Mr. Lu, stop being such a jerk. Your wife is your nemesis's white moonlight.

The call was disconnected.

Lu Yiming held up his phone, which had automatically turned off, and didn't react for a long time.

An An has never been this out of control before.

The hoarse, painful sound he had just heard still echoed in his ears, causing him to feel a sudden, inexplicable palpitation.

I feel like I've missed something, but how could that be?

Aside from Lin Wan'er's pregnancy, he had nothing else to hide from her.

Pregnancy... child...

Is it possible that An'an is still unable to let go of the fact that he and Lin Wan'er had a child?

It's been so long since the incident, I didn't expect An'an to be so agitated.

While Lu Yiming felt troubled, he also felt a sense of relief—the fact that An'an was so angry at least proved that she still loved him deeply.

He had never doubted An'an's love for him before, but on the day of the billiards banquet at Old Cheng's birthday party, he really panicked.

He hadn't deliberately watched any of An An's movies, so of course he didn't know she had played a snooker player—although he didn't think it meant anything, but Xu An An clearly didn't think so.

That's why, under Yan Heng's instigation, she impulsively said those things without considering the consequences.

After that day, Lu Yiming spent several days watching all the movies that Xu An'an had acted in.

When he saw the most popular movie, "The Last Goodnight," he felt that the actor who played her brother looked familiar, and his features were nine-tenths similar to Yan Heng's.

He investigated through various connections overnight and discovered that this person was indeed Yan Heng.

After his initial surprise, he immediately found it quite ridiculous.

I never expected that Yan Heng had actually worked as an actor... I guess Yan Zhenze suppressed the matter because he thought it was embarrassing for him.

But... did An'an and Yan Heng actually know each other a long time ago? Then why has she never mentioned it after being married for so long?

Lu Yiming frowned, his mind racing back to everything that had happened during this period.

He suddenly remembered the script he had found at home a month ago—ever since Yan Heng tried every means to get close to An An, An An had been acting strangely. Then, she suddenly filed for divorce.

He went through the whole story again: Why did Yan Heng keep trying to sow discord between An An and him? What good would their divorce do him?

— That is the stock price.

The answer became clear in an instant. The CEO's marital status has the most direct impact on the stock price. Yan Heng's purpose in approaching Xu An'an was to use this to his advantage against the Lu family.

Yan Heng is truly despicable... He can come up with such a low-down trick just to beat me.

But he miscalculated.

An'an is no ordinary CEO's wife. She once saved Lu's Group from its most critical moment, and her feelings for Lu's Group are no less than her own.

She might be impulsive and be misled, making some minor mistakes, but she would never do anything that would truly harm the interests of the Lu family.

Xu An'an will never publicly file for divorce.

Lu Yiming had no doubt about this.

……

After an unknown amount of time, Xu An'an gently pushed herself away from Yan Heng's embrace.

She looked down at the large wet patches on the quick-drying fabric and was utterly speechless at herself—how could she cry so much?

"I'm so sorry..." Xu An'an blushed and pointed to her clothes, "How about I wash them for you..."

After all, it was covered in her snot and tears.

Yan Heng remained silent for a moment before speaking, "No need."

His tone was strange, as if he was forcibly suppressing some emotion:

"Xu An'an, do you still love him?"

Xu An'an was startled and subconsciously looked up, only to be caught off guard by those dark, deep eyes.

There were so many emotions in those eyes: disappointment, sadness, anger... and a hint of grievance.

Her heart skipped a beat, and she realized that Yan Heng had misunderstood—he thought she was crying because of Lu Yiming.

"Of course not!"

Without thinking, Xu An'an's mouth opened on its own.

Actually, remaining silent at this point is the better choice. Let Yan Heng misunderstand, and eventually he will give up—this is the result Xu An'an wants, and it is also what she should do.

But at this moment, facing Yan Heng's hurt and aggrieved face, Xu An'an completely panicked.

She would rather Yan Heng remain cold and indifferent to her than see him so distressed.

"I wasn't crying just now...it's because—" Xu An'an explained incoherently. She didn't want to tell him about the miscarriage, but she couldn't find any other reason for it.

Seeing Yan Heng's downcast eyelashes, Xu An'an blurted out in a moment of panic:

"I wish I could cut all ties with him right now, so how could I still love him?"

Upon hearing this, her eyelashes trembled, lifted, and revealed a pair of dark eyes that shimmered with tiny, sparkling lights.

"Really?" His tone was skeptical.

"real!"

"Then why don't you file a lawsuit?"

"I—" Xu An'an choked up.

She knew, of course, that filing for divorce was the quickest solution. Attorney He had advised her that, according to standard rulings, even if she lost in the first instance, as long as she persisted in appealing, the second instance would also grant the divorce.

But she didn't want to go to that point unless absolutely necessary.

"Yan Heng," she sighed, "you know, if this kind of thing goes to court, Lu's stock price will definitely fluctuate wildly... Lu Yiming deserves it, but aren't the hardworking employees the ones who really suffer the losses?"

She had worked at Lu's for five years, and her previous impulsive actions had already caused considerable damage to the company. Xu An'an really didn't want to make things worse at this time.

"So," Yan Heng looked up at her, "you're not going to sue just because you're worried about the stock price?"

"Yes." Xu An'an responded to his gaze frankly.

"What if I can guarantee that Lu's stock price won't be affected?"

Xu An'an was stunned, blinking in confusion, "How is this possible..."

"Answer me first."

Xu An'an thought for a moment and answered truthfully, "If that were possible, I would file for divorce immediately."

"Okay," Yan Heng nodded, finally getting the answer he wanted, and then dropped his pitiful expression.

As Xu An'an stared in disbelief, he took two more steps closer, lowered his head, and gazed into her eyes:

"Xu An'an, you'd better keep your word."

......

The following afternoon at 1 p.m., a financial news story made headlines in the business news section.

[A stunning reversal in the "Sky Dome Project": The Yan family withdraws at the last minute, and the Lu family wins the bid]

"Do you think Yan Heng has gone mad?"

As soon as Su Xiaohan got off the plane, she couldn't wait to call Xu An'an:

"My brother told me that the judging panel had already decided that the Yan family had won the bid, but for some reason, the Yan family suddenly announced their withdrawal in the middle of the night!"

"I heard the entire review committee was stunned. A project of this magnitude has never been withdrawn at the last minute before... Lu Yiming really got off easy!" Su Xiaohan said indignantly.

"Since the news of the victory was released, Lu's stock hit its daily limit within a minute! Now everyone is saying that Lu's market value will increase by at least 30%..."

"An'an," Su Xiaohan suddenly lowered her voice:

"Do you think Yan Heng has been cursed?"