Mr. Lu, stop being such a jerk. Your wife is your nemesis's white moonlight.

"What??? You're saying Yan Heng lives across from you?!?!"

Su Xiaohan's bold voice came from the video.

Xu An'an quickly jumped up from the sofa, covered her phone, and said, "If you keep shouting like that, he'll hear you!"

"Sorry, sorry..." Su Xiaohan covered her mouth embarrassedly, "I was just too surprised. An'an, what does he mean? Has he been living here all this time?"

"I don't know either..." Xu An'an leaned back on the sofa, feeling dejected. After thinking for a moment, she said, "It shouldn't be..."

Otherwise, he wouldn't have had to spend the night at her place.

"So you haven't run into each other during this time?" Su Xiaohan asked from the other end of the video call.

Xu An'an shook her head. "He seems to be very busy lately. We haven't seen each other for several days."

"Oh right!" Su Xiaohan clapped her hands. "How could I have forgotten about that?"

Xu An'an asked, "What is it?"

"Didn't you see the news? Yan Heng should be in Singapore these days. It seems he's attending a bidding meeting for some kind of Tian something project. My second brother and Lu Yiming went too."

Singapore?

Xu An'an thought for a moment and asked, "Is it 'Project Sky Dome'?"

"Yes, that's it." Su Xiaohan nodded. "My second brother told me that Lu Yiming was basically going to win the project, but Yan Heng suddenly proposed a more economical solution, so now the project team seems to be more inclined to cooperate with the Yan family."

Xu An'an opened her eyes slightly.

She had heard of the "Sky Dome Project" long ago; it was a major attempt at low-altitude technology in the Asia-Pacific region.

Since Lu Yiming took over the Lu Group, he has been developing the low-altitude economy. Over the past ten years, he has gradually established himself in this field and can be considered a pioneer in the industry.

As for Yan Heng, if Xu An'an remembers correctly, the Yan family is more inclined towards traditional and energy industries. It was only after Yan Heng took over the group that they started to launch various new projects, which took only three or four years in total.

Xu An'an thought about it and vaguely felt that something was not right.

This project is very attractive to the Lu Group, but not necessarily to the Yan family.

The "Sky Dome Project" is too large in scale, requiring a great deal of energy and financial resources. If it weren't for a team of considerable size like the Lu family, the initial investment would be staggering. With the resources of the Yan family, why would they want to compete for a project where they might not even reap much benefit from their efforts?

Is it all just to outdo Lu Yiming?

"An'an... An'an!" Seeing that Xu An'an hadn't spoken for a while, Su Xiaohan called out to her loudly, "What are you thinking about?"

Xu An'an snapped out of her daze. "Oh...it's nothing."

"Let's not talk about that..." Su Xiaohan thought she was worried about Lu Yiming, so she changed the subject: "By the way, were you tired from filming today?"

"Not tired," Xu An'an raised her hand, took off the face mask, and smiled. "The scenes at the beginning were relatively easy."

"How about this!" Su Xiaohan perked up immediately and excitedly leaned closer to the screen. "After the banquet tomorrow night, I'll go to Bincheng with you! I'll stay at your place for a few days. I haven't been to the film set yet!"

"Great!" Xu An'an was also very happy. "Then it's settled!"

After hanging up the video call, Xu An'an lay down on the bed.

She turned over and looked at the wall next to the bed.

So, Yan Heng is living next door to her now?

When exactly did he start living here?

Given his aloof personality, his permanent residence would be a large, single-level apartment with one unit per floor, even if it wasn't a detached villa. Why would he choose an apartment on the same floor with neighbors?

But if they only moved here in the last few days, why would they do that?

Is it because this place is close to the film set?

But he doesn't need to go to the film set so often...

The phone beside her pillow suddenly vibrated, interrupting Xu An'an's thoughts.

Who could it be so late...?

Xu An'an picked up her phone, turned on the screen, and saw that it was a WeChat message from Yan Heng.

The message was concise and to the point: "Go downstairs at 12 o'clock."

Xu An'an was stunned for a moment.

She checked the time; it was already past 1 a.m.

So, Yan Heng wants her to go down tomorrow at noon?

But why would you need her to go down there?

In the darkness, only the screen emitted a faint glow.

Xu An'an stared at those four extremely short words, as if she could see Yan Heng's icy face.

She suddenly became a little angry.

What on earth is Yan Heng throwing a tantrum about?!

We haven't seen each other for so long, and he's been giving me the cold shoulder ever since we finished eating. He even moved in across the street from me without telling me beforehand. Now when we text each other, he doesn't even explain himself clearly!

Xu An'an moved her fingers and quickly typed out a string of text questioning him. Just as she was about to press the send button, she suddenly stopped.

She curled her fingers, then deleted them all at once.

With his attitude, why should she reply?!

Xu An'an gritted her teeth, turned off her phone, and threw it on the bedside table.

She was still angry before going to bed, but by noon the next day, Xu An'an still went downstairs.

What if he has something important to do?

Xu An'an thought silently.

Yan Heng's bad temper has been a long-standing issue, so why bother arguing with him?

As soon as Xu An'an stepped out of the elevator, she saw the Bentley and the person who was even more eye-catching than the Bentley.

Yan Heng, dressed in a sharp suit, leaned against the car door, his hair slicked back meticulously, as if he had just finished a formal meeting.

I didn't look closely yesterday, but Yan Heng seems to have lost a lot of weight, making his facial features appear sharper and more defined.

Seeing that handsome face, Xu An'an's anger inexplicably subsided by more than half.

Seeing Xu An'an come out, Yan Heng gestured with his chin towards her and opened the passenger door: "Get in."

.

Two words again.

Xu An'an didn't move, remaining rooted to the spot as she asked, "What do you want from me?"

As if sensing something was off in her tone, Yan Heng paused, then turned to look at her.

Xu An'an maintained her cold expression: "Speak quickly, what is it?"

The tone couldn't be clearer this time.

Yan Heng raised an eyebrow slightly, suddenly realizing that Xu An'an was... sulking with him?

He couldn't help but feel a little curious—although he didn't know why, this was the first time he had seen Xu An'an like this.

Xu An'an has a standard oval face. Although she is very slender, her face is radiant. When she is sulking, the corners of her lips purse down, and her cheeks naturally puff up slightly, making her look chubby.

She thought she was fierce, but little did she know how adorable she was in Yan Heng's eyes—and how much she could awaken the worst in a man's genes.

Yan Heng gave a barely perceptible smile, resting one arm on the car door, and said slowly, "Do I have to have something to say to call you?"

Xu An'an was stunned.

He then took a deep breath, glared fiercely at Yan Heng, and turned to leave.

Yan Heng quickly stepped forward and grabbed her, "Don't go, I have something to do!"

Seeing Xu An'an turn around "fiercely" again, Yan Heng admired her for a while before pursing his lips and saying, "Does having dinner with me count?"

Yan Heng's laughter was so obvious that Xu An'an immediately bristled when she understood what he meant.

"You eat it yourself!" She forcefully shook off Yan Heng's hand and said, enunciating each word clearly, "I'm not hungry!"

After saying that, she turned and walked away.

If she could turn back time, she would never have chosen to come down—Yan Heng was deliberately playing a trick on her!

She had been worried that he had something important to do!

Just a second before Xu An'an stepped into the elevator, Yan Heng caught up with her once again.

He stood in front of the elevator door, blocking the elevator buttons with his hand. This series of movements was fluid and graceful, revealing a long-lost youthful spirit in him.

"If you're not going to eat," he looked at Xu An'an, his smile still lingering, "could you come with me to buy something?"

Buying things?

Xu An'an frowned. What was it that required her to accompany her to buy?

Feeling that Yan Heng was definitely teasing her again, she turned her head away and said expressionlessly, "No time, I have to catch the high-speed train later."

Yan Heng raised an eyebrow: "Going to Ningcheng for Elder Cheng's birthday banquet?"

"Yes," Xu An'an replied decisively.

That's definitely not a lie.

Ningcheng and Bincheng are adjacent, about a 2-hour drive apart. However, Xu An'an refused Lu Yiming's car yesterday because it was a private matter. Xu An'an also didn't want to use the nanny car provided by the film crew, so she had already decided to take the high-speed rail.

There is only one high-speed train to Ningcheng today—at 3 PM.

Xu An'an even planned that if Yan Heng still didn't believe her, she would just throw the high-speed rail ticket in front of him.

But Yan Heng's reaction was beyond her expectations.

"Refund the tickets," he said calmly, as if it were all perfectly natural. "After you've finished shopping, I'll take you to Ningcheng."

"?" Xu An'an was stunned.

The anger that had been so unstoppable just moments before suddenly leaked out as if pricked by needles.

She blinked, her tone softening unconsciously: "No... there's no need for that."

"It's no trouble at all."

Yan Heng readily complied. He raised his left hand, reached into his suit jacket, and slowly took out an exquisitely wrapped envelope, which he then placed in front of Xu An'an.

"What a coincidence," he said, looking at Xu An'an with a mischievous glint in his eyes, his fingertip seemingly touching the gilded emblem almost imperceptibly.

"I also received an invitation to Mr. Cheng's birthday banquet."