very faint voices.

Normally, hearing voices would be no cause for alarm, but she heard a familiar voice.

It was Shen Shihan!

Mo Shuifu quickly covered her mouth and held her breath.

He was indeed in this place; he said he went to the Group, but he was lying to her.

Searching for the source of the sound, she went back and forth until she determined it came from one of the warehouses.

The factory warehouses were like a maze, with paths everywhere. The voices seemed close by, but it took her a while to find the spot.

The warehouse was sealed; she tiptoed to a taped-up window and stopped breathing.

The burning sun shone on her face, and a thin layer of sweat formed on her forehead.

She hoped she was overthinking and that Shen Shihan was only here to check on the inventory.

“Place that batch of goods here at that time,” Shen Shihan’s voice said.

Mo Shuifu listened intermittently through the wall.

“Okay, Young Master Shen.”

“Be careful, Shen Chi must have someone watching.”

“Of course, Young Master Shen, you can rest easy, it’s not our first time.”

“Once the goods arrive, sell them within three days.”

“Okay.”

“By the way, keep your distance from Jian Sisi, or sooner or later Shen Chi will suspect you,” Shen Shihan’s voice was stern.

“I understand, Young Master Shen.”

Mo Shuifu didn’t understand, but her instincts told her they were discussing something unsavory.

Otherwise, why fear Shen Chi finding out?

At this point, the voices subsided, and she could hardly hear them anymore, though it was always intermittent.

Mo Shuifu pressed against the wall, trying to catch more of the conversation to no avail.

Suddenly, she knocked a brick with her foot, and it clattered to the ground with a loud sound in the quiet area.

The noise startled Mo Shuifu, and she quickly ran away.

Shen Shihan and Zhuo Fan inside the warehouse heard the noise and chased out after it.

Mo Shuifu couldn’t get far. As she kept running straight ahead, Shen Shihan had already come out after her.

Under the sunlight, his deep eyes narrowed, radiating a chilling gaze.

Two formidable glares bore into Mo Shuifu’s back.

Zhuo Fan wanted to continue the chase, but Shen Shihan raised his hand, signaling him not to.

“Young Master Shen, what if that woman overheard something?” Zhuo Fan worriedly said.

“Leave it,” Shen Shihan said in a low and sharp tone.

“If it’s discovered that we’re hiding the goods in the Shen Group’s warehouse, we’ll be in deep trouble.”

“I said leave it!” Shen Shihan shouted coldly.

Zhuo Fan, scared into silence, said no more.

Mo Shuifu frantically ran off, not daring to linger for even a moment.

After running for a long time and finding that no one was following her, she finally relaxed and went to the roadside to hail a taxi.

She hadn’t expected to actually find Shen Shihan here, and feared that he might have seen her too.

Her heart wouldn’t stop pounding, filled with apprehension.

He likely hadn’t expected her to come here either.

At this moment, her entire face was a portrait of panic. If Shen Shihan had seen her, how was she going to face him next?

She nervously twisted her fingers, glancing around from time to time.

There were no people around, no vehicles, and no footsteps to be heard.

After waiting a few minutes without catching a taxi, knowing this place was too remote to find one, she decided to walk.

After a lengthy walk with no cars in sight and covered in sweat, she couldn’t tell if it was from fear or the heat.

Her heart was tormented with unease, her hands constantly trembling.

She truly did not know how to face Shen Shihan—lying was definitely not an option.

She walked beneath the shade of trees, the feeling not at all pleasant, bringing back memories from five years ago.

Back then, she had gone to the Shen Family to expose Shen Shihan in front of Shen Chi, when he suddenly appeared.

Afterward, she ran along the road inside the Rich Splendor Villa Complex…

And it was that incident when she lost her first child.