Before he died, my grandfather forced me to marry the richest man in the capital.

After returning from her leave, Tang Junyao went to check on Baihu again, but he still hadn't woken up.

She went to the office to ask the attending physician, and after learning that Baihu would wake up in the next few days, she felt much relieved.

As long as they can all survive.

Just then, her phone rang in her pocket. She picked it up and saw it was Lan Yunchen. Feeling a little guilty, she answered, "Brother."

Lan Yunchen's tone was as gentle and warm as ever, "How are you and Lele doing lately? Your aunt keeps nagging me to make a phone call, saying you always report good news and never bad."

Her heart skipped a beat. Could it be that her brother found out? But she didn't sense any anger in his tone.

Tang Junyao mentally analyzed every word Lan Yunchen said. Judging from the words, he seemed unaware of the matter. She forced herself to continue lying, "Brother, I'm fine. When are you and Uncle coming over?"

Lan Yunchen chuckled, "Xixi has been nagging us to come over early these past few days. We've been driven crazy by his nagging, so we're coming over next week. There's no such thing as not being able to visit graves early in the morning in the capital, right?"

She quickly said, "No, no, brothers, you can come whenever you want. Just let me know which day you want to come so I can ask for leave in advance. I promised Xixi that I would take leave to be with her when she comes here."

Lan Yunchen's words successfully dispelled her doubts, after all, Xi Xi had indeed sent her a message last week saying that she wanted to come to the capital ahead of schedule.

In the CEO's office of Blue City in Country A, after hanging up the phone, the man took off his glasses and rubbed his temples with a headache, seemingly a little helpless. Black Tiger, who was standing next to him, spoke up, "Young Master, do you need us to send another group of people to protect Miss?"

The bodyguards under Baihu did promise Tang Junyao not to tell Lan Yunchen, but they were, after all, Lan family bodyguards and knew the consequences of not reporting. After careful consideration, they called Heihu to report what had happened.

Lan Yunchen's eyes were deep and unfathomable. He closed his eyes, sighed, and then replied, "No need. Someone will clean up the mess for free. There's no need to tell the chairman and the others about this."

Black Tiger stood respectfully with his hands crossed in front of him, hesitating whether to plead for mercy. "Young Master, what about White Tiger?"

"He made the biggest mistake, carelessness, and you know what that is."

Upon hearing this, Black Tiger lowered his head and gave up. He knew that this was a rule of the Lan family that could not be broken, but he still wanted to plead for White Tiger.

After a moment, Lan Yunchen said in a low voice, "This is the first and the last time." He knew that the reason Yao Yao kept it from him was mostly due to Bai Hu. This girl was afraid of implicating others. If he insisted on punishing Bai Hu, Yao Yao would probably feel uncomfortable.

Black Tiger was surprised that his young master, who always kept his word, had actually agreed. He quickly thanked him, "Thank you, young master."

Lan Yunchen closed his eyes and pretended to sleep. The fact that Yao Yao allowed that man to get close to him meant only one thing: he, as her older brother, could protect her safety and ensure she had enough to eat and wear, but he couldn't do everything for her, such as her feelings, which he couldn't interfere with excessively.

But it won't be so easy for that man to marry Yao Yao again; girls from the Lan family aren't so easy to marry.

Su Xue and Lu Jinnan came out of the restroom. Tang Junyao was a little annoyed that they were of different genders and came out of the same restroom, but she didn't know the specifics and it wasn't the time to ask. "I'm going back first. You do your work well."

In fact, Su Xue just went in to wash her face, while Lu Jinnan went to the door to deliver the sleeves.

Su Xue looked at her with a worried expression. "I took the day off yesterday. How about I come with you?"

Lu Jinnan received a sharp look from Ji Hancheng and quickly pulled the stunned woman beside him, saying, "Go do what you're supposed to do, what's it to you?" He gestured with his chin towards Ji Hancheng in the distance.

Su Xue wasn't stupid; she understood Lu Jinnan's meaning. However, she didn't fully trust Ji Hancheng yet and was afraid he would hurt Yao Yao again and ruin her completely. Besides, Yao Yao was going through a period of grief and was easily irrational, which Ji Hancheng could exploit to make her speak out again.

Tang Junyao stopped her, "It's okay, I'm not as fragile as you think. I won't collapse. I still have to take care of Lele, so don't worry."

Su Xue felt a little relieved after hearing this. Yes, things are different now. They are parents now and can't just think about themselves. Their children still need to rely on them.

Tang Junyao tried to appear calm and waved to Su Xue behind her. Looking at Ji Hancheng and her best friend's backs together, she seemed to waver. She thought that if Ji Hancheng really changed his ways and treated Yaoyao well, it would be good. At least their backs looked really compatible.

Lu Jinnan, sitting beside her, interrupted her thoughts, "What are you thinking about? You think they're a perfect match."

Su Xue retorted, "Don't you think so?"

Lu Jinnan shrugged. "Aren't we a perfect match? Isn't our daughter prettier than his son? Aren't I more handsome than Young Master Ji? Are you blind?"

Su Xue wanted to say, "I must have bad eyesight to have been drugged and called you. If my eyesight were good, I wouldn't have been able to call you."

You look beautiful.

Doesn't he have any self-awareness about whether he's more handsome than Young Master Ji? He's being sarcastic, saying, "You're undoubtedly the most handsome man in the world, Young Master Lu?"

Lu Jinnan didn't care whether she was being sarcastic or not. People like to hear nice things anyway, and he was happy to be praised by Su Xue. After the joke, he said seriously, "I can't pick you up from get off work this afternoon. I have to help Young Master Ji find the murderer."

Su Xue took out her phone and glanced at the time; it was almost 11 o'clock. "I didn't ask you to answer."

Lu Jinnan chuckled. If it were a test of who would fall in love first, he really suspected that he would be the one who fell for her. This woman didn't seem to like him at all; her face was full of disdain. He was also frustrated. To be honest, Lu Jinnan was a handsome man who was loved by everyone and admired by all, but this Miss Su just didn't like him.

A girlfriend who couldn't be tricked into marriage, "Fine, I'm going to take her anyway, girlfriend." He emphasized the last three words through gritted teeth.

The word "girlfriend" made Miss Su blush inexplicably, her heart pounding. Pretending to be calm, she waved her hand to shoo her away, "Alright, go ahead and do it. Let me know when you find the murderer." She was about to tear him apart.

"Understood, Grandma."

Su Xue's smile widened, and she suddenly felt that being with this guy wasn't so bad.

The most fatal thing is falling into a trap without realizing it; could she be one of those who falls into it?

After leaving the parking lot, Tang Junyao did not follow Ji Hancheng to the garage, but went to her bicycle. He followed closely behind and asked, "Are you planning to ride your bike back?"

"We can't leave her in the hospital." This was a gift from her grandfather; even if she doesn't ride it, we have to make sure it's properly settled.

He strode up to her, glanced at her skirt, and frowned. "I'll drive. You sit in the back."

"Huh?" Was he planning to ride bikes with her?

"Do you think your skirt suits you?" A gust of wind blew and all her underwear was exposed, making him look like he was being cuckolded.

She actually wanted to go to the suburbs to release her pent-up emotions and adjust herself, but now that he's with her, how can she release them?

He refused, saying, "Why don't you take a car back? I'll ride it tomorrow." He figured if he couldn't release it, he might as well leave it; there was no rush.

Ji Hancheng had already picked up the helmet, but there was only one. This helmet made him very uncomfortable, especially the signature on it. Uncomfortable as it was, safety came first, so he put the helmet on her head and helped her tidy her stray hairs. "My driving skills are no worse than yours. You can experience it for yourself."

Ignoring the woman's stunned expression, he straddled the car with one leg, his long leg braced on the ground, and said to the woman behind him, "Keys, get in."

That's why she doesn't like wearing skirts. Even getting into a car requires her to look very feminine, and she can't move too much to avoid revealing anything. Sitting with her legs spread wide isn't practical, so she decides to sit sideways like Su Xue used to, folding her skirt down to put it under her bottom so that the wind won't let anything through.

A former roommate in college once told me that she drove to school and took a car back. When she woke up in the morning and couldn't find her car, she called the police. It turned out that the police checked and found that she was at the school and hadn't driven back the day before. At the time, she and Su Xue thought she was joking, but now that they think about it, such things can really happen when you're not thinking clearly.

For example, another roommate was frantically making a phone call, and while on the phone, she kept asking her where the phone was. At that time, she and Su Xue were completely dumbfounded.

That seems to be her situation today; she forgot she was supposed to ride her bike back and wore a skirt.

After waiting for a long time without seeing the woman come up, Ji Hancheng turned his head and glanced at her. "Stand to the side and hug my waist."

When she sat on him, it was a direct contact, and when she held him tightly around the waist, he felt a sense of satisfaction he had never experienced before.

Instead of driving on the bustling streets, Ji Hancheng led the car to a suburb, increasing its speed—the speed she wanted. All her worries vanished in that moment, leaving only the taste of freedom and excitement.

As they drove, she sat in the back, tears welling in her eyes and drifting away with the wind, her hands unconsciously tightening around the waist of the person at the helm.

Ji Hancheng sensed the change in her emotions and suddenly understood why she liked cycling. He did not slow down and maintained the speed to reach the top of the mountain.

This place is actually where Han Yue races. We used to race here a few times, but it seems like he hasn't raced here for a long time since he took over the Ji family business.

Soon the car came to a steady stop on the mountaintop. Tang Junyao jumped off, straightened her disheveled clothes, took off her helmet, and tidied her hair.

Looking up, she realized she was on a mountaintop, surrounded by trees. She was standing in a pavilion, which offered a panoramic view of most of the capital.

Turning her head, she saw the man leaning lazily against a pillar of the pavilion, a cigarette dangling from his mouth but not lit. She said, "Go ahead and smoke, I'm not afraid of smoke."

He knew she smoked, but he hadn't let her smoke in the hospital room last time, so he hadn't offered to light a cigarette in front of her. "You don't smoke anymore?"

I remember Lu Jinnan once posted a picture of her smoking in the group chat, and he saved it to the cloud.

Tang Junyao placed her helmet on the stone table in the pavilion and leaned against the railing, doing the same thing as Ji Hancheng. However, she was looking at the densely packed buildings, while Ji Hancheng was looking at her.

Is this a situation where you're admiring the scenery from a pavilion, while someone else is admiring you?

Looking at most of the capital city, she felt very small, like a speck of dust. After her grandfather passed away, no one lit the lights for her and waited for her to come home. Now there was someone, but she had lost another one. The suffocating feeling in her chest surged up again.

After a long pause, she finally spoke, "I quit smoking after I got pregnant with Lele. Actually, I'm not really addicted to cigarettes. I'd smoke one at most when I was feeling irritable, but I basically don't smoke anymore. I've stopped now and gotten used to it."

This was the first time she had told him about herself; her narration was simple, yet it broke his heart.

He put the cigarettes back in the pack and said casually, "Since you don't smoke, I'll quit too."

She turned her head in surprise. "Huh?"

He said, feigning seriousness, "Doesn't it say on the box that smoking is harmful to your health?"

Tang Junyao chuckled; the reason was a bit far-fetched.