If Ye Xinning were to extend another invitation after things had come to this point, it would be somewhat tactless of her to do so.
"Okay, see you next time." Ye Xinning nodded politely.
"Mu Mu, Mo Jing, say goodbye to Aunt Nan Xing."
Goodbye, Auntie.
"Goodbye, beautiful Aunt Nanxing."
Shen Nanxing waved to her two adorable nephews and nieces, "Goodbye, goodbye. I'll take you to play again when Auntie isn't so busy with work."
Shen Lin led Ye Xinning and the two children into the car.
Ye Xinning sat in the passenger seat, and the two children sat in the back.
As Shen Lin started the car, he asked, "What do you want to eat?"
"Ask your two children."
Ye Xinning answered somewhat absentmindedly.
Shen Lin spoke again, as if he knew she had something on her mind, "What are you thinking about?"
"Um?"
"Your face practically screams that I'm troubled."
Ye Xinning rested her chin on her hand. Since Shen Lin had figured it out, she decided not to beat around the bush anymore.
"Nanxing and Zhou Jiamu? What's going on?"
"What...what's going on?"
"I thought she would end up with Chi Zhao."
Shen Lin pursed his lips and said calmly, "She and Zhou Jiamu were about to get engaged, didn't you know?"
You want them all? Then why didn't you order any later?
"Chi Zhao used some tricks."
Did Chi Zhao use some tricks? What tricks?
Ye Xinning hesitated whether to ask.
Shen Lin continued directly, "It's just a harmless trick."
Ye Xinning, "..."
And Chen Lin's words really are meaningless nonsense.
"So, Nanxing has let go of Chi Zhao? She seems to be getting along quite well with Zhou Jiamu."
"have no idea."
Ye Xinning, "..."
Well, she definitely asked the wrong person. How could someone like Shen Lin possibly know these things?
Never mind, I'll ask Shen Nanxing when I have the chance.
Ye Xinning thought to herself.
...
On the other side, after Ye Xinning and Shen Lin left.
Shen Nanxing placed her hands in front of her and tilted her head slightly to look at Zhou Jiamu. "Tell me, what brings you here?"
"I've come to pick you up for dinner," Zhou Jiamu said truthfully.
Shen Nanxing smiled, pointed to her phone, and said, "I didn't say you didn't need to pick me up. It's too much trouble."
“As long as it’s you, it’s not a problem.” Zhou Jiamu’s gaze was fixed on her eyes, never wavering for a moment.
Shen Nanxing didn't say anything more. She just stared at Zhou Jiamu, the man who was almost engaged to her.
"Actually, you don't need to do this. It's fine if we get along like we used to."
Zhou Jiamu rarely said these things before; he would just silently stay by her side, comforting and taking care of her.
When did things start to change? Probably around the engagement party.
Over the past four years, her relationship with Zhou Jiamu has been very stable. He would pick her up from get off work and accompany her to do whatever she wanted. He did everything a boyfriend should do.
This is why she chose to get engaged to him.
But she never imagined that Zhou Jiamu, who was so good to her, would one day embarrass her in order to protect another woman.
At the engagement party, a photo of Zhou Jiamu and his childhood sweetheart He Ning in bed appeared on the big screen. At that moment, she felt completely devastated. She felt like a clown on the scene, with everyone waiting to see her make a fool of herself.
She asked Zhou Jiamu if it was true. Zhou Jiamu denied it, saying she wanted to ask He Ning, but Zhou Jiamu said there was no need to involve innocent people.
An innocent person? She and He Ning had never crossed paths before, but at that moment, He Ning was at the center of this storm.
But her fiancé said something like that.
On the spot, she called off the engagement party and began to re-examine her relationship with Zhou Jiamu, wondering if it needed to be redefined.
Later, Zhou Jiamu proved with facts that the bed photos at the engagement banquet were fabricated, and he also proved that he and He Ning had never had any ambiguous relationship.
Clearly, it was all a misunderstanding, and everything could have been resolved, yet she seemed to have lost interest in Zhou Jiamu.
"You have so many things to do, you don't really need to worry about me," she said calmly, her expression showing little change.
Zhou Jiamu gazed into her eyes, which held a faint smile, yet he sensed something different about her than before.
"I'll take you out to eat." Zhou Jiamu didn't say anything more, he just took her hand.
Looking at their clasped hands, Shen Nanxing couldn't bring herself to push them apart...
...
After dinner, Shen Lin drove Ye Xinning and her daughter back to the Ye family home.
On her way back, Ye Xinning received a call from Cheng Yuhuai.
Cheng Yuhuai called to inquire about the progress of the case she was handling. Ye Xinning held the phone and spoke to him in a low voice.
They talked all the way until the car came to a smooth stop in front of the Ye family's house, and they still weren't done talking.
Cheng Yuhuai asked, "Do you have time tomorrow?"
Ye Xinning thought for a moment. Her original plan was to stay home with Ye Rouxin tomorrow.
"It's nothing, just keep me company."
"In that case, could you accompany me, an out-of-towner, for a walk? I haven't had a proper chance to explore the southern part of the city yet. This is a perfect opportunity."
Ye Xinning, "..."
She hadn't expected that Cheng Yuhuai was waiting for her there.
She pondered how to answer.
"What's wrong? Did I put you in a difficult position?"
They just said they were fine, but now they're saying they're in a difficult position. That doesn't seem to make sense at all.
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