Xiang Zhilan lowered her eyes to look at the hand being held, feeling no warmth left in her heart.

I wonder if he was holding Su Yan's hand like that downstairs just now.

She subtly withdrew her hand, gave a delicate yawn, lay down, and half-closed her eyes: "I'm sleepy."

"Okay, you go to sleep. I'll stay here with you." Shen Muzhi tucked her in and kissed her on the head.

Xiang Zhilan closed her eyes, but couldn't fall asleep. She just didn't want to face him, and didn't want to pretend.

She felt that Shen Muzhi sat on the edge of the bed for a while and then left. She opened her eyes and, sure enough, he was gone. She raised her hand to wipe the spot on her forehead where he had kissed her, frowned in disgust, and wiped the back of her hand on the blanket.

Who knows if he kissed Su Yan like that downstairs just now?

Xiang Zhilan knew that her thoughts were a bit extreme. Now, whatever Shen Muzhi did, she couldn't help but overthink it, which wasn't a good sign, and she didn't like being so suspicious.

The longer she stayed by Shen Muzhi's side, the less likable she felt. This was terrible, and she couldn't let it get any worse.

I had no choice but to confront Ni Sitian about the truth today. I hope she can hold her nerve, otherwise all her plans will be in vain.

In just half a month, she will breathe the air of freedom and return to her former happy and cheerful self.

Xiang Zhilan smiled faintly, feeling happy just thinking about it.

However, Ni Sitian was not in a good mood at the moment. Xu Tingchuan had not told her about the important thing that happened on the cruise ship. Now, recalling Xiang Zhilan's extremely poor condition that day, it was as if she had died once.

Xu Tingchuan knew everything about this, but chose to keep it a secret. He also knew everything about Zhi Lan being forced to marry Shen Muzhi and Su Yan returning. He just watched as Zhi Lan sank deeper and deeper into the abyss.

On her way back, Ni Sitian was in a very messy state of mind. She knew that Xu Tingchuan couldn't be blamed for this, but she still felt a little uncomfortable. If Zhi Lan left this time, it would be peaceful.

Upon entering her home, Ni Sitian changed into slippers, went to her study, and turned on her computer.

She should have received her screenwriting fees by now. Zhi Lan definitely needs money to leave this time, especially since she's pregnant and has two children to raise. How can she manage without money?

Ni Sitian looked at the card. She had given all the money to Ni Qianshan and severed her father-daughter relationship. Now she only had tens of thousands of yuan left, and she wouldn't receive the final payment until the drama aired.

She frowned and thought for a moment, then took out the card Xu Tingchuan had given her, and muttered, "Consider it an act of atonement for your sins."

The biggest mistake was holding the annual meeting on that cruise ship.

Ni Sitian transferred 200,000 yuan from the card to her own card. Xu Tingchuan would receive a text message message, so she had to be careful and couldn't transfer it directly to Zhi Lan.

After transferring the money, Ni Sitian breathed a sigh of relief, staring at the screen silently for a long time, hoping that Zhi Lan could truly live a happy life from now on. She hoped she would find a good man to drive this fickle man crazy.

That evening, Xu Tingchuan returned home for dinner and casually mentioned the 200,000 yuan that had been transferred from his card.

"What's wrong? Are you feeling sorry for him?" Ni Sitian didn't find him as pleasing to the eye as she had this morning, since his friend had bullied Zhi Lan.

"How could that be? That money is your allowance anyway, you can spend it however you want."

"Then why did you ask?" Ni Sitian pouted and said, "I'll go to the bank another day and cancel that text message. Otherwise, I always feel like I'm being monitored while spending money, which is really annoying."