It's not hard to guess that Ouyang Zhoujing's sudden approach to her and subsequent change of heart in agreeing to the conditions was inseparable from Li Jingchen's instigation.
But what he just said clearly meant for her to let the matter drop.
Did she misunderstand?
Song Nuan gently bit her lip, feeling conflicted and hesitant about whether to go out and apologize to him.
A knocking sounded suddenly.
Through the door, Li Jingchen's voice was muffled, "Nuan Nuan, I have to go out for work and won't be back for a couple of days. Could you call that college student back?"
"..."
There was no reply, and Li Jingchen didn't know if she had heard him.
Then, remembering that she had just been jealous because of Xiaoyue, he changed his mind and said, "I'll find someone else to take care of you."
"Need not."
The tightly closed door was opened.
Song Nuan looked at him, feeling inexplicably uncomfortable. She pursed her lips and asked in a flat tone, "How many days are you going?"
The man curled his lips at the sound.
"It will take two days if it's quick, and four days at the slowest."
Song Nuan gave a lazy "oh." Given their current awkward relationship, there seemed to be no need to care, so she simply didn't ask any more questions, knowing that he would come back on his own anyway.
Li Jingchen left in a hurry.
As soon as he left, Song Nuan messaged Fang Yu: 'Don't worry about Ouyang Chengyi's matter.'
Fang Yu replied with an "okay".
Even though there was only one person missing, Song Nuan felt that the villa had become much emptier.
Staring out the window, Song Nuan inexplicably drifted into a daze, her mind automatically replaying moments from when Li Jingchen was Lu Ziyang—she suddenly snapped back to reality and pinched the flesh of her arm hard.
Is she alright?
Song Nuan frowned. She wasn't naive about relationships; unconsciously thinking about men was not a good sign.
She doesn't deny her feelings for Lu Ziyang. After three years of companionship, to say she wasn't moved would be truly heartless. If she likes someone, she likes them. She used to like Lu Ziyang, but she couldn't give him a formal status.
Things are different now.
The man she was facing was from the Li family, one of the four great families of Liangcheng.
Song Nuan just wanted to stay far away from him and didn't dare to have any emotional entanglements with him.
It seems she's too idle; her mind is starting to wander.
Song Nuan decisively found Cen Wan's number and dialed it.
A moment later, Cen Wan's gentle voice rang out after a long absence, "Nuan Nuan, what brings you here to call me today?"
"Aunt Cen, I've come to Country A."
Song Nuan said, given her relationship with Cen Wan, there was no need for ambiguity. "When are you free? Let's meet. I want to talk to you about my mother."
There was a sudden silence on the other end of the phone.
Song Nuan could hear Cen Wan's heavy breathing.
Before long, Song Nuan realized that Cen Wan might not want to answer her question, or rather, Cen Wan was avoiding the topic of her mother.
Why?
Song Nuan couldn't help but suspect that she had found out something. After thinking for a moment, she spoke again: "Also, there is something else I would like to tell you in person, about Uncle Qin."
Cen Wan finally spoke, "Where in Country A are you?"
Song Nuan gave a general location, and then said, "I'm free anytime. Are you free the day after tomorrow? I'll come to see you."
"good."
The two were not far apart, but it would still take about an hour to drive there.
Song Nuan booked a restaurant nearby.
The next morning, Ouyang Zhoujing and his sister appeared in front of the villa that Song Nuan was renting without any warning.
The moment the door opened, Song Nuan's eyebrows almost knitted together.
"you……"
"As promised, I brought Cheng Yi to apologize to you." Ouyang Zhoujing's face was expressionless, with a faint smile, but Song Nuan knew that his smile did not represent friendliness.
Song Nuan had no idea what they were planning to do.
She made no intention of inviting anyone in for tea, but stood guard at the door, watching Ouyang Chengyi with a detached expression.
Compared to her domineering demeanor when they last met, Ouyang Chengyi now looks like a little lamb.
"Weren't you supposed to apologize?"
Upon hearing this, Ouyang Zhoujing patted Ouyang Chengyi on the shoulder.
Ouyang Chengyi reluctantly spoke, "I'm sorry, I was wrong."
This apology—
The words, uttered without even opening their mouths, were forced out with no sincerity.
Song Nuan smiled, spread her hands, and jokingly said to Ouyang Zhoujing, "Given her attitude, I think 500 million is still too little."
Ouyang Chengyi bit down hard on the inside of her lip, her face full of resentment.
"sorry!"
She puffed out her cheeks and said it again, this time in a much louder voice, but Song Nuan still didn't think she was sincerely apologizing.
Song Nuan crossed her arms and looked at her with a half-smile.
Ouyang Chengyi was getting annoyed and yelled, "I said sorry, didn't you hear me?"
“I heard you,” Song Nuan said, “but I don’t accept it.”
"you……"
Ouyang Zhoujing reached out and grabbed her, "You go back first."
Upon hearing this, Ouyang Cheng stomped his foot angrily, turned around, and walked towards the Porsche parked at the door.
Song Nuan thought she was just going back to the car, but to her surprise, after she got in, the Porsche accelerated and drove off.
Song Nuan glanced coldly at Ouyang Zhoujing, "What is this...?"
Ouyang Zhoujingrou explained with a smile, "I only said that Cheng Yi should apologize to you. Whether you accept it or not is your business. I have already done what I promised."
Song Nuanqi smiled.
The door slammed shut.
The next second, I received a bank notification on my phone: 500 million had been deposited into my account.
Fearing that Ouyang Zhoujing might be up to some trick again, Song Nuan carefully checked the amount and the account number to which the payment was made, and suddenly realized that the last four digits of the bank number looked familiar.
After a moment's thought, she pulled out An Sze's bank card number, and the last few digits matched.
Song Nuan immediately called An Sze, who answered quickly.
"Nuan Nuan, did you receive the money?"
Why did you transfer money to me?
The two spoke almost simultaneously.
An Sze said, "I am partly responsible for Cheng Yi's situation. Don't worry, I have explained everything to her and she has promised not to cause you any more trouble. This money is my compensation to you."
compensate?
Song Nuan hummed in agreement and hung up the phone.
So, the money came from An Sze-tse, and Ouyang Cheng-yi's apology only needed to be a perfunctory gesture?
Those two siblings really got all the benefits.
The next day before leaving home, Song Nuan transferred the money back to An Sze's account and sent him a WeChat message.
"I won't take the money."
Just after I sent the message, someone patted my shoulder, followed by a pleasant fragrance wafting over.
Song Nuan looked up and saw Cen Wan.
"Aunt Cen."
After going abroad, Cen Wan dressed much more simply, unlike her elegant and noble appearance in Liangcheng. For a moment, Song Nuan could hardly recognize her.
"Go in," Cen Wan said with a faint smile.
The restaurant wasn't crowded and was relatively quiet. Cen Wan ordered dishes according to Song Nuan's taste.
After she finished counting, she looked up at Song Nuan and said, "Guang Sheng hasn't been answering the phone lately, and he's slow to reply to messages. Yu Chuan is the same; whenever I ask him, he says he's busy with work."
After a few seconds of pause, Cen Wan asked with concern, "Has something happened to the Qin family?"
"Something has happened recently."
Song Nuan told her about Qin Guangsheng's surgery.
Upon hearing this, Cen Wan's face turned pale instantly.
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