Several women turned to look at Victor Shen.
"All my assets have already been left to Coco Shen. Don't think you'll get a single cent." Victor Shen said coldly, "Don't think you're so innocent. Do you really believe I don't know what you've been up to behind my back all these years?"
The faces of those women all changed at once.
"Victor Shen, even so, the children are still yours." The third mistress, Sophie, became anxious. Yes, she admitted, Victor Shen wasn't her only man.
The others were probably the same.
Think about it—Victor Shen was just one man. Besides his wife at home, he had several more outside.
And every now and then, he'd go out looking for something wild, just for the thrill.
With all that, the time he could actually spend with his lovers was practically nonexistent.
Long nights can be so lonely!
Especially since none of his lovers lived in the same city.
So everyone just played along without saying anything!
Victor Shen did his thing, and they did theirs.
As long as nobody exposed the truth, everything was fine!
Victor Shen used to think the same way.
But now he realized—why should he give money to women and children who weren't loyal to him?
After all, he had a bunch of daughters who weren't worth much, so why give them money?
Coco Shen, after all, was born to his first wife.
And after his first wife divorced him, she never remarried. She worked hard to raise Coco Shen on her own and eventually died from exhaustion.
To Victor Shen, who was both stubbornly traditional and obsessed with lineage, this was the ultimate sign of loyalty!
So even though Coco Shen was a daughter, her mother was blameless!
It was because of this innocence that he was willing to give all his assets to Coco Shen!
Sophie, Nina, Grace, and Helen were all stunned! (Note: These are the 'third mistress', 'fourth mistress', etc.—a Chinese cultural term for multiple mistresses, explained for Western readers.)
None of them expected Victor Shen to think this way!
They thought that after Victor Shen found out Ethan Shen and Sharon Shen weren't his biological children, he'd split the inheritance among them.
But their hopes were dashed.
When the meeting time was up, even though they had more questions, they couldn't ask them. All they could do was watch Victor Shen get taken away.
Meanwhile, after receiving a call from Mark Morgan, Coco Shen just smiled: "Mr. Morgan, Victor Shen probably doesn't have any assets left, right? He embezzled company funds, so he has to pay that back. What could he possibly have left?"
Mark Morgan answered, "That's true. All of Mr. Shen's assets have already covered the deficit. However, he once bought an insurance policy abroad years ago, and the returns from that policy haven't been settled yet."
Coco Shen's eyes flickered. "Oh? How much is it?"
"It's not much, about a hundred thousand a year," Mark Morgan replied. "Mr. Shen feels guilty, so he's changed the beneficiary to you. It's his way of making it up to you."
Coco Shen's tears suddenly fell.
Compensation?
She didn't care for it!
But she wasn't about to let Victor Shen off easy. She took a deep breath and said, "Fine, I'll accept."
Once she got the money, Coco Shen immediately donated it.
She found it disgusting!
Three days passed in a flash.
Cecilia Gu and Rona Muir had already packed their bags, ready to head to Fujian.
As Cecilia Gu's assistant, Coco Shen had also packed, ready to leave together.
Just as Coco Shen was about to report their travel plans to the company and finalize Cecilia Gu's route, she saw Mia Dou and Wendy come back, faces full of excitement and gossip. "Where have you two been?"