Cry louder, I can't hear you.

He paused for a moment, then looked at the screen and put the phone away.

I found out that I really had been banned.

He was somewhat surprised.

"Sister Yu, did she agree or not?"

Yu Yao sat on the sofa to the side, legs crossed, arms folded, and gave a haughty snort:

"I knew it. She'd change her expression the moment she heard your voice. This is definitely aimed at you; she might even be your illegitimate child."

Li Ruoyan unconsciously clenched her fist while holding the phone.

"I don't think so..."

He couldn't actually remember the woman's face; he hadn't looked at her closely last time.

I remember that this woman was behaving strangely. It seemed like she recognized him and kept peeking into his car, which was quite annoying.

But just now, listening to her talk to Sister Yu, she was neither humble nor arrogant, and her words were clear and logical, so she didn't seem like a illegitimate child.

"Just you wait and see if she calls again. She'll definitely use this as an excuse to pester you."

"I know these brainless sasaeng fans best."

Just as Yu Yao finished speaking, Li Ruoyan's phone suddenly beeped with a message notification.

He paused, opened the message box, and found that it was a 30-second audio message sent by Yun Qiao.

"Sister Yu, she sent a message."

Yuyao urged him:

"Click to see what she has to say."

Li Ruoyan clicked on the audio, but when the sound started, both of them were startled by the content.

This was actually an audio message that helped him clarify things?

After the audio ended, there was a few seconds of silence.

Yuyao speaks out:

Has she sent any new messages?

Li Ruoyan scrolled up the chat page and refreshed it several times. After not seeing any new messages, he finally looked up at Yu Yao:

"Sister Yu, it seems we really misunderstood her."

Yuyao remained silent for a moment.

She suddenly snatched the phone from Li Ruoyan's hand and sent her a voice message:

"Now that you've clarified things for us, tell me, how much do you want?"

After she finished speaking, she clicked send, but the page quickly showed that the message failed to send because the other party was not a friend.

Yuyao: ?

Seeing that her expression was off, Li Ruoyan became a little anxious:

"What's wrong? What did she say?"

Yu Yao snapped out of her daze, her tone embarrassed:

"...She deleted us."

Li Ruoyan: ...

……

Yun Qiao didn't want to have too much contact with Li Ruoyan, so after sending him an audio message to clarify things for him, she immediately blocked his driver's WeChat account.

After doing all that, she started the car again and drove towards the Yun family's house.

Halfway there, she received another call.

No notes were displayed.

But Yun Qiao glanced at it and inexplicably felt that it was Shen Suwei.

To verify her suspicions, she answered the phone.

Sure enough, Shen Suwei's voice came through the phone:

"Miss Yun, are you home yet?"

His voice was gentle and humble.

But she had just had contact with Li Ruoyan when he called her right afterward.

What a coincidence.

Too many coincidences, and they cease to be coincidences.

"Mr. Shen, is there something you need?" Yun Qiao asked coldly.

There was a moment of silence on the other end.

"Is Miss Yun busy with something?"

Is this another test?

Yun Qiao gave a silent, cold snort and replied indifferently:

"I'm driving."

"Miss Yun, please drive carefully. I'll call you when you get home."

"Mr. Shen, please speak directly if you have something to say. I won't have time after I get home."

"...Well, I'll be going to Haicheng on a business trip in a couple of days. I heard that Miss Yun is from Haicheng. I was wondering if it would be possible for Miss Yun to show me around?"

"Mr. Shen, although I am from Haicheng, I used to live abroad and don't know much about Haicheng. If you want someone to guide you, I can recommend a few reliable guides."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone.

"...Is Miss Yun rejecting me?"

"You can understand it that way too. After all, our relationship isn't close enough for us to travel together alone."

Yun Qiao spoke very bluntly, paused, and then added:

"If Mr. Shen needs any help, he can contact Shen Qing or his family. After all, Shen Qing and I are still engaged, and it wouldn't look good if word got out that I was going out alone with my fiancé's cousin."

There was a few seconds of silence on the other end of the phone before Shen Suwei's voice came through again, still gentle:

"It was my oversight. I apologize for disturbing you, Miss Yun."

"Um."

Pretending not to know that he was deliberately using a feigned retreat, Yun Qiao hung up the phone immediately after speaking.

Just as she guessed, Shen Suwei was indeed deliberately creating opportunities to meet her again.

In fact, the reason is so obvious that the purpose is not even hidden.

It was as if he wasn't afraid she would guess it at all.

Or perhaps it was intentional.

He was fearless and emboldened...

Yun Qiao gritted her teeth angrily, cursing Shen Suwei a hundred and eighty times in her heart, and suddenly stepped on the gas, driving towards the Yun family's direction.

At this time, Yun Zhenxing had already returned home.

Today, as soon as Yunqiao entered the house, his attitude was completely different from usual:

"Xiaoyun's back? Did you have fun on the island?"

Yun Qiao felt a sneer in her heart, probably wanting to ask how things were going between her and Shen Suwei.

They are truly insatiable, on the one hand arranging her engagement to Shen Qing, and on the other hand supporting her relationship with Shen Suwei.

"I'm quite happy."

"Haha, as long as you're happy, that's all that matters." She paused, then continued, "So, is Mr. Shen happy?"

"I'm quite happy. He was just on the phone with me."

Upon hearing this, Yun Zhenxing immediately beamed with joy: "Good, good, good."

"Dad, how's Shen Qing doing?" Yun Qiao suddenly asked.

Yun Zhenxing's expression was slightly sluggish.

"What happened? Has he become a vegetable? If he becomes a vegetable, do I still need to marry him?"

"Xiaoyun," Yun Zhenxing interrupted awkwardly, "Don't worry about their family for now, and put the engagement on hold for the time being, since it hasn't been officially announced yet."

"Why put it off? Aren't you getting married?" Yun Qiao feigned ignorance.

Meeting Yun Qiao's trusting gaze, Yun Zhenxing hesitated for a moment, then feigned anger:

"I never expected them to be so disrespectful to you behind your back. Since they treat you so badly, Dad needs to reconsider this marriage."

"Dad, you're so good to me."

A hint of guilt flashed across Yun Zhenxing's face, and he chuckled awkwardly:

"You are Dad's only daughter. If Dad doesn't treat you well, who should he treat well?"

"Xiaoyun's back?"

A middle-aged woman's voice came from the second floor, and Yun Qiao looked over.

She is Yun Zhenxing's second wife, his stepmother Ni Ping.

However, she was accompanied by a young girl today.

Yun Qiao was just wondering who this person was when Ni Ping introduced him first:

"This is your brother's cousin, Ni Qingqing. She's still in university in Haicheng, and she came to visit me today since she had some free time."

"Xiaoyun, Qingqing just arrived. She's rather introverted and doesn't have much to talk about with us elders. You can talk to her more often when you have free time," Yun Zhenxing said.

Before Yun Qiao could speak, Ni Qingqing came downstairs first, took her arm, and looked at her affectionately.

"Hello, cousin. I've heard my aunt talk about you for a long time. She said you're well-behaved, sensible, and beautiful. I've wanted to meet you for ages. I never expected to have this opportunity today."

"...?" Is this what you call being reserved?

"Shall I help you take your luggage back to your room?"

"No--"

Before Yun Qiao could even speak, Ni Qingqing had already grabbed her luggage and headed upstairs.