After hitting the Rolls-Royce, the top-tier green tea started fishing.

Sure enough, as soon as Wen Chongyan said this, Li Zhiying couldn't help but speak up again:

"Don't be so extreme. If there's a suitable girl, you can consider it... That girl at the door just now was so pretty. You're living with her now, don't you want to take responsibility?"

Wen Chongyan seemed to suddenly feel warm again.

He looked at his mother again, and asked seriously, "Does living together mean you have to take responsibility?"

Li Zhiying sighed, "It depends on the person, but that girl seemed so innocent, so pitiful. Her crying made my heart ache. Ah Yan, Mom can tell she really loves you."

Wen Chongyan gave a silent, cold laugh.

Ruan Zhining's acting skills are truly superb; he even fooled his mother, who frequented brothels and had countless male friends.

Not to mention the foolish father who was completely fooled by his mother.

This shows that Ruan Zhining still posed a significant threat to his parents.

Tonight, Ruan Zhining threw a tantrum, demanding marriage. She didn't even put on makeup; she must have been so focused on marrying him that she forgot to put it on. Although she's beautiful even without makeup.

This also shows that Ruan Zhining's desire to marry him even surpassed her desire to be beautiful.

What a huge desire that must be! She must really want to marry him.

So she'll definitely cause trouble again. What if she continues to make a scene and takes extreme measures, threatening his parents' health?

Very likely. After all, she's so boisterous and noisy.

He didn't let the "green tea" (a derogatory term for a woman who flaunts her wealth and power) harm his nephew, and he absolutely mustn't let it harm his parents; this is the Chinese people's filial piety. Of all virtues, filial piety is the most important.

That's it.

and so.

How can he calm Ruan Zhining down and stop her from causing trouble?

Go along with her wishes and marry her? But that's definitely a bad idea. There must be other, better plans.

Moreover, even if he were forced into a corner, he would have to resort to the worst possible strategy—he couldn't just marry Ruan Zhining so easily.

It seems like they're planning to have a marriage of convenience.

What are the typical steps involved in a marriage of convenience? You might want to ask Wen Rui's legal team.

So men still need to have money, otherwise they're too easily fooled by scheming women.

Wen Chongyan returned to the main hall with his mother. They knelt on prayer cushions and offered their prayers.

The process was the same as always, but he kept checking his watch, and then looked up at his phone in the bamboo basket not far away.

The phone was switched off. According to Buddhist rules, it can only be turned on at dawn tomorrow.

I estimate I'll receive a lot of WeChat messages from Ruan Zhining, maybe hundreds.

Wen Chongyan knelt before the Buddha, closed his eyes, and chanted scriptures, but what he heard was not Buddhist scripture, but rather—

"Mr. Wen, I want to marry you and become your rightful wife."

"Mr. Wen, will you marry me?"

"Mr. Wen, it hurts so much, my heart is aching so much..."

I gradually became anxious and restless.

The sky gradually brightened.

The moment the lights came on completely, the Buddhist bell rang, and the prayers ceased. Wen Chongyan stood up, timing it perfectly, and had someone bring him his phone.

Li Zhiying asked, "What's wrong?"

"The group has a meeting."

Wen Chongyan pressed the power button.

His mood became anxious again, probably because he hated the feeling of having a lot of unread messages on his private WeChat, so he was annoyed.

Then turn on your phone.

My personal WeChat account is completely silent. Not even the WeChat team has sent me a message.

"..."

Wen Chongyan's face suddenly darkened, but only for a few seconds. Then, he thought again.

Ruan Zhining probably doesn't dare to send him WeChat messages anymore.

He was so cold and dismissive last night; she was afraid he would really hate her.

Wen Chongyan put away his phone, got up, and went down the mountain. He also disrespectfully declined his mother's invitation for morning tea.

He didn't go directly to the group meeting, thinking he should go home to shower and change clothes.

He had the driver go directly back to Tan Garden.

Two hours before Ruan Zhining's flight took off—

Wen Chongyan returned to Tanyuan.

The mansion was empty and quiet.

He stood there unbuttoning his cufflinks and casually asked Zhang Ma, "Is she upstairs? Did she keep you up all night?"

"Miss Ruan?" Aunt Zhang asked curiously. "She went to the temple to look for you last night and hasn't come back since."

Wen Chongyan frowned and went upstairs to Ruan Zhining's bedroom. The door was open.

He went inside.

The inside remained unchanged, still carrying the sweet, crisp scent of apples she wore.

Ruan Zhining took nothing with her.

Even the jewelry that fetched $2400 million at a Toronto auction is still sitting on her dressing table.

So deliberately not being home was also one of her schemes to force marriage.

Otherwise, would a materialistic little money-grubber like her not even take the 2400 million yuan worth of jewelry with her?

Wen Chongyan sneered. He turned and left Ruan Zhining's bedroom.

At the same time, Ruan Zhining also turned around and walked out of the Academic Affairs Office.

She graduated early, having completed her thesis and earned all her credits. She took her academic documents to get a refund for the remaining 120 yuan on her meal card.

Then, she went to her favorite mala tang (spicy hot pot) shop at school and ate a bowl of mala tang.

After finishing her meal, she walked through the campus, feeling a deep sense of reluctance, perhaps because she was about to leave. She even found Xie Lanlan pleasing to the eye when she saw her at school just now.

She loves S University and Beijing. But she doesn't have the ability to settle down here, so moving elsewhere is fine too!

As she pondered, Ruan Zhining stood under an old tree, looked up, and her eyes reddened.

Two hours before Ruan Zhining's flight took off—

Wen Chongyan was in a meeting at the company headquarters. His phone screen was up, placed beside him. But there was still no message.

He listened in throughout the meeting. After the meeting, he habitually picked up his phone, intending to open Ruan Zhining's Douyin (TikTok) account.

Then I came across a newly posted Douyin video.

Caption: [S University's campus belle sheds stunning tears under the tree; for whom are these tears?]

The picture shows Ruan Zhining standing under a tree with red eyes. She's so beautiful; even a casual snapshot looks stunning.

Wen Chongyan paused, zooming in on the image several times. Then he let out a cold sneer.

She really did run back to her school dormitory. She even stood under the tree crying, completely pathetic.

She really wanted to marry him that badly? She cried like that in public.

Two hours before Ruan Zhining's flight took off—

Wen Chongyan finished the group's final work. Instead of returning to Tanyuan, he went to inspect the laboratory that Wen Rui had invested in at S University.

Ruan Zhining also finished the cleanup work of her escape. She took the high-speed train from Beijing to Shanghai.

She had almost no luggage, just a backpack.

Everything had already been sent to Yin Jianhang in advance.

Two hours before Ruan Zhining's flight took off—

Wen Chongyan finished his tedious inspection of S University without encountering anyone. No one saw his car and came looking for him.

He returned to Tan Garden.

Ruan Zhining still did not return.

Wen Chongyan opened WeChat, but did not receive any messages from her.

Ruan Zhining has successfully arrived at Haishi Airport.

She passed through security and waited at the boarding gate.

30 minutes before Ruan Zhining's flight took off—

Wen Chongyan sat at his desk in Tanyuan, repeatedly flipping through English books.

Finally, he got up, picked up his phone, and opened Ruan Zhining's WeChat chat window.