Bai Yanning blocked all contact information for Xie Jiashu. When he called again with a new number and was decisively hung up, Qin Yunchuan sent him an Alipay message.

It was a screenshot of Bai Yanning's chat with him, in which she said to him, "Save me."

Qin Yunchuan: "Did you see that? When Yan Ning was in danger, she asked me for help instead of you. Why do you think that was because you are useless?"

"If it weren't for me, Yan Ning would still be floating like duckweed with nowhere to land. She told me about those cakes you drew for her. Do you know what she said? She said she almost vomited after eating so much."

"Don't bother us with your pretentious affection. Yan Ning is already annoyed by you."

A man knows best how to defeat a man.

They sat in the restaurant where they had dined last time. Exquisite meals were placed on the table, and melodious violin music gradually reached a joyful climax. Qin Yunchuan showed Bai Yanning the chat history, but her expression was dull, not as happy as he had expected. He asked, "Do you think I'm going too far?"

Bai Yanning shook her head. "You did a good job. He shouldn't bother me again."

She had been a little cold towards him these past two days, and Qin Yunchuan suddenly thought: "Yan Ning, you won't go back on your word, will you?"

Bai Yanning leaned back in her chair and looked at him, "Did I promise you anything?"

Qin Yunchuan thought about it and realized that Bai Yanning had indeed never promised him anything from the beginning. He put down his knife and fork with a clattering sound and said in a deep voice, "Are you kidding me again?"

"Don't be angry," Bai Yanning said gently again, "You helped me, and I will help you."

He scoffed, "How can you help me?"

She knew the plot and could naturally help him. "Aren't you always looking for the girl who saved you when you were a child? I know who she is."

Qin Yunchuan's expression changed drastically. "You know?"

He asked anxiously, "Where is she? Who is she?"

His and Gu Yunzhen's story has all the melodramatic elements. Qin Yunchuan was kidnapped when he was a child. The kidnappers planned to kill him from the beginning, so they tortured and abused him in every way. He suffered a serious psychological trauma because of that incident. When he grew up, he was a playboy who played around in the world on the surface, but in fact his heart was empty. He had never loved anyone, but was always thinking about the little girl who took him out of the bandit's lair and was shot and her life and death were unknown.

"It's Gu Yunzhen," Bai Yanning said, "There are traces of gunshot wounds on her shoulder. You can go and check it out."

The plot buff made them strangers to each other. The girl Qin Yunchuan had been looking for for ten years was right next to him, but he despised her in every way.

This truth was originally supposed to be revealed only when Gu Yunzhen was exhausted both physically and mentally by his abuse, but now Bai Yanning was willing to tell him kindly.

"How could it be her..." Qin Yunchuan was shocked.

"I told you, you can go check it out." Bai Yanning picked up the red wine on the table and took a sip. She couldn't tell whether it was good or bad, she just felt it was bitter.

However, it would be difficult for her to drink such expensive wine again in the future.

She slowly and methodically ate all the food in front of her. Qin Yunchuan sat in his seat, lost in thought, and did not pick up his knife and fork again.

After she finished eating, they didn't exchange another word. Qin Yunchuan paid the bill, and Bai Yanning drank the red wine in the glass. "Let's go."

They walked out of the restaurant side by side. The streets outside were hung with strings of red lanterns. It was New Year's Day, and she walked among the bustling crowd. There were children sitting on the shoulders of adults, and when they passed by Bai Yanning, they playfully patted her on the head.

Bai Yanning turned around to look at her, and the little girl smiled and shook the candied haws in her hand at her.

"I'm sorry, little sister," the mother of the child next to her was very embarrassed, "She is so naughty."

"It doesn't matter." Bai Yanning shook his head and continued walking forward.

After taking two steps, she saw Xie Jiashu standing in front of the milk tea shop in front of her, wearing a black down jacket, looking at her motionlessly.

They bought that long down jacket together at the mall. Hers was white and his was black, the same style.

When looking in the mirror, Bai Yanning said, "I look like a polar bear."

Xie Jiashu stood next to her: "Then what am I, a black bear?"

Bai Yanning reached out and held Qin Yunchuan's hand. Her hand was very cold, and when it touched Qin Yunchuan, his fingers subconsciously dodged.

"Please help me with one more small favor, Qin Yunchuan." She smiled and looked sideways at him.

Qin Yunchuan kindly wrapped her hand.

Bai Yanning looked at Xie Jiashu across the crowd and walked over. "What a coincidence."

Xie Jiashu didn't understand how she could say to him so nonchalantly, "What a coincidence."

Emotions surged in his chest, and his eyes fell on the hands she and Qin Yunchuan were holding. He tried to contact Bai Yanning every day, but now she was standing in front of him, and he couldn't say a word.

He could accept everything Bai Yanning did, could accept that she was a bad woman who abandoned him after having fun with him, and even for what she did to Bai Wenfeng, he didn't think she was wrong at all.

He would go to her without hesitation under any circumstances, but Bai Yanning didn't need him now, and there were more useful people around her to protect her.

He didn't save her. She called the police herself, and Qin Yunchuan cleared the trouble for her. When she was in danger, she didn't even think of asking him for help.

She was right, he was just a useless man who could only cry.

He looked at her for a long time without saying anything.

It's all in vain to say anything.

Bai Yanning saw Peng Yurong coming back with roasted corn, and she greeted her, "Auntie."

Peng Yurong nodded to her with a hint of vigilance in her eyes.

Bai Yanning didn't care at all, as if she hadn't noticed. "You guys should be going back to City A, right?"

"Yes." said Peng Yurong.

"I wish you a safe journey." There was nothing much to say, as if she was just chatting with someone she knew. Bai Yanning slung her bag over her shoulder and said, "Goodbye."

"Goodbye." Peng Yurong curled the corners of her mouth slightly.

After they took a few steps, Bai Yanning heard Peng Yurong say from behind, "Eat quickly, it'll get cold soon."

Bai Yanning walked quickly and did not hear Xie Jiashu's answer.

She was getting further and further away from him step by step.

Get married, have children, and live a happy life.

She thought again of the ending of his story that Zhuzhu had described.

He will have a smooth future, and so will she.

The best arrangement is for them to move forward on their own.

The whistling sound of the wind passed through the long street. Bai Yanning broke free from Qin Yunchuan's hands. She stood in the crowd, her back lonely.

She said, "Thank you."

"You're too polite, Yan Ning," Qin Yunchuan looked at her with a regretful tone, "To be honest, among all the women I've liked, you're my favorite one."

"My pleasure," Bai Yanning said, "but it's not necessary. Gu Yunzhen already hates me enough."

The little bit of pity Qin Yunchuan had for her was all earned by her pretending to be pitiful and docile. When she sent him a message for help, she never expected him to really come to save her. What she wanted was his pity and guilt. He always liked her pitiful look the most.

He had never been sincere towards her from the beginning to the end, which was not even half as much as his obsession with that little girl over the years.

Ever since Gu Yunzhen publicly apologized to Bai Yanning at school, she has lost her reputation and her situation in the Gu family has become somewhat difficult. Now she is in quite a bit of trouble.

Sure enough, Qin Yunchuan said: "I will go back to City A tomorrow."

He did have some feelings for her, so he told her bluntly, "If what you said is true, I don't mind you taking advantage of me. From now on, we have no relationship."

"Thank you," Bai Yanning finally said to him, "I wish you all the best."

He and Gu Yunzhen will face a long series of conspiracies, frame-ups, and misunderstandings. Gu Yunzhen runs away with the baby, and their child is replaced...

Qin Yunchuan was completely unaware of this. In his opinion, if Gu Yun was really the person he had been looking for, then as long as he reached out to her, she would obediently walk into his hands.

He was very confident, but still accepted her blessing, "I'll lend you my good wishes."

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