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"Hello, Mr. Lu." Jiang Mian endured the excruciating pain in her leg.

"What do you want to say to me?" Lu Bozhou's expression was indifferent, but when he heard the tension in her voice as she tried to suppress her pain, he understood.

The man's long, slender fingers rested on the table, his fingertips unconsciously applying a bit of pressure to the surface.

Jiang Mian's voice remained relatively steady. "It's like this, another Mr. Lu came to see me today."

Hearing this, probably not expecting her to be so frank, Lu Bozhou's eyes narrowed. "Oh?"

Jiang Mian said, "He wants me to get close to you, but I think he must have some misunderstanding."

"So what?" Lu Bozhou's voice was even more indifferent, as if it had lost all warmth.

"So please consider my offer to be Little Stone's babysitter."

Jiang Mian came up with this idea after meeting Lu Bolin—rather than be threatened by Lu Bolin, she would rather use this opportunity to surrender to Lu Bozhou.

I was busy working all morning and didn't think about bringing this up, partly because I wanted to wait for Song Xun's reply.

If Song Xun could give her a positive answer, Jiang Mian didn't want to bring up Lu Bolin's matter in front of Lu Bozhou and cause any further trouble.

But clearly, there was no definite answer. Jiang Mian had to find a solution herself.

"So that you can get close to me according to Lu Bolin's wishes?" Lu Bozhou's voice remained calm and indifferent, without any ripples.

Jiang Mian immediately replied, "I'm being very honest, so at least I'm out in the open for you, right? Even without me, Mr. Lu probably wouldn't have missed other opportunities to get someone close to you. If I come, maybe he'll calm down a bit about this matter?"

"A double agent? Interesting." Lu Bozhou's voice remained indifferent, but there seemed to be a faint chuckle in it.

"Please consider it. I'll wait for your reply," Jiang Mian said.

After a few seconds of silence, Lu Bozhou's deep, slightly hoarse voice rang out indifferently, "What conditions did Lu Bolin offer you?"

Jiang Mian was about to say that she was going to give him money, but then she thought about Lu Bozhou's personality...

She said softly, "No, he just threatened me."

This answer seemed to satisfy Lu Bozhou. "It's something he would do."

“So, please reconsider, Mr. Lu…” Jiang Mian said, but she didn’t have the strength to say anything more.

After ending the call, she looked at her leg, which was covered in a large abrasion. The blood seeping out had soaked a patch of her pants, but luckily the pants were dark-colored, so it wasn't noticeable.

Jiang Mian frowned, and before she could think further, her phone rang with an electronic female voice, "You have a new takeout order, please process it promptly."

Jiang Mian moved her legs and feet, and found that there was nothing wrong with her bones and joints.

She gritted her teeth and started her next job! As long as she doesn't die from exhaustion, she'll try her best to survive!

By the time Jiang Mian finished fulfilling her afternoon orders, the wounds on her legs had already scabbed over.

She bought a loaf of bread and sat on her electric scooter, eating it as she applied to move her permanent residence to the area where Dingsheng Group was located. That was the CBD of Los Angeles, surrounded by office buildings.

Jiang Mian's phone rang immediately after she finished applying.

"Meng Yang?"

"Jiang Mian! How are you?"

"Me? I'm fine."

"You didn't go to Lanshan Mansion to stake out the place, did you?" Meng Yang asked with some concern.

"No, what's wrong?" Jiang Mian was still a little uneasy about Meng Yang's task of taking pictures of Xiao Shitou, and felt that it would be safer to continue to keep in touch with Meng Yang.

Meng Yang breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, that's good. You don't know, Lu Bozhou came back a couple of days ago, and somehow he found out where I was. My god, he had the bodyguards chase me like crazy! If I hadn't run fast!"

Meng Yang's voice was filled with lingering fear.

Jiang Mian's heart skipped a beat. She thought to herself that it was most likely because she had aroused Lu Bozhou's suspicion...

Then, he conveniently chased Meng Yang away.

Jiang Mian: "Uh, so... are you alright?"

Meng Yang: "It's alright, it's alright. Try to avoid going there for a while. If I have any news about him and Lin Sisi, I'll contact you."

After ending the call, Jiang Mian felt a little listless, thinking that Lu Bozhou had already discovered her waiting outside.

Not only did he not punish her, but they also ended up having these interactions... Given Lu Bozhou's personality, this should have been impossible.

But it happened.

The fact that Little Stone took the initiative to contact them probably played a part in the reason.

Another reason...

Jiang Mian looked at her face, which bore a resemblance to Xu Yawei's, in the rearview mirror of the electric scooter.

She laughed self-deprecatingly, "I've lived two lifetimes and still can't get rid of it..."

She can't escape the fact that she benefits from Xu Yawei's fame because she looks like her.

……

Lu Chaochi stayed in the hospital for one day and was discharged the next day.

His grandparents came to pick him up from the hospital—Lu Bozhou's father, Lu Hong, and mother, Yan Ke.

Lu Hong didn't receive much love from his grandfather growing up, so in his memory, his father was a stern figure.

Unlike his uncles, who were spoiled from a young age and thus indulged their children, his second uncle was different.

Lu Bozhou's parents had high expectations for him from a young age.

Growing up in such a family atmosphere usually results in a relatively weak emotional bond.

I always did what my parents wanted me to do in life.

Study diligently, work diligently, and establish a family and career.

Although Lu Hong was very strict with Lu Bozhou as a father from a young age, he was a completely different person as a grandfather to Lu Chaochi.

Lu Hong and Yan Ke doted on their grandson, who lost his mother at birth, had a weak constitution since childhood, but was very intelligent.

They love her very much.

As soon as they learned that he was hospitalized, they rushed over and took Lu Chaochi back home.

Instead of going back to Lanshan Mansion, I went to their house.

Lu Bozhou went to his grandparents' house to pick him up after finishing his work.

I had just entered the living room.

Lu Hong and Yan Ke both looked at him and asked, "I heard you're planning to hire a nanny for Chaochao?"

"Ah."

"Alright, alright, if you ask me, we should have hired someone a long time ago. No matter how sensible he is, he's still just a little kid like him, and he needs to be taken good care of! You're so busy with work..."

Yan Ke looked at Lu Bozhou and asked again, "From what Chaochao said, he really likes an aunt and wants her to come and work as a nanny?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Bozhou glanced indifferently in Lu Chaochi's direction.

Lu Chaochi huddled behind Lu Hong, hiding himself completely.

Lu Hong frowned, "Why are you glaring at the child... The nanny was hired to take care of the child, so naturally she has to be pleasing to the child's eye."

Yan Ke chimed in, "Yes, Chaochao has always been sensible and never asks for anything on his own initiative. Since he likes this, let's bring her back as a nanny. Even in kindergarten, children have teachers they like better. Everyone has their own preferences in life..."

Lu Bozhou's expression remained unchanged, still indifferent.

After listening to my parents finish speaking.

He then spoke calmly, "The person Lu Chaochi mentioned is named Jiang Mian."

Upon hearing this name, Lu Hong and Yan Ke were immediately stunned.

They looked at Lu Bozhou, trying to read his emotions from his face.

But nothing.

His face was as if it were dead.

"I don't need a second Jiang Mian."