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

"..."

Listening to her words, Jiang Ran could rarely sense her seriousness.

This was the first time in a long time that Wen Ling had taken the initiative to tell him her story.

Jiang Ran thought that Wen Ling had never had to worry about food or clothing since childhood, and that she probably had nothing in the world except money. But she never expected that what Wen Ling lacked from childhood to adulthood was love.

She has never been loved, so she doesn't understand love.

"So, I've thought this through very clearly these past few days."

Looking directly into Jiang Ran's eyes, Wen Ling no longer looked away. She simply said, "Jiang Ran, I've been feeling terrible these past few days. You've left me helpless. When I get close to you, you feel suffocated and fight back desperately. But if I don't get close to you, I can't help myself..."

As she spoke, she suddenly picked up the beer on the table, pried open the can with her fingernail, and drank half a bottle of beer right in front of Jiang Ran.

"Cough cough..."

Wen Ling drank a bit too quickly; the beer went down her throat, and even though it wasn't very strong, the taste still made her choke.

Jiang Ran tried to raise her hand to stop her, but Wen Ling blocked her hand.

"Let me finish."

Wen Ling lowered her head, not looking up at him again, and pressed her hand against Jiang Ran's wrist. "I can't find anyone else..."

"Lanlan told me that the way to tell if someone likes another person is to imagine that person has another person by their side, and that they will smile at that person, hold hands with that person, and hug that person..."

"I go crazy just thinking about it..."

"I can't take it. I can't take the person next to you who isn't me. I can't take the fact that you and Xia Yunxi had the same relationship as me. I can't take it..."

She took another sip, two large gulps of wine, and finished the whole bottle in her hand. Her voice, strained and tearful, carried a hint of sobbing.

The last time I saw her so out of control was in the apartment.

Jiang Ran remembered that Wen Ling was like a madwoman at that time, desperately begging him not to leave, her posture had already humbled herself to the ground.

He didn't know what he was thinking at the time, he just inexplicably didn't want to see her like that, because of their feelings, she had become someone else entirely.

But things are different now than they were then.

She was really earnestly expressing her feelings, and she got so carried away that she didn't even look at him.

"Sister Wen..."

"Don't call me that anymore!"

Wen Ling's emotions were about to explode. She suddenly looked up, her eyes slightly red, "You call Li Yan the same way, you call her Sister Li, but you call me that? What's the difference between me and her?! I don't want to hear it... I don't like it..."

"..."

Such a big reaction to a simple title.

Jiang Ran saw her red eyes.

The six-year age difference was obvious. Jiang Ran knew that she might have fallen in love, but he didn't expect it to be this deep.

Suddenly, Jiang Ran felt a pang in his heart. He didn't know if it was from the alcohol or something else, but he blurted out something without thinking.

"Actually, sister, nothing happened between Xia Yunxi and me."

"I told you I don't want to hear that name from you... huh?"

Wen Ling was about to explode in anger, but the moment she looked up, she heard what Jiang Ran was saying.

Nothing happened between him and Xia Yunxi.

Nothing happened between them.

Nothing happened...

Wen Ling stared blankly at Jiang Ran, and all the memories of her time on the South Island flooded back.

Because she was jealous of Xia Yunxi, she locked Jiang Ran in the villa without saying a word and forced him to do things he didn't want to do.

She even resorted to unscrupulous means. After discovering their affair, she went over to question him, grabbing Jiang Ran and interrogating him aggressively.

He didn't say anything.

She assumed he had tacitly agreed...

Wen Ling suddenly realized that it seemed to be the first time she had tried to confirm something without any evidence.

"Then, why did you say...you guys... back then?"

Wen Ling was momentarily incoherent.

"I did that on purpose to annoy you. Who told you to lock me in the room without saying a word, acting like a madman..."

"..."

"Ha ha."

Wen Ling suddenly smiled.

I don't know what she was laughing at, she was just looking at Jiang Ran and laughing in a very unladylike way.

Wen Ling wiped away her tears and looked at Jiang Ran with a smile, "That's great."

"What's so good about it?"

"I mean, that's great! All that jealousy I've been feeling lately was just an act, it was all just you trying to make me jealous."

"...?"

Jiang Ran looked at her with a question mark in his eyes.

Wen Ling wiped her cheek, took a deep breath, and said, "So, Jiang Ran, I think we're even now. What do you think?"

"What do you mean we're even?"

"I used other people to deliberately annoy you before, and you used other women to annoy me in return."

"...Is this how you calculate things?!"

Jiang Ran raised her eyebrows slightly, inexplicably feeling that she had been drawn into Wen Ling's trap.

But it seems like what she said makes a lot of sense!

"That's how it's calculated, of course!"

Wen Ling nodded, looking at Jiang Ran very seriously. "I think we're even now, so I'm asking you very seriously, do you want to give me a chance?"

Her sincere gaze was devoid of any falsehood.

But that look made Jiang Ran feel a little guilty.

He wanted to escape.

But they didn't know where else they could escape to.

It seems that no matter where in this world Wen Ling wants to find him, the Wen family's foundation is there, and he can't escape it...

The belated effects of the alcohol were now taking hold, and in the haze of confusion, drowsiness washed over Jiang Ran, and she felt her eyelids drooping.

"Let's talk about it another day, sister..."

He didn't even know what he was saying; his head was buzzing incoherently.

"No, not another day, it has to be today!"

It was a rare opportunity to have such a peaceful conversation, and Wen Ling was determined not to let this chance slip by after finally opening up about her innermost thoughts.

She stood up and walked to Jiang Ran's side. "Tell me an answer today, either one that makes me give up, or... something else!"

Please, it has to be something else.

Wen Ling looked at him with hopeful eyes, expecting to hear the answer she longed for from Jiang Ran.

but......

"Sister, I'm sorry."

"?"

"I feel there's a huge gap between us, and also, our upbringing, our..."

"They're all excuses!"

Before Jiang Ran could finish speaking, Wen Ling suddenly stood up, looking at her angrily, "If the reason you've hesitated for so long and haven't chosen me is because of our families of origin, then what am I?! What is our relationship?!"

She grabbed Jiang Ran's shoulders frantically, looking down at him and demanding, "I'm asking you, who's the person you'll spend your life with, me or my family?! I'm asking you, who loves you more, them or me?"