Aren't we friends? Why are you rushing at me?

Li Xuan shrunk his entire body in the seat, wishing he could merge himself into the sofa.

He cautiously glanced at the woman at the door, who exuded a gloomy aura. His legs trembled uncontrollably, a habit stemming from childhood trauma.

"Cousin, cousin."

Li Xuan's voice trembled, even carrying a hint of a sob.

"Believe me, I really didn't know it was you, and I never imagined it would be like this."

Liu Ruyan showed no reaction and continued to walk slowly into the house step by step.

Seeing this, Li Xuan trembled even more violently.

Suddenly, as if he had seen a savior, he quickly raised his right hand, pointed behind Liu Ruyan, and shouted:

"It was her. She was the one who ordered it all. Now the restaurant is full of her people. I really don't know anything about it."

Liu Ruyan turned around in the direction he was pointing. The three members of Xia Ye were calmly blocking the doorway, their eyes revealing a playful "catching a turtle in a jar" mentality.

Liu Ruyan frowned slightly, completely baffled as to why these three people were here.

"Cousin, I'll be going now."

Taking advantage of Liu Ruyan's moment of contemplation, Li Xuan, like a mouse that has spotted a cat, shakily stood up, cautiously walked to Liu Ruyan's side, and whispered something.

Liu Ruyan glanced at him coldly without saying a word. At this moment, she was focused on exchanging glances with the three people opposite her.

Upon seeing this, Li Xuan practically scrambled out of his office.

Liu Ruyan did not stop, but continued to walk slowly to Li Xuan's office chair and sat down, instantly taking control of the situation.

She clasped her hands together and scrutinized the three people standing at the door, like a queen surveying her territory.

"you......."

Liu Ruyan spoke softly.

But before he could finish speaking, Li Xuan sneaked in again, like a thief.

He crouched down and ran to Xia Ye's side, asking in a low voice:

"That Natsuno, the one from Lin Shi."

"roll!!!"

Liu Ruyan finally snapped. Without Lin Shi present, she had no desire to maintain her gentle image.

Still calling him "Lin Shi, Lin Shi"? If you hadn't interfered for these people, you could have started calling him "brother-in-law" tonight!

Li Xuan was startled by the roar, shrank his neck, and ran out of the room at the fastest speed he could ever go.

There seemed to be a hint of moisture in the corner of her eyes.

It hurts, it hurts too much.

Not only does it hurt, but now it's also numb.

Not only did Lin Shi not get to see her, but now he's also offended his cousin and gotten scolded.

Looking at Li Xuan's expression and actions, Liu Ruyan felt utterly helpless.

Leaning forward, resting his right elbow on the table, he gently rubbed his temples, trying to relieve his irritability.

After calming down a bit:

"My three elder brothers!"

Liu Ruyan looked at the three of them with a forced smile, her tone carrying a hint of threat:

"Speak, you three 'honorable guests,' you didn't just come here for no reason, did you? Do you have any advice or suggestions?"

"Mr. Liu, what kind of agreement did you and Mr. Lin reach?"

"And that 'friendly exchange' with Mr. Lin at the company this afternoon, was that initiated by you?"

His men stepped forward first and asked the question they were most curious about.

"What does this have to do with you?"

Liu Ruyan leaned back, looking at them with disdain.

"Ms. Liu, as one of the shareholders of Yorozuya, I think we have the right to know about this matter."

Li Wei continued speaking, trying to offer a reasonable explanation for their inquiries.

Liu Ruyan rolled her eyes at them, turned on Li Xuan's computer, and started playing on it.

It clearly expresses the attitude of "I won't say anything, do whatever you want."

The two men were somewhat worried, seeing Liu Ruyan's nonchalant attitude.

They had just heard Lin Shi's three-minute speech.

If it cannot be resolved quickly.

When Lin Shi came up and saw the three of them "forcing his abdication" at this moment, he couldn't help but have bad thoughts.

Natsuno turned to look at the two of them, noticed their furrowed brows, and smiled:

"Why don't you go out first?"

"Should I talk to my best friend?"

"Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to come up with anything."

The subordinate and Li Wei exchanged a glance, seeing the helplessness in each other's eyes, nodded, and walked out together.

His subordinate also kindly closed the door.

Xia Ye quickly ran to Liu Ruyan's side, didn't say anything, but simply opened the call log page on his phone and slammed it heavily on the table.

Liu Ruyan looked at the phone and, setting aside the miscellaneous items below, the name "Su Xin" was listed at the very top.

"My boyfriend is a contractual partner, and my parents are pressuring me to get married."

"Liu Ruyan, Liu Ruyan, you're quite skilled at this trick!!! If once isn't enough, you'll do it again, right?"

Xia Ye said with a forced smile, his eyes fixed on Liu Ruyan's eyes.

Seeing her hand revealed, Liu Ruyan gave an awkward laugh, her eyes darting away.

"The Yorozuya was formed precisely to let everyone contribute their ideas. Can you honestly say you don't have any other motives?"

"Did I stop you? No! You can use any tricks you want!!!"

As Liu Ruyan spoke, she suddenly felt a little wronged. Her plan was perfect, and she had even bought all the equipment, but now it had all fallen through.

As she stared at Lin Shi, who was warily observing his surroundings on the surveillance screen, her tone grew increasingly resentful:

"What does it have to do with me if you don't play? And then you come out and stop me."

Looking into Liu Ruyan's sad eyes, Xia Ye recalled how she had been a loser in her past life and suddenly felt sorry for "it".

He pulled her head into his arms and gently stroked her hair, just like how Lin Shi had treated her in his past life.

Just as Liu Ruyan was nestled against the tiny pigeon, feeling its warmth, the true intentions were suddenly revealed:

"I'm sorry, Ruyan, I misunderstood you."

"Then tell me, after meeting the parents, do you have any other plans?"

"Of course, they're not my biological parents. I've already made arrangements. They'll force Lin Shi to stay overnight."

Liu Ruyan, caught off guard by Xia Ye's attack, immediately revealed her plan:

"Think about it, he's in my house, the whole house is full of my people, do you think I'd let him leave unscathed???"

Upon hearing Liu Ruyan's words, Xia Ye quickly took a step back, his mouth forming an "O" shape, and his index finger pointing repeatedly at Liu Ruyan:

"Oh~~~~"

"So that's how it is..."

Looking at Xia Ye's expression and actions, Liu Ruyan instantly realized that she had been tricked into revealing information.

She stood up excitedly and looked at Xia Ye, about to lash out, but Xia Ye pressed her back down.

"My dear sister, my dear sister."

A bright smile bloomed on Natsuno's face as he spoke, enunciating each word clearly:

"Then, can I come along?"