Jie Lanyuan didn't understand what she meant, and then he thought of the confrontational phone call between Lin Huan and him a few days ago.

I'm increasingly convinced there's something wrong.

Explain yourself.

The woman's soft body trembled slightly in his arms.

Her red lips were slightly swollen from being violated by him.

Her eyelashes were wet with embarrassment and annoyance.

This masochistic appearance softened the anger in his heart, and his voice was pleading, "Zhizhi, please be good, okay?"

"Don't call me Zhizhi, you don't deserve it!"

From childhood to adulthood, only her mother would call her that.

Later, during the time he was dating Xie Lanyuan, he would occasionally call her by her nickname when he was deeply in love.

But now, when those two words came out of his mouth, Yan Xuxu found them particularly grating.

The coldness in her eyes materialized into a sharp edge. "If it weren't for your betrayal, why would I have been so heartbroken and drunk that I ended up having sex with Shen Mingzhou?"

"Jie Lanyuan, you personally delivered me to his side."

"Why are you pretending to be innocent now?"

That night, she planned to give herself to him as a birthday present.

Ironically, she lost her virginity to Shen Mingzhou.

Overnight, hope was shattered.

She lost her virginity and was caught in the act; her dignity and self-respect were shattered.

And what about him?

They vanished without a trace.

She was left alone, terrified and helpless, with nowhere to retreat!

Jie Lanyuan was filled with disbelief.

But more than anything, I feel fortunate.

She did not betray him.

It's all a misunderstanding.

His eyes gleamed with undisguised joy as he spoke gently, "I did not betray you."

"It doesn't matter anymore!"

Yan Xuxu didn't want to hear his explanation and hurt herself again, so she said coldly, "After so many years, there's no point in explaining these things anymore."

"It's your freedom to choose who you want to be with."

"After all, we've been together for so long without ever going public, so we can't really be considered lovers, right?"

Jie Lanyuan's arms, which were holding her, gave way.

The midday sun shone into the carriage, landing in his eyes and amplifying his emotional fluctuations.

He stared blankly at Yan Xuxu's indifferent face, his heart feeling as if it had been struck by a boulder, suffocating him.

After a long pause, he finally spoke in a low voice, "Not exactly lovers?"

"Yes."

Yan Xuxu showed no reluctance and firmly said, "Now, we each have our own lives, so please don't bother me anymore, Mr. Xie."

"As for Sisi's condition, I have professional ethics and will try my best to save her."

Since it was never made public before.

Nobody knows they were ever together.

Just consider it a fleeting, unreal dream.

Why bring up things that will only make you sad and upset?

Five years have passed, and her heart has long since changed since he left.

There's no going back between them.

What's more, she painstakingly mended her shattered heart, only to have it cruelly torn apart by Shen Mingzhou.

Having experienced two painful relationships, how could she possibly give others another chance to hurt her?

Xie Lanyuan looked at her with pain, then laughed mockingly, "But your life is not happy."

Yan Xuxu still didn't care. "So what? As long as he still needs me, that's enough."

Unable to bear her loyalty to Shen Mingzhou, Jie Lanyuan grabbed her shoulder again.

"If your endurance of humiliation is for the sake of retrieving the medical book, I can help you get it back."

Yan Xuxu sneered, "And then what?"

"To be controlled by you, to become your mistress?"

They are all the same.

They appear to be deeply affectionate and devoted, but in reality, they are all complete scumbags.

No.

Jie Lanyuan opened his mouth as if to explain.

Yan Xuxu didn't give him a chance, saying, "Since you have a fiancée, you should treat her well."

Xie Lanyuan frowned deeply. "Lin Qingyi was arranged by my mother; our two families have business dealings..."

"You don't need to explain to me."

Yan Xuxu wasn't in the mood to listen to his conversation with his fiancée and interrupted him directly.

"Having said that, there's nothing more for us to talk about. In the future, apart from work or Sisi's situation, please don't talk about unimportant things, Mr. Jie."

After saying that, she handed him the card, "I won't take the million, just give me a hundred dollars, then we're even."

Jie Lanyuan did not answer.

Yan Xuxu shoved him directly onto her lap and gestured for him to get out of the car.

Jie Lanyuan knew that continuing to pressure her would only lead to an unpleasant ending.

He still got off the bus on his own initiative.

Yan Xuxu closed the car door, went around to the driver's seat, stepped on the gas, and drove away quickly.

Jie Lanyuan stood there, watching her car merge into the traffic, until only a blur remained before disappearing into the distance.

His mind was filled with her words.

That woman?

When did he hug and cuddle with any woman?

And when did he ever stand her up on her birthday?

Just as Jie Lanyuan was about to call Mu Nan and ask him to investigate the matter, Mu Nan came out from inside.

"Mr. Jie, the phone number you asked us to investigate has been cancelled."

Jie Lanyuan's eyes darkened.

The dean told him that someone had called to inquire about Sisi's condition.

Having guessed that she might be the child's biological mother, he immediately asked Mu Nan to investigate.

I didn't expect the other party to be so fast.

……

Su Wanqing received a call saying that someone was investigating her number, which startled her so much that she broke out in a cold sweat.

Fortunately, she reacted quickly and cancelled the account early.

Otherwise, it will be troublesome.

"No matter who asks, you must keep quiet, understand?" she warned the person on the phone.

She went to the lab in the morning and overheard Zhou Li'an and Yan Xuxu talking on the phone.

Zhou Li'an was reviewing documents for his work report.

Turn on the speakerphone on your phone.

Therefore, she could hear everything that was happening on Yan Xuxu's side.

I heard that Yan Xuxu was ordering school supplies and even sending them to the Shuguang Orphanage.

She was worried that something unexpected might have happened, which is why she called the orphanage to check on things.

Afterwards, she realized she had acted too impulsively.

So they asked people to cancel their phone numbers immediately.

I didn't expect to be targeted so quickly.

Still shaken, Su Wanqing warned the other party a few more times before hanging up the phone.

"There's a problem with the review process; the patent application might not be approved."

Shen Mingzhou's voice suddenly came from behind.

Startled, she flinched and dropped her phone.

Shen Mingzhou narrowed his eyes, stepped forward, bent down to pick it up, and handed it to her. "What happened? Why do you look so pale?"

"No, you just said your patent application wasn't approved, what happened?"

Su Wanqing calmed herself down and concealed the guilt on her face.

Shen Mingzhou said irritably, "The people on the review side said that someone is putting pressure on them, so they can't proceed. The application will be rejected today."

"We need to come up with successful works and go through the process again."

He has been dealing with this matter since last night.

At first, the review team was unwilling to be honest.

If he hadn't gone there in person, he wouldn't have known the inside story.

He just couldn't understand who was behind this.

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