"It's nothing, it just reminded me of some things when I saw Madam Gu." After saying this, Ji Jianshen's eyes were filled with coldness.

"However, seeing how comfortable Madam Gu's life is, it shouldn't have any impact. I was just overthinking it."

Mu Mingwei's expression became increasingly complicated as Ji Jianshen spoke, until finally, her face turned deathly pale.

"Who exactly are you?"

Does it matter to you who I am?

"Are you avoiding my question?" Mu Mingwei bit her lower lip and spoke in a cold voice.

"Mrs. Gu, are you sure what I'm about to say is what you want to hear?"

Mu Mingwei pursed her red lips tightly, remaining silent.

Ji Jianshen had lost interest in saying more. He didn't look at Mu Mingwei, but turned to look into the distance. "If Madam Gu came here today just to ask me to spare the Gu Group's life, then I'm sorry to have made you come all this way for nothing. What I'm doing now is just doing what I should do."

As Mu Mingwei watched Ji Jianshen's retreating figure, fragments of the past flashed through her mind. She clenched her fists, turned around, and walked slowly and heavily toward Gu Shilin.

Gu Shilin looked at his mother, his eyes filled with worry, "Mom, are you two done talking?"

"Um."

"What did Ji Jianshen say to you? Did he explain why he's targeting our Gu Group like this?"

Mu Mingwei shook her head. "No."

Gu Shilin wanted to ask something more, but when he saw that Mu Mingwei's face was very pale, he became even more worried.

"Mom, what's wrong? You look terrible."

"nothing."

Mu Mingwei shook her head again. Gu Shilin sensed something was wrong, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what it was.

"Alright, let's go then." Gu Shilin helped Mu Mingwei up, and the two left together...

At the beach, Ji Jianshen watched Mu Mingwei and Gu Shilin leave together.

A loving mother and filial son—what a heartwarming scene.

A cold smile appeared on Ji Jianshen's lips, his eyes filled with indifference.

How ridiculous, how ironic.

Ji Jianshen looked at the distant sea, dialed the phone, and Zhou Yun's voice came through quickly.

"gentlemen."

"Speed ​​up; there needs to be new progress within a week."

Zhou Yun nodded, "Yes, sir, I will give the order."

"Um."

Zhou Yun knew that Ji Jianshen was meeting with Mu Mingwei today, so she asked cautiously, "Sir, you seem to be in a bad mood. Would you like me to pick you up?"

Ji Jianshen shook his head. "No need. I'll go back by myself later. You don't need to worry about me."

Ji Jianshen hung up the phone immediately after giving this instruction.

After hanging up the phone, Ji Jianshen drove, but he didn't know where to go.

He thought of Ye Xinning...

The car then headed towards the Song family's manor.

Meanwhile, at the Song family manor...

Ye Xinning sat on the balcony of her bedroom, basking in the sun, with Aunt Wen standing beside her.

"Miss."

Holding the book "Life is Like a Sea" in her hand, Ye Xinning's gaze fell on the contents of the book, and she asked casually, "What's wrong, Aunt Wen?"

"Didn't Miss ask me to have someone keep a close watch on Mu Mingwei? Our people have sent a message."

"What?"

"This afternoon, Mu Mingwei, accompanied by Gu Shilin, went to meet someone."

"Oh? You met someone."

Ye Xinning placed the bookmark on the page she had just read, put down the book, and looked up at Aunt Wen. "Aunt Wen, does this mean I know that person?"

Ye Xinning was perceptive; she noticed that Aunt Wen's pause was unusual.

Aunt Wen hesitated for a moment before speaking, "It's Mr. Ji."

Ye Xinning was stunned, never expecting that the person Mu Mingwei was meeting was Ji Jianshen.

No matter how hard she racked her brains, she couldn't imagine what kind of connection Ji Jianshen and Mu Mingwei could have.

"Do you know what they said when they met?" Ye Xinning asked.

Aunt Wen shook her head. "Mr. Ji's observation skills are amazing. Our people dare not get too close. If they are discovered, then we will no longer be able to monitor Mu Mingwei."

Ye Xinning nodded. She approved of Aunt Wen's approach. She squinted at the front of her eyes.

Ji Jianshen...

Mu Mingwei...

It took Ye Xinning a long time to speak, "I understand, Aunt Wen. You don't need to worry about Ji Jianshen. Continue investigating Mu Mingwei's matter."

"good."

Aunt Wen went out.

Ye Xinning opened the book, but could no longer concentrate on it.

Why did Ji Jianshen meet with Mu Mingwei?

What did they talk about when they met? When did they meet?

When did Ji Jianshen come to France? Why did he come to France but never tell her?

One question after another seemed to take root in Ye Xinning's mind, making it impossible for her to concentrate on reading.

Unable to concentrate, Ye Xinning simply stopped reading and took out her phone to call Ji Jianshen.

She didn't want to speculate too much; there was no point in guessing. Instead of thinking so much, she might as well call Ji Jianshen and ask him herself.

The call was answered quickly, and Ji Jianshen's voice came through.

"Xin Ning." Ji Jianshen's voice was gentle, revealing no problem.

Ye Xinning didn't mince words, "In France? Why didn't you tell me?"

The person on the other end of the phone was silent for a second, then chuckled softly, "When did you find out?"

"I thought you were going to ask me how I knew you were in France?"

"Hmm, how did you know?"

Ye Xinning had heard from Aunt Wen that Ji Jianshen was in a bad mood after meeting Mu Mingwei, but after Ji Jianshen's attitude after receiving the phone call, she suddenly felt that her unhappiness had disappeared.

"Maybe it's because I wanted to know, so I felt you were in France." She didn't want to say much about Mu Mingwei's matter, so she just casually mentioned this to Ji Jianshen.

Ji Jian smiled and said, "I didn't tell you because I thought you needed to rest well during this time. I didn't mean anything else."

"In that case, let's meet."

"good."

Ji Jianshen readily agreed, and Ye Xinning also didn't want to go out; she had become increasingly lazy since becoming pregnant.

"Come to the manor, it's a good opportunity to have a meal with my dad and grandma."

"good."

...

Ji Jianshen arrived at the Song family's house in the afternoon, just as Song Zhengchu was returning from the company.

Upon seeing Ji Jianshen appear here, Song Zhengchu was visibly surprised. "Why did you come here?"

"Xinning called me and asked me to come over for dinner."

"How did she know you were in France? Did you tell her? Didn't you say you didn't want her to know?" Song Zhengchu asked.

Ji Jianshen pursed his lips and remained silent.

Having known him for so long, how could Song Zhengchu not know the meaning behind his silence?

"Didn't you tell her?"

Ji Jianshen tugged at the corner of his lips and lowered his voice, saying, "She called me and said it was her intuition that I was in France."