Just as Grandpa Meng said, Mu Xiaocheng was waiting eagerly downstairs.

She was afraid that her grandfather would beat Ji Huaishen if he was unhappy, she was also afraid that her grandfather would not agree to them being together, and she was even more afraid that her grandfather would accidentally touch on Ji Huaishen's sore spot.

After waiting for a while, she became restless.

He stood up and paced back and forth in the living room.

"Are you nervous?" A familiar female voice reached Mu Xiaocheng's ears. She turned her head and looked at the source of the voice.

Zhou Xinlan appeared behind her at some point. She was still wearing a nice business suit, with a neat short haircut, and looked very energetic.

Upon seeing Zhou Xinlan, Mu Xiaocheng felt inexplicably angry.

What's this woman doing here? Could it be that she's always lived here?

So, why did she appear with Ji Huaishen before? "I know you must be very curious about my appearance, and also curious why I was by Ji Huaishen's side as soon as he returned." "Interested in talking about it?"

Zhou Xinlan remained as composed and dignified as ever; the aura and temperament she had cultivated in the business world were almost unchanged.

Mu Xiaocheng nodded and went out of the living room with her.

The two walked very slowly, looking like two close sisters taking a stroll and having a heart-to-heart talk.

“That day, my father, Zhou Guangbo, suddenly said that he would give control of the Zhou family business to my younger brother. Zhou Qiteng, you’ve met him.”

"He always seemed like a good-for-nothing kid, good for nothing. What could he possibly be capable of? Handing the Zhou family over to him was tantamount to indirectly causing its downfall." "At the time, I didn't understand why Zhou Guangbo did this, but later I learned the truth from my grandfather." "The Zhou family wronged my father. He wanted to destroy the entire Zhou family. He'd lived for so many years, thinking of revenge every single day, secretly plotting crimes." "That day, I finally realized that the Zhou family was no longer my family. Besides my grandfather, I had nothing." "But fortunately, I still had the ability to protect my family." After listening to Zhou Xinlan's story, Mu Xiaocheng asked, "Then, how did you end up with Ji Huaishen?" Hearing her question, Zhou Xinlan smiled gently and said, "That day, I was also on that ship." "What?!" Mu Xiaocheng looked up in shock. Zhou Xinlan was there too?

“I secretly followed my father onto that ship from the very beginning. I also discovered that he had actually left himself more than one escape route on that ship.”

"There is actually another exit on the other side of the cabin where you left. Ji Huaishen and I went out from there."

Mu Xiaocheng was shocked. She hadn't expected that Zhou Xinlan was also on that ship, and that she was the one who saved Ji Huaishen.

In such a violent explosion and with such a large fire, escape would be virtually impossible.

The only explanation is probably what Zhou Xinlan said.

"But Zhou Guangbo was still alive at the time, and he kept Ji Huaishen occupied. How could you have left so easily? And what happened to his leg?" Just thinking about the suffering Ji Huaishen had endured made Mu Xiaocheng's heart tremble.

At that critical moment of life and death, the person who was with him was not her.

It's another woman.

She doesn't care about any of that now; she just feels heartache.

Ji Huaishen felt sorry for her.