Online dating backfired? A wealthy heir begged me to continue lying to him.

Lu Yanci decided to be honest with Su Ruan.

Although he didn't want these things to affect Su Ruan, he felt it was necessary for Su Ruan to know because it involved her safety.

Su Ruan froze the moment she saw the information Lu Yanci sent her.

It turned out to be the original owner's chat history with her best friend about plotting to kill the old man.

This chat log only contains a portion of the content, because their initial conversation took place when they met at a bar.

The chat log was taken after that, when Xu Nianhe asked her how she had considered it, and then gave a lot of additional explanations and persuasion.

The few fragmented chat logs are enough to prove that Xu Nianhe instigated her to assault the old man, and she was also interested in trying it out.

However, the original owner was cautious, so she spoke very little and there were no subsequent chat logs.

There are no chat records to tell whether she actually carried out the scam, who she contacted, or whether she successfully defrauded anyone.

Then there's a video of her drinking and chatting with Xu Nianhe at a bar.

The audio environment in the video was very noisy, and it was unclear what they were saying.

From the indistinct sounds, it was clear that Xu Nianhe was explaining to her how to make money.

For example, she chose to be a kept woman or a mistress.

She showed no interest in the video.

Xu Nianhe introduced her to several other ways to make money, but the original owner had no interest in any of them.

Su Ruan knew that it was because the original owner had high aspirations and disdained to be a mistress, serve an old man, or be a plaything.

What she really wants is to use her looks and her diploma to marry into a wealthy family.

Finally, Xu Nianhe recommended a path she looked down upon: "Beng Laotou" (a type of online scam).

Because the old man expends a lot of energy, but earns little and slowly.

It's all about luck to find a generous old man who's willing to spend money.

The original owner did not make any statement in the video, and the expression on her face did not change much from beginning to end.

One thing is certain: the original owner needed money.

Su Ran was glad that Lu Yanci did not immediately believe the materials after receiving them, and even told her not to believe materials sent out of the blue.

But since this really happened, she had to give Lu Yanci an explanation.

But what should she say?

Are you saying that the person from before wasn't her?

Or should she honestly admit that she had been lying to him before?

What would Lu Yanci do if he heard this?

Would a man who is jealous, affectionate, respectful, doting, and trusting of her turn into the terrifying man in the original story?

Although she had already guessed that the tragic death of the woman in the original text was most likely because she caused a scene, which indirectly triggered Lu Shuangshuang's illness.

But ultimately, she was just a reader and couldn't see what the author hadn't written.

Even if her soul itself came from this story world.

Lu Yanci was already standing next to her.

"Ruan Ruan, don't be angry," he comforted her softly.

"I will definitely find out who is spreading rumors."

Su Ruan blinked.

When such solid evidence was presented to Lu Yanci, he still thought it was someone spreading rumors?

"Have you found out who sent you this information?"

Lu Yanci shook his head. "Not yet."

"We only found a phone number, but the owner of that number is just an ordinary person who has no connection with us."

"Does that mean the person who sent you the information just wants to drive a wedge between us?" Su Ruan asked.

Lu Yanci nodded, "It seems so at the moment."

Su Ruan: "If, and I mean if, all this information is true, then did he achieve his goal?"

Su Ruan asked the question formally, looking directly into Lu Yanci's eyes.

Lu Yanci remained silent.

"I have no idea."

Su Ruan did not speak again.

She realized that she and Lu Yanci both needed some time.

"Sister-in-law, what are you talking about?"

Lu Shuangshuang moved over.

Seeing that Su Ruan was with her brother, she didn't come over to disturb them. Instead, she shared her new discoveries in J City with Su Qingqian and the others.

Noticing that the atmosphere seemed a bit off, I came over.

"It's nothing."

Su Ruan took a sip of tea to cover it up.

Lu Shuangshuang did not intend to reveal this matter until she received the information.

The only person truly and definitively connected to this matter is Lu Yanci.

If Lu Yanci can't accept that this is how their relationship started, then she can only regretfully say goodbye.

Upon hearing Su Ruan's answer, Lu Shuangshuang realized that there was a big problem, but it was clear that Su Ruan did not want to tell her.

Lu Shuangshuang quickly changed the subject.

"Dr. Wen said he's going to the mountains to see medicinal herbs and deer. I'd like to go too, is that okay?"

Su Ruan naturally had no objections, "However, I don't know where we're going or what the situation is, so you should still ask your senior brother."

After having dinner at Ding Shi Ji, the group drove back to school together.

But the atmosphere was noticeably different when we returned.

Su Ruan originally arrived in the Lu family's car, but on her way back, she had her own family driver take her.

After getting off the bus, Su Ruan said goodbye to everyone. Although she still walked towards the laboratory building with Lu Yanci, the atmosphere between the two was obviously different.

Previously, even when neither of them had a clear expression, there was always a sweet and tacit understanding between them, as if their auras had merged.

Now, things are clearly defined.

Lu Shuangshuang's brows furrowed in worry.

Su Chen'an bumped into Lu Shuangshuang's shoulder.

"Hey, what happened between your brother and Ruan Ruan? Did they break up?"

Lu Shuangshuang glared at him, annoyed. "What do you want?"

Su Chen'an smiled generously, "Of course, I'm preparing to steal her away."

"You?" Lu Shuangshuang scoffed.

Su Qingqian covered her mouth and laughed.

Su Chen'an retorted, "Why can't I do it?"

He looked back at Su Qingyao, hoping to get some affirmation, but found that Su Qingyao was looking up at the sky and ignoring him completely.

Su Chen'an lowered his head in dejection.

"Am I really that bad?"

"I can't even be Ruan Ruan's dog?"

"I'm very well-behaved."

His words drew laughter from everyone.

Only Wen Yubai stared blankly in the direction Lu Yanci and Su Ruan had left.

In the laboratory, Su Ruan quietly recorded data, and everything was the same as before.

However, her gaze was always unconsciously drawn to Lu Yanci.

Even when their relationship was ambiguous before, she had never paid this much attention to Lu Yanci.

But now it's as if some kind of switch has been flipped.

Su Ruan tried hard to control herself so that she wouldn't make it too obvious.

She must give Lu Yanci enough time.

Only decisions he makes himself will not be regretted.

If the experiment hadn't been ongoing, Su Ruanzhen really wanted to avoid meeting Lu Yanci for a while, so as not to influence his judgment.

However, there is no way to completely avoid it now, and Su Ruan can only maintain relative rationality within the scope of her work relationship.

Lin Mo and the others quickly realized that something was wrong.

Although Su Ruan and Lu Yanci continued to communicate in the abyss as usual, the atmosphere was clearly different.

One is very businesslike, the other is very awkward.