This paper aims at exploring the origin of the peculiar "verb + object + complement" construction ("VOC" construction) in Nanning Yue, a Yue dialect closely related to Standard Cantonese. It is pointed out that the "VOC" construction in Nanning Yue is not an archaic feature, but a result of "shift-induced interference" (cf. Thomason 2001) when a large number of Zhuang speakers, who used "VOC" construction in their mother tongue, shifted to Nanning Yue about a century ago. The examples shown in this paper provide solid evidence in support of Chen's (2005) theory, which suggests that "shift-induced interference" plays an important role in the divergence of Chinese dialects.