The Song family home has a total of four rooms. The two master bedrooms are where Song Zhiren and his wife and Song Ningxue live, and the other two are small rooms, one for Song Nuan and the other as a guest room.
The master bedroom where Song Ningxue lived has now been combined with Song Nuan's room to form one.
Originally, Su Yin lived there, but now that Song Nuan has returned, she has taken over the room, leaving only the guest room, which has been unoccupied for a long time.
The guest room naturally didn't have as much natural light as the combined room, but it was still better than sleeping on the sofa. Su Yin kept grumbling and complaining about how cramped the guest room was, so Song Nuan put on her headphones to block out all the noise.
With Su Yin's arrival, the peaceful life that Song Nuan and Song Zhiren had maintained was completely disrupted.
During lunch, Su Yin suddenly walked into the dining room, crossed her arms, leaned against the door, and said to Song Nuan, "Hey, I'll buy an extra bed so we can share a room."
Song Nuan continued eating by herself.
Seeing that she didn't speak, Su Yin panicked a little. "Your dad agreed to this. I've already spoken to him."
After returning to the Song family home, she and Song Zhiren barely saw each other. They always traveled at off-peak times. Song Nuan usually stayed in her room, and when she went out, it was only to get takeout for meals.
Since they hadn't even met, it was impossible to know whether Su Yin was telling the truth or not.
“What good is his agreement? This is my room, it’s not his place to decide. I don’t like sharing a room with other people. If you really feel uncomfortable, you might as well sleep in Song Zhiren’s room.”
Su Yin immediately spat in disgust, "I don't want to."
Seeing the disgust on her face, Song Nuan found it funny. Aren't they dating? How can they not sleep in the same bed?
Looking at Song Nuan's eyes, Su Yin knew what she was thinking.
"Stop fantasizing about me. Your dad is so old, how could he possibly have the energy to do those things? Besides, our relationship is very pure, we're not together because of anything else."
"..."
Song Nuan withdrew her gaze, somewhat speechless.
She's young but forgetful; she's already forgotten how she cursed Song Zhiren for deceiving her body and soul just a few days ago.
“Su Yin, Song Zhiren clearly bought you a small apartment. You have nowhere else to stay, but you insist on coming to the Song family to stay in a cramped guest room. I won’t stop you. It’s your own choice.”
"But since you've chosen to move here, you should follow the rules."
Unable to tolerate her noisy nature, Song Nuan slammed her chopsticks on the table and stood up straight with a blank expression, saying, "Do your own thing and don't make too much noise. Remember, this isn't your home, it's my home."
"You... Humph! You think you're so tough!"
She turned around angrily, grabbed her suitcase, and went upstairs.
Song Nuan finished her lunch at a leisurely pace and went back to take a nap. She had only been resting for a short while when she was woken up by a phone call.
She frowned after reading the caller ID. "What is it?"
Song Zhiren's smug laughter rang out from the other end of the phone, "You, Song Nuan, you came home to occupy my territory just to hide from Li Jingchen, huh? I'm at Li's right now, you just wait and see."
Her mind went blank for a moment.
Song Nuan immediately sat up, threw off the covers, and said, "Song Zhiren, I'm warning you, don't do anything reckless."
"Oh, so I was right."
Song Nuan stopped abruptly, her brows furrowing deeply. "You're lying to me?"
Song Zhiren chuckled, said nothing, and hung up the phone directly, leaving only the cold busy tone in his ears.
The more Song Nuan thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong.
She immediately called Ouyang Zhoujing, and the man's gentle voice rang in her ear, "Song Nuan, what's wrong?"
"Zhou Jing, have any of your men told you about Song Zhiren?"
"No, what happened?"
Song Nuandao said, "Ask them to stop Song Zhiren, no matter where he is now."
Ouyang Zhoujing sensed something was wrong, grunted in response, and hung up the call.
A short while later, Song Nuan received a WeChat message from him: 'Song Nuan, the person has been detained. He was on his way to the Li family's headquarters, but hasn't arrived yet, so don't worry.'
rest assured?
She couldn't rest easy.
If Song Zhiren hadn't been stupid enough to make that phone call and expose herself, Li Jingchen would probably already be on his way to the Song family to arrest her.
Where is he now?
"Who?" After asking, Ouyang Zhoujing realized she was asking about Song Zhiren. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, he's being held captive at my villa. Zhong Qingya often goes to Wanhua Garden, but I haven't been there much lately."
He actually placed Song Zhiren in Wanhua Garden?
Song Nuan was furious and could not agree with his arrangement of revealing that he was only one step away from success.
Without saying a word, she hung up the phone, fully armed, and drove to Wanhua Garden.
Wanhua Garden not only has Li Jingchen's villa, but also those of Ouyang Zhoujing and An Sze. An Sze's villa is far away, which is fine, but Ouyang Zhoujing's and Li Jingchen's villas are practically next to each other.
Song Nuan sneaked up to Ouyang Zhoujing's villa, looked around at the entrance to make sure his dog wasn't there, and then climbed over the low fence to go inside.
They arrived at the keypad door without any obstacles.
How do I get in?
As soon as her hand touched the doorknob, Song Nuan felt a little annoyed. If she didn't want Ouyang Zhoujing to know that she was in Liangcheng, she would have just let Song Zhiren open the door himself.
But could there be Ouyang Zhoujing's men watching him inside?
Aren't you going in?
A melodious yet slightly cold voice rang out behind her without warning, startling Song Nuan so much that she whirled around—
Her pupils contracted sharply.
Ouyang Zhoujing seemed not at all surprised by her appearance. He simply smiled gently at her, entered his fingerprint on the keypad lock, and after successful verification, the door opened automatically.
He stepped inside.
Song Nuan stared blankly, her eyes following his movements, her mind seemingly filled with rusty gears turning, clicking and rattling.
"Come in, it's quite cold outside."
As he spoke, he reached out and pulled Song Nuan into the house, took out some home shoes from the shoe cabinet, and handed them to her to change into.
Song Nuan awkwardly did as she was told.
Fortunately, her indoor slippers were cotton shoes that covered her toes, so her toes didn't reveal the embarrassing situation of them digging into the ground.
"How could you..."
"you……"
The two spoke in unison, but when they realized the other had something to say, they both stopped talking.
Ouyang Zhoujing smiled faintly, his upturned eyes captivatingly alluring. "I knew you were in Liangcheng. When you asked me where Song Zhiren was, I knew you would come."
Song Nuan asked in confusion, "How did you know I was in Liangcheng?"
"You say you're in Luocheng District of Yunzhou, but there's no such place as Luocheng District in Yunzhou. You're lying."
He calmly and deliberately explained his thought process for solving the case.
Very simple and unpretentious.
Song Nuan felt ashamed and amused by his simplicity. "So you were lying to me from the very beginning?"
He glanced at her and handed her tea. "I just didn't understand why you suddenly left Liangcheng. You were here just the day before, and you broke your promise to me. You're not the kind of person who breaks promises."
“I didn’t do it on purpose. I just happened to have been to Yunzhou and asked casually. I didn’t expect to see through your lie.”
"If you're angry, then I apologize."
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