Shen Shuyi

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Shen Shuyi (沈姝仪)
Alias(es)	Chairwoman Shen; Ms. Shen; Mrs. Xu 13 21
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Shen family; Shen Corporation 1 13
Occupation/Role	Heir to the Shen family business; controlling shareholder and chairwoman of Shen Corporation; homemaker preparing to resume active company management 13 17 48
Family	Wife of Xu Junshan; biological mother of six sons and Shen Banxia; raised Xu Mingyue as her daughter for seventeen years 3 32
Status	Alive in the current course of events; preparing to divorce Xu Junshan. Dies by suicide in the original course of events described by Banxia 1 40 48
First Appearance	Chapter 1 1

Background / History

Shen Shuyi is the heir to a century-old family business. She insisted on marrying Xu Junshan despite her parents’ fierce opposition, believing she had found a good husband. Xu married into the Shen family, and the couple continued living in her family home. Shuyi also paid for the detached villa provided to his mother 1 8 10.

After her parents died, Shuyi inherited their estate and became Shen Corporation’s largest shareholder. The board elected her chairwoman, but she usually left company operations to Xu Junshan and the general manager. Important documents still required her authorization, which she previously gave after only a cursory review 13.

For nearly twenty years, she lived primarily as a homemaker. Xu encouraged her to remain away from public life and company management, while her trust in him left her unaware of his affair and financial schemes. Although independently wealthy, she later recognizes that her long absence from professional life has left her unprepared to immediately take over a major company 8 17 48.

The Switched Daughter

Xu Junshan secretly switched the newborn girls, placing his mistress Lin Xiyue’s daughter, Mingyue, in Shuyi’s household while Shuyi’s biological daughter, Banxia, was abandoned in the wilderness. Shuyi raised Mingyue for seventeen years without knowing the truth 3 32.

When Banxia is finally identified through three paternity tests, Xu suggests leaving her with her adoptive parents and providing financial support instead. Shuyi refuses to reject her biological daughter. During their reunion, she begins hearing Banxia’s private thoughts, which alert her to Xu’s mistress and prompt her first investigation 1.

Original Course of Events

In the original outcome described by Banxia, Xu’s schemes destroy the Shen family’s fortune and leave its members dead, destitute, or displaced. Shuyi is driven to jump from a building. At the earlier necklace confrontation, she is also publicly humiliated for unknowingly wearing counterfeit jewelry, damaging confidence in the Shen family and corporation 1 22.

Appearance

• Bearing: Elegant, dignified, gracious, and poised; she appears somewhat worn out during the initial reunion with Banxia 1 2.
• Eyes: Cui Yushu identifies Banxia’s large, beautiful eyes as a feature inherited from Shuyi 18.
• Notable outfit: A black modernized cheongsam with a subtle woven pattern, worn with an emerald necklace and earrings during the visit to the Book Garden 18.

Personality

Shuyi is tender and attentive toward her children. She prepares a bedroom and extensive wardrobe for Banxia, respects her need to rest, and promises to compensate for their years apart. Her care also extends to her sons: she installs a hundred-inch television to watch Shen Ruogu’s screen appearances and takes particular comfort in the siblings’ growing affection for one another 2 12 13.

Her early marriage is marked by romantic stubbornness and excessive trust. She overlooks her mother-in-law’s exploitation and once rushes to explain herself whenever Xu blames her. After discovering his betrayal, she stops treating his approval as the measure of her own conduct and begins setting boundaries with his relatives 10 11 12.

Once alerted to the danger, Shuyi favors restraint over an explosive confrontation. She conceals anger, preserves evidence, and allows accomplices to believe they remain unsuspected. This composure is a deliberate strategy rather than forgiveness: she wants to protect her children and prevent Xu from profiting from the destruction of her family 8 13 22 32.

Abilities & Skills

Hearing Banxia’s Thoughts

Shuyi can hear Shen Banxia’s unspoken thoughts, beginning at their first reunion 1.

• Learns warnings about Xu’s affair, Mingyue’s parentage, and a planned loan-guarantee fraud 1 3 11.
• Uses those warnings as leads for investigation rather than immediately treating every claim as proven 1 8.
• Discovers that her sons can also hear Banxia and agrees to conceal the phenomenon from both Banxia and Xu for her daughter’s safety 32.
• No mechanism or means of deliberately controlling the ability is established in the provided chapters.

Investigation and Evidence Preservation

Shuyi builds her response around records that can substantiate wrongdoing 8 25 27.

• Checks Xu’s dashcam and finds a recorded conversation confirming his relationship with Mingyue’s mother 8.
• Reviews company documents closely enough to catch a blank signature sheet concealed among legitimate paperwork 13.
• Orders a household inventory and preserves two years of surveillance footage to trace missing or substituted valuables 25.
• Obtains photographs and videos through a private investigator, then arranges for a neighbor to call the police so a confrontation involving Xu receives an official record 27.

Negotiation and Concealment

Shuyi uses polite conversation to defend her family while concealing how much she knows 21 24 30.

• Makes Lin Xiyue return her necklace, provide a signed and fingerprinted apology, and donate compensation rather than immediately involving the police 21.
• Turns Xu Yanni’s lecture about respecting elders into a discussion of their mother’s unequal treatment of grandchildren 24.
• Encourages Yanni’s distrust of Lin through warnings about gifted earrings, then reinforces her apparent goodwill with expensive gifts 24 25.
• Pretends not to have overheard the Xu family discussing the affair, allowing them to maintain a false sense of security 30 33.

Corporate Authority

Shuyi’s position gives her financial independence and authority over major company decisions, though she acknowledges the need to rebuild her management experience 13 48.

• Holds a controlling stake and receives more than one hundred million yuan annually in dividends, separate from her other investments 17 48.
• Retains authorization rights over important documents despite her limited day-to-day involvement 13.
• Refuses to commit immediately to either Lingyun’s LP project or Xu’s proposed overseas investment, choosing to investigate first 16.

Equipment / Items

• Commissioned emerald necklace — A unique gift from her mother, registered to Shuyi and associated with a patented design. Xu steals the original and substitutes a convincing fake; Shuyi later recovers it through authentication 19 20 21 26.
• Household inventory and surveillance archive — Records used to investigate theft and substitutions throughout the Shen estate, including two years of preserved footage 25.
• Investigator’s photographs and videos — Evidence documenting Xu’s involvement in the confrontation between Lin Xiyue and Xu Yanni 27.

Relationships

• Shen Banxia — Biological daughter and the source of the warnings that change Shuyi’s decisions. Shuyi calls her the family’s savior, protects the secrecy of her thoughts, and plans additional discreet bodyguards against retaliation 1 2 32 40.
• Xu Junshan — Husband of more than twenty years. Once trusted with the family business, he becomes the target of Shuyi’s investigation after she discovers his affair, financial misconduct, and plans against the Shen family 8 17 31.
• Xu Mingyue — Raised as Shuyi’s daughter for seventeen years; actually Xu and Lin’s biological child. Shuyi’s affection turns to concealed suspicion and irritation, but she maintains appearances while investigating 3 16 32.
• Shen Lingyun — Eldest son and a prospective successor to the family business. Shuyi postpones judgment on his proposed investment rather than siding automatically with him or Xu 16 17.
• Shen Jinyan and Shen Ruogu — Second and fourth sons. She explains Xu’s betrayal to them, asks them to conceal their knowledge, and tries to keep them from endangering themselves through impulsive action 31 32.
• Shen Shenxing, Shen Zhishan, and Shen Qingfeng — Third, fifth, and sixth sons. Shuyi resolves to cherish and protect all her children after recognizing Xu’s neglect and hostility 4 34.
• Cui Yushu — Longstanding friend and confidante. Cui welcomes Banxia warmly, hosts the necklace confrontation, and already has Shuyi’s third son as her godson 18 19 22.
• Lin Xiyue — Xu’s mistress and Mingyue’s mother. Shuyi recognizes her voice from the dashcam recording and later holds her accountable for possessing the stolen necklace 19 21.
• Xu Cui’e — Mother-in-law, also called Xu Cuilian in the supplied account. Shuyi once financed her villa and tolerated her criticism; she later challenges her favoritism and treatment of Banxia 10 11 24.
• Xu Yanni — Sister-in-law whom Shuyi previously supported with a generous dowry. After learning of her complicity, Shuyi encourages a rift between Yanni and Lin while maintaining an outwardly helpful manner 24 25.
• Secretary Chen — Trusted employee exposed by Banxia’s thoughts as Xu Pengcheng’s girlfriend and an accomplice in the guarantee scheme. Shuyi keeps her unsuspecting rather than dismissing her immediately 11 13.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Arc	Chapters	Shuyi’s actions and outcome
Banxia’s return	1 2 5 6	Rejects Xu’s proposal to leave Banxia outside the family, welcomes her home, provides financial and material support, and arranges her school transfer.
Confirmation of betrayal	8	Finds the dashcam conversation and decides against an immediate confrontation or divorce while the company shares remain under her control.
Blocking the guarantee scheme	11 13	Acts on Banxia’s warning and refuses to sign the concealed blank sheet, while allowing Secretary Chen to believe her explanation was accepted.
Return to corporate affairs	16 17	Announces plans to resume work. After finance asks her to verify a twenty-million-yuan transfer, she lets it proceed to preserve the paperwork for a later challenge to Xu.
Necklace confrontation	19 20 21 22	Establishes her ownership of the original necklace, recovers it, and obtains Lin’s written apology and charitable compensation. Banxia’s intervention raises the total donation to 1.1 million yuan.
Household counterattack	24 25 26 27 47	Encourages conflict between Yanni and Lin, orders an inventory, and gives thieves one week to return property. The subsequent appraisal reveals that the household’s valuables have been extensively depleted.
Family disclosure	30 31 32	Maintains her cover before the Xu relatives, then tells Jinyan and Ruogu about the switched children and Xu’s long-term scheme. The family agrees to protect Banxia’s secret.
Legal and personal protection	22 40 48	Separates personal and jointly owned assets, consults an experienced female lawyer discreetly, and plans two additional bodyguards for Banxia. Learns that the affair alone cannot force Xu to leave the marriage empty-handed, making evidence of other wrongdoing essential.

Notable Quotes

“Banxia, now that I'm here, I won't let you suffer or be mistreated ever again.” 2

“It's not a question of whether you can afford to support me. Besides, I don't live off you!” 17

“Your seventh sister truly is a blessing sent to our family by heaven. If it weren't for her, I'd still be in the dark.” 32