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

Fu Ruchu's voice was sweet and clear.

Fu Qinghan was busy vying for the spotlight with Yan Zheng and didn't have time to call for help.

Yan Zheng saw his mother and obediently called out, "Mom."

Fu Sichen greeted the little ones with a smile, "Ruchu has become even more beautiful."

Xiao Ruchu was very happy to be praised. She tilted her head and showed off the little hair clip on her head, "Auntie, do you like it? My dad bought it for me."

Fu Sichen laughed, "Oh, your dad actually buys this?!"

"Yes, Daddy also bought me a pretty little dress." The little guy proudly showed off, "He bought one for my sister too, but not for my brother."

"Really! Is your dad any good at judging? I think it would be better to have your mom buy it for you." Fu Sichen was delighted; her second brother was really biased.

"It's for my brother, Mom bought it." Ru Chu tugged at Xu Qingcheng's clothes beside her. "Mom, right?"

Xu Qingcheng laughed, "You've arranged everything so clearly for us."

She took the phone from Fu Ruchu and handed it to Yan Zheng. "Yan Zheng, are you talking to your mother?"

"Mom, my brother has lots of toys." Yan Zheng laughed, almost putting his face right in front of the camera, clearly very happy.

"Did Yan Zheng listen to me?"

"I was good, I played with my older brothers and sisters, and I didn't fight." The usually quiet and reserved child was unusually talkative and chattering away, showing that he was having a great time.

"I sleep with my brother at night, and my second aunt tells us stories."

Looking at his round, adorable little face, Fu Sichen asked, "Do you miss Mommy?"

"Mmm~ Mmm~~~~ I want to."

Hearing the unpleasant tone, Fu Sichen deliberately put on a stern face, "You don't want to, do you?"

"No, no... I miss Mom." Yan Zheng quickly waved his hand to deny it, then made a request, "Mom, can my older brother and sister come to our house to play? I want to play with them."

To put it bluntly, he still wants to play together. The little kid just loves playing with other little kids; he's so engrossed in the game that he's afraid she'll take him back with her.

Fu Sichen chuckled, then added, "You must behave and listen to your second uncle and aunt, okay?"

"I know." He answered readily, nodding solemnly.

"Auntie, my little brother is very well-behaved," Fu Qinghan suddenly chimed in. "We're going to play with Brother Mosen and Brother Shaoxing together again."

"No way! If you go, your aunt will go crazy." Fu Sichen thought about the scene and shuddered!

Just thinking about those four boys together gave her a headache.

"That's right. These two brats are always running around, it feels like the earth can hardly contain them anymore." Xu Qingcheng complained, then laughed as she took her phone, sent the children away, and asked the nanny to watch them play.

"Where is she making a wish? I haven't seen her."

"The school has a dance performance that requires wearing a white tulle dress. This child is very picky about clothes. She doesn't like her old clothes anymore and keeps pestering her dad to buy her a pretty dress," Xu Qingcheng replied with a smile.

"Is Second Brother so obedient?"

"That's right, she's his little sweetheart. She's more effective than me. He'll grant any request his daughter makes, no matter what." Xu Qingcheng rolled her eyes. "He's spoiling his two daughters rotten."

"Girls are fine to be spoiled." Fu Sichen sniffed.

Xu Qingcheng looked at the people in the video. She took her phone and walked outside. The children were too noisy and it was difficult to talk to them.

"When are you coming back? As soon as you get back to China, you'll be assigned a job. At least go see your parents first, or you'll be in for a lot of complaints later."

"I was originally going to come back a few days earlier, but the procedures abroad were slow, so there was a time conflict. But I'll be back in two or three days at most." Fu Sichen smiled, "At most they'll grumble a bit, let them talk, I'm not afraid." Anyway, his parents aren't afraid of being scolded or reprimanded.

"It's a good thing you're a daughter; if it were your brother, he would have been punished."

"Who said that? Haven't my parents scolded me enough these past two years?"

The two were chatting and laughing when Xu Qingcheng suddenly asked her, "Did something happen?"

"Huh? What's wrong? Nothing's wrong." Fu Sichen didn't understand why his second sister-in-law suddenly asked this.

"You said you were fine, but your voice is nasal. Have you been crying?"

"No. I just have a bit of a cold," Fu Sichen denied, refusing to elaborate.

Xu Qingcheng probed a few times, but seeing that she wouldn't say anything, she simply cut to the chase, "You and Han Yi have run into problems?"

"No, is there a problem? We're fine."

"Very good?" Xu Qingcheng clicked her tongue. "You're kidding me! Do you think I'm stupid? You're abroad, and Han Yi is in China. How long have you been living apart? You don't seem worried at all."

"There's nothing we can do about it, it's a special circumstance." Fu Sichen said dismissively.

"Don't you miss him?"

"We talk on the phone every day."

"Can a phone call ease longing?" Xu Qingcheng smiled, her eyes crinkling. "If your second brother is away on a business trip for more than a month, I will definitely fly over to see him."

It might not make much of a difference if she sees him. Even if she flies over, he might be too busy to spend time with her. But that's okay. He can go about his business, and she can just look at him, give him a hug and a kiss, and then come back as soon as she's fully charged.

Fu Jingting once asked her, "Are you worried that I'll cheat on you?"

"I'm not afraid. If you really want to cheat, it's not something I can discover or stop just by making a few trips. I just want to see you." That kind of feeling is so deep that it might seem overly sentimental, or perhaps it's just a post-wedding syndrome that will disappear as the marriage goes on.

But that's not the case. When it comes to relationships, between two people, maintaining the passion requires both partners to put in effort and care.

Xu Qingcheng genuinely felt that the way Si Chen and his wife interacted was not quite right.

She may not be able to judge other couples by her own standards, but the feeling between them was too bland, lacking any attraction.

Xu Qingcheng works in jewelry design and is very close to the fashion circle. She often comes into contact with some celebrities. Before Han Yi's scandal broke, she heard them talking about it. However, perhaps because of her status as the daughter-in-law of the Fu family, they avoided talking about her. The more they did this, the more curious she became. Xu Qingcheng asked around and only then heard a little bit about it.

Fu Sichen couldn't answer Xu Qingcheng's question because he genuinely didn't have that feeling.

At first, she wasn't in the mood, but Han Yi didn't force her; they simply treated each other as friends.

In his words, now it's a win-win situation. You don't need to feel like you've taken advantage of me, and the Han family has taken advantage of you too, so it's even.

Later, Yan Zheng was born, and she gradually began to let go of some things.

One day, when they went out for Western food together, Han Yi asked her, "How about trying dating?"

Fu Sichen thought to himself, "That works too."

To be fair, Han Yi had really taken good care of her over the past year. Although he was blunt, there was nothing unacceptable about him.

If we can be friends, can't we also be lovers?

However, the experiment failed because it didn't even last half a month.

During an argument, Han Yi said with a dark face, "Fu Sichen, I feel a little sorry for the man you fell in love with."

"What do you mean?"

"Who could stand someone like you?"

Fu Sichen almost slapped him in the face with the sole of her shoe. What did she mean by "who could stand her like this"?

Honestly, they never argued in the past year, joking and teasing each other and enjoying themselves.

But how could they have had such a brutal argument less than half a month after deciding to give each other a try? They dug up every single flaw in each other, wishing they could stomp each other into the mud and then stomp on each other until they were covered in mud and unrecognizable as human.

What deep-seated hatred, what profound resentment!

Han Yi decisively pressed the pause button. "Fu Sichen, my honest advice is that we should end this here."

At that moment, Fu Sichen slammed his paintbrush down and uttered two decisive words, "Agreed."

Then the two, who had initially come to hate each other, suddenly looked at each other and laughed.

Han Yi clicked his tongue, "How could I be so blind to think you were a well-behaved and adorable little princess?"

"You're definitely blind. I am a well-behaved and adorable little princess."

Han Yi, "..."

"Fu Sichen, I'm a little curious, who could ultimately rid the people of this scourge and take you down?" Han Yi glanced at her sideways. "Who is Han Yanzheng's biological father?"

"Ask so many questions; curiosity killed the cat."

"He at least took my surname. Shouldn't I have some right to know?"

"When did he take your surname?" Fu Sichen scoffed. "Is there any documentation to prove it?"

Han Yi shrugged. "Fine, you're right."

From then on, the two have been in a so-called marital relationship until now. To be honest, as a friend, Han Yi is really loyal and trustworthy.

But as lovers, they really don't click.

Everything that is deceived by appearances changes once the packaging is removed.

People like the person they've imagined, not the real person.

Han Yi helped her a lot, and Fu Sichen really hoped that he could find a lover he liked who could accept each other's shortcomings.

Seeing Fu Sichen's silence, Xu Qingcheng said, "A while ago, before you came back, Han Yi's rumored affair with a minor celebrity was exposed. He managed to suppress the information quickly, but didn't you have any doubts?"

"Ah, I know about that. People outside are just talking nonsense. Fairy sister, don't worry about me. You should pay more attention to your husband. I heard that Second Brother hired a pretty little secretary. How can you be so careless? He should be paired with a male secretary." Fu Sichen coaxed her, trying to bluff his way out of it.

"The male secretary is even more worried; what if he's gay?"

The two women chatted and laughed, but they couldn't avoid the issue of her relationship with Han Yi.

"Your second brother has been very busy lately and hasn't had time to pay attention to these gossip stories. I haven't told him yet because I'm afraid he'll lose his temper and confront Han Yi directly. If there's anything going on between you two, calmly talk it out and handle it. Don't think those unfounded rumors are unreliable. Han Yi might not have any ulterior motives, but that doesn't stop others from having them. There's an old saying that's true: it's not the theft itself that's scary, it's the thief eyeing your man. You're not even worried about your man being targeted? Have a good talk with Han Yi."

"Okay, I understand, Second Sister-in-law." Fu Sichen nodded. "But don't tell Second Brother yet. I'm still quite afraid of him when he gets angry."

"And there are people you're afraid of. You're not afraid of your parents."

"That's different. My eldest and second eldest brothers are actually quite scary when they're angry," Fu Sichen snorted. "Only you and my sister-in-law don't think they're scary."

Xu Qingcheng thought about it and thought it was alright. He could be quite hateful when he was angry, but sometimes when she thought about how he wanted to hit her but couldn't bring himself to do it, he looked kind of cute.

"If you have something to say, say it. Don't keep it to yourself," Xu Qingcheng advised. "I may not be able to help you much, but at least I can give you some advice."

"Um."

Fu Sichen agreed. She lay on the bed, her eyelids swollen. She had cried so hard just now, and at that moment, she was really afraid that Brother Nan would just leave like that.

Why is loving someone so bitter, with no sweetness at all?

Yu Shinan went to see Li Shang.

Seeing him appear calmly in front of him, Li Shang knew that this time it was all over.

The man tugged at his sleeve, neither showing off nor provoking Li Shang, but simply looking at Li Shang calmly, "Tomorrow I'll have Jiang Zhi take you back to see Uncle Wei."

"Yu Shinan, what do you mean?"

Yu Shinan ignored him and turned to walk out. Lin Yuanqing rushed over and grabbed Yu Shinan's arm. "Brother Nan, there's really nothing between him and me."

The man pried her hands off, saying, "We're old acquaintances, let's catch up."

Lin Yuanqing felt a chill run down her spine, but before she could say anything more, the man had already left without even glancing at her.

Cui Wenxuan and the others were outside. When they saw Yu Shinan come out, he nodded.

The rest is up to him.

Lin Yuanqing watched as Cui Wenxuan took out the syringe. The man's refined and scholarly face showed no trace of ruthlessness. He calmly said to Li Shang, "Brother Nan has received the gift from Uncle Wei. But as the saying goes, one should not accept a gift without merit. Please take this gift back with you, Mr. Li."

The choice of words is elegant and there is nothing wrong with it.

Li Shang launched into a tirade of curses.

The syringe was plunged directly into the man's arm and pushed in.

The items seized from Dawn Farm included a new type of drug that was gaining popularity among young people in the underground corridors.

If it weren't for a warning from someone in the police force, any later and they would have been in serious trouble.

Cui Wenxuan shook his head, signaling Jiang Zhi to let go. As the group prepared to leave, Lin Yuanqing grabbed Cui Wenxuan's arm for help, "Brother Cui, what about me? You can't leave me here."

"Miss Lin," Cui Wenxuan smiled, "you should be grateful that you still have some use, otherwise you wouldn't have survived three years ago."

Lin Yuanqing broke out in a cold sweat, but still asked unwillingly, "Why?"

Cui Wenxuan shook off her hand without giving her a single explanation.

The door closed, and Li Shang stared at Lin Yuanqing with bloodshot eyes. "Didn't you say Brother Nan was very good to you?"

Lin Yuanqing subconsciously took a step back. "What did they inject you with?"

Li Shang spat, this stuff makes people feel like they're in heaven and hell in their hallucinations.

Li Shang grabbed Lin Yuanqing fiercely and slammed her onto the chair next to him. He leaned over and said, "Something that will make you feel good."

Lin Yuanqing let out a scream, and suddenly realized what was happening.

"Don't do this, they want to confirm this. There are definitely security cameras in this room, don't..."

Lin Yuanqing resisted.

Li Shang went up and tore off her clothes. Looking at the woman's body, his temples throbbed.

She underestimated the power of this thing.

The reason it's so popular is because it brings a sense of stimulation, excitement, and confidence to men.

……

Cui Wenxuan came out and reported to Yu Shinan, "It's all arranged."

The man hummed in agreement.

Cui Wenxuan looked at the man's face, concealing all her emotions, leaving only a calm, unseen ruthlessness.

Even if he wanted to skin Lin Yuanqing alive, he could endure it for three years.

Yu Shinan stubbed out his cigarette, turned his head to look at Cui Wenxuan, his eyes dark and menacing, like the fiercest wolf in the night. "Lin Yuanqing has been with me for so long, the woman I was planning to marry, has been defiled like this and even lost her fertility. It's not unreasonable for me to ask Wei Jingwu to exchange his influence in Ancheng for her, is it?"

Cui Wenxuan smiled, "After planning for so long, what's a little more time? Why rush to close the net?"

Yu Shinan did not answer.

Cui Wenxuan smiled faintly, "Because Miss Sichen is back?"

The man stood ramrod straight and did not respond.

"Shi Nan, but she's already married."