Ye Ningwan's voice rang out again in the car.

"Grizzly, take me home first. I've been inside for days and I stink."

Grizzly didn't respond; instead, he turned to look at Li Mochuan, who was sitting in the back seat of the car.

"Mr. Li?"

Li Mochuan shook his head and said to Ye Ningwan.

"You probably can't go back to where you were before, so you'll have to stay with me for a while."

Ye Ningwan remained silent with a sullen face, her pair of dark, star-like cat eyes quietly gazing at Li Mochuan.

"It's okay, I can go home. I can protect myself and don't need anyone else to protect me."

A barely perceptible smile appeared on Li Mochuan's lips.

"This is also Pei Fengzhi's idea."

The grizzly bear in front also tried his best to persuade Ye Ningwan.

“Madam, you should go with Mr. Li for now. That way, Ninth Master will be at ease. Otherwise, besides taking care of his own affairs, he'll also have to worry about your safety, which is…”

Ye Ningwan sighed softly, turned to look at Li Mochuan, and said, word by word.

"I can go with you, but I need to know everything about Pei Fengzhi!"

"If you object, then we'll each mind our own business. What I want to do and where I live is none of your concern."

Li Mochuan looked at Ye Ningwan's beautiful and thick face. Her slightly raised chin revealed that she was a woman with a proud and somewhat strong personality.

Only then did Li Mochuan gradually see the shadow of Ye Ningwan that he had seen at the yacht club in her.

Li Mochuan let out a low, deep, and magnetic chuckle.

"Ye Ningwan, you woman, you really are..."

Ye Ningwan's hand was already on the doorknob again, looking at the other person with a provocative expression.

"What, you won't agree?"

Li Mochuan leaned over and placed one hand on the back of Ye Ningwan's hand, stopping her from moving.

"Alright, I agree. Let's go."

After saying that, Li Mochuan forcefully pulled Ye Ningwan's hand off the car door and then gave instructions to Grizzly Bear.

"drive."

Grizzly immediately turned around, stepped on the gas, and the car shot off.

...

Li Mochuan brought Ye Ningwan to Li Mochuan's manor, the one she had sneaked into in the middle of the night before.

She lived in the room next to Li Mochuan's bedroom.

Ye Ning took a shower, wrapped her hair up, and came out. She leaned against the sofa on the balcony, basking in the sun while opening her phone to search for posts online.

Just as Li Mochuan said, Pei Fengzhi's matter has not yet spread to the internet, but her matter with Ye Ruoxin has already fermented into an uproar.

However, this is also what Ye Ningwan wanted to see.

She gently curled the corners of her lips, smiling as she twirled her phone between her fingers, tapping her chin against the back of her hand, gazing at the boundless blue sky, cloudless, with a bright sun hanging high in the sky, radiating boundless light.

Online opinions are now overwhelmingly one-sided.

Ye Ruoxin made a huge fuss before, publicizing how miserable she was all over the internet, posting on Weibo and doing live streams, making the whole internet know that she was bullied by Ye Ningwan.

The internet has a long memory. Many netizens know about the past relationship between Ye Ningwan and Ye Ruoxin. In addition, the Ye family has been making a big fuss about it, hiring a group of online trolls to smear Ye Ningwan, and even trying to interfere with the judiciary.

So when someone exposed the video of Ye Ruoxin trying to kill Ye Ningwan in the private room, netizens' emotions underwent an extreme reversal.

Now Ye Ruoxin is in a difficult situation. She has no room to explain that it was a misunderstanding. At the same time, because Ye Yongchen and the Ye family also supported Ye Ruoxin, they have now been dragged into this matter as well.

Not only has Ye Ruoxin been taken away, but the stock of the Ye Group has also started to plummet.

The entrances to the Ye Group and the Municipal Public Security Bureau are now surrounded by agitated netizens demanding severe punishment for Ye Ruoxin.

It seems that Luo Rui is currently overwhelmed with problems.

Ye Ningwan couldn't help but chuckle.

"Knock knock knock—"

There was a knock on the door behind me.

Li Mochuan's voice came from outside the bedroom.

"Ye Ningwan, I am Li Mochuan."

Ye Ningwan didn't even turn her head, and just gave a perfunctory reply.

"Come in."

The door opened, and Li Mochuan walked in wearing only a black shirt, without a suit jacket. He was tall and slender, and his inverted triangle silhouette was faintly visible even under the shirt.

Ye Ningwan looked up and casually glanced at Li Mochuan. The towel that wasn't wrapped tightly around her head accidentally came loose and fell to the ground, and her half-wet long hair also fell down and draped over her shoulders.

Ye Ningwan was wearing only a bathrobe, sitting cross-legged on a chair, her whole body curled up in the large chair, and perhaps because of the large movement, half of her fair thighs were exposed.

Li Mochuan turned his face away, looking somewhat awkwardly to the side.

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect you..."

Ye Ningwan looked down at herself and realized that she wasn't in an embarrassing situation. Any girl on the street wearing a short skirt and tank top would be more revealing than her.

Ye Ningwan scoffed inwardly.

Who would have thought that Li Mochuan, who seemed like a playboy who had been through countless women, would actually be so...pure-hearted?

Ye Ningwan curled the corners of her lips slightly.

"Come in if you want. The whole manor is yours. Where can't you go? Besides, I'm not naked."

Li Mochuan coughed forcefully and said helplessly.

"I came here just to tell you that Pei Fengzhi's matter is not too important. He has encountered things that are much more difficult and dangerous than this before, but he has overcome them all. This matter is nothing, so you don't need to worry too much. Just wait here patiently."

Ye Ningwan tilted her head back, gently tugged at Li Mochuan's sleeve, and said with a smile.

“Mr. Li, I’m not used to talking to people like this. Why don’t you sit down and we can talk face to face?”

This person is really... completely different from Pei Fengzhi.

Pei Fengzhi may seem gentle and polite, but deep down he's a dark and lewd person.

Li Mochuan, on the other hand, was completely different.

How did these two people get together, and why do they seem to have a good relationship?

That's quite interesting.

Li Mochuan felt like he was being teased by Ye Ningwan. He put his fist to his lips and coughed heavily, but still sat down and put his hands on his knees, his gaze fixed on the tips of his shoes instead of looking at Ye Ningwan.

He continued.

"Also, if you need any help with the Ye family's affairs, you can come to me directly. I have a deal with Pei Fengzhi. He does something for me, and I will take good care of you in return. So don't be shy, just tell me what's on your mind."

Ye Ningwan smiled as she looked at Li Mochuan. From this angle, all she could see were the two cowlicks on the top of Li Mochuan's head.

For some reason, Ye Ningwan felt that the two whorls looked somewhat familiar.

She stared at Li Mochuan's swirl and asked with a half-smile.

"Does Mr. Li have some improper thoughts about me? Otherwise, why wouldn't he dare to look at me?"