Jiang Weidong was uneasy. An Ran was his own cousin, yet he had treated her so cruelly. He was afraid that Lin Wangshu would think he was cold-blooded.

Lin Wangshu became even more anxious when she saw Jiang Weidong come out, and only breathed a sigh of relief after discovering that the group of people who were escorting Jiang Changyi and An Ran had already gone downstairs.

She gave Jiang Weidong a disapproving look. "You shouldn't have come out. What if An Ran saw you?"

An Jie and An Xin are, after all, very close sisters. If An Xin finds out that her daughter was arrested and that Jiang Weidong was involved, she and An Jie will likely develop a rift between them.

Seeing that she didn't say anything else, Jiang Weidong cautiously probed, "You don't blame me?"

"What do I blame you for?" Lin Wangshu was initially confused, but after he stammered out the word "Anran," she realized what he was worried about.

Lin Wangshu smiled and touched his face. "We are one. What you did is what I did. I will never blame you."

Jiang Weidong felt a surge of emotion and couldn't help but grasp her slender wrist, feeling the pulse of her heart. At this moment, their heartbeats were in sync, as if they were one person.

"Cough cough." A cough startled the two who were staring at each other. Lin Wangshu looked in the direction of the sound and found Shen Jiaojiao awkwardly spinning around in circles, since there was really nowhere else to go.

Lin Wangshu blushed slightly and withdrew her hand. Jiang Weidong then realized there was another person there. He touched his cheek, coughed, and turned away.

"Um... well," Shen Jiaojiao felt that she might have disturbed them and wanted to say something to ease her embarrassment.

"Jiaojiao? What are you doing here?" Zheng Jianhua came out of the door with his hands in his pockets, quite surprised to see his cousin, who should have been at school, here.

"Cousin?" Upon seeing Zheng Jianhua, Shen Jiaojiao felt caught off guard and regretted that she had come to join in the fun.

"Jiaojiao came with me." Lin Wangshu noticed Shen Jiaojiao's embarrassment and quickly stepped in to help her out.

When Zheng Jianhua saw Jiang Weidong standing next to her, he immediately recognized her and smiled warmly, "You must be my sister-in-law, right? I never expected that you would be a friend of our Jiaojiao. What a coincidence!"

Lin Wangshu tugged at Jiang Weidong's sleeve, and Jiang Weidong snapped out of his daze and introduced her, "This is Zheng Jianhua, my classmate."

Seeing that his introduction was so simple, Zheng Jianhua was a little dissatisfied and added with a smile, "He's also one of his buddies."

Wang Tao was the last to come out. When he saw Lin Wangshu, his eyes lit up. "Comrade, you must be Lin Wangshu? My name is Wang Tao. We are really destined to meet. We were both almost tricked by that bastard Jiang Changyi."

“My family lives in Beijing, my parents…”

Seeing Wang Tao acting like he was on a blind date, practically smearing his entire family in front of Lin Wangshu, Jiang Weidong's face grew increasingly dark, his fists clenched so tightly they cracked.

Seeing that Jiang Weidong looked unwell, Zheng Jianhua quickly covered Wang Tao's mouth, who had no sense of propriety, and said with a dry laugh, "His brain might have been suffocated in the room just now, so we'll leave first."

As she spoke, she dragged the whimpering Wang Tao toward the stairwell. Shen Jiaojiao, being very perceptive, followed behind them carrying a small bag.

"Wait a minute." Jiang Weidong called out to them, walked to Wang Tao's side, and reached out towards his chest. Wang Tao was so frightened that his eyes widened.

Zheng Jianhua thought he was going to hit someone, and couldn't bear it, so he stopped him, "Um, Weidong, please go easy on him..."

When Zheng Jianhua saw that Jiang Weidong had only taken the pack of cigarettes from Wang Tao's pocket, he stopped talking abruptly, and Jiang Weidong gave him a puzzled look.

"There are cigarette butts left by Jiang Changyi in the room. Just in case, I'm cleaning up the mess." Fearing they wouldn't understand, Jiang Weidong held up the pack of cigarettes and waved it, explaining.

Wang Tao breathed a sigh of relief, then gave Zheng Jianhua a disdainful look, thinking, "What a treacherous fellow."

Zheng Jianhua pretended not to see it and praised Jiang Weidong, "You're so thoughtful." Then he quickly disappeared.

Jiang Weidong went into the house to look for the cigarette butts that Jiang Changyi had thrown away. As soon as he entered, he smelled an indescribable odor. He frowned and covered his mouth and nose.

Seeing Lin Wangshu following behind him with a curious look on her face, and wanting to come in as well, Jiang Weidong quickly stopped her, "Wangshu, don't come in."

As a man, Jiang Weidong knew what that smelled like, and he didn't want to dirty Lin Wangshu's nose.

"Oh." Although Lin Wangshu was puzzled, she stopped and obediently stood outside the door to wait for him.

Jiang Weidong took out a piece of paper, pinched the cigarette butt out of the ashtray, wrapped it up, took out another cigarette, put it in his mouth, and reflexively reached into his pocket to get the matchbox.

But he had quit smoking a long time ago, so he naturally couldn't find anything and could only look around for any trace of the matchbox.

Lin Wangshu noticed that he had nothing to light his cigarette, so she thought she would go to the next room to look for it. Sure enough, as soon as she entered, she found a matchbox on the table, which Wang Tao must have forgotten to take with him.

Lin Wangshu, holding the matchbox, walked to the door of room 401 and waved to Jiang Weidong with a smile, "Weidong, here are some matches."

Jiang Weidong turned around with a cigarette in his mouth and saw her waving the matchbox in her hand, looking as happy as if she had discovered some treasure. He couldn't help but smile.

Lin Wangshu had never actually seen Jiang Weidong smoke before. But now that she saw him with a cigarette in his mouth, his whole demeanor changed. He looked somewhat frivolous, which made Lin Wangshu's breath catch in her throat.

When Jiang Weidong approached and took the matchbox from her hand, Lin Wangshu dodged his hand, saying, "Let me light it for you?"

Jiang Weidong raised an eyebrow in surprise, looking at her excited eyes, his throat tightened, and after glancing at the door of room 402, he said, "Okay, let's go inside."

Before she could refuse, he went inside. Lin Wangshu's heart raced, but she didn't refuse. Instead, she followed behind him with some anticipation.

"Close the door." When Lin Wangshu entered, Jiang Weidong was sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed, rubbing a cigarette in his hand. When he saw her, he raised his chin slightly and said.

Jiang Weidong looked unfamiliar and dangerous at this moment, but Lin Wangshu was not afraid. She closed the door and quietly locked it.

Jiang Weidong noticed this, chuckled, and asked in a flippant tone, "Little Moon, I only told you to close the door, why did you lock it?"

Lin Wangshu's face instantly turned bright red, and in a fit of embarrassment and anger, she threw the matchbox in her hand at him, "Jiang Weidong, you're so annoying!"

After the matchbox hit Jiang Weidong's face, it slid into his arms. Jiang Weidong touched his red forehead but wasn't angry. Instead, he smiled and waved to her.

"Come here, weren't you going to light my cigarette? How can you do that standing at the door?"

Lin Wangshu slowly moved over, intending to sit down next to him, but Jiang Weidong stretched out a hand to stop her. Lin Wangshu looked up at him with displeasure.

Jiang Weidong smiled and shook his head, "How should we order if we're sitting here?"

Lin Wangshu thought he was making things difficult for her, so she crossed her arms and asked, "Then where should I sit?"

"Sit here." Jiang Weidong put down the leg that was crossed, leaned back against the sofa, patted his thigh, and looked imposing.

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