The young lady hired me to help her and the young master have an online romance.

He was wearing a black casual T-shirt, his silver-black slightly parted blouse was unstyled, a few strands of hair fell across his forehead, and his phoenix eyes were slightly lowered.

The background is his bedroom, with cool white lighting, and a book and a glass of water on the bedside table.

Jiang Wan stared at that face, her mind going blank.

The face mask was still on my face, cool and refreshing, and the herbal fragrance continued to waft into my nose.

But she couldn't sense it at all.

His eyes were glued to the screen, his mouth slightly agape, his eyes wide with astonishment.

"Snap—"

Jiang Wan snapped out of her daze and immediately hung up.

......

Across the ocean, Boston.

Shang Shixu sat in the chair, holding his phone in his hand.

The screen suddenly switched to a dialog box interface, and he blinked blankly.

He had just selected a voice call, but his finger swiped and tapped "video call" instead.

Seeing "Waiting for the other party to answer" displayed on the screen, Shang Shixu decided to go with the flow.

The world seemed to stand still the moment I saw her appear.

The face mask completely covered her face, leaving only her two bright eyes and her deep red, moist lips visible.

Before he could look at it closely, she hung up the video.

Shang Shixu frowned.

He saw her, but only for two seconds.

Although it was a short time, he still managed to catch the emotions in her eyes.

From bewilderment to panic.

Why is she panicking?

The business sequence was marked with a question mark.

Lie: [?]

Haicheng.

Jiang Wan hung up the video call, her chest heaving as if she had just run 800 meters.

She ripped off the face mask and threw it in the trash can, feeling incredibly frustrated.

Damn it, how could you answer a video call just now!

Luckily, she was wearing a face mask, otherwise she would have been exposed on the spot!

Jiang Wan took a deep breath to calm her agitated emotions and pressed the voice call button.

We must quickly explain this to Shang Shixu to avoid arousing his suspicion.

The phone was answered after ringing for three seconds.

Feeling guilty, Jiang Wan called out to him first, "Brother."

"Um."

"Excuse me, I was wearing a face mask and didn't see that you were making a video call."

"Can't I make a video call?" Shang Shixu raised an eyebrow.

Jiang Wan's heart skipped a beat, and she said softly, "Of course not, it's just that I'm not used to video calls."

She explained further.

"We've always communicated via text and voice, so I feel a little uncomfortable suddenly having a video call."

When Shang Shixu heard the last three words, "uncomfortable," he felt a little uncomfortable.

Although he doesn't necessarily need to make a video call, is it really necessary to feel uncomfortable making a video call with yourself?

At least they're in a relationship now.

However, Shang Shixu only thought these words in his mind and did not intend to say them aloud.

If I told him, it would seem like he was desperately wanting a video call.

He said in a flat tone, "I understand."

Hearing this, Jiang Wan was not completely relieved.

She needed to confirm whether Shang Shixu had realized that her face wasn't Gu Manning's.

"Brother, I have a question for you."

"explain."

"Don't you feel that I'm... a little different from what you imagined?"

There was a two-second silence on the other end, the voice neither loud nor soft.

"You're wearing a face mask, how am I supposed to tell?"

Jiang Wan silently curved the corners of her mouth into a smile.

Once again, she was thankful the face mask had saved her. Her tone was light, "Okay, let's not talk about that. Doesn't your brother have class this morning?"

"have."

"Then why didn't you go?"

"The professor is on leave, and the class has been canceled."

"I see. So, what are your plans for today?"

"Work, play."

"Great, great! I'll go wash up and go to bed now, we'll talk tomorrow~"

"Good night."

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Wan put her phone on the table, stood up, and went to the bathroom to wash up.

Across the ocean, Boston.

Shang Shixu leaned back in his chair, his gaze fixed on the decorative paintings on the wall.

The image of that face with a face mask flashed through my mind.

Although it only lasted two seconds, those bright eyes were exceptionally captivating.

He opened his phone and clicked on her face photo in his Facebook feed.

Shang Shixu stared at the eyes in the photo.

He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but these eyes seemed different from the ones he had just seen.

A strange feeling arose spontaneously.

Considering that photos can be filtered and edited, Shang Shixu felt there was no need to make a fuss.

Even without photo editing.

A person can evoke different feelings depending on whether they are seen in photos, videos, or in real life.

Shang Shixu suppressed the strange feeling, closed Facebook, and started working.

*

Monday, the general manager's office of the Gu Group.

Gu Manning sat in the boss's chair, holding the equity transfer document in her hand, her fingertips tracing the edge of the paper.

20% of the shares, plus the 15% she already held.

A total of 35% of the shares.

From today onwards, she is the largest shareholder of the company.

The transfer agreement will take effect three days later.

But from the moment she signed, the outcome was already decided.

That illegitimate child, let alone getting into the company, he can forget about even getting a foot in the door of the Gu family.

Gu Manning picked up the pen and quickly signed her name.

With the burden lifted, Gu Manning threw herself into her work with renewed energy.

I didn't return to my apartment until evening.

She suddenly remembered that she hadn't informed Jiang Wan about this yet.

I picked up my phone to make a call, and my eyes swept to the time in the upper left corner.

It's almost 11 o'clock.

Jiang finished her part-time job at 10 PM, and is probably just getting ready to go to bed now.

After thinking for two seconds, Gu Manning opened the WeChat chat box and sent a message.

【Late at night, goal achieved, plan terminated.】

After sending the message, Gu Manning recalled that she had met Jiang Wanchu more than two months ago.

Unexpectedly, she actually helped her achieve her goal within three months.

Jiang Wan is definitely her lucky star.

She made up her mind to be friends with Jiang Wan for the rest of her life.

*

S University girls' dormitory.

After Jiang Wan finished washing up and got into bed, she was just about to send Shang Shixu a goodnight message when a WeChat pop-up appeared first.

It's news from Gu Manning.

A line of text came into view.

【Late at night, goal achieved, plan terminated.】

Jiang Wan stared at the line of text, and after realizing what it meant, she felt a huge weight lifted off her shoulders.

finally......

It's finally coming to an end.

She was so happy she wanted to set off a string of firecrackers right there.

The mission was successfully completed, and there's no need to worry about being exposed anymore.

Joy completely suppressed the slight unease in my heart.

Jiang Wan sat up and opened the chat window with Shang Shixu.

My finger hovers above the screen but won't fall.

How should I say it?

Saying "Let's break up"?

No, that's too direct.

We need to have an opening.

And the breakup must be peaceful; you can't upset the other person.

Jiang Wan took a deep breath and began typing—

Nice Rabbit Squid: [Brother... I've seriously thought about our relationship, and I truly feel that I'm not good enough for you.]

Nice Rabbit Squid: [Let's... break up.]