Anru was so angry she almost vomited blood; she pointed her finger at the other person.

"Don't come any closer, just stand there."

Her expression was one of strong displeasure, and she asked impatiently, "Where did you get my address from?"

“Ms. An, you should know what industry we are in. If you can’t even find out this much information, you shouldn’t be taking orders in this industry.”

"I came here mainly to collect the advance payment. Last time, my boss said that he doesn't accept online orders and that payment must be made offline."

Although the man explained it clearly, Anru still had doubts, and she said while holding back her anger.

"If things are done well, you won't be shortchanged by a single penny. But if things aren't done well, don't blame me for not paying the final payment. I'll have to chase after all the money I've paid."

The man in the baseball cap didn't care at all. He was just playing along, and his goal was to get the recording. Now that the mission was accomplished, a smile gradually appeared on his lips.

"Ma'am, I'm just an employee. I do whatever my boss tells me to do."

Anru couldn't see what the man in the baseball cap looked like, but from under the brim of the cap, she could tell that his eyes were dark and bright.

In order to get rid of the other party as soon as possible, she opened her handbag and took out a wad of money.

"Here's 20,000 yuan. Take the money and leave now, or I'll complain to your boss."

"Ms. An, I'll leave now."

The man in the baseball cap smirked, took the banknote Anru handed him, casually put it into his backpack, and turned to leave.

I hope there will be more of these kinds of good things where you can get two paychecks in the future.

"What's wrong?"

As Zhang Jie stepped out of the elevator, she brushed past the man in the baseball cap: "Who is he?"

"I don't know this elevator, I got off at the wrong one!"

Anru stared irritably at the tightly closed elevator doors. She wondered if she was overthinking it, but she felt that the man's behavior was somewhat out of place with his profession.

"Let's go in first!"

Anru suppressed her panic, unlocked the fingerprint lock, and went inside.

As soon as she entered the room, Zhang Jie's words sent a throbbing pain through her temples.

"You said Qin Suisui attended a banquet hosted by the Huating Chamber of Commerce the day before yesterday?"

"You even ran into your senior brother?"

Zhang Jie looked at An Ru with a puzzled expression.

"Don't you know?"

"Ji Yang was also there, didn't he tell you?"

"Ji Yang!"

Anru sneered, "It's already a miracle he didn't stab me in the back."

Ji Yang is her eldest aunt's son. They have never gotten along since childhood, especially in front of her grandfather, where Ji Yang always tries to win his favor.

What angered her the most was that he often slept with her senior brother in private. She had caught him doing this several times, and each time he was surrounded by beautiful women. Although her senior brother was always chaste, she hated any woman around him.

In front of her grandfather, she couldn't refuse, and could only watch helplessly as her senior brother and Ji Yang, this playboy, became increasingly close.

She felt a serious sense of crisis in the face of Ji Yang, who was unpredictable, fearing that her senior brother would be led astray by him.

"What bad luck! Nothing good ever comes from running into him."

Anru sounded listless, clearly not in the mood for shopping.

"I don't want to go out later, you can go out and have fun by yourself."

She casually tossed down her backpack and turned to go back upstairs.

"Hey! Xiaoru, what are you doing?"

Zhang Jie quickly grabbed her arm and forced a smile to comfort her.

"Your senior brother didn't even say a word to Qin Suisui when you met her at the banquet. The two of you never even met. Why are you thinking about this?"

"I'm in a bad mood, so what do you suggest we do?"

Anru shouted angrily.

"I just want her to get out of Huating as soon as possible. Every day she stays in Huating, I feel uncomfortable."

"Oh!"

Zhang Jie secretly rolled her eyes. Stealing someone's boyfriend and then not allowing them to show their face? What kind of logic is that?

If it weren't for their childhood friendship and the fact that she had no peers around her, she would have really wanted to abandon Anru.

"Can't you just pretend you didn't see it? Can't you treat Qin Suisui like air? In your heart, Yu Chengjue is a top-quality man, but in Qin Suisui's eyes, he may be nothing at all."

He's just a jerk at best!

Zhang Jie pulled An Rujiu towards the outside.

Do you know who else showed up at the dinner party the night before last?

"who?"

Anru truly regrets not attending the banquet that night out of spite, and now she feels a tickling discomfort in her chest.

"Zhang Jie, just tell me already. Stop being so mysterious. I'm already in a bad mood."

"Whose fault is it that you're in a bad mood? You're the kind of person who makes trouble out of nothing."

Zhang Jie couldn't help but criticize her.

"Our senior student Huo from Aurora University also attended the banquet."

"Senior Brother Huo?"

Anru's mood was slightly turbulent. She had once had feelings for Senior Brother Huo, but unfortunately, her love was frozen by his behavior and stopped at mere admiration.

However, this did not stop her from being curious.

"What is Senior Brother Huo doing at the banquet?"

Zhang Jie shrugged, her tone tinged with regret: "I don't know either."

They exchanged a glance, their lips twitching, both somewhat understanding each other's feelings—they were both undoubtedly annoyed.

"Come on, Miss An, are you feeling any better now? Can we go out now?"

Anru nodded reluctantly.

"Let's go, but it's a deal, don't try to take advantage of me this time. I've lost a lot on my options recently."

"Who's taking advantage of you!"

Zhang Jie couldn't help but exclaim.

"ah!"

She suddenly remembered: "You lost a lot of money on your options, no, Miss An, all my pocket money is in your and your husband's hands, you didn't lose it all, did you?"

Zhang Jie looked distressed, and her steps slowed as she left the house.

“Your money is all in my senior brother’s hands. What I lost were the few financial plans I made myself.”

Anru glared at her and explained coldly.

She was more frustrated than anyone else, somewhat bewildered that the stocks and fund options she had been optimistic about had ultimately yielded disappointing returns.

Especially the oil options I invested in this time, they've fallen so much I'm almost at the point of liquidation.

"That scared me to death!"

Zhang Jie ignored An Ru's thoughts and continued to complain.

"Xiaoru, stay away from my money, okay? Sometimes I wonder how you managed to pass your major courses in college?"

"Do you need me to calculate the returns on the investments you've handled in recent years?"

"Shut up, stop talking!"

Anru glared at Zhang Jie, looking at her slow movements.

"Are you going shopping or not? If you don't leave soon, I'm going back."

Zhang Jie quickened her pace to catch up: "Okay, okay, I won't say anything, alright?"