Professor Xie, isn't this a case of forcing customers to buy products that don't match the

Xie Jing: "Is it something urgent? Are you coming back tonight?"

Shang Song typed back: "A friend had some business to attend to and came over to check on things. He probably won't be able to go back tonight. Have you had dinner yet?"

Xie Jing: "I've already eaten. Let me know if you need any help. Also, are you staying at a friend's place tonight? If so, send me the address."

Shang Song: "Hmm, let's see. I just arrived, so it's not certain yet."

At this moment, Shen Yan came out of the kitchen and gently placed the tea in front of Shang Song.

Shang Song quickly typed and added, "I'll talk to you later, I'll contact you later."

Shang Song put away his phone and gave Shen Yan an awkward but polite smile.

Shen Yan cut to the chase: "Speak."

Shang Song didn't know what to say, so she silently checked the shop picture that Xu Zhao had posted in the group two hours ago and forwarded it to Shen Yan.

He carefully chose his words: "Xu Zhao suspects that Zhou Xu'an hired someone to do it, and he's currently giving a statement at the police station. He's worried that Zhou Xu'an might cause trouble for you, so he asked me to come and check on you to make sure you're safe..."

Shen Yan examined the pictures for a long time, zooming in again and again. Finally, he pointed to a blurry figure and said in a low voice, "This is one of Zhou Xu'an's men. I've seen him before."

Shang Song leaned closer to look and saw a person in the video carrying a chair and smashing it against a freezer containing drinks, their face contorted in a ferocious expression.

"So it really was that bastard Zhou Xu'an who did it..." he muttered to himself.

Shen Yan remained silent for a long time before saying, "Xu Zhao's family must be terrified."

Shang Song nodded frantically: "Yes, he said the waitresses were all scared and cried, but Zhou Xu'an obviously didn't dare to hurt anyone. Things were smashed, but everyone is fine, so don't worry."

Shen Yan didn't speak, and the living room became unusually quiet for a moment, with only the faint background sound of a TV drama coming from the second bedroom, and the occasional cough mixed in with the background sound of the TV drama.

After a long while, Shen Yan stood up and walked towards the master bedroom. Soon after, he gently placed a card on the coffee table.

"There's 85,000 here. Please pass it on to Xu Zhao for me."

He didn't say much, but Shang Song understood what he meant.

Shang Song looked at the card, feeling somewhat at a loss.

Looking at Shang Song's appearance, Shen Yan continued, "You can't stay here tonight. Since Zhou Xu'an did this, it means he knows I'm staying here."

He paused, then his throat tightened, and his voice became dry:

"He hasn't come yet; he's waiting for me to go to him."

Shang Song practically jumped up from the sofa immediately: "So you're going to go find him?! Are you crazy?! We're going to the police station right now! Show the police the photo! You identify this person as one of Zhou Xu'an's men! Let the police arrest him!"

Shen Yan simply shook his head, his voice returning to calm: "It's useless. He has plenty of people under him who specialize in dirty work. For this kind of trivial matter, at most he'll spend a few days in detention and get a large sum of money. Those people won't utter a word."

Shang Song scratched his head. "So you're really going to go find him like this?"

Shen Yan nodded, then shook his head, and finally fell silent.

Shang Song glanced at the card on the table, then at the silent Shen Yan, and took out his phone from his pocket.

He opened the chat window with Xie Jing, carefully choosing his words: "Xie Jing, I might need your help..."

Before he could send his message, Xu Zhao called.

"Shang! Xiao! Song! Didn't I tell you not to tell Shen Yan?!" Xu Zhao's voice boomed from the microphone, as if it were on speakerphone.

Shang Song: "..."

No, is this what he wanted to tell us?! Shen Yan is clearly comparable to Conan!

Before Shang Song could say anything, Shen Yan snatched his phone away.

Shen Yan simply said "hello" into the phone, and the Wolf Warrior on the other end instantly transformed into a Samoyed.

"Yan Yan? Don't overthink it, it's nothing serious. I've finished giving my statement and I'll be right back!"

Shang Song suspected that his ears were damaged.

What did he hear?

Rock?

Xie Jing didn't even call him Songsong! Xu Zhao and Shen Yan have only known each other for a few days, and he's already calling him Yan Yan?!

No, is this reasonable?!

Shen Yan took Shang Song's phone and walked to the balcony connected to the living room, where he whispered something to Xu Zhao.

After a while, Shen Yan hung up the phone and saw the message that Shang Song hadn't sent.

He suddenly took a deep breath, then deleted the message and handed the phone back to Shang Song.

"Shang Song, thank you for your kindness, but it's not necessary."

Shang Song subconsciously took the phone and explained in a low voice, "...I just don't want you to go to that scumbag Zhou Xu'an."

Shen Yan: "I have no plans to go find him."

Shang Song: "...Then, what are you going to do?"

"As you can see, as long as Zhou Xu'an doesn't let me go, anyone who gets close to me will be in trouble," Shen Yan said self-deprecatingly.

"I really can't stay in S City any longer." Shen Yan glanced around the warmly decorated house, his gaze lingering on the master bedroom for a while before turning to Shang Song and continuing, "This time, you shouldn't stop me anymore, right?"

Shang Song clutched his phone, momentarily at a loss for how to answer Shen Yan's question.

Shen Yan is right. If he hadn't persuaded Shen Yan to stay and see before the new year, perhaps... this wouldn't have happened today.

Seeing his dejected expression, Shen Yan seemed to know what he was thinking and said, "I don't blame you. On the contrary, I'm glad you kept me with you back then."

Shang Song asked, puzzled, "Why?"

Shen Yan: "Xu Zhao is very good."

He slightly shifted his gaze to the empty space, adding, "If you hadn't kept me there, I wouldn't have known him."

"Xu Zhao is great." He repeated unconsciously, "...I'm so glad I got to know him."

However, at this point, he suddenly turned his gaze to Shang Song, "But let's stop here. I've checked out several sanatoriums in the south these past few days, and the conditions are quite good."

"After I settle my mother down, I plan to go to H City to take a look. There are many small game companies there, and Zhou Xu'an's reach isn't that far yet."

Listening to Shen Yan's calm yet heart-wrenching plan, Shang Song opened his mouth, wanting to offer comfort but finding that any words would be inadequate. In the end, he could only ask dryly:

"...What about Xu Zhao? How are you going to tell him? He...he seems to have taken a liking to you the moment he saw you..."