After receiving the race instructions, the two started their cars, neither giving way to the other.
The two were evenly matched, and it would take some effort to determine a winner.
One drove aggressively on the straightaway, the other handled the corners with finesse; and so, lap after lap on the track, the two remained close together.
Li Mufei overtook An Xinyue, but An Xinyue refused to give in and continued to overtake her. The two went back and forth like this, and the distance between them never widened.
Both of them were giving it their all to win.
During the match, An Xinyue did consider simply losing so she would have a reason to take the initiative, but then she thought it would be pointless and quickly dismissed the idea.
On the last lap, Li Mufei made a mistake on a corner, and An Xinyue drifted past her at the perfect moment.
The two distanced themselves at this point, and An Xinyue ultimately won, but she wasn't particularly happy.
"Fine, you win. I won't concern myself with your relationship with my brother anymore."
Seeing An Xinyue's desperate attempt to beat her, she knew that An Xinyue was genuinely worried about revealing the truth.
"Did you let the water slide?"
She did want Li Mufei to win, so that Li Mufei would have to fulfill the conditions Li Mufei set. She would take it as encouragement and support for Li Mufei to confront Li Shaochuan.
"Do you want to go watch the recording? You looked like you were desperate to beat me just now."
How could she possibly let them win! She hadn't driven in so long, her leg was cramping from pressing the accelerator! She so wanted to bring them together, but fate wouldn't let her win.
"Is there?"
An Xinyue asked casually, pretending not to care.
She's just cowardly and afraid to face it.
"No! No! Tell me, now that you've won, what do you want me to do?"
Li Mufei looked helpless; she was just running away!
"I haven't decided yet, let's keep this in mind for now! Let's go eat!"
She has everything, but all she can think about is Li Shaochuan!
"You're happy."
Li Mufei spoke indifferently, "How boring?"
On the plane
Yan Yinran was so tired from dance practice that she fell asleep in the private bedroom on the airplane. The soundproofing was excellent; apart from the sound of the airplane, she couldn't hear anything outside the bedroom.
"Ayan, I'm starting filming the day after tomorrow in T City. I'll have to find another time to visit my parents."
She didn't expect the time to be set so quickly. Perhaps Director Liu knew she was busy and only notified her after everything was arranged?
"Okay, do you want to leave tomorrow or the day after?"
Anyway, he's going to follow; he's genuinely scared.
"The day after tomorrow, I can stay home and spend time with my parents."
It seems that ever since she returned to the Yan family, she has had even less time to be home, and the number of days she spends at home can be counted on one hand.
"Okay. The organization that's been chasing you is in the US, but they're so secretive that we haven't been able to find out anything else about them. There's another organization that appeared twice and then disappeared, but we haven't found anything about them yet."
He never gave up tracking down those two groups of people!
“I know all the information you’ve mentioned, and I’ve investigated it all. I’m not in a hurry. Even the best-hidden person will eventually slip up. What I’m suspecting now is whether I have some secrets. Otherwise, why are they all chasing me? Also, the fact that Yinran and I were switched at birth was definitely not an accident; it was a conspiracy. I’ve been investigating it recently. My nanny, Ahui, is also very suspicious. She’s been encouraging Yinran to do bad things! She entered the Yan family with a purpose, or to put it more directly, someone specifically arranged it.”
But she didn't expose her; she was keeping her around for a long time! She was waiting for her to make a mistake, waiting for her next big move.
"So, now that Yan Yinran has changed for the better and is no longer bewitched by her seductive words, she definitely won't be able to carry out the next mission. She will definitely try to achieve her goal from another angle."
Lan Jingyan also shared his most direct thoughts with Yan Xiluo, analyzing them together.
"Will my Lin family members be in danger?"
Yan Xiluo thought for a moment, wondering if the Lin family would be used as a bargaining chip.
She naturally doesn't need to worry about the Yan family. If the people behind the scenes were capable of making moves, they would have done so long ago!
"It's alright, I've sent people to guard them and protect them. Do you have any leads on the investigation into the baby swap?"
Since it was premeditated, it must have left some clues! There must have been some flaws!
"No, not yet. I asked Ai Xue to check with the health center from that year. The nurse on duty that day was swept away by the flood and has been missing ever since; her fate is still unknown! Also, the doctor who delivered my baby recently passed away due to illness..."
This left her completely bewildered.
It was pouring rain and flooding at the time, and it was also late at night... It was a township health center, so there were already few medical staff on duty!
Back then, health clinics didn't have surveillance cameras... finding useful information was like finding a needle in a haystack!
A conspiracy? But floods are natural disasters, unavoidable. Could someone have switched the children? The Yan and Lin families are definitely out of the question! The Bai family?
Bai Jingquan is dead, and there's no way to verify his story...
Furthermore, I heard that Bai Jingquan was also shocked when he learned that the child was not his biological child. Could it be someone else?
Who is pulling the strings behind all this? And who wants to bring down the Yan family?
Why did the six children of the Yan family only hunt her down?!
Yan Xiluo was also full of questions. She was determined to find out the truth and ask her parents when she got home. Maybe she could get some useful information.
"Don't overthink it. Let's investigate step by step. No matter how well-made the dumplings are, they will still leak when they are cooked."
Lan Jingyan stroked her hair, comforting her. He knew that the matter must be very complicated, and he wouldn't be able to find any useful information in a short time.
"Could it be steamed dumplings?"
He was both annoyed and amused by Yan Xiluo's sudden probing question. He was clearly having a serious talk with her, so why was she discussing dumplings versus steamed dumplings?
"Would you like boiled dumplings or steamed dumplings?"
This little girl just had afternoon tea, is she already craving dumplings again?
"I'd like to eat sour dumplings tonight, you could call them boiled dumplings?"
Sour dumplings are a specialty snack from a small town in H city; they are sour and spicy, and very appetizing.
"Okay, but I haven't eaten here before. Will you take me?"
He did take a liking to the sour dumplings. For this little girl to think of them while discussing things, they must be delicious, right? Otherwise, why would she be thinking about them?
"Okay, I'll take you for a drive!"
And finally, her passenger seat has found an owner!
"Alright, let me see how good my Luoluo's driving skills are!"
Lan Jingyan's lips curved into a smile, which deepened...
"That mischievous smile of yours, you're not thinking the wrong thing, are you? I didn't mean it that way!"
I always felt there was something sinister about his smile.
"What do you mean? I didn't say that, you're just making things up."
He didn't say anything, right? Yes, he was just teasing her!
Lan Jingyan affectionately flicked the tip of her high, straight nose.
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