He lured her deep into his trap, using both overt and covert methods to seduce her.

"Hey, Ninth Brother, why are you calling in the middle of the night?"

"Help me find someone."

"Who?"

"Li Ming, I need to know tomorrow morning."

Zhou Yan was speechless: "Brother, my dear brother, what time is it? How am I supposed to investigate?"

"Two in the morning."

"You know it's 2 a.m., right? You don't need to sleep, but I do!"

"You don't look like you're sleeping over there. Where are you going so late at night?"

Zhou Yan felt a little guilty: "Of course I'm sleeping. You said it yourself, it's so late at night, where could I go?"

"But I just heard airport noises? In English, they were saying you went abroad?"

Zhou Yan: "..."

That damn insight! How did they figure it out so quickly?

He hurriedly covered his phone, fearing that Fu Lu might hear something.

If he finds out that I came out to see Wei Yinuo, he'll definitely teach me a lesson.

"I... I'm on a business trip."

Do you have business dealings with overseas clients?

"Yes, I just received it."

"What country?"

"Myanmar."

Zhou Yan made up a story on the spot, but Fu Lü saw through it as soon as he finished speaking.

"Do airports in Myanmar speak English?"

"Speak up, why won't you speak?"

"Zhou Yan, who are you trying to fool?"

Zhou Yan let out a heavy sigh: "Alright, I was just kidding you, I'm not in Myanmar."

"where?"

"What do you care where I am? I'm a bit busy, I'll hang up now."

After saying that, he hung up the phone without waiting for Fu Lu to speak.

Zhou Yan didn't contact his local friends; he went straight to the hotel, tidied himself up, and then contacted Fu Ya.

When Fu Ya received Zhou Yan's call, she was somewhat surprised to learn that he had come here: "Yan, why did you decide to come here?"

Zhou Yan said without batting an eye, "I was on a business trip and heard from Ninth Brother that you guys were here too, so I contacted him to have a meal together."

"Sure, no problem. Where are you now?"

"I'm at the hotel, Sister Fu Ya. When are you available? I'll accommodate your schedule."

"I still need to tell Nuonuo about this. She and..."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhou Yan eagerly interjected, "Which school is she at? I'll go see her."

Upon hearing this, Fu Ya didn't think much of it and directly told Zhou Yan about Wei Yinuo's school.

Zhou Yan looked at the address that had been sent to him.

It's 10 a.m. here now.

Two hours left.

It's not too late to go now.

Zhou Yan arrived at Wei Yinuo's school gate at noon.

Looking at the sunflower and small cake in his arms, Zhou Yan realized he had acted impulsively.

What would Wei Yinuo think if she saw that he bought her flowers?

What if they just throw the flowers on the ground?

Who cares? As long as I see people, I'll accept it even if I fall.

Zhou Yan leaned against the telephone pole by the school gate, holding the flowers. He didn't dare to call Wei Yinuo, afraid that she wouldn't answer. In his more than 20 years of life, this was the first time he had been so cautious.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, Wei Yinuo walked out of the crowd.

Zhou Yan's eyes lit up immediately. He reached out to straighten his clothes and then looked at the sunflower in his arms.

very perfect.

Can't fault it.

Just as he was about to walk towards Wei Yinuo, he saw Xu Ning run over from somewhere, handing Wei Yinuo the ice cream in her hand, and then naturally taking the schoolbag from her hand.

Zhou Yan paused in his steps.

When did Xu Ning arrive?

Why haven't I heard from him at all?

All her courage vanished the moment she saw her younger brother.

What is he doing?

Why did you run over here?

He shouldn't have acted so impulsively.

Zhou Yan subconsciously turned around, his back to the two of them.

Fortunately, they walked past him on a foreign street without noticing his presence.

Zhou Yan casually placed the sunflower and small cake in the trash can next to him and left.

Wei Yinuo walked to the bus stop, suddenly stopped, and turned to look at the school gate.

I paused for a moment when I saw the bunch of sunflowers and the small cake next to the trash can.

Xu Ning followed her gaze with some confusion. He didn't notice the sunflowers and small cakes next to the trash can and asked with a puzzled look, "Nono, what are you looking at?"

Wei Yinuo looked away and shook her head slightly: "It's nothing. Let's go eat. I'm so hungry."

"What do you want to eat? I'll take you there."

Just as Wei Yinuo was about to speak, her phone rang in her bag.

She took out her phone and saw it was a call from her elderly mother.

She answered the phone: "Hello, Mom."

Fu Ya's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Nono, are you done with get out of class now?"

"Yeah, just got out of class. What's up?"

"Your Uncle Zhou Yan called this morning saying he was coming over on a business trip and wanted to have lunch together, so I gave him your school address. Did he come to see you?"

Her mother's words made Wei Yinuo's heart tighten, and her gaze unconsciously drifted towards the trash can at the school gate.

Wei Yinuo didn't speak, so Fu Ya pressed on, "He didn't go?"

"I...I didn't see it." Wei Yinuo's voice trembled slightly.

"That's strange, could something have come up at the last minute...?"

"Mom, the bus is here, I'll hang up now."

She hurriedly hung up the phone, her fingertips trembling slightly.

Xu Ning, noticing her unusual behavior, leaned closer with concern: "Nono, what's wrong? What did Auntie say?"

"Your brother... he's here."

Wei Yinuo took a deep breath and told Xu Ning about Zhou Yan's offer to treat everyone.

Xu Ning frowned slightly and immediately took out her phone to call Zhou Yan.

After the call connected, Xu Ning asked directly, "Brother, you're at Yinuo School?"

"Is something wrong?"

Zhou Yan's voice sounded unusually cold.

"Nono said you were going to treat us to dinner, where are you now?"

There was a few seconds of silence on the other end of the phone: "Something came up, let's reschedule."

"You didn't come to school?"

"No." Zhou Yan hung up the phone after saying that.

He took a deep breath and then dialed Fu Ya's number.

"Sister Fu Ya, I'm sorry, something urgent came up at work, I'm afraid we can't have dinner together today."

Upon hearing this, Fu Ya was somewhat disappointed, but also expressed her understanding: "It's alright, work is important, we can get together again next time."

"When did Xu Ning arrive?" Zhou Yan suddenly asked.

"Xiao Ning just arrived yesterday and is accompanying Nuonuo to class today."

Fu Ya paused, then added, "Long-distance relationships aren't easy for young couples, and it's rare for them to meet. Don't scold your brother, okay?"

"No, not at all." Zhou Yan's voice was a little hoarse. "I'll go take care of my work now."

"Okay, then you go ahead and get busy."

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yan felt as if all her strength had been drained away, and she leaned heavily against the back seat of the taxi.

The street scenes outside the car window rushed past, but he couldn't see anything.

My mind was filled with the image of Wei Yinuo smiling radiantly at Xu Ning.

Back at the hotel, he mechanically packed his luggage and booked the earliest available flight.

On the way to the airport, Zhou Yan kept looking out the window. He touched the sticky note in his pocket, but eventually put it in the trash can in the taxi.