“Lin Leming will definitely listen to you!” Sheng Xin immediately retorted, “Aren’t all his credit cards registered in your name?”

Lin Zhibai glanced at her thoughtfully, "How do you know these details?"

He recalled what Gu Fanyan had just said: Sheng Xin and Lin Leming were in cahoots...

That makes sense.

At least Sheng Xin and Lin Leming are very familiar with each other.

"I...I heard Aunt Lin mention it..." Sheng Xin tried to remain calm, but the panic in her eyes betrayed her.

"You were involved in what happened that night, weren't you?" Lin Zhibai's tone suddenly turned icy, anger surging in his handsome eyes. "Did you and Lin Leming conspire together?"

"I...I didn't..."

“Sheng Xin, your parents must have suffered a lot for you,” Lin Zhibai sneered. “It seems they haven’t suffered enough…”

Sheng Xin was shocked and couldn't believe it: "Brother Zhibai, you're threatening me with my parents? We were together before, how could you be so cruel!"

"You have no idea what I am." Lin Zhibai stared intently into her eyes. "Tell the truth!"

Sheng Xin wanted to avoid his gaze, but his oppressive aura was everywhere, even seeping into her pores.

She was in pain, grief, and resentment. "Lin Zhibai, you're so unfair! You've never loved me. In your eyes, I'm just a substitute for Gu Fanyan!"

She could no longer contain herself and shouted out the anger that had been pent up in her heart for so long. Anyway, things were already like this, and they couldn't get any worse.

"So what if you like Gu Fanyan so much? She wouldn't go looking for you even if she went to find some Tom, Dick, or Harry!"

"She'd rather teach me how to interest you than get close to you, and you're still clinging to her. You're so despicable! You're even more despicable than me!"

"Your mother is the same way; she'd rather you marry any Tom, Dick, or Harry than allow you to be with Gu Fanyan!"

Hearing the commotion, the assistant quickly came in.

"Take her away." Lin Zhibai immediately waved his hand. If he let her keep yelling, he would lose all face in front of Gu Fanyan.

"You'll never be able to be with her in this lifetime. I curse you both; you'll never find happiness..."

Although the assistant dragged Sheng Xin away, her angry shouts echoed in the room for a while...

Gu Fanyan sat in the bedroom, unable to move.

After hearing what Sheng Xin had just said, she didn't know how to face Lin Zhibai after she left.

She didn't know how long she had been sitting when she suddenly realized that there was no movement from the room outside.

She opened the door and looked outside; indeed, Lin Zhibai was nowhere to be seen.

She came out and saw that the door was open, with only Lin Zhibai's assistant standing in the doorway.

“Miss Gu,” the assistant nodded politely to her, “Young Master Lin instructed me to take you home.”

"Where is he?" she asked.

"Young Master Lin has some urgent business to attend to and has to leave now," the assistant replied.

Gu Fanyan understood that he probably guessed she would feel awkward, so he made an excuse to leave first.

After returning home, she rested in bed for a whole day before the aches and pains in her body were slightly relieved.

Just then, there was a knock on the door, and her mother brought her food.

She quickly shrank under the covers, leaving only her head sticking out.

The red marks on her neck didn't fade away so quickly.

"Yan'er, no matter how worried you are, you can't skip meals," Gu's mother said with concern.

"I'm not worried, I just didn't sleep well, I need to catch up on some sleep," Gu Fanyan replied.

Mrs. Gu nodded: "You didn't come home last night, you must have been working overtime at the company again."

Mom has already come up with an excuse for her.

She nodded in agreement.

"Yan'er, don't worry, your marriage with Lin Zhibai won't happen," Gu's mother said. "Mom will find a way."

"What method do you have in mind?" Gu Fanyan asked curiously.

“The Gu family has many girls. Mom will adopt one as her goddaughter and then marry her into the Lin family.”

Gu Fanyan didn't know whether to laugh or be speechless...

"Mom, your method isn't bad, it's just a bit...like writing classical Chinese novels, and using overused tropes..."

Mother Gu curled her lip: "The Lin family used to have a wife who did the same thing, and the Shen family also fell for it."

Gu Fanyan thought to herself that the two people involved in this matter must have treated marriage as a task.

"Mom, don't worry, I'll handle this." She smiled at her mother.

Gu's mother felt greatly comforted; her daughter had become sensible and knew not to worry her about important matters.

But since it concerns her daughter's lifelong happiness, how could she not care?

She returned to the living room, still pondering her plan and how to achieve her goal.

The butler came to her side and said, "Madam, Miss Yun just called and said she couldn't reach the eldest young lady, so she asked me to pass on her message."

Mrs. Gu nodded: "Yan'er's phone is probably out of battery."

“Wait a minute,” she called to the housekeeper who was about to go upstairs, “What is Miss Yun’s phone number? I’d like to give her a call.”

Gu's mother and Yun Suiwan had arranged to meet outside to talk, and soon went out.

Gu Fanyan breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her mother's car drive out of the garden. With her mother gone, at least she could move around freely at home for a while.

The nanny and housekeeper won't stare at her.

She wore a turtleneck sweater and went to the kitchen to make iced coffee.

The housekeeper happened to be passing by, so she casually asked, "Where did my mother go out to do?"

The butler replied, "Miss! Miss Yun called looking for you, but Madam spoke to her for a few words and then left."

Gu Fanyan then realized that her phone had run out of battery and shut down.

She plugged her phone in and called Yun Suiwan.

“I originally wanted to invite you to dinner,” Yun Suiwan said, “but Aunt Gu said she had something to discuss with me and that you were sleeping, so I had her come over first.”

Gu Fanyan's heart skipped a beat, and she guessed why her mother had gone to find Yun Suiwan.

The mother never gave up the idea of ​​"adopting a goddaughter".

Going to see Yun Suiwan is definitely to figure out how to turn his idea into reality.

"No matter what my mom says, just listen to her, but whatever you do, don't agree to anything." Gu Fanyan rubbed her forehead in exasperation. "I'll definitely remember that."

Yun Suiwan smiled and said, "Don't worry, Aunt Gu won't make things difficult for me."

After hanging up the phone, Gu Fanyan thought to herself that she needed to find a solution to this problem.

Otherwise, Mom will worry too, and who knows how many ridiculous things she might do.

She sent Lin Zhibai a message: Let's meet.

Lin Zhibai quickly replied with an address.

She followed the address and found herself in a bustling commercial district, with large shopping malls connected to large food streets.

It was packed with people, very lively.

She looked around in the crowd but couldn't find Lin Zhibai.

At that moment, the green light at the intersection turned on, and a large group of people surged across the intersection towards this side.

She was jostled and pushed back several steps before crashing into a large, warm embrace.

"I'm sorry..." She hurriedly tried to back away, but her slender waist was grabbed by the other person's arm, and she was pulled into his embrace again.