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

The sudden grip made Jiang Ran's hand hurt.

"What's wrong with you?!"

Jiang Ran was speechless. So she only found out about all those things now?!

Jiang Ran had assumed that Wen Ling was basically monitoring his movements since Lu Fei started, but he hadn't expected that the monitoring was so ineffective!

"What's wrong with me?!"

Wen Ling's voice sharpened, her tone accusatory: "And I'm newly pregnant, and you went back to the villa with Xia Yunxi. What were you doing there?! What did you do?!"

"What we do is none of your business! You already know all this, why are you asking? What's there to ask?!"

Jiang Ran remembered everything she said.

He ate with Xia Yunxi, went grocery shopping with her, and so on. Although he and Wen Ling were still married at the time and he hadn't done anything extramarital, what difference would it make even if he had?

She said they wouldn't interfere in each other's private lives, so why is she coming here to question him like this?!

Seeing that Jiang Ran was becoming increasingly impatient and had no intention of explaining at all, Wen Ling instantly became furious!

She grabbed Jiang Ran's collar and tried to press him down!

Under the clear blue sky, Jiang Ran could see the scenery outside the car window perfectly clearly, so why did he have to do this at a time like this?!

Even the best patience will run out at this point!

Without holding back, Jiang Ran grabbed Wen Ling's shoulder and pushed her away without hesitation!

He was very strong; even with Wen Ling using all her strength, she couldn't overpower Jiang Ran.

Wen Ling was forcefully pushed away by Jiang Ran!

This was the first time Jiang Ran had resisted her so fiercely, even ignoring her injured foot...

She was thrown to the ground like that, her injured foot hitting the ground, the pain was excruciating. Wen Ling felt a lump in her throat and her eyes instantly reddened!

Seeing her disheveled state, a far cry from her former proud and strong self, Jiang Ran looked down at her and said earnestly, "Stop like this. I've already told you everything you need to know. Forcing someone who doesn't love you to love you is pointless!"

"What is meaning? Tell me what is meaning? You're telling me it's meaning to watch you with other women?"

Wen Ling's voice was hoarse, and although tears hadn't fallen yet, her voice was already choked with sobs, "I can't bear to see you with another woman, even if that's in the past..."

She yelled, her emotions on the verge of breaking down. Looking at Jiang Ran, she said without any regard for her image, "So what if I already know? I know it's all my fault. From the very beginning, I shouldn't have brought up that bullshit contract to have a child with you, but it's already happened..."

"What can I do? Seeing all those little moments you two shared in the past, I can't bear it. I can't control my emotions. I'm so angry!"

Wen Ling's eyes were red and her hair was disheveled.

She was wearing a thin velvet nightgown, all traces of her former elegance and aloofness vanished.

To put it bluntly, they're even like the shrewish, shameless bullies in the marketplace...

The moment the thought popped into his mind, Jiang Ran suddenly woke up with a start.

From the moment he gave up on Wen Ling, he had always been watching Wen Ling from the perspective of an outsider.

He watched her gradually transform from a proud leader into someone who annoyed him.

Annoyed...

The moment this emotion popped into Jiang's head, a chill ran down his spine.

"Sister, get up first."

He moved his lips slightly, bent down, and grasped Wen Ling's arms with both hands to help her up.

Jiang Ran sighed when he caught a glimpse of the deep red in Wen Ling's eyes and the tears that were about to spill from them.

Following his pull, she stood up and sat down in the chair. Her emotions shifted from collapse to confusion. Wen Ling asked somewhat blankly, "Why...why did you help me?"

She choked up, her face full of helplessness.

Jiang Ran's eyes darkened, and he no longer confronted Wen Ling as he had before.

He simply said, "Sis, do you know? You look terrible right now."

"......Um?"

"That's not necessary."

Jiang Ran looked at her and suddenly remembered his former self.

After being broken up with by Qin Yiyao, he was just as confused as Wen Ling. He once sent Qin Yiyao a long essay late at night, unable to sleep and confused all night. When he woke up in the afternoon and saw that there were no messages on his phone, he stopped trying to contact her.

He didn't act as hysterically as Wen Ling.

He didn't go to Qin Yiyao's side and pester her like this.

He always felt that if it ended, it ended; as long as he had a clear conscience about the relationship, that was enough.

But Wen Ling is not.

In this step-by-step entanglement, Wen Ling tormented herself into becoming a lovesick woman.

I know you like me.

Jiang Ran murmured, looking earnestly at Wen Ling: "No matter how much you like someone, you shouldn't give up on yourself."

"..."

he's changed.

Wen Ling anticipated that Jiang Ran would open the car door and rush out as before, so she specially arranged for bodyguards to wait outside the car, as well as Deng Lanlan.

Even if he runs, Jiang Ran can't get very far.

But he didn't argue with her?

Seeing Wen Ling in a daze, Jiang Ran's attitude suddenly became respectful. "Sister, you are six years older than me, and I have always respected you. You have things that I don't have: rationality, seriousness, and responsibility. Even though your family background is more than twice as good as mine, in my heart, your self-discipline is something I aspire to."

Did you know?

"In the year after I moved out of Junlan Mansion Villa and left you, there were many times when I felt like giving up."

"I don't want to go to work, I don't want to get up on time every day, buy groceries, and make lunch boxes. I've only managed to keep this up for less than a month, and I feel like I can already see the end of my days."

"But whenever that happens, I think of you, and how serious you are about your work. Even though you have enough money to retire or just coast along, you still take it all seriously and go to work on time every day."

"As the saying goes, if people more talented than me are still working hard, what reason do I have to give up?"

"Whenever this happens, thinking of you helps me persevere."

"This account, which is about to reach one million followers, is ostensibly something I created, but secretly, it was thanks to your influence that I was able to persevere..."

Jiang Ran spoke in a tone that was strangely like a junior instructing an adult.

His gaze fell on the scenery outside the window, which was still as beautiful as ever, with the waves crashing on the shore and a diverse crowd of people.

This is the Wen Ling he remembers.

Instead of Wen Ling, who is now crying and hysterically pleading in front of him!