After contracting to have a child, the icy female CEO became addicted.

"I don't believe our feelings for each other are gone just like that. I don't believe you've stopped liking me after only a year. I don't believe you can't understand that the things I did wrong to you back then were unintentional..."

"Jiang Ran, I don't believe it..."

Her voice was choked with sobs, and her left hand was gripping Jiang Ran's trouser leg tightly. In her desperate cries, her self-esteem had been worn down to nothing.

She brought it on herself.

Wen Ling already knows.

Hearing her emotional fluctuations again, Jiang Ran was no longer particularly affected. He simply sighed and said calmly, "If you don't believe me, then don't believe me. Can you let me go now?"

This time, he didn't even offer an explanation.

Faced with her humble questioning, Jiang Ran used to explain and talk to her a lot.

But this time, he said, "Whatever."

Wen Ling didn't know if this was good or bad, but his attitude still made her heart clench.

It was even more desperate than ever before.

"I don't want to..."

She murmured something, unsure what to say next, and simply gripped his pants in her hand, making a fist, and asked, "I just want you to answer, yes or no."

"Yes."

Without any hesitation, Jiang Ran said a sentence without even looking at her.

It was faster than Wen Ling expected; he didn't even have a moment to think before answering without hesitation.

Yes.

He doesn't like her anymore.

The fabric she held in her hand felt so real, yet she couldn't touch Jiang Ran's heart at all.

"don't want."

Wen Ling bit her lower lip, the words practically escaping between her teeth as she said firmly, "I don't want this, I don't want this..."

She was back, and all those little moments before getting the divorce certificate came flooding back. Jiang Ran suddenly closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, her eyes were filled with resolute determination!

"Whether you want to or not is your own business. We've already made things very clear, including this trip. Wasn't it you who suggested it? To make up for the regret, you asked me to go on this trip with you, and I came. What's the point of you saying all this now?!"

Jiang Ran's blunt retort finally broke Wen Ling's composure. "What's the use of saying that?! What do you mean by that? If you really don't like me anymore, why did you come out with me? When I suggested going on a trip, didn't you agree?!"

"That's because you said it! You said it wasn't easy for us to meet, and you didn't have a honeymoon, so you wanted to make up for it! Yes, you're very special to me too; you're the first person I've ever married, so I didn't refuse!"

"So you like me! Why keep denying it?!"

"..."

A dispute was about to erupt, and after going around in circles for a while, Jiang Ran had already lost the desire to continue communicating with Wen Ling.

There was no need for him to say anything more.

Jiang Ran suddenly bent down, and to Wen Ling's surprise and delight, he forcefully pried her hands off his trouser leg!

"it is good."

He responded, then suddenly stood up and turned around decisively.

Wen Ling looked at him in surprise, her heart pounding with panic, and quickly asked, "Where are you going?!"

Jiang Ran shifted her body back, and as she took a step, she said without hesitation, "Since that's what you think, then I have nothing more to say. Miss Wen, I'll book the earliest flight back to Beijing!"

"Go back to the capital?!"

Wen Ling was stunned, watching Jiang Ran leave so resolutely.

She didn't even bother to wear high heels anymore, and stood up abruptly barefoot. But her right ankle had just been twisted, and the moment she stepped on the floor, the pain in her ankle almost made her fall to the ground again!

"stop!"

Subconsciously, Wen Ling's shout rang out. She twisted her ankle and hopped along behind with difficulty, but her speed was far slower than Jiang Ran's as she went downstairs.

Wen Zhi had locked the door leading downstairs.

At the bottom of the stairs, Jiang Ran raised his hand and pressed the doorknob, only to realize that the sound of the door locking when he went upstairs was from this very door.

Wen Zhi locked him and Wen Ling on the rooftop!

Crazy? !

Jiang then belatedly realized what had happened today!

When he met Wen Zhi on his trip, the shopping mall that Wen Zhi suggested he visit, the clothes he bought, and the fact that Wen Zhi even made him take a bath and change into these newly bought suits—it was all a scheme set up by Wen Zhi!

She was trying to help her sister, disregarding his feelings...

There's no such thing as making up for regrets, no such thing as truly letting go, no such thing as shaking hands and making peace. From the moment he agreed to go on the trip with Wen Ling, he thought he was kind-hearted. Little did he know, he was the sheep who had fallen into the trap!

"Jiang Ran..."

Holding onto the door frame, Wen Ling stood on the top step of the rooftop, her ankle twisted, and called out to Jiang Ran, who was standing at the bottom of the stairs.

Jiang Ran took a deep breath, and when he turned back, his eyes were devoid of any emotion. He looked coldly at Wen Ling, pressed the doorknob right in front of her, shook the unmoving door, and asked her, "Was this part of your conspiracy?"

Wen Ling's eyes flickered slightly. "What plan? I don't know..."

"You're talking nonsense!"

Jiang Ran couldn't help but swear. He looked at Wen Ling, his gaze falling on her raised right leg. He finally forced himself to calm down and said, "Call Wen Zhi and tell her to open the door. I want to go back."

"Go back where... didn't we agree to travel together, and then..."

That's it!

Jiang Ran had completely lost the desire to continue communicating with Wen Ling. He slammed his hand on the door and shouted impatiently, "Wen Zhi, open the door!"

It was quiet behind the door.

Only the wind outside the rooftop continued to rage.

Seeing Jiang Ran slam his hand against the iron door with all his might, Wen Ling panicked. Holding onto the stair railing, she hopped down the stairs, grabbed Jiang Ran's arm, and said, "No, this door is very sturdy. Don't slam it like that, it'll hurt your hand..."

"What I do is none of your business!"

Jiang Ran, still angry, couldn't hold back and yelled at Wen Ling.

Startled by the shout, Wen Ling froze. She didn't understand what she had done wrong. Looking at Jiang Ran, her attitude turned serious. "Jiang Ran, I like you, I care about you. Even if you don't like me, you shouldn't say things like that to someone who cares about you, right?"

Seeing her suddenly become assertive, all the anger that had been suppressed surged back into my heart!

"Are you concerned about me?"

Jiang Ran sneered, looking at her self-righteous face, and said, "Miss Wen, I told you before that I agreed to come on this trip with you because you said you wanted to make up for your regrets. You have regrets, and so do I, so let's make up for them together. But what about now?!"

"You and your sister Wenzhi locked me on the rooftop, forcing me to stay with you."

"Yes, I'm kind-hearted. I heard what you said and didn't refuse, but in the end, you all joined forces to scheme against me!"

"Who's bullying whom here?!"