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

"Harmful!"

"You've met Wen Ling. She's a career-driven woman who went on blind dates just to find a good man to have children with. My parents were pressuring me a lot, and I really had no choice but to agree on a whim!"

When the matter was brought up again, Jiang Ran was speechless. Who knew Wen Ling had such a strange temper? He thought to himself, there's no such thing as a free lunch, and even if there were, it wouldn't be his turn to fall from the sky!

"So you got your marriage certificate and immediately... did *that* kind of thing?!"

Xia Yunxi blurted out, but before she could finish speaking, she accidentally bit her tongue.

"..."

Jiang Ran's lips twitched as he stared blankly at Xia Yunxi, whose cheeks were flushed red.

"No, Yunxi, I'm saying, this is a matter of personal privacy..."

The fact that this question was suddenly brought up in the open, especially in front of his old classmate, a female classmate, made Xia Yunxi blush, and even he felt a little uncomfortable.

However, even if Jiang Ran didn't answer, Xia Yunxi already knew the answer to this question.

She had seen it the very day she arrived; several noticeable red marks on Jiang Ran's tanned neck when she woke up in the morning...

Her heart clenched suddenly. Feeling somewhat dejected, she took another swig of her drink and asked, "So, after this is all over, are you going to get a divorce?"

This time, Jiang Ran nodded without hesitation, "Yes! It's already agreed. I'll go out and find a place to stay tomorrow after I'm done with my work."

"You're moving out?!"

Xia Yunxi's voice instantly rose several octaves, and she stared wide-eyed at Jiang Ran.

"Yeah, it's just a deal. The deal's likely to be finalized soon, so why am I still standing there?!"

Jiang Ran's tone was calm. He hadn't been very confident when he said these words, but after countless tests over the past few days, he had completely changed his mind.

People from different worlds can't force themselves to be together.

Although he was entitled to half of the house after the marriage, Wen Ling was responsible for all the decoration and design. To be honest, if he were given the house, he wouldn't be able to afford it. He would just move out obediently and wait for the divorce to split the assets.

Thinking of this, and seeing Xia Yunxi's shocked expression, Jiang Ran comforted her, "It's okay, Yunxi. Just because I moved out doesn't mean I won't go back. It's not easy to find a job these days, so just stay there and work hard. The salary she's paying you isn't low. If you need anything, just call me. We're still old classmates, and I'll definitely help if I can..."

"Not a classmate..."

Before Jiang Ran could finish speaking, Xia Yunxi muttered something under her breath.

He didn't hear him clearly: "What did you say? Yunxi, speak louder, the soundproofing here isn't good, it's too noisy next door."

"That's the downside of these quiet bars; they have too many separate rooms, so the soundproofing is terrible. The people next door are probably high school students, playing cards at this hour..."

Seeing that Jiang Ran started to gossip and complain about other things, Xia Yunxi, who had been holding back for a long time, could no longer tolerate it!

She slammed her hand on the table, leaning halfway out while her face flushed red as she shouted, "I said, stop calling me 'classmate,' who's your old classmate?!"

Jiang Ran was stunned by her sudden outburst!

"It's so annoying! It's rare for me to run into you while I'm out at work, and you have to keep calling me 'old classmate.' Do you really think we're classmates? Did you ever talk to me back in college?!"

Jiang Ran was completely taken aback as she watched her chatter on and on, even leaning forward and getting emotional.

In his mind, he recalled the image of Xia Yunxi's flushed cheeks when she agreed to have dinner with him today, and how Xia Yunxi always acted so timidly whenever they talked in the past.

He had always thought she was an introverted person with social anxiety.

But now, recalling those scenes, Jiang Ran suddenly felt that things weren't quite as they seemed...

Xia Yunxi... Could it be that she...

"Idiot! Are you really stupid or just pretending? Can't you see how obviously I like you?!"

Bathed in the warm yellow light, the delicate face of that woman parted her pink lips slightly, and the words she uttered, one by one, struck Jiang Ran's eyes like stones!

He was completely stunned!

They even looked at Xia Yunxi in disbelief!

Unbelievable! Xia Yunxi, who was once known as the most beautiful girl at Peking University, actually likes him?!

When did this happen?!

Will we meet again at the villa?!

No, it seems like she was already speaking to him cautiously when they first met at the villa...

That was when we were at school?!

Jiang Ran had been sitting here for more than half an hour. Although he hadn't touched a drop of alcohol, Xia Yunxi's sudden remark had him so startled that his brain was racing!

The atmosphere in the room instantly fell silent; the only sound was the clatter of a few high school students playing cards next door.

"A royal flush!"

"Hahaha, you little punk, you didn't expect that, did you? I had two cards up my sleeve!"

"You little brat, you're cheating on the two left that you need to count!"

"We don't need so many rules between us. I'm not going to reveal them. It's your fault for not seeing my hand; you're blind!"

"you......"

"Forget it, don't be angry. It's just a game. Just think of him as having created two Jokers! He's just like him, a Joker!"

"..."

The sounds of three young people laughing and joking could be heard continuously.

Looking at Jiang Ran, who was speechless and utterly shocked, Xia Yunxi belatedly realized what was happening!

Frustrated and blushing, she quickly sat down on the sofa and scolded, "Didn't you have a boyfriend before? I thought you could tell even if I was being so obvious, but who knew you're such a fool? I've given you such obvious hints so many times, and you still can't understand..."

Hearing her accusations, Jiang Ran swallowed hard. "When...when did you ever hint at that?"

"So... your WeChat name! Didn't you used to be called Qingyao? I even changed my name to 'White Tea' back then. Although I later found out that you used Qingyao because of Qin Yiyao, didn't you realize that I'm still using this name now?!"

Her face flushed, and she explained in a low voice. Although her expression clearly showed displeasure when she mentioned the name "Qin Yiyao," she still took out her phone to show Jiang Ran.

"Besides, when I saw you later, I even peeked at your WeChat Moments. I remember your Moments signature, didn't you see mine?!"

As she spoke, she hurriedly opened her WeChat Moments and showed it to Jiang Ran.

When Jiang Ran saw the words "I can only share a few words with others" below Xia Yunxi's profile picture on WeChat Moments, he was instantly terrified!

He remembered his signature; back then, he was used to bad luck and simply gave up.

So he changed his signature to: "Life is full of disappointments, eight or nine out of ten things don't go as planned."