You're already divorced, why are you so anxious about him becoming a succubus?

The night sky was obscured by thick clouds, and fine raindrops fell.

Lu Ci stood under the eaves, looking at the thin figure huddled up by the flower bed, sobbing softly.

He walked over, took a pack of tissues out of his pocket, and handed it to the woman.

Hearing footsteps beside him, Zhang Youning stiffened abruptly.

Realizing where she was and her current state of disarray, she hurriedly wiped away her tears with the back of her hand, stood up, and prepared to leave.

When she looked up and saw the man standing in front of her, she froze for a moment.

Actually, she recognized Lu Ci as soon as she entered the mediation room.

At that time, in the garden on the campus of Jiangda University, when she was at her most emotionally broken and disheveled, the man in front of her silently handed her a tissue, just like he is now.

After regaining her senses, Zhang Youning felt a surge of panic.

When Lu Ci appeared on the Jiangda campus, with his refreshing and youthful appearance, he looked exactly like a college student at Jiangda.

As a teacher, I ended up crying twice in front of this student because of family reasons.

If this gets out at the school, how will she ever be able to maintain her position at Jiangda University again...?

Thinking of this, Zhang Youning dared not make any eye contact with Lu Ci again.

She quickly took the pack of tissues, lowered her head, and said, "Thank you... I'll definitely transfer the money to you on time."

Leaving that promise behind, she turned and hurriedly walked away in the rain, her high heels clicking on the ground.

Lu Ci withdrew his gaze, turned around, and returned to the car.

As soon as I sat in the driver's seat, my rain-soaked phone vibrated, and Chen Feng's name flashed on the screen.

"Hey, are you done yet?" Chen Feng's loud voice came through the phone as soon as it connected: "Do you need me to come over?"

"Everything has been taken care of, you don't need to worry about it."

Lu Ci grabbed a few tissues and wiped the rainwater off his hair.

"Okay, now that it's all over, don't come to the bar tonight." Chen Feng listened to the rain on the other end of the phone and instructed, "It looks like the rain is going to get heavier outside. Just drop the car off at the repair shop and go home to rest early."

Lu Ci replied, "Okay."

Just as he was about to hang up, Chen Feng suddenly chuckled mischievously, "Don't hang up yet, I almost forgot I have some good news to share with you."

As Lu Ci listened to the phone call, his gaze traveled through the water-drenched car window to see Zhang Youning walking alone out of the police station, her arms tightly wrapped around herself.

"Go ahead and say it."

"It's that guy surnamed Gu who was with your ex-wife, what was his name again... I think it was Gu Mingxuan."

Chen Feng's voice was filled with excitement: "Tonight I was lurking in a local Jiangcheng rich second-generation gossip group and saw someone reveal that this kid's company is about to go bankrupt."

Chen Feng paused for a moment, then poured out all the gossip he had heard: "Someone dug up information that he actually owes a lot of debt abroad, and several explicit private photos of him in bed with different foreign women have been leaked. It is said that the creditors deliberately released them to smear his reputation."

His sudden return to China was to take over his family's company so he could launder money out of China and cover his losses abroad.

Upon hearing this, Lu Ci's eyes flashed with surprise: "He owes so much money, how could his overseas creditors let him return to China so easily?"

"Who knows? He's probably been caught red-handed." Chen Feng clicked his tongue and continued, "These past few days, Gu Mingxuan has been as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, selling off several projects and peripheral small companies of his family's group to cash out."

Getting to the point, Chen Feng lowered his voice and became serious: "I asked around and found out that he has a project, a seaside resort planned in the Jiangbei New Area."

Although the scale isn't very large, I've carefully studied the policies and environment of that area, and turning it into a resort would definitely be profitable.

"Hey bro, how about you consider investing in this stock?"

Chen Feng added, "As you know, all the money I have is tied up in this bar, and I really don't have much capital left. So if I want to do this, I need to find a few partners."

After listening to Chen Feng's suggestion, Lu Ci tapped his fingers lightly on the steering wheel, genuinely showing some interest.

He has over four million now, and it would be good if he could invest in some real businesses.

"Okay, that sounds interesting." Lu Ci agreed. "Have someone keep a close eye on the project first, and we'll talk more when we meet tomorrow."

"All done!"

After hanging up the phone, Lu Ci pressed the start button, and the Mercedes-Benz G-Class slowly drove into the rainy night streets.

After hearing Chen Feng's revelations, Lu Ci felt as if he were piecing together a broken puzzle. Many things suddenly connected in that instant, and everything became clear.

Over the years, Gu Mingxuan has been using the guise of studying abroad to do something unknown, and has accumulated debts.

He sheepishly returned to China to take over the family business and began a cycle of borrowing from Peter to pay off debts.

However, it is clear that the pressure from overseas debt collectors is increasing, and his company's cash flow has been almost completely drained, to the point where he has no choice but to sell off assets.

In this desperate situation, Shen Man, his childhood sweetheart who held power in the Shen Group, naturally became the most lucrative opportunity for him to save his life.

No wonder...

Lu Ci gripped the steering wheel, and thinking of how Gu Mingxuan doted on Shen Man, he couldn't help but let out a sneer.

However, what Lu Ci was a little curious about was what exactly those overseas creditors had on Gu Mingxuan.

How can we make him obediently repay his debts even if he escapes back to China?

As my thoughts raced, the rain outside the car window grew heavier, and the windshield wipers swept rapidly back and forth across the windshield.

The car hadn't gone far when Lu Ci's gaze, through the blurry rain, fixed on the roadside not far ahead.

Under the dim yellow streetlights.

Her suit jacket was soaked through by the rain and clung to her body, dripping wet.

She hugged herself tightly, wading through the puddles, and slowly walked forward on the deserted street.

In the cold night rain, that lonely figure exuded an indescribable weariness and desolation.