Jiang Can's face paled, and she quickly lifted his T-shirt to check his injuries.

There was indeed a noticeable mark on my lower back.

"They're all red!" She rubbed them tenderly, then turned to look at Lin Yuqing.

"Sister Yuqing, look! Lu Lishan kicked him like this!"

Lu Lishan never expected that Yuqing, who had just been showing affection to him, would suddenly become a completely different person and stare at him.

"Yeah, how could you be so reckless!"

“Yuqing,” Lu Lishan said innocently, “aren’t you on my side…”

"Why are you taking my side?" Lin Yuqing put her arm around Jiang Can's shoulder. "My Cancan is unhappy! Go, go, go buy medicine for Gu Mang!"

Lu Lishan's eyes widened.

My Cancan?

That was my Ah Shan just a moment ago!

Does this mean that sisters are more important than men?!

So love can disappear, right...?

Lu Lishan stood there in a daze, then suddenly looked up and met Huo Zhixing's slightly smug expression.

"Would you mind if I troubled you, Mr. Lu, to go and buy some medicine for me?"

...

At six o'clock in the morning, Lu Lishan not only bought medicine, but also brought back breakfast for the group.

After diligently setting the table, he opened the balcony door, shoved the medicine into Huo Zhixing's hand, and sneered through gritted teeth.

"Just because I kicked you once, you're acting all dramatic! Are you messing with me?"

Huo Zhixing smiled and said, "You flatter me. I was just giving them a taste of their own medicine."

Lu Lishan rolled his eyes so hard they almost reached the sky.

This is such a minor thing that medicine isn't necessary, so Huo Zhixing put the ointment aside.

Jiang Can and Lin Yuqing happily ate their breakfast. The two men leaned against the balcony railing, looking inside, with the same smile on their faces.

"Hey, I have something serious to tell you." Lu Lishan's expression turned serious.

Huo Zhixing was taken aback. "What's wrong?"

"Give me a cigarette first."

Huo Zhixing glared at him.

Lu Lishan gestured to him, telling him to hurry up and take it.

Huo Zhixing scoffed lightly and reluctantly pulled out the remaining half pack of cigarettes from his pocket—this was one of his few remaining cigarettes.

He pulled out a cigarette and gave it to Lu Lishan, then the two of them hid in a corner of the balcony, out of sight of the two women, and quickly lit the cigarettes.

"What's going on?" Huo Zhixing frowned. "You don't even have money to buy a pack of cigarettes?"

“All my money is with Yuqing,” Lu Lishan answered frankly. “There’s no budget for cigarettes in the allowance she gives me.”

"Oh." Huo Zhixing nodded, his gaze momentarily filled with sympathy.

In contrast, Jiang Can was much kinder to him, never interfering with his spending and even taking the initiative to buy him things.

However, Jiang Can is quite strict about controlling the issue of cigarettes.

So now he's barely scraping by with just this small amount of food...

Lu Lishan wanted another cigarette, but Huo Zhixing suddenly slapped his hand away and stuffed the cigarette back into his pocket.

"Get to the point!" he whispered, "or they'll be looking for us soon!"

Lu Lishan sighed helplessly, finished his last puff, looked at him and said, "Huo Zhiyan contacted me these past two days."

Huo Zhixing's eyes darkened.

"He contacted me for no other reason than to ask where you were. What, didn't he hear that you were back in Yangcheng?"

“I went back secretly,” he said in a deep voice. “And I only stayed for two days, so it’s normal that Huo Zhiyan didn’t know.”

“Hmm.” Lu Lishan nodded. “I didn’t tell him anything else, just that you’re not in England. We’ll have to continue investigating your exact location.”

Huo Zhixing patted him on the shoulder.

"In addition, I have learned something else."

"What?"

"They are secretly training Gu Mang to imitate your every move. From clothing and appearance to speech and behavior, even some small gestures and micro-expressions, they are making Gu Mang do it just like you."

Huo Zhixing's expression changed slightly, as if he were deep in thought.

He had already thought of this.

They finally managed to capture Gu Mang, and with such a useful pawn, they couldn't afford to waste it easily.

“It seems they really want him to replace you.” Lu Lishan fiddled with his lighter. “When I told Huo Zhiyan you weren’t in England, he smiled very strangely.”

“My second uncle has always wanted that piece of land in the western suburbs of Yangcheng,” Huo Zhixing said thoughtfully, “but he doesn’t have that much money, so it would be very difficult for him to take on this project.”

“If we can mobilize the British consortium at this time, it will be easy for my second uncle to get that piece of land.”

“So…” Lu Lishan frowned slightly.

"So if I'm not mistaken, my second uncle wants Gu Mang to sign on my behalf and get the British consortium's money!"

Lu Lishan suddenly realized.

He thought that once Huo Zhiyan caught Gu Mang, he would immediately target Huo Zhixing. So, during the time Huo Zhixing was away from Jiangzhou, he was worried about leaving Jiang Can alone at home, which is why he came with Lin Yuqing to keep her company.

It now seems that Huo Zhiyan wasn't stupid enough to kill directly, but instead used Gu Mang's face to deceive everyone she could.

“Lu Lishan,” Huo Zhixing smiled slightly, “You really did me a big favor by saying that I wasn’t in England!”

Lu Lishan was a smart man and quickly understood what he meant.

"If the real Huo Zhixing isn't here, they can just send a fake one. Anyway, your five major conglomerates are all foreigners, so they won't be able to tell the difference between you and Gu Mang!"

Huo Zhixing sneered, "Then so be it!"

“But once Gu Mang arrives in England,” Lu Lishan chuckled, “we can catch him like a turtle in a jar!”

...

The Jiang family's board meeting was held as scheduled. Jiang Can stepped into the building, took a deep breath, and walked straight to Jiang Mingyuan's office.

She needed to talk to Jiang Mingyuan before the board meeting.

Jiang Mingyuan was preparing meeting materials when he saw her and was slightly taken aback.

Jiang Can didn't call him "Dad," but instead politely addressed him as "Chairman Jiang."

Jiang Mingyuan's brow furrowed.

Jiang Can squeezed the documents in her hand and placed them all in front of Jiang Mingyuan.

"What does this mean?" Jiang Mingyuan's expression suddenly changed.

Several documents clearly state in black and white that the shares will be returned.

Below is Jiang Can's autograph.

From the moment she learned that she was not Jiang Mingyuan's biological daughter, she decided to have nothing to do with the Jiang family anymore.

“I’m here today to return these shares,” Jiang Can said clearly. “Chairman, you should know… I am not your biological daughter.”

Jiang Mingyuan's face grew even uglier, his fox-like eyes fixed on Jiang Can, filled with complex emotions.

Jiang Can's heart was pounding. Before coming, she had considered two possibilities.

First, Jiang Mingyuan accepted her request to return the shares, and from then on, she severed all ties with the Jiang family.

However, this possibility is very low.

If Jiang Mingyuan already knew she wasn't his biological daughter, yet still gave her shares, then the mystery behind it was the key thing she needed to figure out.

So returning the shares was just a pretext.

What she really wanted to test was Jiang Mingyuan's attitude!