After abandoning his wife and children, Bo Xilai coaxed and begged her to reconcile.

"What are you doing here?" As soon as Song Jin opened the door, a strong smell of alcohol hit her. She pursed her lips in disgust and looked at the uninvited guest outside the door with a blank expression.

Bo Sinian braced himself against the door frame with one hand, his eyes clouded with the aftereffects of alcohol, and the bright red of his lips stood out.

"If he can come, why can't I?" He pointed at Wen Xu in the room, his tone domineering.

Song Jin also blocked the doorway, saying, "Wen Xu is a guest I invited, but you came uninvited."

Bo Sinian stretched out his long legs and blocked the doorway. "So what if I came uninvited?" he said, clearly intending to stay.

Song Jinye: "President Bo, this is trespassing."

Bo Sinian grunted in agreement. So what if he'd barged in?

A cold glint flashed in Song Jin's eyes. "If you're drunk, go find Song Zhaoyun. Don't come here and cause trouble."

Bo Sinian took out his phone and swiped it a couple of times with his long, slender fingers.

The next second, a message popped up on Song Jinye's phone: "100 million yuan has been deposited into your account."

He raised his eyes slightly, his deep voice tinged with hoarseness, "May I stay here for the night?"

Song Jin put her phone away, her brows furrowing slightly, but her tone remained indifferent, each word striking him clearly: "There's no room on the sofa. If you don't mind sleeping on the floor, I can reluctantly take you in."

Bo Sinian's eyes twitched. 100 million yuan only got him the right to sleep on the floor. How shady!

This is absolutely the worst shady business in the world!

"Fine." He gritted his teeth.

Song Jin ignored him and turned to walk straight into the bedroom, her back view cool and aloof. She only left behind a light, dismissive sentence: "I'm going to sleep. I hope you two can get along peacefully and not cause any more trouble. Goodnight!"

She yawned and casually locked the bedroom door.

When Bo Sinian looked away, he saw that Wen Xu was already lying comfortably on the sofa.

He stood in front of the sofa with a heavy gaze and said in a deep voice, "Get up."

Wen Xu remained motionless, pretending not to hear.

The man's thin lips twitched slightly where they had been bitten, the vivid red highlighting the mockery in his expression. "I bought this sofa."

Wen Xu's eyelashes trembled slightly, but he pretended not to hear.

Bo Sinian, his voice heavy, directly offered: "Five thousand."

Wen Xu's eyes widened. "Ten thousand."

Bo Sinian: "Deal made."

To my utter surprise, there were middlemen in this shady shop.

Wen Xu sighed inwardly; it was too little.

But fearing that Bo Sinian might refuse to acknowledge the debt, he took out his phone and opened the QR code for payment, saying, "Please scan the code, Mr. Bo."

Bo Sinian: "..."

He wanted to sleep on the sofa he bought in his own house, but it cost him 101 million yuan. Is there no justice in this world?

When Song Jin woke up the next day, only Wen Xu was left in the living room.

So much so that she thought it was a hallucination that Bo Sinian insisted on staying overnight last night.

Wen Xu noticed her confusion and explained, "President Bo left early this morning."

Song Jin noticed Wen Xu staring at her intently, his eyes brimming with barely concealed curiosity, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Wen Xu hesitated for a second before cautiously speaking, "President Bo said that he bought this sofa." Afraid of offending Song Jinye, he quickly added, "You don't have to answer; I'm just curious."

Song Jin simply hummed in agreement, "He bought this house too."

Wen Xu: "..."

Although he guessed that the relationship between the two was unusual, he did not expect it to be this unusual.

Previously, he had only heard that Bo Sinian and the eldest daughter of the Song family were childhood sweethearts and had a very close relationship.

"Don't worry, Sister Ye, I won't tell anyone," he said sincerely.

Song Jin smiled nonchalantly, "Even if you told anyone, no one would believe you."

After all, Bo Sinian asked to keep their marriage a secret. The outside world only knew that Bo Sinian and Song Zhaoyun were deeply in love and regarded them as a perfect couple. They had no idea that he had been married before.

As the two left, they vaguely heard the sound of a door opening next door, probably because Chen Zhihong wanted to confirm their relationship.

It seems he was indeed intimidated by Wen Xu last night and didn't dare to come out again.

Once they reached the bottom of the stairs, the two parted ways.

Song Jin also politely thanked her, saying, "Thank you for your hard work."

Wen Xu: "It's no trouble at all. If something like this happens again, just come to me."

Song Jin frowned. "There's a future? Are you cursing me?"

Wen Xu immediately panicked, waving his hands hastily, his ears turning red. "I'm sorry, Sister Ye, that's not what I meant. I..."

Song Jin couldn't help but chuckle. "Just kidding. Goodbye!"

She opened the car door, got in, and gently pressed the accelerator before driving away.

Song Jin spent the whole morning buried in experiments in the lab. It wasn't until noon when she left the lab that she saw that Principal Zhang had called her twice.

She quickly called back, "I'm sorry, Principal, I didn't bring my phone with me this morning because I was doing an experiment, so I just saw your call."

Principal Zhang's voice was light and clear, even the rhythm of his speech was relaxed, clearly indicating that he was in a good mood. "It's alright. I knew you were definitely in the experiment, so I didn't send anyone to look for you. I have some good news to tell you. You know the Song Group, right?"

A knowing glint flashed in Song Jin's eyes; she probably already knew what was going on.

"Know."

Principal Zhang: "Yes, it's the Song Group that's about to partner with Yuzhou Group. They're currently working on a retired battery recycling project, and they need your research findings to support the technology implementation. They also hope to get your technical guidance and would like to invite you to be their technical consultant. They said you can name your fee; would you consider it?"

Song Jin did not immediately express her opinion. "Principal Zhang, what's your opinion?"

Principal Zhang began meticulously, "You are an important talent I specifically brought in. Out of personal interest, I naturally hope you can dedicate yourself to research and produce results as soon as possible. However, your research direction happens to overlap with their production needs, and the numerous laboratory results you have accumulated can be directly applied to their actual production processes. If we reach a cooperation agreement, it will not only solve their technical pain points but also help the university create a typical demonstration project for industry-academia-research integration, achieving a win-win situation for both the university and the enterprise. Of course, whether or not we can cooperate depends on your wishes."

Song Jin listened carefully to Principal Zhang's opinion. "Next time they come to you, please refuse them for me. I'm not considering cooperating with them."

A familiar voice suddenly came through the phone, "Principal Zhang, could you let me speak with Professor Song for a moment and try to persuade him?"

It is Song Zhaoyun.

She hadn't left yet.

"Professor Song, hello. I am Song Zhaoyun, the vice president of Song Group. It is a pleasure to speak with you on the phone. Do you have any concerns? This project is a key project for Song Group this year. Yuzhou Group is the core resource supplier and they will also be involved. Moreover, we have also secured Qiling Investment. You don't need to worry about the funding or the scale of the project at all."

After waiting a few seconds without a response, Song Zhaoyun asked, "Professor Song? Are you listening?"