My cousin-in-law helped me achieve my ambitions.

After taking the photo, Yang was about to bend down and lift up the work clothes to see who the brand name was on the other person's chest.

Unexpectedly, she stepped on a piece of cardboard that had been peeled off, making a soft "thud" sound.

The sound was particularly jarring in the quiet warehouse.

Su Ming, who was on the ground, was instantly awakened.

He abruptly threw off the work clothes covering his head, rubbing his sleepy eyes. The moment he opened them, he saw that familiar yet heartbreakingly beautiful face before him. He was startled at first, then his eyes widened, and he exclaimed incredulously, "Yang Tian!"

"It's you? Su Ming!" Yang Tian also saw the person lying on the ground and stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

Their eyes met, and an indescribable awkwardness and panic filled the air.

Yang Tian quickly calmed down. She put away her camera, walked briskly towards Su Ming, and lowered her voice, her tone full of anxiety and worry: "Why are you sleeping here? Get up! If someone sees you and reports you to HR, they'll fire you! Don't forget, you're still on probation!"

Su Ming got up from the ground, dusted himself off, and gave a self-deprecating sneer: "Weren't you here to arrest me? Why are you pretending to care about me?"

Yang Tian felt a pang of pain in her heart at his cold attitude. She glared at him angrily and retorted, "What do you take me for? If I had known you were sleeping here, why would I have arrested you? If you don't believe me, I'll delete the photos right now!"

As she spoke, she pressed the delete button without hesitation in front of Su Ming, completely destroying the two "ironclad pieces of evidence" she had just taken.

Seeing Yang Tian's serious expression, Su Ming felt a little embarrassed. His face flushed, and he said softly, "I'm sorry, I... I misunderstood you."

Yang Tian smiled sweetly, leaned down, and her bright eyes were filled with concern again: "What's wrong? Did you not sleep well again last night?"

Seeing her smiling face, Su Ming immediately recalled the scene he had witnessed that morning on his way to work, where he saw her driving that young man, chatting and laughing. His heart ached again.

His face instantly darkened, and he turned his head away irritably: "It's nothing, you don't need to worry about it!"

Su Ming's cold "I don't need your concern" was like an ice-cold knife, piercing Yang Tian's heart. Looking at his indifferent face, which was full of aloofness, her eyes instantly reddened.

"How...how could you do this to me?" Her voice trembled, filled with deep grievance.

Su Ming acted as if he hadn't heard, snorted coldly, dusted himself off, and turned to leave.

He was actually feeling bad too, but a strange mix of jealousy and anger at being betrayed burned like a fire, consuming all his reason. All he wanted now was to escape, to escape this woman who caused him so much pain.

"Su Ming!"

Just as he was about to step out of the shadow of the pile of cardboard boxes, he suddenly heard Yang Tian's tearful pleading voice behind him. Immediately afterwards, a soft and warm body hugged him tightly from behind.

Yang Tian pressed her cheek against his broad back, and her warm tears, through the thin work clothes, were scalding hot and imprinted on his skin.

"Su Ming, let's... let's stop arguing, okay?" Her voice choked with sobs, "I've been feeling really awful these past few days... I've tried not to think about you, tried to forget you, but I can't... I've realized... I still can't forget you... really!"

By the end, she was sobbing uncontrollably, and her arms around his waist tightened even more, as if she were using all her strength, afraid that he would break free again.

Su Ming froze, his feet seemingly nailed to the spot.

He slowly turned around and looked at the girl in front of him, her face streaked with tears. His heart skipped a beat. Her words and her pitiful appearance were like a warm current, instantly melting the ice in his heart.

However, before she could even relax her composure, the scene from that morning—the image of her chatting and laughing intimately with that young man—was like a bucket of cold water poured over her head.

His face darkened again, and he forcefully shoved her hands away from his tight embrace, his voice icy cold: "Alright, stop lying to me! You've already found a new boyfriend, so why bother me anymore?"

Yang Tian was taken aback by his sudden action and cold words. Her tearful eyes widened as she stared at him in shock, asking incredulously, "I...when did I get a boyfriend?"

"Still pretending?" Su Ming sneered, his smile full of self-mockery and disappointment. "I saw it all this morning, right at the factory gate! You were riding a motorcycle with some pretty boy on the back, chatting and laughing. Do you think I'm blind?"

After hearing this, Yang Tian was stunned for three seconds. Then, her pretty face, which was streaked with tears, suddenly broke into a smile.

She raised her small fist, both amused and annoyed, and lightly punched him in the chest, scolding, "What nonsense are you talking about? What pretty boy? He's my cousin! I just picked him up from our hometown the day before yesterday and got him a job at our factory. Today's his first day, and he'll be working in the quality control department as an IQC!"

Upon hearing this, Su Ming was completely stunned. His mouth gaped open wide enough to fit an egg, and he stammered, "Is...is he really your cousin?"

"Of course!" Yang Tian couldn't help but laugh at his dazed expression. Her smile, reflected in her tears, was like a rainbow after the rain, breathtakingly beautiful. She reached out and gently poked Su Ming's forehead, smiling sweetly. "You'll be dealing with him soon; all the materials received in the warehouse have to go through IQC inspection. By the way, his name is Yang Lei. Please take good care of him in the factory!"

With the misunderstanding finally cleared up, Su Ming felt the huge weight that had been pressing on his heart all morning instantly disappear. He let out a long sigh of relief, and at the same time, a strong sense of guilt welled up in his heart. Looking at the girl in front of him, her eyes brimming with tears from the wrongful accusation, he felt both heartache and self-reproach.

"I'm sorry..." He walked up to her, his face flushed, his voice full of apology, "It's my fault... I misunderstood you."

Yang Tian's cheeks flushed red. She lowered her head, shook it gently, and said in a slightly shy voice, "Actually... I was wrong too. That day when you hugged my sister-in-law, I knew it was a misunderstanding, but I... I just couldn't control my anger and wouldn't let it go... Actually, I felt really bad..."

As she said this, another crystal tear slid down her cheek, and her voice trembled: "Su Ming, let's... let's not hurt each other because of these misunderstandings anymore, okay?"

Seeing the beautiful woman before him, on the verge of tears, Su Ming felt as if something was blocking his throat, and all words seemed pale and powerless at this moment. An irresistible impulse surged within him, and he pulled her tightly into his arms.

Yang Tian gasped in surprise, then closed her eyes, and the arms wrapped around his waist tightened around her.

The two embraced tightly, feeling each other's heartbeats and warmth. Soon, Su Ming could no longer resist, lowered his head, accurately found those two soft lips, and kissed them deeply.

In this remote warehouse filled with clutter and reeking of mold and dust, two young people who had just reconciled became intimately affectionate.

This time, it was more intense and more passionate than ever before. It was as if all the misunderstandings, grievances, and longing of the past few days were being melted away in this passionate embrace.

Su Ming felt a surge of heat rush to his head. He put his arm around Yang Tian's soft waist, tilted his body slightly, and actually laid her down on the simple "bed" covered with cardboard, then pressed his whole body against her.

"Hey! What are you doing?" The cardboard beneath them made a rustling sound. Yang Tian was startled by his sudden action, her face flushed with embarrassment, and she nervously pushed against his chest.

Su Ming, however, looked at her like a wild beast, his eyes bloodshot, his Adam's apple bobbing, his voice hoarse beyond belief: "I want you... to be my woman, right now!"