Zhou Yun left, and Ye Xinning stood there watching his figure disappear from sight before turning around to continue looking for what she wanted.

But what she didn't know was that, out of her sight, Zhou Yun turned around and got into a car.

The person she was about to get into was sitting in the car.

“Sir,” Zhou Yun said to the man sitting in the back seat.

"I've spoken with Miss Ye."

"How is she? Is she alright?"

"Everything seems fine, but as you should know, Miss Ye, like you, is someone who doesn't show her emotions. A few simple words won't be enough to tell whether she's in a good or bad mood."

Zhou Yun said this.

The man remained silent for a long time. Zhou Yun thought for a while before finally saying cautiously, "Sir, Miss Ye misses you very much. When she saw me just now, her first thought was that you were here too. Perhaps you could meet her."

Why must we avoid each other? We've already come all the way to the south of the city, why haven't we met yet?

Zhou Yun simply couldn't understand this.

"It wouldn't be good for me to show up at this time. If she knows I've come to Nancheng, she'll only worry about me."

"But you've done so much for her in secret. If it weren't for your timely intervention after the car accident, Miss Ye would probably have been in trouble by now."

In her haste, Zhou Yun spoke somewhat recklessly.

"Shut up! What do you mean by 'something happened a long time ago'?"

Zhou Yun realized he had said the wrong thing; his words sounded like he was cursing Miss Ye.

"I'm sorry, sir, I was wrong."

Zhou Yun lowered her head and sincerely admitted her mistake, while the man remained silent and turned to look out the window.

Time passed second by second, and the man spoke again, his tone even more subdued than before.

"That old lady from the Shen family is restless, so let's find something for her to do."

Zhou Yun didn't understand. "What do you mean, sir?"

"Isn't the old lady from the Shen family concerned about that woman's unborn child? Then let's find a way to create some trouble for them."

Having followed him for so many years, Zhou Yun could understand his meaning in just a few words.

"Yes, sir, I'll have someone arrange it right away."

The man didn't speak again, his gaze fixed on the direction of the supermarket until Ye Xinning came out of the supermarket and left in a car.

The man closed his eyes and said, "Let's go."

Zhou Yun drove the car away from the place.

Meanwhile, Ye Xinning returned to her residence and put all her belongings in the kitchen.

I washed all the newly bought items again.

After doing all that, she returned to the sofa.

Take out your phone and turn it on.

News bombarded us: Chen Lin's, Xi Yuan's, Chen Yu's, and our mother's.

She didn't reply to any of the many people.

She didn't want to care about anything else; she just wanted to be impulsive this once. She found the message from Su Wan in her message pile.

Su Wan's message was simple: she was asking how she planned to spend the New Year.

She dialed the number, and it was answered quickly, but it wasn't Su Wan's voice; it was Li Zeya's.

"Hello?" Li Zeya's deep voice came from the other end of the phone.

Ye Xinning lowered her voice, "Where did Wanwan go? Isn't she here?"

"She went downstairs."

Ye Xinning let out a long "oh".

She was about to say, "Okay, I'll call her back later."

Li Zeya's voice came through the phone, "She's back. You can talk to her."

Before Ye Xinning could even speak, the phone switched to another person, and Su Wan's voice came through.

"Hey Ningning, I just went downstairs. Why are you only calling back now? Were you busy?"

"I just went out to buy some things for the Spring Festival, and I just saw your message now."

Su Wan's voice was languid and casual on the other end, "You're the young mistress of the Shen family. Don't you have servants to do everything for you? Why do you need to go shopping?"

Ye Xinning remained silent. Everyone in this group was shrewd; Su Wan immediately sensed something was wrong with her silence.

"You didn't have a fight with Shen Lin, did you? Why aren't you at the Shen family home, at the Ming Mansion, or by Shen Lin's side?"

Su Wan asked several questions in a row, catching Ye Xinning off guard.

She had no choice but to compromise and tell Su Wan everything that had happened from yesterday until now.

After listening to her words, Su Wan fell silent.

Su Wan never expected that in just a few days, Ye Xinning would have such an incident with Shen Lin again.

These people had been by Ye Xinning's side for a long time and knew very well how important that bracelet was to her.

"So what did you say when you asked? Can it still be repaired?"

Su Wan asked worriedly.

"The jewelry store said they would do their best to repair it, but they couldn't give me any guarantees."

Su Wan was furious. "I was wondering why the Shen family was so troublesome. First, they were Li Zeyao's aunt, and now they're Shen Lin's grandmother."

Ye Xinning held her phone, head down, a faint smile playing on her lips. "Who told us to like the men in their family?"

Su Wan was silent for a moment, and had to admit that Ye Xinning's remark was indeed true.

She used to think that Ye Xinning and Shen Lin had absolutely no connection, but then Ye Xinning turned around and married Shen Lin.

Moreover, there are so many things she doesn't know about in secret.

"What about Shen Lin? What's his attitude? Even after his grandmother has acted like this, he's still going to protect her, isn't he?"

Ye Xinning recalled what she had discovered at the Shen family's house. She rubbed her temples and said helplessly, "There were many misunderstandings between him and me before. To some extent, I shouldn't have been so demanding of him. But the one thing I can't accept is how much he looked down on that bracelet. He didn't just look down on the bracelet; he looked down on me and our past."

Su Wan knew Ye Xinning's feelings and could understand them.

Men and women usually see things from different perspectives.

Just like now, she knew perfectly well that Ye Xinning must have made some different decisions in his heart than before for being able to say these words.

"Aren't you going back to the Shen family home for the Spring Festival?"

After much deliberation, Su Wan ultimately chose a more subtle approach rather than directly asking Ye Xinning how she planned to handle her marriage with Shen Lin.

Ye Xinning rested her chin on her hand and remained silent for a long time, as time passed by second by second.

Su Wan wasn't in a hurry either, seemingly knowing that this was a difficult decision for her, so she gave her plenty of time to think it over.

"Sometimes I wonder, do I love the Chen Lin of the past, or the Chen Lin of the present?"

Is there a difference between the two?

Su Wan asked this question because, in her opinion, whether it was the Shen Lin of the past or the Shen Lin of the present, they were ultimately the same person. It all depended on what Ye Xinning thought.

“It’s different now. Shen Lin used to love me.”