Yang Ruining listened to my analysis attentively and nodded, obviously agreeing with my opinion.
Based on the scattered information at hand and the timeline of the events, I further reasoned: "If he really wanted to develop the vacant land, then his behavior is still somewhat logical. I remember that I met him in the clubhouse the night I went to your apartment before. He was very eager for me to help him get the right to use the land as soon as possible. This shows that he may have learned through some channels that the new land policy is about to be introduced, and he wants to get the land through an agreement before the policy is implemented. However, even so, this is not enough to be a reason for him to make a careful layout and try to catch me."
Yang Ruining raised another possibility: "Could it be that you are overthinking it? Maybe he just accidentally checked the GPS location of the car after you borrowed it, and then..."
I concluded: "This possibility does exist, but I always feel that this matter is too coincidental and full of doubts. Forget it, let's not delve into it, right..."
At this moment, an idea suddenly flashed through my mind, and I hurriedly asked, "Have you two ever talked about divorce?"
She nodded slightly and replied, "We did talk about divorce, but what does it have to do with what's happening right now?"
I pondered for a moment and said slowly, "I remember last year during the Spring Festival, Lin Xun mentioned that his brother was coming to our place to celebrate the New Year in order to discuss matters related to real estate development. At that time, I specifically asked Lin Xun if he was the only one coming, and Lin Xun confirmed that it was only his brother. But later, you also came. Is there any special reason for this?"
She blinked, as if trying to piece together the fragments of memory: "I remember now, he originally wanted me to go with him. But I was too busy with work in the hospital and couldn't leave, so I refused..."
She suddenly stopped talking here, and I asked curiously, "What made you change your mind later?"
She lowered her head shyly and whispered, "I told you, don't laugh at me."
I nodded solemnly: "Go ahead and tell me, I promise not to laugh at you. If I do, I will kill you."
After hearing what I said, she smiled as clear as a silver bell: "Actually, I regretted it soon after I rejected him. Because all I thought about was you, and I just wanted to see you. I don't know why I had such a strange idea at that time."
I smiled and shook my head: "Girls understand girls better. On New Year's Eve, Qingwan told me that your eyes were wandering around me, and I thought she was too sensitive."
She seemed a little unconvinced, and asked me with a pout, "Then you didn't have any thoughts about me at all at that time?"
I looked into her eyes seriously, not wanting to hide my true feelings: "To be honest, I really couldn't tell what the feeling was at the time, but I just wanted to see you. Otherwise, I wouldn't have felt so lost when Lin Xun said he came alone."
Our eyes met, and she said softly, "It seems that your love for Zhu Qingwan is not that firm. Aren't you also... "
I interrupted her and said sternly, "Of all evils, lust is the root. It doesn't matter what the action is. If we judge a man's goodness or badness based on whether he has ever touched a woman other than his wife, then there will probably be no good men in the history of the world."
She then asked, "Guan Hongjun, tell me the truth, when did you develop feelings for me?"
I smiled helplessly: "Don't change the subject, I'm analyzing his motives now. If Qingwan, as my wife, can see that you are flirting with me, then as your husband, he may feel the same..."
Yang Ruining couldn't help but exclaimed: "Could it be that he noticed something at that time, so he set up this bureau to monitor your whereabouts? But what is his purpose in doing this?"
I speculated, "Maybe he wants to have evidence of your infidelity so that he can use it against you when you get divorced and divide your property in the future."
She shook her head firmly: "You think too much. I have always been financially independent from him. As you know, I am the deputy chief physician of a tertiary hospital, and my income is enough to cover my expenses. And when we were discussing divorce, I also made it clear that I don't want a penny of his property, I just want freedom."
Her words put my reasoning into a dilemma, and I said helplessly, "Don't think about it. If I keep thinking about it, I'm afraid my hair will fall out."
She laughed and said, "Let him do whatever he wants. I feel quite happy about it."
I asked curiously, "Why?"
She said softly: "Because tonight I know that my feelings at that time were not one-sided, and you had already..."
I hurriedly interrupted her: "I was just joking with you to analyze this matter. I have never been to you..."
Before she finished her words, she said, "Guan Hongjun, you don't keep your word."
Then, she jumped on me like a nimble doe...
The pace of time never stops, it measures the flow of every moment with an unchanging scale. Sometimes, we feel that the days are passing by like years, and we long for time to pass quickly; sometimes, we cherish time like gold, and hope that time will stop for a while.
Night fell quietly, and Yang Ruining was about to leave. She originally wanted to stay to spend the night, but I reminded her that at this special time, we must be very careful and not give anyone any handle to attack us.
She asked softly, "Won't you just see me off?"
I answered firmly: "From now on, we must avoid appearing together in public. If I leave this room with you now, if someone secretly takes pictures of us, we will be in a passive position, and it will be too late to regret it then."
She teased, "Guan Hongjun, you turned a wonderful romance into a spy drama."
I smiled and replied: "This is not a romance scene, it's clearly a bloody passionate drama."