There was a knock on the door, followed by Qi Meijing's voice:

"Is Jiaojiao there?"

The two women were startled. Wen Jiaojiao instinctively didn't want others to see Wen Zhaoye, so she pushed him back into the room and said, "You're well hidden."

Wen Zhaoye knew that it was not appropriate for him to meet her, so he went inside.

The two people outside the door waited for a long time without any movement. Jiang Ci muttered to herself:

"It's here."

Qi Meijing said:

"Could it be that he hasn't gotten up yet?"

After hiding Wen Zhaoye, Wen Jiaojiao called out:

"Mom, I'm here."

After he finished speaking, the door was opened.

Qi Meijing held her hand and said worriedly:

"Jiaojiao, why don't you go back to the old house? It's too unsafe here."

Wen Jiaojiao led the two to sit down on the sofa and poured water for them:

"Some people don't like me, so I'd rather stay here than go back."

Suddenly, Jiang Ci spoke up:

"There must be other people in this house."

Wen Jiaojiao's heart tightened, and she forced a smile, saying:

"Don't talk nonsense. I'm an old woman living alone. Who could I have? I've never been in a relationship. I have no one."

"But there were two pairs of chopsticks on the table, and men's clothes were hanging on the balcony."

Jiang Ci spoke with a sincere expression, pointing to each of them with her fingers.

Wen Jiaojiao shifted her gaze with difficulty, and gave a dry laugh, saying:

She was keeping a man as a mistress.

Qi Meijing recalled what Qi Ying had said and said ambiguously:

"If he's there, let him come out and meet us."

Wen Jiaojiao shook her head in alarm and said:

"He's gone. He just left this morning. Didn't you see it was all breakfast? And it's already this late, he must be busy too."

Qi Meijing insisted:

"Then next time we'll bring him home for a casual meal, and we'll help you make an informed decision. A girl's biggest fear is marrying the wrong man."

Wen Jiaojiao deliberately raised her voice and said:

"That guy is no good. I plan to dump him and find someone else. Once I find the next one, I'll definitely bring him home."

Qi Meijing thought about her life and sighed:

"Actually, when I think about it, Jiaojiao, you are more open-minded. You don't need to be bound by marriage and you can do whatever you want."

Jiang Ci tentatively asked:

"Mom, is it okay if I find a man who has no money?"

Qi Meijing flatly refused:

"That definitely won't work."

Wen Jiaojiao: "..."

So there is a difference between biological children and non-biological children.

Wen Zhaoye waited inside for a long time, until he heard the person outside leave, before opening the door and saying:

"Are you going to dump me?"

Wen Jiaojiao sat at the dining table, eating her meal by herself, and said:

"Can you shake them off?"

A cryptic chuckle appeared on Wen Zhaoye's handsome face. He sat opposite him, tilted his head, and clicked his tongue, saying:

"Looks like I haven't gotten it done for you yet."

Wen Jiaojiao was speechless for a moment:

"Don't disturb my sleep later."

Wen Zhaoye did not comply. When she finished eating and walked to the bedside, he pinned her down in the next second.

For three days in a row, aside from eating and sleeping, he spent all his time doing manual labor in bed, refusing to let Wen Jiaojiao off the hook no matter how much she begged.

Wen Zhaoye seemed determined to channel his longing into motivation.

Meanwhile, Qi Ying arrived in Yuncheng and sat opposite Liu Qin in a restaurant, with Ma Cungen nervously sitting next to her.

She suppressed her anger, but her tone was still harsh as she said:

"Tell me, what exactly happened?"

Liu Qin lowered her gaze and said:

"I don't know either. I was really drunk that day, and that's how I was when I woke up."

Qi Ying felt a pang of sadness in her heart, and her throat tightened as she said:

"Do you know that he and I have been engaged since childhood? What am I supposed to do now that you've done this to me?"

Ma Cungen hadn't been without feelings for Qi Ying all these years, and he gently comforted her:

“I don’t remember anything from that day, but I’m sure I didn’t do anything wrong while I was conscious.”

Liu Qin's beautiful eyes were red as she said:

"You can ask who took us back to our room that day. In short, I love you, but I didn't do anything out of line."

Ma Cungen seemed to have thought of something and said:

"Didn't you say your brother seemed to be coming to pick you up when the drinking party was almost over that day?"

Liu Qin's face immediately turned somewhat ugly as she said:

"It seems he left again later."

Qi Ying stopped crying and said:

"He must have done this to you two, trying to deliberately bring you two together."

Ma Cungen:

“Your brother seemed to have this idea before. Why don’t you call him over and we can confront him face to face?”

Liu Qin clenched her slender hand under the table. She nodded, took Ma Cungen's phone, and called home, saying, "Have my second brother come to Fu'an Hotel."

A moment later, a man in a leather jacket walked in and greeted them:

"What's wrong with my sister? My brother-in-law is here too."

The day after that incident, he came to Ma Cungen's door demanding that he take responsibility. Ma Cungen had no choice but to accept it and went to Gangcheng that same day to prepare for the annulment of the engagement.

Ma Cungen glanced at Qi Ying's face with a grim expression:

“I feel there was a misunderstanding about what happened last time, and my fiancée also wants to find out the truth, so let’s talk it out in person.”

Liu Ming glared and said:

"What? You're planning to renege on your promise, aren't you?"

Liu Qin stopped him and said:

"Second brother, don't be like this. What happened last time was indeed strange. It's good to explain it clearly."

Liu Ming: "Explain clearly why you've come to me. I only came here after hearing what you said at home."

Qi Ying couldn't hold back her temper and said:

"Because you are the prime suspect. I know that Brother Gen is successful now and many women are eyeing him, but you can't disregard morality and shame."

Liu Ming immediately became furious:

"How dare you talk like that, you brat!"

Ma Cungen shielded her behind him and said:

"If you have nothing to hide, then tell us what you know. We did hear that you were coming that night."

Liu Qin knew her brother's character well. Although the Liu family wasn't poor, Liu Ming had recently taken to gambling and had secretly sold off a lot of the family's belongings.

Therefore, she also suspected that Liu Ming might be doing this in order to get close to Ma Cungen, a relative, so that he could borrow money.

She pursed her lips, tears streaming down her face, and said:

"Brother, if you did it, just admit it. That girl has waited for him for so many years. I can't do something immoral."

Qi Ying secretly gripped Ma Cungen's sleeve, her eyes wide as she questioned Liu Ming:

"You don't look like a good person at all. Selling your sister for personal gain is definitely your doing."

Liu Ming said, "That day I asked Liu Qin if the party had ended, and she said no. I thought it wouldn't be right for her to leave since everyone else hadn't left, so I let her go home."

I went to look for her, but didn't see her. I assumed she had gone back, so I went back too.

Seeing that he stubbornly refused to admit it, Qi Ying immediately became furious:

"Fine, I'll go confront the waiter. If you're lying, I'll make sure you go to jail."