Mrs. Fu, please be mindful of the appropriate boundaries.

Song Xingzhi's expression remained calm. "I only need to know what matters the Qin family entrusted Wei Jingwu with; the rest is my business."

"Don't expect me to find out anything you can't." Yu Shinan refused directly; he didn't want to have anything to do with Wei Jingwu at all.

Song Xingzhi glanced at him sideways, "You asked me to handle Yu Qian's matter for you, what, you're not satisfied?"

Yu Shinan, "..."

Fuck!

They only knew that asking Song Xingzhi to do something would lead to endless trouble.

Interest is coming.

"I can only say I'll ask, but I can't guarantee the result."

Song Xingzhi nodded. He knew that the cook was just a cook now, and it had been a long time since he had used the Yu family's name.

But he had no choice; otherwise, he wouldn't have come here. He clinked his glass with Yu Shinan's and said, "No matter the outcome, thank you in advance."

Yu Shinan picked up his cup and drank it all in one gulp.

Song Xingzhi looked at him. "Something on your mind?"

"no."

Song Xingzhi raised an eyebrow. "I thought you were getting married soon and had pre-wedding jitters."

"You don't need to envy me, I reckon you'll be soon too." Yu Shinan glanced at him sideways, his cold words hitting the nail on the head.

Song Xingzhi's forehead twitched.

The marriage alliance between the Song and Qin families was the best outcome for both.

No matter how much he resisted, he could not break this carefully maintained balance.

At least for now, he can't.

Song Xingzhi walked out, "I'll wait for your notification. How long will it take to give it to me?"

"One week."

Song Xingzhi then left.

Yu Shinan filled his glass and drank it down.

He called Ding Jing a while later, asking, "Has Si Chen gone back yet?"

"She left a long time ago, right after breakfast," Ding Jing complained. "What urgent matter did you have that made you leave in such a hurry? If you had stayed a little later, you could have given her a ride."

"Hmm, Sichen, how are you feeling?"

"What's wrong with her?" Ding Jing frowned, then, as if sensing something, her voice tightened. "What did you do to her?"

After a brief silence on the other end of the phone, Yu Shinan spoke up, "Young lady, what can I do to her? Don't overthink it, she's heartbroken and hasn't been happy lately."

Yu Shinan denied it.

What can he do to her?

He kissed her forcefully.

Pressing his fingers against his brow, Yu Shinan felt a throbbing pain on the top of his head.

"Heartbroken?" Ding Jing was stunned. "Didn't she say she didn't have a boyfriend? Oh dear, I actually believed her. No wonder her eyes were all red this morning."

Are your eyes red?

She did cry, just as expected.

Yu Shinan hung up the phone. He swiped his phone across the screen, dialed a number, and then suddenly cut it off.

He took a deep breath, stood up, and lit a cigarette.

After leaving the pharmacy, Lin Yuanqing called Yu Shinan and learned that he had returned to the Silver Bay Hotel, so she followed him there.

I knocked on the door and went into his office.

"Why did you suddenly go back to your hometown? Is something wrong with your aunt?"

"Go back and take a look." Yu Shinan took a deep drag on his cigarette, his eyes still filled with the girl's tearful expression, which made him uneasy.

"Why didn't you tell me you were going back to see your aunt? I could have gone back with you," Lin Yuanqing said coquettishly, pressing her body against him.

Yu Shinan coldly watched her lean closer. "Aren't you hot?"

He pulled her hand off his arm.

Lin Yuanqing's breath hitched. She felt completely rejected, and her pride couldn't take it, yet she had to hold it in.

"Are you hot? I think the air conditioning is fine." Lin Yuanqing walked to the wall and pressed a couple of buttons on the central air conditioning display to lower the temperature a bit.

She twisted her waist, turning back to his side, and lightly traced her fingers on his arm. "Shi Nan, don't you have any feelings for me anymore?"

He doesn't touch her.

Except for that day, when he thought he had slept with her so that she could speak through her pregnancy.

At other times, he didn't seem like someone he wanted to marry; there was an insurmountable barrier between them.

Yu Shinan grabbed her wrist and flung it away, stopping her fingers from continuing to wreak havoc on his arm. "This thing feels too weak. Didn't you say you just wanted a home, nothing else?"

He will take care of her, but not intimately...

In no mood.

Yu Shinan bit his cigarette, but didn't light it. He just held it between his teeth, his gaze towards Lin Yuanqing devoid of emotion, as if he were looking at the ingredients under his control that were about to be stewed in a pot.

Fu Jingting said Lin Yuanqing was ugly, but that's not really true; she can't compare to Xu Qingcheng.

But she's also the kind of woman who can make men take notice.

Yu Shinan glanced down at himself, his heart as still as water.

But that girl, on the contrary, could easily make him lose control in front of her.

He is neither a man of great desires nor a man of few desires, but he rarely loses control.

That time I drank Wei Jingwu's stuff, it was a case of losing control under the influence of drugs.

Last night... he was acting like a hooligan while fully conscious.

Lin Yuanqing gritted her teeth. She had said those words, but it was just to express her attitude. She couldn't be left to live a life of widowhood.

"It's been almost a month since last time, and we haven't had sex." Lin Yuanqing bit her lip lightly. "Don't you want to? You used to..."

"The first three months of pregnancy are a dangerous period," Yu Shinan interrupted her. "Take care of yourself and the baby."

Lin Yuanqing's throat tightened, and the words stuck in her throat.

She doesn't want to take good care of herself; a natural miscarriage would be best, the sooner the better.

But ever since she met Fu Sichen at the hospital a couple of days ago, Lin Yuanqing felt that she had to change her plans.

The baby in her womb must not be harmed at this time.

Fu Sichen is a ticking time bomb; her medical records clearly show that she became pregnant on that day.

The girl is quiet and reserved, but she's quite shrewd.

Did she get pregnant on purpose?

Lin Yuanqing had been on tenterhooks these past two days, especially since he had quietly gone back to his hometown, leading her to speculate on seven or eight hundred possibilities.

However, although Yu Shinan remained lukewarm, it was about the same as before.

Perhaps she's overthinking it.

However, Fu Sichen is a ticking time bomb, and Lin Yuanqing definitely won't tolerate the child in her belly.

"I know, I'll take good care of myself and the baby." Lin Yuanqing smiled. "I even asked a friend to listen to the baby's heartbeat a couple of days ago, and everything is normal, so don't worry. Next time, you can come with me to the prenatal checkup and listen to their movements."

Yu Shinan remained silent.

My memories of that night are very chaotic.

The person in his memory had nothing to do with Lin Yuanqing, and Yu Shinan even knew very well who the person he was imagining was.

Yu Shinan flicked on his lighter, took a deep drag, and heard her screaming for help echoing in his mind.

If it really were her, he wouldn't do such a thing.

If it really were her, he wouldn't have treated her so unrestrainedly.

But in the dream, I knew deep down it wasn't her, so I put in a lot of effort.

"Didn't we say last time that we'd invite some friends over for an outdoor party to liven things up?" Lin Yuanqing asked him, casually adding, "Si Chen, if you're free, why don't you invite her over too?"