After Xia Wenxi left, Lin Shen leaned against the hospital bed for a long time to calm down. She flirted with him and then ran away, which made things difficult for him.

I could only sit quietly and look through several documents sent by my assistant. Gradually, I calmed down.

My body has calmed down, but my heart is filled with sweetness.

The next day, Lin Shen went to work as usual. He originally thought that the car accident was quite a big deal and there would definitely be all sorts of news circulating online. Unexpectedly, only one or two media outlets reported on it, and it was Liang Yi who cleared up the confusion for his boss.

"President, you'll understand once you take a look at this."

Liang Yi showed her phone to Lin Shen; it contained a video downloaded from Weibo.

"As soon as it was posted last night, the video was deleted from the entire internet, but people kept deleting and reposting it, so it hasn't been completely wiped out."

The content of the video was so offensive that Lin Shen glanced at it and then turned his head away.

Judging from the video content, it must be a sex scandal, but Lin Shen couldn't tell who the person in the video was.

"President, the woman in the video is Mr. Tang Wenhai's current wife."

As for the guy... he's probably a gigolo.

Of course, Liang Yi didn't say the last sentence, nor was he embarrassed to say it in front of Lin Shen.

This type of scandalous news is definitely more captivating than a company president being involved in a car accident.

"I don't know who was so despicable as to release the video. I heard that President Tang is now in the hospital."

Lin Shen responded but didn't say anything. He wasn't familiar with Tang Wenhai, and they didn't have any business dealings. He just listened to the matter and moved on.

Last night, Xia Wenxi stayed up late and watched the whole thing online. She finally found out what the second half of what her father had heard from Tang Wenhai today was.

The account that initially posted the video was a secondary account. The IP address was also overseas, and the video was posted without any pre-roll animation, starting from zero frames, and it also tagged Tang Wenhai himself and the official account of Tang's company.

For some reason, Xia Wenxi subconsciously felt that Tang Feifei was the one who did this.

Because of this video, many people who didn't know Tang Wenhai and his wife at all started watching the drama. At this time, another account came out and released a video of Tang Wenhai, his deceased wife, and his current wife.

The report claims that Tang Wenhai couldn't let go of his family's wealth and married a woman at his parents' behest. However, he continued to cheat on his wife after marriage, having an affair with his first love. Not long after his wife passed away, he married a new woman.

Anyway, once these revelations came out, Tang Wenhai was already a recognized scumbag. Now that his newlywed first love has cheated on him with someone else, he's going to get his comeuppance.

Leaving aside passersby, even the staff in Fan City, who already knew people, became even more enthusiastic about gossiping about the Tang family.

When Xia Wenxi went downstairs in the morning, she heard the housekeeper say that her parents had left early that morning and looked very excited.

Xia Wenxi stood by the window and could see the wind and rain outside, but that couldn't stop them from going out. There must be a reason why they had to go out.

By noon, Xia Wenxi was home alone. During lunch, she talked to Lin Shen on the phone and told him about the incident, asking if he had heard about it.

As a result, Lin Shen's focus was completely different from others.

"You stayed up late again last night, didn't you? What time did you go to bed?"

"Hmm...it's only a little past one o'clock."

Xia Wenxi felt a little guilty and made some artistic embellishments.

A little past one o'clock... a little past one o'clock, maybe two and a half hours more.

Lin Shen could tell that she probably wasn't telling the truth, but he couldn't bear to say anything else. "You study for so long during the day, you must get a good rest at night. Staying up late is bad for your health, and you won't have the energy to keep up during the day."

"I know, I know, it's absolutely true that you're just like my mom."

Xia Wenxi is the type of person who responds better to gentle persuasion than force. Lin Shen spoke kindly, almost like coaxing a child, and she didn't feel offended. After all, she knew that staying up late was bad for her health.

Then she heard Lin Shen chuckle on the other end of the phone. Even though it was through the receiver, for some reason, Xia Wenxi remembered the feeling of him hugging her and biting her ear in the hospital that day, making her ear feel itchy and her heart feel itchy too.

She rubbed her ears and switched the phone to the other side.

"Then I need to learn from Auntie's experience and see where there is room for improvement."

Xia Wenxi said jokingly, "Don't, you might scare my mom."

——

Almost just one or two days after the surgery, the little fish was lively and energetic again. Wearing the neutering suit didn't affect it at all. Dr. Wang's technique was also very good, and the wound was very small.

Xia Wenxi thought she would take it out on Saturday. She had promised to buy some green plants to decorate Lin Shen's house, but she hadn't kept her promise. So she decided to deliver them this time and bring Xiaoyuer over for a visit as well.

With the exam just a month away, the two of them probably won't see each other much for the next month.

Xia Wenxi originally intended to go to the flower and bird market to pick them out, but she was too lazy to go, so she simply picked out a few pots from her own yard.

Xia Wensheng saw this and teased him about it.

"They're not even married yet, and she's already moving her things into his house? A daughter grows up and leaves home!"

"Did you think I didn't know you were picking flowers in the back garden the day before yesterday? Do you even know that the pot you picked was planted by Mom?"

"Hey! Don't go and badmouth me, okay? That flower was about to fall anyway, what's wrong with me taking it?!"

Xia Wenxi snorted, ignored him, and left with Xiaoyuer. Since he couldn't go on a date on Saturday afternoon and was home alone, Xia Wenxi knew he was probably feeling "unbalanced," so she didn't argue with him.

Xia Wenxi had specifically asked around and picked out plants for Lin Shen that were easy to care for and not easy to kill. With the addition of greenery, his home's "black, white, and gray" style finally became a little warmer.

"Don't worry, Wenxi, I will definitely take good care of them."

"Hmm, of course I'm not worried. I'll come and check after the exam."

Xia Wenxi let Xiaoyuer play in the house by herself. Knowing that Xiaoyuer was coming, Lin Shen specially prepared a litter box and cat food so that Xia Wenxi wouldn't have to bring them from home. Xiaoyuer lived up to expectations and went to the toilet not long after entering the house.

Lin Shen noticed that Xia Wenxi was carrying a large backpack, so he wanted to take it from her and put it away for her.

Unexpectedly, Xia Wenxi shook her head and asked him, "What about the two vases you bought last time?"

"I haven't bought any flowers since then, and I've put the vase away," Lin Shen said, opening the cabinet next to him and taking out the vase.

"Don't put it down yet, just hold it like this."

After Xia Wenxi finished speaking, she put down her bag, took out a simple bunch of roses from her backpack, and put them into the vase in Lin Shen's hand.

"This is for you; we grew them ourselves."

She was different from Xia Wensheng. She wouldn't dare to pick the flowers her mother planted. The few branches she cut were ones she planted herself for fun. She had seen her mother tending to flowers and thought it was interesting, so she planted one herself.

As soon as she finished speaking, she was pulled tightly into a hug, bag and all.

——Small Theater

Xia's mother: There are fewer and fewer flowers and plants in the house. Is there a thief?