Sober and beautiful, my husband and son begged for my forgiveness on their knees.

Ning Yao frowned impatiently as she saw that he was still haunting her.

"What are you yelling about?"

As she spoke, she subtly withdrew her hand.

Zhong Yunche's palm was empty, and a visible sense of desolation flashed across his eyes, but he quickly concealed it.

As if deliberately provoking her, he said gently to Ning Yao, "How about I take you home? In case you get stopped by someone on the way."

Before he finished speaking, Lu Jingmo had already walked up to the two of them, grabbed Ning Yao's hand, and pulled her behind him.

“I need to talk to Ning Yao. I’ll take her home after I’m done talking. You can leave it to me.”

He coldly watched as Zhong Yunche seemed shrouded in a dark cloud, ready to erupt and destroy the world in an instant.

His woman is not for anyone else to touch!

Even though Ning Yao has divorced him, she is still his person and the mother of his child!

Ning Yao is his!

He wouldn't allow anyone to covet her.

Zhong Yunche smiled faintly, "It's not up to you. Ning Yao will make the decision herself."

Ning Yao tried to break free from Lu Jingmo's grasp.

But he gripped it even tighter.

Ning Yao was displeased. "Lu Jingmo, let go! Stop acting crazy here!"

When Zhong Yunche noticed that Ning Yao's wrist was already red and swollen, he immediately reached out and grabbed Ning Yao's other hand.

"Didn't you see that Ning Yao is in pain? Let go of her right now! In your eyes, is she just a tool that you can hurt at will?!"

Lu Jingmo narrowed his eyes, his eyes already covered with countless layers of frost under the extremely low air pressure.

Instead of letting go, he tightened his grip, as if he were playing a game with Zhong Yunche.

He forced Ning Yao to choose between him and Zhong Yunche.

Ning Yao was most familiar with Lu Jingmo's self-destructive tendencies. After gritting her teeth, she was the first to signal Zhong Yunche to let go of her.

"I'll talk to him. You go ahead. Don't worry, nothing will happen."

Zhong Yunche was stunned, but he did not let go.

“Ning Yao, you don’t need to talk to him. You have nothing to do with him anymore.”

Ning Yao didn't speak, she just looked at him quietly.

She knew his feelings for her, but she simply couldn't accept them.

If he wasn't allowed to leave, the muddle-headed Lu Jingmo would never give up.

Zhong Yunche finally succumbed to her gaze.

"Okay, I'll go back first. Call me if you need anything."

A flicker of disdain and contempt crossed Lu Jingmo's dark eyes.

Ning Yao glanced coldly at Lu Jingmo beside her, "Let go."

Lu Jingmo knew that she had very low tolerance for him now, so he immediately suppressed the smugness in his eyes and had no choice but to let go.

But he didn't completely let go, and gently massaged Ning Yao's wrist with his fingertips.

Ning Yao's brows furrowed even more. "You really think I wouldn't dare to break ties with you?"

Lu Jingmo lowered his eyes and focused on massaging her. "No, I just want to defend my position so that others won't get there first."

"Nonsense!" Ning Yao scoffed, then withdrew her hand. "Didn't you have something to say? Hurry up and say it, I have important business to attend to."

Seeing that she remained unmoved by his feelings, Lu Jingmo pursed his lips slightly. "I'll handle the online messages; you don't need to worry about them. I see a lot of malice directed at you online, and I'm worried they might find your address. Why don't you go back to the villa for a while?"

I'm waiting for her here!

Ning Yao sneered, clenching her fists. "I don't need it. I'm not afraid of them."

Once she clarifies the situation, the online controversy will naturally subside. The reason she is unsettled is because she is thinking about that strange post.

Although the post gained popularity, it has yet to achieve its intended purpose.

It was precisely because it was strange that she dared not act rashly.

Now, Lu Jingmo wants to use this incident to trick himself into returning to the villa.

Isn't he just daydreaming?

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. Without any hesitation, she raised her leg and kicked Lu Jingmo hard in the stomach.

"I don't think this is a fair deal!"

This time, Lu Jingmo had learned from experience and took a step back, easily dodging Ning Yao's attack.

Ning Yao was taken aback for a moment. When she came to her senses, Lu Jingmo had already stretched out his arms and restrained her neck and shoulders, making her unable to move.

"If you don't accept that, how about we change the terms? I can give you the information you want, how about that?"

Ning Yao was stunned.

Lu Jingmo knew what information she wanted.

The next moment, Lu Jingmo released her and handed her a document.

"Everything you want is here. If you find it useful, I hope the next time I see Ning Yao, she won't be so aggressive."

Lu Jingmo calmly straightened the wrinkles in his clothes and left.

Ning Yao watched his retreating figure, suddenly feeling puzzled. However, she didn't waste any time and immediately took the documents into her office.

The file contained a USB drive and a document.

Ning Yao didn't look at the information. Instead, she inserted the USB drive into the computer. After loading for a moment, the page popped up, and a sneaky figure appeared.

This figure is...

Ning Yao's pupils shrank sharply, her eyes filled with disbelief.

No wonder the post said that Suixing was suspected of money laundering; it turns out that someone secretly put documents that did not belong to Suixing into her safe.

Ning Yao gritted her teeth, immediately flipped to those pages of information, and after reading them, she remained silent with a sullen face.

Just then, Xiaoxiao and Wen'an returned from outside and were startled to see her standing there with a gloomy expression.

Zhong Yunche just went back, and now it's just the two of them here. If Yaoyao really gets discouraged because of the online criticism, the two of them might not be able to handle it.

"Sister Yaoyao, don't be sad. Even if the public criticizes you like that, we know you are a really good person. You don't need to care about those comments."

Xiao Xiao weakly offered words of comfort, and Wen An nodded in agreement.

Upon hearing the sound, Ning Yao turned to look at them, but her eyes lacked their usual warmth, only remaining cold.

"There's a post online saying that Suixing is suspected of money laundering and is even under police investigation. Have you seen it?"

Xiao Xiao and Wen An exchanged a glance and then nodded simultaneously.

"Sister Yaoyao, this is a fabricated charge. Even if netizens are keen on gossip, they won't believe it without evidence."

"Yes, Sister Yaoyao, once we report these people who spread rumors to the police, they will naturally be scared."

As they spoke, the two gently patted Ning Yao on the back.

Looking at the two people's hobbies, Ning Yao felt no comfort, but rather a chill ran down her spine.

She originally thought that as long as things outside were sorted out, things would naturally get better in Suixing, but she didn't expect that there would be a traitor within Suixing.

And this mole was one of the people she trusted!

She smiled at the two of them and said, "That's true. Even if they make a big fuss without evidence, it won't help. The bigger the fuss they make now, the harder the other party will fall once the misunderstanding is cleared up."

Xiao Xiao and Wen An were both relieved to see that she was not affected by the rumors.

Ning Yao remained calm and collected, taking in all the subtle expressions on the two people's faces.