Qi Ning smiled frankly: "It really is me."

The Qi Ning of today is completely different from the Qi Ning of a few years ago; Wen Xuheng almost couldn't recognize her.

Seeing that she had admitted it, Wen Xuheng asked somewhat anxiously, "Where have you been these past few years?"

“I’ve gone abroad,” Qi Ning replied.

"Go abroad? You've really gone abroad these past few years?" Wen Xuheng frowned.

"That's right, I just got back from abroad not long ago."

Upon receiving Qi Ning's affirmative reply, Wen Xuheng felt even more incredulous.

At that moment, he noticed the man standing next to Qi Ning out of the corner of his eye.

He had just seen this man standing next to Qi Ning, and the two of them looked strangely well-matched.

Upon closer inspection, Wen Xuheng realized that the person looked strangely familiar.

"You are... Pei Mo?"

“It’s me,” Pei Mo replied expressionlessly, then added, “Qi Ning went abroad with me.”

"you……"

Wen Xuheng's pupils dilated incredibly.

He was full of questions and wanted to ask a few more, but the secretary-like person next to him suddenly reminded him: "President Wen, we have an appointment with President Zhu, and the time is almost up. It would be best not to be late."

Upon hearing this, Wen Xuheng's expression stiffened slightly.

Seeing this, Qi Ning didn't want to say anything more: "Since you have something to do, go ahead and take care of it. We'll be leaving now."

After saying that, she looked up at Pei Mo and said, "Let's go."

"Ah."

Pei Mo responded and then turned and left with Qi Ning, ignoring Wen Xuheng behind them.

The two went outside together, and Qi Ning then asked him, "Why did you blurt that out?"

"what?"

"It's about the two of us going abroad together."

"Can't I say?" Pei Mo looked at Qi Ning, his eyes somewhat profound.

"No, I'm afraid that if the Han family makes a big fuss about it, and they find out that you went abroad with me, or even that you helped me go abroad, they might think that you were also involved in what happened back then..."

"Didn't I participate?" Pei Mo countered.

This question stumped Qi Ning; Pei Mo had indeed gotten involved.

Pei Mo added, "Wouldn't it be better to let them know? Didn't you say you wanted me to protect you after we returned to China? This way, I can share some of the burden with you."

What "sharing firepower"? The Han family wouldn't dare to "fire" at Pei Mo.

Qi Ning was both amused and exasperated: "Indeed, I was overthinking it. Even if the Han family knew you were involved in that matter, they wouldn't dare do anything to you."

"It's good that you know. I think you started overthinking after meeting Wen Xuheng, and your mind isn't quite clear anymore," Pei Mo said meaningfully.

"What? I'm doing this for your own good."

"Yeah."

"of course."

"Since you're thinking of me, then stop thinking about those things. Don't forget why we came out tonight."

Qi Ning agreed, temporarily putting aside those matters, and strolled along the streets of Nancheng with Pei Mo.

After returning to the Pei family home, Qi Ning was about to go back to her room when Pei Mo suddenly called her back.

"What's wrong?" Qi Ning turned around, puzzled.

Pei Mo looked at her and said, "There's something I forgot to tell you. Wen Xuheng and Han Yuxin got married a year ago."

"Oh, I see." Qi Ning nodded calmly. "Why are you telling me this?"

Qi Ning already knew about this, of course. Even if the system hadn't reminded her, according to the original timeline, Qi Ning knew they should have gotten married by now.

Pei Mo carefully observed Qi Ning's expression and, seeing that she seemed to be doing well, said, "It's nothing, I just wanted to let you know so you wouldn't know."

Qi Ning smiled and said, "I didn't know before, but I'm not too surprised now that I do, since their relationship was always quite special."

"Indeed, it's just this one thing. You know that's enough. Go to sleep."

"it is good."

Qi Ning said goodnight to Pei Mo, then went into her room and closed the door behind her.

Pei Mo looked at the tightly closed door, then breathed a sigh of relief and turned to leave.

Wen Xuheng and Han Yuxin did indeed get married a year ago.

After Han Yuchen's drunk driving accident, the incident had a negative impact on the Han family's company, leading to a decline in its development over the years.

Nevertheless, as the saying goes, "even a starved camel is bigger than a horse," the Han family's business is still a force to be reckoned with in the entire southern city.

During their university years, Han Yuxin and Wen Xuheng continued their studies in the same major at the same university.

Right after graduating from university, the two got married under the arrangement of their parents, and it has indeed been a year since then.

That evening, Wen Xuheng saw Qi Ning, whom he hadn't seen for five years, and his emotions were inevitably affected. Not to mention the confusing relationship between Qi Ning and Pei Mo, and the events of that year—there were too many mysteries.

Therefore, he was somewhat absent-minded at the dinner party that evening, and his secretary glanced at him several times.

After the dinner, Wen Xuheng returned home, and Han Yuxin immediately came out to greet him: "Honey, you're back?"

Wen Xuheng glanced at her, gave a lukewarm reply, and then said, "I'm going to take a shower first," before leaving.

Over the years, Wen Xuheng has always treated Han Yuxin this way, and he has even become more indifferent to her after they got married, which Han Yuxin has gotten used to.

But tonight, Han Yuxin keenly sensed that Wen Xuheng's emotions were a little off. He wasn't just being cold to her as usual; it was as if he had something on his mind.

While Wen Xuheng was taking a shower, Han Yuxin called his secretary: "Did something happen during Mr. Wen's business dinner tonight?"

The secretary replied on the other end of the phone, "Madam, it's nothing, it's just that Mr. Wen seems to have run into an acquaintance tonight, and the two exchanged a few words."

"What acquaintance? Male or female?" Han Yuxin pressed.

"It was a lady, whom Mr. Wen called 'Ningning,' and it seemed she had just returned from abroad."

Upon hearing this, Han Yuxin gripped her phone tightly.

Qi Ning!

It turns out Qi Ning is back!

The next day, Han Yuxin sent someone to investigate and received confirmation that Qi Ning had indeed returned, and the person accompanying her was none other than Pei Mo.

Han Yuxin didn't understand the relationship between Pei Mo and Qi Ning. After all, although they were deskmates in high school, they didn't seem to know each other very well. Their relationship seemed to be just like that of ordinary classmates, nothing special.

Now that Han Yuxin and Wen Xuheng are married, she could have tried not to care whether Qi Ning came back. However, Qi Ning not only has a relationship with Wen Xuheng, but also seems to be connected with Han Yuchen's imprisonment back then.

When Han Yuchen killed Qi Ning's father in a drunk driving accident, he only said it was an accident and made no mention of how it had anything to do with Qi Ning.

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