After four years of living alone after marrying far away, he went back to his parents' home and

Liu Qian turned her head slightly and secretly gave Lan Yujuan a provocative look.

Then, with a reserved smile, she introduced herself again:

"Hello!"

"My name is Liu Qian, and I'm Yu Juan's high school classmate."

"The proprietress invited me to check out the restaurant. What a coincidence! I didn't expect you to be dining here too."

As she spoke, she once again extended her hand to Chen Mo as a gesture of friendliness.

Chen Mo glanced at her and said indifferently:

"Oh, what does that have to do with me?"

After saying that, he frowned slightly and said with dissatisfaction:

"Could you please not block the way?"

Liu Qian was extremely embarrassed and quickly took two steps back, her expression becoming uneasy.

"I'm sorry, I didn't notice."

As she apologized, she raised her hand and smoothed her hair again.

The fur draped over her shoulders slipped down unintentionally, revealing her tank top and bare shoulders perfectly.

The way Liu Qian looked at that moment would move any ordinary man.

Unfortunately, the man she was facing was no ordinary man.

"Thump, thump!" Two muffled sounds rang out as the wine jar in Chen Mo's hand landed on the table.

He returned to his seat, looked up at Lan Yujuan, and said directly:

Did she bully you?

In an instant, Lan Yujuan was somewhat stunned, and Liu Qian's expression next to her completely cracked.

"Um, I guess so..." Lan Yujuan said softly, her gaze towards Chen Mo quite complicated.

"However, I didn't let her try to please me."

Lan Yujuan was puzzled. So, even though Liu Qian dressed up as a seductive woman and stood on the side posing seductively for a long time, Chen Mo, a virile young man, didn't take it all in?

No wonder he's still single after living for thirty years!

Could it be that he has no feelings for women?

Liu Qian was so angry that her face contorted, and she clutched the fur coat tightly in her hands.

"Hmph, other men don't want her, but you treat her like a treasure!"

"Sir, don't be fooled by her innocent and pure appearance today; it's all an act!"

"Do you know what kind of experiences she had before, what kind of person she is? She's not a kind person!"

"Others may not know, but as her high school classmate and practically her neighbor since childhood, I know it all perfectly well!"

"She..." Before Liu Qian could finish speaking, Chen Mo gave her a cold look.

"Shut up!"

"Are you kidding me?"

Liu Qian's eyes widened, and she burst into laughter in anger.

"You're telling me to shut up? What's the point of talking about me?"

"You're really something else! I'm trying to help you, don't you understand?"

Chen Mo ignored her and immediately got up, went behind Lan Yujuan, and picked up her coat to put on her.

"It's too noisy, let me take you home first."

After saying that, he picked up his coat, grabbed the two jars of wine from the table, and, with a half-hearted gesture, led Lan Yujuan out.

Liu Qian was indignant and chased after them, managing to stop them.

"Wait a moment!"

"What do you mean?"

"What do you do? What's your name? Dare to tell me your name!"

"Even if Lan Yujuan and I had a few arguments, I am still a woman."

"You're a grown man, and in front of everyone, you sided with Lan Yujuan without even asking what happened, giving me a dirty look. That's incredibly ungentlemanly of you!"

With red eyes, Liu Qian defended herself while feeling wronged, and was about to rush over and push Chen Mo's chest.

A hint of disgust flashed in Chen Mo's eyes as he turned to the side to avoid her, but the arm that was loosely around Lan Yujuan's arm inadvertently landed on her waist.

Lan Yujuan was startled, and her whole body tensed up instantly.

In front of everyone, her ears were already bright red, but she pretended not to notice anything amiss, only daring to secretly observe Chen Mo's expression out of the corner of her eye.

At this moment, Chen Mo seemed to have all his eyes and attention focused on Liu Qian, who was blocking his way, and said in a cold voice:

"Get out of the way!"

"Not all men refrain from hitting women."

For a moment, the situation reached a stalemate.

Fortunately, the proprietress, who was busy in the kitchen, finally managed to find some time to come out and take a look after hearing what was happening outside.

"Chen Mo, what's going on?"

"You just coaxed me into drinking two jars of wine, why are you turning around and leaving?"

"You two, aren't you going to sit a little longer?"

Chen Mo tightened his arms, shielding Lan Yujuan beside him, and said, barely suppressing his anger:

"I'm not sitting here anymore, I'm leaving!"

"Sis, don't just invite any random person to come and check out our shop. At least vet their character first."

"Don't go back and waste money, fail to promote effectively, and have your reputation damaged by negative publicity."

After saying that, Chen Mo put his arm around Liu Qian and walked out of the store.

All the noise and commotion were shut behind the door.

As the cold wind blew along the riverbank, Lan Yujuan's head became increasingly dizzy.

All of her exposed skin was flushed red.

Before Lan Yujuan could speak, Chen Mo released his grip at the opportune moment.

The two walked one after the other to the electric motorcycle.

Chen Mo wasn't in a hurry to take her home. Instead, he took out a cigarette from his pocket and slowly lit it.

"What's the video she mentioned earlier?" Chen Mo asked her seriously, looking at her.

Lan Yujuan didn't think it was a big deal at first, since she had been living a miserable life all these years anyway.

But at this very moment, perhaps due to the influence of alcohol...

Or perhaps it was because he was a good friend of the neighbor's older brother, and she felt like a wronged child who had found a parent to comfort her.

Her nose suddenly stung, and she couldn't hold back her tears, which started to stream down her face.

"Actually, it's not a big deal..."

"It's Liu Qian, a big blogger with quite a few fans."

"She secretly filmed a negative video about me, maliciously edited it, and then spread it around in the alumni group..."

"But it doesn't matter, I don't care anyway!"

The more Lan Yujuan said she didn't care, the more uncontrollable her tears became, and the harder they flowed!

Chen Mo frowned, stubbed out his cigarette, and flicked it into the trash can.

"Let's go, I'll take you home first!"

"I'll handle this."

After the two got on the electric motorcycle, Chen Mo rode very slowly and wobbled a bit.

Lan Yujuan sat in the back, her heart pounding with fear.

"Chen Mo, are you sure you can handle this?"

"If you're too drunk to ride, why don't I take your place!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Mo immediately became displeased.

He immediately found a safe spot, pulled over, and turned around to say:

"Can you blame me?"

"I'm afraid you'll drink too much and fall out of the car!"

After saying that, Chen Mo suddenly grabbed her two hands and gently pulled them forward, making her wrap her arms around his waist.

"Hold on tight, and hold on tight!"

Before Lan Yujuan could react, she twisted the throttle, and the electric motorcycle accelerated and sped away.

It only took a few minutes for Chen Mo to drop the person off at their apartment building.

Even before entering the residential area, Lan Yujuan had already sat far back. There was almost enough space between them to leave a whole new seat.

In the neighborhood where the Lan family lived, there happened to be many old neighbors who had watched Lan Yujuan grow up, and they were taking a walk and chatting downstairs.

Seeing Chen Mo bring her back, they immediately smiled and gathered around.

"Yujuan, this young man looks really good, he looks familiar. Is he your friend?"

Lan Yujuan shook her head repeatedly, blushing as she replied:

"I'm not very familiar with him."

"He's Qin Zhang's good friend!"

Upon hearing that he was Qin Zhang's good friend, the neighbors' newly ignited gossip was instantly extinguished.

After all, the Lan family and the Qin family have always had a good relationship. If the two families could get on the good side of the Qin family, they would have done so eight hundred years ago!

Since this young man in front of me is Qin Zhang's good friend, then he's practically Lan Yujuan's half-brother!

After giving a few perfunctory replies, Lan Yujuan grabbed the wine jar and rushed upstairs.

Chen Mo watched the fleeing figure, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

Originally, he was a little excited, feeling that the relationship between the two of them seemed to have made a different progress.

Lan Yujuan's simple "not very familiar" statement dampened his enthusiasm once again...

But it's okay.

He seemed to have found a way to "take things a step further" in his relationship with her.

After returning home, Lan Yujuan slept for the entire afternoon, fueled by alcohol.

When she woke up, her daughter had already come home from kindergarten.

She had assumed that the little guy would be happy on his first day of school.

Unexpectedly, my daughter started to look listless as soon as she got home from school.

Moreover, she kept emphasizing to her grandparents, "I don't want to go to kindergarten anymore."

Her little face looked pitiful; it was clear she had something on her mind and had been wronged.