"What did you say to Yu Xi last night?" Ji Yan was quite certain that the problem lay with Bai Chen. Back then, he and Ji Ze went their separate ways, and Ji Ze didn't know much about his affairs.

But Bai Chen went abroad with him. In those years, Xiao Jin, Yu Yin, Bai Chen, and Qin Shaoan spent almost every day together.

"I..." Bai Chen's mind raced, trying to come up with a way to cover it up. "Actually, it's also..."

Ji Yan interrupted him in a cold voice, reminding him, "Think carefully about whether you want to tell the truth, otherwise... I'll skin you alive."

Bai Chen felt a chill run down his spine. He almost dropped his phone. Oh no, he'd messed things up.

Actually, he did go up to the rooftop last night, and he saw Ji Yan's reaction. However, he was afraid that his appearance would provoke Song Yuxi, so he stayed hidden to the side until Ji Yan was taken away, and then he left.

He knew Ji Yan would definitely come to question him, but he didn't expect it to happen so soon. He figured he might as well confess himself rather than let Song Yuxi make false accusations first.

"Okay, I'll tell you. Song Yuxi went to Yingying's ward and tried to break Yingying's leg completely. I was so angry that I went there. But I didn't do anything to her. I just told her about the stand-in."

Bai Chen's voice trailed off. It was wrong of him to deliberately provoke Song Yuxi, but she truly deserved it.

Ji Yan narrowed his eyes, his gaze becoming increasingly obscure and unreadable. "Yu Xi wanted to break Ying Ying's leg? How is that possible?"

Since Yu Xi got together with him, she has always taken good care of Ying Ying, even to the point of trying to please her. How could she openly target Ying Ying? What good would it do her to do that?

“How could it be impossible? I heard them say it with my own ears, and Jize was there too.”

"Was it the other two girls who said it?"

"If you don't believe them, do you also not believe Yingying? Is she the kind of person who makes trouble unreasonably?"

Bai Chen knew that he was naturally suspicious and wouldn't easily believe strangers, but Yingying was his sister. Could he trust her less than he trusted Song Yuxi?

"Won't she be unreasonable?" He couldn't help but think of Ji Fuying's recent strange behavior; her personality had changed drastically, from a gentle little rabbit to a hedgehog that was easily splintered.

Why can't she tell him directly? Why does she have to resort to underhanded tactics? If she doesn't trust me, how can I trust her again?

"Ji Yan, what do you mean?"

Ji Yan's tone was clearly skeptical; he actually didn't believe Yingying anymore.

"That's enough, stop talking. Be more polite to Yuxi in the future."

Not wanting to damage the brotherly relationship between the two, Ji Yan hung up the phone immediately.

For the next month, Ji Fuying remained hospitalized at Ji Ze's insistence, and was only allowed to leave after the cast was removed.

At the hospital entrance, she hailed a taxi, and the driver politely asked, "Miss, where to?"

"Go to...the summit of the clouds."

This was the last place she wanted to set foot in. She was going to take all her belongings with her. Clothes and personal items weren't important; the most important thing was her computer.

Half an hour later, Ji Fuying stood at the door of Villa No. 18. He shouldn't be here at this time, so she should take the things and leave as soon as possible.

She opened the door and went straight into her room, grabbing her suitcase and stuffing it haphazardly into her things. Luckily, she didn't have much stuff, and she finished packing in five minutes.

Carrying a briefcase in one hand and dragging a suitcase in the other, she left the room, never expecting to meet the person she least anticipated in the hallway.

"How did you end up here?" Ji Fuying looked at her and asked slowly.

“When I was discharged from the hospital a month ago, Ayan was worried about me, so he took me to live with him.”

Her tone revealed undisguised pride and smugness. If it weren't for her suicide attempt, she wouldn't have known that Ji Yan could care about her so much.

So what if we live in someone else's shadow?

With similar appearances, if that woman could win Ji Yan's heart, then she certainly could too.

"That's great, I wish you happiness."

Ji Fuying turned to leave, but her nonchalant demeanor displeased Song Yuxi, so she reached out and grabbed her briefcase. "What's in here?"

Ji Fuying didn't even turn her head. "It's none of your business. Let go."

“Ayan has already agreed to marry me, so I am the mistress of this place. Can’t I even ask about what you’ve taken?”

The word 'marriage' deeply stung Ji Fuying, but she still calmly said, "I'm taking what's mine, and you have no right to interfere."

Just as he was about to leave, he pulled the bag strap back forcefully, but an even stronger force snatched the briefcase away and slammed it against the corner of the wall.