The air suddenly froze.

Before Shang Wu could explain, the person was already right in front of her.

A cold glint flashed in Zhou Yanci's eyes as he reached out and grabbed the back of her neck.

She could feel the thin calluses on the other person's palm, and the force that almost hurt her when they squeezed.

"Zhou Yanci, let me go..."

Before she could finish speaking, Zhou Yanci pressed her thumb firmly against her earlobe.

“Look at me.”

His hoarse voice carried an inexplicable sense of pressure.

Shang Wu looked up at him.

Zhou Yanci seemed like a different person, only now revealing the fierceness in his personality, no longer the affectionate person he usually pretended to be.

He asked coldly, "Are you going to betray me too? Hmm? Like her, you've found a better option and are secretly having affairs with other men?"

"say!"

Zhou Yanci let out a low growl, his eyes reddening, like a beast awakening and baring its fangs.

Shang Wu could sense that Zhou Yanci seemed to have some kind of psychological shadow because of Chenmian's sudden departure.

At this moment, the shadow was triggered by a phone call.

Shang Wu reached out and gently stroked Zhou Yanci's arm, comforting her, "I won't betray you, Yanci. You've been so good to me, how could I be with someone else?"

Zhou Yanci's eyes flickered, and she pursed her lips, remaining silent.

Shang Wu gently coaxed, "The person who called just now was Xiao Lu from the jewelry department. If you don't believe me, call back now and ask."

Her eyes held a mixture of grievance and sincerity, and her slightly rapid breaths sprayed onto Zhou Yanci's arm.

Zhou Yanci suddenly seemed to wake from a dream and released her, a hint of annoyance flashing in his eyes.

"I'm sorry, I... I lost my composure just now."

He instantly put on a gentle mask again, and gently embraced Shang Wu: "I've been hurt before, and I have a shadow in my heart. I didn't mean to be mean to you. Are you scared?"

Shang Wu did not hug him back; her body involuntarily began to resist, and she managed to clench her fists at her sides to keep from pushing him away.

She exhaled and said softly, "Yanci, please don't doubt me anymore, okay? I know you were deeply hurt by Miss Chen, but I'm different from her. You're not only my fiancé, but also the benefactor of my whole family."

Upon hearing the last sentence, Zhou Yanci stiffened, took a step back, and looked at her with a complicated expression.

"Alright, I see you're not quite calm right now. Take a break and I'll get you a glass of honey water."

Shang Wu pulled him to sit on the sofa.

Zhou Yanci's eyes held a broken light as he looked up at her and said, word by word, "Awu, I'm sorry."

"It's alright." Shang Wu smiled and turned to go to the kitchen.

She poured Zhou Yanci a glass of water, added a spoonful of honey, and then picked up her phone: "I'm going to call Xiao Lu back."

Shang Wu appeared nonchalant, open, and natural.

Zhou Yanci gripped her water glass tightly and nodded, increasingly embarrassed.

Shang Wu went upstairs and made the call. Afraid that Lu Rang would hang up, she spoke first: "It's me."

Lu Rang asked casually, "Why is Zhou Yanci at your place? Do you live together?"

"No, he sometimes stays overnight."

Shang Wu paused for a moment, then blurted out, "We won't sleep in the same bed."

Both of them were taken aback after saying that.

Shang Wu rubbed her forehead where Lu Rang couldn't see her, feeling somewhat speechless at herself.

Why did she specifically emphasize this...?

Lu Rang said calmly, "Your brother wrote you a letter, but someone deliberately intercepted it. However, I sent someone to tell your brother the day before yesterday to write two copies of the letter. The other copy is currently in my possession."

Upon hearing this, Shang Wu's gaze instantly turned cold.

It's obvious without even thinking that Zhou Yanci ordered it.

It seems that Zhou Yanci knew she went to see her brother and what she asked him to do because there were his own people passing on the information.

Shang Wu suddenly felt a sense of unease: "What are you planning to do next?"

"Go and contact the person your brother hit. Just wait for my news."

Lu Rang paused for a second: "Unless there are special circumstances, I will call you on the weekend evening to discuss the progress of the investigation. Remember to prepare in advance."

Shang Wu pressed her ear to the phone, listening to his slightly deep voice, and felt inexplicably at ease.

She couldn't help but ask, "Weekends are your rest time, are you going to use them to talk to me about the case?"

Lu Rang said, "You reminded me that you're taking up my personal time. This will cost extra money. Just transfer 300 yuan to my account per hour."

"It wasn't you..." Shang Wu hadn't finished complaining when the phone was hung up.

She gripped her phone tightly, and her mood inexplicably improved; the faint pain in the back of her neck completely disappeared.

Shang Wu composed herself, turned around, and went out.

Zhou Yanci had finished drinking the honey water and was going to take a shower.

She retreated into her room, took the opportunity to close the door, locked it, and went to sleep.

When Zhou Yanci came out after taking a shower, no one answered the door when she knocked, and she couldn't turn the doorknob.

He had intended to say a few words of comfort to Shang Wu and then make some physical contact, but he didn't expect that she would fall asleep so quickly.

Zhou Yanci felt disappointed, changed her clothes, and left.

After the person left, Shang Wu leaned against the headboard and continued working.

Suddenly, an invitation popped up in her email.

Shang Wu opened the message and found that it was from a business partner, inviting her to a business exchange meeting.

This is necessary work-related socializing.

After filling in her personal information, Shang Wu registered to participate.

The next day, when she arrived at the company, she found that Zhou Yanci had also received an invitation and was going to attend with her.

Holding onto the thought of making amends for what she had done to Shang Wu the night before, Zhou Yanci immediately had someone buy Shang Wu an expensive dress and jewelry.

"It's your favorite dress brand. You'll be my date tonight."

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