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

The elevator goes directly up to the floor where the president's office is located.

Jiang Yao from the CEO's office saw her approaching and quickly stood up. "Miss Cheng!"

Cheng Wanwan asked with a smile, "Assistant Jiang, is west Yan in his office?"

"President Lu was discussing business in Vice President Liang's office."

Jiang Yao dared not neglect her, much less offend his own family. He adjusted his glasses and asked, "Are you going to see President Lu? Or would you like to give him a call?"

"No, thank you." Cheng Wanwan's smile remained unchanged. Xi Yan didn't like being interrupted while he was working, and she didn't want to do anything that would offend him.

"I'll go to his office and wait for him. Assistant Jiang, please continue with your work."

Cheng Wanwan entered Lu Xiyan's office with practiced ease. Jiang Yao brought in coffee and then left.

A short while later, the phone on the office desk suddenly rang.

Cheng Wanwan walked straight over and answered it.

The call connected, and the other party got straight to the point, "Mr. Lu, the information you asked me to investigate about that person named An Ning has been found."

Cheng Wanwan's hand gripping the phone tightened suddenly, and the polite smile on her face froze instantly.

peaceful!

west Yan is looking for someone to investigate An Ning!

Is he still resentful about her leaving over the past few years, or does he still have feelings for her?

......

"If you ask me, you're just asking for trouble."

In the vice president's office, Liang Xu drank two cups of tea and said irritably, "Why would the CEO need to attend this kind of project exchange? You only went because you heard An Ning was there, right?"

Lu Xiyan sat on the sofa without saying a word and lit a cigarette.

As if reading his mind, Liang Xu said, "You know perfectly well where she got that pen, yet you still insist on asking if she stole it. And when she says it was a gift from her ex-husband, you get all worked up."

Liang Xu sat down on the sofa, looked at him, and said, "If you really can't get over what happened four years ago, take advantage of her return and talk to her to clear things up."

Lu Xiyan turned to look at him, "Explain what?"

"Why did she dump you? Why did she get a divorce?" Liang Xu asked. "Don't you want to know?"

Lu Xiyan took a deep drag of his cigarette, his deep phoenix eyes gleaming in the smoke.

reason?

She made it perfectly clear the day she left; she turned him into a laughingstock throughout the entire capital.

Is there anything else to ask?

Just then, the cell phone on the table rang.

Lu Xiyan glanced at it, took his phone, walked to the French windows, and pressed the answer button.

"President Lu?"

"Um."

The other party hurriedly said, "I've found part of the information you asked me to look up."

Lu Xiyan frowned, his voice turning cold, "What do you mean by 'partial'?"

The other party first reported more accurate information: "The woman named Anning returned to Jinghai a week ago with a three-year-old child."

Lu Xiyan's expression froze, the ash from his cigarette fell from his fingertips, and he unconsciously tightened his grip on his phone.

Is she really pregnant?

Three years old?

His brow twitched almost imperceptibly, and his eyes shifted.

The other party added, "Before returning to Jinghai, she stayed in Jining City for a period of time, but there's no record of her before that."

"How long did you stay?"

"Three months."

Lu Xiyan's chest heaved. Just as he was about to ask the child, he heard the other person say, "She's been getting very close to a man in Jining, and they see each other often."

The other person paused for a moment, recalling what Miss Cheng had just said about Anning possibly marrying that man and having a child. He wasn't sure, so he said tactfully, "Maybe that's the child's father."

Lu Xiyan felt his blood run cold.

"That man came to Jinghai too?"

"No," the other person said. "It's just the mother and child."

The cigarette burned from my fingertips to my head, and I didn't even realize it was burning me.

Lu Xiyan's eyes blazed with anger as he abruptly ended the call.

So, does that mean she's remarried and divorced?

Or perhaps, she became pregnant out of wedlock with another man?

Did she return to Jinghai after becoming a single mother?

Regardless of the speculation, it was enough to make Lu Xiyan clench his fists even tighter.

......

"peaceful!"

At the entrance of the Ou Teng Group, An Ning was grabbed by Li Hui, whose eyes were red with anger. "Are you happy now that you've embarrassed me in front of so many people?!"

"Anning, you're so qualified, you could find a better job! Why won't you give me this opportunity? I'm just a recent graduate, I need this job more than you do!"

She was the one who switched the project proposal first, but now she's angrily clinging to Anning.

They spoke of their actions with such self-righteousness.

An Ning's expression was cold. "Li Hui, I'll say the same thing you just said—you can find another job if you lose it, but how can you live with yourself after doing something so slanderous?"

Li Hui's face flushed red and then turned pale. After a few seconds, she managed to stammer out, "Anning, I thought you were a good person and wouldn't compete with me for this job."

"No." An Ning chuckled lightly, her eyes and brows slightly furrowed. "I should say that you think I'm a coward who wouldn't have the courage to expose you in public. Or perhaps you think I'm an unlucky person who was framed by you and can't prove my innocence."

Unfortunately, she was wrong about everything.

Her words left Li Hui stunned, her face turning pale.

After Anning finished speaking, she turned and left.

Li Hui's voice rang out again from behind, tinged with resentful mockery, "What are you so arrogant about? Your ex-husband could give you such an expensive pen, but he still divorced you!"

She thought her words would pierce Anning's heart.

An Ning seemed not to hear it; this was perhaps the most offensive and hurtful thing Li Hui could think of.

But she didn't care.

She walked to the bus stop to wait for the bus, raised her hand to shield her eyes from the glaring sun.

It was already noon, and I still had to go to the hospital to deliver lunch to Li Chunfang.

Li Chunfang was frugal and refused to order her own meals at the hospital, complaining that the hospital food was expensive, unpalatable, and served in small portions.

She would only eat something if Anning bought it from outside.

She wasn't picky about food and told Anning that two steamed buns and a cold dish would be enough.

But Anning would always bring her meat and vegetables, and soup too.

Just as I was about to find a shady spot to wait for the bus, my phone suddenly received a message.

It was Haowei Group that notified her of her job offer.

Anning stared at the text message for a few seconds and replied with a refusal to join the company.

Less than two minutes later, Sun Liangying called her, asking her in surprise why.

"For no reason." An Ning held her phone, looking at the endless stream of cars ahead, her tone indifferent. "Manager Sun, the feeling of being framed is really awful."

She has experienced this far too many times in the past few years.

But back then, there was always a man standing by her side, unconditionally believing in her.

But now, even he has dragged her into a vortex of being framed.

The phone had just hung up when it vibrated again.

Li Chunfang's anxious voice came from inside.

"Peace! The hospital says they don't have a bed for me. Another patient came and took my bed, so the nurses want me to stay in the hallway!"