You tricked me into raising your son? You'll divorce me and become my aunt.

After Tangyuan calmed down, the shop assistant took her for a medical check-up, and only then did Shao Xun greet Jin Xiuhan.

"Mr. Jin, what a coincidence."

The social circle of Haicheng's high society is only that big.

Although Shao Xun and Jin Xiuhan haven't met often, they are acquainted.

Jin Xiu's cold gaze swept over Shao Xun and Ruan Ning, who had her back to him, and he nodded slightly. "Hmm."

He Yuchuan followed Jin Xiuhan downstairs, muttering, "Why are you walking so fast? Wait for me!"

After going downstairs, He Yuchuan's gaze swept across the hall and he immediately spotted Ruan Ning.

He flashed a cheerful and gentle smile and took the initiative to greet her: "Miss Ruan, it's nice to see you again."

Ruan Ning turned around when she heard the sound.

Upon seeing He Yuchuan, Ruan Ning recalled the last time she was pushed down the stairs by Bai Xinyao at the restaurant, and how He Yuchuan helped call an ambulance.

She always remembered this favor.

"Mr. He." Ruan Ning nodded slightly, her eyes gentle. "Thank you for what happened last time."

He Yuchuan knew what she was talking about.

However, it was actually Jin Xiuhan who decided to call an ambulance.

He Yuchuan glanced at Jin Xiuhan subconsciously. The latter had a cold face, and his deep, narrow eyes were devoid of warmth and even conveyed a warning.

He knew his friend's personality all too well.

That look was a warning not to say anything inappropriate.

He Yuchuan looked away and said with a smile, "It was nothing, don't worry about it."

After Shao Xun greeted Jin Xiuhan, Jin Xiuhan left without lingering, taking his dog with him.

He didn't even glance at Ruan Ning, let alone greet her.

After a brief greeting, He Yuchuan saw Jin Xiuhan leave and didn't linger. "Professor Shao, Miss Ruan, goodbye."

After saying goodbye to them, He Yuchuan followed Jin Xiuhan out of the pet store.

The two cars were parked in the courtyard, and the driver respectfully opened the back door.

As soon as he got in the car, He Yuchuan couldn't help but switch into gossip mode.

He was bursting with curiosity. "Why do you think Ruan Ning was alone with Shao Xun?"

Jin Xiuhan had absolutely no interest in any of these things.

He looked down at his phone; his inbox was filled with work emails, all about the group's recent important matters.

Jin Xiuhan focused intently on processing emails, his expression calm, ignoring He Yuchuan's words.

He Yuchuan was already used to his indifferent demeanor and continued rambling on, completely unafraid of awkward silences.

He remarked with emotion, "But to be honest, I really admire Ruan Ning now."

"Last time at the restaurant, Fu Tingchen's lover confronted her directly and even pushed her down the stairs. She fell so hard that when her husband arrived, his first reaction wasn't to care about her, but to blame her for hitting her lover. If it were any other woman, she would have already caused a huge uproar."

"As a result, she quietly recovered from her injuries, didn't cause any trouble, and just endured it."

"Your nephew is a real scoundrel, protecting his mistress and not caring about his wife at all."

He Yuchuan felt more and more sorry for Ruan Ning as he spoke, and felt sorry for her.

"I really can't understand how she can still make do with such a marriage. She's too tolerant. Is Fu Tingchen really that good? Everyone in the industry knows that she loves him to the point of obsession and won't marry anyone else. I just can't figure out what's so special about your scoundrel nephew that she likes him."

He Yuchuan kept talking and was very noisy.

Jin Xiuhan frowned.

The constant noise gave him a headache.

His voice was cold and impatient as he said, "Shut up."

He Yuchuan was taken aback by his cold, hard tone and paused for two seconds instinctively.

But he was never afraid of Jin Xiu's cold face.

He remained still for only a few seconds before he couldn't resist moving closer again.

However, he abandoned the previous topic and shifted the conversation to Jin Xiuhan.

He dropped his joking expression. "Okay, I won't talk about other people's business anymore, let's talk about yours."

"After all these years, haven't you found that little girl from back then?"

Upon hearing this, Jin Xiuhan paused.

Everyone in the circle knows that Jin Xiuhan is a man of few desires, indifferent to women, and doesn't talk about relationships.

Only his closest friend, He Yuchuan, knew that Jin Xiuhan was because of that little girl he had parted ways with in his youth and who had never been seen again.

He Yuchuan stared at his profile and continued to press, "Are you planning to stay like this forever, never dating or getting married until you find her? Are you just going to wait like this for the rest of your life?"

Jin Xiuhan remained silent.

His fingertips gently caressed the phone screen, his eyes filled with a deep, unfathomable emotion.

After a long silence, he finally parted his thin lips and uttered two cold words: "Mind your own business."

-

After giving Tangyuan a bath.

Shao Xun said, "Since Tingchen won't let you keep the cat, why don't you leave it with me for a while? I can take care of it for you."

Ruan Ning looked up in surprise, "Isn't this too much trouble for you?"

"No, I won't." Shao Xun smiled gently. "I've always liked cats. I'll send one back to you once you've found a place."

After considering it for a moment, Ruan Ning felt that this was the best solution at the moment. "Okay, then I'll trouble you, Brother Shao Xun."

After handing the cat to Shao Xun, Ruan Ning checked the time; it was almost time for her afternoon shift.

She went back to the company and worked an afternoon shift.

I went back to Yunjinju after get off work that evening.

Shao Xun and Fu Tingchen live in the same villa area.

The two villas are not far apart.

Ruan Ning thought about going back to pack up the cat's daily necessities and sending them to Shao Xun.

Upon entering, Ruan Ning saw Bai Xinyao sitting on the sofa in the living room, applying a face mask.

Upon seeing Ruan Ning, Bai Xinyao said, "Xiao Ning, you're back."

Ruan Ning glanced at her indifferently.

Bai Xinyao, wearing a silk camisole nightgown and a face mask, leisurely leaned back on the sofa watching TV.

She's so casual and relaxed; she really thinks she's the lady of the house.

Ruan Ning didn't reply to her, and went upstairs with a cold face to pack the cat's daily necessities.

Bai Xinyao watched Ruan Ning go upstairs, her fake smile instantly vanishing, and she scoffed coldly, "Tch, what are you pretending for?"

Thinking that everything in the cat house upstairs had been thrown away, Bai Xinyao was in a great mood and began to hum a song leisurely.

Ruan Ning went upstairs and opened the door to the cat house, her eyes widening in surprise.

The cat house is empty!

Yesterday was normal. When she came back from work, everything in the cat house was gone.

Ruan Ning clenched her fists, gritting her teeth in anger.

From the moment Bai Xinyao said that Tangyuan had scratched her, Ruan Ning knew that Bai Xinyao must have provoked Tangyuan on her own initiative, deliberately trying to get Fu Tingchen to throw Tangyuan out.

At the time, she was in a hurry to find the cat and had to go to work, so she didn't have time to settle accounts with Bai Xinyao.

The cat has been found.

It's time to settle both old and new scores.

Ruan Ning checked the living room surveillance footage.

Looking at the error message on the screen, Ruan Ning's eyes turned cold.

She had guessed from the start that Bai Xinyao would tamper with the surveillance footage.

It's okay. Since the surveillance cameras are broken, she'll give them a taste of their own medicine and settle both old and new scores.

Ruan Ning calmly took out her phone, turned on the recording, and put it in her pocket.

The second-floor corridor was quiet. After applying her face mask, Bai Xinyao slowly went upstairs to her bedroom.

Ruan Ning stopped her at the bottom of the stairs.

Bai Xinyao raised an eyebrow, her tone provocative: "You're waiting for me so late, what's up?"

Ruan Ning looked directly at her, her eyes cold. "The living room security camera is broken."

Bai Xinyao shrugged casually: "If it's broken, just fix it. Why are you asking me?"

Ruan Ning took a step closer, "Bai Xinyao, stop pretending, you tampered with the surveillance footage."

Bai Xinyao chuckled softly, too lazy to hide it.

"So what if it is?"