Nangong Chen opened the door, took a deep breath, and walked towards the car. Just as he was about to open the car door, he was hugged from behind.

"Brother-in-law!"

Liu Zixi's trembling body pressed against his back, which startled Nangong Chen for a moment. After realizing what was happening, he turned around and broke free from Liu Zixi's arm.

"Zixi, what are you doing here?"

Nangong Chen looked behind him, opened the car door, and pushed Liu Zixi into the back seat.

"This isn't the place to talk. Stay seated and don't move. I'll drive."

With that, Nangong Chen closed the car door, walked around the car, and got into the driver's seat.

As the car drove out of the residential area, Nangong Chen was wondering where to take Liu Zixi when he heard faint crying behind him.

"Zixi, what's wrong?"

Nangong Chen found a quiet spot to park the car and turned around to look at the person behind him.

Liu Zixi sobbed softly, her voice suppressed and aggrieved, which softened Nangong Chen's heart. He sat down next to Liu Zixi and handed her a tissue.

"Brother-in-law, why don't you answer my calls? I'm so worried. I'm afraid you don't want me anymore, I'm afraid you'll ignore me, and I'm even more afraid that you... have fallen in love with someone else."

"Zixi, please don't do this!"

"No, I want to tell you. We just consummated our relationship, don't you want to admit it? You love me too, don't you? Otherwise, you wouldn't have... wouldn't you have..."

Nangong Chen recalled the lively conversations he had with Liu Zixi in the past. How captivating Liu Zixi had been to him back then, but now she had become so frail. He wanted to gently put his arm around her shoulder, but for some reason, he remembered Xiang Wan's smile that night. For a moment, he was lost in thought, and his arm froze in mid-air.

"Have you fallen in love with my sister? Don't do this, Ah Chen, please don't. I can do anything for you that she could do. I love you more than she does!"

Xiang Wan huddled quietly under the covers, watching the video on her phone, feeling waves of nausea. Those shameless men were hooking up again. Liu Zixi, Liu Zixi, how could you so easily take your sister's things without a care in the world? All the love and care your sister has shown you over the years, has it all been for nothing? Since you're so shameless, don't blame me!

The next day, Nangong Chen went to work at the company, feeling uneasy. He noticed the strange looks his employees were giving him. He checked himself in the mirror, found nothing amiss, and dismissed it. But after being subjected to such stares for half a day, even a clay idol would feel a bit annoyed.

"Anna, come in!"

The secretary entered the president's office tremblingly, glanced up, and quickly lowered her head.

"President."

"Did anything happen today?"

"Huh? No...no."

"explain!"

A roar rang out in the office. The people outside the door observed three minutes of silence for the secretary, then shrank back and scattered.

The unfortunate secretary had no choice but to tell Nangong Chen about a major event that had occurred in the company.

"President, there's something about you that might not be good. Would you like to look it up online yourself?"

Nangong Chen had a bad feeling. After being reminded by his secretary, he knew that what concerned him must be no small matter. After signaling Anna to leave, he turned on his computer and started browsing the news that had happened in the past two days.

Shocking! President of Nangong Group rendezvous with male escort, suspected of role-playing!

"Brother-in-law's younger brother seduces brother-in-law; beware of his younger brother!"

Why is President Nangong meeting his lover so late at night?

Lady Nangong has fallen out of favor, and the mistress turns out to be her brother-in-law!

News like this can be found everywhere on any website.

Nangong Chen clicked on one of the links, which contained a video. The picture quality wasn't very clear, but the conversation was perfectly audible. He and Liu Zixi had talked in the car last night, after which he had taken her back to another villa under his name. They had spent the night together, but little did he know that the conversation from the car would surface so soon.

Enraged, Nangong Chen slammed the mouse to the ground. His first thought was whether Xiang Wan knew about this, and if so, what she would do.

Thinking of this, Nangong Chen couldn't sit still any longer. He opened the door and ordered people to thoroughly investigate the matter. Then he went downstairs, drove straight to the newlywed villa.

Xiang Wan, wearing a floral dress, was watering the flowers in the grass. Sunlight slanted down from her side, making the flowers appear as if they were gilded. The flowers were in full bloom at that moment. When Xiang Wan saw Nangong Chen return, she stood up and gave him a gentle smile.

Nangong Chen was completely captivated by the scene, as if he had seen it in a dream before, and his heart pounded uncontrollably.

"Ah Chen, you're back? Perfect timing. Help me water the flowers. I've been standing for so long, I'm so tired. There don't look like many plants, but you only realize how tiring it is when you actually start watering them."

Xiang Wan's casual, conversational tone miraculously soothed Nangong Chen's heart. He stepped forward and accompanied Xiang Wan to water the flowers and weed, just like an ordinary couple.

"It's funny, a few days ago someone gave me a USB drive, saying it was about you. I looked at it, but the picture was blurry, so I figured it was someone trying to drive a wedge between us, and I didn't pay any attention to it."

Nangong Chen frowned and immediately asked, "Where is the USB drive?"

"Hmm? Do you want to see it? Let me think... it's on my dressing table..."

Before he could finish speaking, Nangong Chen quickly ran into the room.

Xiang Wan raised her hand to wipe the sweat from her forehead and continued watering the flowers.

The sun gradually climbed to its zenith, but Nangong Chen still hadn't appeared. Xiang Wan put down the showerhead, dried her hands, and pushed open the door to go inside.

"You did it. You installed a camera in my car, and you're the one who distributed the video, aren't you?"

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