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

Meeting his sharp gaze and heavy breathing, An Ning had no intention of lying.

She told the truth, "I went to the Cheng family's house."

Before she could explain, Lu Xiyan's eyes turned icy as he asked, "Did Cheng Wanwan make the call?"

"No, it was Han Yun." An Ning added after she finished speaking, "Because I hit Cheng Wanwan, she slapped Cheng Wanwan back."

She lowered her eyes and said softly, "I didn't lose out either."

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard Lu Xiyan chuckle softly and briefly.

The accounts are quite clear.

"What are you laughing at?" An Ning asked, looking up.

"How can you say you're not at a loss?" Lu Xiyan stared at the red mark on her face. "How much strength did you exert? How much strength did she exert? Can you match her strength?"

An Ning thought it made sense; Han Yun's slap had really hurt.

"Wait a minute."

Lu Xiyan gave a brief explanation and turned to leave. He ran to a small stall selling shaved ice not far away, said a few words to the person there, and the person handed him something, then gave him a bowl of shaved ice. He paid and came over.

He handed the bowl of shaved ice to Anning, saying, "Eat something sweet, it'll lift your spirits."

Then he raised his hand and reached towards her cheek. Suddenly, the icy touch touched her burning face, and An Ning involuntarily shrank back.

"It's a bit cold, bear with it." Lu Xiyan's voice was deep and gentle as he held the back of her head with one hand to keep her still and prevent her from moving around.

An Ning lowered her eyes and saw that he was holding a piece of ice in a transparent plastic bag, and he was gently applying it to her left cheek, bit by bit.

An Ning held the bowl of shaved ice in her hands and looked up at Lu Xiyan.

The wind ruffled the stray hairs on his forehead, revealing his slightly aloof expression.

She could even see her own face, half red and swollen, reflected in his eyes.

He closed the distance between them again, and she could clearly feel a hidden anger emanating from him, which he was trying his best to suppress.

She suddenly smiled, her eyes crinkling.

"west Yan, doesn't this scene seem familiar?"

Lu Xiyan was carefully touching the red marks on her face with ice, his brows furrowed slightly, his mind filled with thoughts of how swollen her face must be for days.

Hearing her say that, he asked, "You mean, six years ago?"

An Ning looked slightly surprised. "You still remember?"

What she was trying to say was about six years ago when they first met. At that time, she was slapped at her part-time job, and Lu Xiyan helped her out and bought her ice from a convenience store to put on her face.

If you were to trace the beginning of this relationship carefully, it would be from that time that she fell for him.

"Of course I remember." Lu Xiyan then raised the corners of his lips. "I remember all the times we first met."

Anning asked in surprise, "Does that include the first time too?"

"Yes." Lu Xiyan nodded. "I remember it vividly."

An Ning's heart skipped a beat. She scooped up a spoonful of shaved ice and put it in her mouth. It was icy cold and sweet.

She asked casually, "You didn't fall in love with me at first sight, did you?"

Unexpectedly, Lu Xiyan answered decisively, "It should be."

Anning scooped a spoonful of shaved ice and held it to her lips. "Is it?"

"Whether it's love at first sight or lust at first sight," Lu Xiyan raised the corners of his lips, "it's just that I felt something was different when I first saw you, and I wanted to look at you a few more times."

He laughed and said, "Liang Xu and the others said that I was just interested in you for a short time, but novelty is ultimately a kind of curiosity and appreciation. I don't deny that it may be novelty, but at that time I wanted to get closer to you, understand you, and even wanted you to appear in front of me every moment so I could see what you were doing."

An Ning had only mentioned it casually, but she didn't expect Lu Xiyan to answer her so seriously.

His tone and eyes were so sincere that An Ning's face, which had been slowly swelling down, flushed red again.

She ate the shaved ice cream in her hand spoonful by spoonful, and it seemed that the shaved ice cream was sweeter than usual today, sweet to the core.

"I love seeing you smile, I love listening to you talk, and I can't wait to break into your life and have a place in it."

As Lu Xiyan spoke, he slightly lifted her chin, meeting her beautiful eyes with a smile at the corners, "Would you call this love at first sight?"

When their eyes met, the same flutter of the heart that she felt six years ago stirred within An Ning once more.

She quickly nodded, "Okay!"

Lu Xiyan smiled, "Have you finished eating?"

Anning glanced down at the half-eaten bowl of shaved ice and said, "I'm done."

Lu Xiyan asked, "Are you feeling any better?"

Anning smiled and nodded, "Much better."

"Walk."

As Lu Xiyan spoke, he grabbed her wrist, preparing to pull her into the car.

"Going home?" Anning asked.

Lu Xiyan opened the car door. "No, let's go to the Cheng Mansion."

An Ning was startled and froze by the car door. "What are you doing?"

Lu Xiyan looked at her and said, "Fight back."

An Ning was taken aback. "You want me to hit Han Yun?"

Lu Xiyan nodded, "Whoever hits you, hit them back. You can't let this slap go unpunished."

"She's Mrs. Cheng, the wife of the chairman of the Cheng Group." An Ning quickly closed the car door, took Lu Xiyan's hands, and tried to persuade him, "Besides, she's an elder and I'm a junior, this isn't appropriate."

Besides, she was visiting on her own private business, and the Cheng family wouldn't spread the word.

However, if Lu Xiyan intervenes on her behalf, it will become a business matter, which will affect the reputation of both the Cheng Group and the Lu Group, and will seriously damage the generations-long friendship between the two families.

If this matter is spread by those with ulterior motives and then fabricated and exaggerated by the media, even Old Master Lu might not be able to quell this turmoil.

An Ning doesn't care about the Lu family or the Cheng family, but she cares about Lu Xiyan.

Those online guns will definitely be aimed at Lu Xiyan, at this pride of the Lu family.

Those rivals who stand against the Lu family will seize any opportunity to drag Lu Xiyan down from his pedestal and wish they could trample him into the mud.

Cyberbullying is too terrible, and she didn't want to drag Lu Xiyan into the vortex because of this.

"What's wrong with that?" Lu Xiyan's eyes were sharp. "Even if she were the Queen Mother of the West, she couldn't hit you."

"But I also hit Cheng Wanwan, so today's incident—"

Lu Xiyan interrupted her, "She deserved it."

An Ning suddenly stared at him blankly, a smile in her eyes.

Although Lu Xiyan's cold face was intimidating, he usually controlled his emotions very well. This was one of the few times An Ning had seen him angry.

She suddenly smiled, "You didn't even ask me why I went to the Cheng family, or why I hit Cheng Wanwan."

Lu Xiyan's brows were still furrowed. "You're not an impulsive person. The fact that you went to the Cheng family mansion to find her means she must have done something outrageous."

“That’s right.” An Ning nodded. “Because I heard from Yu Can’s classmate that a few days before Yu Can’s accident, she went to the school to look for him. Around those same time, someone maliciously hired his classmates to say some hurtful things to provoke him.”

"The only person I can think of who knows Yu-chan has a heart condition and can't be stimulated, and who is also very clear about our relationship, is Cheng Wan-wan."

"west Yan, what I want is to find enough evidence to prove that Cheng Wanwan is really guilty." She held Lu Xi Yan's arm tightly. "I know you want to support me, but if we go there rashly like this, the impact will be too great."

Seeing that she had completely blocked the car door, Lu Xiyan said, "I will have someone investigate this matter thoroughly, but you must get your revenge for that slap."

"But you're right, it's not appropriate for you to make a move as a junior," Lu Xiyan suddenly raised an eyebrow. "There's always someone who has the right to do it."