The little rose is so sweet and alluring, even the aloof CEO can't resist!

Yan Beian's eyes flickered. He paused for a moment while drinking tea, and then put down his cup before saying, "Well... it's nothing. Even when we weren't together, we would occasionally meet up for a meal. Last night, I had nothing to do and was looking for someone to have dinner with, so I asked her out. We're just friends, nothing more, really."

He figured it out: his uncle had seen him eating with Liang Liangwei, but didn't dare ask her directly, so he could only ask him.

I never expected that my uncle, a man of such high standards, would be so... cowardly in front of a woman.

So, his ill-intentioned expression when he first arrived, the fact that he ordered the same food, and the verbal warnings were all because he was jealous.

Uncle, you've finally met your match!

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but chuckle mischievously, feeling as if he had his uncle's Achilles' heel.

Yan Zhixu stared at him for a long while before saying calmly, "This is the last time."

Yan Bei'an hurriedly replied, "I know, I know, I won't make any more appointments in the future."

Yan Zhixu paused for a moment and said, "That's not necessarily true. I won't stop you from continuing to be friends, but if you want to ask her out, you have to ask me out too."

Yan Bei'an: "..."

Uncle, wouldn't it be better to just be straightforward? What's the difference between this and me saying I won't ask her out anymore?

But he dared not refute it and could only nod: "Yes, yes, I understand."

~

This meal was the most difficult one Yan Bei'an had ever had with his uncle.

After finally finishing his meal and seeing off this esteemed guest, he stood outside the Zhihe Restaurant and let out a long sigh of relief.

Sitting in his car, he considered whether he really should go to Tianjin.

Just as he was hesitating, Lao Yuan from Tianjin sent him a WeChat message.

Old Yuan: [I've checked all the emergency room records for the injury you mentioned that day, and there's no record of anyone named Fang Xun cleaning the wound here. Are you sure the name and time are correct?]

Yan Bei'an frowned and replied: 【Neither is wrong.】

Old Yuan: [That means you misidentified the hospital.]

Yan Beian: [He said the Third People's Hospital is the closest hospital to his home. How far is XX residential area from your place?]

Old Yuan: [There aren't any residential areas like that around here. There is a small county town under its jurisdiction with the same name, but it's over an hour's drive there, and the roads are bad. People with injuries or emergencies like this wouldn't come to our hospital.]

Yan Beian thought for a moment and sent him the photo of Fang Xun's wound: "Take a look at this wound."

Old Yuan replied almost instantly: "Don't be ridiculous! What kind of quack doctor stitched this wound and dares to pass it off as our hospital's? Stitching like this will leave a really ugly scar! Our hospital's doctors are all professionals; they would never stitch like this!"

Yan Bei's heart sank.

Did Fang Xun really lie to him?

But... why?

~

Fang Xun didn't have class during the first period in the afternoon. After eating, he left the school and went to an internet cafe outside the school. He asked for a computer and went online to contact people.

Fang Xun: [He might be suspicious of my wounds, what should I do?]

X: [Is your acting really that bad? How did you give yourself away so easily?]

Fang Xun: [I don't know either. He clearly believed me that day, but today, for some reason, he suddenly came and said he wanted to see my wounds.]

X: [You showed it to him?]

Fang Xun: [No, I put on a bandage. I told him that it could get infected if exposed to air, but he didn't check it.]

X: [Then how did you say he became suspicious?]

Fang Xun: [Why did you suddenly say you wanted to see the wound? What's so interesting about a wound? Besides, you didn't say you wanted to see it that day, but you suddenly said you wanted to see it today. Doesn't that make me suspicious?]

X: [How much money did you get from him?]

Fang Xun: [The day I got injured, he gave me 10,000 yuan so I could see a doctor.]

X: [Only ten thousand? Why didn't you ask for more?]

Fang Xun: [Don't forget, I initially attracted his attention by portraying myself as someone who works hard and doesn't care about money. How could I ask him for more money? Besides, 10,000 yuan is more than enough for a minor injury; asking for more would only arouse his suspicion.]

X: [You idiot, you can't get your money and you're making excuses for yourself! Think about how pathetic you are! After all this time, how much money have you gotten from him? Do you even know his family has hundreds of billions in assets?!]

Fang Xun's heart skipped a beat when he saw the words "hundreds of billions".

What does hundreds of billions even mean? He didn't really understand; he only knew it must be a huge amount...

But after being with him for so long, all I did was go out and have fun with him, eating and drinking well. I got ten or twenty thousand yuan of pocket money every month, and sometimes a little more. All I could count was three or five hundred thousand yuan, which was quickly spent by me and my friends.

Even that ten thousand yuan is almost gone...

But how could he ask Yan Bei'an for more?

He always waited for Yan Bei'an to give it to him first, because only by giving it to him first would he avoid suspicion.

They all said that Yan Bei'an's attraction to him meant he was a fool with too much money, but he didn't think so. Yan Bei'an was actually very shrewd and not someone who could be easily fooled.

Fang Xun: [Anyway, ordinary excuses won't work. If we arouse his suspicion, there won't be any future opportunities.]

X: [Since we can't find a legitimate reason, let's go to an extreme...]

Fang Xun had a bad feeling: "What do you want to do?"

X: [Hehehe, let's do this—]

~

Liang Liangwei had a busy day, taking outdoor photos for people.

We didn't finish shooting until the sun had already set. When I checked the time, it was already past 5 o'clock.

Today's photoshoot subject is named Tian Tian. She has exquisite makeup and a beautiful outfit, and says to the makeup artist and photographer, "Thank you all for your hard work~ I'll treat you to dinner later~"

Liang Liangwei saw a WeChat message from her boyfriend 10 minutes earlier: 【When are you getting off work? Want to have dinner together?】

She smiled and replied, "[We were shooting on location today, just finished. I'm here.]"

She sent her location.

Lan Yin leaned closer and said, "Sister Wei, Tian Tian said she's treating us to dinner."

Liang Liangwei: "You go ahead, I'm not going. My boyfriend wants to have dinner with me."

Lan Yin looked on with envy: "Having a boyfriend is great~ Since you're not eating, I won't eat either. I'm going back now, it'll be hard to get a taxi if it gets late."

Liang Liangwei: "Let me take you home first."

Lan Yin: "No need, no need, there's a subway nearby, I just saw it~"

She wouldn't be so tactless!

Liang Liangwei didn't press the matter: "Then be careful on the road~"

Lan Yin packed up the props and helped carry them to her car, then waved goodbye to her.

Liang Liangwei also said sweet goodbye to the female lead and got into the car.

Yan Zhixu sent me a restaurant address: "This restaurant is close to where you are, is it okay for me to eat here?"

Liang Liangwei clicked on it; it was a Western restaurant: [Okay.]

She adjusted the navigation, started the car, and was about to drive away.

My attention was drawn to a message that popped up on my phone.

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