Because she was addicted

Wen Jia stood there dumbfounded.

As the car window slowly closed in front of her, Lu Chenyan stepped on the gas and sped away, the taillights of the car seeming to mock Wen Jia.

Enraged, Wen Jia stomped her foot hard in her high heels.

"Lu Chenyan! You're ruthless."

This person is so unpredictable.

One second they were fine, the next second their expression changed.

It's simply unpredictable.

Looking at the time, it was 11:30 PM. The mansion was in a secluded area, and there was almost no one there at this hour. She had no choice but to walk to the side and take out her phone to hail a taxi.

As soon as I stood still, I heard footsteps not far behind me.

Turning around, I saw Fu Huaishen carrying a baby girl as he walked out. The child was asleep with her head drooping on his shoulder, and Fu Huaishen's suit jacket was draped over her. There was also a woman beside her.

Wen Jia glanced at it only once before quickly crouching down and hiding in the bushes.

……

It was almost midnight when I got back to my place from Nanyu Mansion. Just as I got out of the ride-hailing car and walked downstairs, Shen Yu darted out from the nearby greenery.

"Jiajia, why are you only just getting back?" He immediately grabbed Wenjia's hand.

Wen Jia shoved him away.

"Don't touch me! Or I'll call the police."

"Jiajia, what happened? Tell me! Do you know how worried I was about you?" Shen Yu said with deep affection, a look that would make even a dog weep.

Wen Jia turned around,

"Shen Yu, you're a grown man. Don't you understand what it means that I've blocked you on WeChat and your phone number, and haven't seen you for half a month?"

"You're breaking up with me?" Shen Yu asked, looking hurt. "Why?!"

Why?

He even had the nerve to ask why?

"Are you done playing? Tired of it? Don't like it anymore? Is that enough?"

"Jiajia, how is this possible? We were fine before I went on my business trip, but you suddenly became a different person when I came back. Did something happen that I don't know about? Is something wrong at home...?"

"My family is doing well."

"Why is that?"

For a moment, Shen Yu had a doubt that Wen Jia knew about his affair with Gu Nan.

But how could that be possible?

He and Gu Nan were very careful.

At the company, they hardly interacted outside of work. Sometimes, they would even argue in public over work-related matters. Everyone in the company knew that they didn't get along.

"Are you angry because I didn't make our relationship public?"

Shen Yu quickly found an excuse for himself. He turned Wen Jia around and patiently coaxed her.

"Jiajia, it's not that I'm unwilling to go public, it's just that I'm forced by circumstances. This year, almost all of the company's senior management has been replaced, and one reform after another has been implemented. The marketing department is the one that's always on the front lines, so I'm constantly worried even when I'm sleeping."

"Jiajia, now we have Lu Chenyan too. When he gets serious about work, he's like a monster. You must have felt it today, right? If I can't close this project with Deep Blue Technology, I'll be packing my bags and leaving. Jiajia, we..."

"We're gone."

Wen Jia pried Shen Yu's hand away and took a step back, widening the distance between them.

"Shen Yu, was I not clear enough? Then I'm officially informing you that we've broken up. Please don't bother me anymore. We'll go our separate ways and have nothing to do with each other from now on."

"Wenjia!"

Shen Yu let out a low growl.

"Have you fallen for someone else? Is it Lu Chenyan?"

"Are you crazy?!"

"Wen Jia, who do you think Lu Chenyan is! He's just using you as a pawn today to deliberately annoy me and Gu Nan. Do you think someone like him would even look at you? Don't dream!"

"What's wrong with me? I don't steal, rob, or cheat. I live an upright and clean life. Why shouldn't I have the right to pursue something better?"

Wen Jia practically yelled it out.

In the dead of night, their voices echoed between the buildings in the residential area.

Shen Yu laughed in exasperation, shaking his head.

"Wen Jia, so that's what you were planning. No wonder you wouldn't sleep with me; you were just using that pride to keep your options open! Once you see someone better, you'll dump me. Wen Jia, you disgust me more than those women who openly sell themselves for profit. At least they're clearly evil, but you're full of scheming and hypocrisy!"

No wonder they work in marketing; their ability to distort the truth and call a deer a horse is truly exceptional.

Wenjia was physically and mentally exhausted.

She took out her phone and quickly dialed the property management office of the residential complex.

"Hello, this is Unit 2, Building 5. There's a drunk man causing a scene and seriously threatening my safety. Please come and remove him immediately."

"Okay, ma'am. We'll be right there." The property management staff quickly hung up the phone.

"Wen Jia, you're ruthless!" Shen Yu pointed at her, his eyes bloodshot.

"If you don't leave, I'll call the police and report you for harassment."

We'll see.

Shen Yu uttered those harsh words, then turned and left.

In an instant, Wen Jia felt somewhat exhausted.

……

I arrived at the office early the next morning.

On the table sat a rose gift box, 60 centimeters in diameter, with bright red roses arranged in a striking heart shape, pierced by a golden arrow—real gold, not gilded.

Before Wen Jia could even put down her bag, all the secretaries around her had already swarmed around her.

"Jiajia, are you in a relationship?"

"This is love at first sight, and it costs tens of thousands! Your boyfriend is so extravagant!"

"Jiajia, you've kept this a secret so well! When did you talk about it?"

"No talks."

Wen Jia remained expressionless, but her heart skipped a beat.

Given such a grand gesture and high profile, she could probably guess who the other party was.

"No relationship? Then it must have been a gift from someone who has a crush on you."

Yimo cupped her face in her hands, her eyes sparkling.

"Our Jiajia is so beautiful, what man wouldn't like her? This sincerity is really impressive."

In the bustling office, everyone was making guesses.

Ding! A text message came into Wen Jia's phone.

She glanced at it once, and her face darkened.

It really was that person.

She casually placed a same-city courier order on her phone, took the bouquet of flowers from Yimo, carefully packed it up, and sent it back.

Seeing her expression, everyone awkwardly retreated, not daring to utter another word.

Only Yimo stared wide-eyed, her face filled with regret.

"These flowers are so expensive, you really don't want them?"

"I'm afraid I might receive the flowers but not live to enjoy them!" Wen Jia didn't dare tell Yi Mo who sent them, afraid of frightening her.

The voice just fell.

Ding!

The elevator doors opened, and Fu Huaishen and Lu Chenyan walked out one after the other, followed by Secretary Li and Fu's driver and bodyguard, Xiao Wu.

"Wow, these flowers are so beautiful."

Fu Huaishen passed by Wen Jia's table, smiled gently, and then glanced at Lu Chenyan's face with a half-smile.

Lu Chenyan was chatting and laughing with Fu Huaishen, but when he saw the box of flowers, his face immediately darkened.

He tapped his finger on Wen Jia's desk.

"Come in."

Beside her, Yi Mo's face immediately turned even more ashen than if she were constipated, and she quickly retreated. Everyone else shrank back, not daring to breathe.

"Mr. Lu, what is it?"

"Smack."

Behind the table, Lu Chenyan tossed a folder over. Wen Jia glanced at it and saw it was the research report from yesterday about a new energy development project.

"I've made some notes for you. Also, check out these international industry websites and research the latest and most cutting-edge papers yourself. Give me a decent report in three days."

As Lu Chenyan spoke, he turned on his computer and clicked a few times.

Wen Jia's phone rang several times. She looked down and saw that several emails had come in, all from Lu Chenyan.

She agreed, picked up the report, opened it, and was dumbfounded.

The twenty-page report was filled with annotations and revisions on every single page. In some places, when there wasn't enough space, the annotations even extended to the back of the report, a dense mass of tiny, ant-like words.

We parted ways at Nan Yu Mansion yesterday, which was already past 11 o'clock.

Lu Chenyan came straight to the office without going home. Judging from the workload, does he not sleep at night?

Wen Jia blushed after reading only a few messages.

Compared to Lu Chenyan's annotations, my work was practically at an elementary school level.

"Okay, Mr. Lu." Wen Jia was finally convinced.