Li Susu was stumped by Shang Yan's question.

She called, only wanting to meet Shang Yan.

As for where to meet, she hadn't even thought about it.

But she wasn't naive; she understood her and Shang Yan's current situation, so she said, "You decide!"

"I'll send you an address in a bit. Be careful of reporters when you go out!"

"Um……"

Shang Yan hung up the phone and sent an address to Li Susu.

Then, he had Gao Ming drive his Continental to attract attention, while he took the opportunity to slip away in his inconspicuous Volkswagen.

The address Shang Yan sent to Li Susu was for a private restaurant owned by Guo Zichuan.

His main purpose in opening this restaurant was to accommodate celebrities and dignitaries who were not comfortable dining out, or people who needed a quiet environment for discussions.

The restaurant has no online registration information and looks like a traditional courtyard house. If you didn't know beforehand that it was a restaurant, you would just think it was a rich person's mansion!

Shang Yan got out of the car and knocked on the door with a brass ring. Soon after, the door was opened.

A woman dressed as a waitress in her early twenties saw Shang Yan and said with a smile, "Mr. Shang, you've arrived!"

Shang Yan responded, stepped over the threshold, and entered the courtyard.

After the waiter closed the door, Shang Yan said, "A Miss Li will be looking for me in a little while. Please take her to the back room."

Waiter: "I've got it!"

Shang Yan sat down in the back room, and after a short while, Li Susu came in.

She had clearly dressed up specially, but the rouge still couldn't hide the haggard look on her face.

The moment she met Shang Yan's gaze, all the grievances she had felt over the past few days welled up in her heart, and her eyes reddened slightly.

She took off her coat and sat down opposite Shang Yan, who poured her a cup of tea.

"Thanks……"

Li Susu said softly, then stopped watching the performance, afraid that if she continued, she would not be able to hold back her tears.

Looking down at the amber liquid in his glass, Shang Yan asked, "How do you want me to make it up to you?"

The moment Li Susu entered, Shang Yan noticed the grievance in her eyes and felt a bit guilty, so he softened his voice. As soon as he softened his voice, Li Susu couldn't hold back and tears welled up in her eyes. Afraid that Shang Yan would see and laugh at her, she quickly wiped away her tears.

Suppressing her emotions, she looked up at Shang Yan.

Although she felt wronged and emotional, she maintained her pride and composure, asking in a calm and respectful voice, "What compensation do you want to give me?"

"What do you want?" Shang Yan asked. "Anything I can do, I'll do my best to help you with!"

Li Susu didn't answer Shang Yan, but instead said, "I once asked you if you had someone you liked. You said yes. Was that woman the married woman who left a lipstick mark on your shirt?"

Shang Yan hesitated for a moment before nodding: "Mm!"

"I understand that you like her, but since she's already married, how can you do that kind of thing?"

As Shang Yan listened to Li Susu's question, the scene of her snatching the pen from him that day flashed through his mind, the car braked suddenly, and she threw herself into his arms. The corners of his mouth involuntarily turned up.

Seeing this, Li Susu asked in confusion, "What are you laughing at?"

"It's nothing," Shang Yan said, taking a sip of tea. "When emotions run high, there are always times when you can't control yourself!"

Li Susu was caught off guard by Shang Yan's public display of affection. She felt humiliated and angrily said, "Since you and her are already in that kind of relationship, why did you go on a blind date with me?"

"To appease my family!"

Shang Yan's answer did not quell Li Susu's anger. She said coldly, "If that's the case, you should have made it clear to me when we were at the hot spring hotel."

"It was my oversight." Shang Yan said sincerely, "If I could have foreseen what would happen today, I would have explained it to you when we met! But it's too late now. All I can do is make it up to you!"

"Because of you, my family and I have become a laughing stock in Beijing's elite circles and across the internet. Do you think compensation can solve this?"

As Li Susu finished speaking, her voice choked up, and tears welled up in her eyes again.

Shang Yan said sincerely, "I am really sorry. I know that what I can give you, your family can also give you, and what I cannot give you, your family can also give you, but I still hope to make some compensation to you!"

Li Susu said somewhat defiantly, "Fine, since you say you'll compensate me, then I won't be polite!"

Please feel free to speak!

"I want you to be my boyfriend!!"

After Li Susu finished speaking, she saw Shang Yan frown and said, "What's wrong? Are you unwilling? Didn't you just say that you would do your best to help me with anything you could do?"

"Other things are fine, but this is not!"

Although Shang Yan spoke with certainty, Li Susu did not back down: "Now the whole internet knows that you would rather have a married woman than me. How am I supposed to face people after this?"

"I've already asked people to handle the public relations, and I'll personally post a clarification on Weibo later."

"Netizens might believe it, but do you think people in our circle will believe it?"

Shang Yan stared at Li Susu for a while and asked, "What do you want?"

At this moment, his voice returned to its usual indifference.

"By publicly announcing our relationship on Weibo, I can resolve your company's current crisis and salvage my reputation!"

Li Susu's suggestion can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

But Shang Yan rejected it outright!

"I met with you because I genuinely wanted to make it up to you. Since you don't want it, then forget it!"

After saying this, Shang Yan got up and left. He had just taken a step when Li Susu said, "I haven't finished speaking yet!"

When Shang Yan looked at Li Susu, she stood up and walked to him. The moment their eyes met, she said, "I don't really want you to be my boyfriend, I'm just pretending..."

Once your crisis is resolved and my reputation is restored, we'll announce our breakup. There's no need for a public announcement online; just the people in our circle will know!

After saying that, seeing that Shang Yan didn't respond but just looked at her, she said, "Didn't you want to compensate me? Then this is the only way to restore my reputation!"

Shang Yangang didn't speak, but was weighing the feasibility of this method in his mind.

Yu Sheng and Gu Ye can't get a divorce anytime soon, and now that he's broken ties with Gu Ye, even if he gets two dogs to keep Yu Sheng away, Gu Ye will make sure Yu Sheng has less contact with him in the future. In this situation, it would be much easier if Li Susu were there to cover for him.

When Li Susu saw that Shang Yan hadn't spoken for a while, she thought he wouldn't agree. But he extended his right hand to her and said, "It's a pleasure to cooperate with you!"

Li Susu was overjoyed. The moment she grasped his hand, she became extremely nervous, but she controlled her emotions and said, "It's a pleasure working with you!"

Although she said that, she knew in her heart that she and he were not just pretending to be boyfriend and girlfriend, but were actually boyfriend and girlfriend!

She had lived for twenty-eight years and finally met someone she liked, so naturally she didn't want to let him go.

Moreover, this person's appearance, temperament, and speech all fit her aesthetic standards!

Shang Yan wanted to use Li Susu as a cover to get close to Yu Sheng, but little did he know that he was inviting a wolf into his house...