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

"Oh." An Ning nodded and handed the phone back to Li Yuanyuan.

Since that's what she's said, Li Yuanyuan couldn't say anything more.

She then noticed that Anning's cheeks were somewhat red and swollen. "Anning, what happened to your face?"

"It's nothing," Anning said softly, "I just brushed against it."

"Oh dear." Li Yuanyuan frowned. "You're so pretty, don't get hurt, or how will you find a boyfriend in the future?"

"It's okay."

Finding a boyfriend was too far off for her; all she wanted to do was earn money to pay for Yu-chan's medical treatment.

She handed Lu Xiyan a takeout box, saying, "See what flavor you'd like to eat."

Lu Xiyan had only seen oden on his phone and occasionally heard his teammates mention it, but he had never eaten it himself and didn't know what it tasted like.

"This is where you work, you know it better than I do, you choose."

"it is good."

An Ning nodded and picked out some dishes that she thought tasted pretty good. Afraid that Lu Xiyan wouldn't have enough to eat, she took out every kind of meat.

An Ning found a corner seat and sat down. Suddenly, a cold sensation on her face made her shiver.

Looking up, Lu Xiyan placed an ice pack on her swollen cheek.

"Ice packs can reduce swelling."

His eyes were clear and deep, his features were exquisitely beautiful, and his skin was fair and delicate, as if it had been carefully sculpted by an artist without a single flaw.

A man with rosy lips and white teeth, when viewed up close, a small, light brown mole on the high bridge of his nose between his eyebrows became clearly visible.

The finishing touch makes it even more captivating.

An Ning was so engrossed that she almost couldn't breathe, her heart pounded, and she nearly became completely absorbed.

It turns out he went to the freezer to get an ice pack because of her.

Suddenly, I felt my already burning face get even hotter.

"I...I'll do it myself."

She was about to take the ice pack when she inadvertently touched the other person's fingertips, which were still attached to the ice pack.

Her body trembled slightly again, and she lowered her eyes, not daring to look at the other person.

She pushed the oden on the table in front of him, saying, "Try it and see if you like it."

Seeing her fair earlobes gradually turning red, Lu Xiyan's lips curled up slightly. "Let's eat together."

......

Li Long not only failed to get the woman, but also lost face after a man suddenly appeared. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became.

The group found another food stall and started drinking again.

Just as he was boasting, two gleaming black Bentleys pulled up to the side of the road.

Seven or eight men in black got out of the car. The man in the lead was dressed in a sharp suit and walked straight toward Li Long's table.

Li Long, completely unaware of the situation, boasted while holding up his bottle, "Let me tell you, if that annoying guy hadn't interfered, that woman wouldn't have gotten away!"

He spoke arrogantly, "That pretty boy, what's with all this 'hero saves the damsel in distress' act? I—"

The men in black surrounded them; each one was tall and imposing with a stern expression.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Li Long swallowed the words he was about to finish, his voice stammering, "W-w-what's going on?"

The man in the lead smiled kindly. "Li Long, is that right?"

Li Long's tongue began to tie itself in knots, "Yes, it's me."

The man snapped his fingers, and two men in black immediately went into the store and carried ten cases of beer, placing them on Li Long's table.

The shock startled everyone at the table.

"Li Long, you owe 200,000 in gambling debts."

The man calmly stated the amount of money he had: "One hundred thousand in usury."

Li Long's face turned pale with fright as he sized up the man he had never seen before, who was not his creditor. "How did you know?"

"Do you want money?" the man asked.

"W-what do you mean?" Li Long asked uncertainly.

The man raised his hand, and a man in black brought over a safe.

Upon opening it, a box full of brand-new red banknotes was found.

No one at the table dared to breathe loudly, and Li Long stared blankly at the deposit.

The man pointed to the unopened beer on the table, "One bottle costs a thousand yuan."

Is there really such a good thing in the world?

One bottle of wine costs 1,000 yuan, and here are ten cases of wine, totaling 120,000 yuan!

Li Long was slightly excited, yet still somewhat skeptical. "You really want to give me a thousand yuan if I drink a bottle of wine?"

The man chuckled. "It's not about drinking."

He pointed and tapped his head twice. "It's a smash."

......

A jet-black motorcycle was parked in front of a dilapidated apartment building.

Lu Xiyan glanced up and saw that it was an old building with no elevator.

The glass windows in the stairwell were also broken.

When he arrived this morning, it took him quite a while to navigate to this place.

In his twenty-four years of memory of the capital city of Beijing, he had never seen such a dilapidated place.

After getting off the bus, An Ning took off her helmet and handed it to him, thanking him softly, "Thank you for your help today."

Lu Xiyan lifted the visor on his helmet, revealing a pair of beautiful and deep eyes.

"It's nothing."

An Ning pursed her lips slightly, "I'm afraid those people will cause you trouble."

This whole thing started because of her, and she's worried it will implicate others.

Especially since that group of people left with a menacing air and made some threatening remarks.

"It doesn't matter." Lu Xiyan didn't care at all, his eyes quickly sweeping over her slightly swollen cheeks.

He took out his phone and handed it to Anning. "Want to add each other on WeChat?"

"Um?"

Looking at the black phone in his hand, An Ning was slightly taken aback. "You...didn't you forget to bring it?"

Through the helmet, An Ning couldn't see his expression, only that the corners of his handsome eyes were slightly upturned.

"Found it again."

"oh."

An Ning, without suspecting anything, took out her phone and scanned his WeChat QR code.

His WeChat profile picture is very unique.

Especially... it's just a black box, nothing at all.

My WeChat name is the first letters of three English letters – L.XY.

An Ning silently spelled out: Meteor Shower? Or Li Xiaoyao?

"Lu Xiyan".

His clear, crisp voice rang out.

"Huh?" An Ning didn't react.

Lu Xiyan sent her his name: "My name is Lu Xiyan."

Lu Xiyan... What a lovely name.

My name is Anning.

Lu Xiyan smiled gently, "I know."

My phone rang; it was a text message notification tone.

Lu Xiyan glanced at it. [Young Master Lu, it's resolved.]

He gave an almost imperceptible smirk.

"I'm gone."

He put away his phone, then pulled down his goggles, started his motorcycle, and made a stylish U-turn and drove off.

He bent down, gripping the motorcycle handlebars with both hands, his back straight, like an eagle soaring through the night.

Anning stared at his departing figure for a long time, then whispered, "Goodbye."

Then I went upstairs.

......

FAF Motorcycle Club

Inside, a dozen or so young men were already gathered, chatting and laughing.

The industrial-style club is filled with a dozen brand-new and cool heavy motorcycles.

As soon as Lu Xiyan got out of the car, Liang Xu glanced at his watch and joked, "Young Master Lu, you're late today. That's not like you."

"Yes, Mr. Lu, you're always the first one to arrive whenever a new car comes in."

The one who said this was Bai Yi from the team, nicknamed Xiao Bai, a refined and gentle man wearing black-rimmed glasses.

Another young man with dyed yellow hair and a headband on his forehead, named Chen Yan, chimed in, "It's strange that he's forty minutes late today."

"Huo Huo, maybe our Young Master Lu has something more important than looking at cars?" Shen Mingwei winked at him knowingly.

Lu Xiyan chuckled and ignored their teasing, stepping inside in a very good mood.

When she smiles, the corners of her eyes slant upwards, and the corners of her mouth curve into a small parenthesis.