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

Fu Lu nodded, stepped into the room, and casually replied, "Yes, it's over."

As he spoke, he turned to the men behind him and instructed them, "My wife is exhausted today, so we can all get together tonight, but absolutely no noise allowed, understand?"

Upon hearing this, everyone chuckled softly and replied in unison, "We know, Ninth Brother!"

Then, the group of people walked into the living room chatting and laughing, each found a place to sit down, and began to chat.

Seeing that everyone was settled, Fu Lu turned and walked towards the bedroom.

He gently pushed open the bedroom door and immediately saw Song Zhi lying quietly on the bed, already asleep.

She still had her makeup on, clearly indicating that she had gone straight to bed after returning home without even having time to remove it.

Fu Lu looked at Song Zhi with heartache and carefully walked to the bedside, afraid of waking her.

He sat gently on the edge of the bed, reached out and softly stroked Song Zhi's cheek, feeling her breath and warmth.

Then, he gently began to remove Song Zhi's makeup, trying not to wake her.

In the living room outside, Han Zhou was chatting and laughing with others.

Suddenly, as if remembering something, he turned to look at Zhou Yan and teased with a smile, "Once Ninth Brother goes in, he'll probably get so drunk in this harem that he won't know where he's going. He said before that he was going to stay here until he was completely drunk tonight. I think he's reluctant to leave."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yan's lips curled up slightly, revealing a faint smile.

He glanced at the clock on the wall and realized it was almost midnight.

He thought for a moment and said, "Forget it, it's so late. Let's not disturb the young couple's wedding night. Let's go back and not cause any trouble for Ninth Brother."

"Alright, let's go."

After saying that, he turned around and called out towards the bedroom, "Ninth Brother, we're leaving now."

The group filed out of the room and waited in front of the elevator.

Just then, they suddenly noticed that Wei Yinuo had also come out.

Seeing this, Han Zhou asked in surprise, "Yi Nuo, aren't you staying here?"

Wei Yinuo gently shook her head and replied, "No need, I'm going home."

Upon hearing this, Han Zhou quickly said, "It's not safe for a girl like you to go home alone. Let me take you."

However, before Wei Yinuo could answer, Zhou Yan suddenly interrupted, "Didn't Xiao Le say that you should go find him?"

Upon hearing this, Han Zhou looked completely bewildered. He scratched his head and asked in confusion, "Is that so?"

Zhou Yan's lips curled slightly upward, and he looked at Han Zhou with a half-smile, asking in return, "What do you think?"

Han Zhou stared at Zhou Yan for a while before finally snapping out of his daze. He quickly nodded and said, "Right, right, look at my memory, I almost forgot. Well then, Yinuo, let your Uncle Zhou take you back. He doesn't have anything to do anyway."

Wei Yinuo quickly waved her hand, politely declining, "No need, thank you Uncle Han, I can just take a taxi, no need to trouble Uncle Zhou."

Zhou Yan smiled slightly and said calmly, "It's no trouble at all, it's just on the way."

Wei Yinuo hesitated slightly, seemingly a little embarrassed, but finally whispered "thank you".

Throughout the journey, Wei Yinuo remained silent, simply sitting quietly in the passenger seat, gazing out the window.

Zhou Yan focused on driving while occasionally glancing at Wei Yinuo out of the corner of his eye.

He noticed that after not seeing her for six months, the girl had become much quieter and was no longer as lively and cheerful as before, chattering away incessantly.

The atmosphere inside the car was somewhat somber. Zhou Yan finally couldn't help but call out softly, "Yinuo."

Wei Yinuo snapped out of her daze and replied, "Hmm? What's wrong?"

Zhou Yan paused for a moment, then asked, "When are you leaving here?"

Wei Yinuo shook her head and replied, "I don't know yet."

Zhou Yan then asked, "Are you doing well over there?"

Wei Yinuo's voice remained soft, "It's fine."

Zhou Yan didn't speak again, and the atmosphere in the car became quiet again, with only the slight sound of the vehicle moving.

Wei Yinuo lowered her head, her gaze falling on her hands resting on her knees.

After a long while, as if she had made up her mind, she slowly raised her head, looked at Zhou Yan sitting in the driver's seat, and asked softly, "I heard from my mother that you went abroad on a business trip before?"

When Zhou Yan heard the girl bring up the past, his heart tightened, and his hands, which were gripping the steering wheel, unconsciously tightened.

He was silent for a moment, then responded softly, "Mm."

Wei Yinuo nodded slightly, then asked, "You went to my school to look for me?"

Zhou Yan's throat felt dry. He swallowed hard and replied again, "Mm."

Wei Yinuo's gaze didn't leave him as she continued to press, "Did you throw away the sunflower in the trash can?"

Zhou Yan's heart seemed to skip a beat at that moment. His lips moved, but he only managed to utter a simple "hmm".

Wei Yinuo frowned slightly, seemingly dissatisfied with his answer, and pressed on, "Why won't you say?"

Zhou Yan's fingers gripped the steering wheel tightly, his voice slightly low: "What did you say?"

Wei Yinuo was stunned by his question.

Yes, what should we say?

It seemed there was nothing more to say between them.

The thought stung her heart, and she shook her head, saying softly, "It's nothing."

Zhou Yan's lips moved as if he wanted to say something, but at that moment, Wei Yinuo suddenly interrupted him: "We've arrived."

Zhou Yan paused for a moment, then looked out the window. The car had arrived at the building where Wei Yinuo lived.

Wei Yinuo opened the car door and got out, thanking Zhou Yan: "Uncle Zhou, thank you for bringing me back, goodbye."

After saying that, he turned and left without waiting for Zhou Yan to speak.

Zhou Yan stared at Wei Yinuo's departing figure for a long time without looking away.

Wei Yinuo arrived at the door and tried to unlock it with her fingerprint, only to find that the fingerprint was incorrect.

Wei Yinuo then remembered that Fu Ya had mentioned that the door lock had been replaced.

Wei Yinuo sighed helplessly, then slowly took out her phone from her pocket and skillfully dialed her mother's number.

However, no one answered the phone; only a monotonous dial tone echoed in her ears.

She glanced at the time anxiously; it was almost one o'clock.

Wei Yinuo waited at the door for another ten minutes or so, feeling increasingly uneasy.

She decided to try calling her mother again.

This time, the call finally went through.

"Hello, baby." A mother's gentle voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Mom, where are you?" Wei Yinuo asked anxiously.

"I'm at my grandpa's house, what's wrong?"

"I'm home, but the locks have been changed, so I can't get in," Wei Yinuo explained.

After saying that, there was suddenly no sound from the other end of the phone.