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

The next morning, the sun broke through the clouds, and it was another beautiful day.

On a bustling downtown street, a limited-edition black Bentley was parked, its license plate particularly eye-catching, attracting a lot of attention.

An open-air coffee shop on the street is supported by a very stylish awning, which blocks the rising sunlight.

Under the canopy, Liang Xu looked at the man sitting opposite him, leisurely sipping his coffee, and couldn't help but speak up, "Young Master Lu! My dear President Lu! Are you serious?"

The man opposite me had shed his usual sharp suit and was now dressed in a simple black casual outfit, with a white T-shirt underneath his black top—simple and refreshing.

Her short, choppy black hair was no longer as meticulously styled as before, but instead fell casually across her forehead, the fluffy strands fluttering slightly in the breeze.

When Liang Xu first saw him, he thought he was a young male college student who had run away from the university next door.

He hasn't been to the company for a while, but that's fine. There's nothing major going on at the company right now, and Liang Xu can handle it all.

But just as he sat there asking the man across from him when he was going back to the company, he blurted out, "I've submitted my resignation."

"I—" Liang Xu almost blurted out the phrase "national essence," his eyes wide with surprise, "Your grandfather would agree?"

"He has no choice but to agree." Lu Xiyan took a slow sip of coffee, his deep eyes calm.

"Because of Anning?" After thinking it over, Liang Xu could only come up with this one reason. Lu Xiyan was never an impulsive person. For him to give up the Lu family's company, it could only be because his bottom line had been crossed.

He thought for a moment, then suddenly frowned. "Could it be that the root cause of your divorce back then was your grandfather?"

Lu Xiyan raised one corner of his lips and chuckled softly.

Liang Xu understood the sarcastic meaning behind the smile perfectly.

"It really is!" Liang Xu was somewhat surprised and sighed. He suddenly remembered what An Ning had said when she came to him. "No wonder, when I saw An Ning, I always felt that she didn't seem to care about you."

Lu Xiyan looked up at him, signaling him to continue.

Liang Xu said, "Do you remember the USB drive I gave you last time? She worked hard for several days and stayed up several nights to make it, just so I could give it to you in an attempt to make you cancel your engagement with Cheng Wanwan."

"She said if you don't like Cheng Wanwan, she doesn't want you to sacrifice your happiness to get engaged; she wants to help you."

"I was wondering back then if she still cared about you," Liang Xu said, sighing. "Now it seems that she didn't just still care about you, she's always cared about you."

"On the contrary, it was us brothers who misunderstood her."

Liang Xu felt a little uneasy. He picked up his coffee and clinked it against Lu Xiyan's cup. "Brother, I'll use coffee instead of alcohol. Please apologize to her for me."

Lu Xiyan smiled slightly, "She didn't care about these things, she doesn't mind them."

"We don't care about it, but ultimately we misunderstood her." Liang Xu asked him, "Now that you've completely fallen out with your grandfather, what are you going to do with Anning?"

"She doesn't need anyone in the Lu family's consent or approval to be with me." Lu Xiyan crossed his legs and looked at Liang Xu with a leisurely gaze. "Whether my grandfather is willing or not, Anning can only be my wife, Lu Xiyan's wife."

Liang Xu smiled as well. "So, Young Master Lu, why did you come to see me today?"

Lu Xiyan looked at him steadily and smiled, "Of course, I need you."

"Huh—" Liang Xu frowned in disgust, "You weren't this polite when you were ordering me around like a beast of burden."

"Since that's the case, then I won't stand on ceremony." Lu Xiyan said without any hesitation, "Do me a few things."

"First, help me find out about Anning's background."

"Background?" Liang Xu realized. "The thing you asked me to investigate in Dianhai last time, was it related to An Ning? Isn't she An family's daughter?"

"Yes." Lu Xiyan nodded. "Her background is very complicated."

As he spoke, his eyes dimmed, a hint of heartache flashing across them.

He originally didn't want to investigate any further, so he left Anning's background at Dianhai.

But just as she was recovering from the news of the deaths of the Jiang couple in Dianhai, she was struck by the deaths of her adoptive mother, Li Chunfang, and her younger brother, An Yucan.

The successive blows had left her with no strength left to live.

Lu Xiyan wanted to find out who the biological mother who abandoned her in Dianhai was, and he also wanted to find out if that woman still wanted to find her biological daughter.

If that woman is also looking for her, he might be able to fabricate a white lie and let Anning be a daughter loved by her mother again.

If that woman is no longer here, or has long forgotten him, or is unwilling to acknowledge him, then Lu Xiyan will act as if this never happened, and will not let An Ning know a thing about it.

"Any clues?" Liang Xu frowned. "It's not realistic to just search like this."

Lu Xiyan pondered for a few seconds before speaking, "Her blood type is very rare, RH negative, and she was born on March 24, 1997. Starting with this, we can narrow down the circle to the smallest possible size."

He also thought about what Jiang Xiaoshan had told him: Anning's birth mother wouldn't let her set foot in Jinghai after she grew up, so it was very likely that her birth mother was in Jinghai.

He narrowed his eyes slightly. "Start by checking Jinghai Hospital. Find out which hospitals had babies born on the 24th with Rh-negative blood, and who their parents are. Not only that, but we also need to check all the transportation records from Jinghai to Dianhai around April 6th of that year, especially the train and high-speed rail routes."

"March 24, 1998? Rh-negative blood?" Liang Xu's brow suddenly furrowed. "Wasn't Cheng Wanwan born on this day?"

Lu Xiyan frowned. "She was also born on this day?"

His slightly surprised remark made Liang Xu both amused and exasperated. "After all these years, you don't even remember Cheng Wanwan's birthday?"

"Why would I remember her birthday?" Lu Xiyan said nonchalantly, his brow furrowed. "What a coincidence, we were born on the same day."

"Yeah, what a coincidence," Liang Xu said with a teasing laugh. "Born on the same day, falling in love with the same man, and fighting over the same man. Can you believe how many coincidences there are in the world? If they were born into the same family, wouldn't this be like twin sisters fighting over a fiancé?"

"twin?"

Lu Xiyan picked up his coffee, his eyes darkening slightly.

The Cheng family had a single child back then, and it was impossible for them to abandon a daughter.

Han Yun has a rare blood type, and her family is a prominent and respected family. Even if someone in her family gets pregnant and has a child, it's unlikely that they would be unable to afford to raise the child and abandon it.

"But Young Master Lu," Liang Xu stared intently at him, "do you know how much money and connections it takes to investigate these things?"

"Uncle Liang has a wide network of connections; who doesn't know you, Young Master Liang?" Lu Xiyan laughed. "When necessary, the Lu family connections can also be used; the name 'Lu Xiyan' will definitely work."

"That's true." Liang Xu nodded, holding out his hand. "Then where's the money?"

"I don't," Lu Xiyan smiled. "You do."