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

"Well?"

Jiang Ran touched his nose, Wen Ling's words echoing in his mind. He hesitated for a moment, then said awkwardly, "I guess so."

Hmm... how can it not count?

He worked as a babysitter for Wen Ling, and in return, Wen Ling gave him half a villa, a car, and this Rolex watch.

How can this not be considered a transaction?

Xia Yunxi's eyes lit up instantly. She smiled, blinked, and looked up at Jiang Ran, "Hey! So we're colleagues now!"

To run into a familiar old classmate in a foreign land, and this person is actually someone you used to have... well, you know... with...

Um......

In short, Xia Yunxi's heart calmed down instantly, the gloom from before was swept away, and her eyes became bright and alert!

Jiang Ran sighed and smiled resignedly at her.

Xia Yunxi took out her phone and said without hesitation, "Jiang Ran, let's add each other's contact information!"

After saying that, as if afraid that Jiang Ran would refuse, she quickly added, "I didn't mean anything by it. I was just thinking that if anything happens in the future, we can discuss it in advance so that we don't have to trouble Miss Liu and the others..."

Jiang Ran's gaze fell on Xia Yunxi. She was 1.63 meters tall, a little shorter than him. Her high ponytail was tied behind her head, but she was looking down, so his expression was not visible.

I don't know what she's thinking, but we're classmates and it's rare to see each other. We'll be living together in the future, so it's not unreasonable to exchange contact information.

Jiang Ran nodded and took out her phone: "Okay, then scan me."

"Um!"

Xia Yunxi responded, carefully took out her phone, and quickly scanned the QR code to add the contact.

"Well... I'll head home now, Jiang Ran, see you tomorrow!"

Seeing that they had reached the entrance of the residential area, Xia Yunxi smiled and waved to Jiang Ran.

Watching her quickly run to the roadside and hail a taxi, Jiang Ran put his phone in his pocket, glanced around, and headed towards the barbecue restaurant across the street not far away.

In the taxi, Xia Yunxi sat in the back seat, her cheeks flushed.

As she watched Jiang Ran's tall figure gradually recede into the distance outside the car window, a smile unconsciously crept onto her lips.

She eagerly opened her phone and tapped on Jiang Ran's WeChat profile picture.

However, Xia Yunxi was suddenly stunned when she saw Jiang Ran's WeChat Moments!

On the phone screen, Jiang Ran's few posts on WeChat Moments, the latest one being a Christmas-themed group photo composed of nine collages.

The displayed sending time is two days ago.

With her own female perspective, Xia Yunxi immediately recognized the girl in the photo as Wen Ling, whom she had met earlier that day—Miss Wen...

The group photo is ambiguous.

Especially in the photos, the two are seen in sweet poses and behaving intimately.

Xia Yunxi suddenly remembered that when she was cooking dinner at the villa, Jiang Ran suddenly appeared and then so brazenly sat down on the sofa in the living room...

Was he really a servant in Miss Wen's household, just like me?

"I guess... I guess so."

Jiang Ran's words echoed in her mind; his tone in reply was clearly filled with helplessness and resignation.

Could it be that Jiang Ran is being kept by Miss Wen?

The thought suddenly popped into Xia Yunxi's mind.

The current job market is very difficult.

Even she only came because her mother got many recommendations from her colleagues at the housekeeping company...

Jiang Ran, who was so outstanding and unassuming during her university years, turned her back on her talents and took on this lowly job after graduation...

Like her, she went from being a high achiever in her student days to becoming a beast of burden in the real world of labor...

That year, he must have encountered many unspeakable hardships.

Xia Yunxi's eyes flickered, and she exited Jiang Ran's Moments, staring at the empty chat box.

Her fingertips traced Jiang Ran's portrait, and the corners of her lips unconsciously turned up.

I thought I'd never see him again after graduation.

"What a coincidence!"

......

After finishing his bowl of fried noodles, Jiang Ran went straight back to the villa.

The living room lights were still on. Jiang Ran went straight to the coffee table, turned on the kettle to boil water, and then took a bath towel to the bathroom.

When he came out again, he saw Wen Ling wearing a gray bathrobe, sitting on the sofa, staring at him expressionlessly.

"It's the last day."

She uttered a sentence in a flat, cold tone, her eyes as sharp as ever.

Jiang Ran knew exactly what she was talking about. He dried his hair, sat down on the sofa opposite Wen Ling, and calmly asked, "If, I mean if, it doesn't work out by the end of this month..."

"Then try again next month during your fertile window, until you succeed."

Before he could finish speaking, Wen Ling's icy voice dropped.

"Oh, I understand."

Jiang Ran nodded and murmured, "So, you mean, once we succeed, you won't need me anymore, right?"

"Of course, you'll need to accompany me to finalize the divorce papers. I'll leave with nothing. After the cooling-off period, this house and that car will be yours."

Wen Ling's sentences are clear and her word choice is logically rigorous.

As if those passionate past events had never existed, she returned to her former aloof and superior demeanor.

Jiang Ran actually disliked Wen Ling's personality. She could have just spoken her mind, but she insisted on keeping it all inside.

Just like last time in the kitchen, she inexplicably rushed down and started yelling at him...

Looking at Wen Ling's upright posture and elegant demeanor, Jiang Ran suddenly realized that he had never really understood Wen Ling.

All my knowledge of her comes from living together immediately after we got our marriage certificate and our daily interactions.

In short, they are not familiar with each other.

Or they were complete strangers who crossed social classes directly.

If it weren't for his aunt's matchmaking, he would never have had any connection with a woman like that in his life.

Jiang Ran didn't say anything more, but nodded silently as she turned on the hair dryer.

I thought he would keep pestering me about the sudden hiring of a maid, just like yesterday, but I didn't expect Jiang Ran to remain silent.

While feeling unaccustomed to it, Wen Ling inexplicably became somewhat irritable.

Adding to the various uncontrollable emotional fluctuations she's experienced these past few days, Wen Ling feels it's necessary for her to undergo a regular psychological check-up.

This can't go on.

The recent entanglements have almost made it impossible for her to work!

She silently took out her phone and sent Liu Wan a message: [Have Deng Lanlan come over at 10 a.m. tomorrow.]

Shortly after the message was sent, just as Liu Wan's reply "Yes" popped up, Jiang Ran put down the hair dryer.

"Come inside, sister."

Looking at Wen Ling, Jiang Ran's tone was also calm. He stood up and gestured towards the bedroom.

Having already mastered the routine, Wen Ling didn't hesitate. She put down her phone, stood up, and headed straight for the bedroom...