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

Now that things have come to this, Yan Heng has no intention of hiding it any longer.

He looked back at Xu An'an calmly and answered honestly:

"have."

Xu An'an's heart skipped a beat.

She stared intently at Yan Heng and asked, "What did you do?"

"Don't look at me like that," Yan Heng smiled. "It's nothing serious. I just went to discuss a condition with Yan Zhenze."

"What are the conditions?"

Xu An'an was getting quite angry at his piecemeal, delayed response.

Yan Heng paused for a moment, then said, "Accept his arrangement and go to study in England."

It turned out to be the case.

That explains everything.

After filming wrapped, as soon as Yan Heng got home, her character returned.

It's likely that Yan Heng's father used even more funds or connections. In return, Yan Heng had to obey his arrangements and study abroad.

That's why Yan Heng suddenly left.

I had been holding a grudge against him for so long because of this, but it turns out it was all because of her?

Xu An'an, Xu An'an, you're really slow on the uptake...

Seeing Xu An'an's regretful expression, Yan Heng couldn't help but pinch her cheek.

"Don't say that. Even without this incident, I would have left anyway. Back then, I was determined to go against Yan Zhenze, and I didn't study properly from high school onwards. I probably wouldn't have been able to get into a good university in China. The university that Yan Zhenze applied to for me was very good, and I learned a lot there."

He paused, his tone softening slightly: "Actually, Yan Zhenze is right. This world is inherently unfair to everyone. When I was little, I always wanted to escape the Yan family, but that time was truly the first time I was incredibly grateful to have the surname Yan—otherwise, no matter what I sacrificed, I could never have helped you get that role back."

Xu An listened quietly to what he was saying, but her heart was in turmoil.

She knew that Yan Heng, at twenty-five, had done a lot for her, but she never knew that Yan Heng, at eighteen, had already been trying his best to protect her with his thin arms.

She couldn't help but think about how eighteen-year-old Yan Heng went to his father to beg for peace.

Given his personality, he would never say anything conciliatory.

A father who has been disobeyed for a long time suddenly finds his stubborn son's weakness. How will he use this to suppress him and force him to bow down?

Will I hit him?

Will you make him kneel down?

Thinking of that scene, a surge of emotion rushed to Xu An'an's eyes, and her nose tingled so much that she could barely speak.

"Don't cry."

Yan Heng frowned, bent down and gently wiped away Xu An'an's tears, softening his voice to coax her, "This is a good thing for me. Don't you see how well I'm doing now?"

"What's so great about you now!"

Xu An'an suddenly cried out.

She flung Yan Heng's hand away, ignoring the tears streaming down her face, and shouted at him,

"Is career success all that matters? Look at how exhausted you are! You're constantly in meetings and on business trips, and you haven't even adjusted to the time difference before you're flying to another time zone!"

"Yan Heng, is this what you meant by 'good'?"

Yan Heng was stunned.

He hadn't expected Xu An'an to suddenly get so angry, and for a moment he didn't know how to respond.

"Don't cry..."

Yan Heng instinctively wanted to pull her into his arms. "I'm not always like this, I've just been busy lately..."

What keeps you busy?

Xu An'an pushed his hand away and looked at him with red eyes.

"So you're going to make drastic changes to the company's operating rules to take in Yi'an's employees? And Project Sky Dome—you've been working on it for so long, and then you just withdraw the bid like that, just to prevent Lu's stock price from falling because of the divorce proceedings, is that it?"

I've finally said all that.

Xu An'an suddenly felt a surge of pleasure.

She had kept these words in her heart for too long; she should have said them a long time ago.

Yan Heng's devotion to her has gone beyond the norm.

What is it about me that makes him go to such lengths?

"Xu An'an, I'm an adult, I know what I'm doing."

Yan Heng hugged her tightly and sighed.

"I never really wanted to take on the 'Sky Dome Project' you mentioned. The project is too big, and the return on investment for me is too low. So even without you, I would have withdrawn from the bidding in the end."

"Yan Heng, do you think I'm stupid?"

Xu An'an shook her head with a wry smile, "Knowing you wouldn't take this project, why did you go to all that trouble to outdo Lu Yiming?"

Yes, Xu An'an has thought everything through.

"You secured this project so you could control Lu's stock price and gain the upper hand, allowing me to legitimately file for divorce!"

Yan Heng remained silent for a long time.

He nodded anyway.

"Yes. I admit it. Since Lu Yiming dared to use the Lu family business to threaten you, then I will make him taste what it's like to be threatened."

Looking at the handsome face of the man in front of her, Xu An'an felt as if her heart was being pricked by needles.

"Yan Heng...you've done so much for me...I don't deserve it..."

Her tears flowed uncontrollably, and her whole body trembled slightly.

Whether it's worth it or not is up to me to decide.

Yan Heng gently wiped away Xu An'an's tears and pulled her into his arms.

Seeing that Xu An'an did not refuse, he tightened his arms, pressed his cheek against her hair, and took a deep breath.

"Xu An'an, you are not me. You don't know what you mean to me. Every bit of kindness I've received since I was a child has been because I'm Yan Zhenze's son. Only you—Xu An'an, only you were kind to me when I had nothing and was nobody."

Xu An'an didn't like hearing him say that.

She looked up and interrupted him: "Don't think like that. Yan Heng, you're great. Even if you weren't surnamed Yan, but Li or Zhang, other people would still like you."

"Maybe," Yan Heng said, looking into her eyes, "but all I want is your approval."

Looking into his slightly mocking eyes, Xu An'an felt that she had fallen into his trap again.

She blushed instantly, unsure of what to say.

Yan Heng smiled and pulled her back into his arms, whispering, "Xu An'an, no matter what, I've fallen in love with you. I've always been indifferent to all feelings, had no plans for life, and didn't even know why people live. But because I met you, I truly have someone I want to protect, and my life has gained meaning."

"You said before that I was unhappy because of you. But Xu An'an, you're wrong. There's never been any happiness in my life—"

"I'm only happy because of you."

I'm happy just because of you.

Xu An'an's heart skipped a beat.

These words were so heavy that they made it hard for her to breathe.

But why did Yan Heng say that?

Why is he always unhappy?

What exactly did he experience during his growth?

Just as she was about to ask a question, her phone suddenly rang.

The caller ID automatically displayed: Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Milan.

Why would the consulate call her so late at night?

Xu An'an answered the phone: "Feed?"

"Hello, are you Lu Yiming's wife?"

Xu An'an hesitated for a moment, but still agreed, "Hello, that's me."

After confirming her identity, the other party began, "Hello, Mrs. Lu, Mr. Lu, he..."

Xu An'an held her phone, her face growing paler with each word she heard.

After a while, she said to the other end of the line with a serious expression, "Okay, I'll be right there."

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