After returning home with the child, her ex-husband knelt down and gently coaxed her.

As the car stopped downstairs at Pangu Mansion, Li Chunfang looked out the window at the imposing entrance and the familiar buildings within the complex, and a sudden thought struck her.

She had been to this place four years ago.

These properties in affluent neighborhoods are the top choice for private residences of officials, businessmen, and wealthy young men.

"What... what is this?"

"This is our home!" Xiao Anxian exclaimed, her eyes crinkling with laughter at the sight of her surprised expression. "It's a big house my mom bought!"

Li Chunfang got out of the car and looked at An Ning in astonishment, "You bought this? Isn't this Xiao Lu—"

Before she could finish speaking, her face suddenly lit up with joy, and she realized what she meant, "You two have made up—"

"He sold the house."

An Ning interrupted Li Chunfang before she could finish speaking, "I bought it."

As she finished speaking, she saw Li Chunfang's joyful expression slowly fade, turning into disappointment.

An Ning looked away and said softly, "This will be our home from now on. There aren't many people left in Xiyuan Village, so you don't need to live there anymore. We'll go and bring our things over another day when we have time."

She led Li Chunfang forward, saying, "There are many rooms here. I've also reserved a room for Yu Can so he can stay here when he comes back from his vacation."

"Anning," Li Chunfang grabbed her hand, her face serious as she asked softly, "Where did you get so much money to buy this house?"

The elevator doors opened, and An Ning led An Xuan inside. Suddenly, she looked at Li Chunfang and smiled, "He was selling this apartment like trash, but I couldn't bear to sell it to anyone else, so I bought it."

Upon hearing this, Li Chunfang's eyes reddened, and she lowered her head, not daring to look into her eyes. "I'm sorry about what happened back then... I had no choice... This time, I went through a life-or-death situation, and I've thought a lot about it. I don't ask for anything now, I just hope that you, Yucan, and my dear grandson can live a better life."

She looked up at Anning, her eyes filled with tears, "Ningning, Mom wants to ask you something: do you still have feelings for him?"

An Ning looked up at the rising numbers, but didn't say anything. She just forced back the tears welling up in her eyes.

Little Anxian couldn't understand what the two were saying. She tilted her head back, blinked her big eyes, and innocently asked, "What are Mom and Grandma talking about?"

Anning stroked his soft hair, smiled gently, and said, "Mommy is telling Grandma that Mommy will be very busy at work tomorrow, so Grandma and Aunt Zhao need to play with Xuanxuan tomorrow, okay?"

"Okay!" Little Anxian nodded obediently, "Xianxian will wait for Mommy to get off work!"

An Ning's eyes were gentle as water. "Good girl."

"bite--"

The elevator has arrived.

"Let's go, we're home."

She led Anxian out of the elevator, and Li Chunfang felt a pang of sadness as she watched her strong back.

Anning had just arrived home when her phone rang.

She glanced at the caller ID and quickly went to the balcony to answer it.

"General Manager Liang?"

"Ms. An." Liang Xuqing's clear voice came from the other end of the phone, "I've considered your proposal and am interested in reviewing your project proposal first. I can give a preliminary assessment of the compatibility between your data presentation and the Ou Teng project. If it's feasible, I'll make the suggestion to President Lu."

This was the best news An Ning had heard recently. Her grip on her phone tightened slightly, and a look of joy appeared in her eyes. "Thank you, Mr. Liang, for giving me this opportunity! I'll send it to you right away!"

"Ms. An," Liang Xu corrected her, "I'm not giving you an opportunity. I just feel that if we can help President Lu win this competition in another way, there's no need to sacrifice his personal feelings. I'm a businessman, and I only prioritize investment methods with lower costs."

"I know, Mr. Liang," An Ning said with a smile, "but I'm still very grateful to you."

"However," Liang Xu added, "if he truly wants to get engaged to Cheng Wanwan, no matter how well you do with your project, I can't interfere."

After hanging up the phone, An Ning gripped her phone tightly and looked out the window at the sky gradually being swallowed by dark clouds.

Lu Xiyan, if I can help you, will you cancel the engagement?

Would you be willing to wait for me a little longer?

......

The weather in Jinghai changes in an instant; it was sunny and clear in the morning, but by the afternoon, dark clouds had gathered, and soon a torrential downpour began.

The taxi stopped at the entrance of the Ou Teng Group. An Ning got out of the car, talking on the phone in one hand and holding an umbrella in the other.

"Xiaoyu, when are you leaving?" Anning closed her umbrella and handed it to the staff member at the door, asking as she walked inside, "Have you gotten your leave approved here?"

An Ning nodded in agreement after hearing what the other person said and walked into the lobby.

"That works too. The weather in Jinghai hasn't been good these past few days, let's leave in a couple of days... Hmm, Suzhou isn't too far from Jinghai..."

Not far away, a figure seemed to hear a familiar voice and looked over. Upon seeing the woman at the gate, the figure paused slightly, ears perked up.

Leaving in a couple of days? Suzhou?

An Ning listened to the voice on the other end of the phone and said with amusement, "Are you deliberately implying that I left without saying goodbye and didn't contact you before? I promise that even if we're in different places this time, I'll call you every day."

"Okay, okay!" Anning laughed, amused. "I'll always remember that Song Xiaoyu is my absolute best friend!"

"Okay, that's all. I'll hang up now."

An Ning put away her phone and happened to see someone standing not far away looking in her direction.

"Assistant Jiang?" she greeted with a smile.

Jiang Yao caught a few keywords from her phone call, looked at the woman approaching with a puzzled expression, and instantly smiled, "Ms. An, what a coincidence, are you here to see President Lu?"

"No." An Ning smiled gently. "Assistant Jiang, please continue with your work."

Jiang Yao frowned. Miss An wasn't here to see President Lu?

......

"Who should I look for?"

In the CEO's office, the man who was signing documents suddenly looked up.

"Miss An didn't say."

As soon as Jiang Yao finished speaking, he noticed that the man's expression was not good; it was gloomy.

He hesitated before speaking, "President Lu, this morning during your meeting, the Chairman of Haowei Group called."

Lu Xiyan closed the document. "What is it?"

"Mr. Dong said that Ms. An has submitted her resignation to him."

Lu Xiyan's fingertips twitched, and his brows furrowed slightly. "Resign?"

Did she really resign?

He just wanted to annoy her, but she took it seriously!

"I just overheard Miss An on the phone downstairs..." Jiang Yao observed the man's increasingly cold expression. "It seems she was saying she was leaving Jinghai, apparently going to Suzhou."

The pen in his hand was suddenly gripped tightly. Lu Xiyan's face was cold, and his deep eyes seemed to be spitting fire.

"Suzhou?"

He only said a few harsh words, and she resigned and even wanted to leave Jinghai?

Wasn't he quite dedicated to this job and very persevering? Why did he give it up?

Didn't she say she wanted to be good to him?

Ha! Is this how good she is to him?

Lu Xiyan's back teeth were almost grinding to powder, and his usually calm and composed handsome face was now filled with anger.