Just like any other woman who wants to climb the social ladder, Li An'an looked at her with wariness, as if she were looking at a rival in love.
With Lin Qisheng acting as a go-between, the two nodded to each other in a friendly manner. Li An'an stepped forward and shook hands with Ruan Qing'an: "Miss Ruan, hello. You are Lin's friend, so you are my friend. If you want to stay for a long time, I will definitely treat you well."
"Miss Li, you're too kind."
Ruan Qingan spoke with a bitter expression, feigning sadness.
Li An'an tightened her grip slightly and said with a meaningful smile, "Of course, it would be best if Miss Ruan could leave as soon as possible, as staying here is quite inconvenient."
After saying that, Li An'an finally let go of her hand.
Lin Qisheng didn't care what they said. After all, he was a man who wanted to enjoy the blessings of having multiple wives. He could tolerate this little trouble; it was just a sweet annoyance.
Thinking of this, Lin Qisheng put one arm around Li An'an's waist and beckoned to Ruan Qing'an: "Alright, Qing'an, come here."
"Sir, this..."
Ruan Qing'an paused, her gaze falling on Lin Qisheng's groping hands. Her lips twitched, and she wished she could chop them off.
Just then, Li An'an suddenly tugged at Lin Qisheng, immediately drawing his attention away from Ruan Qing'an: "Ah Lin, you said you would stay with me, what do you mean? Now you want to be with someone else, and you even said you only liked me."
"Okay, okay, it was my fault, I'm sorry, An'an."
Lin Qisheng apologized repeatedly. Just looking at Li An'an's face, he felt like she was the reincarnation of a white moonlight, and his heart soared.
Li An'an glanced at Ruan Qing'an with annoyance, covered her nose with her hand, and pulled Lin Qisheng away, saying, "Let's go, let's go, Lin, Miss Ruan smells like medicine, it stinks."
"Fine, if you don't like her, then tell her to get lost."
Lin Qisheng was even more blunt. He put his arm around Li An'an and prepared to leave. He turned back to look at Ruan Qing'an and casually said, "I'll take An'an around the manor first. You can go back to your room first."
Upon hearing this, the girl's petite figure swayed slightly, as if she had been hurt, and she lowered her head: "I understand, sir."
Then, their footsteps gradually faded into the distance.
Only after Lin Qisheng and Li An'an were out of sight did Ruan Qing'an raise her head, her face no longer showing any sadness.
037, on the other hand, was furious: "How dare they talk like that?!"
[And that woman, she went too far! How could she talk like that? It's utterly unreasonable! How could she possibly be interested in Lin Qisheng!]
"Don't say anything yet."
Ruan Qing'an interrupted it: "She gave me something."
037 was taken aback: [Huh?]
Ruan Qing'an didn't answer again, but lowered her head, her gaze falling on her palm, where there was a small crumpled piece of paper that Li An'an had placed in her palm when she shook hands with her.
She didn't make a fuss; she just hid it away secretly.
For a moment, 037 didn't dare to express any opinions, fearing that it would be suddenly proven wrong, and just urged Ruan Qing'an to open it.
The paper ball only had two words written on it: "Li Nan".
037 was shocked: [Li Nan?! Isn't that the female lead?!]
In the original text, the female protagonist Li Nan's presence is extremely weak, to the point of being almost nonexistent. The entire story is basically dominated by the male protagonist Lin Chen, who fights against Lin Qisheng, the original owner of the body, and even against the heavens and the earth, and is incredibly successful in his career. It is not until the latter half of the story that Li Nan appears.
Even when Li Nan appears, she occupies very little space in the story, almost like a plot device. Ruan Qing'an never expected to encounter the female lead, Lin Nan, here.
Because in the original text, her appearance occurred when Lin Chen had killed Lin Qisheng, taken full control of the Lin family, and was expanding rapidly—
"etc."
037: [W-what happened?]
Ruan Qing'an seemed to be thinking about something, her eyes flickering uncertainly: "In the original text, Li Nan appeared after Lin Chen took over the Lin family and the underworld business was growing bigger and bigger. Now that she has appeared, how similar is it to Lin Qisheng's current situation?"
037 was a little confused and asked blankly, "What does the ancestor mean?"
She paused, then said, "Lu, Hong."
With no evidence yet, Ruan Qing'an pulled himself out of his thoughts and ran into the old butler on his way back to the manor.
Ruan Qing'an casually asked, "Has Lin Chen returned?"
The old butler shook his head: "Miss Ruan, the young master hasn't returned yet. He seems to have something important to attend to and is still busy with work."
Lin Chen disappeared, and Li Nan suddenly appeared...
Ruan Qing'an lowered her head and pondered, then turned and went back to her bedroom. Since Lin Qisheng was currently preoccupied with Li An'an, or rather Li Nan, she was too lazy to make herself unhappy.
...
As evening approached, Nguyen Thanh An prepared to go to the restaurant for dinner. Usually, the servants would remind him at this time, but not today.
As she approached, she could vaguely hear voices inside. It was Lin Qisheng and Li Nan, whom she had just met during the day. From this angle, the two were eating together, taking bites of each other's food, enjoying their meal and not allowing anyone else to interfere.
Ruan Qingan paused, then immediately changed direction.
037: [We only hear the laughter of the new, but never the cries of the old. Now they don't even call you "ancestor" when they eat, and neither do the servants.]
"It's just a matter of human relationships being fickle."
Ruan Qing'an didn't care. She lazily yawned and went straight to the kitchen, since she didn't want to see Lin Qisheng anyway.
There were no servants in the kitchen, so Nguyen Thanh An was able to rummage through things.
However, just as she found the half-eaten cake left over from afternoon tea, a voice suddenly came from behind her. Her hand paused, a sharp glint flashed in her leaden eyes, which were then covered by a softer look. She turned around: "Who is it?"
"Miss Ruan."
Behind her stood Li Nan, whom she had just seen. She smiled slightly and took a half-step forward: "Perhaps we can have a chat, Miss Ruan. It wasn't convenient with Ah Lin here before, what do you think?"
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