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

The man was already extremely handsome, and with the addition of the cool motorcycle, he attracted the attention of many men and women just by standing there.

In Anning's more than twenty years of memories, she had never seen a man more handsome than him.

But... what does it matter to her whether it looks good or not?

She bent down to pick up the chocolate from the ground, walked up to the man, and handed it to him, saying, "Yours."

Lu Xiyan's deep gaze shifted from the chocolate to An Ning. Her skin was already fair, but after the blood draw, her face was even paler, and her figure was so thin that she looked like she could be blown away by a gust of wind.

But her eyes remained indifferent and aloof.

"For you."

Lu Xiyan's well-defined fingers took the chocolate from An Ning's hand, unwrapped it, and held it to her lips.

"You might experience low blood sugar after a blood draw; eating some chocolate can help."

An Ning's heart was pounding, and a few beads of cold sweat appeared on her fair forehead.

She hesitated for two seconds, then bit into the chocolate. The intense sweetness did indeed alleviate her dizziness and palpitations.

"Thanks."

Her voice was soft and polite. She took out a small coin purse from her bag and put five yuan in Lu Xiyan's hand.

Lu Xiyan examined the unfamiliar "paper" in his hand and asked, "What's this?"

"Thank you for the chocolate, five dollars... should be enough?"

Anning had seen this kind of packaged chocolate at the convenience store where she worked; it cost about 40 or 50 yuan a box, with 10 pieces in a box.

Lu Xiyan looked at the banknote in his hand, front and back, and then looked up. An Ning was already gone.

She rode a tram parked by the roadside, and as it started moving, the wind blew through her smooth, black hair.

Under the scorching sun, her slender figure swayed, like a stubborn and tenacious little blade of grass.

"Hello!"

Lu Xiyan felt a light tap on his shoulder and turned around to see Liang Xu.

"What are you daydreaming about? How's Wanwan? Did you go in to check on her?"

Liang Xu asked several questions in one breath.

Then his gaze fell on Lu Xiyan's hand, and he asked, "What is this?"

Lu Xiyan held the banknote above his head with one hand, looked at it again and again, and said, "Money."

"Money?" Liang Xu's tone rose as he leaned closer to look at it with him. "What money? Aren't all money red? What kind of money is this?"

Five yuan.

"What kind of money is five yuan?"

"Why do you have so many questions?" Lu Xiyan glanced at him and put the banknotes into his pocket.

Although he didn't know what "five yuan" meant.

After getting off the motorcycle, Lu Xiyan walked into the hospital, "to see Wanwan."

......

Perhaps it was the chocolate that helped, as my heart palpitations and trembling subsided considerably.

Anning hadn't gone far on her electric scooter when her phone rang.

As soon as Li Chunfang answered the phone, she asked, "Anning, has the blood been drawn? Have you paid?"

"Given it."

"Is it really 100,000?"

Li Chunfang raised her voice, sounding very excited, "Turn around right now!"

An Ning lowered her eyes, her gaze falling on the leaves blown down by the wind.

The wind tousled her long hair, obscuring her slightly moist eyes.

There was still a faint taste of chocolate in my mouth, a taste of concern from a stranger.

She took steady breathing and said softly, "I'll take the bank card they gave me back to you."

After hanging up the phone, An Ning slowly took out a neatly folded, gold-colored piece of paper from her jeans pocket. It still had chocolate crumbs on it and smelled of chocolate.

She clutched the gold paper tightly in her palm, opened her phone's chat window, pressed the voice message button, and said, "Mom, I want to eat pig liver."

A short while later, a 60-second voice message came back.

Then came another 32-second voice message.

"Why do you suddenly want to eat pig liver? ... Pig liver is so expensive, why eat it? ... The money from a pound of pig liver could buy something else for your brother after he's born... Besides, your brother hasn't had a good appetite lately, he doesn't like to eat meat, he can't eat meat, liver, or heart... So don't eat pig liver, we'll buy it for you guys after your brother's appetite improves. Hurry back, I need to get the money to deposit before the bank closes for lunch."

"Oh, Anning... Yucan just said he also wants to eat pig liver. I don't know why this kid has an appetite today. I'll go buy some for you now, and Mom will stir-fry pig liver for you for lunch."

After listening to the voice message, Anning's hands began to tremble again.

A part of my heart felt heavy and suffocating, as if two hands were gripping it tightly, making it hard to breathe. Even breathing was difficult.

She thought that her low blood sugar might have flared up again, as even her vision was blurry.

A tear fell with a "plop," and she reached up to wipe it away, her palm becoming damp.

......

"Miss Cheng was rushed to the hospital today... for cutting her wrists. I heard it's because of her marriage to the second young master of the Lu Group... What else could it be? One wants to marry her, and the other doesn't want to..."

On the tenth floor of the VIP ward of the city hospital, the rightmost corridor echoed with the sound of a man making a phone call.

"The person who came to sell her blood for Miss Cheng was quite a freak. She had a full 1500ml of blood drawn for 100,000 yuan... Her face turned white from all the blood loss; any more and she would have died... She even told me before she left that I should come to her again if I needed blood drawn next time. It made me laugh..."

The hallway was dark, and the man's face was obscured by the darkness. Only the colorful tie on his chest could be vaguely seen, showcasing his extraordinary taste.

"And you've said that the girl is really pretty, only 22 years old, with fair and delicate skin, and especially those long, slender legs..."

As the man spoke, a dreamy smile crept across his face. "I might not necessarily go to her for blood donation, but if it's prostitution... I'd really like to give it a try, hahaha..."

Before the man could finish his "ha," a clear, crisp voice suddenly rang out at the entrance of the stairwell, echoing in the dimly lit space.

"Secretary Xu, what a coincidence."

Xu Lei was shocked and quickly put away his phone, looking towards the door.

The man appeared in the hallway at some point, his long legs crossed as he leaned against the doorway.

In the darkness, a meaningful smile appeared on his narrow eyes.

"Young Master Lu... what are you doing here?"

A kick with a "bang"!

Xu Lei rolled down the stairs like a basketball and crashed against the wall.