After finishing her last words, Ye Xinning opened the car door, got out, and quickly disappeared from sight.
As Shen Lin watched Ye Xinning disappear quickly, his gaze shifted slightly upwards, landing on the second floor of the villa in front of him.
The man stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, his gaze fixed on him. When he looked up, their eyes met.
Shen Lin's gaze was complex and deep, while Ji Jian's eyes were calm and still, seemingly devoid of anything, yet in reality, they were frighteningly profound.
Ji Jianshen nodded to Chen Lin, then drew the curtains, and there was no one left in the room.
Shen Lin clenched his fists at his sides, his eyes flashing with ever-changing emotions.
...
Not long after Ye Xinning returned to the living room, she saw Ji Jianshen coming downstairs.
"Going upstairs to work?" Ye Xinning asked casually.
Ji Jianshen hummed in agreement. "There was a document that was a bit urgent, but it's all taken care of now."
Ye Xinning nodded.
Ji Jianshen did not ask her how the meeting went, nor did he say a word about Shen Lin.
What would you like to eat for lunch?
He spoke, asking an extremely ordinary question.
Ye Xinning was slightly taken aback before replying, "I won't eat here for lunch. I'm going back to my mother's place."
Ji Jianshen paused for a second after hearing her words, holding the book in his hand, before returning to normal.
"Aren't you going to wait until after lunch to leave?"
"No, I'm only bothering you by being here. You have your own things to do. It's okay, you go ahead and do your thing, and we'll get together again when you're done."
Ji Jianshen didn't force her to agree. "Okay, then I'll drive you there."
"Um."
Zhou Yun drove, and Ji Jianshen dropped Ye Xinning off at the Ye family's door before leaving.
Ye Xinning stood there, watching the car disappear from sight before turning and walking towards the Ye family home.
I hadn't walked more than a few steps when the phone in my pocket rang.
She took it out and saw it was Su Wan.
After the call connected, Su Wan's voice came through, "Where are you?"
"Just arrived at my mom's place."
Su Wan clearly hadn't expected that she had already left Ji Jianshen's place.
"Why don't you continue staying at Ji Jianshen's place?"
"It's not very convenient, and I haven't been to my mom's place in a long time. I'm keeping this from her, but she still has to come over eventually."
Su Wan chuckled softly, "Actually, there's nothing inconvenient about it. I understand that you left Ji Jianshen's place because you didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble, right?"
Su Wan understands her. Ye Xinning sighed and said, "Although I have long regarded him as family, after knowing his feelings, many things are naturally different from before. Now I think about things more than before."
Su Wan naturally understood what she meant.
"That's true. What about your relationship with Shen Lin?"
When Shen Lin was mentioned, Ye Xinning fell silent again instinctively.
He remained silent for a long time, and when he finally spoke, his tone was much calmer than before: "I don't know."
"Let me put it this way, when you were at your angrier, did you ever think about divorcing Shen Lin?"
"No."
Ye Xinning's words were true; even in the most difficult times, she never thought of divorcing Shen Lin.
Not only did they remarry not long ago, but she is also currently pregnant with Shen Lin's child.
Even if she wasn't pregnant, after this incident... she still didn't want to negate everything between her and Shen Lin just because of this one thing.
Upon hearing this, Su Wan could basically determine what she was thinking.
"Then calm down at your mom's place first and think it over carefully. My flight leaves Nancheng this afternoon. I have things to do there. I'll come over to see you when I'm done."
"It's alright, go ahead and do your thing, don't worry about me."
"Um."
The two talked about a few other things before hanging up the phone.
...
Ye Rouxin was surprised when Ye Xinning suddenly returned.
She kept asking Ye Xinning if she had argued with Shen Lin, but no matter what Ye Rouxin asked, Ye Xinning only gave one answer.
"No, I just missed you, so I came back to stay with you for a few days."
Ye Rouxin knows Ye Xinning so well; her sudden return must mean something happened.
“I’m calling Shen Lin. I want to ask him what he did to make you so angry that he’s coming to see me even though he’s pregnant.”
As Ye Rouxin spoke, she was about to take out her phone to call Shen Lin.
Ye Xinning quickly pressed her hand down, "It's really nothing, Mom, don't call Chen Lin anymore. What's wrong? Aren't you happy that I'm back to keep you company? If you don't want me to come back to keep you company, fine, then I'm leaving now."
"Alright, alright, what's with the tantrum? I was just worried about you. Since you say you're fine, I won't call anymore. Just sit here and relax. Lunch will be ready soon. Where are you going?"
Only after hearing this did Ye Xinning feel at ease and sit down on the sofa.
She hadn't thought things through regarding her relationship with Shen Lin yet, and didn't want to make a big fuss, as it would only cause more trouble if everyone knew.
After lunch, Ye Rouxin went to her study to work. Ye Xinning was bored by herself when Aunt Wen called.
Ye Xinning answered the phone.
"Aunt Wen."
"Miss, where are you now?"
“I’m at the Ye family’s house, Aunt Wen, don’t worry.”
Upon hearing that she was at the Ye family's house, Aunt Wen didn't ask any further questions.
"Miss asked me to investigate Jiang An's matter, and there has been progress."
Upon hearing Aunt Wen say there was progress, Ye Xinning sat up straight and asked with utmost seriousness, "How is it, Aunt Wen?"
"After Jiang An left Nancheng, he went abroad for a period of time. I haven't found out exactly where he went yet. After returning from abroad, Jiang An went to Beicheng and only recently reappeared."
Did you go to the north of the city?
So what was Jiang An doing in the North City? Why did he return to the South City and give Shen Lin that so-called predicament?
"Where is the child?" Ye Xinning asked Aunt Wen in a low voice.
Aunt Wen's sigh came over, "Miss, I'm sorry, we still can't find out anything about the child Jiang An was pregnant with back then."
Ye Xinning tightened her grip on the phone. "So Aunt Wen thinks?"
"What we can confirm at present is that Jiang An was still pregnant when she returned from abroad, but we can't find out whether she gave birth to the baby or something else after returning to China."
Ye Xinning narrowed his eyes slightly.
Aunt Wen's voice came through the phone again.
"Miss, there's something fishy about this."
How could Ye Xinning not know that something was wrong? Not only did Jiang An suddenly appear, but she also tried to find out about him but couldn't find anything.
Clearly, someone didn't want her to find out.
So, who exactly is this person?
"Aunt Wen, have someone keep an eye on Jiang An," she said to Aunt Wen after thinking for a moment.
By observing Jiang An's every move, one can always glean something from his actions.
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