"Zhi Lan, are you on your way to becoming a powerful businesswoman?" Xu Jiayue took a sip of soup and then gossiped, "I heard you shot the cover for the next issue of Legend Magazine the day before yesterday. How was it? Who did you photograph?"

Legendary is a long-established magazine with a high standard. The cover figures of each issue are the focus of the political and business world, and the photographers they work with are all top-notch. This job is even harder to get than shooting top celebrities.

"Huh, didn't Pei Yang tell you?" Xiang Zhilan smiled. Seeing Xu Jiayue's confusion, she said, "It's him."

"No wonder he came back so late that day, with all that hair gel." Xu Jiayue picked up a piece of lotus leaf-wrapped meat for her and said, "Let me bribe you first, please Photoshop him to look a little more handsome."

Xiang Zhilan laughed: "You think he's not handsome enough to attract attention?"

Ni Sitian was afraid that Xu Jiayue would mind this word, so she poked Zhi Lan under the table. Unexpectedly, Xu Jiayue laughed and said, "The more he attracts, the more charming I am. Otherwise, how could I make him give up a whole forest and stay by my side?"

“That makes sense.” Ni Sitian smiled easily. It seemed that not only had Qin Yun’s matter been over, but Jia Yue had also let go of his past and wholeheartedly trusted Pei Yang.

When couples have this kind of trust, their future days will be more harmonious and sweet.

But Zhi Lan...

Ni Sitian turned to look at her, and she didn't know if it was just her imagination, but she felt that Zhi Lan hadn't completely let go of those things. When she mentioned Shen Mu, although she was laughing and joking, it was different from Xu Jiayue's behavior.

"Is there a flower on my face? Why are you looking at me like that?" Xiang Zhilan turned her head and said to Ni Sitian.

Xu Jiayue got up and said she was going to the restroom. After watching her leave, Ni Sitian asked Xiang Zhilan, "Are you and Shen Muzhi doing well?"

"Why do you ask that?" Xiang Zhilan raised an eyebrow in confusion.

“Jia Yue has mentioned Pei Yang no less than seven or eight times since we started this meal, and I’ve mentioned Ting Chuan five times. What about you?” Ni Sitian knew Xiang Zhilan too well. She held her hand and said seriously, “You’ve only mentioned him once, and that was with Heng Heng and Xiao Kui. Don’t you think there’s a problem?”

Xiang Zhilan was slightly taken aback, then smiled helplessly: "Why do you even pay attention to this?"

"It's not that I want to notice, it's just that the disparity is too obvious." Ni Sitian pursed her lips and said, "When we went on the spring outing before, I didn't see anything between him and Su Yan. Is there anything else you're worried about?"

Xiang Zhilan sighed softly, her eyes lowered slightly, and said, "That day he said I could take it slow, that he had enough patience to wait for me to trust him and rely on him, but I don't think I can make him the center of my life. I know that what happened back then is in the past, and now he and Su Yan both have families, but..."

She paused, unable to articulate her thoughts. He had been incredibly good to her, and she had reciprocated, striving to make their family complete and happy, but it always seemed like something was missing.

Was it that she didn't love him enough? Or was she bothered by the choice between the two people back then?

“You’re just too proud,” Ni Sitian said with a smile. “You’ve always demanded perfection in everything since you were little, and you can’t tolerate any flaws. Now you treat it as your personal possession, which is why you’re so bothered by it. It’s like a small crack in the glaze of a large vase. Others won’t look at it and will just think the vase is beautiful and perfect. But because you know there’s a crack, you’ll keep staring at it, and then you won’t like the vase as much anymore.”