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The night was quiet, and the stars twinkled.

In front of the police station, Ye Shu was pushing his bicycle with a miserable expression, while Liu Ruyan sat on the back seat, hugging his waist, her little feet swinging in the air, and a satisfied and happy look on her face.

She didn't seem to realize her mistake.

I just felt that it would be best to follow Ye Shu.

Ye Shu stared blankly at the starry sky. After all that, he still had to personally escort Liu Ruyan. What was the point of all that going through all that trouble? Was it just filler?

"O ocean, you are all water."

And behind them was the police station entrance.

The male police officer looked at Lao Guo with some confusion: "Didn't that girl not know Mr. Ye? Why did you let her go with him?"

"Xiaoyu," Old Guo patted his shoulder earnestly, explaining to him, "Sometimes you can't just listen to what they say. It's like a client will say he's a client, but will a prostitute say she's a prostitute?"

"You can't always believe what someone says when they're drunk; you often have to listen to it from the opposite perspective. If she says she doesn't know, then she probably does."

"Oh, I see."

The male police officer, known as Xiaoyu, nodded in sudden realization and looked at Lao Guo with some admiration.

As expected of a veteran, his insight is truly sharp!

I learned something new today, and I will definitely put it to good use next time.

Old Guo looked at Liu Ruyan and Ye Shu walking away and said with some emotion, "These two are obviously a case of the woman being pregnant and the man not wanting to take responsibility. Back then, things were never like this. In the past, travel was slow, a letter could take a long time to arrive, and a lifetime was only enough to love one person."

"Young people these days..."

Old Guo shook his head, turned around and went back into the house. The male police officer nodded in agreement and went back to the police station with him.

The riverside villa is some distance from the police station.

Ye Shu was worried because Liu Ruyan, a drunkard, was sitting on the back of the bicycle. He was afraid that if they passed a ditch, she might fall in without him even knowing.

Having no other choice, I had to push my bicycle back.

Damn it, according to his original plan, he should have already been home by now, lying in bed comfortably taking a nap while hugging his Heavenly Dao pillow.

Instead of being here pushing a bicycle like a laborer with a drunken koala hanging behind him.

"Hmm...Are you unhappy?"

Liu Ruyan keenly sensed Ye Shu's bad mood and, thinking she had done something wrong, asked in a pitiful tone, "Did I say something wrong at the police station just now?"

Ye Shu didn't know how to answer this question.

Did I say something wrong?

The problem is, she's a drunken idiot, so what can he possibly argue with her about?

He sighed slowly.

"It's not your fault, it's that the police officer was too smart and saw through our lie at a glance."

"Then why are you unhappy?"

"No one would be happy to be standing here in the cold wind in the middle of the night, would they?" Ye Shu said irritably.

"oh...."

Liu Ruyan nodded, her big eyes darting around as if she were thinking about something.

Ye Shu remained silent, simply pushing the cart.

However, a moment later, a warm, soft body pressed against his back, very close, carrying a strong smell of alcohol and a burning body temperature. Liu Ruyan, like a small animal seeking warmth, rested her face against his back and hugged him even tighter.

"You won't be cold anymore, right?" Her voice was soft, with a hint of self-satisfaction. "I have a high fever."

Ye Shu: "..."

What kind of outrageous words are these? I was initially somewhat moved, but now it seems like I'm just a complete fool.

Seeing that Ye Shu did not reply, Liu Ruyan also stopped speaking.

Night had fallen, and on the way back, apart from the occasional passing vehicle, not even the wind seemed to stir. Only the streetlights overhead kept them company.

In this stillness, Liu Ruyan spoke again.

Her voice was soft, tinged with a hint of probing. "Ye Shu...do you really hate me?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Shu was taken aback.

Do you hate it?

Actually, no, otherwise he wouldn't be pushing his bicycle here in the middle of the night; he would have just gone back to sleep.

He thought for a moment and replied, "I only hate one kind of person: those who are stupid but don't even realize it."

"Hmm..."

"So, do you think I'm an idiot?"

Liu Ruyan pressed for an answer.

"That was obviously true at the engagement party, but now, if you're still clinging to my back, making me not only push the cart but also carry the load at night, then you're not only an idiot, but also a terrifying whale," Ye Shuhui said.

"I don't want to..."

Upon hearing this, Liu Ruyan shook her head and gripped the handle even tighter.

"What if you run away the moment I let go? A child can't be without a father, just like the West can't lose Jerusalem, and the 3D district can't lose Tifa."

"...Then you can keep holding her."

Ye Shu was also at his wit's end.

Why is Liu Ruyan acting like a child when she's drunk? She's completely unreasonable and stubborn.

"Um... I'm sorry..." Liu Ruyan suddenly apologized.

"Sorry for what?" Ye Shu didn't react for a moment.

"At the engagement party, I tried to hit you without asking any questions... I know it was wrong... I had heard a lot of bad things about you, and you always make me angry... so in a moment of anger, I just... just..."

"I'm so sorry... I'm such a fool."

666.

Ye Shudu was stunned.

The woman who got beaten up at the engagement party wasn't him, yet she actually apologized. Was she really that pathetic?

"Alright, I forgive you."

He replied somewhat awkwardly.

Something feels off. The person who was hit apologizing to the person who hit them—it just doesn't seem right.

"Thank you, you're so kind." Liu Ruyan happily squinted her eyes, wrapped her arms around his neck with bliss, and then asked with some curiosity, "Why did you call Grandpa? Why does he owe you wages?"

"Isn't it all because of you?"

Ye Shu's lips twitched. "Old Deng passed out before we even settled on the payment. I was thinking of waiting until he woke up before asking for it, but you fired me right away. How can I stand this? I have to find a way to get it back for him."

As he spoke, he gave a wicked smile.

"Actually, I'm not sending you back to the Liu family at all. I'm going to sell you to the mountains, where you'll be cutting down trees in the forest every day and being chased by bears."

"How...how could you do this!"

Liu Ruyan immediately hugged him tightly in fear, "I...I have money, I have lots and lots of money, please don't sell me, I'll give it all to you."

"Young Miss, weren't you already dismissed?"

Ye Shu continued to joke with a smile.

"I...I..." Liu Ruyan was caught off guard and panicked, "I...I have another company, I can give it to you, please don't sell me, okay?"

Look how scared the child is, tears are almost streaming down his face.

Ye Shu's mischievous impulse vanished instantly. He gently patted her head and soothed her, "Alright, alright, I was just kidding. I'm a model citizen, why would I do anything illegal?"

"Really?" Liu Ruyan was still a little uneasy.

"More genuine than Ding Zhen."

Ye Shu patted his chest to assure them, then turned and asked, "How come you still have a company? Didn't Lao Deng already dismiss you?"

"Hehe, that's my own cosmetic surgery company."

Liu Ruyan laughed smugly, "This is the small company I started when I first started my business, selling skincare products. It's also... it's part of my dowry, not something belonging to the Liu family."

"However, considering I caused you to lose your wages, I can give you half of its shares!"

She waved her little hand, cutting straight down the railway track.

It's as if what was spun off wasn't a company, but just a small cookie.

Ye Shudu was stunned.

He turned around abruptly, his face filled with disbelief.

"Are you serious?"

"Of course I'm serious!" Liu Ruyan said very seriously.

Actually, she had something else on her mind that she didn't say.

Since she fired Ye Shu, they are unlikely to have any further contact. She has no reason to look for him, and he is unlikely to take the initiative to look for her.

But if they jointly owned a company, it would be a different story; she would then have many, many reasons to go to him. Thinking of this, Liu Ruyan couldn't help but praise herself for her cleverness.

Ye Shu, however, took it as her talking nonsense while drunk.

I'm just talking about it now.

Could it be that when she sobers up tomorrow, she might actually give him a share transfer agreement? If she does, then he'll...!

...He could only accept it with tears in his eyes.

"Do you know why I started a skincare company?"

Liu Ruyan lay on Ye Shu's back, gazing at the starry sky, her little feet dangling in the air.

"Because I was very ugly in high school, my face was covered with pimples that just wouldn't go away, and everyone called me Pockmarked Liu... I was very self-conscious back then and didn't dare to look people in the eye."

"I tried many skincare products, but none of them worked. Then I met a very skilled traditional Chinese medicine doctor, and I took both internal and external treatments for a year before I finally got better..."

The moonlight was cool.

On the way home, the two chatted casually, mostly Liu Ruyan talking and Ye Shu listening, with him occasionally replying with a word or two.

"In short... this is one of the few things that belong to me alone, and now it also belongs to you, it belongs to both of us."

"It is an honor."

Ye redeemed himself and slowly stopped pushing the cart. Liu Ruyan looked up in confusion, only to realize that they had already arrived at the Liu family residence.

At the main gate, Liu Weiwei stood there, looking out with a worried expression, clearly having been waiting for a very long time.

Only then did Liu Ruyan understand.

It turns out that the person who cared about her was standing right there.