"Didn't expect my disguise to fail so badly?" Yi Tianran turned around helplessly, but her eyes were full of smiles.
“No… I didn’t recognize you at first glance, but in this company, apart from you, no one else would pay special attention to me.” Liu Meiling’s eyes were full of gratitude. “Thank you for giving me the opportunity to get back on my feet. I don’t know what to say.”
“You said it yourself, there’s no need to be so polite between friends.” Seeing her uneasy expression, Yi Tianran immediately took her to the tea room to talk privately. “Meiling, is there something you’re worried about?”
"..." Liu Meiling bit her lip, finding it difficult to speak, "After what happened... after I ran away, my aunt and the others definitely won't let it go. I'm afraid they'll come looking for me and cause trouble, and then all your efforts will be in vain."
"What are you thinking about!" Yi Tianran leaned against the wall with her arms crossed, reminding him, "This is the Fu family's place. Do you think anyone would dare to mess with us?"
Forget about causing trouble; with so many security guards outside, they can't even get in the door.
Liu Meiling slapped her forehead and said with a smile, "How could I forget... Ranran is now President Fu's woman, I'm only doing this because of you!"
Yi Tianran emphasized, "I am just his assistant."
Even if they do end up together in the future, she won't belong to Fu Yunchen; it's more like Fu Yunchen will belong to her.
"Yes, yes, yes." Liu Meiling nodded repeatedly in agreement, then looked at her with a complicated expression. "Seeing that you've been doing well all these years, I'm relieved... You don't know, when I learned that you died in a car accident, I cried for several days. I thought we would never have a chance to meet again before we were completely separated by death."
“I’m sorry, things happened suddenly at the time, and I had to find a way to get away.” Yi Tianran’s expression became serious. “At that time, I didn’t know that something had happened to your family, and I didn’t have a chance to contact you.”
If she had known what Liu Meiling had gone through all these years, she would never have stood idly by.
"Never mind, as long as you're alive, that's enough."
The two exchanged a few more words.
Before leaving, Yi Tianran emphasized again, "If your aunt dares to bully you again, and you encounter any problems, be sure to contact me. I am your strongest support. Trust me, okay?"
Liu Meiling nodded solemnly: "Yes, of course I believe you."
Yi Tianran smiled with satisfaction.
Even though more than a decade has passed, they seem to have never drifted apart.
Yi Tianran liked this feeling, and when she returned to Fu Yunchen's office, she even happily talked about sharing the story.
As he listened, Fu Yunchen slowly put down his pen, his tone slightly somber, "You shouldn't have trusted her so much."
Yi Tianran was taken aback. "What did you say?"
"Someone who has just experienced a change in her life has adjusted to a new environment in just one week and is thriving. Do you really think she has no problems?" Fu Yunchen asked her in return.
Yi Tianran, however, understood Liu Meiling's suffering: "You don't understand her! When she was young, she experienced the pain of losing her father and mother. After that, she lived under the roof of others and tasted all kinds of hardships. She learned to be strong through these trials. Only by constantly cheering herself up can she have hope of living. What's wrong with that?"
She paused, a hint of melancholy in her voice: "Over the years, I've sometimes almost forgotten that I am Yi Tianran. Seeing her makes me feel that the past me is still alive."
“Not everyone has a heart as resilient as yours.” Fu Yunchen gazed at her with deep eyes. “To me, you are a unique treasure.”
Yi Tianran's face flushed. "Don't change the subject! We're talking about Meiling."
Fu Yunchen frowned, revealing a hint of aversion for the first time. "In short, stay away from her."
Yi Tianran angrily stepped forward, cupped his face in her hands, and said seriously, "You are not allowed to sow discord between me and my friends."
Fu Yunchen grabbed her hand and asked, "Is she more important or am I?"
Yi Tianran was both amused and exasperated upon hearing this.
How could he even ask such a naive question?
She jokingly asked with a smile, "Mr. Fu, are you a three-year-old?"
Fu Yunchen, however, brought her hand to his thin lips and kissed it intimately, his voice tinged with a sticky slur: "Answer me."
Yi Tianran said helplessly, "You and she are different, why compare you?"
Fu Yunchen countered, "What's the difference?"
Yi Tianran subconsciously said, "Friendship and love..."
She stopped abruptly before she could finish speaking.
"Love what?" Fu Yunchen looked down at her face, a faint smile seemingly flashing in his eyes: "Love?"
"!!!" Yi Tianran's cheeks turned bright red.
—That scoundrel, he's tricking me again.
She almost blurted out the answer just now.
Goodness, she can even outsmart her!
She quickly retorted, "Who said you're in love? I think Mr. Fu should stop being so presumptuous."
Want her to admit it? Dream on.
"If it's not love, then what were you trying to say just now?" Fu Yunchen moved closer to her face, their noses touching intimately, his voice carrying a seductive undertone. "Aren't you always so eloquent? Why did you stop talking, hmm?"
Yi Tianran's heart skipped a beat; for the first time, she felt he was too talkative.
Fearing that she would be pressed further, she suddenly raised her head and kissed his lips.
Unspoken feelings spread between their lips and teeth.
...
The next day, Yi Tianran went to the Yi residence to see Old Madam Yi and wanted to ask her about the identity of her aunt's lover from back then.
Only by asking can we find out who Xu Zhe's biological father is and why he abandoned his own son, allowing him to be adopted by someone with ulterior motives.
He is alive, or he is dead.
Perhaps this person is the most crucial link.
As soon as she entered, she was stopped at the stairwell. "Stop!"
Yi Tianran raised her head with a cold face and met a pair of critical eyes. "You're the Dr. Lan who treated the old lady? You're just a greenhorn girl. Do you really think you're so capable?"
The person blocking her way was none other than Yi Laosi's wife, Kang Yan.
Although she is nearly forty, she is very well-maintained, and her face is especially charming, showing that she was a beauty in her youth.
But that arrogant attitude was truly disgusting.
Yi Tianran didn't have time to argue with her any longer and said coldly, "Get out of my way."
"What kind of attitude is this?" Kang Yan's face darkened, and she said arrogantly, "This is our Yi family's place. How dare you, an outsider, act like a fool in front of me!"
"I treat her the same way others treat me," Yi Tianran said with an annoyance. "Or is this how your Yi family treats its guests?"
“You…” Kang Yan clenched her fists, suppressing her anger. “I stopped you here today to tell you that you don’t need to come here anymore after tonight.”
Upon hearing this, Yi Tianran's expression turned cold. "The old lady's health has not fully recovered yet, and I have an obligation to take care of her until she is fully recovered."
"With your mediocre medical skills?"
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