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

Lu Ci had no intention of letting Chen Feng off so easily, and chased after him in a few steps.

He grabbed Chen Feng from behind and strangled him, tripping him.

Chen Feng couldn't dodge in time, lost his balance and fell backward, leaning against Lu Ci.

Two grown men, whose combined age was nearly sixty, were playfully fighting and bickering in the street, attracting strange looks from passersby.

After a sweaty day, the two walked back to the bar entrance arm in arm, each holding a glass of chilled lemonade, and sat down on the steps.

Chen Feng, with a straw in his mouth, leaned closer with a sly grin and asked gossipy, "Tell me, what did they say on the phone just now?"

"She said she would give me five million, which can be considered an investment." Lu Ci took a sip of lemonade, his tone indifferent.

"Holy crap!" Chen Feng's eyes lit up instantly, and he slapped his thigh. "You agreed, right?! With this five million, we'll have enough funds to acquire the resort."

Lu Ci didn't reply, but simply turned her head and looked at him quietly.

Two seconds later, the ecstatic smile on Chen Feng's face deflated like a punctured balloon, and his shoulders slumped down.

He knew his childhood friend too well. Looking at Lu Ci's expressionless eyes, he knew without asking that Lu Ci had refused without hesitation.

"So what do we do now?" Chen Feng scratched his head, looking worried. "To be honest, thirteen million to take over that resort is practically a steal. Gu Mingxuan is in a hurry to get rid of it. Even if we don't take it, there are definitely others watching, ready to buy it at any time."

Lu Ci sighed: "Don't rush. Spread the word in the industry first and see if you can find other reliable partners."

As they were talking, Lu Ci's phone vibrated again.

When I took it out, the screen displayed the name "Lin Wan".

Chen Feng peeked over, curled his lip sourly, and muttered under his breath, "You're always so busy, with women coming to you all the time. Damn it, some are starving while others are drowning in love."

Lu Ci ignored his sarcastic remarks and pressed the answer button: "Feed?"

Lin Wan's clear and melodious voice came from the other end of the phone: "What are you doing?"

Lu Ci glanced at Chen Feng, who was eavesdropping beside him, and smirked: "Nothing much, just squatting on the street with my son, drinking beverages."

"Go to hell!" Chen Feng cursed in a low voice, making a move to snatch his lemonade.

Lin Wan chuckled softly on the phone, amused. "Do you have time right now? It's Saturday, how about we go to a movie?"

Lu Ci checked the time: "Okay, should I pick you up?"

"Okay, see you in a bit!"

After hanging up the phone, Lu Ci stood up, dusted off his trousers, and waved his phone triumphantly at Chen Feng, who looked resentful: "I have a date with a beauty, bye-bye."

"Are you coming to work tonight?" Chen Feng called out to his retreating figure.

"I'm here on time!" Lu Ci waved without turning his head.

Watching the SUV disappear into the traffic in a flash, Chen Feng, biting his straw, shouted indignantly, "Beasts! Absolutely beasts!"

……

Half an hour later, Lu Ci picked up Lin Wan, and the two arrived at a shopping mall.

Today, Lin Wan wore a beige French-style knitted short-sleeved top and wide-leg casual pants in the same color scheme, with a delicate white chain bag slung over her shoulder.

Having shed her serious business attire from the bank, she now exudes a feeling of first love.

Holding a cup of milk tea, she linked arms with Lu Ci, her eyes crinkling with undisguised joy the whole way.

"Why are you in such a good mood today? What happened?" Lu Ci turned his head to look at her bright profile and asked softly.

Lin Wan gave him a playful glare, then arrogantly raised her chin: "Of course! Didn't you notice how envious and jealous the young girls around us were of me, looking at me like that as we walked down the street with my crush?"

The two wandered aimlessly through the mall.

As they passed several men's clothing stores, Lin Wan insisted on dragging Lu Ci inside to try on several outfits, picking out two casual looks for him and paying for them herself.

After shopping, the two of them went to the cinema with popcorn and watched a romantic comedy.

When I came out of the movie theater, it was already completely dark outside.

They found a hot pot restaurant on the top floor of the mall before driving away.

8:30 p.m.

The SUV slowly came to a stop in front of Lin Wan's apartment building.

"I won't go up." Lu Ci put his hands on the steering wheel, turned to look at Lin Wan in the passenger seat, "I haven't been to the bar these past few days, I have to go to work today."

Lin Wan leaned her upper body slightly towards the driver's seat.

Two soft, warm hands gently cupped Lu Ci's cheeks, pulling his face closer to their own.

Their breaths mingled, and Lin Wan closed her eyes and kissed him deeply.

A moment later, the two separated, slightly out of breath. Lin Wan looked into Lu Ci's eyes and smiled radiantly.

She turned around, reached into the white chain bag and rummaged around, her tone playful and mischievous:

"I had a wonderful time today! Little Lu Zi accompanied me shopping diligently and served me well, so I'm rewarding him!"

Looking at her adorable expression as she solemnly read out the imperial decree, Lu Ci smiled and played along, saying, "I wonder what Your Majesty will bestow as a reward? Little Lu will be here to receive it."

Lin Wan took her hand out of her bag and gently handed it to Lu Ci.

Lu Ci stared intently, his expression freezing.

It wasn't some small gift; it was a bank card with a major bank's logo on it.

"What's wrong?" Lin Wan raised her delicate eyebrows charmingly, looking at Lu Ci's stunned expression. "Little Lu, are you looking down on my reward?"

Lu Ci didn't take the card; his brows furrowed slightly.

Seeing that he didn't reach out, Lin Wan simply grabbed his large hand, placed the bank card into his palm, and said in a relaxed tone:

"There's a reward of three million in this card. The PIN is your birthday. Little Lu, feel free to spend it however you like!"

Holding the thin card in his hand, Lu Ci quickly understood everything.

He looked up, his eyes filled with a complicated expression: "Was it Chen Feng, that big mouth, who told you that again? Where did you get so much money?"

Lin Wan blinked, a sly smile playing on her lips: "He just wanted me to help investigate how much a client surnamed Gu owes at our bank. He said you're planning to jointly acquire a resort project, and he wants to find out about the other party's debt history to see how much he can negotiate a lower price."

"As soon as I heard the scale of the investment, I knew you were definitely short of money. Anyway, my money is just sitting there, so I'll just give it to you to use."

Lu Ci shook his head, his gaze fixed on Lin Wan's eyes.

Although she was smiling, her eyes were clearly looking away guiltily.

He gripped the card tightly, his tone more serious than ever before: "If you don't tell me where the money came from, I absolutely cannot accept it."

"Ugh... Little Lu is so disobedient, I'm giving him a bad review!"

Seeing that he was serious, Lin Wan knew she couldn't fool him anymore, so she could only pout helplessly.

She lowered her head, her fingers unconsciously twisting the strap of her bag, her voice much softer:

"Actually... my parents bought me a house in Jiangcheng a few years ago with cash, saying it was my confidence and dowry."

I...I sold it through an agent, and with some savings I'd accumulated from working over the past few years, I made three million."

After hearing these words, the carriage fell silent.

Lu Ci looked at her with complicated emotions, feeling the card in his hand was heavy.

Lin Wan felt inexplicably flustered under the gaze.

"Hey! Don't look at me like that!" Lin Wan blushed and turned to look out the window as if to cover up her embarrassment. "Anyway... anyway, I've given it all to you. I'm going to stick with you from now on, the kind that you can't shake off."

Lu Ci took a deep breath, suppressing the churning emotions in his chest.

Lu Ci nodded: "You can rely on me, but I can't just keep this money. Consider it an investment. If it makes money, then we'll talk about it. If it doesn't, I'll pay you back within a year."

Lin Wan didn't hear the second half of his sentence at all; all she could hear in her mind was him saying, "You can cling to me."

Lin Wan's cheeks flushed even redder. She suddenly turned her head, leaned forward, and kissed Lu Ci on the cheek.

Then, she quickly pushed open the car door and jogged into the building's access control system.